The focus, here, is on four previously-explored topics [Holocaust, Guzzardi, Benghazi, Kerry]; the skim-

reader is invited to delve into whichever hyperlinks might pique interest, for the implications of each issue
must be appreciated [and disseminated] ASAP. Anti-Semitism is on-the-rise, Guzzardi has been unjustly
bumped from the ballot, BenghaziGate is exploding, and Kerrys failures [as a manifestation of BHOs
pacifism and support for the Muslim Brotherhood (and Iran)] are quickly unraveling.

Please let me know if I missed any action-items that are worthy of prompt dissemination.




Again, after a busy summary of so many items, it is first desirable to distill [and to expand upon] the
major concerns in the prior blast e-mail; dominant was info regarding the Holocaust, and
supplementary hyperlinks have since appeared [primarily on Facebook, but also via e-mails from
recipients of what had been sent]. These depict myriad facets of what happened [individually and
collectively]recalling the universality of its impact [e.g., Armenian Holocaust]with the headlines
viewed as self-explanatory; the impact was experienced in Europe [Auschwitz & Andrea Bocelli - From
The Depths - Holocaust Memorial Day 2014 - Krakow, Poland & Design of Nazi occupation statue etched
in stone, Hungary's Orban tells Jews (Mazsihisz believes the monument of an eagle attacking an angel
whitewashes the prominent role that pro-Nazi Hungarian governments had in the murder of more than
half a million Jews during the Holocaust by presenting Hungary as a mere victim)] and in Israel
[Holocaust Memorial Day and the Pathetic Palestinians & Arab Youths in Lod Held Fireworks Display on
Holocaust Memorial Day]. Meanwhile, efforts continue to prompt the PA-Senate to vote on the bill that
would mandate education in all PA-schools [except private] regarding The Holocaust, Genocide, and
Human Rights Violations; revel in both the content and delivery of this call-to-arms, c/o Rhonda Fink-
Whitmanwho clarified the fact that there are three times annually when the Shoah is remembered:
International Holocaust Remembrance Day [January 27, when Auschwitz was liberated]; Yom HaShoah
Holocaust Remembrance Day [April 27 per the U.N. and Nisan 27, as per Israeli law, encompassed in
America by seven Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust]; and Kristallnacht (November
9-10).

Becausenotwithstanding the provision of extensive hyperlinksthe key-goal of these
blasts is to distill action-items [and, obviously, the rationale supporting them], it is
possible that piling-on articles reinforcing the importance of gun-rights [for example]
will cease [because the point has been clearly established]; also subject to a cut-back
may be extensive discussion of statewide concerns, noting the potential-demise of
Guzzardis gambit [vide infra]. This is a time-consuming process that was initiated almost
a year ago when I was goading Guzzardi to jump-into the gubernatorial raceif only to
prompt broader recognition of Corbetts major-league deficienciesbut it may be now
necessary to focus on simply conveying key-hyperlinks to info otherwise in-the-cracks.






Guzzardi was stuck from the ballot by the Supremesnoting that All Republicans on PA Supreme Court
Voted to KO his candidacy solely based on the delayed, duplicative filing with the Ethics Commission
an overtly-flawed decision that should be appealed [via the federal courts], and that certainly did not
merit a down-arrow by the libs @ PoliticsPA. Instead of promoting a CorbettCott or running a write-in-
campaign [as detailed on a separate upload] which he announced on the The Robert Mangino Show and
in a letter-to-the-editor, I have uploaded detailed-comments in this regard that encompass concerns
with the TEA Party Movement [noting also its successes, a heralded last night in Lansdale, c/o Diana
Reimer of Tea Party Patriots] and that explain why further litigation is warranted:

Guzzardis candidacy certainly provoked predictable emergence of the usual buzzards,
but it is desirable to note key-details regarding what happened [although I have not yet
read the Opinion].

First, it seems the focus was solely upon the allegedly fatal omission; the petitions
were otherwise upheld and his self-definition of his occupation was not challenged.

Second, as I wrote earlier [and as was confirmed with I spoke with a lawyer who works
@ the Department of State], the instructions acquired by candidates who file did NOT
state that there is a definable deadline for double-filing of the ethics [financial]
statement; thus, the confusion reasonably experienced by Guzzardi [as per testimony]
was reflected in that of the personnel who were charged with accepting his application,
for his paperwork [the filing-fee, the petitions, the cover-affidavit, the $-statement]
would have been returned had there been any anomaly detected.

