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CNN crossed another line this week when it aired a propaganda tape, allegedly depicting a sniper siting and firing upon American forces, that was allegedly "delivered" to it from an agent of the Baathist-Al Qaida enemy that we, the United States, and the Democratic government of Iraq are fighting.

Brother 'Stack properly and eloquently declared war on the MSM.

http://www.redstate.com/blogs/haystack/2006/oct/20/enough_is_enough_my_d...

Now lets make Hay in waging this war, which is really a battle in the larger Civil War the left has been waging against America for decades that has reached new lows since the invasion of Iraq. Many have commented on this war. I have a link to Prager as an example:

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DennisPrager/2003/10/14/the_second_am...

Jsteele makes one of the major points that Prager makes in citing the alienation of the left in the MSM, academia and the dem party that is behind much of the blame America first world view that serves as the "moral" justification for the left's actions that many Americans consider unpatriotic, if not rising to the legal definition treason.

But I want to explore this issue a little deeper and focus not so much on CNN, but rather on the general population and look not only at the results of the Left's 40 year indoctrination on a large percentage of the American people in varying degrees, but also other influences that define the divide on the war that includes people that would not be considered part of the larger civil war in the culture..

And then I want to look at how we can wage and win this civil war at least as regards unity against foreign enemies.

Let me say this at the outset. I believe that we will unite to win the war against islamo-facism. The only question is if we will do so based on logical persuasion based on a historical perspective or based on massive casualties on American soil as a result of future 911's.

A second preliminary remark concerns blackhedd's warning of a future civil war in America between Muslim-America citizens and the sharia-hating rest of us. I think it is essential that we unite on the present foreign struggle, if not the culture, before that occurs.

Now to the matter at hand raised by haystack.

Gamecock and most Americans alive on September 10, 2001 were gratefully ignorant of all things war, especially, the place war holds in the history of mankind and the brief history of of western civilization especially since 1776.

This ignorance born of long periods of prosperity is not a new phenomenon. Many if not most great civilizations fall due to internal rot from within that aggressive enemies exploit to bring them down.

In many ways this war ignorance is a major reason that the Left was able to increase in power in the 60s and thru today. Security, or assumed security from abroad is a prerequisite for leftist, secularists to grow.

The conflicts we have engaged in since 1960 have added to the ignorance and made it worse, because the added elements are what I think helps produce a lot of otherwise conservative citizens not part of the left in any major way, but which are passive as regards what patriotism means, ignorant of the crucial need to win wars to total victory and tolerant if not outright supportive of media behavior like that of CNN.

I speak now of the effect of such phrases as "limited war", and "proportional escalation", but even more so the "exit strategy" mantra and the insidious self limiting "Powell Doctrine."

The First America Civil War and WWII were great victories precisely because they were total victories for the victors and total defeats for the vanquished. Less than two generations after Appomattox, Southerners enlisted in greater numbers than any other region in the "Union" army to defend the United States that had utterly devastated their CSA gone with the wind.

Japan loves baseball and Germany is pacifist.

Limited war in Vietnam prolonged the Cold War and resulted in mass slaughter. It also signalled to would be future enemies of the United States that we could be defeated by enlisting the American left's media in their cause.

The Powell Doctrine's insistence that war only be fought if it could be won quickly with massive force, little loss of life and have a clear "exit strategy" signalled to the world that would be enemies could defeat us even more easily than in Vietnam and that we wouldn't even fight unless Syria agreed to come along as the lowest common denominator. And even then the "victory" would leave the aggressor in power.

I think the psychological effect of the above continues even after 911 among too many citizens that never speak of victory in Iraq, but only "how to get out," as if we didn't go there for a purpose that was important enough to "get in" in the first place.

Now to my prescription for how to wage a non-violent civil war against the Left, their MSM and their useful idiots even among conservatives.

These thoughts are triggered not only by Haystack's Declaration but also by some comments about the CNN video as truth and Bush's so-called propaganda from a conservative democrat friend that voted for Bush but who has been all over the lot in three years worth of statements about the war, some of which are unpatriotic and none of which are enthusiastic calls to victory. In many exchanges he will declare that something is not unpatriotic when I haven't even broached the subject. He hates the label "liberal" and tries to erect a wall between the Michael Moores and the rest of liberals. It is a great sorrow that I have not been successful in influencing my friend more, as he seems to cling to loyalties to Clinton, CNN and other things dear in the face of evidence of their wickedness.

BUT, and a big but, as pertains to him and his kind, as well as many liberals, is the shame they associate with being seen as unpatriotic.

This, I think is the key to unity. But it will be hard. Why? Well, prior to now, I have suggested that the only way to turn the tide on the media and the left is for elected GOP members (but not the president) call out their democrat colleagues on live TV for statements and actions that embolden the enemy. To be blunt in their face. This would signal to the public that its OK to call out unpatriotic behavior and give it a definition.

But I now think this matter goes so deep that it may have to be fought person to person. It may well be necessary that we risk losing friends to win our Civil War, just as the First Civil War divided families and friends.

Its hard, but I have come close to doing it. I have told friends that certain statements of theirs "could be construed as" unpatriotic or "would have been considered" same in WWII.

We will have to be more blunt and stand our ground.

The CNN matter tells me that we must take off the gloves. Too many Americans are numb due to TV and the moral equivalence it sets up in its crossfire type shows, where everybody's pals and all views are taken equally seriously. Commercial break. See you tomorrow on Hannity & Colmes.

My friend was totally blind to the line CNN crossed. People, we are surrounded by severely disabled citizens when it comes to war and patriotism. Major surgery is required to correct the disability.

But it can be done. But it will be unpleasant now. It would be much uglier later.

The war against the MSM must be waged by not letting actions that aid and abet the enemy go undenounced in blunt terms to their faces with NO ambiguity that we respect them even if they disagree.

Those that embolden the enemy are not honorable. They are the enemy as well. Now, many don't realize they are. They are ignorant. They must be educated on the matter. A patriotic spanking appears in order to GC.

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"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan