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US Born Terrorists

The Fort Hood Massacre has brought out arguments that "MAJ Hasan is no more a terrorist than were the Beltway Snipers."  I will agree with the statement on grounds that John Allen Muhammed is a terrorist.  In fact I didn't realize that this status was even in question in anyone's mind.

There is absolutely no definition of terrorism that does not include John Allen Muhammed and Lee Malvo as terrorists.  Contrary to early FBI conclusions, it is appearing more and more like MAJ Hasan also must be considered a terrorist, rather than a run of the mill mass murderer.  He acted in accordance with an earlier foiled plot that would have targeted FT Dix.

Debate on 1989 Demise of Communism: Flawed Ideology or US Leadership to Credit

Debate Still Rages Over Who Won the Cold War
By Mark Snowiss VoA News Washington 03 November 2009

The 20th anniversary of the 1989 East European revolutions has re-opened contentious debate over who won the Cold War and what caused Soviet communism to disintegrate so rapidly in its final years. The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was a symbolic milestone, heralding the break-up of the Soviet Union two years later. Looking back, many people directly involved are still asking: Was Soviet communism defeated? Was it overthrown? Or did it simply collapse from within?

The rapid succession of events which marked the end of the Cold War is not in dispute. Poland's historic roundtable talks between the banned Solidarity trade union and the ruling Communist Party took place in the spring of 1989.

ExPres Clinton in Dubai: Poverty Leads to Terrorism

Former US President Links Mideast Extremism, Lack of Opportunity
By VOA News 04 November 2009

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has addressed extremism in the Middle East, drawing a parallel between suicide bombers and a lack of opportunity.

In an address to the American University in Dubai Wednesday, Mr. Clinton asked rhetorically, "What leads to suicide bombing?" It is the belief, he said, that there is more to gain in the next world than this one.

Fact & Fiction: Two Tales of One Event

The Greatest value of Twitter to War On Terror News has not been the new readers, though we're grateful that the news is reaching a wider audience.  It is the world of others that Support Our Troops, the new sites we've found and bring to you, our readers.  Our most recent addition to our blogroll falls in the category "Allies" and is aCanadian who runs MilNews-Canada.  He has clearly developed a source base for Taliban propaganda and more.

This one caught my eye immediately, as it so clearly demonstrates the inflated numbers the Taliban use in their propaganda:

"According to reports, three heroic Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan carried out a martyrdom-seeking attack inside the guest house of UNAMA, killing a great number of workers of the runoff campaign. In the heart of the Kabul city, Share Naw, Mujahideen killed 50 foreigners in UNAMA guest house no. II as a result of martyrdom seeking attack." (Statement claiming responsiblity for 28 Oct 09 attack on U.N. staff in Kabul)

Why is 2009 "Deadliest Year" In Afghanistan?

As of this moment, there are 911 reported US fatalities in Afghanistan, since 9/11/2001.  My Brothers are not mere numbers and left or right, it is wrong to use them as mere numbers for political purposes or to undermine their mission.  To date, 2009 fatalities exceed the combined 2008 and 2007 totals and the combined 5 years prior.

But 911 fatalities is not quite honest.  It includes deaths in Pakistan, Cuba, Uzbekistan and elsewhere. It also includes 250 Non-Hostile deaths such as heart attacks and vehicular accidents. And there have been 1,500 fatalities, including the Warriors of Our Allies.  But it doesn't include the fatalities of our Ally Pakistan fighting the Taliban and Al-Qaeda there.  Americans seem to forget we're not doing this alone.

In fact, DoD wide, there were more deaths due to accidents (470) than due to combat actions (352) in 2008.  That doesn't include the 43 murdered by citizens, which is unreported in the press.  2009 "numbers" won't be out for several more months.

Since there is no reliable source, I can't report precisely how many enemy combatants we've taken out, but I would place a good sum on it being considerably more than 1500 in recent months alone.  2009 policies have eliminated even the military from reporting numbers in specific engagements.  Instead of 13 enemy killed, we now read "several" except on rare occasion when a specific number slips through, such as after the DEA mission ended in a crashed helicopter.

The MSM sells their stories with superlatives.  "Dow closes highest in a year," belies the fact that it's trading at 2002 levels and 33% below 2008 highs.  When the MSM could no longer report "deadliest month in Iraq since 2003," they resorted to "deadliest month since August."  Superlatives sell and they paint a picture that isn't necessarily true. 

