The Big Lie.

Prior to WWII, Joseph Goebbels, that arch-Nazi, taught the world that if you tell a lie, and tell it big enough and often enough, it will be taken for truth.

At the same time, the Japanese used the words "Japanese East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" to lay the groundwork for oppression. Hiding behind those words was Japan's murderous intention to forcibly govern China and other neighboring countries.

Those lessons have not been lost on the politicians of the world.

When the communists decided to impose their rule upon some country, they called it "national liberation," and they called their propagandists, ground troops, and other supporters in that country a "National Liberation Front." (Who can be against liberation?) Thus they used words as well as weapons in subjugating one nation after another.

Some North American politicians have also taken up the technique of "The Big Lie." Presidents George Bush and Vicente Fox launched the so-called "Partnership for Prosperity," since renamed the "Security and Prosperity Partnership" ("Abolishing the USA," October 3 issue). The hidden agenda behind these words seems to involve erasing the border between Mexico and the United States and raising the level of socialism in both nations.

Ten seconds of thought will show that neither security nor prosperity could possibly come from any sort of merger with Mexico. (That is sort of like merging a dog with a hot dog.)

Any additional consideration will lead one to conclude that neither security nor prosperity would come from increasing the level of socialism in either nation--or in any nation whatsoever.

There are endless examples of lying politicians putting their pet projects into effect by claiming they will accomplish exactly the opposite results from those they actually intend, opposite from the natural consequences. This time, let's not allow them to accomplish their objectives.

GLENN JACOBS

Eagar, Arizona