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A publication of Traditional Catholics of America + Editor: Fr. Francis E. Fenton, STL tf Volume XI, No. 2 + March 1, 1990
Fr. Oswald Baker (England)
7ghe Commandments of God are not really difficuit to of nature is itself wholesome and constructive. Our sense
=. keep. What makes them seem so is our own inclina- impulses are only one factor in the law of nature and — if
tion to worldliness and pleasure, our failure in self- they be takenas thesole one,to the exclusion of reason —
discipline, our persistent self-indulgence. To the extent the effect will be disintegrating and physically and mentally
that we gain control of our natural desires we develop a disastrous. The Flood, the destruction of Sodom and
stable, balanced personality, a sound, godly outlook. Gomorrha, the extermination of the Canaanites, the decay
Personal character is rapidly and gravely damaged by a of once great nations — in fact, the major part of human
loose, carnal-minded approach to life. Quite widespread calamities — have occurred chiefly because “all flesh had
now is the viewpoint that carnal indulgence is a normal, corrupted its way upon the earth.” (Genesis Vi:12)
free expression of personality, one of life’s experiences, Chastity, in restraining abuses, is the source of the richest
with no other guide than impulse, no other check than earthly blessings.
respectability. The gratification of an urge by the
indulgence of sensual pleasure becomes the sole aim. The Adolescents need a firm, fundamental knowledge of what
graclousness of womanhoodis lost. True love is dissipated is right and what is wrong, and then guidance in social
and destroyed.A brothelis a slaughterhouse oflove. restraints and courtesies, which are not merely the
trappings of respectability but safeguards against human
But apart from such degradation, many a woman has been frailty. They need reasonable supervision over hours and
imposed upon and dragged down by the importunity of the type offriends cultivated. The purpose and importance
men who have demandedthe sacrifice of virtue as proof of of proper dress, the niceties of etiquette, propriety and
devotion. Menoffine character have been ruinedbyselfish gentility in dancing, for boys the meaning of chivalry, for
women whosenotion of love is intimate indulgence. True girls the meaning of graciousness — all have to be
love is always shown by considerate restraint. Generosity deliberately taught if maturity is to be reached with a
and self-control are watchwords with all individuals who clean, balanced, virtuous mentality. All of us, irrespective
want to deepen their capacity for true affection, a capacity of age, are required to be on our-guard against the risk
that soon becomes perceptible. Every interior virtue and involved in associating with anyone of loose morals,
every vice leave their mark on the external person, and frequenting places of low standards, venturing into
none so readily showsitself as the mark of chastity or its situations which violate social conventions, philandering
opposite. [t may appear in the cast of the eye, in the with married persons, drinking unwisely. As improper
manner of dress, in posture, in a stray word, but the liberties are indulged, habits and attitudes form which are
atmosphere or impression is there for the knowing eye to harmful to the soul and, therefore, to our personality.
detect. Wholesomeness of personality reveals itself at a Noneof us is immune from the common danger. Neitheris
glance, just as laxity betrays its presence in persons, humanfrailty ever a justificationfor laxity.
homes, even neighbourhoods.
Blessed are the clean of heart. Present standards of
All our natural impulses can be perverted from their morality, as publicized by press and screen, are perilously
proper use and becomevices hostile to our bestinterests. low. To keep one’s balance and to develop one’s life in
The injury they then producewill be proportionate to their conformity with the rich personality of Christ our Lord
importance and their energy. Thus the primary forces of require a determined effort — and success requires the
life generate the most powerful and fatal vices if not consistent observance of high standards, clean thoughts
regulated by the moderating influence of reason. The law and clean living. T
Fr. Francis E. Fenton
Wt is a fact established beyond all shadow of doubtthat the fact that the actual territory of the USA (the last, but
.ithere exists in the worid today a group of exceedingly crumbling, bastion of freedom and the ultimate objective
influential and power-hungry individuals (often termed of Red conquest) is being ever more endangered by the
“the Insiders”) whose ultimate objective is world presence and power of Communism in Cuba, Nicaragua,
domination. Of the vast network of organizations and El Salvador, etc.
