[FairOpinion]

Outstanding letter!

He is right.

If people would only listen, stop, and think, instead of letting the media tell them what they are supposed to think.

[Avenger]

Santa Cruz Sentinel? As in Santa Cruz, CA? Whoa. I need to lie down for a while.

[af_vet_1981]

If people would only listen, stop, and think, instead of letting the media tell them what they are supposed to think.

People are trying to just that here on FR but any independent thought is attacked as a sacrilege against strategery.

People know victory when they see it. Anything else is propaganda.

[patriciamary]

You are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Maigret]

I saw a most interesting interview on CSPAN today, with author & historian Niall Ferguson. His latest book is called Colossus and appears to be a must read for those who want to fully understand our greatest danger at this point in time, the lack of will to be the empire we are in the world. In brief he says the American People have an Attention Deficit Disorder when it comes to politics and political correctness is crippling our view of everything important.

I believe Bush knows that his being re-elected is important to the world not just our nation, but trying to execute this war and keep our eyes focused on the big picture is like walking a tightrope. A tightrope that the media is desperately trying to shake with pictures of abused prisoners and the reading of all the names of those who have died in Iraq.

Everything is at stake in November. God willing, Bush will win and he'll be able to do what will be of benefit for generations to come.

[freedom44]

Thanks ... great one.

[MN_Mike]

Long on insight; short on remedial actions.

The enemy's strategy is classic Viet Nam. But the answer cannot be to outshout the useful idiots, no one reacts well to be shouted at or forced into accepting someone else's position.

Remedial actions require fighting fire with fire. Ask yourself, just what tactics is the enemy employing to influence hearts and minds? They are masters of images, photographs of caskets worked very well to loosen US resolve during Viet Nam, as did seizing upon atrocities committed by extremely stupid soldiers (the 17 prision keepers in Iraq this week; Captain Calley (sp) burning and killing in Viet Name villages. I just finished two hours on the ultra-liberal Washington Post discussion forum, where useful idiots in Europe and in the US are trying to generalize the actions of 17 into an indictment of the entire 150,000 Coalition. I encourage you to jump on the Washington Post discussion forum but be forewarned, I've gotten bounced twice before posing a different view. You need to be persistent and avoid responding directly to truly Howard Dean irrational comments -- focus only on the facts and be polite, as difficult as it is to some of them.

Frankly, I don't think preaching to the choir is particularly useful either. While I completely enjoy Free Republic, American Spectator, National Review; yes, and even Rush; and meeting with like minder people; this is not where the battle of hearts and minds is won.

The useful idiots in the US are reinforced by the obvious media outlets. But the achilles heel for media outlets (CNN, NYT, ABC, CBS, Washington Post, MSNNBC) is that they are for-profit organizations. While we may not represent the majority of their consumers, we can band together to represent the most "known" portion of their demographic. They may take pause at a list of a thousand petitioners who demand they provide balance in their coverage.

This article is a timely call for action. It is so important that I would like to see a category devoted to it (if one doesn't already exist) where we can take collective action to promote the good in our country while giving support to our troops who are well-deserving of it.

[MEG33]

FYI

[Burkeman1]

"Why do they hate us"? Is it because of the "Freedom" we have brought to them? Bush himself routinely says that "they" (meaning the Iraqis who attack us) attack our troops because they "hate freedom." Is that true? What started this recent increase in violence? It was the American army trying to close down a paper of this Sadr clown that had less than 10,000 people reading it!

[PGalt]

Good post. We ARE fighting...and winning. Information flow among life/freedom loving people, WILL STOP all terrorists...all crime. The ability is recent. The desire is here. It is our legacy to smiling babies yet to be born. These are great days. Ahead of us, are the best of times.

[WFTR]

Maybe we should crank up the "Support the Troops" rallies again.

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[lainde]

bump!