EIR Daily Alert Service, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2019

TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2019
Volume 6, Number 94
EIR Daily Alert Service
P.O. Box 17390, Washington, DC 20041-0390
  • Trump States He Will Be Meeting With Presidents Xi and Putin; In the Meantime, Many Dangers
  • Pompeo’s Sochi Talks With Putin and Lavrov Will Be Highest U.S.-Russian Talks Since Helsinski
  • Secretary Pompeo Attends EU Ministerial in Brussels on Iran and JCPOA
  • China Levies New Tariffs on U.S. Imports, Commits To Defending Core Principles
  • Trump Raises NASA Budget, Aims for U.S. to ‘Return to Space in a Big Way!’
  • Saudi and U.A.E. Ships ‘Sabotaged’ Off Emirati Coast
  • Sizable U.S. Military Deployment in Southwest Asia
  • Balochistan Separatists Hit Gwadar Hotel, Targeting China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
  • Venezuelan ‘President’ Guaido Seeks Talks, Cooperation With U.S Southern Command
  • China Is Teaching ‘Nuclear Newcomers’ Engineering for Their Future Nuclear Energy Projects
  • Pakistan Will Receive $6 Billion From IMF Over Three Years
  • ‘Restoring the Soul of America: The Exoneration of Lyndon LaRouche’ Issued in Mass Run

EDITORIAL

Trump States He Will Be Meeting with Presidents Xi and Putin; In the Meantime, Many Dangers

May 13 (EIRNS)—Today President Donald Trump stated, “I will be meeting with President Xi. I will be meeting with President Putin also.” Implying the occasion will be the June G20 meeting in Japan, Trump made this emphatic announcement at a joint press conference this afternoon, with his guest, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, at which occasion Trump was hit with raucous questions from the reporters, most all focussed on the fraught situations of U.S. tariffs with China, and confrontation with Iran.

In the spirit of Trump’s announcement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is now on his way to Sochi, where tomorrow he is deployed to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and also, it is expected, to meet with President Vladimir Putin directly. Also in Sochi today, Lavrov met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Their talks concerned not only preparations for President Xi Jinping’s June 6-8 visit to St. Petersburg, for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, but how to further integrate the Eurasian Economic Union with the Belt and Road Initiative, into what the Russian Foreign Ministry today called, “building a Greater Eurasian Partnership.”

This pace of Great Power diplomacy is sorely welcome, given the many dangers now threatening to explode into terrible crises. What is required is the highest level of collaboration, to start solving pressing problems. For the Pompeo visit to Sochi, the question of stopping the threat of nuclear war will be uppermost, according to the Russians. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said bilateral talks are the focus for extending the START treaty, which runs out in 2021. In Trump’s phone call with Putin earlier this month, Trump said he wants a nuclear arms control deal that will “get rid of some of the tremendous firepower that we have right now.”

This level of thinking is also urgent to bring to the trade relations between the United States and China. The true mutual interest of these two powers, involves resetting trade relations between themselves and with other nations, in terms of common interest economic goals ranging from joint space missions, to joint earthly tasks—especially the mission of modernizing the infrastructure and productive platform of North and Central America. In other words, the spirit of the New Silk Road in action.

However, for the moment, President Trump is very much taken with the “math” of tariffs and money. He extolled how tariffs on China are good for the U.S. at the White House this afternoon, after today, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative posted more details on the timing and rates of the newly announced U.S. tariffs against China; and China also announced new tariffs on $60 billion worth of (some 5,000) imported items from the U.S., ranging in rates from 5% to 25%. Trump said, “I love the position we’re in … we’re taking in billions of dollars.” He said that, “We do much less business with China than they do with us….” He reported on how a small part of the customs revenue—maybe $15 billion—will then go to U.S. farmers, until things are worked out.

Fortunately, the door remains open for diplomacy to change this approach. Though no exact schedule is arranged, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is invited to Beijing, according to Larry Kudlow, Trump’s Director of the National Economic Council, speaking last night on Fox News Sunday.

