Posted on 04/30/2008 4:30:08 AM PDT by moderatewolverine
Imagine that following the bombing of Peal Harbor in December 1941, that FDR had prohibiting the use of the terms "Nazi" or "Japanese Imperialism" due to pressure brought to bear by German and Japanese-American lobbying groups. Or at the height of the Cold War that the US government had determined to ban the use of "Soviet" or "communism" for fear of offending the sensibilities of Russian-Americans or European socialists.
Yet that is precisely what has happened following the revelation last week by the Associated Press that the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security has issued guidelines banning the use of "jihad", "mujahedeen" and other Islamic terminology with reference to Islamic terrorism. This move lays bare the ideological prison house of political correctness in which our top policymaker's reside. The strictures are so ridiculous that even President Bush can't help himself in violating the guidelines.
No one can claim in defense of this move that it has been rooted in years of serious study and assessment of the issue at the highest levels of government. If so, where might these studies and assessments be found? What series of government publications outlines the strategic threat doctrine of our enemy in the War on Terror, similar to that prepared on Soviet doctrine in the early years of the Cold War? What comprehensive doctrinal assessment may our military and political leaders consult to inform themselves on the tactics and strategy of our enemy? Such does not exist, and the adoption of the government's new "lexicon" is an admission that such a strategic threat assessment of our enemy will not be done. This new effort means that in essence we have chosen to fly blind in the Global War on Terror (GWOT).
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If we refuse to recognize the enemy, the battle is already lost.
Ssh! We’re not allowed to use the word ‘enemy’ any more.
“It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.”
Sun Tzu, “The Art of War”
Where is Pogo when you need him?
We don’t actually need to use the word “islamist” to qualify terrorism.
98% of all terrorism is Islamic inspired so it can be presumed that any act of terrorism is Islamic unless otherwise qualified.
If we don’t call terrorists anything related to Islam does that mean we don’t have to treat prisoners with all the accouterments of Islam?
“Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.” Eric Hoffer
THESE are your enemies.
The State Dept is the 5th column.
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A recent TIME Magazine column memorializing Actor CHARLETON HESTON stated that his sterling performance in “EL CID” was on a Motion Picture par with “LAWRENCE of ARABIA”
Both hargingers of the future.
But “EL CID” acurately defined for us this War of our Time with the same of 1,000 years ago..!!!
The new “EL CID” Special Edition DVD is now available on http://www.Amazon.com
A true Must See.
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God save us all from the looneys... but the last thing we need is ANOTHER web of conspiracy theories. Yet... I just find that the signs of intentional political sabotage in the effort to make coherent policy to fight the WOT are certainly more than coincidence, and those signs appear ever more broadly coordinated, and bureaucratic. Do we have Saudi and/or Islamist sympathizers so integrated into our governmental organs that no whistle blower can be expected to perceive them, much less expose them?
We need the leadership of an individual with the strength of character and understanding of the threat of Jihadism that only John Bolton have exhibited. I have serious doubts about McCain in this area, and to even consider what will happen with a Clinton or Obama administration is to delve into the real meaning of "National Suicide", much as Israel is doing now. May God inspire John McCain to appoint and insist on John Bolton for his Secretary of State.
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