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'''On the [[Amestria|Amestrians]] and their Lies'''  ([[French]]: Des Amestriens et leurs mensonges, [[German]]: Von die Amestrianen und ihren Lugen, [[Amestrian language|Amestrian]]: Sur l'Amestrians et leur Lügen) is a [[Wikipedia:Polemic|polemic]] written by the [[Kahanistan|Kahanistanian]] general, politician, and propagandist [[Abdullah Hassan al-Ghazi]] in 2006.  It is published by Samizdat Corporation of Kahanistan.  It is infamous for its accusations against the State of Amestria, and is banned in that nation.
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'''On the [[Amestria|Amestrians]] and their Lies'''  ([[French]]: Des Amestriens et leurs mensonges, [[German]]: Über die Amestrianer und ihre Lügen, [[Amestrian language|Amestrian]]: Sur l'Amestrians et leur Lügen) is a [[Wikipedia:Polemic|polemic]] written by the [[Kahanistan|Kahanistanian]] general, politician, and propagandist [[Abdullah Hassan al-Ghazi]] in 2006.  It is published by Samizdat Corporation of Kahanistan.  It is infamous for its accusations against the State of Amestria, and is banned in that nation.
  
 
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Revision as of 09:59, 10 August 2006

On the Amestrians and their Lies (French: Des Amestriens et leurs mensonges, German: Über die Amestrianer und ihre Lügen, Amestrian: Sur l'Amestrians et leur Lügen) is a polemic written by the Kahanistanian general, politician, and propagandist Abdullah Hassan al-Ghazi in 2006. It is published by Samizdat Corporation of Kahanistan. It is infamous for its accusations against the State of Amestria, and is banned in that nation.

Overview:

The book's original English version is 524 pages long, and consists of seventeen chapters, divided into four parts, plus an introduction and a section about the author. The book was widely panned by international critics as "a monument to paranoid delusion" and "the product of a deranged mind." It aroused controversy when the Kahanistanian general Rachel Levitt brought it to a conference in Torontia. The political fallout appeared in the Kahanistanian news, and seriously damaged the already controversial officer's reputation. In Amestria the book has been classified as "hate speech" and banned by the Ministry of Justice.

Introduction

The introduction is a doctored version of Amestria's description of itself, taking terms out of context to imply that Amestria is a medieval state in a modern world, with little or no modern ideologies. It attacks the Amestrian nobility as power-hungry, vicious, and capricious.

Part 1: Amestrian Internal Policy

Chapter 1 is a description of the Amestrian State. It is relatively accurate, compared to the rest of the book. While it acknowledges the Amestrian State is a republic in form, it incorrectly claims that that form of government dates back to medivual times and is not proof Amestria is a modern Western nation.

Chapter 2 attacks the Amestrian philosophy of regle par des experts, or rule by experts, claiming that an "expert" is a noble and the doctrine is intended to keep the commoners, or "paysans", or peasants (a common term of insult in Amestria) in check.

Chapter 3 describes the role of the Amestrian military in the national culture, and accuses Amestria of imperialism.

Part 2: The Dishonesty of Amestrian Foreign Policy

Chapter 4 is a history of Torontia, supportive of Vader Tanakis and Kaufman, but less so of Norton. It is anti-communist, and in comparison to the rest of the book, carries comparatively little mention of Amestria.

Chapter 5 attacks Amestria's policy of lethal quarantines to contain the bio-weapon released in Torontia. This carries some credibility with those on the left wing who are critical of that policy, and is crucial to al-Ghazi's plan to co-opt the left as allies.

Chapter 6 attacks Amestria's rumored policy of summary execution of insurgents, and is most notorious for the following excerpt.

  • The bodies dug up are always burnt, as if cooked. Far fewer bodies have been discovered than the number of skeletons or disappeared individuals. This points to the disquieting possibility that the Amestrian beasts cook the bodies of the Torontian citizens, and bury them to hide them in order to eat the corpses later, in the fashion of Jenrakians.



Chapter 7 is a continuation of Chapter 6, but pointing to an alleged cover-up of Amestrian atrocities, rather than the supposed bestial nature of Amestrian occupying forces. It is intended to portray Amestrians as dishonest, and the charge of dishonesty takes precedence over the charge of barbarism.

Chapter 8 claims that since Amestria did not aid Kahanistan in the war with Automagfreek, but provided large amounts of aid to Kahanistan after the war, Amestria intended from the start to pump aid into a weakened nation in order to bring it under Amestrian influence. It also claims that Kahanistanian participation in Amestrian war crimes is a result of Amestrian influence over the Soviet Republic.

Part 3: The Medieval and Aristocratic Nature of Amestria

Chapter 9 attacks the Liscel family in general and the Amestrian leader Kasumi Liscel in particular as incestuous child molesters. It has been criticized as hypocritical within Kahanistan, even by those who are strongly anti-Amestrian, as the age of consent in Kahanistan is 13, while in Amestria the age of consent is 15.

Chapter 10 strongly implies that all major Amestrian politicians are of noble birth, and that no commoners hold important posts.

Chapter 11 is another attack on Kasumi Liscel and her father, former President Charles Frederick Liscel, claiming that mass executions were carried out under the older Liscel's rule and that the younger Liscel hopes to bring them back.

Chapter 12 has the least credibility of any chapter, calling the Amestrian government "a nation of communist gangsters" and "a developed North Korea" among other derogatory terms.

Chapter 13 is similar in overall formatting to Chapter 9, but accuses Amestrian nobility in general of the same degeneracies.

Part 4: Conclusion

Chapter 14 attacks Amestria's alleged hypocrisy, claiming that the State advocates human rights and humane treatment of enemy combatants and yet murders, and in some cases, eats them.

Chapter 15 summarizes General al-Ghazi's belief that the Amestrians are dishonest in their dealings with other nations, and emphasizes his claim of designs upon Kahanistan and Torontia on the part of the Amestrian state.

Chapter 16 summarizes the charge that Amestria is not a modern nation, and redoubles its attacks on the nobility.

Chapter 17 is merely a citation of the hundreds of sources that provided the foundation for the text of On the Amestrians and their Lies.

About the Author

This section contains little that is not mentioned in the main article on the author, Sheikh Abdullah Hassan al-Ghazi.