A WEEKLY COMMENTARY
Year Twenty-Seven ... Number Forty-Three ... October 24, 1980
THE REAL ISSUES AND THE REAL WAR
There is an old French proverb: "There more it changes, the more it remains the same." This might be applied to our national election campaigns. The last time an incumbent Democrat campaigned against a Republican opponent was in 1964, when Lyndon Johnson was opposed by Barry Goldwater. Then, the real issues were surprisingly similar to those of 1980. And the real issues were being hidden by false issues raised deliberatedly to fool the people. This was the tenor of an editorial by Marvin Stone of U.S. News and World Report. Stone observed that, as with the 1964 campaign, this one "will be remembered by its flummery and flim-flam (humbug and deception)." He said, "Instead of policy, we are getting polemics. Instead of resolve, we get rhetoric. Instead of careful analysis, we get character assassination." Then Stone demonstrated how the real issues in 1980 are the same as the real issues in 1964, by quoting an editorial published by his predecessor, David Lawrence, sixteen years ago:
| "1) Will we continue to spend and spend and thus weaken our fiscal structure by unbalanced budgets? 2) Will we continue to pay lip service to prudence and economy, but nevertheless authorize more and more federal grants of public funds on the theory that this is necessary for 'the general welfare'? 3) Will we continue the current movement toward state socialism and a massive, centralized Government that is gradually rubbing out State lines and ignoring the responsibilities of local governments? 4) Will we continue to condone special privilege and the usurpation of power by private groups, which now wield more political influence than ever before? 5) Will we continue to stifle the creative spirit of our free-enterprise system or give it the necessary opportunity to function effectively? 6) Will we continue to emphasize fear of war and unwittingly encourage acts of aggression by our potential enemies? Or will we manifest an unmistakable resoluteness to make whatever sacrifices are necessary to protect the nation's security? These are only a few of the matters of far-reaching significance which have been glossed over in a game of party politics. The people don't want opportunistic expediency. They want leadership with courage manifested in domestic and foreign policies." (unquote). |
Editor Stone concludes that in 1980, as in 1964, the real issues have not only been buried, but the campaign has been pitched "not at the broad, vital future of the American people, but at the special-interest groups that today muster so much power." But there was another similarity between the campaigns of 1964 and 1980 which Editor Stone didn't mention: the "warmonger" syndrome. Goldwater was the right-wing, neo-Fascist militarist who was apt to get the country into World War III if elected, would certainly intensify the American commitment in Vietnam. So, after his election, it was Johnson who unveiled "Operation Rolling Thunder," supposedly designed to "bomb Hanoi to the conference table." Within a year after Johnson's election, there were more than 180,000 American troops in Vietnam.
In 1980, with another incumbent Democrat fighting to retain his title and his power, we are faced with a somewhat similar situation, this time in the Middle East. Already there is a fully-complimented American battle force in the area ready to go to war, ostensibly to protect oil routes. And, it is the incumbent President who laid the groundwork, directed the placement of American forces and issued the threats of war. And he calls his opponent a warmonger, and a neo-Fascist.
So much for comparisons and proof of the old saying that the more it changes, the more it remains the same. This is all "flummery and flim-flam," designed to fool the people at election time; even as is the possible release of hostages before November 4th. But, there is the double flim-flam, in that we are being mesmerized into looking at the wrong war at the wrong time. Remember the old magician's maxim about the hand being quicker than the eye? The maxim also is applicable to the art of diplomacy and the science of double-dealing in foreign and domestic policy. The eyes and ears of America have been riveted on the unusual and admittedly dangerous goings-on in the Middle East for more than a year, where Iran and Iraq occupy the center-stage at this writing. But there is the strong suspicion that this whole production was staged to keep our eyes off the real war, which is being fought in our own backyard, the Caribbean.
