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Two threats to
America's survival � 1999 WorldNetDaily.com I receive many letters from readers. Most are generous in
their praise; some are generous in their criticism. Many readers ask how they
can learn more about Russian deception strategy and the subversion of our
country. What are the scholarly sources? Today I am going to discuss two
important books that are critical for understanding current events. These books
present key facts which are almost entirely ignored by the establishment media.
In recent columns I have written about the Russian mafia and its relationship to the supposed collapse of Communism. In the last 18 months I have interviewed four East Europeans who tell the same essential story: the Russian mafia is directed by Russian intelligence agents. The first book I am going to review supports the testimony of
these East Europeans.
In 1990 Clarion House published a book entitled, "Red Cocaine:
The Drugging of America." This book was written by Joseph D. Douglass Jr., a
national security consultant and former deputy director of the Tactical
Technology Office, Advance Research Projects Agency. Douglass has 35 years of
experience in national security research and study. He is a serious scholar long
recognized for his contributions.
In 1976 Douglass wrote "The Soviet Theater Nuclear Offensive,"
published under the auspices of the United States Air Force. In 1980 he wrote
"Soviet Military Strategy in Europe," and co-authored a thin and fascinating
volume with the title "Soviet Strategy for Nuclear War." Douglass also authored
"Conventional War and Escalation" in 1981, "CBW: The Poor Man's Atomic Bomb" in
1984 and "Decision-Making in Communist Countries" in 1986. Douglass also
co-authored "America the Vulnerable: The Threat of Chemical/Biological Warfare."
In 1988 Douglass wrote "Why the Soviets Violate Arms Control Treaties" (one of
the best books ever written on this subject).
Douglass is no light-weight. The quality of his work speaks
for itself. But his scholarship, in the case of Russian organized crime and drug
trafficking, goes beyond his East European sources of information and the
documentation he provides. Douglass' scholarship has vision and courage. The
facts he presents are so frightening that most researchers wouldn't have
followed through. The dishonest impulses of our culture cry out against this
kind of scholarship.
Douglass' facts are these: More than 40 years ago the Soviet
Union embarked on a campaign to infiltrate and conquer global organized crime.
This campaign envisioned the creation of KGB-controlled organized crime networks
and the penetration of existing mafia groups. This campaign also involved the
use of narcotics trafficking to corrupt U.S. law enforcement officials and to
penetrate our banks (and other financial institutions). The strategic
exploitation of organized crime facilitates Moscow's sabotage, blackmail and
political subversion operations against Western countries -- especially the
United States. According to Douglass, there are almost no serious obstacles to
the advance of Russian organized crime worldwide. In other words, the Russian
clandestine services are walking all over us. They are beating us.
Considering recent headlines, a frightening picture begins to
fall into place. Take the Bank of New York scandal as a case in point. Billions
of dollars have been laundered through this bank. The sums involved are
astronomical, the main players are Russian, and the U.S. response appears to be
inept. Could it be? Is our government unable to confront a powerful enemy from
within?
Douglass shows that the U.S. has been penetrated at its most
fundamental level. The drug epidemic in this country has been an important
mechanism in this process of penetration. As I said before, it took courage for
Douglass to document this process. It took courage because there is a natural
resistance in the American psyche to the idea of well-organized and systematic
subversion by foreign agents. We refuse to believe that public officials and
business leaders can be lured by greed and compelled by blackmail. My own mind
was unable to grasp the significance of Douglass' book in 1990 when I first read
it. Finally, when Clinton was elected in 1992, I went back and studied "Red
Cocaine" a second time. But it wasn't until I finished Terry Reed's book on the
intelligence-related intrigues of Clinton's Arkansas that I fully appreciated
the importance of "Red Cocaine." (Reed's book, co-authored with John Cummings,
is entitled, "Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA.")
