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"So you are a hero after all, Peter. You did something great for mankind at a time of great need."
I shrugged my shoulders. "Whatever strategic progress had been made by America when we developed the SDI as a shield against the Soviet Union, had boxed the Soviet leaders in. Evidently the isolation created unmanageable tensions and unnecessary dangers to everyone. Canceling the SDI had been intended to bridge the isolation of our two nations to some degree, even if it meant giving up a perfectly achievable defensive system. Of course when we announced the cancellation in Venice I had no idea how dangerous that would be."
I told Anton how we were warned in Venice by a servant of the fondi who said emphatically that the cancellation would play into their hands and advance of the fondi's goals. I told Anton about the death threats I received afterwards from the fondi for having done what they didn't want to be done.
"What would you have done in my stead?" I asked her. "Would you have shut the SDI project down as your government had ordered, a system that had been so deeply perverted that it had the opposite effect to what had been intended? Would you have shut this thing down, Anton, even if it meant standing in opposition against the entire scientific community that loved the SDI challenge, and kick them into the teeth at their own annual world conference? That's what I had been ordered to do. Would you have done it even with death threats against you? I did this without thinking. I made myself a marked enemy of the biggest private empire on the planet."
"You just proved that I am right. You are the hero, as I said," said Anton.
I shook my head. "No Anton, I'm not a hero. I only did what needed to be done. LaRouche is the hero that you should admire. He came up with the cooperative development proposal. When he personally presented the proposal to the Soviet leadership on behalf of the American government he did it against the same kind of death threats and against all the odds of it ever being accepted. He laid his life on the line for the off-chance that he might succed. And it nearly worked. Of course he knew that the proposal would make him the number one enemy of a lot of powerful people in America and Russia and elsewhere. Both of our nations have large institutions that have a vested interest in keeping the East/West tensions alive. They are essentially 'alien' institutions by design, working against our nations from within."
"You say that LaRouche knew that he ran the risk of being put in jail or being assassinated?" Anton interjected.
"He was warned on several occasions to keep his mouth shut, Anton. The imperials wanted to keep the nuclear standoff alive. LaRouche chose to take the risk. He could not betray mankind. My friend Steve had a long conversation with him. Steve contacted him sitting in jail in America. He told Steve that he had been fully aware of the dangers to himself. He said that he had to risk the danger and act responsibly. He felt that there was a chance, slim as it might be, that his idea might inspire mankind to work its way out of its terribly dangerous crisis. As I said, his plan nearly worked. Steve told me that the man had acted out of a deep love for mankind, and out of a deep love for his own humanity. He couldn't have done anything less without betraying that love and thereby betray himself in the process. As it turned out, he wasn't assassinated. It nearly happened. The executioners were on the way. Fortunately for him President who got wind of it had been able to call the assassination off. So LaRouche ended up in jail where he remains incarcerated on a fifteen-year sentence. Right now a large number of intellectuals and elected officials from all over the world are actively lobbying the U.S. government to have him exonerated. But this too won't be allowed to happen. The imperial within, who are the real rulers of our country, won't allow the exoneration to happen no matter who signs it."
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