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Published: Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004
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Volume 3, Issue Number 42
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The urgency of the following report is defined by the fact that I am relatively unique on this planet, currently, in my capacity to provide the following, crucially needed assessment of the most crucially determining features of present world situation. The essential nature of that evidence fully supporting my claims to relatively unique competence on this account, will be made sufficiently, if succinctly clear in the following, compact report.
I will only add the prefatory observation, that the writing of this advisory on current strategic issues is prompted by a report given to me on certain specific matters reported by a European associate earlier today.
To begin at the beginning, the most fundamental of the failures of strategic thinking among even the world's leading specialists today, is to be recognized as the result of overlooking what ought to be the most obvious of the distinctions separating the human mind from the genetically determined perception of the world among lower species such as moths and mice.
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A solitary bee finds its way to fly to the targetted type of flower by reading the electromagnetic radiations of a specific type of molecule which has been caught in the relevant cavities of its body. It follows an optimal choice of search pattern not much unlike that used by a World War I or II spying aircraft or anti-submarine task-force, but along a course which is defined by increasing density of encounters with the "desired" type of molecule.
A mouse, or a cat, relies on sensory organs which have a different structure than those of human beings. Yet, all three types of casesbee, mouse, or man, inhabiting the same vicinityare each engaged in a successful mode of employment of sense-perception inhering in its species. The environment of each and all may be the same environment, but the reality which the creature's nervous system adduces from the same environment, differs in ways largely determined by the specific differences in the composition of their respective sensory systems. All are in the same universe; yet, each sees that universe in a different way: and, yet, mentally, none of their respective perceptions of that universe is the same in effect.
That illustrates a crucial point which must be taken into account to understand how and why even otherwise reliable and gifted strategic analysts will overlook the kinds of discoveries which this report is designed to introduce to the current practice of U.S. strategic assessments of the currently onrushing global situation. ...more
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The following are excerpts from the discussion period at a LaRouche Youth Movement cadre school in Toledo, Ohio on Oct. 9, addressed by telephone by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. For LaRouche's opening remarks, see "InDepth."
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'Wild Animus' Beast-Man, Rich Shapero, Exposed! (Please, put your pants back on!)
by Wesley Irwin LaRouche Youth Movement
"Four months ago, while organizing politically on the streets of Seattle, I noticed people distributing, free of charge, without any "catch," a massive number of novels with the title "Wild Animus." "Just take the book home with you and read it," they said..."
(This article is reprinted from The New Federalist of Oct. 18, 2004.)
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This Week in History
- October 18-24, 1932 -
FDR Campaigns Against 'The Gospel of Fear'
As the Hoover Republicans and their backers sensed that the American electorate in 1932 was moving to decisively repudiate their policies, they resorted to the politics of fear. They threatened that if Franklin Roosevelt were elected to the Presidency, catastrophic events would occur. On his last campaign swing through the country, Roosevelt reacted to this attempt to terrorize the electorate in two speeches he delivered in mid-October.
In Pittsburgh on Oct. 19, he began: "It is fitting that I should choose Pittsburgh to sound a solemn note of warning, addressed not only to the Republican leaders, but also to the rank and file of American voters of all parties. There are some prices too high for the country to pay for the propaganda spread abroad in a Presidential election. That, my friends, is proved when as now, the Republican campaign management and people like Henry Ford and General Atterbury of the Pennsylvania Railroad are guilty of spreading the gospel of fear.
"That is true when in a desperate, futile, last-minute effort to dam the tide of popular disapproval that is steadily growing against the Administration, they become alarmists and panic breeders. This policy of seeking to win by fear of ruin is selfish in its motive, brutal in its method, and false in its promise. It is a policy that will be resented as such by men and women of all parties in every section of the country on November eighth. It is an insult to the intelligence of the American voters to think that they can be fooled by shifting the boast of the full dinner pail made in 1928, to the threat of the continued empty dinner pail in 1932.
"I assure the badly advised and fear-stricken leaders of the Republican Party that not only Democrats but also the rank and file of their own party, who are properly dissatisfied with that leadership, are still American patriots and that they still cherish in their hearts, as I do, the safety of the country, the welfare of its people, and the continuance of its institutions."
Again, on Oct. 21, Roosevelt made a major speech in St. Louis dealing with the eight types of credit groups of the nation. He began his remarks by stating that, "Faith is a delicate, though powerful factor in our economic life, and a party that sounds a note of alarm from high places is performing no decent service to the American nation. One of the most artful and plausible of Administration whip-crackers started this campaign of fear on the eve of the Maine election. At that moment our people were in low spirits. Millions of men who had tramped the streets for months feeling hopeless, friendless, and alone were listening to his words and he told them that if they did not vote for the Republican candidate in the Maine election it would be practically impossible for the administration remaining in power from election to March to save them from dire disaster. The good people of Maine were not disturbed by these false-faces of disaster. They saw that this horrible menace was only a painted mask, that the artificially created eclipse of the sun was nothing but a low-lying smoke screen, so light as to be blown aside by the first breath of fresh air....