Third, also, as I wrote earlier, statutes that conflict are not always concomitantly
rewritten and, here, the legislative intent of the mandate for an Ethics Commission filing
was 100% satisfied by his filing with the Department of State [for his database was
immediately placed on-line, for alltheworld to scrutinize].

Fourth, therefore, the Supremes demonstrated [for whatever reason] willful blindness
to the real-life manifestations of the statutes they were sworn to uphold; here, conflict
between those governing the Ethics Commission and the Department of State should
have been resolved in favor of the good-faith effort manifest by the candidate.

Fifth, although he has aggressively eschewed acquiring donations, Guzzardi will not
oppose those who would promote his candidacy as a write-in [which will be how the
absentee-ballots will be handled].

Sixth, for elaborative comment regarding what transpired, the inquisitive reader may
wish to consult
billlawrenceonline.com/guzzardi-decision-revealed-fear/

As a result, Guzzardi has become ensconced in a position whereby he has standing to
critique the GOP-Establishment; some may conclude [for many reasons included on this
webpage] that Corbett has won the battle but risks losing the war, as a result.

*

@ DD
After having re-read the comments posted while I was composing my reaction to the
Supremes, I find nothing of-substance worthy of clarification other than to express
appreciation for the advice regarding hyperlinks graciously provided by DD; Guzzardi has
acquitted himself professionally and has IDed electoral problems with Corbett that cry for
rectification [and/or will persist, regardless].

@ Adam B
I havent read the opinion, but if your portrayal thereof is its gravamen ["Because the
Court decided that Guzzardi effectively had never filed his nomination petitions, it didnt
need to reach the alternative grounds for reviewing the decision below (occupation,
signatures, etc.)"], then its problematic on its face; he indeed filed, and had done so
effectively with regard to the entity with which he had filed. The Ethics Commission
[pseudo-]requirement [already debunked, based upon updated procedures in the
Department of State that had not yet prompted the Ethics Commission to modify/simplify
its procedures accordingly] was mutually exclusive; if it were otherwise, the quoted-
statute would so-state.
Regarding your second point {minor typo repaired} as to the supplied-requests ["The
filing instructions were contained on page 4 of the form; they were also contained in the
packet DOS provided with the nomination petitions"], I only reviewed the latter [on the
Saturday-night prior to the filing-dates]; again, noted is the fact that the instructions from
the DoS did not contain deadline info.
Overall, as you can probably tell, Im unmoved by any of the aforementioned, for the fact
remains that the requisite document was filed with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
a timely fashionand EVERYONE (including the politicos that wished only to silence him
and the bloggers who revel in spewing-forth negativity) knows that fact.
*
It is desirable to complete the records by providing the text of my response to an activist
who expressed condolences regarding the action of the Supremes; the thrust thereof is
directed @ those who absented themselves from this effort [you KNOW who you are!]:
Yes, we worked hard and, as my most recent input via PoliticsPA noted, we were quite
surprised at how many people (who dub themselves reformers) failed to provide a
modicum of assistance.

Guzzardis-Positions [updated] have been characterized as leaning-on-libertarian. although he
opposes CORBETTS BACKING OF MARIJUANA EXTRACT TO TREAT CHILDREN [noting that Corbett's pot
proposal drew support from medical community]. He notes budgetary problems [Pennsylvania sinking
deeper into budget hole, Independent Fiscal Office projecting at $569M shortfall, PA GETS MORE BAD
BUDGET NEWS, SLOT REVENUE DOWN AT MOST PA CASINOS] and laments the fact that Pennsylvanians
can't buy beer and wine at the grocery store because 'it only takes a little bit of greed to kill a child.'
{Prominent in his platform is support for charter schools, also advocated by Campbell Brown; currently,
Guzzardi and his colleagues are compiling data inter alia related to the salaries of University presidents
of multi-billion corporations.}

On if he would debate Bob Guzzardi, Corbett demurred ["I think my record speaks for
me right now."There are no debates planned."]. Politifact Called a Corbett Ad Mostly
False The obligatory references to Sandusky appeared [Sandusky sentence appeal
denied and Pennsylvania fights paying Sandusky's pension], serving as another reminder
of why Corbett should have deferred to Cowley [and, perhaps, still could?]. Meanwhile,
with < 3 weeks to go, Dem guv candidate Schwartz is running for her (political) life.

