The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is "the nearest thing we have to a ruling establishment in the United States" according to Washington Post ombudsman Richard Harwood, October 30, 1993. "The president is a member. So is his secretary of state, the deputy secretary of state, all five of the undersecretaries, several of the assistant secretaries and the department's legal adviser. The president's national security adviser and his deputy are members. The director of Central Intelligence (like all previous directors) and the chairman of the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board are members. The secretary of defense, three undersecretaries and at least four assistant secretaries are members. The secretaries of the departments of housing and urban development, interior, health and human services and the chief White House public relations man ... along with the speaker of the House [are members]....

This is not a retinue of people who "look like America," as the President once put it, but they very definitely look like the people who, for more than half a century, have managed our international affairs and our military-industrial complex."

The CFR was created for the "purpose of promoting disarmament and submergence of U.S. sovereignty and national independence into an all-powerful one-world government.this lust to surrender the sovereignty and independence of the United States is pervasive throughout most of the membership.... The majority visualize the utopian submergence of the United States as a subsidiary administrative unit of a global government...." according to Admiral Chester Ward who resigned after 16 years. He also pointed out "[The] CFR, as such, does not write the platforms of both political parties or select their respective presidential candidates, or control U.S. defense and foreign policies. But CFR members, as individuals, acting in concert with other individual CFR members, do."

Now you can see why there is no significant change in policy no matter who is in control of the Executive Branch. Most of the Presidents and an ever-increasing number of their staffs have been selected from the membership rolls of this group. They see themselves as great intellects that are above the rest of us and should be remaking the world in their utopian image. A quote from Frederic Bastiat's The Law is especially pertinent here "Oh, sublime writers! Please remember sometimes that this clay, this sand, and this manure which you so arbitrarily dispose of, are men! They are your equals! They are intelligent and free human beings like yourselves! As you have, they too have received from God the faculty to observe, to plan ahead, to think, and to judge for themselves!"

Although our current President is not a member, his father, his Vice-President, virtually all of the Cabinet heads, and a significant number of others in important positions are. Why haven't we heard more about this? Many highly placed journalists, correspondents, and communications executives are also members and they don't talk about it. I understand it is grounds for dismissal to talk publicly about what is discussed at the meetings.

Watch the candidates in the upcoming elections; see who holds a membership in this group. I will lay odds the Democratic nominee is a member, and no matter whether a Republican or Democrat wins, the Cabinets will be selected from this group and there will be no significant changes in the Executive Branch of our Federal Government.


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