Posted on 09/29/2009 1:20:02 PM PDT by Cowman
I have been playing this over and over thinking of O's in strategic locations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu8wfzAu8WU
Yep, that song is in there for good
I hate you
I posted this as a reply to a Ralph peters article on another thread-it seems to apply here:
Peters brings up a point kind of sideways. He advocates the annihilation of the enemy, with no consideration for the “Infrastructure.”
One thing I have maintained in our present war is that we have not successfully “De-humanized” the enemy through policy. Islam is the Religion of Peace as put forth by President Bush etc.
Our policy in WW II was capturing the enemy in the minds of the people in America as single word caricatures to fix them in the minds of the people as the enemy. This was done in newsreels, movies and even so far as Bug Bunny cartoons. Think of what would now be called “slurs” that were common language in the media and on the street then.
These caricatures allowed us as a people to do what was necessary to beat the threat into unconditional surrender.
On an individual and unit level, I know it is still happening, but as a nation it is not. Propaganda? Yea, probably. Is it needed to galavanize a nation to do what is necessary to survive real threats to it’s continued existence. IMHO, Yup.
We have lost that certain part of a national warrior spirit in our PC view of the world.
My Two cents
Which is why I believe that Political correctness was engineered to weaken the United States and prepare us for the inevitable Communist takeover. If everything but standing for the traditions and values that were our strength is correct than a strong America is the only thing that is wrong. The really hideous thing is that many so called Conservatives will accept that premise and allow American strength and culture to be undermined.
That may be the view at the top of the "progressive" movement but the rank and file have just lost their consciousness of evil and of the threat we face. Unless the needed draconian measures are taken by a Democrat. Just imagine what would have happened if President Bush were to reopen the internment camps for suspected Muslim agitators like Roosevelt did for the Japanese.
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