About sixty years ago Lenin laid down the program for Communist progress in conquering the world for Communism. He said, "First, we shall take all of Eastern Europe. Next, the masses of Asia. Then, we shall encircle that last bastion of capitalism, the United States of America. We shall not have to attack, because it will fall like overripe fruit into our hands." What has been going on in Central America since 1976 is an obvious fulfillment of that third step of Lenin's plans. And it is being accomplished, not by attack on the part of the Soviet Union, but by trickery, by terrorism and insurgency, and by the cooperation and assistance of the Carter-led Trilateral Commissioner's Administration of the United States Government! Furthermore, there is evidence that the Middle East conflict was planned and directed by that same Trilateral Commission, partly to keep our eyes off what has been happening here in our Hemisphere.
There should be little doubt in anyone's mind about how the Iranian crisis was planned. The deposing of the Shah, the surrender of his military forces, all this has been shown to have been the direct result of actions initiated by the Carter Administration, acting on advice (orders is the better word) of the American branch of the Trilateral Commission. Recently there has been revealed much evidence showing that the Iraqi attack in Iran also was plotted by these same forces. A headline in the Spotlight of Oct. 13 reads: "Iraq Invaded Iran after Vow by Rockefeller of U.S. Help." As we go to press there is another "wolf cry" story of how the U.S. has made a deal, and the hostages are to be released within days. The media is filled with stories of how the Russians are going to run short of grain and meat this winter, and of how the Red Chinese government has made a deal for U.S. grain. Also stories of how nice Castro is acting. First he ended the Mariel Bay boatlift, which was a boost for Carter. Then he nipped a dangerous new wave of skyjackings by returning the hijackers to the United States for trial. Next, he promised not to take reprisals against his own citizens who have been seeking U.S. visas. And finally, Castro promised to release 33 Americans held in Cuban jails. All good news for Candidate Carter, of course, whom Castro seems anxious to help keep in the White House. All of which recalls something said by the late Ambassador Somoza, former President of Nicaragua who, like the late Shah of Iran, was exiled by our State Department. Somoza said:
| "There is a leftist power structure that controls the news media. If an event important to the ideological Left occurs in Red China, it's immediatley frontpage news in the Washington Post. If Castro makes a move or gesture that can be interpreted as favorable for the Leftist cause, it's forthwith front-page news in the New York Times. If Pinochet of Chili breathes an anti-Communist word or strikes an anti-Communist blow, all three major television networks in the U.S. hit the six o'clock news with some indirect praise of Allende, the former Communist president of Chile. What a control system they have! I'm an engineer but this international communications system, controlled by that mysterious power structure, is beyond comprehension..." |
Before his assassination by Marxist agents, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, with Jack Cox acting as his amanuensis, was able to complete the text of his book, "Nicaragua Betrayed." This book might be considered in the nature of a death-bed confession. In it, Somoza tells the story of that war which the media tries to hide from us, emphasizing the part played by the Carter Administration in cooperating with the Communists who are taking over Central America. Pointing to the Panama Canal Payaway is the first visible evidence of Carter's cooperation, he notes the next step was in the 1977 session of Congress when a bill was introduced to cut off all military assistance to Nicaragua, Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador and Chile. These were the anti-Communist nations, former friends and allies of the U.S. The Carter Administration had chosen a clever vehicle in which to hide its cooperation with Communism. That vehicle was the "Human Rights Crusade." But, said Somoza, "Mr. Carter concerned himself with human rights in only the smaller and militarily weak countries .. Generally speaking, they were anti-Communist countries such as Nicaragua, Argentina and Paraguay. He didn't concern himself with human rights in Russia and Red China. Doesn't that seem strange?"
Somoza said he often speculated as to the reason for the tremendous success of the worldwide Marxist movement. He reckoned: "Within the diabolical movement, there is strategic intelligence, unmatched political expertise, a spy system second to none, a military machine unequalled in the world today, and the uncanny ablility to reach out and take what it desired without creating a worldwide conflagration ... But in the case of Nicaragua, President Carter, Secretary Vance, and their wrecking crew actually assisted the Soviets in taking the country."
