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THE END OF
COMMUNISM?
Mikhail Gorbachev, the youngest member of the Soviet Politburo, was
chosen to be the General Secretary of the Communist Party. He
participated in four Summit meetings with Reagan, and in 1987, initiated
a program of reforms to bring democracy to their political process. The
reforms were denounced by some Eastern bloc countries and old-line
communists. A decline in the economy, the worst since World War II,
developed an atmosphere of unrest. This is the same Gorbachev, who made
the following statement, which was printed by Pravda on December 11,
1984: "In the struggle for peace and social progress the Communist Party
of the Soviet Union pursues a consistent policy of rallying the forces
of the international communist and working-class movement in every
possible way. We uphold the historical justness of the great ideas of
Marxism-Leninism, and along with all the revolutionary and peace loving
forces of mankind, stand for social progress, and peace and security for
all nations. This is what should determine the resolute nature of our
propaganda."
Gorbachev said in November, 1987: "In our work and worries, we are
motivated by those Leninist ideals and noble endeavors and goals which
mobilized the workers of Russian seven decades ago to fight for the new
and happy world of socialism. Perestroika (restructuring) is a
continuation of the October Revolution." He also said: "Gentlemen,
Comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about glasnost and
perestroika and democracy in the coming years. These are primarily for
outward consumption. There will be no significant internal change within
the Soviet Union, other than for cosmetic purposes. Our purpose is to
disarm the Americans and let them fall asleep." On another occasion he
said: "We are moving toward a new world, the world of Communism. We
shall never turn off that road."
In February, 1989, after a futile eight year guerrilla war against
government rebels in Afghanistan, the Soviets pulled their troops out of
the country. The Communist super-power had lost a lot of the prestige
that years of propaganda had built up, and the embarrassing defeat
signaled the beginning of the end.
Gorbachev said: "We are not going to change Soviet power, of course, or
abandon its fundamental principles, but we acknowledge the need for
changes that will strengthen socialism." In October, 1989, Gorbachev
said: "The concept, the main idea, lies in the fact that we want to give
a new lease on life to socialism through perestroika and to reveal the
potential of the socialist system." Also in 1989, he said: "Through
perestroika we want to give Socialism a second wind. To achieve this,
the Communist Party of the Soviet Union returns to the origins and
principles of the Bolshevik Revolution, to the Leninist ideas about the
construction of a new society." He said in December, 1989: "Today we
have perestroika, the salvation of socialism, giving it a second breath,
revealing everything good which is in the system." He also said: "I am a
Communist, a convinced Communist. For some that may be a fantasy. But
for me, it is my main goal." In June, 1990, he said: "I am now, just as
I've always been, a convinced Communist. It's useless to deny the
enormous and unique contribution of Marx, Engels and Lenin to the
history of social thought and to modern civilization as a whole."
On August 19, 1991, a report from Russia indicated that Gorbechev had
become ill, and the Vice-President had taken over the country, imposing
a state of emergency. In reality, the military, the KGB, and communist
hardliners had initiated a coup to take over the government. Or at least
that is what they wanted us to think. It is the belief of Donald S.
McAlvany, who publishes the McAlvany Intelligence Advisor, that the coup
was a hoax. He reported that all eight coup leaders were Gorbachev
appointees, and coup leader, Gennady Yanayev, referred to himself as the
"acting President," saying that Gorbachev would return to power after he
recovered from his "illness." In all past coups and revolutions, the KGB
would have killed Gorbachev, and other reform leaders; but they weren't
even arrested. Only a minimal amount of troops participated in the coup,
the internal or international lines of communication were not cut, the
press was not controlled, and the airports were not closed. A very
strange "coup" indeed.
