Abortion is the greatest destroyer of peace today. Because if a
mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you
to kill me? There is nothing between!
Mother Teresa of Calcutta.[1]
Anti-Life Philosophy.
You anti-choice people are all hypocrites, because you say that you
want to save the unborn. But, at the same time, you're willing to send
our sons and daughters to any country in the world to support U.S.
aggression and imperialism, and you don't care if they get killed for
such immoral purposes.
In other words, you protect them until they're born, and then
kill them or let them be killed.
Introduction.
A Good Response to the Charges.
Every pro-life activist has heard this type of sneering remark from
pro-abortion people. They say we only care for people until they're born
and then it's open season on 'em.
The purpose of this line of argument, of course, is to divert
attention away from the real topic of debate the slaughter of
unborn babies. The pro-lifer can either immediately get the discussion
back to the proper topic, or use this foray into a related area to his
own advantage.
Any pro-lifer who talks about war with a pro-abort must realize that
the impression that the pro-abort is trying to make here is that
pro-lifers are also pro-war and are therefore hypocritical and
inconsistent. As always, we can best reply to the pro-abort's fallacious
arguments by using their own warped "logic" against them;
We aren't pro-war. Nobody is 'pro-war.' We're pro-choice! We
realize that war is a tragic situation, but sometimes nations have no
other choice. They are forced into war. You shouldn't condemn those
nations that exercise their right to choose war in a difficult
situation. That is being judgmental and uncompassionate. The issue
here is not war it is whether or not countries will have the right to
choose that option or have that right taken away from them by
legislation.
Try This for 'Consistency.'
Of course, anti-war activists are just as close-minded as most other
Neoliberal groups. What matters is not your intrinsic worth or your
talents, but your Political Correctness.
Neoliberals often whine that pro-lifers are pro-war as well, and
stridently point out this alleged 'inconsistency.' Naturally, they can
produce no studies or figures to back up their claims. However, when
pro-lifers who are consistent by the Neoliberal's stated standards
attempt to speak out, they are censored, ridiculed, and rejected.
This happened to an anti-war, pro-life group called Prolifers for
Survival when it tried to join the national anti-war umbrella group
Mobilization for Survival (MFS). MFS spokesperson Jerily Bowen said that
"The prolife group is a genuine left group that is seriously
antinuclear. The problem is that they are also antiabortion. Dissension
over their admission into our group was enormous."[2]
Many large pro-abortion groups were allowed to join MFS, and they
threatened to boycott and even destroy the organization if Prolifers for
Survival was allowed to enter. This proved the pro-life charge that
Political Correctness was all that mattered to the group Mobilization
for Survival.
War and Abortion: First Cousins.
War and abortion are similar or identical in many ways. War kills
millions of people at a time. Abortion kills millions of people one
at a time. War damages the economies of nations. So does abortion. War
wounds. So does abortion.
The primary difference between the two is this: Abortion is almost
always an immoral act of aggression against the helpless, but war can be
either moral or immoral.
Curiously, participants in war and abortion both commonly suffer from
the identical psychological disorders for extended periods of time:
Post-traumatic stress syndrome (called delayed stress syndrome (DSS) for
Vietnam veterans and post-abortion syndrome (PAS) for aborted women).
For more complete information on post-abortion syndrome, see Chapter
45 of Volume II.
The Price of War.
Reversed Priorities.
Dreamers on both the Left and Right sometimes fantasize about "A
world beyond war." On a worldwide basis, we spend
$1,200,000,000,000 (1.2 trillion dollars) every year on weapons
and people whose only purpose is to kill other people. The United States
spends more than $500 million apiece on 'Stealth' aircraft. It costs us
three-quarters of a million dollars per day to operate a
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
Worldwide, all countries have an average of one soldier for every 43
people and one doctor for every 1,030.
Figure 123-1 summarizes recent world defense expenditures, expressed
in current United States dollars.
FIGURE 123-1
HISTORICAL WORLD MILITARY EXPENDITURES, 1973 TO 1990
[A medium text size on your computer's 'view'
setting is recommended, otherwise, the tables may be discombobulated.]
