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Published: Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2004
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Volume 3, Issue Number 38
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Lyndon LaRouche issued the following statement Sept. 20, 2004, through the LaRouche Political Action Committee (LPAC). LaRouche, who was a candidate for the Democratic Party Presidential nomination in 2004, has endorsed John Kerry and John Edwards, and is aggressively campaigning for a landslide Democratic Party victory on Nov. 2.
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"Over the course of the past 72 hours, I have conferred with some leading Western European statesmen, and I can tell you that they are self-deluded in the extreme. They believe that they can 'live' with a second Bush-Cheney term in office in the United States. They are insane. They fail to realize that Bush and Cheney are not prepared to 'live' with them. Bush is a stooge of Cheney and the forces behind Cheney, who are committed to a new string of wars that will soon engulf the entire planet, if they are not stopped, through a landslide defeat on Nov. 2. If you are mad enough to want wars against Iran, North Korea, Syria, China, the Caucasus region of Russiaperpetual wars that, like the Thirty Years' War of the 17th century, wipe out whole populationsthen vote for Bush and Cheney.
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Lyndon LaRouche was interviewed on Sept. 11 by Mehdi Diba for the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), which broadcasts from Tehran. It airs in English in the Asian subcontinent, Europe, and the United States.
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This Week in History
'Treason of the Darkest Dye'
On Sept. 21, 1780, General Benedict Arnold, the Commander of the Continental Army garrison at West Point, traveled down the Hudson River to a secret meeting with British Major John Andre. Andre served as Adjutant General to Sir Henry Clinton, who commanded the British troops at New York City. The meeting lasted almost until dawn, and when it ended, the two had settled the final details of how Arnold would put up only token resistance to a surprise British attack, and would then surrender the strategically crucial Hudson River post to His Majesty's troops. It was a goal the British had failed to reach in 1778, when General John Burgoyne moved south from Canada, but was stopped short and his entire army captured at Saratoga. British control of the Hudson would have separated the five New England colonies from the other eight, leading to an almost impossible situation for the Continental Army.
How had Benedict Arnold, up until this time a hero of the American Revolution, come to this pass? Several American generals, such as John Sullivan, Daniel Morgan, Philip Schuyler, and Israel Putnam, had been sounded out by the British as to whether gold could induce them to change sides, and they had all indignantly refused. But Arnold himself had initiated contact with the British, despite his brave service in capturing Fort Ticonderoga, his winter march from Maine to Quebec where he was badly wounded, and his spectacular charges against the British at Saratoga, where he was again injured.
After Saratoga, Arnold joined Washington at Valley Forge, but he was still smarting from the fact that Congress had promoted five brigadier generals ahead of him, when all five were junior to him in service. After his brilliant victory at Danbury, Connecticut, Arnold had been promoted to Major General by Congress, but his seniority was not restored. General Washington, who greatly admired Arnold's military ability, twice persuaded him not to resign from the Army in a pique over his offended dignity. When the British ended their occupation of Philadelphia in the spring, Washington appointed Arnold as the military governor of Philadelphia, hoping that he would recuperate from his injuries and then rejoin the Army in a leading position.
But the British occupation of Philadelphia had created an atmosphere which Arnold, filled with resentment against his treatment by Congress, was not able to handle. While the Continental Army froze and starved at Valley Forge, the British officer corps indulged in a constant round of parties, plays, dances, gambling, and social events with Philadelphia's wealthy Tories. Some officers were even invited to live in the Tory houses, while others commandeered the houses of patriots. Captain John Andre, who often dealt with intelligence matters, occupied the home of Benjamin Franklin, who later discovered that his portrait painted by Benjamin West was missing, as well as some of his books and a printing press.
Life for the less well-off citizens of Philadelphia began to be singularly unpleasant. Ten thousand British troops were billeted in the city, plus the officers and camp followers. As a result, prices skyrocketed, shortages developed, and the filth and garbage mounted. Independence Hall was converted into a prison for American officers and a barracks for the British troops. The sanitation became so bad that the barracks commander had to issue an order in February of 1778 which stated that "some of the men have been so Beastly as to ease themselves on the Stairs and Lower area of the House between Doors." The sentries were ordered to confine "any man who shall presume to make use of any other place whatever than the Privy for his Necessary Occasions."
When British General William Howe, who was in charge of the occupation, was about to return to London, Captain Andre designed and coordinated a lavish farewell entertainment called the Mischianza, an Italian term for an extravagant medley of medieval tournament jousting followed by music, dancing and a banquet. The lady whose colors Andre wore in the jousting tournament was Peggy Shippen, the socially prominent daughter of a merchant with Tory leanings. At midnight, the lavish banquet, served by 24 black servants in Oriental costumes, featured a total of 1,200 dishes. The degeneracy of the affair even disturbed some of the British. The London Chronicle criticized it as "nauseous" and proof that General Howe preferred "the pleasure of indolence to a discharge of his duty to the country." Admiral Howe's private secretary wrote that "Every man of Sense, among ourselves, tho's not unwilling to pay a due respect, was ashamed of the way of doing it."
