AVOT is dedicated to victory in the War on Terrorism. Through the shaping of public opinion, the encouragement of a foreign policy based on the founding principles of America, increased research about Islam and Islamism, and a steadfast commitment to attacking those who would blame America first, AVOT will work toward victory in this first great war of the 21st century.
Americans for Victory Over Terrorism (AVOT)
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AVOT – Statement of Principles
“Information War: American Propaganda, Free Speech, and Opinion Control Since 9/11” by Nancy Snow:
The information war on opinion and free speech intensified with the creation of several post-9/11 nonprofit organizations. These included Americans for Victory Over Terrorism (AVOT), whose intention is to “take their task to those groups and individuals who fundamentally misunderstand the nature of the war we are facing.” Among those targeted by AVOT were Congressman Dennis Kucinich, chair of the Progressive Caucus and his cochair, Congresswoman Barbara Lee; Lewis Lapham, editor of Harper’s magazine; and Robert Kuttner, editor of The American Prospect. AVOT’s work followed from the work of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), which issued a November 2001 report, “Defending Civilization: How Our Universities are Failing America,” that condemned dissident anti-war language propagated by liberal professors on American college campuses. The co-founder of Empower America, one of the wealthiest of the right-wing Washington, D.C., think tanks and former Secretary of Education under President George Bush, Sr. (George 41) William Bennett, has said, “We do not wish to silence people, ” and added that AVOT plans to hold teach-ins and public education events, particularly on college campuses. Both organizations are united in their belief that the United States must retain its superpower empire for global goodness and redemption, keep military ethics and power the primary focus of the United States response to 9/11, and shout down the “morally coward liberals” on American university campuses and in Europe.