The circumstances cry out for the wisdom of Lyndon LaRouche, who said to always proceed from the highest overview. Beware the geopolitical traps. What can be the crucial element in furthering the potential for world diplomacy right now is the release this week of a mass run of the LaRouchePAC memorial document for Lyndon LaRouche. Today’s release states:

“LaRouchePAC has just released 10,000 copies of the 64-page pamphlet, ‘Restoring the Soul of America: The Exoneration of Lyndon LaRouche’ for circulation throughout the United States. The distribution of this pamphlet in hard-copy, and electronic format, is the leading edge of the fight to effect a profound shift in U.S. and world policy, not merely to right a historical wrong, but to move into the future on a profound footing of cultural and scientific progress informed by a passion for truth, beauty, and justice.”

U.S. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC

Pompeo’s Sochi Talks with Putin and Lavrov Will Be Highest U.S.-Russian Talks since Helsinki

May 13 (EIRNS)—U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is scheduled to meet on May 14 with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Sochi, after cancelling a Moscow visit planned on May 13 in order to join European official in Brussels for talks about Iran.

The Sochi talks will be the highest level of formal discussion held between the U.S. and the Russia since July 16, 2018, when Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held a one-on-one meeting in Helsinki, Finland.

Arms control will be high on the agenda for the Putin-Pompeo talks, said a State Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, and in particular, “an arms-control agreement that reflects modern reality.” The State Department said other topics for the Putin-Pompeo talks include the Venezuela crisis, Ukraine, Syria, and Iran.

In February, the U.S. suspended its participation in the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, claiming that Russia had developed and deployed a missile system that violated the agreement, which Moscow denied. The INF treaty banned Russia and the U.S. from developing, producing, and deploying ground-launched cruise or ballistic missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers.

Both the U.S. and Russia have been making preparations for talks on how, and whether, to extend the 2011 New START treaty, the only U.S.-Russia arms-control pact limiting deployed strategic nuclear weapons. The START treaty expires in February 2021, but can be extended for five years if both sides agree.

President Trump has called the New START treaty that Obama signed “a bad deal.” The idea of including China was raised, but Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who met with Lavrov in Sochi today, said China was not interested in negotiating a nuclear arms control treaty with the U.S. and Russia, and said that China kept its nuclear weapons at “the minimal level to ensure the defense policies.”

Secretary Pompeo Attends EU Ministerial in Brussels on Iran and JCPOA

May 13 (EIRNS)—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in an abrupt change of his itinerary yesterday, flew to Brussels overnight, to be there at the time of the pre-scheduled meeting of diplomats from the 28 European Union nations, which had convened to discuss how to move ahead with Iran, given the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA in 2018. This meant Pompeo cancelled meetings previously arranged for today in Moscow with American businessmen and others.

Pompeo said he wanted to provide more detail to the European ministers about threats from Iran. He met with NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg, with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, and with the foreign ministers of Britain, France, and Germany. Preliminary reports are that the ministers called for restraint by the U.S. Mogherini said, the moment is “crucial and delicate,” and there should be “maximum restraint and avoiding any escalation of the military side.”

European ministers, together and bilaterally, conducted various meetings, including ways to have transactions with Iran, despite the U.S. sanctions. One project is called Instex, to facilitate oil and other transactions, outside the U.S. proscription. The new arrangement could go live in June, and today’s discussion involved ministers from Germany, France, and Britain, with the support of Spain.

China Levies New Tariffs on U.S. Imports, Commits To Defending Core Principles

May 13 (EIRNS)—Today China authorities announced the imposition of tariffs on some $60 billion of U.S. imported goods, affecting 5,000 items, at rates from 5 to 25%. From Washington, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative today posted more details on the timing and levels of the new tariffs the Trump Administration announced May 10, on $250 billion of Chinese imports. In the midst of this, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has been invited back to China, though no schedule has been set, according Director of the White House National Economic Council Larry Kudlow, speaking last night to Fox News.

Kudlow made a point of telling his host at two different times that President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping may meet in June at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan; he said that, there is a “strong possibility” of such a Trump-Xi meeting, and chances for it are “pretty good.” Otherwise, Kudlow asserted semantics that the U.S. imposition of tariffs during discussions is not trade war, but “part of the enforcement process” to get an acceptable deal. He said, “Both sides will pay” during the process. But the U.S. burden will be “de minimis,” whereas China will “suffer a diminishing export market.” He respected the host’s figures on how much more per year a U.S. family of four might now have to pay annually under the new tariffs regime ($767/year), and how many U.S. jobs might be lost (934,700), but Kudlow replied that “The U.S. economy is in a boom—growth, jobs, wages, productivity.” So whatever has to be done to correct 20 years of bad trade policy should be done. He said that “the toughest burden is on farmers,” and that the administration will take some of the customs duty money and help the farmers.