As soon as the British left, Benedict Arnold entered the city as its military governor, and was soon enjoying the hospitality of the Tories just as General Howe had done. He was desperate for money, since his accounts had not yet been reimbursed by Congress, and borrowed from anyone he could. He engaged in several questionable transactions regarding trade, and soon aroused the suspicion and enmity of many of the patriot members of the Pennsylvania Government.
Having recently become a widower, Arnold began to court Peggy Shippen, although he was more than twice her age. Peggy was used to luxuries, and Arnold spent freely to impress her. Soon, he and Peggy were corresponding with Peggy's former jousting champion, John Andre, who served as a go-between to Sir Henry Clinton in New York. Arnold offered to join the British cause and demanded a large sum of money, but Clinton replied that what he had to offer in his present situation was not worth the price.
For over a year, Arnold corresponded with Andre while trying to convince Clinton of his worth. Finally, General Washington offered Arnold the command of the left wing of the Continental Army, but Arnold convinced him that his leg was still unhealed, and that a quiet post like West Point would better suit his diminished abilities. Washington unwillingly granted him the post, and Arnold arrived at West Point in early August. Now, he controlled something of the highest value to Henry Clinton.
After Arnold and Andre met on Sept. 21, Arnold gave Andre a safe conduct pass so that he, in civilian garb, could make it back to the British lines. As he entered Tarrytown, which was located in what was called "the neutral ground" between the two lines, Andre was stopped by three American irregulars. Seeing one in a British Army coat, he thought he had reached safety and blurted out that he was a British officer. When he realized his mistake, he changed his story and showed Arnold's pass, but his captors were suspicious and took him to an American post.
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Feature:
The War Plan for November: LaRouche's Leadership in the Democratic Party
by Debra Hanania Freeman
The Labor Day weekend conference of the Schiller Institute devoted its afternoon panel on Sept. 5 to 'The War Plan for November.' The conference was held simultaneously in Reston, Virginia, and Los Angeles, Californialinked by videoconference. Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. introduced the panel; Debra Freeman, LaRouche's national spokeswoman for the East Coast, was the first speaker. She was followed by West Coast spokesman Harley Schlanger, and then by Mr. LaRouche. We publish their opening presentations here; nearly two hours of discussion followed.
- Harley Schlanger:
Our Strategy for A Landslide Victory
All right, so what is this battle plan for November, which will bring not only a defeat for the Cheney-Bush crowd, the neo-conservatives, put Kerry in the White House, and create, also, a Democratic House and Senate? You have to start with a question: Is it a statement of hyperbole, or misplaced hubris, to say, as Debra just did, that John Kerry can only win the 2004 election by adopting the strategy presented by Lyndon LaRouche at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, when he initiated the LaRouche PAC?
The answer is, no. It's not an exaggeration.
- Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.:
How Youth Can Uplift The 'Failed Generation'
Now you have two-thirds of the picture; now, we'll go for the other two parts of the last third. First: Now all get stretched out on your couch. I'm going to interview you. Because you have to reflect upon yourself, and take a self-critical view of your own mind, to understand how to actually win this election campaign. It's something that most Democrats won't do, and some would not even understand the terms I'm using on this question. We, essentially, at this stage particularly, have to do it.
Dumping the Undertaker:
How To Campaign for Kerry
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
September 11, 2004
It were not unfair to think of the late Bob Shrum as the writer of funeral orations for the candidacies of otherwise winning Democrats. These were Democrats whose campaigns were misdirected into accepting recommendations that they adopt the kind of mournful services which Shrum, on his consistent record, has provided for the amusement of the victim Democrats' Republican beneficiaries.
Why 'LaRouche in 2004' Was Indispensable:
Had I Not Been Excluded
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
September 11, 2004
As I wrote on the subject of 'How to Campaign for Kerry,' earlier today, the fact that the Democratic Party is under such campaign pressure for the coming weeks, is reflected now in the still mentally deadening effects of what is typified by the 'Shrum factor' over the entirety of the primary campaign since the New Hampshire primary. Had I not been excluded from the campaign debates, the issues which I was addressing during the period prior to the July Convention would have already been aired to a broader population over the preceding six months.
The Big World Crash of 2004 Is the Key to the Campaign
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Issued by LaRouche PAC on Sept. 13, 2004.
1. Unless the Kerry candidacy shifts its emphasis toward the overriding reality of an onrushing, early general collapse of the world's present monetary-financial system, the lack of appropriate forms of lustre for that campaign so far, will tend to facilitate a Bush-Cheney election by default....
