Posted on 07/03/2006 10:18:01 PM PDT by FairOpinion
Because the war on terror is fought in a peacetime atmosphere, treason can be presented as dissent, and you can get away with it. Case in point is the energetic pursuit, and publication, of U.S. intelligence gathering techniques, by the American media. The latest one was the reporting of how the U.S. has been analyzing international bank wire transfers. This apparently led to the capture of several prominent terrorists, especially in Southeast Asia. But to opponents of the war, this is an assault on civil liberties, attacks they consider more dangerous than potential terrorist violence. Earlier scoops revealed to terrorists how the traffic analysis was being used to track terrorist activity.
The absurdity of this is that the intelligence programs that have been revealed involve techniques that have been used before to successfully track down criminals, and have not led to compromising anyone's civil liberties.
Trivializing the enemy is another dangerous journalistic tactic. Many of the Islamic terrorists are basically amateurs. The bunch rounded up in Miami recently are starting to be portrayed as victims, rather than threats. However, if one or two FBI supervisors had zigged instead of zagged back in early 2001, and the 19 or 20 911 terrorists would have been rounded up. It would have been very easy for enterprising journalists to portray this as an overreaction by the FBI. After all, who could take seriously this plan to simultaneously hijack four aircraft and crash them into buildings? It was all too absurd, and another example of the excessive police power of the government.
(Excerpt) Read more at strategypage.com ...
Liberals would rather have America lose the war on terrorism than allow President Bush to win it.
What should be the penalty for treason? --- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659469/posts
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Yeah. I guess treason will fly until the next major attack on our soil. It certainly proves that the libs do not support our troops and in fact don't give a flying rat's behind about them.
Proud to say that I've been a Dunnigan fan for over 30 years.
"Good article. I'm still surprised by the lack of outrage overall. These journalist (aka terrorist) couldn't be more blatant about their support for the enemy."
There's plenty of outrage--what I don't see is why the traitors haven't been PROSECUTED.
the war on terror is fought in a peacetime atmosphere,
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Bush missed a critical opportunity to put the nation on a wartime footing when he admonished us to go back to what we were doing before 9/11. He needed to make a call to arms but, instead told us not to worry, the government will take care of the terrorists.
Americans were crying out to be called into battle. Instead we were told to put duct tape on our window frames.
Bush was willing and able to call up the military. He was not capable of calling on the American people to fight the war in our communities. That battle cry will be heard before this war is won.
Thanks for posting that. I sent that this morning to a moderate friend who was moaning and groaning about Bush trying to destroy the media.
His wife, a conservative, sent me an email saying thank you. She is going to put that editorial on their refrigerator to shut him up and stop his whining.
Below is a comparison chart showing what a terrible investment the NY Slimes, NYT, has been for the last two years. For comparison, NYT is compared to MDY, the ETF fund for the mid cap index, and HAL, the evil Haliburton.
If your mutual fund owns NYT, sell it or trade it for a fund that doesn't own this liberal loss leader stock. Send a letter to the Fund Manager and CEO of the Mutual Fund Company and tell them you sold the fund. Then demand to know why they invested your $'s in this turkey. Then send the SEC and ask them to investigate why the mutual fund invested in NYT. The investment was not in your best interest. It helped the NY Slimes to stay afloat and publish seditious articles.
"Bush missed a critical opportunity to put the nation on a wartime footing when he admonished us to go back to what we were doing before 9/11. He needed to make a call to arms but, instead told us not to worry, the government will take care of the terrorists. Americans were crying out to be called into battle. Instead we were told to put duct tape on our window frames. Bush was willing and able to call up the military. He was not capable of calling on the American people to fight the war in our communities. That battle cry will be heard before this war is won."
BUMP to every single word. Americans were EAGER to serve, EAGER to fight terror-supporting states--and we were told to go to the mall and the movies.
Bush could still mobilize, but with the Democrats having politicized the war, it'll be much harder. It'll likely take a real saber rattling by Iran, or another attack on U.S. soil, before this not-quite-a-war-yet will finally have any impact on Americans beyond the treacly 'where were you' songs.
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