Solomon, in his ancient writings, stated
that, “there is nothing new under the sun.” This is true in
many cases, including the wars of the 20th century in which the U.S. has
played an important role. Four major 20th century “wars” (I
am using the term loosely) possess a strange amount of similarities. World
War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, and the War on Terror, all came about
after presidents had deceivingly pledged opposition to such ideas. Moreover,
each war had a convenient pre-text that propelled the nation into the conflict,
and each one served the purpose of the architects of internationalism.
The Campaign and the Deception
As is often true, politicians say what they need to
say in order to get elected. This was clear in the cases of Woodrow Wilson,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, and George W. Bush. First, Woodrow
Wilson, facing re-election in 1916 while Europe was engaged in war, knew
that voters were still very much attached to the American ideal of non-interventionism.
So, his campaign reflected this opinion as he campaigned on the famous phrase,
“he kept us out of the war.” Next, FDR would campaign in 1940,
with war raging around the globe, on the promise, “I will not send
our boys into any foreign wars.” LBJ was not as emphatic about his
anti-war position, but he did state very clearly that sending U.S. troops
to Vietnam “would offer no solution at all to the real problem of
Vietnam.” Finally, President Bush, when campaigning in 2000, responded
to the recent conservative tide of non-interventionism when he pledged time
and time again that his administration would not engage in “nation
building.”
All four of these pledges were simply rhetoric and
nothing more. In each case, the president did not even believe his own words.
In Wilson’s case, while he was campaigning on the phrase “he
kept us out of the war,” his close confidant and “independent
self,” Colonel Edward M. House, was secretly plotting with the British
Foreign Secretary how the U.S. might join the Great War. In FDR’s
case, the most blatant example of all, he himself, while campaigning against
joining the war, promised Churchill that the U.S. would join WWII if Germany
were to invade Poland. Johnson’s position against sending troops into
Vietnam was proven deceitful by the fact that he had penned the Tonkin Gulf
Resolution (which authorized U.S. troops to be sent to Vietnam) shortly
after his election in 1964 and well before the Gulf of Tonkin Incident even
supposedly occurred. Finally, President Bush’s dishonest pledge to
avoid nation building was proven baseless by his first order of business
as president. His top appointees and foreign policy-makers were extremely
interventionist in philosophy. The fact that these neo-conservatives (who
unabashedly favored regime changes and nation building projects) were appointed
by an allegedly non-interventionist candidate shows that the candidate never
had any decisive commitment to avoid foreign entanglements.
The Conspiracy
In addition to a false pledge of opposition in each
of the cases above, there was also a convenient event that was allowed to
take place in each case, which served as an opportune pre-text to propel
the U.S. into the war. The claim of conspiracy would not be far-fetched
in each of these cases.
First of all, the Lusitania event is surrounded by
much suspicion. It was the sinking of the Lusitania with 195 Americans aboard,
more than any other event, which galvanized American public opinion to favor
joining the Great War. The British “passenger liner” not only
carried arms, but also was fully out-fitted for war and was registered as
an armed auxiliary cruiser, a contradicting fact that caused the captain
of the ship to resign. Our government was aware of this, and the Germans
even attempted directly to warn Americans not to travel on such ships through
newspaper advertising. Due to the State Department’s intervention
only one paper in the whole country printed the ad. William Jennings Bryan
tried to get Wilson to warn the American people about the dangers, but to
no avail. The 195 dead Americans served as a convenient reminder of how
evil those Germans were.
The prior knowledge of Pearl Harbor is well documented.
Despite immense knowledge that the Japanese were planning an attack, and
despite knowledge that Pearl Harbor was one of several possible attack sites,
no warnings were issued to Pearl Harbor. Even when the “east wind
rain” communication was intercepted, no warning was issued. And finally,
leading up to the attack, when the Japanese broke off diplomatic ties, and
the FDR declared, “this means war,” no warning was given to
the commanders at Pearl Harbor. Most historians simply assume that FDR and
his advisors made grievous errors and the Roosevelt administration is depicted
as a bunch of bumbling idiots. Considering the fact that these were highly
intelligent people, considering that they did have a motive, and considering
FDR’s own words, “nothing in politics happens by accident,”
it is highly likely that the oversight was intentional.
In the case of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, the event
that propelled us into the Vietnam War, it is not even required to build
an argument that there was a conspiracy. The fact is that the “incident”
never took place. This is established fact as evidenced by many witnesses
who were there in the gulf and witnessed no attack.
Finally, in the case of 9/11, government complicity
has been well documented by Alex Jones and others. The neo-conservatives
at the Project for a New American Century had dreamed of a new Pearl Harbor,
which would give them the excuse to wage wars across the globe. Just as
FDR had in 1941, our leaders in 2001 got their Pearl Harbor.
The average American takes comfort in the complacency
of trust in government, since it affords them the convenience of avoiding
tough questions. However, such a knee-jerk reaction that simply ridicules
allegations of conspiracy is drawn into question not only when one examines
the evidence surrounding the claims, but also when one considers the famous
Northwoods Document. The significance of the Northwoods Document can hardly
be understated. The Northwoods Plan was the 1962 U.S. Government plan to
hi-jack jet airliners, stage terrorist attacks in Miami and Washington D.C.,
blow up U.S. ships, and attack U.S. bases, blaming these activities on the
Cubans. The objective was to create a pre-text for military invasion of
Cuba. Fortunately, this was never carried out. The discovery of this plan
in government archives is important because it reveals what government is
capable of. It shows that when our leaders seek war, they will conspire,
if need be, to bring that war about. This gives further credibility to claims
of conspiracy leading up to WWI, WWII, Vietnam, and the War on Terror.
Common denominator: Internationalism
The Common Denominator in each of these cases
was the internationalist cause. The globalists that have controlled U.S.
policy for nearly 100 years have always taken every convenient opportunity
to create, legitimize, or empower world government. Following World War
I, the first attempt at creating a world government, the League of Nations
failed as the U.S. Senate elected to maintain national sovereignty. Then,
following World War II, the United Nations came into being. The UN would
be the framework for world federation. The Vietnam War (as the Korean War
had) empowered the United Nations’ subsidiary military organizations
(NATO in Korea and SEATO in Vietnam). Finally, president Bush has pledged
many times to seek UN approval for military actions as well as to use enforcement
of UN resolutions as a basis for military action. Gary Hart went as far
as to state that the 9/11 disaster could be used to help create the “New
World Order,” a phrase that fellow CFR Insiders had used to refer
to world government for nearly a century |