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pe ace ful co ex ist en ce .Bu t it's no t too late, Mr. Su lzb erg er,Mr. Mur row , Mr . Ste ven ­ son an d Mr . Pr esi dent— if we kno w ou r en em y. Yo u can 't lov e an yth ingun til you kno w it fir st. An d you can 't ha te some thi ngtill you kno w what that someth ing is. Com­ mu nism yo u can 't ha te un less you know what commu nism is : its ends an d me an s, its de sig nsand tec hn iqu es —ab ov eall, the gu ise s it hi de s behin d to ens nar e the un­ wa ry. Th e enem iesof God and H is Chu rch you can 't rep uls e if you don 't know wh o thos e en em ies ar e. Yo ur divine rights of fre edom an d happine ssyou can 't pre ser ve if you can't det ect eit he rthe gu ile les sign o- SummitLeap In 19 31 , at Mosco w's Lenin Sch oo l of Po lit ica lWa rfa re, Dm itri Ma nu ilsk y, who in 1949 wa s to chair the UN Se cu rit yCounc il,sou ndedthi s wa rn ing: "W arto the hil t be tw ee ncommun ism an d ca pitalis m is in ev itabl e.T od ay ,of co ur se , we ar e not str on g en ou gh to at ta ck . Our tim e wil l come in 20 or 30 ye ar s. T owin , weshall need th e eleme nt of su rp ri se . Th e bourge ois iewi ll ha ve to be put to sle ep . So we shall be gi nb y lau nch ing the most spe cta cu lar peace mo veme nt on re co rd . Th er e wi ll be el ec tr ify in gov er tu re s an d unhear d-o f conc ess ion s. Th e ca pi tal ist icco un tri es , stupid an d de ca de nt ,will re jo ic e to co op er atein th ei r ow nde str uc tio n. The y wil l lea p at an oth ercha nce to be fri ends . As soo n as th ei r gua rd is do wn ,we shall smash th em w it hou r cle nch ed fists. " ran ee or the dia bolic clever ne ss of tho se wh o wou ld enchain tho se rig hts in the name of peace an d all thi ngs ho ly . Yo ur cre wc utgr ay sas you plow thr oug h a cou ple of doz en newspa per san d a sco re of ma ga zin esev er y wee k. Yo ur stoma ch knots as you dig est the spe eches and han d­ istence. erger, ro , . - . ent - y. ' t ing til t. t thing ing - i l nis : s, ns iques - e is s s d e - . ies i l e ies . t i s s ve r il les - mit Leap , 's i l litical f re, i ilsky, rity C il, ed r ing: ar l t e n unism it, m itable. ay, f rse, g gh t, ck. e rs. , we t f r rise. e oisie . in ing t cular ent rd. ere trifying t res f es wns. italistic tries, decadent, j ice erate ir own t uctwn. y t er iends. ir , it ed i e i bolic nes s l t l . ut g s h l pers zines y . c ful

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If you see the fig ht ag ain st communism as a str ugg le bet we en dem ocr acy and to­ tali tar ian ism , the re' s a ca se fo r pea cef ul coexisten ce. Bu t the re is no pea cef ul co­ ex ist en ce po ssi ble if the fig ht is bet wee n Chris tian ityand commu nism.Christ ian ity is ess ent iall y go od ; commu nism is essen­ tia lly ev il. But dem ocr acy isn 't nec ess ari ly go od ; tot alit ari ani smisn' t ne ces sar ilyev il. Christ ian itycan nev er be ev il ;commu nism can ne ver be good . But dem ocr acycan be good or ev il; an d so can tot alit ariani sm. Chr isti ani tywou ld not be Chr isti ani tyif it were ev il; commu nismwou ldnot be com­ munis m if it we re good . Gov ernm ent by the peo ple , how eve r, wou ld stil l be democ­ rac y if it were ev il; and gov ernme ntby a benig ndict ator could be go od gov ernmen t, tho ugh it wou ld sti ll be tot alit ariani sm. He rei n lie s the exp lan ati on for mu ch of the "f re e wor ld's "mu ddl ed thi nk ingon commu nism and the "c oldwa r" andsummit con ferences and pea cef ul co ex ist en ce. For the re can never be pe ac e as lon g as the re is commu nism. Th ere can ne ve r be pe ace un til the str uggle is rec ogniz ed for wha t it is : a war bet we en the ism an d ath eism , betwee n Chri st and ant i-Chri st, bet wee n lov e and hat e, bet we endi vi nefreedom and God less sla ver y. Demo cra cy isn' t God . Chr ist is. To tal ita ria nism isn 't ant i-Ch rist . Commun ismis. A Commun istis a Communi stis a Com­ munis t,whe the r heis in Mo scow or Pe ip ing or Bel gra deor Wa shi ng ton .Our war is not me rel ywit h So vi etimper ial ism .It is a war with communismas su ch . An d if our rule rs and wri ters and pro fess orsand jurists ha d "le git imate lyob jec ted to commu nism as su ch"and had tau ght the natio n to do so, the re wou ld ha ve been no Mao, no Ti to, no sat ell itenat ion s, no Hi ss — an d on and on thr oug h the wh ole sad sto ry dow n the lon g Re d lin e from Li tvi nov to Lat timore ,fro m Ya lta to the Ya lu, from the dil ly da ys of inf atu ati onwit h "th e gre at Ru ssia nexperi ­ me nt" dow n to our own de lud ed da ys of le e acy • ianism, 's ful ce. l - e ce le t n i tia ity unism. i ia ity ial y ; nism - l il. acy e es arily ; rianism ' s rily il. i tianity il; c nism . acy il; rianism. istianity istianity il; nis l - . ent l , r, l l - il; ent ent, l l arianism. in s l ation e " led ing nis and the c and c s ful i tence. e nism. r il ggle nized : en i i , n i rist, n , en i e l s y. cracy ' . i it rianism i rist. is ist ist - t, r e i ing de ington. O ly t ialism. nis . s f ors i i ately ted nis l , llite i s, s - h l inov ti ore, f l , l ation n - ed

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