MILITARY EXPENDITURES (in billions of 1990 dollars)
United
Soviet
Warsaw Developed Developing
Year World States
Union NATO
Pact
Countries Countries
1973
716
195
240
298
282
595
121
1974
755
196
253
304
297
614
141
1975
784
191
263
299
308
620
164
1976
803
180
274
291
320
626
177
1977
816
189
277
302
324
641
175
1978
832
190
282
307
328
651
181
1979
851
196
288
315
334
667
184
1980
886
212
296
334
342
695
191
1981
920
229
300
353
347
720
200
1982
966
249
309
377
360
757
209
1983
987
264
314
395
364
781
206
1984
1,024
284
321
418
372
814
210
1985
1,063
306
328
442
380
849
214
1986
1,103
330
335
468
388
885
218
1987
1,145
356
342
495
397
923
222
1988
1,188
383
350
524
405
961
227
1989
1,233
413
357
555
414
1,000
233
1990
1,279
445
365
587
423
1,042
237
PER CAPITA MILITARY EXPENDITURES (in 1990
dollars per person)
United
Soviet
Warsaw Developed Developing
Year World
States Union NATO
Pact
Countries Countries
1973
180
910
957
579
830
660
41
1974
186
914 1,009
579
857
668
47
1975
190
891 1,049
558
872
661
53
1976
194
840 1,092
533
906
654
57
1977
194
864 1,083
542
917
657
54
1978
193
869 1,102
551
910
654
56
1979
194
879 1,104
554
908
657
56
1980
198
932 1,112
576
912
644
56
1981
204
976 1,128
602
919
658
58
1982
208
1,065 1,141
635
941
684
59
1983
210
1,125 1,150
668
950
706
57
1984
212
1,157 1,159
700
987
777
60
1985
213
1,191 1,169
723
1,003
809
61
1986
217
1,226 1,185
768
1,057
844
65
1987
219
1,261 1,211
812
1,114
876
63
1988
221
1,298 1,234
823
1,201
903
67
1989
224
1,336 1,261
868
1,250
955
70
1990
227
1,374 1,300
901
1,302
998
77
Reference: Bureau of the Census, United
States Department of Commerce. National Data Book and Guide to Sources, Statistical
Abstract of the United States. 1990 (110th Edition). Table 530
(military expenditures). Figures exponentially extrapolated after 1985
based on previous trends.
What If?
What could we do with all of that money and manpower? What if we
converted our world's 115 million soldiers into a great 'social welfare
army?'
With this army and a bankroll of $1.2 trillion annually, we could
accomplish all of the following permanent changes within
ten years;
• provide electricity to all rural areas;
• increase world food production by 50 percent and virtually
eradicate
hunger through improved agricultural technology and
transportation;
• put one million people through medical school to aid the fight
against all
disease;
• provide safe and sanitary drinking water for all those who need
it;
• virtually wipe out the most extreme poverty; and
• construct all-weather roads to virtually all outlying areas.
Welcome to The Real World.
If Ronald Reagan is re-elected, accidental nuclear war becomes a
mathematical certainty.
Dr. Helen Caldicott in 1984.[3]
Introduction.
Dreaming is fine, as long as one doesn't confuse fantasy with
reality. The one enduring and fatal flaw in the American 'peace and
justice' logic is the one they never talk about: If only one side lays
down its arms, it will be crushed! We can only grope towards mutual
disarmament, and this process, after ten thousand years of war, can only
be slow and painful. Any other process is unrealistic.
The Communist Octopus.
Consider this: In the last seventy years, forty countries with a
total of 1,750 million inhabitants have been subjugated by Communism.
Make no mistake, these people are suffering! They have virtually no
freedom, and are captives of an archaic and unworkable economic system
that only functions for nations comprised of perfect people.
For more information on life under Communism, see Chapter 96.
It is interesting to note that Communists are occasionally uncovered
in high positions in anti-war organizations, and these exposures make
one wonder just how heavily such groups are infiltrated (see Dimitry
Manulsky's quote below).
For example, an obscure organization called the International
Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War received the 1985 Nobel
Peace Prize. One of the group's board members was Dr. Yevgeny I. Chazov,
a member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party.[4]
The Communists have clearly revealed their ultimate goals, as shown
in the following paragraphs. The collapse of the Soviet Union should not
cause us to relax for one minute; as the Revolutionary Communist Party
of the United States correctly asserts, Communism is alive and well.
War to the hilt between Communism and Capitalism is inevitable.
Today, of course, we are not strong enough to attack. Our time will
come in 20 or 30 years. To win, we shall need the element of surprise.
The bourgeoisie will have to be put to sleep. So we shall begin by
launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be
electrifying overtures and unheard-of concessions. The capitalistic
countries, stupid and decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in their own
destruction. They will leap at another chance to be friends. As soon
as their guard is down, we will smash them with our clenched fist!
Dimitry Z. Manulsky, to the Lenin School of
Political Warfare, 1931.
We must practice co-existence with other nations, until we are
strong enough to take over by world revolution ... We are not
pacifists. Conflict is inevitable. Great political questions can only
be solved by violence ... It is inconceivable that Communism and
Democracy can exist side by side in the world. Inevitably, one must
perish.