The central theme of Somoza's confessional is that what was done in Central America was done by design. He said: "The betrayal of Nicaragua was not perpetrated out of ignorance, but rather by design .. One could go down a long list of U.S. allies and ask why Carter turned against these anti-Communist nations. Pinochet of Chile could give you an answer -- by design. And how about Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Rhodesia, South Africa and Argentina?? No, a plea of ignorance will not suffice. Carter might be able to plead ignorance once, but not over and over again. One might ask the late Shah of Iran if he thought Carter's betrayal of Iran was by design or through ignorance .. In Iran, Carter used the same pretext he used in Nicaragua, and that pretext was 'human rights' ... Upon assuming office in 1976, Carter was set about to dismantle the U.S. military machine. He did this while the Soviet Union went on a war production basis. That course of military action -- coupled with the betrayal of steadfast anti-Communist allies -- places Mr. Carter in the company of evil worldwide conspiratorial forces. I repeat, the treacherous course chartered by Mr. Carter was not through ignorance, but by design." (unquote), emphasis added. We have given you samplings from "Nicaragua Betrayed," but for those interested in facts concerning the real war we are losing by betrayal and by design, the whole book should be read and studied. It is published by Western Islands, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, Mass. 02178, 448 pages, hardbound, $15).
President Somoza did not identify the "evil worldwide conspiratorial forces." Instead, the pinpointed Jimmy Carter as their spokesman. Somoza's reference is, of course, to the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations and their affiliates and satellite organizations which make up the conspiratorial forces that cooperate with International Communism (or vice versa) in the building of a Socialist World Order. In Somoza's case, it was easier to name the spokesman for the conspiracy: Carter for the U.S., Brezhnev for the Soviet Union, Castro for Central America, etc. To paraphrase, Regardless of the Trilateralist hierarchy, "the buck stops at Carter."
Lenin said he would encircle that "last bastion of capitalism." The encirclement really began in 1959 with the ouster of Batista and the establishment of Fidel Castro as dictator over Cuba, an accomplishment in which the New York Times had no small part. As Castro's influence began to be felt in Central and South America, another cooperative step was taken by the U.S. Government. Torrijos, at the instigation of the World Bankers, became the Communist dictator over Panama, and the Panama Canal was given into Communist hands. Then came the betrayal of Nicaragua, and it was given into Communist hands. Presently El Salvador and Guatamela are the Communist targets and the Carter Administration is cooperating in their takeover.
Lately there has been another dangerous manifestation of the "encirclement of that last bastion." We refer to the horde of aliens that has been flooding the United States. As C.D. Baker notes in his "Youth Action News," "By bringing in millions of non-Aryan aliens, the Rockefeller-Trilateral gang will be able to grossly dilute the remaining political power of the dwindling, productive, American Aryan majority. The 'Trilateral Open Border Plot' will also add millions of people onto the welfare rolls and vastly increase competition for the rapidly decreasing number of U.S. jobs (due to Trilateral deindustrialization) ... Millions of Chinese, Africans, Vietnamese, Latin Americans, Haitians, Cubans and Mexicans are now conquering America with the full aid and support of the Trilateral Traitors who control the U.S. Government ..."
Yet another element is added. Just how many of these incoming aliens are revolutionaries, terrorist trainers, and saboteurs is not know. An example: the following report comes to us from a competent and qualified observer in Hawaii: "We have received reports that about 200 Puerto Rican terrorists are training in the mountain areas of each of the Hawaiian Islands. They have been variously described as being like the Castro types prior to his takeover of Cuba. Military intelligence officers who at first scoffed at the idea, later showed the possibility of credibility by their subsequent actions. Certain members of the Honolulu Police Department encountered armed people in the mountains and at least two incidents of shootings of trail hikers have been reported. A civilian from Kauai confirms the story on that island. Why doesn't anybody do anything about the problem? 'They haven't broken the law -- so far.'"
Paul Scott reports that 100 Soviet-made tanks and 100 self-propelled artillery pieces have arrived in Nicaragua. And Latin American sources tell us that after El Salvador and Guatemala, Mexico is next on the Communist timetable; to gain control of Mexican oilfields, and to prepare a "land-based encirclement" of the United States. But, if enough Americans understand the real issues and the real war, there are enough real Americans to stop this Communist encirclement, ensure our national security and restore our individual freedom.
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