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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 265
not been fully exposed. This penetration has extended from the lower ranks to
top-level policy and operating positions in our government. Despite the fact that
the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other security agencies had reported
extensive information about this Communist penetration, little was done by the
Executive branch to interrupt the Soviet operatives in their ascent in
Government….
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Despite the fact that McCarthy had been proven right, on July 30, 1954, a resolution was
introduced into the Senate condemning McCarthy for “conduct unbecoming a member.” The
resolution was introduced by Senator Ralph Flanders but astoundingly, it was written by a
spokesman for the Communist Party, Arthur Goldsmith. The Senate voted to “condemn”
McCarthy rather than “censure” him; condemnation being the milder of the two. The
condemnation occurred on two accounts rather than 46, which had originally been filed.
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McCarthy wrote that an immense conspiracy could only explain the then present state of
affairs in America:
How can we account for our present situation unless we believe that men
high in Government are concerting to deliver us to disaster? This must be the
product of a great conspiracy, a conspiracy on a scale so immense as to dwarf any
previous such venture in the history of man. A conspiracy of infamy so black that,
when it is finally exposed, its principals shall be forever deserving of the
maledictions (curses) of all honest men….
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He further explained that the intent of the conspiracy was:
To diminish the United States in world affairs, to weaken us militarily, to
confuse our spirit with talk of surrender in the Far East, and to impair our will to
resist evil. To what end? To the end that we shall be contained and frustrated and
finally fall victim to Soviet intrigue from within and Russian military might from
without.
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McCarthy came to a similar conclusion as that of Forrestal; the decisions and actions of
our government leaders were not those of incompetence. He writes:
What can be made of this unbroken series of decisions and acts
contributing to the strategy of defeat? They cannot be attributed to
incompetence… The laws of probability would dictate that part of….[the]
decisions would serve this country’s interest.
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McCarthy died on May 2, 1957 at the Bethesda Naval Hospital of “acute hepatic failure.”
No autopsy was ever performed, leading many to believe that he was killed because he was
closer to the truth than most people ever dreamed.
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