Over the weekend, China’s main negotiator, Vice Premier Liu He, reiterated the three points of principle that China regards as core concerns, about which it will make no concessions. They are: 1) the complete removal of all trade-war related tariffs; 2) setting targets for Chinese purchases of imported goods that are in line with demand; and 3) ensuring that the text of the deal is “balanced” to ensure the “dignity” of both nations.

In regards to this last point, Chinese leaders have stressed that they will not accede to any stipulation that Chinese law will be changed as part of the trade deal. No. They will commit to administrative and regulatory means to comply with a deal, but will not pledge to change their laws.

Trump Raises NASA Budget, Aims for U.S. To ‘Return to Space in a Big Way!’

May 13 (EIRNS)—Today President Trump tweeted on increasing NASA funding, writing: “Under my Administration, we are restoring @NASA to greatness and we are going back to the Moon, then Mars. I am updating my budget to include an additional $1.6 billion so that we can return to Space in a BIG WAY!”

Also NASA headquarters issued a press release today on the President’s action, headlined, “NASA Highlights Moon 2024 Mission with FY 2020 Budget Amendment.” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine sent a video message to agency employees about the President’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget amendment, which will support accelerated plans to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024.

STRATEGIC WAR DANGER

Saudi and U.A.E. Ships ‘Sabotaged’ Off Emirati Coast

May 13 (EIRNS)—Two Saudi Arabian tankers were hit in a “sabotage attack” off the coast of the United Arab Emirates and have “significant damage.” One of the ships was en route to pick up Saudi oil to take to the United States, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said today. Reportedly four ships were sabotaged on May 12 off the coast of the port city of Fujairah.

“One of the two vessels was on its way to be loaded with Saudi crude oil from the port of Ras Tanura, to be delivered to Saudi Aramco’s customers in the United States,” al-Falih said. “Fortunately, the attack didn’t lead to any casualties or oil spill; however, it caused significant damage to the structures of the two vessels.”

“Such irresponsible acts will increase tension and conflicts in the region and expose its peoples to great danger,” said Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary General Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, who was visiting the Saudi King in Jeddah.

After the Saudi announcement, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi called for clarification and more information about the incident and warned against any “conspiracy orchestrated by ill-wishers” and “adventurism by foreigners” to undermine the maritime region’s stability and security.

Neither the Saudi nor Emirati officials elaborated on what was meant by a “sabotage attack” or indicated who might have been responsible. However, the incidents occur at the time of Iranian-U.S. tensions and a U.S. warning yesterday that “Iran or its proxies” could be targeting maritime traffic in the region. The incidents also follow the U.S.’s deployment of an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers to the Persian Gulf to counter what it called “threats from Tehran.”

Sizable U.S. Military Deployment in Southwest Asia

May 13 (EIRNS)—One week after National Security Advisor John Bolton announced that Iran presented a new “threat” to U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. military has assembled a substantial force in the region, but not one that is unusually large. There is nothing unusual about the force deployments that have been announced in the past week, and they join an already substantial permanent presence that the U.S. military has maintained in the region since the 1991 Gulf War.

As for the new deployments, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its accompanying task group reportedly arrived in the region after transitting through the Suez Canal on May 9. According to the USNI News, the Lincoln is accompanied by three guided-missile destroyers, the USS BainbridgeUSS Mason and USS Nitze. Other news reports indicate that the Lincoln strike group also includes the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf. The Lincoln is carrying four squadrons of F-18 Hornet fighter jets, as well as various other support aircraft and helicopters.

The bomber deployment that Bolton had announced, consisting of four B-52s, also reportedly arrived at Al Udeid air base in Qatar on May 9.  According to arms control expert Hans Kristensen, the deployed B-52s are nuclear-capable, though it doesn’t necessarily follow that they deployed with nuclear weapons.

Additional deployments reported since then include the assault landing ship USS Arlington and a Patriot air defense unit. The USS Arlington is actually part of an amphibious ready group led by the assault ship USS Kearsarge and the landing ship USS Fort McHenry, both of which, until a couple of days ago, were in the Persian Gulf. Together the three ships carry a Marine Expeditionary Unit consisting of about 2,000 Marines, equipped with Osprey tilt rotor aircraft and helicopters. The destroyer USS McFaul and an ammunition ship were also reported passing through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf last week.