SecState Clinton To Relay to Israel: No Peace Talks w/o Preconditions

Huge Gaps Ahead as Clinton Pushes for Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Talks
By Luis Ramirez VoA News Jerusalem 31 October 2009

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Jerusalem for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.  The top U.S. diplomat has met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Abu Dhabi before shuttling to Jerusalem

U.S. officials have acknowledged early on that bringing the Israelis and Palestinians back to negotiations will be a long and complex process.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton comes to Jerusalem after getting no concessions from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the Palestinians' conditions for returning to talks. They demand that Israel freeze all construction on Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank before any negotiations start.  

SecState Clinton Stymied by Palestinians In Pressing for Peace Talks

Palestinian Officials: Clinton, Abbas Meeting Not Productive
By VOA News 31 October 2009

Handout picture from Palestinian Press Office shows Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prior to meeting in Abu Dhabi, 31 Oct 2009

Palestinian officials say talks between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have yielded no breakthrough in Middle East peace negotiations.

Saeb Erekat, an aide to Mr. Abbas, says the Palestinians are not likely to resume peace talks with Israel without a total freeze in Jewish settlement construction.

Erekat says the settlement issue came up when Mr. Abbas and Clinton met Saturday in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.  U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell attended the meeting.

Israel is offering only a partial halt to Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank.

Clinton also is scheduled to hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel.

On Friday, Mr. Netanyahu said he looks forward to discussions on resuming peace talks with the Palestinians "as soon as possible."

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley says Clinton's visit to the region reflects the U.S. administration's commitment to work through the challenges that U.S. negotiators have been facing as they pursue "comprehensive Middle East peace."

In addition to the settlement issue, Israeli and Palestinian officials have yet to agree on the future of Jerusalem, the fate of Palestinian refugees and the borders of a future Palestinian state. 

Tired Old Arguments to Erode American Resolve - Part 3

"It's another Viet Nam." This slogan has been used by both parties in every war started by their opposition since Congress forced Our Military to retreat from the battlefield and abandon an ally.  Predictions of "the next Viet Nam" were used in Desert Storm and I believed them.  That I was mentally prepared for a combat tour of a year probably helped me last the 4 days of the Ground War, but the mental anguish in anticipation was not helpful. 

The other party used it to predict results in Somalia, Bosnia, & Kosovo. Little did we know, Somalia was the first battle in the War On Terror, against an enemy we did not know existed, and the minions he trained and equipped.  They weren't "freedom fighters" either.  Our Body Politic did cut and run in the same confusion as did we in 1983 Lebanon.  The results were similar in that in both we faced a new enemy that we did not understand nor even recognize as a real entity. 

Tired Old Arguments to Erode American Resolve-Part 2

"It's a war against Islam." "The Taliban are fundamentalist  Muslims."  Wrong.  See "Crimes Against Islam" Our enemies are the enemies of Islam.  The tactics of our enemies are cardinal sins according to the Koran.  They kill more Muslims than any other group.  Killing unarmed civilians is a sin according to the Koran.  Committing suicide sends one directly to hell, according to the Koran.  Islamism is not Islam.  Islamism is not fundamentalist.  Islamism is a political, governmental, and economic ideology that uses and subverts Islam for the sake of putting a tyrannical dictatorship into power.

"The Afghan people view us as occupiers."  This is a myth perpetuated not only by anti-war types but also is the goal of the al-Qaeda/Taliban propaganda machine.  As such, some Afghans do believe it, but most do not.  Even those that repeat if publically (when they can be identified in the mass media) do not necessarily subscribe to what they're told to parrot at the risk of death.

"The Afghan people should choose their own government." This one is true and they have.  They voted for their parliament and President, even at the risk of death.  In fact, 68% of Afghans express confidence in their Parliament.  The US Congress would salivate over such numbers.  But the myth leads to the next...

"Democracy can never work in the Middle East/a Muslim Nation" There is nothing anti-Islamic about democracy.  In fact, democracy is embraced by historical Islam and even by tenets of Shi'a.  An element of becoming an Ayatollah is

Tired Old Arguments to Erode American Resolve Part 1

"Americans, love a winner, and will not tolerate a loser." General George Patton

There is a huge disconnect between the US Warrior and US Citizen at the moment.  It is as likely that Our Citizens know someone that is HIV positive as someone who is a Veteran.  Less than 1% of all Americans have served in the current Wars, significantly less than 1%.  As such, with the American Media ignoring 99% of what is occuring on the other side of the world, in the current battles Our Troops fight, there is a huge void in what Our Citizens know about her Defenders and their Struggles. 

