Head of Aryan Nations Responds to "The Peculiar Alliance"

By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

On Thursday, I published an article at the Weekly Standard's website entitled "The Peculiar Alliance," about the growing relationship between white supremacists and Islamists.  These two groups have found a surprising amount of common ground in recent years due to their shared hatred of the Jews in particular, and also their hatred of the United States.

One of the figures I discuss at length in the article is August Kreis, the head of Aryan Nations and an admitted admirer of Osama bin Laden:

In an interview with CNN earlier this year, Kreis said of al Qaeda, "You say they're terrorists, I say they're freedom fighters.  And I want to instill the same jihadic feeling in our peoples' heart, in the Aryan race, that they have for their father, who they call Allah."  Going a step further, Kreis told CNN that he had a message for Osama bin Laden:  "The message is, the cells are out here and they are already in place.  They might not be cells of Islamic people, but they are here and they are ready to fight."

My article also explores in some depth the Aryan Nations website, which goes to great lengths to detail its sympathy for radical Muslims.

In response to my piece, Kreis sent an e-mail to the Weekly Standard that provides further insight into the psyche of Kreis and his followers:

----- Original Message -----
From: <natdir@aryan-nations.org>
To: <webeditor@weeklystandard.com>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 1:24 PM
Subject: Respond to Article: Daveed Gartenstein-Ross 09/01/2005

As you know this respect between Jihadic believers and Aryan National Socialists is nothing  new.  This relationship will continue to grow as the jew continues to flex it's power using the Zionist controled jew.S.of A.. There is a growing grassroots movement in this nation and around the world that identifies the jew as the enemy. As this jewish problem is identified and expounded upon there will be intensified open attacks against the jew across the globe. The jew has become brazen and has now literally helped hasten their own demise by the hand of the Goy they so despise. So keep writing your degrading articles about us for the masses are awakening!

For Faith, Folk & Family, August Kreis

One nice thing about rhetoric of this kind is that it's entirely self-refuting.  If somebody were to read Kreis's rant and find it persuasive, there would be no room for reasoned discourse in the first place.

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