Regarding AG-Kane, McCaffery is embroiled in legal feud, the challenge is up to Williams to bring
charges in aborted Philly sting, and a Metcalfe resolution to impeach AG-Kane got a hearing. Leach and
Margolies traded jabs at 13
th
Dist debate and three congressional candidates vied for the vote of the
Conshohocken Business & Professional Women's Club. Although Casey claimed PA leads nation in
deficient bridges, other infrastructure-issues abound [Concrete beam falls off Philly building].

Jimmy Clendennen, Jay Russell and Dan Snyder [who are running as independents for
GOP State Committee] support unendorsed, competitive primaries. Placing their effort
into context, Jimmy wrote this prior to the Supremes Decision: On May 20, 2014,
Pennsylvania voters will be given the special treat of a choice between two candidates
from the Republican Party running for governor. Not only will the current governor, Tom
Corbett, appear on the ballot, but so will the name of his challenger, Robert "Bob"
Guzzardi, who is also a member of the Republican Party. Even though Corbett has the
backing of the Republican Party for re-election, Guzzardi was not dissuaded by the lack
of support for his campaign. Instead, he decided to throw his hat into the gubernatorial
race as an independent Republican supporting constitutional limited government,
economic freedom, and personal responsibility which are three principles that are part
of the Libertarian Party platform.

The PA Supremes also determined that PA cops no longer need warrant to search citizens' vehicles.
Meanwhile, Chops opened on Comcast Center's plaza, efforts were made to Bring more life to the
Gallery, the Race Street Connector project was back on track with $1.1 million grant, the Future is on-
hold_for_30
th
Street_Station, and all city parks will be smoke-free. In the education world, Penn
allegedly denied a prof tenure for taking child-care leave, a Main Line Drug Ring was exposed and, of
course, the philly-school-district is facing-another-bleak-budget. Finally, in a sworn affidavit by FBI
Special Agent Kathleen OHanlon, an FBI document detailed alleged misdeeds of infamous Philly union
boss John Johnny Doc Dougherty boss in 2006; she said she had probable cause to believe Dougherty
broke federal laws because he had unlawfully received free labor at his house and a condo in Wildwood,
N.J., and he had lied about his income and evaded taxes.





BenghaziGate is exploding [as efforts are revved-up to probe the cover-up of the cover-up of the cover-
up,], with the key-narrative achieving clarity [per both Rush on Friday and elucidated by Andrew
McCarthy (Obamas Blame the Video Fraud Started in Cairo, Not Benghazi)]; remember that Benghazi
Gun Running is the Real Scandal and that there are 6 Biggest Lies About Benghazi. {Of course, not to
be out-done, PELOSI wondered-aloud: 'Why Aren't We Talking About Something Else?' and Harry Reid
claimed Benghazi is a Koch brothers plot.} Note the arrogance BHO has instilled within his staff [e.g.,
forever insisting Bush's mistakes (real and alleged) from a decade ago justify Obama's every failure] is
also remarkable for its candor [Obama Official: 'Dude, This Was Like Two Years Ago'; although he
claimed the ben-rhodes-e-mail-tells-us-nothing-new, he confirmed the fact that BHO never entered the
Situation Room (recalling that, for example, @ 8 p.m., he was talking with BB). Watch this exchange [and
note the availability of Vietors self-defense aired on MSNBC]:

BRET BAIER: The 14
th
is the day you're talking about. According to the e-mails and the
time line, the CIA circulates new talking points after they've removed the mention of al
Qaeda, and then at 6:21 the White House you add a line about the administration
warning of September 10th of social media reports calling for demonstrations. True?

TOMMY VIETOR: I believe so.

BAIER: Did you also change "attacks" to "demonstrations" in the talking points?

VIETOR: Maybe. I don't really remember.

BAIER: You don't remember?

VIETOR: Dude, this was like two years ago. We're still talking about the most mundane
process.

BAIER: Dude, it is the thing that everybody is talking about.

VIETOR: We're talking about the process of editing talking points. That's what
bureaucrats do all day long. Your producers edit scripts multiple times.