These deployments will add to a long-term U.S. military presence in the region, which includes 13,000 troops that make up U.S. Army Central Command Forward in Kuwait; two giant U.S. airbases at Al Udeid, Qatar, and Al Dhafra in the U.A.E.; and the U.S. Fifth Fleet, headquartered in Bahrain. Besides the bombers, Al Udeid usually hosts one to two dozen KC-135 air refueling tankers, along with intelligence-gathering aircraft, while Al Dhafra is hosting a squadron of U.S. Air Force F-35As which arrived there in April. There are, likely, also drones, F-15Es, and F-16s at the base as well, in addition to eight to ten KC-10s, a well of E-3 AWACS, and other surveillance aircraft.

This picture doesn’t include all of the smaller units and base access that the U.S. military also has elsewhere around the region, including in Oman, Turkey, and Egypt.

Balochistan Separatists Hit Gwadar Hotel, Targeting China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

May 13 (EIRNS)—The Balochistan separatist terrorists launched an attack on May 11 against a Gwadar luxury hotel, killing five people. The three gunmen were killed by security forces in the port of Gwadar, which is on the southwest coast of Pakistan’s Balochistan province. Forty Chinese guests were staying at the hotel at the time, but there were no Chinese casualties.

Prime Minister Imran Khan released a statement May 12 calling the attack an act of terrorism. He praised the “initial response by security guards and security forces” for preventing greater loss of life.

Those killed included one of the hotel’s security guards, three hotel workers, and a special forces soldier; the guests were safely evacuated. Pakistan’s daily The Dawn on May 12 reported six people injured, including two army captains, two navy soldiers, and two hotel employees.

The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack, saying four of its fighters were involved. On May 9 the BLA had taken responsibility for a deadly attack on a coal mine near Quetta in northwest Balochistan, and for the November 2018 attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi. On April 18, the BLA-linked Baloch Raji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS) had crossed the border from Iran and killed 14 security officials en route by bus to Gwadar.

Security at Gwadar has been increased, especially to protect the employees of the Chinese Port Handling Company and others who are working on different projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which extends from Kashi, in western China, to Gwadar, Pakistan. The roads leading to Gwadar port and other important places are still sealed.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang denounced the attack today and praised the Pakistani government for its fight against terrorism, in his daily press briefing: “China strongly condemns the terrorist attack targeting at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Gwadar. We’d like to express our condolences to those Pakistanis sacrificed in the attack and our sympathy to the bereaved families and the injured. As we know from the Pakistani side, so far there has been no Chinese citizen among the casualties.

“We commend and thank the Pakistani security forces for safeguarding peace and stability in Gwadar and the security of Chinese personnel and institutions by taking measures in time and rapid eliminating the terrorists. China will remain a staunch supporter of Pakistan’s counter-terrorism efforts. We believe the Pakistani government and military are capable of upholding its national security and stability.

“As we noted, Prime Minister Imran Khan condemned this attack, saying that it attempted to sabotage Pakistan’s economy and prosperity. He emphasized that Pakistan will not allow these agendas to succeed. As a supporter of Pakistan’s national development, we will continue to back its efforts to achieve economic growth, social development, and people’s wellbeing,” Geng stated.

Venezuelan ‘President’ Guaidó Seeks Talks, Cooperation with U.S. Southern Command

May 13 (EIRNS)—Reflecting the reality that Venezuela’s synthetic, U.S.-created “President” Juan Guaidó’s attempts to oust actual President Nicolas Maduro are going nowhere, Guaidó’s U.S. representative, Carlos Vecchio, has written to the head of the Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), Adm. Craig Faller, to request “strategic and operational planning” to help effect regime change.

In his May 11 letter, Vecchio states that under Guaidó’s direction, he is communicating that the “Guaidó administration welcomes the support of the United States and confirms our government’s willingness to begin discussions regarding the cooperation that has been offered.” He requests that SOUTHCOM officials meet with “appropriate members of the Guaidó Administration.”