This has allowed for a vast misportrayal of reality in Iraq and in Afghanistan.  Pundits, Politicians, and Protestors have stepped into that void and misportrayal to advance their own interests.  While neither Obama nor Cheney is the anti-Christ or Satan on earth, partisan sloganeers advance not only the sentiment but also the conviction, for the simple purpose of advancing their party.  Neither are either of them the Messiah or even a Saint.  But that's the long way of saying they're politicians.

Dem Pols Divided Over Support of Gen McChrystal Needs

US Legislators Debate Way Forward in Afghanistan
By Michael Bowman Washington, VoA News, 11 October 2009

The acknowledgment by U.N. officials of significant fraud in Afghanistan's presidential election comes as the United States debates the future of America's eight-year military involvement in the country. U.S. legislators are expressing sharp differences on the best way forward in Afghanistan while the Obama administration conducts a review of U.S. strategy in the war-torn nation.

American lawmakers from both major political parties agree on one central idea: that Afghanistan must not revert to a safe haven for terrorists and militant extremists. Beyond that, consensus is hard to find.

More Abuse of Military Families

It was a nasty evil thing to do back during the Vietnam war. People would call families claiming to be the military and tell their son had been killed and the family would later find it was a lie. Mental and emotional abuse and torture of the worse kind. Well what once was old is new again... but still just as evil and heartless. Only this time the media is being compliant.

Calls are being made to families and the words no family with a soldier wants to hear are uttered " We regret to inform you"... Only to find out their soldier is alive and well. It's done to break morale and inflict injury on the families. Not only that but on our troops also. Now instead of our soldiers being able to completely focus on their mission they have the burden of worrying about something like this happening to their loved ones who are suppose to be safe at home.

How Global is The War On Terror? Part 3:The Americas: Freedom, Politics, & Enemy Unity

We've shown spot examples of the islamist terrorist agenda in Africa, Europe, Asia, and ignored the fact that they're also at work in Australia. It stretches Northward to Russia and the former states of the Soviet Union, where Chechen "Rebels" fought ardently against Russian Troops for years.  It is in Uzbekistan, China, Tajikistan, Azerbijan, and many other former parts of the Soviet Union to various degrees of success or failure, to various degrees of US assistance of those fighting against our enemies and various degrees of activity and appeasement to the enemy.

And Hezbollah maintains strongholds in South America and the Caribbean as waypoints for infiltrating operatives into the United States & Canada, where again, it is fought as a Law Enforcement battle.  In the US, we see two different ideologies of islamism.  One proclaims terrorism and violence as the means to take over America while the other uses Our Rights, birth rates and immigration as a "peaceful" means to achieve islamic domination. 

How Global is The War On Terror? Part 1: Africa

It should come to me as little surprise that I was questioned about the pertinence to the War On Terror News of an article about Somalia.  It has been some time since we mentioned the pertinence of Somalia to the struggle between islamism and democracy.

In the minds of some, perhaps many, the Global War on Terror is limited to Afghanistan & Pakistan, with Iraq being an unjustified diversion, hardly global at all. Afghanistan is currently the center of attention and arguably the central front in the War On Terror.  Though some believe it is where it all started, this is not necessarily the case. 

Something Good from the AP's blood money decision

By know you have heard of the AP's decision to publish a photo of a Marine in his dying moments in Afghanistan. This decision came despite the fact that Lcpl Bernard's family practically begged the AP not to publish this photo. This decision also came over the objection of the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, who wrote a letter to the AP asking that they not release the photo. For more on those involved in the final decision to publish, please see War On Terror's article on this page.

I personally have not seen the photo in question, nor do I have any desire to. I believe it to be an intrusion of the worst kind into what should have been a private moment. So what good can come from this? This is only my opinion, but this is what I believe and how I would view the photo. For those of you who have seen the picture or wish to, please keep this in mind.

