--- Begin Message ---
Pat: Send to all. Cliff.
� 2001 by G. Edward Griffin
Within minutes after the terrorist attack against the World Trade
Center and the Pentagon on September 11, my phone began to ring and emails
started pouring in asking what was the meaning of it all. I was flattered
that anyone thought I would know the answer to that question; but, in truth,
I knew little more than what was being shown on television. It was
impossible to have a reasoned response until the shock wore off and the
facts could be assembled.
The concepts I would like to share with you today were set to paper
three days after that event. I printed about a dozen copies and gave them to
family and friends. Since then I have added historical data, but the
concepts and the message remain unchanged. Many of the predictions I made
have already come to pass; but any pride I might have in being right is far
offset by the grim substance of those predictions.
After completing The Creature from Jekyll Island, I felt that I
still had one more book to write and that it would be called The Freedom
Manifesto. I also knew that I would need a dramatic issue in the first
chapter to capture attention. Well, the terrorist attack on September 11 was
certainly that � and more.
I told those on my email list that I would send them my expanded
report on terrorism, but then I became bogged down in structuring and
gathering material for the book. By that time, the report had become huge
and had to be divided into chapters. All of that took about four weeks. So,
what started out to be a four-page report on terrorism metamorphosed into
Chapter One of The Freedom Manifesto.
At first, it was my intent to keep the material up to date with
late-breaking events; but then it occurred to me that it might have more
value in its original form than if it were continually updated. Writing
about news events after they happen is not difficult, but writing about them
before they happen is another matter. So, I decided to let the overview
stand exactly as conceptualized on Friday, September 14, 2001. This is that
report.
*********
KNOW THE ENEMY
In the year 500 b.c., a Chinese general and philosopher by the name
of Sun Tzu wrote a treatise called The Art of War. It has been translated
into just about every language in the world and has become a classic of
military and political strategy. In it, Sun Tzu said:
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the
result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for
every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the
enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.[1]
It is now three days after the attack, and I am haunted by the words
of Sun Tzu. America has declared war, but her leaders are not even sure who
the enemy is. Is it a man called Osama bin Laden? Is it Afghanistan, the
nation that shelters him? Is it the Taliban which rules Afghanistan? Is it a
terrorist group called al-Qaida? Is it Muslim Extremism? We commit to war
but do not know the enemy.
The meaning of this event is far more complicated than the surface
facts would indicate. On the surface, we have a group of people in the
Middle East who hate America and have pledged themselves to inflict severe
punishment on her, even at the sacrifice of their own lives. If that is as
far as we care to look, then the meaning is simple. It is them against us;
we are at war; they are the bad guys; we are the good guys; and we must
destroy the enemy.
That is the meaning that was given to the American people by their
leaders. President Bush summarized it well when he told the nation, Tuesday,
that the attack was an act of cowardice and that America was the target
because it was a beacon of freedom. If that is the correct meaning of the
event, the logical consequences are that we must fight back; we must defend
freedom; and we must not stop until the cowards are wiped off the face of
the earth. That is the path of war, retaliation, and, of course,
counter-retaliation.
There is, however, a deeper understanding of this event, and it has
to do with the maxim: actions have consequences. To come to that
understanding, we must do the unthinkable in moments of crisis. We must ask
questions.
LOYALTY AND PATRIOTISM
Asking questions is not popular with some people. When a nation is
at war, there is a tendency for its citizens to rally behind their leaders
without questioning the wisdom of their actions. For them, the test of
patriotism is conformity. Those who ask questions are called unpatriotic.
Life is simple for the conformists. All they want to know is �What side are
you on, anyway?�[2]
When we reach the end of this report, there will be no doubt in
anyone�s mind about my patriotism or which side holds my loyalty; but, along
the way, I definitely will be asking some hard questions about the wisdom of
American foreign policy.
Although I may be critical of our politicians and their policies; I
want it clearly understood at the outset that I totally support our men and
women who will be sent into combat as a result of those policies. When we
find ourselves in a shooting war, regardless of how we got into it, at that
point we have no choice. We must put all that we have into the fight. But,
the other side of that coin is that we must fight to win. Our goal must be
victory, not stalemate � and we should achieve it as quickly as possible to
minimize casualties on both sides. That does not mean fighting a protracted
conflict in which something other than victory is the goal. That is what our
politicians forced us to do in Korea and Vietnam and Desert Storm and the
Balkan War. After the fighting was over, the tyrannical regimes were still
there. We left them in place. Some of them are now supporting the terrorists
who have attacked us.
In the days ahead, we must be clear on the difference between
loyalty and patriotism. The spirit of loyalty compels us to support and
defend our country even when she is wrong. That is necessary in time of war,
but patriotism is a higher ideal. It compels us, not only to defend our
country when she is wrong, but also to do everything within our power to
bring her back to the side of right.
When it comes to patriotism, there is no one who has a greater love
for country than I do. That is easy to say; but when you hear someone make
that statement, you have a right to know where is the evidence? My evidence
is my life. I did not purchase our family�s flag on Tuesday. It is very old
and weathered. We have proudly displayed it on every holiday for more than
forty years. Often, it was the only flag in the neighborhood. I did not need
a terrorist attack to remind me to honor my country and my heritage.
Displaying the flag is important, but patriotism requires much more
than that. I have devoted almost the entirety of my adult life trying to
mobilize my fellow countrymen to the defense of America from her enemies
outside her borders and within. Since 1960, I have left behind me a long
paper trail and a mountain of audio and videotapes extolling the virtues of
the American system, her culture, her Constitution, and her people. I love
America and all that she has stood for in days gone by, but I am saddened
beyond words at what has been done to her within my lifetime � and what I
fear is yet to be done in the days ahead.
There are those who may say that I am anti-government, but that is
not true. I am not anti-government; I am anti-corrupt government. I will do
everything possible to defend my government from those who would violate
their oaths of office, tear apart the Constitution, or use their positions
of trust to oppress our people. To oppose corruption in government is the
highest obligation of patriotism.
WHY DO THEY HATE AMERICA?
The first question we need to ask is why? Why do the terrorists hate
America?[3]
I am reminded of the story of a young man in medieval times who
wanted to become a knight. He obtained an audience with the king and offered
his services, explaining that he was an excellent swordsman. The king told
him that the realm was at peace, and there was no need for a knight.
Nevertheless, the young man insisted that he be allowed to serve. To put and
end to the discussion, the king finally agreed and knighted him on the spot.
Several months later, the young knight returned to the castle and requested
another audience. When he entered the throne room, he bowed in respect and
then reported that he had been very busy. He explained that he had killed
thirty of the king�s enemies in the North and forty-five of them in the
South. The king looked puzzled for a moment and said, �But I don�t have any
enemies.� To which the knight replied, �You do now, Sire.�
Do Muslim terrorists hate America because of their religion or their
culture? Is it because they are envious of America�s wealth or that American
women wear short skirts? Or is it because they really do hate freedom? No
one with knowledge of Islam believes any of those answers. Some commentators
have quoted the more militant passages of the Koran as proof that religion
is, indeed, the basis of this animosity, but a careful reading reveals that
violence is approved only in retaliation. Of course, there are groups within
Islam that have a very liberal interpretation of retaliation, but the fact
remains that the terrorists are attacking only those countries that have
previously conducted military campaigns against their people. Their hatred
comes, not from the Koran or the ancient traditions or from envy. It comes
from a desire for revenge.
AMERICA BECOMES WORLD POLICEMAN
Ever since the end of World War II, America�s politicians have
viewed themselves as global leaders with a responsibility to manage the
affairs of the world that outweighs or at least equals any obligation to
their own country. For over five decades, the nation�s universities and
media have extolled the virtues of internationalism. The old tradition of
avoiding foreign entanglements was sneeringly called isolationism. We were
conditioned to think that the old way was stupid. The wave of the future was
shown to us, and it was a New World Order. Over the years, we watched with
approval as our leaders increasingly entangled our once sovereign nation
into a world community called the United Nations. Treaty by treaty, we
watched and approved as we became increasingly subject to international
edicts and played the role of world policeman.
It is in that role that our military began to wage wars against
populations far removed from our shores and even further from our national
interests. To justify those wars, we were told that we were defending victim
groups against their despotic neighbors or ridding the world of drug lords;
but, after the smoke of battle cleared, we discovered that there were hidden
agendas that were much less noble. More often than not, the real purpose of
the war was to control oil fields, ports, mineral resources, or military
supply lines � or even to distract voters from thinking about scandals in
the White House. If you roam around the globe shooting and bombing people,
and aligning yourself politically with others who do the same, you cannot
expect your victims to like you very much. Some may even be willing to die
for revenge.
A MOMENT OF TRUTH IN MEDIA
On Wednesday evening (September 12), Henry Sigman, reported on
Nightline: �The U.S. is seen as a sort of an insensitive hegemony with
arrogance that seeks to impose it�s own values on the rest of the world. It
is seen as an uncritical supporter of the State of Israel in its conflict
with the Palestinians, and the combination of the two does not make for U.S.
popularity in that part of the world.�
Adding to this theme was Magnas Raisdorff, who also appeared on
Nightline while Ted Koppel, the show�s host, was speaking from London.
Raisdorff, a reporter in the London branch of CBS, and an expert on
terrorism, agreed with Sigman. He said:
Many in the Arab world regard the U.S., not as an honest broker, but
as protecting and shielding Israel over very important political as well as
religious issues. Among these issues are: Israel�s control over holy Islamic
sites, like the Dome of the Rock;[4] the presence of U.S. troops near
Islamic religious places such as Mecca and Medina; the sanctions the U.S.
has placed on Iraq are mostly depriving children of drugs and food they
desperately need; and, most importantly, Israel�s attacks on prominent
Palestinian militants are using equipment, like helicopter gun ships,
provided by the U.S.
Then Jim Ruden, also in London, came on the program to summarize
Raisdorff�s report saying: �And that is why what happened yesterday,
happened, not because �America is the world�s brightest beacon [of freedom].��
Since the end of World War II, the United States has launched
military strikes against Panama, Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia,
Iraq, Kuwait, Sudan, Haiti, Granada, Afghanistan, and Somalia � all in the
pursuit of stopping drugs, defending freedom, or resisting Communism. In the
great majority of cases, these objectives were not achieved. The only
measurable result has been the creation of hostility toward America. That is
what I call the OOPS Factor that has been a dominant feature of U.S. foreign
policy for over five decades.
Politicians never admit that they have made a mistake � especially a
big one. To do so would imply that they are not qualified to lead. No matter
what errors they make, they find something or someone to blame. Their
standard excuse is that they didn�t have enough money or large enough staff
or enough authority. If only we will increase their budget and give them
more power, everything will be corrected. Typically, they already have spent
too much money, hired too many people, and exercised too much authority, so
their proposed solution is more of exactly what created the problem in the
first place.
In the case of terrorism, the politicians who create U.S. foreign
policy cannot be expected to tell the world they made a mistake. It will be
a chilly day in Hades when they announce that they, themselves, have any
responsibility for these acts. They will not want the American people
contemplating the possibility that Tuesday�s attack might have been related
to an interventionist foreign policy. They will try to single out a person
and then demonize him so he will become the central focus of anger and
retaliation. That person probably will be Osama bin Laden, so, let us see
what he has to say about this. (Please remember that these words were
written just three days after the attack of September 11; and, at that time,
bin Laden had not yet been firmly declared as the responsible party.)
FROM THE MIND OF BIN LADEN
In May of 1998, ABC reporter John Miller interviewed bin Laden at
his camp on a mountaintop in Southern Afghanistan. This is what he said:
The Americans impose themselves on everyone. � They accuse our
children in Palestine of being terrorists. Those children who have no
weapons and have not even reached maturity. At the same time, they defend �
with their airplanes and tanks, the state of the Jews that has a policy to
destroy the future of these children. � In the Sabra and Shatilla massacre,
� houses were demolished over the heads of children. Also, by testimony of
relief workers in Iraq, the American-led sanctions resulted in the death of
more than one million Iraqi children. � We believe that the biggest thieves
in the world and the terrorists are the Americans. The only way for us to
fend off these assaults is to use similar means. � So, we tell the Americans
as a people, and we tell the mothers of soldiers, and American mothers in
general, if they value their lives and those of their children, find a
nationalistic government that will look after their interests and � does not
attack others, their lands, or their honor.[5]
I am not quoting bin Laden because I think he is a nice guy or that
I want to exonerate him in any way. In my view, there is never any excuse
for terrorism. I include his words only to emphasize what I stated earlier.
He and his followers are not motivated by hatred of freedom or by religious
zeal but by a desire for revenge. In the days ahead, as we contemplate how
to put an end to terrorism, we had better be clear on that. As long as we
follow a foreign policy of interventionism, we will create new enemies
faster than we can track down the old ones and we will never be able to
erect anti-terrorist measures capable of stopping them all. If we retaliate
against populations or geographical areas, we will certainly unite all of
Islam in a holy war against us, and we will light the fire of hatred in the
hearts of a billion Muslims who will have but one purpose in life: to seek
revenge against us.
SAGE ADVICE FROM THE PAST
For the past few days, I have found myself thinking about George
Washington. At first, I didn�t know why. Then it dawned on me. Hadn�t
Washington warned about all this just before leaving office as first
President of the United States? So I dug out a copy of his Farewell Address
and, sure enough, there it was. This is what he said:
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations; cultivate peace
and harmony with all. � Antipathy in one nation against another, disposes
each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes
of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling
occasions of dispute occur. Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed,
and bloody contests. � So, likewise, the passionate attachment of one nation
for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation,
facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no
real common interest exists, � betrays the former into participation in the
quarrels and the wars of the latter. � Europe has a set of primary interests
which to us have none or very remote relation. Hence, she must be engaged in
frequent controversies, the cause of which are essentially foreign to our
concerns. ... Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by
interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace
and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest,
humor, or caprice? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent
alliances with any portion of the foreign world.
One cannot read those words of wisdom without sadly realizing how
far we have drifted from our nation�s moorings. In retrospect, the so-called
isolationism of our forefathers is now looking very good.
NO PLACE TO HIDE
In 1982 I produced a video documentary entitled No Place to Hide;
The Strategy and Tactics of Terrorism. Immediately after Tuesday�s attack, I
began to get inquiries about the program. Friends who possessed copies ran
them on public-access cable. Suddenly, the video, which had remained almost
forgotten in the back pages of our catalogue, became a best seller. There is
good reason for that. When I did the research for this topic, I discovered
that terrorism involves a lot more than just blowing things up and killing
people. There is a well-defined strategy behind it that has to do with the
anticipated reaction of the target government and its citizens. Terrorists
themselves phrase it this way: The action is in the reaction. They know
that, after repeated attacks, people will become angry with their leaders
for not preventing terrorism. This sets citizens against their own
government. They also know that terrorist attacks will cause people to
curtail travel, business ventures, and the purchase of luxuries, all of
which will depress the economy. In our modern age, many people have come to
think that the health of the economy is government�s responsibility. So, any
decline in the market, loss of jobs or purchasing power will also be blamed
on the government, making it even more unpopular. The most important
reaction, however, is that terrorism causes the target government to respond
with police state measures against its own citizens.
Carlos Marighella, was a former leader of the Communist Party of
Brazil. His book, The Mini-Manual for Urban Guerrillas, has been studied by
revolutionaries and terrorists worldwide. It explains that the target
government must be deliberately goaded into violating the rights of its
citizens. Marighella said:
The government has no alternative but to intensify repression. The
police roundups, house searches, arrests of innocent people make life
unbearable. The general sentiment is that the government is unjust,
incapable of solving problems, and resorts purely and simply to the physical
liquidation of its opponents. � The urban guerilla must become more
aggressive and violent, resorting without letup to sabotage, terrorism,
expropriations, assaults, kidnappings, and executions, heightening the
disastrous situation in which the government must act.[6]
The same strategy was expressed in 1968 by Italian Communist
Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, in a booklet entitled Political Guerilla Warfare.
Feltrinelli said that the task of the terrorist was to �violate the law
openly � challenging and outraging institutions and public order in every
way. Then, when the state intervenes as a result, with the police and the
courts, it will be easy to denounce its harshness and repressive dictatorial
tendencies.�[7]
In Germany, Ulrike Meinhof, a member of a terrorist group called the
Red Army Fraction, explained it this way. She said: �It is necessary to
provoke the latent fascism in society, � and then the people will turn to us
for leadership.�[8]
Initially, most citizens will not complain about a repressive
government if they are convinced it is necessary for their own safety, but
eventually it adds to a growing dissatisfaction with the status quo and sets
the stage for a revolution � either a violent one or a political one � in
which the target system is stripped of its freedoms with the timid consent
of the governed. That is the real goal of international terrorism. Let me to
repeat that. The goal of international terrorism is a revolution � either a
violent one or a political one � in which the target system is stripped of
its freedoms with the timid consent of the governed.
Who would want to do that? Certainly, that is not the goal of those
who sacrifice their lives in acts of suicidal revenge. They care nothing
about changing the structure of the target society. But those who encourage
them, who finance them, who train them, and who psychologically program them
by enflaming their passions, are quite different. Who are they?
There are two powerful groups today that would like to see what is
left of the free world brought under totalitarian control. For many decades
they have alternated between competing and cooperating with each other in
their quest for world dominance. Together, they constitute the greatest
threat to freedom that the human race has ever faced. Yet, less than 5% of
the population even knows that they exist. They have worked very hard to
avoid using names for themselves that are commonly recognized. Humans think
with words, and if we have no words to identify these groups, then we cannot
even think about them � which is very much to their liking. If we are to
follow Sun Tzu�s advice, if we are to know the enemy, it is obvious that the
first thing we must do is identify him.
In the following three chapters, I will identify the names of these
groups. From their own records, I will show their ideologies, their goals,
and their tactics. By the end of Chapter Four, you will know the enemy.
PERPETUAL WAR
In the meantime, we are told that we are fighting terrorism. But
terrorism is not the enemy. It is a strategy of the enemy. That is like
saying the enemy is hand-to-hand combat or air raids or missile attacks or
espionage. Since terrorism is not the enemy, a war on terrorism cannot be
won. It is doomed to drag on forever � just like the war on drugs and the
war against crime. It might as well be a war against sin.
Shortly after World War II, George Orwell wrote his classic novel
entitled, 1984. It was a satirical prediction of what the world might be
like far in the future. Orwell envisioned that, if governments continued to
expand their power as they were then doing, eventually, they would evolve
into a global police state. He described the methods that would be used to
keep the masses from rebelling. Thought control was the primary method, but
one of the ways they accomplished that was to be constantly at war. In time
of war, the populace will accept any hardship and make any sacrifice to
defend the homeland. However, to have war, it was necessary to have an
enemy, and that enemy had to be despicable in the eyes of the homeland
defenders. Atrocities had to be committed and many lives had to be lost. But
it was equally important to avoid winning the war � otherwise, the hardships
imposed by the state would no longer seem reasonable to its subjects.
The world was divided into three geographical areas called Oceania,
Eurasia, and Eastasia, and the rulers of these regions agreed to war against
each other but never to seek outright victory. The object was perpetual war.
Orwell described it this way:
In one combination or another, these three superstates are
permanently at war and have been so for the past twenty-five years. War,
however, is no longer the desperate, annihilating struggle that it was in
the early decades of the twentieth century. � This is not to say that either
the conduct of the war, or the prevailing attitude toward it, has become
less bloodthirsty or more chivalrous. On the contrary, war hysteria is
continuous and universal in all countries. � But in a physical sense war
involves very small numbers of people, mostly highly trained specialists,
and causes comparatively few casualties. The fighting, when there is any,
takes place on the vague frontiers whose whereabouts the average man can
only guess at. � In the centers of civilization war means no more than a
continuous shortage of consumption goods, and the occasional crash of a
rocket bomb which may cause a few scores of deaths. � It does not matter
whether the war is actually happening, and since no decisive victory is
possible, it does not matter whether the war is going well or badly. All
that is needed is that a state of war should exist. �War, it will be seen,
is now a purely internal affair � waged by each ruling group against its own
subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of
territory, but to keep the structure of society intact.[9]
When we look at the facts surrounding the war on terrorism �
particularly the impossibility of victory � we cannot miss the striking
parallels to Orwell�s satire. His only error, it seems, was choosing the
wrong year for the title of his book.
THIRTEEN PREDICTIONS
It is always dangerous to make predictions � especially if they are
put into print. If they prove to be wrong, they can haunt you for the rest
of your life. Nevertheless, here are thirteen predictions that I fervently
hope will be wrong. Unfortunately, I have no doubt that most if not all of
them will come to pass.
1. The first prediction is that we will not be given genuine options
regarding the war on terrorism. We will have only two choices, both of which
are disastrous. It will be similar to the Vietnam War in which Americans
were expected to be either hawks or doves. Either they supported the no-win
war or they opposed it. They were not given the option of victory. Their
choice was between pulling out of the war and turning the country over to
the Vietcong quickly or doggedly staying in the war and turning the country
over to the Vietcong slowly � which is the way it turned out. Likewise, in
the war on terrorism, we will be asked simply to choose sides. Either we are
for freedom or for terrorism. The wisdom of U.S. interventionism will not be
allowed as a topic for public debate.
2. Most American political leaders are now committed to world government, so
the second prediction is that they will crow about how America will not
tolerate terrorism, but they will not act as Americans. Instead, they will
act as internationalists. They will turn to the UN to lead a global war
against terrorism. They will seek to expand the capacity of NATO. and UN
military forces. Although American troops will provide the backbone of
military action, they will operate under UN authority.
3. The third prediction is that the drive for national disarmament will be
intensified. This will not lead to the elimination of weapons of mass
destruction, but merely to the transfer of those weapons to UN control. It
will be popularized as a means of getting nuclear and bio-chemical weapons
out of the hands of terrorists. The internationalists promoting this move
will not seem to care that many of the world�s most notorious terrorists now
hold seats of power at the UN and that the worst of them will actually
control these weapons. This will be documented in Chapters Five and Six.
4. The fourth prediction is that, if any terrorists are captured, they will
be brought before the UN World Court and tried as international criminals.
This will create popular support for the Court and will go a long way toward
legitimizing it as the ultimate high tribunal. The public will not realize
the fateful precedent that is being established � a precedent that will
eventually be used to justify bringing citizens of any country to trial
based on charges made by their adversaries in other countries. Anyone who
seriously opposes the New World Order could then be transported to The Hague
in the Netherlands and face charges of polluting the planet or committing
hate crimes or participating in social genocide or supporting terrorism.
5. The fifth prediction is that the FBI will be heavily criticized for
failing to detect an attack as extensive and well coordinated as this. In
reply, we will be told that the FBI was hampered by lack of funding, low
manpower, and too little authority. Naturally, that will be followed by an
increase in funding, additional manpower, and greatly expanded authority.
6. The sixth prediction is that, eventually, it will be discovered that the
FBI and other intelligence agencies had prior warning and, possibly,
specific knowledge of Tuesday�s attack; yet they did nothing to prevent it
or to warn the victims. This will be a repeat of what happened at the
bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City six years
previously. Why they failed to do so is the topic of Chapter Four.
7. The seventh prediction is that much of the war on terrorism will be waged
against Americans inside their own country. New laws, international
treaties, and executive orders will severely restrict travel, speech,
privacy, and the possession of firearms. Americans have consistently
rejected these measures in the past, but there will be much less opposition
when they are presented in the name of fighting terrorism. Government
agencies will demand to know everything about us, from our school records,
our psychological profiles, our buying habits, our political views, our
medical histories, our religious beliefs, the balances in our savings
accounts, our social patterns, a list of our friends � everything. This will
not be unique to America. The same program will be carried out in every
nation in what is left of the free world.
8. The eighth prediction is that those who speak out against these measures
will be branded as right-wing extremists, anti-government kooks, or paranoid
militiamen. The object will be to isolate all dissidents from the mainstream
and frighten everyone else into remaining silent. It is always possible to
find a few genuine crackpots; and, even though they will constitute less
than one percent of the movement, they will be the ones selected by the
media to represent the dissident view point. A little bit of garbage can
stink up the whole basket. In spite of that, responsible dissenters will
still be heard. If they begin to attract a following, they will be arrested
on charges of hindering the war effort, committing hate crimes, terrorism,
tax evasion, investment fraud, credit-card fraud, child molestation, illegal
possession of firearms, drug trafficking, money laundering, or anything else
that will demonize them in the public mind. The mass media will uncritically
report these charges, and the public will assume they are true. There is
nothing quite so dramatic as watching someone on the evening news being
thrown against the wall by a SWAT team and hauled off in handcuffs. TV
viewers will assume that, surely, he must be guilty of something. His
neighbors will shake their heads and say �� and he seemed like such a nice
person.�
9. One of the few remaining obstacles to the New World Order is the
Internet, because it allows the public to bypass the mass media and have
access to unfiltered information and opinion. Therefore, the ninth
prediction is that laws will be enacted to restrict the use of the Internet.
Child pornography has long been the rallying cry to justify government
control. Now, the specter of terrorism and money laundering will be added to
the list. The real object will be to eliminate the voices of dissent.
10. The tenth prediction is that the war on terrorism will be dragged out
over many years or decades. Like the war on drugs after which it is
patterned, there will be no victory. That is because both of these wars are
designed, not to be won, but to be waged. Their function is to sensitize the
population with fear and indignation, to provide credible justification for
the gradual expansion of government power and the consolidation of that
power into the UN.
11. The eleventh prediction is that it will take a long time to locate Osama
bin Laden. A TV reporter can casually interview him at his mountain
stronghold, but the U.S. military and CIA � with legions of spies and Delta
forces and high-tech orbiting satellites � they cannot find him. Why not?
Because they do not want to find him. His image as a mastermind terrorist is
necessary as a focus for American anger and patriotic fervor. If we are to
wage war, there must be someone to personify the enemy. Bin Laden is useful
in that role. Of course, if his continued evasion becomes too embarrassing,
he will be killed in military action or captured � if he doesn�t take his
own life first. Either way, that will not put the matter to rest, because
bin Laden is not the cause of terrorism, he is the icon of terrorism. If he
were to be eliminated, someone else would only have to be found to take his
place. So it is best to give each of them as much longevity as possible.
That is why terrorists like Arrafat, Hussein, Qadhafi and Khomeini, not only
are allowed to remain in power, but receive funding and military aid from
the U.S. government. They are the best enemies money can buy. This issue
will be covered in Chapter Four.
12. The twelfth prediction is that, when the Taliban is toppled in
Afghanistan, a new government will be established by the UN. Like Kosovo
before it, the UN military will remain behind, and the country will not be
independent. There will be talk about how it will represent the Afghan
people, but it will serve the agendas of the internationalists who will
create it. The sad country will become just another pin on the map showing
the location of yet one more UN province.
13. The thirteenth prediction is that, while all this is going on,
politicians will continue waving the American flag and giving lip service to
traditional American sentiments in order to placate their constituency who
must never be allowed to know that they are being delivered into slavery.
Yes, actions have consequences, and the long-range consequences of
this act of terrorism are even more devastating than the loss of life and
property that has been the focus of the media so far.
Behold the Grand Deception: The action is in the reaction. The war
on terrorism is a war on freedom.
*********
That is the end of Chapter One, as it will appear in The Freedom
Manifesto. I cannot predict how long it will take to complete the remaining
chapters, but I can tell you that I have made this a high priority project.
If you would like to be notified when it is published, I suggest that you
visit our web site and request to be added to the mailing list. If you are
on line as you read this, click here to register. If you are not on line,
then log on to our web site registration page at
http://www.realityzone.com/ourcrusade.html.
WHAT CAN BE DONE?
In the meantime, the crucial question is what can be done now,
especially considering the lateness of the hour. This is where it can really
get depressing. At the present time, there is nothing that men and women of
good conscience can do to alter the forces of destruction that have been
unleashed against them. As long as the nations of the world are controlled
by politicians with a globalist and collectivist mindset; as long as they
use every problem and crisis as an excuse to expand the power of government;
as long as the great majority of our fellow passengers on this spaceship
called Earth are unaware of these ploys, then absolutely nothing can be
done. But notice I said �as long as.�
The �as-long-as� part of the equation contains two elements that
underlie all of our problems: (1) We have put the wrong people into
government and (2) the public has been denied vital information � which is
why we put the wrong people into government. Therefore, any realistic plan
for eliminating terrorism and recapturing freedom must have two objectives:
(1) We must put the right people into government and (2) we must see that
the public gets the information it has been denied. The political objective
is important, but it cannot be reached without first achieving the
educational objective, so that is where we must begin.
A WAY TO BYPASS THE MASS MEDIA
The first step is to mass distribute copies of this report. For that
purpose, they now are available free from the Reality Zone web site. You can
either print them from your computer to be used as handouts and envelope
enclosures or you can send emails to your friends inviting them to visit the
Reality Zone and read the report on line. That is so simple it can be done
with a click of the mouse. At the bottom of the report is a form that reads:
Tell A Friend. While you are on line you can enter the names of those you
would like to read this report. The Reality Zone will do the rest.
I urge you to send this report to everyone you know. Everyone. Don�t
worry about how they will react. Some have been so sheltered from reality
that they will not be able to accept the validity of this information, no
matter how much documentation is provided. After all, they are not getting
any of this through the mass media. Besides, people don�t want to hear bad
news But, as events unfold and as the predictions become historical facts,
our friends eventually will come on board.
It is my intent to make the Reality Zone a cyberspace information
hub where people from all over the world can come for reliable information
on the global crusade for freedom. In addition to this report, you will be
able to get a printed transcript of the video documentary, No Place to Hide;
The Strategy and Tactics of Terrorism. Many other items will be added as we
expand. Anyone who wants to translate these materials into a language other
than English is encouraged to do so and send it to us for posting. It is our
goal to have the documents available in every major language of the world.