movements and societies which this group controls and
manipulates, the most visible and best knownis, of course, The extreme condition of spiritual and moral decadence of
the Communist conspiracy. And yet, while Communismis our present day is, | submit, but the low point reached to
indeed a satanic enemy and richly deserves ail of the
date in a gradually degenerative process which, say, sur-
condemnation that can be heaped upon it, the prime
faced some 25-30 years ago, that is, in the early and
enemy is in reality the Insiders or the Master Conspiracy
middle 1960’s. Now it just so happens that those were also
of which Communism is but one facet or tentacle. In a
the years (1962-1965) during which the infamous Vatican
word, while the term, Communist conspiracy, may be
Council If took place and, at some indeterminate date not
employed, it should be kept in mind thatthis is an instance
long after, the Conciliar Church made it appearance. Since
of denoting the whole by one of its parts or subsidiaries.
that time the downhill spiral of the spiritual and moral
Again, the Insiders are the supreme enemy and prime
state of society nationwide and worldwide is a matter of
force in the accelerating and ever more obvious movement
record. The period of time, then, during the sessions of
towards the One World Order and its One World
Vatican Council II and the advent of the Conciliar Church
“Church”.
— and the ensuing years from that time until now — coin-
cide quite strikingly with the period of blatant godlessness
Over the past year or so we have witnessed what appears io
and moral anarchy over the past 25 years or so.Is this
be a massive breakdown of the Communist empire. As a merely an unfortunate coincidence? Hardly. While many
result of what has happened in such Communist countries elements have certainly contributed to the current utterly
as Poland, East Germany, Bulgaria and Hungary, untold
deplorable situation, the abominable Conciliar Church of
millions of gullible people the world over have seenall this
the past quarter century has been, [| contend, a major
as the beginning of the end of Communism and havereact-
contributing factor (the major factor?). In a word, wereit
ed with unrestrained joy — and Mikhail Gorbachev has not for the breakdown (from a humanperspective) of the
become, well, the world savior. (His meeting with John Roman Catholic Church, would this country and, indeed,
Paul II a couple of days before he met with George Bushis the world be in the colossal mess it is today?
worth noting.) Such people do nothave the slightest notion
that all of the events that have been taking place have been
either planned or permitted by the powers that be as But is the world situation here and now so far gone as to
necessary, but temporary, setbacks for economic and be beyond recovery? Is the spiritual and moral condition of
political reasons and that the intermediate goal (merger) society in such a state of utter degradation at the present
and the ultimate goal (world domination) remain the same. time so as to preclude — apart from somedirect act of God
And the Gorbachev deception is getting the desired and — any realistic hope that a substantial reversal of that
expected results in numerous ways. But, in all that has condition is reasonably attainable? Well, while I have
happened to date which conveys the utterly false im- serious doubt as to whether such a reversal is possible at
pression to multitudes that Communism is mellowing and this late hour, I have the firmest conviction that, if it were
that the Cold War is coming to an end and that world peace possible, any genuine start in that direction must include
is finally on the way to becoming a reality — two gnm the widespread recognition and acknowledgment of the
realities should be noted: (1) the awesome military might of fact that John Paul II is not a valid Pope. He is one of the
Soviet Communism (whose military strength has increased three visible major architects of subversion and
some 25 percent under Gorbachev and which has some destruction on the world scene, the other two being
George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. tT
400,000 troops stationed in East Germany alone) and (2)
remnant
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John Kenneth Weiskittel
Wn the final few months of 1989 the worid witnessed a secular news media has been little short of euphoric in its
w=series of remarkable changes in several Communist coverage of these events, but when has that source ever
countries, events which dominated the news on a daily been worthy of our trust? Equally suspect is the praise
basis. The capstone of these events came inearly coming from George Bush and John Paul II, neither of
December when Soviet ruler Mikhail Gorbachev achieved whom being noted for his anti-Communism. Yet these
a double coup: meeting first with Conciliar “Pope” John and other Establishmentfigures have raised their voices as
Paul Il at the Vatican and then with President George one to assure us that the Red leopard has, indeed,
Bush at the “saltwater summit” off the coast of Malta. changed his spots. Before joining them in their adleluias,
Gorbachev gained invaluable prestige for his reforms from however, let us take the time to examine long-term
the meetings. John PaulII spoke of their talks as ‘‘a sign of Communist strategy and the goals of the One World
the times… a sign that is rich with promise” and said he Government lobby. For the West to rush with open arms
hoped he would be able to accept the Russian leader’s to embrace the “new” East is dangerous, to say the least,
invitation to the Soviet Union. He specifically took the butit is exactly what is now taking place.
opportunity to wish Gorbachev success in ‘“‘the process of
renewal which you have set in motion…” Freedom Or Fraud?