It should be mentioned in passing that Terry Reed, a
registered Democrat by his own admission, operated a CIA front company in
Arkansas during the early 1980s. According to Reed, Clinton's governorship was
deeply mired in cocaine smuggling and money laundering. Reed claims that the
leading CIA agent involved in the Arkansas drug smuggling operation was said (by
Israeli intelligence) to be a KGB double-agent. Although Reed is slow to
understand the dimensions of the KGB's involvement, his story provides chilling
details of the KGB's apparent omniscience about everything that was happening in
Arkansas and beyond. As Reed shows, the Arkansas operation sucked many important
players down a rat hole. One of the players -- Bill Clinton -- was drawn up into
the presidency. Reed's story indirectly supports Douglass' picture of subversion
and penetration through drug trafficking and organized crime.
This year Douglass' book has been updated and reissued as "Red
Cocaine: The Drugging of America and the West." I urge everyone to read it. (You
can call 1-800-661-4801 to order a copy.) I realize how skeptical Americans are
when it comes to an ongoing Communist threat. After all, people think that
Communism has collapsed. They hear this assertion over and over again on TV and
radio. But if you study the facts, you will realize that some slogans are merely
half-truths. As citizens of a free republic, we have a duty to be informed.
While Douglass' work describes Russia's involvement in drug
trafficking and organized crime, there is another dimension to the present
national crisis. Today, as never before, there is danger of a nuclear war with
Russia. This threat is explained in a new book by former CIA analyst Peter
Vincent Pry. Published under the title "War Scare," Pry's book says that the
danger of nuclear war is increasing rather than decreasing. Many of us think of
the Cuban missile crisis as the moment when Russia and America came closest to
exchanging nuclear blows. Not true, says Pry. "Unknown to the general public,
and little known to U.S. policy makers, the world has been undergoing an
extended crisis," explains the CIA veteran. This crisis is born out of the
Russian general staff's view that "nuclear world war may be imminent."
Pry is challenging received wisdom, and that is a hazardous
thing to do. Having worked at the CIA for 10 years he understands what few
others understand. In 1990 Pry wrote a two-volume work on the subject of nuclear
war strategy, entitled, "The Strategic Nuclear Balance." Pry's scholarship shows
that nuclear war is not only survivable, but winnable. Nuclear weapons are
special tools which can be used to disarm an enemy with a lightning blow. The
speed which with these weapons function presents a real challenge to America,
because an attack can happen in a matter of minutes. Russia is pointing
thousands of these weapons at America right now. Pry knows that nuclear weapons
can be used in a way that avoids major collateral damage. He knows that these
weapons would not destroy the earth. In all of this knowledge he is faced with
an uphill battle against the ignorance of his countrymen. Most Americans think
nuclear war is crazy. They imagine that nobody would start such a war.
According to Pry, most Americans are dead wrong.
Nuclear war is a very real possibility. On Oct. 4, 1993, Pry
found himself making "a desperate phone call" from the headquarters of the North
American Air Defense Command to his wife in Washington, D.C. He told her to take
the kids out of school and "head for the hills." At that moment the Russians
were readying for a nuclear attack on America.
Pry's principal responsibility in the CIA was analyzing
Russian strategic forces and watching for signs of a surprise attack. According
to Pry it is "hard to overstate the degree of concern that's shared by some
intelligence officers over the possibility of a Russian nuclear attack." Pry
says that "Many intelligence professionals and strategic warning analysts
maintain private contingency plans to evacuate their families" in case of a
Russian missile strike.
Those who laugh at the idea of a future nuclear war need to
read Pry's book. It is well written and filled with facts. Go to your local
bookstore and order a copy. Get the truth from somebody who spent 10 years
watching the Russian war machine.
A Republic depends on informed citizens. I do not believe that
informed citizens elected Clinton to the presidency. I do not believe that an
informed citizen would sneer at the patriotic efforts of sincere scholars and
intelligence analysts when they attempt to warn the country of internal and
external dangers. If we do not meet the challenge of Russian nuclear weapons and
the Russian mafia, we could lose our country forever.
If you care about America, then pick up a book and read.
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J.R. Nyquist is a WorldNetDaily contributing editor and author
of 'Origins of the Fourth World War.'
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