All those who treasure America’s liberties should
solemnly observe the 60th anniversary this week of the execution of Communist
spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Given that the Soviet Union they spied
for is no more, why are the Rosenbergs still important?
They continue to matter because they remain part of the
Left’s anti-American mythology. The Left denied the treachery of its
pseudo-martyrs for decades, arguing that they were condemned to death in a wave
of anti-Communist hysteria. This lie permeates American culture even today — in
movies, plays, and literature — decades after Ron Radosh’s painstaking research
conclusively established the Rosenbergs’ guilt…… “Rosenberg’s band of amateur
spies turned over detailed information on a wide range of technologies and
weapon systems that hastened the Red Army’s march to Berlin, jump-started its
postwar development of nuclear weapons and delivery systems, and later helped
Communist troops in North Korea fight the American military to a standoff.”…. Leftists
use the Rosenbergs’ story to attack all mid-century efforts to counteract
subversive activity. They deny that Americans were ever justified in worrying
about Communist infiltration….But the historical record has confirmed that….
agents did in fact heavily penetrate the U.S. government, the Democratic Party,
organs of culture such as Hollywood and Broadway, the news media, and the
scientific research community.....To Read More.....
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