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ten years ago now:
"lt
is time for the
outside world to grow up ... and
not the least of thoSe out there who
need maturing are the United States
of America and the Black African
states she is attempting to appease
by aiding their vendetta against the
Republic. .
·
"This is no fun · and·games, look·
at·me·Johnny· l· really·let·'em· have·
it·today piece of business: this is a
serious matter,
involving the fate ofa
major nation andan entire continent.
lt is too important to be left to chi l·
dren, in the State Department or
elsewhere, who think it is fun to
attack people who, whatever one
thinks of their prickly, awkward,
difficult ways, are at least sincerely
trying to solve as best they can the
terrible difficulty history has handed
them.
"The way to help them is not with
a child's smart aleck vindictiveness
transferred to the arena of world
diplomacy.
lt
is to be patient and
tolerant, otfer them genuine under·
standing and friendship and then,
having secured their reliance and
trust, seek to persuade them respect·
fully and honorably toward the bet·
ter course."
The sage wisdom has fallen on
deaf ears.
Three
Llkely
Consequences
"A crusade once launched," writes
James Chance in the May 22, 1977
New York Times Magazine,
"gains
its own momentum .. .. Experience
[referring to Woodrow Wilson 's
post·World War
1
moralism] should
have taught us that we do not al·
ways completely understand our
own motivations and that we do not
a lways und e rs tand the co n·
sequences that our actions will pro·
duce."
Have we really entered a " new
world" call ing for new policies? Has
the cold war in Asia and elsewhere
been unilaterally halted by Wash–
ington? Can an entire free·world na·
tion (South Africa) be cast to the
wolves to satisfy "world opinion"
without calamitous results?
The U.S. State Department seems
to be saying yes to all of the above.
As a result , America will have to
contend with three likely- a nd
ugly- consequences of its actions.
1) Communism will continue to
The
PLAIN TRUTH August-September 1977
advance, " feared" or not. Writes
Robert Moss in London's
Daily
Telegraph:
"We may not wish to
wage ideological war against Soviet
Communism, but the Communists
are waging war against us: and we
shall not
i~prove
our chances of
survival by insulting friendly na·
tions because they do not do every·
thing the way that we do."
In his second interview with
David Frost, former President Rich–
ard Nixon reminded viewers that
the Soviet leaders today still faith–
fully follow Lenin's dictum: " Probe
with bayonets. If you encounter
mush, proceed. If you encounter
steel, withdraw." Mr. Nixon contin–
ued: "That's the way the Commu–
nist leaders will be all over the
world, because as Communists they
have to go forward spreading the
'gospel. ' That's what they believe.
They want not just a Communist
Russia ... they want a Communist
world."
In Angola, the Communists en·
countered a pile of U.S. mush, pro·
ceeded, and won. In Zaire, more
American mush; the steel, embar·
rassingly enough, was provided by
Morocco and France.
2) 'America, by gradually drifting
away from Asia, is threatening to
upset the delicate power relation·
ships there.
Does the United States honestly
want to see a powerful nuclear–
armed Japan fill the vacuum? Other
Asían leaders certainly are not en–
amored with such a prospect. South
Korea, too, may very likely seek a
way to obtain nuclear weapons–
even, according to one source, .if it
has to hijack fissionable materials in
the process. Mr. Carter's sincere
hopes of controlling the spread of
nuclear weapons around the world
could thus be neutralized.
3) The impact of an intransigent
U.S. policy toward South Africa,
such as encouraging boycotts and
investment cutoffs- which would
throw millions of blacks out of
work- would surely be felt in Amer·
ica as well.
The Cape Town daily
Die Burger
editorialized on May 24 that Amer–
ica's African policy "comes dan–
gerously near to blatant additional
incitation of Black against White in
another man's country." and specu·
lated that the American policy could
lead to
increased
black-white con–
flict in southern Africa, which in
turn might have serious repercus–
sions within the U.S. itself.
The same newspaper, two days
later, expanded on its warning to
Am·erica's politicians: "We believe
thi s experi e nce proclaims t o
present·day America : Go slowly
with a hasty, ecstatic urge to reform.
In South Africa you are walking in a
minefield about which you know
even less than the one in your own
country .... Listen to Mr. Paton's
solemn warning and do not say
South Africa is, after all , ex·
pendable. Consider carefully, while
there is still time, before passions
are unle·ashed which you cannot
control and viewpoints barden to
such an extent that you cannot
change them."
Morallty Beglns at Home
Much sooner than we think, Amer–
ica could be isola ted in the " new
world" of its own making. Threat–
ened from without by those it
chooses not to fear, ripped asunder
at home by civi l insurrection in·
spired by its foolish African policy,
cut off from former friends who
could have offered support in time
of need, it would stand alone.
America would be much better
off to make sure its own house is in
order before st rutting upon the
world stage with a new moral ag–
gressiveness.
There is plenty of "cleaning up"
to do at home- starting fi.rst of all
with appalling crime and divorce
rates, a tidal wave of drugs, pornog–
raphy, and a new militant homosex–
uality which threa tens to turn
America into a modero Sodom. lts
leaders should stop and think
whether their own society is tha t
morally appealing to other countries
in the fi.rst place. Are we not turning
our own " human rights" into gross
licentiousness?
lf America applied the time·hon·
ored Christian principie of"first cast·
ing the beam out ofyour own eye," it
would not be groping in the dark as it
now is, blind to the world's realities,
unable to distinguish anymore be·
tween friend and foe.
Morality and a "new world" be–
gin at home.
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