Vladimir Lenin.
It is our duty to inculcate in the minds of all nations the
theories of international friendship, pacifism, and disarmament,
encouraging resistance to military appropriations and training, at the
some time, however, never for one moment relaxing our efforts in the
upbuilding of our military establishment.
Alexi Rykov, President of the Council of
Commissars.
In October 1917, we parted with the Old World, rejecting it once
and for all. We are moving toward a new world, the world of Communism.
We shall never turn off that road.
Mikhail "Gorby" Gorbachev, winner
of the 1990 Nobel Peace prize, November 2, 1987.
Try This.
Pro-lifers should pose this scenario to their 'peace and justice'
friends: Say you live in a very isolated spot in Alaska. The only other
person within twenty miles dwells just across the meadow. This person
despises you passionately and has sworn to kill you on a number of
occasions. The only reason he has not carried out his threat is because
he is terrified of the huge Doberman you keep prominently displayed in
your front yard.
So one day, he asks you to get rid of your Doberman.
Would you?
The Fatal Flaw.
As usual, the Neoliberals propose a solution that will only work if
all people are free of avarice, greed, and aggression in short, if all
people are perfect! This naive and unrealistic viewpoint is another
direct outgrowth of the attitude that all people are 'little Gods,' and
therefore free of bad judgment and all of the other defects human beings
are subject to.
For more information on this curious worldview, see Chapter 2 of
Volume I, "The Anti-Life Mentality."
A Well-Known 'Peace and
Justice' Worker.
Pro-War and Pro-Abortion.
Pro-abortionists are remarkably inconsistent, regardless of the topic
they are addressing. Many of them hold themselves out as peace-loving
individuals.
In fact, more than 95 percent of the so-called 'peace and justice'
groups in this country are pro-abortion. These include the Committee in
Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES); Mobilization for
Survival; Nicaraguan Network; People's Anti-War Mobilization; SANE; War
Resisters League; Women Strike for Peace; and, of course, the Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom.
Jennifer Casolo.
Many of these 'peace and justice' people work actively for Communist
causes under their assumed mantle of innocuousness. An excellent example
of this type of chicanery is Jennifer Casolo.
Casolo claimed to be a Bible-believing Christian working for the
Catholic Church on humanitarian projects in El Salvador. She helped
contribute to the confusion around the Catholic Church position on
warfare, asserting that no Catholic can responsibly fight in a war or
even morally support any war. This, of course, is pure propaganda, and
directly contradicted the American Bishop's 1973 pastoral letter
entitled "The Challenge of Peace," which stated that pacifism
is a legitimate option for individuals but not for nations, which have
an obligation to protect their citizens.
Gee, What a Surprise!
One day, the El Salvador National Police visited Casolo's home. They
dug up in her back yard 213 blocks of TNT, more than a hundred
60-millimeter Soviet mortar rounds, 405 electrical detonators, and
20,000 rounds for Soviet AK-47 assault rifles and Dragonov sniper guns.
She denied any knowledge of these weapons, and couldn't imagine how
anyone could bury three tons of munitions in her back yard
without her knowledge.[5]
It turned out that she was directly connected to CISPES (The
Committee in Solidarity with El Salvador), whose members support the
People's Revolutionary Army of the FMLN, a terrorist Communist group in
El Salvador.[5]
In contrast to her 'cover' as a Bible-thumping, peace-loving dove,
Casolo admitted to Rev. Thomas Smith, a Pentecostal minister from
Portland, Oregon, that she hadn't seen the inside of a church for a
decade, and wasn't even remotely familiar with even a single Scripture
verse on any subject.
The Ultimate in Hypocrisy.
A month later, while the American media lionized her, she constantly
waved a Bible as she embarked on an extensive speaking tour of the
United States. Predictably, Casolo refused to appear on television or
radio with anyone who possessed or discussed a videotape showing El
Salvador National Police digging up the huge arms cache in her backyard,
and she even refused to discuss the cache.
This type of subterfuge is typical of Neoliberals, who react to
unfavorable information or errors by simply ignoring them and hoping
that they will go away. Casolo and her ilk are the same types who
proudly display their "U.S. OUT OF EL SALVADOR!" bumper
stickers.
Abortion: The War On the
Innocents.
The Fruit of Silence is Prayer
The Fruit of Prayer is Faith
The Fruit of Faith is Love
The Fruit of Love is Service
The Fruit of Service is Peace.
Mother Teresa.[6]
War or Extermination?
Abortion is generally not thought of as war, even by veteran pro-life
activists. It is more often considered to be a steady and efficient
extermination of the unwanted.