President Bush joined Gorbachevin declaring that thisis Whatever the changes in tactics employed by the
not a thaw in the Cold War but an endfo it. “With reform Communists throughout the decades, there has always
under way in the Soviet Union,” declared Bush, ‘we stand remained one constantin all their conspiratorial activities
at the threshold of a brand-new era of U.S.-Soviet — deceit. It has been a primary teaching of theirs that any
relateons. It is within our grasp to contribute each in our means are permissible to achieve the ultimate goal of
own way to overcoming the division of Europe and ending world conquest. ‘““The whole history of Boishevism,” wrote
the confrontation there.” They also agreed to another Lenin, “both before and after (the 1917 Communist)
summit in June in the United States. | October revolution, is full of instances of maneuvering,
temporalizing and compromising.”
In less than a year conventional wisdom about the Com-
munists has been turned on its head. Are the Reds really It is with just such a diabolical cunning that Communism
opening their borders? Are they permitting non- has presented itself as the championof peace, justice, equal-
Communists to share power with them? Did Gorbachev ity, freedom and the rights of the downtrodden, while every-
really denounce his country’s repression of religion, speak where showing itself by its actions to be the worst sort of
of the importanceofspiritual values and promise to give the aggressor and oppressor. (In the United States Communists
Churches more freedom in the future? Are reformers really have not hesitated to invoke the names of Washington and
taking a role in governing Bulgaria, Poland, East Germany, Lincoln to promote programs that are thoroughly un-
Czechoslovakia and other East Bloc nations? In a word, are American and anti-American, while in Latin America they
we seeing the dismantlement of the Iron Curtain? have committed the supreme sacrilege of associating the
Surprisingly, the answer to these questions seems to be name of Christ with a subversion that is un-Christian and
yes. Changes are sweeping through these countries at a anti-Christian.) We need only recall the Soviet betrayal of
dizzying pace. So rapidly are momentous events occurring Poland near the end of World War II or the numerous
that one needs to check the news at a daily, almost hourly, peace treaties broken to realize how seriously the
rate. And the shakeupsin these regimes are creating such Communists take Stalin’s revolutionary pronouncement:
“Promises are like pie crusts, made to be broken.”
a turnoverin officials that, to borrow a term from sports,it
takes a scorecard totell who’s playing.
As part of its strategy Communism has madeefforts in the
Not 50 surprising, however, is the fact that there is a good past to secure much needed aid from Western industrial
deal more to what is happening than meets the eye. The nations by making limited, temporary reforms. Lenin’s New
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Economic Policy allowed smail private plots of land to if form is followed, of course, we can reasonabiy expect
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exist in the 1920's. Stalin, while pledging to uphoid the these loans”" to be repaid at roughly the same time ice
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common principies with the U.S. and Great Britain that skating rinks are installed in Hades!
called for peace and freedom in all nations, was able to get
aid without relaxing his tyranny one bit. Khrushchev, in The iron Fist In A Kid Glove
turn, gained much from his “anti-Stalinist’”’ reforms. In the
1960's the operative word was “peaceful coexistence”: in The West has been so delirious with joy over the emerging
the 1970’s it became “detente.” In the Gorbachev years events that it has largely overlooked the deception that has
we've seen the twin terms of ‘“glasnost” and “perestroika.” always played such a big part in Communist policy. “But
Whatever the specific case, the U.S.S.R. has never don’t you see?” they remind us, “What we are witnessing
nesitated to exploit the West’s perception of change, all is something totally unprecedented — spontaneous change
the while moving ahead with its militantly atheistic agenda. taking place by those dissatisfied with their Communist
(A similar example can be seen in Red China. The notion overlords.” What strikes us as particularly interesting
that it was changing for the better induced former about such an observationisall that it ignores.
