12. How Do You Stand?

"It is Satan not God who has been urging you to become a coward in this raging battle between good and evil, and to leave what should be your duty all up to God."

Robert Welch, 1972

Researching and writing this book has been rather like exploring a labyrinthine cave. Aware at the outset only of a yawning dark chasm called "religious neutralism," we entered with our flashlight. We have explored to a certain extent what appears to be the main passageway, bypassing in the process many side passages down which we could catch fleeting but tantalizing glimpses. All of these side passages and much of the main passage remain to be explored, but the urgency of the problem compels us at this point to emerge from the cave and publish what we have learned so far. There may be readers who know much more about the subject than we, and perhaps there may be other readers who will be motivated to delve into the subject on their own. The bibliography included in this book may serve as a useful starting point for any who have this interest. Certainly much more evidence needs to be amassed.

The writing and publishing of this book were not undertaken lightly, since the author is well aware that it may make him more enemies than friends. The author has many good friends whose religious beliefs may be offended by what has been said, some of them Americanists still engaged in the war. While they, to their credit, have not been neutralized, the author asks them to reflect for a moment on all the others with similar beliefs who have dropped out of the war. This book has been written not because the author wished to offend anyone, but because it had become painfully obvious that the job simply had to be done.

In 480 B.C. the Persian army, estimated to have numbered about three million, advanced down the coast of Greece from the north, threatening to conquer all of Greece and to destroy Greek civilization. The Greek leaders resolved to resist the Persian invasion at a narrow pass between the mountains and the ocean known as Thermopylae, but it was time for the annual Olympic Games, and the Greeks were torn between their desire to save their country and their desire to participate in the games. Taking what must have been one of the most foolish gambles in all human history, the Greek leaders dispatched a small force of about 7000 with orders to hold the pass for a week until the games could be completed and the main army could be sent to reinforce them. The small defense force, with extreme valor, did succeed in blocking the Persian advance for several days, and might have held out for the entire week had it not been for two other elements which entered the picture. First, a Greek traitor disclosed to the Persians a secret route over the mountains, bypassing the position of the defenders at Thermopylae. Then a force of Greeks assigned to guard this path deserted their posts, allowing the Persians to encircle the main defenders and attack from the rear. Although the Greeks rallied later and saved their country by their naval victory at Salamis, this was not accomplished until after Athens and other Greek cities had been laid waste by the invaders.¹

In the tragedy of Thermopylae we can see several striking parallels with our situation today. We have "American" traitors working with the enemy to destroy our country. We have a vast majority of our population more interested in playing games than in defending their country. We have a small but valiant defense force, capable of turning the tide if given adequate support and loyalty. And we have former defenders who have deserted their posts.

When the Communists took control of China, there were among the Chinese who had been converted to Protestant Christianity two groups — those who believed in the imminent "rapture" and those who did not. Those who believed in the Scofieldian doctrine remained where they were, confident that they were to be rescued from danger at any moment by the "rapture." They were tortured and slaughtered by the tens of thousands. Those, on the other hand, who did not believe in the imminent "rapture" fled to the mountains where many have been able to survive, keeping at least a few embers of Christianity glowing, however faintly? The Christians who fled did the only thing they were able to do to help preserve their heritage. They were unable to save their country through a John Birch Society or by any other means, since the fate of their country had been sealed by "American" traitors concealed in the American government? But the Christians did what they could, with the means at their disposal.

We Americanists today face an awesome responsibility. While we, along with Americans in general, continue to enjoy the comforts and benefits inherited from long centuries of civilizing endeavors, it is only we Americanists who are aware of the extreme precariousness of our whole civilized structure. Plainly and simply, if America and Western Civilization are to be saved, the saving must be done by a relative handful of informed and dedicated Americanists. It can be done.

Few in number though we may be, we are orders of magnitude better equipped than were the Chinese Christians to combat the enemy. Where the Chinese were helpless against the military onslaught of the Communists, we face not bullets but rather lies, deceit, and treason. We are in a war the outcome of which will be determined by whether truth or falsehood prevails. We have the knowledge, the leadership, the organization, the money (although not yet made available in sufficient quantities), and the skills needed to win a war of this nature. The only necessary ingredient which today appears to be in questionable supply is the will to win.

The burning question today is, which group of Chinese Christians shall we Americanists emulate? Will it be those who did what they could with what they had, or will it be those who, paralyzed in will, did nothing but pray to be raptured? Shall we be remembered in history like those who, at the crucial moment in the Battle of Thermopylae, deserted their posts, or like those who fought bravely against overwhelming odds?

Being a Bircher has its rewards as well as its responsibilities. It puts the patriot into close contact with the finest body of people in the world today, people who know the score and have accepted their responsibilities. It enables the patriot to become and to remain better informed than he could possibly be on his own, giving him a continually increasing understanding of how all the pieces of the puzzle fit together. It gives one the overwhelming sense of satisfaction that comes from knowing one is doing his duty, while helping to make history. As one Bircher summed it up, "Happiness is being a Bircher!" In spite of contending strenuously in a deadly serious battle, Birchers are indeed among the happiest people alive. The only happier people are Christian Birchers.

If you are not a Bircher and have endured this far in this book, you need to become a Bircher. You can do so by contacting any member you may know, or by writing The John Birch Society, Belmont, Mass. 02178. If you're a former Bircher who may have succumbed to one of the neutralizers, why not reinstate your membership and get back to work? You will be welcomed back with open arms.

We who are John Birchers or who ought to be John Birchers are a special breed of people. Why is it that we, unlike the vast majority, have been able to see through the smokescreen and discern the truth?

The answers are as varied as there are individuals, of course, but let us consider the possibility that, in one way or another, God has placed upon each of us a special burden of responsibility and is watching to see how each of us stands up under that burden. Some stand and some fall, as we pointed out at the beginning. The outcome of this war and the fate of our civilization will be determined, in all probability, by how many do stand, and how well.

[SRT note: quote by that traitor Abraham Lincoln cut from this spot.]

HOW DO YOU STAND?

 

REFERENCES, CHAPTER 12

1  Ridpath, John Clark, LL.D. — "History of the World" — The Jones Brothers Publishing Co., Cincinnati, O., 1901, Volume II, Book VIII, Chapter XLIV.

2  MacPherson, Dave — "The Incredible Cover-Up" — See Ref. (1), Chapter 6.

3  Welch, Robert — "May God Forgive Us" — Henry Regnery Co., Chicago, 1952. Re-published by Belmont Publishing Co., Belmont, Mass. 02178, 1972, as "Again, May God Forgive Us."

See also McCarthy, Sen. Joseph R. — "America's Retreat from Victory" — Western Islands, Boston & Los Angeles, 1965.

 

 

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