With the capacity to send electronic documents over the Internet, we
finally have a way to bypass the mass media. Just imagine what would happen
if everyone of the 5000 people on my email list would forward a copy of this
Report to everyone on their email list. And then imagine that ten or fifteen
percent of those would do the same. It would be theoretically possible to
reach every person with an email address on the entire planet within a few
months.
A GLOBAL FORCE FOR FREEDOM
This is no longer an issue just for Americans. It is now a global
battle that cuts across all lines of nationality, race, religion, language,
culture, economic status, and level of education. This is a battle in which
we are all united by common cause. That includes Christians, Jews, Muslims,
Americans, Afghans, Iraqis, Russians, Chinese, Mexicans, Somalians,
Croatians, Serbs, Australians, Canadians � literally everyone in the world
who seeks freedom. I am not talking about governments. I am talking about
people.
We must not be tricked into pitting Christians against Muslims or
Muslims against Jews, or Jews against Christians, or any other combination
of religion against religion. No matter how we may differ over theology, the
one thing on which we agree is that it is God�s plan for all men to be free.
That is our common cause, and that is the rallying cry that will bring
millions into our ranks. We will not be able to defeat the global force of
despotism without building a global counter-force for freedom.
We are now engaged in world War III, a war involving every nation
and every human being on the planet. You and I are involved whether we like
it or not. We cannot escape. There is no place to hide. The only question is
when will we commit to battle. If we wait until there is no longer any
controversy and all of our friends clearly see that the war on terrorism is
a grand deception, then we will have waited too long. The time to step
forward is now.
G. Edward Griffin
The following items relating to this report are available from The Reality Zone
Free printed transcript of this report: www.realityzone.com/granddeception.html
Video documentary, No Place to Hide: www.realityzone.com/noplacetohide.html
Free printed transcript of No Place to Hide:
www.realityzone.com/noplacetohide1.html
Reality Zone, P.O. Box 4646, Westlake Village, CA 91359
Web site home page: www.realityzone.com
Telephone: (800) 595-6596
If you want to distribute this report, the only restriction is that they
must be given, not sold, and nothing may be added or deleted. The report
must be printed in its entirety, including these comments. It may not be
used to promote or imply my endorsement of any group, business venture, or
individual without written permission.
Send This Report to A Friend!
Type In Your Name:
Type In Your E-mail:
Your Friend's E-mail:
Your Comments:
Receive copy:
Endnotes
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[1] Sun Tzu, The Art of War (New York: Delacorte Press, 1983), p. 18.
[2] This attitude became official government policy on September 23, 2001,
when Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said, �You are either 100
percent for us or 100 percent against us.�
[3]Five days after I wrote these words, USA Today carried an eye-witness
report from Pakistan echoing the same sentiment. It said: �In Pakistan this
week, thousands have demonstrated. They�ve burned American flags, raised
clenched fists, and held aloft banners telling the world what they think of
the USA. One, written in English, asked a stunning question: �Americans,
think! Why does the whole world hate you?�� See �Extremists� hatred of U.S.
has varied roots,� USA Today, Sept. 19, 2001, p. 1.
[4] Although the Dome of the Rock presently has a Muslim mosque built upon
it, the Jews and Christians also regard as a holy site.
[5]See http://www.abcnews.go.com, John Miller Interviews Bin Laden (May
1998), Sept. 27, 2001.
[6] Claire Sterling, The Terrorist Network (New York: Berkeley Books, 1982),
pp. 20-21.
[7] Ibid., p. 35.
[8] Ibid., p. 159.
[9] George Orwell, 1984 (New York: New American Library/Signet, 1949), pp.
153-164.
End of report
[Reality Zone Company Info] [Freedom Issues] [Health Issues]
[Selected Topics] [Audio Archives] [Real Money]
[Special Offers] [News/Views] [Whole Catalog]
We try to update often, so be sure to bookmark this page and check in daily
for news, freedom alerts, special offers, and new products.
� Reality Zone
For more information contact [EMAIL PROTECTED], or go to our
information page. You can also call us at (800) 595-6596 or write us at:
Reality Zone, PO Box 4646, Thousand Oaks, CA 91359.
--- End Message ---