Cheney/Bush Break Amtrak and Freight Rail, Air Transport Sinks Again
by Marcia Merry Baker and Paul Gallagher
Both the passenger and freight rail systems of the United States are in crisis. For the fourth year in a row, the Bush- Cheney Administration has proposed a FY2005budget outlay for Amtraksome $900 millionswhich is barely half of the minimum amount Amtrak needs to keep passenger service going, without capital improvements. Amtrak spokesman Clint Black said in mid-September, that unless Congress overrides the Bush-Cheney action, wholesale shutdown of national passenger train service will start in February.
- Only Re-Regulation Can Save Air Grid
Kiss the air transportation system of the United States goodbye with its residual capacity for quick travel to many cities and the world's best safety recordunless Lyndon LaRouche's program for Federal re-regulation and debt reorganization of the major airlines is implemented by an incoming John Kerry Administration.
Killing Argentines Won't Save the System
by Cynthia R. Rush
The Aug. 30 ruling by the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals backed the fraudulent claim by vulture fund kingpin Kenneth Dart that Argentina owes him $740 million in defaulted debt, and signalled a new round of demands and threats against the South American nation by crazed synarchist bankers. al
German Monday Rallies Demand Productive Jobs
by Rainer Apel
The German government has launched a propaganda campaign to defuse the Monday rally movement of citizens who are protesting against the government's most brutal austerity package, the Hartz IV 'labor market and welfare reform,' and who are joining the LaRouche movement's call for the creation of new, productive jobs. Economics Minister Wolfgang Clement is playing a leading role in this effort to tone down the coverage of the rallies, alleging that 'opposition to Hartz IV is dying down.' His efforts are bolstered by lying propaganda in the mainstream media, which is minimizing the real attendance at these rallies.
International:
Putin Defends Russia From West's Moves to Dismember It
by Roman Bessonov and Rachel Douglas
In a Sept. 4 address to the nation, after the bloody school hostage-taking in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to introduce measures 'to strengthen the integrity of the Russian Federation,' and to upgrade the system of national security, in the framework of constitutional law.
LaRouche's CEC a Key Factor In Australian Election
by Allen Douglas
Now that Australia's next Federal election has been set for Oct. 9, the hot phase of the election is under way, and, in a race too close to call, the campaigns of Lyndon LaRouche's associates in the Citizens Electoral Council, may well determine its outcome. Already, the CEC has helped shape the political environment for the election, to the decided disadvantage of U.S. Vice President Cheney's friends downunder.
'Mossadegh Reflex' in Iranian Nuclear Policy
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
The regular sessions of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA's) Board of Directors have become such ritual confrontations with the Iranian government, over the issue of its nuclear energy program, that one must ask: What is it really all about? Iran insists that it has the right to develop nuclear technology, for peaceful purposes, and, having signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and related protocols, demands the right to master the entire nuclear fuel cycle.
- LaRouche on Iran Radio:
Bush-Cheney Victory Will Mean Endless War
Lyndon LaRouche was interviewed on Sept. 11 by Mehdi Diba of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), which broadcasts in English from Tehran. It airs in the Asia Subcontinent, Europe, and the United States. This is a slightly abridged version of the interview.
LaRouche on Crisis In Darfur, Sudan
Recent moves by the United States at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), indicate the continued intention of the neo-cons and liberal imperialists behind such institutions as the Washington Post, to use the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, to implement a policy of sanctions, and perhaps military intervention into the region, against Sudan. This effort gained even more force when U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell finally acceded to pressure, and called the Sudanese government responsible for 'genocide' in the region.
National:
LaRouche PAC's Questions Could Sink Goss Nomination
by Michele Steinberg and Anton Chaitkin
On Sept. 13, the LaRouchePAC turned up some critical questions that could sink the nomination of Porter Goss as Director of the CIA. Goss, the Florida-based former CIA agent and current Dick Cheney political hit man, has used his position in Congress over the last three years, to cover up the misuse of intelligence by the Bush Administration, including a coverup of the lies that were manufactured by the Pentagon and used to justify the Iraq war, and protection of the White House when it was revealed that political operatives in the nation's highest office, had leaked the name of a covert CIA agent in order to take political revenge on her husband, Amb. Joe Wilson. Wilson had produced evidence contradicting the story that Iraq had nuclear weapons.
Cheney-Rumsfeld Push Torture Scandal Coverup
by Edward Spannaus
The Bush-Cheney Administration is in a frantic mobilization to discredit the explosive account of the origins of the prison torture scandaland of how Vice President Dick Cheney attempted to cover it upwhich is contained in the just-published book Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib, by veteran investigative reporter Seymour Hersh.
Security Experts Demand to Be Heard
by Sibel Edmonds
The following Sept. 14, 2004 letter to Congress is signed by 25 national security experts.
To the Congress of the United States:
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States ended its report stating, 'We look forward to a national debate on the merits of what we have recommended, and we will participate vigorously in that debate.' In this spirit, we the undersigned wish to bring to the attention of the Congress and the people of the United States what we believe are serious shortcomings in the report and its recommendations.
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