"All of the good, old specters are snatched from the grave, but the mantles of the giant actors of the past now hang in a shabby and ill-fitting manner on the diminutive forms of these new apostles of disaster. The workers and the farmers of today have heard from their fathers of the old terroristic threats that were put into their pay envelope just before election. They have heard of the warnings originating from the Republican National Committee in past campaigns, and pasted on the walls of their factories just before election. And they are not being scared by these things any more.
"American labor has educated itself too well; American agriculture has learned too much in the bitter school of experience to be frightened by any new variations of the old terrorism of the past. We are living in another age. These stage properties are out of date.
"As a last resort, the President and the ex-President advance and attempt to throw political and economic tear-gas bombs among the people of the country. Now, my friends, you all know what tear gas is. It is one of the new inventions by which a few people can control a lot of people. A few do it by blinding the eyes of the many, by causing tears to flow; and in the midst of the confusion that thus results, a determined minority seeks to accomplish its selfish purposes....
"I want to take this occasion to say that in my opinion such efforts cast a deep reflection upon the principles for which this country has stood. The American working men and the American farmers are free men, citizens of a great Republic. The lifeblood of this Republic is the integrity and independence of the electorate. You American farmers and American workmen are entitled, by all of the fundamental rights that you have acquired in generations of fighting, to a free and untrammeled choice on election day. The politician or employer who tries to deny to you these rights and to use a gospel of fear to blind you to the true facts presented in this campaign is an enemy, not only of fairness and sportsmanship in politics, but of the very principles upon which this country has been established. To protect these rights, men have suffered and died. The principles they have won in such a bitter fight are chiseled for all the centuries to come on the granite walls of our American system of Government. The man who tries, for political or economic advantage, to chip away these rights is an untrustworthy leader in business and politics.
"And now to the business of conducting a campaign in the proper spirit, a spirit of good reason, good sense and good humor."
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Feature:
Statecraft in Eurasia Can Defeat 'Strategy of Tension'
At the conference of the Schiller Institute near Wiesbaden, Germany on Sept. 26, analysts from Russia, Turkey, and Armenia, speaking at a panel titled 'Strategy of Tension,' presented their perspectives on the history of their nations, the conflicts which are currently rending Eurasia, and their hopes for a better future. Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. then addressed the meeting to underline the importance of looking at these issues from the standpoint of universal history and statecraft, to avoid the trap of being drawn into a 'who hit whom' theory of strategy. He returned to one of the principal themes of his keynote to the conference (published in EIR, Oct. 8), on the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia, which brought to an end the Thirty Years' War in Europe, relying on the concept that each sovereign nation-state would seek to enhance 'the advantage of the other.' The moderator was Michael Liebig, of EIR's Wiesbaden bureau. We publish all the speeches here.
LaRouche: Reverse the Policy That Created the Flu Crisis
by Linda Everett and Marcia Merry Baker
After half of U.S. flu vaccination stocks were suddenly cancelled in mid-October because of contamination at the source of supply in England, a chaotic scramble was on across the United States for scarce flu shotsnot only for the elderly, the young, and the chronically ill, but for front-line civil defense staff such as nurses and doctors, hospital and healthcare workers, firefighters, police, emergency team-members, rescue squads, and the military.
- LaRouche: We Need A Crash Program
On Oct. 6, following the previous day's announcement by British-based Chiron Corporation that it had cancelled its intended supplies of 48 million flu shots to the United States for the 2004 season, Lyndon LaRouche gave a pre-scheduled international webcast in Washington, D.C. A group of medical students, participating from the University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore, asked for his comment.
- Could Avian Flu Cause A New Pandemic?
by Colin Lowry
Influenza originally from birds has killed 30 of the 42 people infected with it in Southeast Asia over the last year. This particular flu virus has been mainly transmitted from birds to humans; but recently, in Thailand, there is a probable case of human-to-human transmission, which has experts quite worried about a new flu pandemic.
Federal Budget Impasse Squeezes the Economy
by Carl Osgood
The longer the Republican Party has been in control of the U.S. Congress, the more nonfunctional the Congress has become...
LaRouche to Argentine Journalists: 'I Do What I Must To Stop The Murder of a Country'
The following interview with Lyndon LaRouche was filmed on April 2, 2004, in Leesburg, Virginia. The interviewer was Argentine journalist Romina Manguel, and selections from it were used in the movie documentary 'Debt,' directed by the well-known Argentine television personality and journalist Jorge Lanata. 'Debt' was released on Oct. 7, 2004.
Argentina Sees LaRouche in New Film on Debt
by Cynthia R. Rush
At a moment when Argentina is under vicious assault internationally, charged with not showing proper respect for speculative vulture funds that are demanding that more Argentines die to pay 'their' debt, former Democratic Presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche has shaken up the political scene with a forceful intervention on behalf of this once-prosperous South American nation.
Speech to Philippine Senate: Who's Manipulating The Oil Problem?
by Sen. Aquilino Pimentel
On Sept. 15, Aquilino Q. Pimentel, the Minority leader of the Philippine Senate, presented a speech on the floor of the Senate titled 'Manipulating the Oil Problem,' which provided his nation with the truth behind the recent oil price spikei.e., that it has nothing to do with 'supply and demand,' and everything to do with the speculative, deregulated markets now controlling oil production and distribution.