John Boehner Criticized White House for Defying Congressional Subpoena on Benghazi, justifying his call
for select committee on Benghazi [Boehner to Form Select Committee; Boehner Announces
Establishment of Select Committee on Benghazi'Disturbing disregard for legal obligations'; BREAKING:
Trey Gowdy to Chair Select Committee on Benghazi!; 'Not a game'; House GOP: Withholding email
'criminal'; KRAUTHAMMER: Like discovery of Nixon Tapes during Watergate; THEY KNEW AND THEY LIED
ABOUT BENGHAZI]. {Also, Darrell Issa demanded John Kerry appear before committee over Benghazi
[and subpoenaed documents].}

Hillary has her defenders [GEFFEN SUPPORTS HILLARY: 'ABSOLUTELY'; Democratic Sen.
Tim Kaine of Virginia endorsed her (along with Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, former
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, and Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri); and Dowd: 42
and 45 Overpower 44], although Students were Shocked Hillary Clinton Opposed Gay
Marriage. Although HILLARY CLINTON ADMITTED REGRET FOR THE 'TERRIBLE
CONSEQUENCES' OF BENGHAZI, she has not admitted that she Knew Benghazi Was a
Terrorist Attack Within Minutes. Thus, she will increasingly be drawn into the cross-
hairs of what transpired.

The deficiency in the Media is beyond alarming, particularly @ CBS [noting that the news-president is
the brother of the author of the smoking-gun memo, but also noting that Former CBS reporter Sharyl
Attkisson said Emails Reveal White House Hid Truths About Benghazi Attack; there was No Mention of
Benghazi Revelations on CBS Evening News and cbs-evening-news-again-made-no-mention-of-benghazi.

Bill O'Reilly Slammed Press for Not 'Giving a Damn' on Benghazi, 'CBS Evening News' -
Bill O'Reilly led the "O'Reilly Factor" taking on the "disgraceful" media for not caring
enough about the newly uncovered emails from White House adviser Ben Rhodes
providing talking points to former U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice before her Sunday show
interviews several days after the 2012 U.S. consulate terror attack in Benghazi, Libya.
"ABC should have led with it," O'Reilly said on "World News" covering the story 10
minutes into its newscast.

Some are suggesting the MEDIA are TURNING ON OBAMA, but lets not hold our collective breaths; CNN
Mocked W.H. Spin on Benghazi Documents [King: 'I cant understand why the White House did this']
when carney-couldnt-answer-why-supposed-non-beghazi-email-was-in-benghazi-foia; his claim that the
email was not previously released because it did not deal specifically with Benghazi, but with the
broader unrest was widely viewed as having put White House on defense, as press pounded Carney.
{Dick Morris noted that this excuse is so lame that it suggests BHO now has no other back-up story upon
which to depend.} Thus, there is hope that The Truth will keep Dripping Out [as per Victor Davis
Hanson]; Hansons major-colleague @ NRO is Jonah Goldberg, whom I admonished @ the PA Leadership
Conference for not have cited [during both his speech that-night and in his appearances on FNCs Special
Report] his seminal Liberal Fascism observations. In any case, he distributes a weekly letter that has
utile observations regarding myriad issues; it cant be hyperlinked, however, so note what he
emphasized regarding BenghaziGate:

On Wednesday, Jay Carney explained as if he was talking to a room full of children
that the Benghazi e-mail the White House refused to release until the White House was
forced to release its Benghazi e-mails wasn't in fact about Benghazi, even though the e-
mail talks about Benghazi. This is Monty Pythonesque of "Dead Parrot" proportions.
That's not a Benghazi e-mail, it's just an e-mail about Benghazi, in a folder marked
"Benghazi" e-mails, idiot. {This is a perfect visualization of Jay Carney trying to explain
things.}

As I said on Fox yesterday, Jay Carney is a very strange creature for Washington. He's an
extremely confident liar we've got a lot of those! but he's not very convincing.
Usually, confidence = convincing. As George Costanza (and in his own way Bill Clinton)
liked to say, it's not a lie if you believe it when you tell it. But with Carney, he lies in a
way that makes it seem not so much like he believes it but that you're an idiot for not
believing it. There's a kind of the-joke's-on-you feel to the way he talks that reminds me
of that (X-rated and not safe for work) Onion article, "Why Do These Homosexuals Keep
[Fellating Me]?"