President Reagan to identify it as ‘‘so-called Communist
China.” One can only wonderif his position changed after Indeed, such a viewpoint asks us to believe, for one thing,
last year’s massacre at Tiananmen Square.) that the Red dictators, pressured by an unarmed opposi-
tion, freely share or relinquish power. Rather, history is
The ongoing events in Eastern Europe have produced a strewn with the bodies of millions who dared to stand up
host of new catch phrases. We are now being told that a against their Communist oppressors. Never — never —
‘reform movement’ is bringing “change’’ and have the tyrannical followers of Marx and Lenin voluntarily
“democratization” in these countries, that “multiparty” given over control of a nation once enslaved. The few
rule is rapidly replacing the old regimes and that a process examples where Communism has been ousted, such as
has been set into motion thatis “irreversible.” Gorbachev Spain and Chile, are instances of violent overthrows. But,
has even revived the rallying cry of the 1968 Czech in the various Eastern Bloc countries now involved with
uprising, calling for “Communism with a human face.” reforms, demonstrators take to the streets without fear,
government critics are allowed to speak or publish openly
These words have worked magic. A syndicated Los
and even opposition parties organize — ail this without a
Angeles Times article reports that a new international or-
show of force from the dictators. (Romania,at this writing,
ganization, the Group of 24, has ‘approved an economic
is an exception to this process.)
ald package for Poland and Hungary…, including more
than $1 billion in grants and loans intended to stabilize the
The thought that perhaps it would be prudent to take
Polish economy” and has “held out the prospectof similar
stock of the situation before rushing in with open armsand
support for East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and
open checkbooks seems never to occur to those whom
Yugoslavia if they follow the lead of Poland and Hungary
Lenin called the West’s “useful idiots.” Nor do they for a
to political and economic reforms.’ (Sarasota (FL)
moment seem to consider the fact that what they are wit-
Herald-Tribume, ‘Group of 24 Pledges $1 Billion in Aid to
nessing may yet prove to be the greatest of all deceptions.
Poland, Hungary,” December 14, 1989, p. 17A) The
But, one may ask, if there is a plot afoot, what proofis
Group of 24 is, as the name suggests, a body comprised of
there of this? For starters, we have the amazing boast
two dozen nations, including the U.S., Britain, Canada,
made by Dimitri Manuilski in 1930. A Soviet theorist who
France, Japan and West Germany. In addition to the loans
served both Lenin and Stalin loyally, Manuiiski asserted:
to Poland, the following nations have pledged moneyto it
that will not need to be repaid: U.S. — $200 million
Our time will come in 20 or 30 years. To win, we
(already appropriated by Congress), Britain — $100
shall need the element of surprise. The bourgeoisie
million, Canada — $25 million, and Austria — $20 million.
will have to be put to sleep. So we shall begin by
Also concerning Poland, thearticle notes:
launching the most spectacular peace movement on
(Secretary of State James) Baker… announced record. There will be electrifying overtures and
that the United States would contribute $200 unheard-of concessions. The capitalist countries,
million of a “bridge loan” to tide the nation over stupid and decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in
until it obtains an expected $700 million loan their own destruction. They will leap at another
from the International Monetary Fund. The bridge chanceto be friends. As soon as their guard is down,
loan would be repaid when the IMF moneyarrives. we shall smash them with ourclinchedfist.
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This statement, to our knowledge, has never appeared in “freedom” movement, Bubolz speaks of the “startling
any Communist documents. We have it on the word ofa accuracy” with which Golitzyn “described Soviet plans for
former Party member whorecalled hearing it at a class in a temporary ‘false liberalization’ in order to deceive the
an ideological training school. West and lull their victims into a ‘worldwide federation of
communist states.’” In fact, Golitsyn wnites:
Certain aspects of the Manuilski quote are subject to
dispute. The timetable is off by 30 years. It doesn’t take if “liberalization” is successful and accepted by the
into account the expansion of the Soviet Empire (with West as genuine, it may well be followed by the
Sains made in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America) nor apparent withdrawal of one or more countries from
could the speaker have foreseen the threat of nuclear the Warsaw Pact to serve as a modelfor a “neutral”
wartare. Other subsequent changes in the political and socialist state for the whole of Europeto follow.
technological landscape of the world could not have been
easily guessed. Finally, skeptics may even question the But the reforms are to be temporary. When the aims of
this master plan are achieved, Golitsyn writes, “con-
authenticity of the quote.
cessions made in the name of economic and political
reform wouid be withdrawn.”
Let us answer such critics in the following way. To begin
with, since it is clearly a long-range strategy being The testimony of Golitsyn is far more difficult for the “nay-
formulated here, we ought not expect that it necessarily be sayers” to refute than that of Manuilski, coming as it does
carried out with clockwork perfection. Whena target date if om
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is set a generation or more into the future, many things andwritten only a few short years before the events them-
may transpire to force a postponement. How many people
selves actually are taking place. That Golitsyn is somehow
in 1930 knew, for example, that the Soviets would be mistaken, or that the plans he describes were never
engaged in a major war a decade later? Or how much such implemented and that the movement in Eastern Europe
tasks as exercising totalitarian rule in the world’s largest today only coincidently resembles his description — we
nation, spreading revolution and subversion abroad and believe that the likelihood of either being the case involves
consolidating power in captured nations would set back odds that are truly astronomical.
the schedule? It is important to remember that the
Communists have always exhibited an insidious patience And yet, when considering Golitsyn’s revelation we should
when it comes to pursuing their objectives and so a delay rememberthat he wrote in 1984, a year before Mikhail Gor-
of 30 years would not at all put them off the scent of the bachev assumed powerin the Soviet Union and ushered in
prey. If we do not have unimpeachable evidence of the “liberalization” of glasnost/perestroika. Golitsyn’s
authenticity for the statement, we do know that it is in book should have put the West on guard against the propa-
keeping with other Communist views. We need only recall ganda blitz that accompanied Gorbachev'srise. It shouid
Lenin’s famous remark that the West would sell the have raised questions such as why we should accept at face
Soviets the rope with which the “useful idiots” wouid later value the notion that Gorbachev, a man whoforthirty years
be hung. (This continues today but with the difference that had been a loyal Communist, should now suddenly become
the “rope” is now being given to them.) 4 maverick or why he should be selected so readily by the
hard-line old guard of the Politburo. What happened, of
Whenall of this is taken into account, the references to course, was just the opposite: no sooner was Gorbachev
“electrifying overtures and unheard-of concessions” named than an almost unanimous songofpraise arose from
assume an eerie familiarity in the context of recent the dupes,fellow travelers andtraitors in positions ofinflu-
happenings. But the Manuilski quote is not all we have to ence in the Western Establishment. The Insiders and their
go on. There is, in fact, a source that is as recent as 1984, lackeys have been so successful at spreading the Kremlin's
equaily authoritative and, best of all, committed to print. disinformation that Gorbachev has become an enormously
Anatoliy Golitsyn, an ex-KGB officer who specialized in popular world figure. So, we ought not be surprised to see
counterintelligence and who later defected, wrote a book the same governmental and journalistic figures uncritically
six years ago entitled New Lies For Old. upholding thevalidity of the more recent happenings.
Excerpts of Golitsyn’s work were cited in a four-page letter From One Europe To One World
written in November, 1989, to members of the John Birch
Society by its president, G. Allen Bubolz. In the letter, That the Communists are making a show of humanizing
which warns of the deceit of the Eastern European their brutal regimes in an effort to gain much needed
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legitimacy from the West and, in turn, the far more cruciai- ment to everything their forefathers died for.They
ly needed economic favors that are its rewards — this is are selling their birthright of freedom fora pottage
quite obvious. But above and beyond these immediate called “peace, security, and prosperity.” They will
goals is the long-term objective of worid government. lose the former and gain noneofthelatter.
