Thank you for your kind words. I interpret Thielmann's agenda as anything but personal. I believe it is political, and, perhaps more significantly, ideological. While his slams have a jocular nature reminiscent of classic James Carville material, it is the theme underlying his words that almost deafens me when I read his essays.
The people for whom he works have succeeded in doing what the Devil and Keyser Soze of The Usual Suspects fame managed to do: convince the world they do not exist. Even suggesting that they do will have you labeled as a tinfoiler and a paranoid schizo. And yet, as Galileo would put it, "Still, it moves!"
Thielmann is nothing more than a footsoldier in a long, global war. And he is not on the side of America. I feel like an idiot sounding like such an alarmist, but these times are far more dangerous than even those of the height of the Cold War, under whose apocalyptic threat I have lived most of my life.
Too many pieces are coming together, and the picture revealed by the puzzle taking shape isn't a pretty one. If you follow the tendrils up from operatives such as Thielmann, the beast you confront is one whom you would never wish to see in the light of day, or in your darkest dreams.
But I digress. Thielmann and his fellow travelers identify themselves with the words they use. You may know evil by the fruit it bears. Beware. Do not be fooled by their lies, for lies are their weapon of choice, and they are a powerful weapon, indeed.
And the only weapon that is effective against them is the light of truth. Wield the truth without hesitancy, lest we lose it forever.
Melodramatic words, perhaps, but I assure you, appropriate to the mortal, and immortal, threat we face. Again, I feel silly saying it like a character in a novel, but there it is.