The Crusade that Never Was

            We don not know if these captive nations will one day really be free before the punitive and therapeutic catastrophes predicted by Our Lady in the apparitions at Fatima supervene (see Antonio A. Borelli, Our Lady at Fatima: Prophecies of Tragedy or Hope for America and the World? Pleasantville, NY: American TFP, 1985, pp. 51-52).

            What we don know is that, when these nation are free, the Discontented will demand strict accounts for all this from the "benefactors." To save their reputation, these "benefactors" will be obliged to dig deep into many an archive and blow the dust off many a document - or perhaps they will opt to keep them under lock and key so silence may once again descend upon such questions.

In truth, the flowery proclamations of UN's, UNESCOs and the like have made them indifferent, just as victims being tortured would be indifferent to smiles, polished with greetings and solidarity, from people watching their torments with crossed arms.

"We needed a crusade to free us," they will exclaim, "and you merely sent us some bread to help us endure indefinitely our captivity. Perchance, were you ignorant that the best solution for captivity is not merely bread, but freedom?"

There may be valid arguments to counter these complaints of the captives, but we think they may be difficult to find.