![]() The reason why we find ourselves in a position of impotency is not because our only powerful, potential enemy has sent men to invade our shores, but rather because of the traitorous actions of those who have been treated so well by this nation. ![]() Unfortunately, we have failed miserably and tragically to arise to the opportunity. Ours could have been the honor of being a beacon in the desert of destruction, a shining, living proof that civilization was not yet ready to destroy itself. … As one of our outstanding historical figures once said, “When a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within.” The truth of this statement is becoming terrifyingly clear as we see this country each day losing on every front.Īt war’s end we were physically the strongest nation on Earth and, at least potentially, the most powerful intellectually and morally. Ladies and gentlemen, can there be anyone here tonight who is so blind as to say that the war is not on? Can there be anyone who fails to realize that the communist world has said, “The time is now” - that this is the time for the showdown between the democratic Christian world and the communist atheistic world? Unless we face this fact, we shall pay the price that must be paid by those who wait too long. And, ladies and gentlemen, the chips are down - they are truly down. The modern champions of communism have selected this as the time. Today we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity. You can see it, feel it, and hear it all the way from the hills of Indochina, from the shores of Formosa right over into the very heart of Europe itself. Today we can almost physically hear the mutterings and rumblings of an invigorated god of war. This is a time when all the world is split into two vast, increasingly hostile armed camps - a time of a great armaments race. But this is not such a period - for this is not a period of peace. ![]() In the following extract, McCarthy depicts what he imagined were the stakes his anti-communist crusades.įive years after a world war has been won, men’s hearts should anticipate a long peace, and men’s minds should be free from the heavy weight that comes with war. Senator Joseph McCarthy’s relentless attacks on suspected communist influence in American government so captivated American attention that “McCarthyism” came to stand in for the fervor of Cold War America’s anti-communism. ![]()
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