Boris Yeltsin, the President of the Russian Republic, denounced the
coup, and called for a show of force, which produced about 50,000
demonstrators at the Russian parliament. The picture of him on top of a
Soviet tank, in open defiance of the Communist hardliners, was an
indelible image in the hearts of the Soviet people, and the world. This
Russian "John Wayne" had joined the Communist Party in 1961, at the age
of 30, and by December, 1985, had been appointed head of the 1.2 million
member Moscow City Party Committee, the largest Communist organization
in the Soviet Union. However, he resigned from the Communist Party in
July, 1990, and was now known as a "non-Communist reformer."
By August 21, 1991, the coup had failed, and Gorbachev was restored as
President. Of the eight coup leaders, one was said to have committed
suicide, and may have been murdered; the other seven were tried and
imprisoned. In the past, such men would have just been shot, which gives
credibility to the theory that the coup was a hoax. They were later
released from prison.
Shortly after the coup, the President of Soviet Georgia accused
Gorbachev of masterminding the coup. Eduard Shevardnadze, Gorbachev's
former foreign minister, even said that he may have been behind it.
Private polls indicated that 62% of the Soviet people believed the coup
to be staged. So what did the coup accomplish? In light of the sagging
economy, the coup was to give Gorbachev the appearance of grabbing
control back from the old-guard Communists, which would boost his
popularity with the Soviet people, and make the West think that there
was a potential for widespread democratic reforms in Russia.
On August 24th, Gorbachev resigned as the leader of the Communist Party,
and recommended that its central committee be discontinued. On August
29th, the Soviet parliament voted to suspend all activities of the
Communist Party. Political insiders believe that the Communist Party has
not discontinued, but has undergone a massive restructuring to
streamline it, which will be reborn with a new image and a new name, but
with the same old goals. The Communist Party in Italy became known as
the Democratic Party; in Poland, it became known as the Social
Democratic Party; and in Romania, it was called the New Salvation Front.
On September 2nd, Gorbachev announced that his country was "on the brink
of catastrophe," and that all authority was to be transferred to
himself, the Presidents of the ten independent republics, and an
appointed legislative council, which would be the basis for a new Soviet
Union. However, Gorbachev would not be the one to lead it. The coup was
not able to rally the support that he needed, and on December 25th,
1991, he resigned, and said: "I hereby discontinue my activities at the
post of president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. We're now
living in a New World!" The next day, the Soviet Union officially broke
up, ending the domination of the Communist Party.
Yeltsin became President of a Russian Federation known as the Union of
Soviet Sovereign Republics. His first actions were to eliminate state
subsidies on most goods and services, which caused prices to rise; and
initiated a program to privatize thousands of large and medium-sized
state-owned businesses.
The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) had been signed July 31,
1991, in Moscow, by Gorbachev and President Bush, and it was to reduce
the amount of strategic offensive arms by about 30%, in three phases,
over the next seven years. It was approved by the Senate on October 1,
1992, and the Russian Supreme Soviet on November 4, 1992, but because of
the negotiations with the four former Soviet republics, which are now
independent, the transfer of all nuclear weapons to the Russian Republic
had not been completed. The republics of Belarus and Kazakhstan have
each ratified START, and have acceded to the Nuclear Nonproliferation
Treaty as non-nuclear nations; but not the Ukraine, which was still
negotiating with Russia to transfer their weapons. Meanwhile, On January
3, 1993, President Bush and Boris Yeltsin signed START II, which became
the biggest disarmament pact in history. It called for both sides to
reduce their long-range nuclear arsenals to about a third of their
current levels within ten years, and totally eliminating all land-based
multiple warhead missiles. It was intended to eliminate those weapons
that would be used in a first-strike situation.
President Clinton and Yeltsin signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban
Treaty (CTB) in 1996, with some other nations, which banned the testing
of nuclear weapons. The U.S. Senate refused to ratify this Treaty in
1999.
In 2001 Russian President Putin, and President George W. Bush discussed
the possibility of limiting the number of warheads to about 1/3 of what
was called for in START II, and it was signed in May, 2002.
