Conspiracy: A Biblical View, by Gary North - EntreWave

TWO KINDS OF CONSPIRACY, by Gary Northlazy pseudo-intellectuals can appear to be well-informed withoutactually having to read fat books. Discussion groups have replaced theliterary society. And the biggest discussion group of all is the Councilon Foreign Relations.But that was only the beginning, Weishaupt said. "In like manner wemust try to obtain an influence in the military academies (this may beof mighty consequence), the printing-houses, booksellers shops,chapters, and in short all offices which have any effect, either informing, or in managing, or even in directing the mind of man:painting and engraving are highly worth our care." 4Weishaupt's strategy still holds. First, the military academies and themilitary. The Commandant of West Point over the last generation hasalways been a G.F.R. member. 5 Senior commanders are also CFRmembers. The C.F.R. sponsored many meetings around the country in1983-84, as it does every year — meetings that featured C.F.R.members in the military. These members included: Bernard W.Rogers, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; John W. Vessey, Jr.,Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; John A. Wickham,Jr., Chief of Staff,U.S. Army; John T Chain, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans andOperations, U.S. Air Force; Paul E Gorman, Commander-in-Chief;United States Southern Command, etc. 6 The most spectacular case isthat of Gen. Al Haig, a mediocre West Point student, who was acolonel when he joined Henry Kissinger's staff in 1969. Four yearslater, he was a four-star general, skipping the third star (lieutenantgeneral) completely. He catapulted over 240 other general officers. 7He later served as Secretary of State under President Reagan. Not badfor a "verbally challenged" guy!Second, publishing. Every secret agent needs a "cover." Everyconspiracy also needs a cover, as Weishaupt said. Academic bookshave for two centuries been part of the manipulators' cover. Butremember North's law of "harmless" conspiracies: you shouldn't judgea cover by its books. The books may be bland and boring, but theirauthors are not harmless.The Trilateral CommissionThings have changed since 1970 that have forced the manipulators tobecome more open about part of their activities. Millions ofhttp://freebooks.commentary.net/freebooks/docs/html/gnco/html/4.htm (6 of 11) [5/26/2000 1:48:09 PM]