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A WIDOW’S MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE
to my friend, colleague and one-time boss.
To all Friends of Willis Carto
May 29 2023
Memorial Day always was a special occasion for Willis. Having survived WW2, fighting as a 19-year-old, drafted and shipped to Cebu in the Philippines marked his life forever. He earned a Purple Heart for his injuries and returned home to his family in Ohio when the war with Japan ended. He admired the military, and really quite loved them all of his life. This included men of many nations which confirmed his belief that they all were brothers who had to fight for their countries. Willis is buried at Arlington National Cemetery; 400,000 souls are there with him in peace.
In 1955 he started Liberty Lobby, opening an office in Washington, D.C. When he died in 2015, The New York Times in its obituary credited him, which was a miracle for them, with the fact that he had accomplished what no other in the conservative movement had ever done, publishing a weekly newspaper, The Spotlight, with a subscriber list exceeding 300,000. We also broadcasted on 470 radio stations in 1981, and actually owned the Sun Radio Network in the 1980s. In spite of his detractors Willis Carto always succeeded with his set goals against all odds until he died.
At this moment in time, we are not fully involved in a war with Russia, and I do hope that it will never happen. Remember that Roosevelt had the U.S. involved to such an extent, that under the Lend-Lease program, which he had established with Harry Hopkins, the U.S. shipped the UK and Russia many billions of dollars of equipment. It was said FDR ended up sending Russia the U.S. money printing facility in order that Russia could actually print U.S. dollars to support itself in the battle against Germany and the Axis countries.
Today such a notion sounds unbelievable, but when a president loses control and is virtually unable to function rationally, the consequences can be unimaginable.
We are in a precarious position with invisible hands directing U.S. policies for war and/or peace. No one really knows who is calling the shots behind the scenes. We have a president mainly for photo-ops, he comes out, gets pulled this way or that, and then disappears into the White House. With the next election, he will have to choose the basement for operations again. He barely makes statements that make sense; generally, it is all rather disturbing. Who is in control? Mrs. Biden perhaps, as was Mrs. Wilson, who made important decisions during WW1. Can we trust the Republicans to pull us out of the Swamp? Without Mr. Trump, we will have the impossible again. Let’s hope for the best. I am tired of promises all around.
Willis’s opinion of politics and war can be read in full on his websites:
Much information has been posted, consisting of over 50 years of work that Willis had given to his country. Please have a look at:
Wishing you a peaceful Memorial Day!
Elisabeth Carto