Elena Bonner, the widow of Sakharov, said: "The point is that the
Communist goal is fixed and changeless it never varies one iota from
their objective of world domination, but if we judge them only by the
direction in which they seem to be going, we shall be deceived." Former
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Bernard W. Rogers said: "The Soviet goal
remains world domination." In 1981, Anatoly Golitsyn, a former major in
the KGB, who defected to the West, wrote a book called New Lies For Old:
The Communist Strategy of Deception and Disinformation, which was
published in 1984. He outlined virtually everything that had taken place
in Russia, such as the tearing down of the Berlin Wall and the
reunification of East and West Germany; the partial relinquishing of
their control of Eastern Europe; and the declaration that communism is
dead. He wrote that their plan was to deceive the West into believing
that the Soviet Union was falling apart, their satellites splintering,
and its economy in shambles. The facade of weakness and instability
would be part of a massive deception staged by the Kremlin to extort aid
from the West, and to get the United States to withdraw troops out of
Western Europe. It was Lenin who said: "We advance through retreat." He
also said: "When we are weak, boast of strength ... when we are strong,
feign weakness."
At various times during the history of the Soviet Union, they have
appealed to the U.S. for help, and have gotten it, mostly through
deception, and the efforts of apologists and traitors in our government.
But this is the first time that Russia has made this kind of concession.
They have made it appear that communism is dead, that democracy is
sweeping the former Soviet Union and its satellite countries, and that
they want to be part of the new family of nations known as the New World
Order. But, with their record, can they be trusted? If you consider all
the evidence that was put forth, it just seems to be another ploy by the
Soviets to undermine America. A respected Sovietologist has stated his
belief that the motive behind the Russian's actions, and their plea for
financial aid, is not so much need, but an attempt to destroy the U.S.
economy by defaulting on an international loan that could be as much as
$100 billion, which could precipitate a financial collapse.
Yeltsin ended up addressing a joint session of Congress to appeal for
economic aid. The Bush Administration shut down Clark Air Force Base in
the Philippines, and announced in September, 1991, that it was also
closing the Subic Bay Naval Base, and would completely withdraw from the
island. They have also pulled out of, and are closing 79 military bases
in Western Europe; and have withdrawn U.S. nuclear missiles, tanks,
planes, and troops. The U.S. also announced the withdrawal of troops
from South Korea. In September, 1993, Congress approved the
recommendation of the Base Closure and Realignment Commission to close
130 domestic military bases, and scale down 45 others. Between 1990 and
1992, the total number of military personnel has decreased by over 8%,
and the trend to scale down our military was continuing. The U.S. is
virtually shutting down our tank, submarine (only producing one a year,
compared to one every six weeks for the Russians), and F-16 production
lines. On June 7, 1991, the House of Representatives voted to
discontinue U.S. bomber production. The House also voted to slash
production of submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBM's), to
coincide with the decrease of our submarine fleet, even though the
Soviets have consistently out-produced us. Our government had set a goal
of spending only 3.6% of GNP on defense by 1996.
Lenin said: "They disarm, we build." Nikita Khrushchev said in a January
14, 1969 speech to the Supreme Soviet: "The Soviets intend to conceal
vast reserves of missiles and warheads, hiding them in places throughout
the expansive Soviet Union where the imperialists could not spot them.
Later, they could be launched in a nuclear war." An official in the
Soviet Council of Ministers said in 1987: "Perestroika is expressly
designed to enhance Soviet military capability and combat readiness."
With military actions in Bosnia and Kosovo in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan,
and now Iraq, our military has become stretched around the world; and it
has become preoccupied domestically with the "War on Terrorism." Bush's
growing interaction with Putin seems to indicate that our government has
continued to fall for the massive deception being put forth by the
Russian Federation, and continues to make our country vulnerable, while
it looks for ways to continue dismantling our military in the name of
creating a leaner, meaner more modern fighting force. Meanwhile, the
Soviets are watching, and waiting, preparing to implement the next stage
of their master plan.
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