The Week That is Still Making History

In his most recent discussion with associates, Lyndon LaRouche has very vividly communicated his own, personal, almost century-old convictions as to what sort of human organization it is that must be shaped and that must command your total loyalty, and as to what truth is, and what reality is,– all totally foreign and incomprehensible to what the herd says and believes.

It is no coincidence that LaRouche’s views share so much in common with those of the greatest military genius of the Twentieth Century, General of the Armies Douglas MacArthur, like LaRouche, another pure American type, who was already famous for saying, and for proving as early as 1927, that “Americans never quit.”

Frazier Hunt, MacArthur’s friend and biographer, records the following in his 1954 “Untold Story of Douglas MacArthur.”

In the same spirit in the Italian Senate yesterday, LaRouche’s friend, Senator Giulio Tremonti, former Finance Minister of Italy, exposed the true reality of the so-called “Greek crisis,” saying, “The problem is not that Greece entered Europe, but that Europe entered Greece. The causes of the crisis are not, as some say, related to the obscure and opaque Greek government budget, an almost negligible entity. The real Greek drama came from the private financial side, and starting with the Euro.”

LaRouche rejoined, “Exactly: that’s where the private bankers pulled all the swindle. That’s what has to be said openly, because this whole thing about–Schaeuble is an asshole: he won’t tell the truth. That’s one thing he can’t be accused of: telling the truth.”

Tremonti continued,

“Not even Margaret Thatcher,” said LaRouche. “That’s good. That should be quoted–frequently quoted.” Tremonti went on to compare the Eurozone to a dinosaur.

“Delightful,” said LaRouche. “That must be preserved and encouraged.”

So-called basic European values, Tremonti said, are no longer “those of our historic tradition,” but they are rather of a “pre-Christian and pagan past: I want to be clear: [Roman Emperor] Elagabalus, with his set of values and his lifestyle, would perfectly fit in the Luxemburg court.” According to historian B.G. Niebuhr, “The name Elagabalus is branded in history above all others” because of his “unspeakably disgusting life.”

“That’s perfect,” said LaRouche. “That is delightful. That is eminently quotable.”

Meanwhile, Eurozone leaders are holding a summit today, in which they are expected to prolong their economic sanctions against Russia, which would otherwise expire in July. “Sanctions: that’s really a stupid conception,” said LaRouche, “but it shows Nuland’s kind of thinking; and she smells bad anyway.”

After the summit, Greek Prime Minister Tsipras has arranged a meeting with Angela Merkel, French President Hollande, Mario Draghi of the European Central Bank, and Jeroen Dijsselbloem of Holland, chairman of the Eurozone Finance Ministers, which LaRouche characterized as two who might be reasonable, plus two others who won’t.

Merkel rightly cautioned reporters not to expect a solution tonight, but LaRouche held open the prospect that something more useful might develop from her scheduled Monday meeting with Tsipras in Berlin. Mrs. Merkel has said she expects that to be a good discussion, even if one with disagreements. “A formal meeting has some special meaning,” LaRouche explained. “Merkel, despite everything she is and is not, does have a certain responsibility for German affairs. And therefore, her opening statement on something of this nature has to be treated seriously. She has shifted her policy since a recent point; that probably has more weight than some other things.”

Meanwhile, Obama is being rightly humiliated worldwide because of his petulant and futile fight to stop the Asian Infrastructure Development Bank (AIIB), which Britain, Germany, Italy and France have just joined against his instructions. “All these statements against Obama ought to be quoted, cited and presented repeatedly. You’ve got to humiliate this son-of-a-bitch, because that will help to get some people come to their senses,” LaRouche said.

At the same time, there is a massive austerity push against Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, including Disability, in Washington. More cuts to hospitals and graduate medical education are being planned. LaRouche said we’ve got to publish these planned austerity measures: the point is to take it out of Wall Street.