Given the deep-seated opposition to world government And how does this tie into the new developments in
that is exhibited by most citizens in Western nations, its Eastern Europe? As it turns out, quite significantly. One
advocates have had to employ the tactic of gradual and phrase that Gorbachev has been particularly fond of is the
deceptive advances toward that goal. Of all sgiobalist “common European home.”In his book, Perestroika: New
groups, the one that has consistently had the most Thinking for Our Country & the World (Harper & Row,
influence and power has been the Council on Foreign 1987), one section is entitled “Europe is Our Common
Relations (CFR). On numerous occasions since its Home” and he made great use of the concept during his
inception in 1921, the CFR has promoted what is now meetings with Bush and John Paul If. In Perestroika, Time
being euphemistically called “the new world order.” After magazine’s “Man of the Decade” (Gorbachev) reveals a
decades of pushing first for the League of Nations and good deal of what is now transpiring in the Eastern Bloc
later for the United Nations to take control of the world, whenrelating how he cameto his “new” thinking:
the CFR decided in the early 1970’s to shift its strategy to
endorsing a more subtle approach to internationalism. In _.. The continent has known morethan its share of
the April 1974 issue of the Council’s journal, Foreign wars and tears. It has had enough. Scanning the
Affairs, Richard N. Gardner outlined the new strategy in panoramaofthis long-suffering land and pondering
an article entitled “The Hard Road to World Order.” ~ on the commonroots of such a muitiform but essen-
There he complained that “shortsighted nationalism” was tially common European civilization, I felt with
hindering the drive for “interdependence” (another code growing acuteness the artificiality and temporari-
word for the One World Government) and that “‘the ness of the bloc-to-bloc confrontation and the ar-
house of worid order’ will have to be built from the bottom chaic nature of the “iron curtain.” That was proba-
up rather than from the top down.” (Cited, James Perloff, bly how the idea of a common European home came
The Shadows ofPower: The Council on Foreign Relations to my mind and, at the right moment, this ex-
& The American Decline, Western islands, 1989, p. 12) pression sprang from my tongueitself. (p. 194)
This'is to be accomplished by a subversive ploy. Gardner
explains that “an end run around national sovereignty, Such pious philosophizing leads to recommendation and |
eroding it piece by piece, will accomplish much more than Gorbachev drops another hint by suggesting that members
the old-fashioned frontal assauit.” (/bid.) of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, a group
comprised of Communist nations, should “cooperate with
In Western Europe, the “end run” has been a siow but
nonsocialist [read non-Communist — JKW] countries and
steady movement towards what Freemasonry had earlier in
their organizations, the EEC [the European Economic
the century called for: a “United States of Europe.” Perloff
Community — JKW]aboveall.” (/bid., p. 167)
writes: “Through such associations as the Common
market (established in 1957) and the European parliament
And there is evidence that internationalists in Western
(which held its first popular elections in 1979), Europe has Europe are eager to comply with this plan. Hilaire du
become an increasingly collective global unit.” (p. 85)
Berrier observes: “On July 6th (1989) Gorbachev asked
Uniess a strong stand is made by Europeans very soon
that Russia be accorded her place in the ‘common
(and this appears unlikely), in 1992 twelve countries will be European home,’ and on the same day 18 Comecon (the
submerged into the European Community (EC) and
Communist trading bloc) delegates were assigned seats in
thereafter cease to exist as independent nations. Those
the European parliament.” He goes on tostate:
nations are Belgium, Denmark, France, West Germany,
Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
Madame Anne-Marie-Lizin, secretary of state for
Portugal, Spain andthe United Kingdom. In an important
the Europe of 1992, started formal negotiations in
interview published in the December 1, 1989 issue of The
1987 to bring members of the Comecon bioc into
New American, Hilaire du Berrier, an expert on the
the EEC. Hungary will most likely be the first
history of the Common Market, warned:
Communist country admitted, which is why you
… In recognizing a boundary-less Europeas their saw all the ceremony this past summer about
country, Europeans are repudiating their attach- removing the barbed wire along the Austrian-
Saag
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clungarian border, and a piece of that wire being commoninstitutions.” Such a system could “make it easier
presented to President Bush. This is also probably to satisfy Soviet security concerns by maintaining Hast
why Hungary was allowed to be used as the exit Germany as a special security zone with limited
point for the highly publicized flood of refugees. armaments.” And, true to his globalist aspirations,
All of this makes it appear to be a very benign Kissinger concludes by promoting ‘‘an integrated Western
Communist state and a likely first candidate for Europe with strengthened ties to the emerging
EC membership. it will probably be foilowed by democracies of Eastern Europe…”
Yugosiavia, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Poland,
Kast Germany and the Soviet Union — not neces- The reunification of Germany, if and when it comes about
sarily in that order. (and since Kissinger, whose view must be taken very
seriously on this matter, believes it certain, perhaps we
When viewed from this perspective, both the “emerging should simply say when), will, in our opinion, be a major
democracies’’ of Eastern Europe and the submerging ones step in the direction of a One World Government. Why?
