Letter to Various Recipients (25 March 1997)
Dear Sir:
Enclosed you will find a collection of some of the things which, over the years, I have written to politicians, newspapers, foundations, and other players in the great game of politics. You may agree with some of what I have written. You may disagree with other things. In the main, however, I hope and expect that you will see matters in much the same way as I see them.
We have become a godless country — and the few remnants of faith which can still be found merely highlight how far we have fallen. We have become an immoral and amoral society — and the timidity and half-heartedness of our reformers simply emphasizes our inability even to imagine or desire a restoration of the old standards. Whether they come from the left or the right, the occasional pseudo-reverent references to our Constitution only underscore the plain fact that we live today under a government which is neither limited nor guided by Christian principles. In the face of all of this, as the flames rise higher and higher, our politicians do nothing except fiddle all the harder, much as Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
During the last two or so decades, I have received hundreds — perhaps thousands — of mailings from various groups. Some were worthwhile. Some were just junk. All of the senders, however, asked for donations. I am not asking you for money. I am asking you only to take a few minutes, to read what I have written, and to realize exactly how desperate the situation has become for America and the whole world. We are committing suicide: the gun is loaded, it is cocked, we have picked it up, we have pointed it at our heads, and we are now starting to squeeze the trigger.
What do I mean by this? Financially, the country is heading toward bankruptcy, which will bring revolution with it. Illegitimacy, drug use, the collapse of our schools, and all the social pathologies of which you are as aware as I am will cause a bewilderment and desperation which will make any change look attractive. Our defenses wither under the combined pressure of those who would fight the deficit at the expense of military strength, those who would raid the defense budget to buy votes with more entitlements, and those who would transform the armed forces into laboratories of "political correctness." In the meantime, while we try hard not to see, Russia (with its Soviet arsenal of nuclear weapons still in place) prepares to reenter the international game and China readies itself for its own bid for world power. As things stand, it is just a question of which disaster will come upon us first.
So, I ask you and I beg you to read, to consider, and then to act — boldly and without compromise. Because time is now against us, we have nothing to gain by cautious compromise. And even if intellectual clarity and moral courage prove insufficient in the short run, they will at least be an example and testimony to truth which may be of use to those who come after us and after the catastrophe.
If you have not the time to read what I have written, or if you know that you are already in agreement, please pass the enclosure to a colleague or friend who may get some use out of it.
Yours very truly, Waclaw Bakierowski.