Vecchio’s letter is couched in the same geopolitical language used by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Advisor John Bolton, asserting that the current situation has “national security consequences for Venezuela and among her neighbors,” because of “the impact of the presence of uninvited foreign forces that place our country and others at risk”—obviously referring to Cuba and Russia.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who tweeted the text of Vecchio’s letter, told Breitbart May 10 that a military option “is always there simply because the United States has a right to defend its national security, and there are national security interests assigned to this.” Guaidó, meanwhile, is calling on the European Union to impose even more sanctions on the Maduro government—apparently he’s not satisfied with how many people he and his friends are killing. What’s been done so far is insufficient, he argued, and he demanded that EU nations recognize more of Guaidó’s collaborators as legitimate representatives of his “government.”

All this reflects opposition desperation, while, inside Venezuela, anti-government protests are diminishing in size and effectiveness—the conditions of daily life are so difficult, and with people struggling just to make ends meet, they don’t have the energy or wherewithal to show up at protests.

“They’re tired,” said the Caracas correspondent of the Argentine daily Clarín. The mass protest that was to have occurred May 11, fizzled.

SCIENCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE

China Is Teaching ‘Nuclear Newcomers’ Engineering for Their Future Nuclear Energy Projects

May 13 (EIRNS)—China is training nuclear engineering students from nuclear “newcomer states,” in a program co-funded by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The program is centered at the country’s largest engineering school, at Harbin Engineering University.

The IAEA pays the airfare for the students, and China pays their tuition and living expenses. There are 35-40 new students each year. Last year, 35 masters and doctoral students from Africa and South Asia received scholarships for study in China. In many cases, students study nuclear engineering in their home countries, but have never had any practical experience with the technology.

As an example, an article by the IAEA describes the case of Michael Kwaku Annor-Nyako, a PhD student from Ghana. He works for Ghana’s nuclear regulator, “and is expected to play an expert role in the licensing and oversight of the country’s planned nuclear program,” but before his trip to China, he “had never seen a nuclear power reactor in operation,” the IAEA reports.

With 11 plants under construction, nuclear education is a top priority for China. And, Zhang Zhijian, Vice President of the university explains, “while we were at it, we wanted to extend support to students from developing countries who can benefit from our expertise.”

COLLAPSING WESTERN FINANCIAL SYSTEM

Pakistan Will Receive $6 Billion from IMF over Three Years

May 13 (EIRNS)—Following 10 months of negotiations, Pakistan and the IMF have reached an agreement yesterday whereby Pakistan will receive a $6 billion IMF loan over the next three years to ease its foreign exchange shortage. In addition, the agreement will facilitate Pakistan’s securing another $2-3 billion from other multilateral institutions, such as World Bank or Asian Development Bank, The Dawn, a Pakistan daily, reported.

As of now, Pakistan does not have the money to meet payments of about $12 billion due this year. It is evident the search for money goes on and Islamabad believes getting an agreement with the IMF will help it to procure the rest. Pakistan’s growth rate has slowed down to about 3.3% annually, inflation has showed up in a big way and its currency has been devalued by 30% since January 2018.

Asked what conditions Pakistan had agreed to with the IMF, The Dawn reported Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, who is a former Privatization and Investment Minister and a privatization zealot, as saying that there “were many things desired by the Fund that the government already saw as being in the country’s interest.” Those include aligning expenditure with resources, improving the functioning of loss-making state-owned enterprises, curtailing the subsidies available to the wealthy classes, and taxing the rich. “These structural changes are in our interest if we want to take our people in the direction of prosperity and improve their quality of life,” The Dawnquoted Hafeez Shaikh as saying.

IMF Mission Chief for Pakistan Ernesto Ramirez Rigo told The Dawn that the forthcoming FY2019-20 budget is “a first critical step” in the fiscal strategy of the Imran Khan government. “The budget will aim for a primary deficit of 0.6% of GDP supported by tax policy revenue mobilization measures to eliminate exemptions, curtail special treatments, and improve tax administration,” he said. Stating that inflation in Pakistan “disproportionately affects the poor,” the IMF official said the State Bank of Pakistan will focus on reducing inflation and safeguarding financial stability. “A market-determined exchange rate will help the functioning of the financial sector and contribute to a better resource allocation in the economy,” he said.