of the West represent but two prongs in an overall Because it will provide the crucial linking point between
Slobalist scheme. Gorbachevwrites of “the imperatives of East and West, without which any larger merger would be
pan-European policy determined by the interests and impossible. The symbolic significance of such an act
requirements of Europe as an integrated whole.” (Op. cit., should not be overlooked. In the post-World War II era
p. 196) And lest Americans think that this will only be there have been four nations divided between freedom and
Europe’s problem, we should keep in mind that du Berrier slavery: China, Korea, Vietnam and Germany. Of these,
aiso reports that the CFR is interested in U.S. entry into only Vietnam has been unified, and that nation reached
the Common Market. that state through a bloody Communist takeover (and U.S.
sellout). But Germany is to become the model for the new
if Hungary does prove to be the first Communist nation to worid, a worid in which a peaceful merger creates a new
enter the European Community it does not necessarily system — democratic totalitarianism.
follow that it is the most vital to the One Worlders. That
honor must go to East Germany — or should wejust say A New Age Of Peace?
Germany? As strange as it sounds, the prospect of a
reunified Germanyis very likely. In John Rees’ Inteiligence As we enter the last decade of the second Christian millen-
Digest for November 17, 1989, we read: “All of the Soviet nium we hearcriesof jubilation from all sides. Swords have
Union’s policies are dedicated to the one aim of turning at last begun to be forged into plowshares,light penetrates
Europe into a giant, American-free, neutral, Russian- a realm of darkness, and the spring of freedom has at last
dominated Finland.” The report goes on to explain: blossomed whereit had not been seen in decades.
. Gorbachev is on target for achieving his plan Wewould love to be able to join the celebration but history
through two simple strategies: separate America has shown us time and again the danger of dropping one’s
from Europe through the arms-control process (and guard prematurely. Certainly the events of recent months
through tying up the U.S. in Latin American chaos); have indicated how much sentiment there is for change by
and offer Germany reunification in retum for the peoples of Eastern Europe. Who amongus can fail to
delivering a militarily neutral European Community. be moved by the battles waged against tyranny by the
heroic men and women of Romania, thousands of whom
How do American internationalists view the possibility of a have shed their blood for the cause? Through bioodstained
united Germany? Former Secretary of State Henry streets they fought, carrying their nation’s flag from which
Kissinger, a CFR “statesman” who has done much to they had cut out the Communist symbol.
wreck our foreign policy but whose diplomatic “wisdom”’ is
never doubted by the secular news media, has given his Americans have been conditioned to believe that we are
support in an article, “Living With the Inevitable,” in the seeing an end of the Red beast. Last year CFR stalwart
December 4, 1989 issue of Newsweek. Kissinger writes: Zbigniew Brzezinski published a book expanding on this
“German unification in some form has becomeinevitable, myth, The Grand Failure: The Birth & Death of
whatever the misgivings of Germany’s neighbors and Communism in the Twentieth Century. Brzezinski once
World War [J victims.” He suggests that the “ultimate wrote: “National Sovereignty is no longer a viable
form” of this new Germany may be ‘‘some form of confed- concept.” (Cited, Perloff, p. 154) But David B.
eration, with democratic governments linked by some Funderburk, former ambassador to Romania under
amg
THE ATHANASIAN MARCH1, 1990)
ne
Reagan, is surely closer to the truth when he says: so long asit fits their plans. (Poland, jor ail its apparent
‘We haven’t seen the death of Communism, but what freedom, still has Reds controlling its military and secret
police.) |
we're seeing is its reappearance under another guise.”
What we need to bear in mind is the fact that the Soviet
Union still has 400,000 troops stationed in East Germany; Uniess America and the West wake up, they may soonfind
that it holds a commanding lead in many military areas; themselves being led like a lamb to the siaughter. Saint
that it has stepped up KGB activity in the United States; Paul wrote this about the Second Coming: “For when they
that it still supports terrorist activities in Afghanistan, shall say, peace and security; then shall sudden
El Salvador, South Africa and elsewhere; and that it is destruction come upon them, as the pains upon herthatis
still ruled by a single-party atheistic regime. Nor with child, and they shail not escape. But you, brethren,
should we be fooled by the show of freedom in East Bloc are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a
nations. Experience with past coalition governments thief” (1 Thessalonians 5:3-4) Could it be that the Aposile
shows that Communists abide by such arrangements only is addressing us? 7
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