Carney actually seems shocked and, well, disappointed to the point of
contemptuousness, when reporters won't believe him. It's like no one told him he
doesn't have Jedi mind tricks at his disposal.

Carney: These are not the droids you're looking for, idiots.

Ed Henry, Fox News: But Jay, these look exactly like the droids we've
been looking for. In fact, the serial numbers match.

Carney: Ed, I understand your network is deeply invested in finding a
story here. But the simple fact is that these are in no way the droids
you're looking for. Move along.

Henry: One last follow-up, Jay. The golden droid on the right just said,
"Excuse me sirs, but we are in fact exactly the droids you've been
looking for. Thank goodness you found us."

Carney: No, no they didn't. And besides I used to be a journalist as
you know and it's common knowledge among real journalists [Carney
winks to the non-Fox reporters in the room] that one should never
believe what droids tell them.

Jonathan Karl, ABC: Jay, related question: Here is a photo of you from
last month holding up a picture of these exact droids with the quote in
the caption reading, 'Carney vows the White House will not rest until
these droids are found.' Also, ABC News has obtained footage of you
from this morning, hugging the two droids right there, with you saying
'Thank Obama we found you!' Can you explain that?

[Carney rolls his eyes and then desperately tries to telekinetically choke
everyone in the room.]

Henry: Uh, Jay are you okay? Why are you squinting? What's up with
that hand gesture....

Benghazi Made Simple

There is an enormous amount of theorizing about what the "real story" behind Benghazi
really is. To me it's always been obvious. The White House was caught off guard for
reasons stemming both from ideology and incompetence on September 11, 2012. As
they have after virtually every other (jihadist) terrorist attack on Americans, they acted
as if it had absolutely nothing to do with them. As with the Times Square bomber, the
Fort Hood shooter, and other Islamist assaults, there's always some other reason for the
bloodshed, some attempt to claim, at least for a while, that this was an "isolated
incident" with no broader implications for the War on Terror or Obama's foreign policy.
Admittedly, even this White House understood that spinning the Benghazi attack as an
isolated incident wasn't going to work (such intense spinning could risk irreparable
scrotal torsion). So they went with the story about the video.

At least in Wag the Dog Robert DeNiro (Connie Brean) kept denying the misinformation
he was spreading:

Conrad "Connie" Brean: You're goddamn right, then it's got nothing to
do with the B-3 Bomber!
John Levy: There is no B-3 bomber.
Conrad "Connie" Brean: [Knowingly] I just said that! There is no B-3
bomber, and I don't know why these rumors get started!

Of course, the White House and its defenders insist that they really believed the video
was to blame. This strikes me as a lie, for the most part, if not initially than certainly
over time. But even if that's true, that's no exoneration. As I said, there was a mix of
incompetence and ideology at work. As an ideological matter, that this White House
could convince itself for hours never mind weeks that this terror attack was all
about the video is incredibly damning, if true. And, as I argue in my column today, the
fact that the once-proud champions of civil liberties under George W. Bush were
perfectly happy to throw the First Amendment under the bus is even more damning.

Given that the Benghazi attack came during the thick of the presidential election, it's no
surprise that the White House's political and ideological instincts overpowered
everything else. It's no surprise, either, that the press's instincts pointed in the same
direction. It's really non-surprises for as far as the eye can see.

Obviously there are still some unknowns worth knowing, and they might be surprising
like the exact details of how and why the response was so non-responsive. Just
because the White House and State Department were unprepared shouldn't mean that
the professional military was too. The exact nexus between the political screw-up and
the military's failure to "run to the sound of gunfire" hasn't been established. Ditto, the
question of "What the hell was Barack Obama even doing that night?"

Hayes' Take

The other night on the Special Report panel, Steve Hayes observed how there's much
more interest in Benghazi among the general public than the MSM realizes. He
mentioned that when he gives speeches he's constantly asked about it. I absolutely
believe him. Steve is closely associated with the Benghazi story; I'm not. But when I give
speeches to conservative groups, I am often grilled by people with very sophisticated
questions about assets in the region, CIA chatter, etc. I can only imagine how much
more of this stuff Steve gets. And while I agree with him that this is a sign that the
questions aren't going to go away, I'm not sure this story is of huge interest to the
majority of Americans.