OTHER

‘Restoring the Soul of America: The Exoneration of Lyndon LaRouche’ Issued in Mass Run

May 13 (EIRNS)—LaRouchePAC has just released 10,000 copies of the 64-page pamphlet, “Restoring the Soul of America: The Exoneration of Lyndon LaRouche” for circulation throughout the United States. The distribution of this pamphlet in hard-copy, and electronic format, is the leading edge of the fight to effect a profound shift in U.S. and world policy, not merely to right a historical wrong, but to move into the future on a profound footing of cultural and scientific progress informed by a passion for truth, beauty, and justice.

Helga Zepp-LaRouche leads off this 64-page pamphlet with a call to exonerate her late husband, “the most beautiful soul in American history.” A fuller obituary follows, detailing LaRouche’s unrelenting fight to create a new world order and a renaissance in science and in art, guided by his understanding of the productive creativity unique to the human species.

Following LaRouche’s Feb. 12 passing, numerous letters of condolence and appreciation poured in from around the world, and a selection of these letters is included in the pamphlet: Prominently featuring important leaders from the nations LaRouche identified as the essential Four Powers: United States, Russia, China, and India. A former U.S. Attorney General writes that “His courage is especially notable in the face of pervasive and vicious propaganda. Time will correct this, in his memory. The truth will out.” A member of the Russian Academy of Sciences recalls LaRouche: “ ‘A Great Thinker of Our Time,’ Lyndon LaRouche, has left us. He was a titan of thought, a man of incredibly encyclopedic knowledge, great soul, and love for humanity.” The remembrance from a high-level Chinese professor concludes, “Mr. Lyndon LaRouche, you were a most reliable friend of the Chinese people, and they will never forget you.”

The fraudulent prosecution of LaRouche is summarized in a hard-hitting article, accompanied by a 1995 letter written by former Attorney General (and co-counsel to Lyndon LaRouche) Ramsey Clark to then-Attorney General Janet Reno, in which he brings the matter of LaRouche’s exoneration to her directly, “because I believe it involves a broader range of deliberate and systematic misconduct and abuse of power over a longer period of time in an effort to destroy a political movement and leader, than any other federal prosecution in my time or to my knowledge.”

The signatures of current and former elected officials, policy experts, and civic and other leaders back up the 2019 statement calling for President Donald Trump to exonerate Lyndon LaRouche, which closes: “It is time that the damage done by LaRouche’s incarceration three decades ago be repaired—not only because such a terrible injustice was done to LaRouche, but because that injustice has emboldened the British Empire to use the same methods against a sitting President of the United States, which endangers all of humanity. What better way to defend the United States of America and all of humanity than to exonerate LaRouche, ensure that his policies are at last adopted, and recognize his ideas for what they are, the acts of one of history’s greatest geniuses, affording him his rightful place in history?”

Concluding the pamphlet is a historical record of the campaign to exonerate LaRouche made during the 1990s presidency of Bill Clinton. The thousands of prominent signers “demand that you, Mr. President, along with Attorney General Janet Reno, and the appropriate committees of the U.S. Congress, take any and all measures necessary to ensure the full and immediate exoneration of Lyndon LaRouche. The failure to do so does not stain the honor of Lyndon LaRouche, who has paid a terrible price for his innocence, but the honor of the U.S. justice system and Constitution which, for more than two hundred years prior to this dark episode, stood as the symbols of liberty and justice for all.”

It is urgent that the release and distribution of this pamphlet over the coming weeks be used to effect a profound shift in U.S. and world policy. This is not merely the righting of a historical wrong, but a necessary step in moving into the future. Helga Zepp-LaRouche concludes her introduction:

“There is no greater contrast than what we see between the statesman, economist, scientist, and person Lyndon LaRouche, and the image that the malicious minions of the British Empire paint and spread about him….

“Whether this image will be set aright, whether this unprecedented violation of human rights and of freedom will be punished, and whether the citizens of the U.S. and the rest of the world will have unbiased access to Lyndon LaRouche’s ideas: these, I am deeply convinced, are what will determine whether peace in the 21st Century can be secured and sustained, and if the United States can once again become a beacon of hope for the entire world….

“I appeal to you: Sign and distribute the petition for the complete exoneration of Lyndon LaRouche!”

The pamphlet and petition for LaRouche’s exoneration is available at lpac.co/exonerate as well as information on how to get hard-copy of the pamphlet for those who are willing to get distribute it to co-workers, neighbors, friends and the general public.

Reach us at eirdailyalert@larouchepub.com or call 1-571-293-0935

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