International:
Terror Bombings Target Egypt for Destruction
by Dean Andromidas
The terror bombings Oct. 7, which targetted the Taba Hilton and other tourist resorts in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, killing 15, and wounding nearly 60, mark a major assault on Egypt. Hala Mustafga, a commentator for the Egyptian government- backed Al Ahram daily, wrote: 'The choice of the target was very symbolic. It will damage Egypt's standing in the region, challenge Mubarak's authority, and probably hurt the economy, where tourism is the main source of income.'
Israeli Anti-Sharon Peace Leader Tours U.S.
by M. Woodward
On Sept. 12, Adam Keller, life-long Israeli peace activist, prominent member of Gush Shalom, author of Terrible Days: Social Divisions and Political Paradoxes in Israel, and editor of the quarterly The Other Israel, began an impassioned, 19- day tour of nine cities in North America (including Toronto), bringing a voice of reason and dialogue, which is excluded from mainstream U.S. news media: that of the Israeli citizenry which is working with Palestinians for a just, two-state solution to the ongoing crisis in Israel/Palestine.
U.S. Runs Afghan Polls: But What Next?
by Ramtanu Maitra
Despite repeated threats issued by the anti-Kabul and anti-U.S militant groups prior to the Oct. 9 Election Day, Afghanistan's first-ever Presidential poll went off peacefully. The election, however, was full of irregularities, and at the time of writing, after five full days, the vote counting has finally begun.
Insanity Wins in Australian Election
by Allen Douglas
Prime Minister John Howard's Liberal/National Party Coalition went into the national election Oct. 9 with a narrow edge over the opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP), under Sydney Member of Parliament Mark Latham, but emerged with a decisive victory.... with the aid of one member of the religious fundamentalist party, Family First.
French Court Slams Cheminade for 'Slander'
The following press release was issued on Oct. 11 by EIRNS, under the headline 'French Lyon Tribunal Heavily Sentences Jacques Cheminade for 'Public Slander Against a Government Member Exercising His Functions.' ' Cheminade, a longtime friend and associate of Lyndon LaRouche, ran for President in 1994 and 2002, most recently with the Solidarity and Progress (Solidarite´ et Progre`s) party. He was sued by Justice Minister Dominique Perben, because of a leaflet his party distributed.
Report From Germany
by Rainer Apel
Time Is Running Out for the Neo-Cons. The prospects for an end of the Bush era herald the political demise of German CDU chief Angela Merkel. The American voter has not yet decided, but the mere prospect that John Kerry might be elected as the new U.S. President, and the increasingly bad headlines for the Bush camp, have forced the German political establishment to rethink its positions.
National:
Final Debate Shows Again That Bush Is Insane
by Nancy Spannaus
The third and final debate of the 2004 Presidential elections on Oct. 13 once again rammed home the essential point which Democratic leader Lyndon LaRouche has made in the course of the post-Convention campaign: George W. Bush is a liar, and he's insane. Anyone who decides to vote for him is of questionable sanity as well.
LaRouche Aids Mayors' Infrastructure Push
by Paul Gallagher
American mayors and county and other local officials came out strongly for large new economic infrastructure investments to reverse the physical economic collapse, in press conferences in the midst of the Presidential debates in early October. The 'Mayors '04 Metro Agenda' was immediately backed by economist and Democratic leader Lyndon LaRouche, who is organizing for an 'FDR-style' infrastructure recovery program and a John Kerry landslide victory.
Interview: Sen. George McGovern
'Come Home America' to What Is Noble and Just
George McGovern served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1957 until 1961, when he became the first director of the U.S. Food for Peace Organization under President John F. Kennedy. He was the U.S. Senator for South Dakota from 1963-81. In 1972, he ran as the Democratic candidate for President, in opposition to incumbent President Richard Nixon. He served as U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, appointed by President Bill Clinton. During World War II, McGovern was a decorated fighter pilot. He also holds a PhD in history from Northwestern University. President Clinton awarded the Senator the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000.
Understanding the Economy's Orbit With the Help of Animations
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Mr. LaRouche made the following remarks to a LaRouche Youth Movement cadre school for organizers in the Ohio- Michigan region, which took place in Toledo on Oct. 9. Because of Ohio's importance in the Nov. 2 election, we also include some discussion on the organizing that followed LaRouche's remarks. The discussion was moderated by Bob Bowen. The audio and full transcript can be found at www.wlym.com.
World War IV Is Real Bush Policy
by Michele Steinberg
While the Clown Prince President, George W. Bush, has worried himself with the 'hard work' (for him) of reading and memorizing material for his debates with John F. Kerry, the Administration's controllers have been busy with their agenda of repeating the Iraq war debacle in Iran and Syria. On Sept. 29, three top officials of the current Cheney- Bush AdministrationDeputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, and two neo-conservative warmongers on the Defense Policy Board, James Woolsey and Eliot Cohenappeared at a bizarre Washington, D.C. meeting, on the topic, 'World War IV: Why We Fight, Whom We Fight, How We Fight.'
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