Please, don't send me e-mails saying "You're wrong! I care about it!" That is not a
rebuttal to my point. I care about this stuff too, that's not proof "the media" cares about
it. I'm reminded of Ted Cruz's claim last fall that everywhere he goes he talks to
audiences that want to get rid of Obamacare. Well, yeah. Those are the audiences that
show up to hear Ted Cruz. I suspect something similar may be at play with Steve. Don't
get me wrong, I'd love it if outrage over Benghazi was a national obsession. It's not.

Meanwhile this summary from Steve's piece in the Standard seems just right:

At the same time the White House was putting the video at the center
of the Benghazi story, intelligence professionals and U.S. officials on the
ground in Libya were describing a precise attack carried out by al
Qaeda-affiliated terrorists. The Weekly Standard has learned that an
analysis from the Defense Intelligence Agency produced a day before
Rhodes sent his email assigned blame for the attacks to Al Qaeda in the
Islamic Maghreb and Ansar al Sharia Libya. The DIA analysis did not
mention a video. It adds to the still-growing body of memos and
warnings from top U.S. officials. The top U.S. intelligence official on the
ground in Libya repeatedly told officials in Washington that the
Benghazi attacks were part of a planned assault by al Qaeda-affiliated
terrorists. The top diplomat in the country said the same thing. Last
week, a top intelligence official for AFRICOM told Congress that he
shared that view.

We are left with this reality: Top diplomats and intelligence officers in
Libya offered assessments of the Benghazi attacks that were true when
they made them and remain true today. But top Obama administration
officials ignored those assessments. Six weeks before the 2012
presidential election, those officials at the direction of White House
communications and political strategists desperate to maintain the
fiction that al Qaeda was "on the run" lied to the public about how
four Americans were killed in a sophisticated attack carried out, on the
anniversary of 9/11, by terrorists affiliated with al Qaeda.

Some feel this Song About Benghazi Should Go Viral.












The only problem with aggregating topics is running the risk that the most important issue might be @
the end; with this in-mind, it is necessary to probe how Kerry/BHO are conducting Americas Foreign
Policy by updating Ukraine and the Middle Eastas both are increasingly chaotic. To start, however,
note this excerpt from Jonah Goldbergs aforementioned letter [and note how, thankfully, he has cited
his succinct summary of all-things-BHO, Liberal Fascism]:

On Communism's Legacy

It's fitting that Carney is a collector of Soviet propaganda posters. After all, Soviet
agitprop was arguably the best example of extreme confidence married to total
implausibility since I tried to change my pants without taking off my shoes. Obviously, I
am bringing up Carney's ownership of Soviet propaganda posters more as a means of
forcing a transition to a new topic than as any attempt to label Carney a Bolshevik
("Transparency!" The Couch).

Lots of people have noted that Vladimir Putin is using the KGB playbook in his effort to
carve up Ukraine. That involves not only lying, but manipulating events in such a way so
as to make it easier for others to believe the lies. Anne Applebaum describes the
techniques very well. Lots of people have discussed how Russia Today is a pigpen for
Russian propagandists providing a useful slop trough for modern-day useful idiots.

But what hasn't been discussed is what all of this talk about "KGB tactics" suggests
about the past, and our understanding of it. Anyone roughly my age or older ("Ah yes,
you are the measure of man!" The Couch) probably remembers how the Soviets and
their defenders used to bend and manipulate logic, facts, and truth to make it seem like
there was a plausible case that the Soviet Union had the better economic and social
model. But what is less well-remembered among older folks and completely unknown to
most younger folks is the damage done by the Soviets to our understanding of the
world.

For instance, the Soviets are the foremost authors the idea that "Zionism equals
racism." They championed this idea without any regard for the truth, never mind any
concern about the evils of racism the Soviet regime was remarkably racist (as was
Marx himself, and their fight against racism was entirely tactical). Many of the old-guard
Palestinian leadership were weaned on Soviet propaganda. Mahmoud Abbas has a Ph.D.
from Moscow's Patrice Lumumba University (stop laughing!). His thesis: "The Other
Side: the Secret Relationship Between Nazism and Zionism." The Soviets and other
Communist regimes cultivated front groups who spread lies about how the American
government created AIDS, distributed crack in inner cities, and countless other stories
that still survive in America and abroad as vague half-truths, urban legends, and secrets
"no one wants you to know." Not everyone who spread this stuff was a paid
propagandist. Many didn't even know anyone was pulling their strings, and if they did
know, many wouldn't care because they assumed the Communists were the good guys.

And those are just the crazy left-wingers. Countless liberals still embrace various ideas
that are the diluted legacy of Soviet and Marxist slander. As I argue (I'd even say
demonstrate) in Liberal Fascism, the whole idea that Communism and fascism have
absolutely no common intellectual heritage or other meaningful similarities is wholly a
product of Soviet (and at times Nazi) propaganda (that the Putinistas are trotting out
the "we're a popular front against fascists" talking point is quite revealing). Stalin's
theory of social fascism was a propaganda tool. It didn't become any less of one because
a lot of decent, mainstream liberals bought into it. To the contrary, it proved how
successful that propaganda effort was.

The Soviet legacy in Africa is especially dismaying because their deceit poisoned the
minds of some of the best and brightest and probably delayed development by at least
a generation. (When I briefly lived in Prague, you could still find African students and
intellectuals who took the whole raft of Soviet propaganda very seriously.)

Anyway, I wrote about this in the Corner five years ago when Obama said that nuclear
weapons were the Cold War's "most dangerous legacy." I said nukes aren't the most
dangerous legacy, the half-life of Soviet lies are:

Some might say the military-industrial complex or the national-security state. But not
me. To me, the most obvious dangerous legacy of the Cold War would have to be the
damage the Soviets did to the world. I don't mean the millions they murdered; those
dead do not threaten us now, even if they should haunt us.

I mean the relentless distortion of the truth, the psychological violence they visited on
the West and the World via their useful idiots and their agents. I'm thinking not merely
of the intellectual corruption of the American Left (which even folks like Richard Rorty
had to concede), but the corruption of reformers and their movements around the
globe. Soviet propaganda still contaminates, while nuclear fallout does not. Lies about
America, the West, and the nature of democratic capitalism live on throughout the third
world and in radioactive pockets on American campuses.

The Soviet effort to foster wars of national liberation, to poison the minds of the
"Bandung Generation," to deracinate cultures from their own indigenous building blocks
of democracy, to destroy non-Marxist competitors interested in reform, to create evil
and despotic regimes that are seen as "authentic" because they represent the "true
will" of their subjugated and beaten down peoples: these seem to me to amount to the
most dangerous legacy of the Cold War. Not least because it was those sorts of efforts
that gave birth to North Korea in the first place.

BHO is viewed by many as the president-who-has-learned-nothing about foreign-policy, even as he has
purged the military [Obama to Military Brass: Agree With Me on Gay Policy or Get Out and Gen. James
Mattis, known as Mad Dog Mattis, Was Forced into Retirement after 41 Years of Military Service,
When Obama Began to Purge Our Military]. The marked Decline of American Deterrence has resulted in
Pentagon and lawmakers approving a plan to cut thousands of American troops, even as the Pentagon
Has No Plan For Troops and Military Assets, for the Pentagon has failed to produce a legally-mandated
policy report that outlines to Congress its upcoming plans for overseas troop deployments and the
allocation of military hardware. Lawmakers Seek to Stop Russian Spy Flights and U.S. Rejected Latest
Russian Proposal to Restrict U.S. Missile Defenses, even as WAR GAMES are being planned by CHINA-
RUSSIA [JOINT NAVAL DRILLS], Japan is split over revision to pacifist constitution, and it has been
deemed necessary for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (controlled by Dems) to Hold a Hearing
to Discuss the Venezuelan Crisis Next Week [Venezuela turns cars into houses]. BHO has create a global
vacuum of leadership.

Note the Ukraine-update:
RUSSIAN BOMBERS, FIGHTER JETS 'SEEN OVER CRIMEA'
Ukraine crisis: 'This is not some kind of a short-lived uprising. It is a war'
Russia adopts war-time rhetoric
CIA, FBI agents 'advising government'
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Russian and Ukrainian armies shaping up for initial military clash over Slavyansk
Ukraine forces move against separatists; copters shot down, killing 2
Russian troops ordered to advance on Ukraine border
EU Criticizes Cuba for Supporting Russia in the Ukraine Crisis
Masked gunmen tighten grip on eastern Ukraine
Helpless
Putin 'to visit Crimea' for military parade