“We will take America without firing a shot...We will BURY YOU! We can’t expect the American People to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of Socialism, until they awaken one day to find that they have Communism. We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within.”Brezmenov estimated that only "about 15% of time, money and manpower" was spent by the KGB on intelligence activities. The bulk of their effort was spent on what was called "ideological subversion or active measures." This was an attempt to "change the perception of reality of every American to such an extent that, despite the abundance of information, no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves, their families, their community and their country." Sounds like that would meet Kruschev's goals, doesn't it?
These "active measures" were designed as a slow, long-term process that was to be carried out in four major phases:
1. Demoralization - a 15 - 20 year process. The minimum amount of time to educate one generation of Americans in Marxist/Leninist ideals.
2. Destabilation - 2-5 years. This phase attacks the economy, foreign relations, and defense systems.
3. Crisis - as little as 4-6 weeks.
4. Normalization - A term used by the Soviets to describe the heavy-handed tactics the government would use to recover from crisis.
Brezmenov's opinion at the time was that "The Demoralization process in the United States is basically complete already." He said that Marxist/Leninism ideology had been "pumped into the soft heads of at least three generations of American students...without being challenged or counter-balanced by the basic values of Americanism."
"The result, the result you can see. Most of the people who graduated in the sixties, drop-outs or half-baked intellectuals are now occupying the positions of power in the government, civil service, business, mass media, educational systems. You are stuck with them. You can't get rid of them. They are contaminated. They are programmed to think and react to certain stimuli in a certain pattern. You cannot change their mind, even if you expose them to authentic information."
In this country, we have a long history of ignoring our enemies...even when they tell us what they are going to do in advance. When Hitler announced his plans to carry out his "final solution" and annex Austria, Poland and other parts of Europe, we didn't believe him. That wacky Adolph...such a kidder. Peace in our time...Peace in our time. We ignored, as we have seen, Kruschev's bold proclamations. And today, we choose to ignore the Islamists when they tell us that they will wipe Israel from the face of the map and destroy America....LOL...what a crazy bunch of jokers. What is even more disturbing than those who ignore these threats, is those in government, media and academia who try to actively deny or negate the threat.
Though the Soviet Union was unable to see the complete fruition of their decades-long "active measures," they certainly softened us up. We are at such a state of politically-correct paralysis that we cannot even come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending our country. We harass and a assault children and old ladies in airport security lines...but we best not look askant at a Muslim or person of Middle-Eastern decent. In the spirit of cooperation and fairness, we reach out to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, regardless of years and years of evidence of their murderous intentions, while telling Israel that they should contract their borders to pre-1967 lines...even if they can't properly defend themselves. Those silly Iranians, Palestinians, Syrians, etc., they don't really mean any harm. And now we embrace the so-called Arab Spring movement...a movement specifically designed to exploit our weak-minded political correctness.
Brezmenov's warning then is still applicable for today: "If people will fail to grasp the impending danger of that development, nothing ever can help the United States. You may kiss goodbye to your freedoms...including freedoms to homosexuals, to prison inmates. All this freedom will vanish in five seconds."
Watch Brezmenov in his own words below:
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