It is carried out behind closed doors, and few notice the carnage.
There are no aircraft roaring overhead. There are no grim-faced soldiers
rushing up hillsides. There are no devastated cities and blasted
countrysides.
The Ultimate War.
But abortion is a war nevertheless and a war that dwarfs any war
that has gone before! Abortion is far more devastating than any
armed conflict. It has claimed a billion lives worldwide in the
last twenty years all wars fought and all other genocide committed in
the world in this century have killed only one-fifth as many people.
By comparison, the last person killed by a nuclear attack died nearly
a half-century ago, on August 9, 1945.
This world has lost one-fifth of its population to abortion. All of
the world's wars, all of its hunger, all of its disease, and all of its
accidents have not killed as many people as abortion.
Europe, which has survived a dozen major wars, including two World
Wars, is now dying due to uncontrolled abortion and a non-replacement
birth rate.
Here in the United States, abortion is killing the Black race at a
rate three times that of the White race.
Abortion is the most devastating plague to strike mankind since the
beginning of time.
United States Wars.
The United States has lost about one million armed forces men in all
of its wars since the Declaration of Independence was signed more than
two hundred years ago. Yet, in a tenth of the time, we have killed 25
times as many preborn babies. This means that abortion kills people at 250
times the rate that war does!
Figure 123-2 summarizes the costs of United States Wars and abortion
in terms of fatalities, injuries, and monetary losses.
FIGURE 123-2
THE COSTS OF UNITED STATES WARS
Approximate
Cost in
War or Conflict
Lives Lost Wounded
[A] 1990 Dollars [B]
Revolutionary
War
25,324
75,000
$ 197,000,000
War of
1812
2,260
36,000
139,000,000
Spanish-American
War
18,500
99,000
2,650,000,000
Mexican
War
13,283
18,000
139,000,000
Civil
War
498,332
282,000
10,200,000,000
World War
I
116,708
204,000
67,500,000,000
World War
II
407,316
671,000
510,000,000,000
Korean
Conflict
54,246
103,000
75,000,000,000
Vietnam
Conflict
58,021
304,000
187,000,000,000
Gulf War of
1990-1991
109
800
65,000,000,000
COSTS OF ALL WARS
1,194,099
1,792,800 $917,825,000,000
The WAR ON
THE
UNBORN
30,000,000 4,500,000 [A]
$47,460,000,000,000
References. (1) Bureau of the Census, United
States Department of Commerce. National Data Book and Guide to Sources, Statistical
Abstract of the United States. 1990 (110th Edition). Table 546,
"Estimates of Total Dollar Costs of American Wars." Table 557,
"Armed Forces Personnel Summary of Major Conflicts." Table
706, "Personal Income Per Capita in Current and Constant (1982)
Dollars States: 1980 to 1988." (2) "Fact Sheet: World War
II." 50th Anniversary of World War II Commemoration Committee, HQDA,
SACC; Pentagon, Room 3E522, Washington, DC 20310-0107. Telephone: (703)
697-5082.
Notes and Calculations.
[A] Assumes a conservative 15 percent of all women obtaining
abortions experiencing some psychological or physical trauma.
[B] The cost to society of each abortion is calculated as follows.
Detailed calculations are contained in Figure 48-2 in Chapter 48 of
Volume II.
Total lifetime consumption of goods and services
lost per
abortion
$1,177,600
Total lifetime taxes lost per
abortion
$404,400
Total consumed goods and services and taxes
lost per
abortion
$1,582,000
References: The "Just War" Theory.
[1] Mother Teresa of Calcutta at her Nobel Peace Prize acceptance
lecture, Oslo, Norway, December 11, 1979. The complete text of Mother
Teresa's Nobel Prize acceptance lecture is presented in Appendix B of
the Winter 1980 Human Life Review, pages 129 to 132.
[2] Amanda Spake. "No Sacred Cows." Mother Jones,
June 1980, page 14.
[3] Dr. Helen Caldicott, quoted in "The Week," National
Review, April 25, 1986, page 14.
[4] "This Week." National Review, November 15, 1985,
page 15.
[5] W.W. Terry. "The Evidence Against Casolo." The
Oregonian, April 20, 1990, page B5.
[6] Mother Teresa of the Missionaries of Charity of Calcutta. Quoted
in "Greetings From a Saint to the Saintly." Voices for the
Unborn (Feasterville, Pennsylvania), January 1991, page 5.
Further Reading: The "Just War" Theory.
Greenhaven Press. The Arms Race: Opposing Viewpoints.
Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series, Post Office Box 289009, San
Diego, California 92128-9009. 1982, 166 pages. Each section includes
several essays by leading authorities on both sides of each issue. The
questions asked are: "Why Is There an Arms Race?;" "Do
Nuclear Weapons Provide Security?;" "Are Nuclear Weapons
Immoral?;" and "How Can the Arms Race Be Stopped?"
Authors include Joseph Fletcher, Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen, and
John Lehman. A catalog is available from the above address and can be
obtained by calling 1-(800) 231-5163.
Greenhaven Press. Nuclear War: Opposing Viewpoints.
Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series, Post Office Box 289009, San
Diego, California 92128-9009. 1989, 440 pages. This series consists of a
basic volume followed by annual updates by the same name. The main
arguments for and against each view are presented by the leading
authorities in each field. Topics covered include "How Would
Nuclear War Begin?;" "Would Humanity Survive a Nuclear
War?;" "Will Civil Defense Work?;" "Will Nuclear
Arms Agreements Work?;" and "Can Space Weapons Reduce the Risk
of Nuclear War?" 1985, 249 pages. Authors include Paul Ehrlich,
Carl Sagan, and Helen Caldicott. This topic is covered by a series of
books, beginning with a basic set of essays entitled Sources and
continuing with an additional and updated annual series of essays. A
catalog is available from the above address and can be obtained by
calling 1-(800) 231-5163.
Greenhaven Press. Science and Technology: Opposing Viewpoints.
Volume I.
Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series, Post Office Box 289009, San
Diego, California 92128-9009. 1989, 440 pages. Each section includes
several essays by leading authorities on both sides of each issue:
Creationism in the schools, current artificial birth technologies,
genetic engineering, organ transplants, animal experimentation, and the
Strategic Defense Initiative are just a few of the topics whose main
pro- and con arguments are thoroughly covered in this excellent 440-page
volume. This topic is covered by a series of books, beginning with a
basic set of essays entitled Sources and continuing with an
additional and updated annual series of essays. A catalog is available
from the above address and can be obtained by calling 1-(800) 231-5163.
Greenhaven Press. War and Human Nature: Opposing Viewpoints.
Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series, Post Office Box 289009, San
Diego, California 92128-9009. 1983, 214 pages. Each section includes
several essays by leading authorities on both sides of each issue. The
questions asked are: "Are Humans Aggressive By Nature?;"
"What Causes War?;" "Is Nuclear War Justifiable?;"
"What is a War Crime?;" "Are Peace Movements
Effective?;" and "Can War Be Eliminated?" Authors include
Ashley Montagu, Linus Pauling, and Sigmund Freud. A catalog is available
from the above address and can be obtained by calling 1-(800) 231-5163.
Steve F. Levicoff. Building Bridges: The Prolife Movement and
the Peace Movement.
Toviah Press, Eagleville, Pennsylvania 19408. 1982, 130 pages. This book
examines what the author falsely believes to be inconsistencies in both
the pro-life and "peace" movements, and describes how he
thinks that both movements can come together to protect all life, born
and unborn. Unfortunately, the author seems oblivious to the profound
differences in philosophy between the movements, and he does not take
into account the root causes of these differences. Although the melding
of these two movements is impossible under current conditions, the
author still gives us some interesting food for thought.
Joseph P. Martino. A Fighting Chance: The Moral Use Of Nuclear
Weapons.
302 pages, sewn softcover. Order from Ignatius Press, 15 Oakland
Avenue, Harrison, New York 10528. A detailed discussion of the
"Just War" theory as it applies to current military
technology, organization, and strategy. The author asserts that a policy
allowing lasting peace and minimizing the chances of a nuclear exchange
is indeed possible.
Roman Catholic Church, Bishops of France and Germany. Out of
Justice, Peace and Winning the Peace.
124 pages, sewn softcover. Order from Ignatius Press, 15 Oakland
Avenue, Harrison, New York 10528. The complete texts of both the Joint
Pastoral Letters on war and peace. These texts are useful for an
informed discussion of the "Just War" theory.
Father James Schall. Liberation Theology.
402 pages. Order from Keep the Faith, Inc., 810 Belmont Avenue, Post
Office Box 8261, North Haledon, New Jersey 07508. The author draws on
important contemporary research articles to produce a thorough
indictment of the basics of liberation theology.
William R. Stevenson, Jr. Christian Love and Just War: Moral
Paradox and Political Life in St. Augustine and His Modern Interpreters.
Mercer University Press, Macon, Georgia 31207. 182 pages. Reviewed
by William V. O'Brien in the Summer 1988 Reflections (the
quarterly book review of The Wanderer). Traces the evolution and
philosophy of the "Just War" doctrine from its founder, St.
Augustine, to the present.
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