While Lcpl Bernard may have been thousands of miles removed from his blood relatives, make no mistake that he died surround by family. He was close to family as his life ran out on some dirty patch of ground in some dirty country. A sacrifice made for people who think of his as a dirty job in a dirty war. He was surround by and comforted by people who loved him and will mourn his passing just as much as those who are blood relatives. They held his hand, tried to make him comfortable, and let him know he was not alone at the most terrifying moment of his all too short life. They did not love him because he was born into their family. They loved him because he chose to be a part their family. He wanted to be a part of something bigger than himself, and that is why he  stood on a pair of yellow footprints in the dark at Parris Island. That is why he put himself through the hell known as Marine Corps boot camp. He wanted to EARN the title Marine. And when he walked across that grinder on graduation day, earn it he did. And in doing so he joined a family of Brothers and Sisters who know that someday they may have to answer the call. They may be asked to go in harms way, and they may die. And still they go, every day. 

So if you must view the photo, or are trying to make sense of it, look at that way. A young man, surrounded by people who love him, making a sacrifice for people he didn't know, and many of whom don't care. Lcpl Bernard, like all those who have answered the call and made the ultimate sacrifice, are better than those who they protect.

"Greater love hath no man that he lay down his life for his friends"

God Speed "Bernie" SEMPER FI!

The Big Picture

By Time Traveler, Editor, War On Terror News

Like a camera lens, sometimes we focus on the big picture and at other times on the minute details.  It is the myriad of small details that make up the wider terrain.  A Mountain Range provides a natural border, just as does an ocean, but a mountain Range is made up of a multitude of mountains and those mountains are made up of boulders and rock, of grass, of seeds, and of pebbles. 

The camera lens can be focused on the Range, the Mountain, the Boulders, the Pebbles, or the Grass and Seeds.  Or a microscope can be focused on the molecules that make up the seeds and pebbles.  Satellite cameras can focus on the entire range, the nation, the region, or the entire hemisphere.

Mountains do not just appear.  They have millenia of history and physical force which forced them to become what we now see.  In only the modern era have we been able to measure the growth or diminishment of mountains.  To truly understand, either mountains or the War In Afghanistan, one must examine not only the current battles, but also the history that brought us to this point and the culture and terrain which create the challenges we face.

Recent History plays into the scenery.  The events of 9/11, of the Soviet invasion, of the

James von Brunn: Hate is a Powerful Political Force - UPDATE 2

Update 1 corrects Navy Service record.

On June 10th, 2009, an 88 year old man parked in the road, went into the National Holocaust Museum and began shooting.  A 39 year old Security Guard, Stephen Johns, became embroiled in a battle he'd probably not ever expected.  He proved himself a hero, by eliminating the threat at the cost of his life.  He likely had a partner in heroism, whom we do not yet know.  They saved many lives by use of force, by using violence against a violent extremist.

UPDATE2: Former Marine Sergeant Jason McCuiston and former DC Police Officer Harry Weeks are the two previously unnamed heroes.  These two returned fire eliminating the threat posed by von Brunn and protecting unknown numbers of children and visitors inside the museum.  It was the quick actions of these three heroes that prevented harm to innocent bystanders.  Marine Corps Times

Early reports were quick to point to his Veteran status, as proof that the Napolitano memo had legs.  They were wrong.  Napolitano's memo cautioned against returning Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, which von Brunn was not.  But to really understand this, we have to look back to the era in which von Brunn was raised.

In early 1900's Europe, hatred towards minorities was a primary motivational politcal force.  Hitler and Stalin built upon it progressively.  Their primary victim was the nationless.  It was a safe bet that had

How to Win a War

The simple answer is you win a war by breaking the enemy's will to fight.  The simple answer is the basis for all tactics, techniques, and strategies employed by any power willing to win a war.

The traditional manner in which this is accomplished is by killing more of the enemy than they can recruit or replace.  Some would argue that this is not possible in our current situation but it is true, even in this war.

But how then does one account for "losses" in Viet Nam and Somalia?  During Viet Nam we killed the enemy at a rate of 2000:1.  In Somalia, there was only one battle of significance where we killed the enemy at a rate of between 50:1 and 500:1.  By any account, militarily, tactically, we won.  Yet, many will say we lost both wars.  We did not.  Washington DC lost.

Washington DC did not have the will to win in Korea, in Viet Nam, nor in Somalia.  The military did all that was asked or allowed of them.  MacArthur was fired for not only knowing what it would take to win in Korea, but also demonstrating he had the will to do so.  And he was fired for bucking the orders of the duly elected POTUS.  And the POTUS had concerns over the ability of the American people to take on the Yellow Hordes that MacArthur knew they must, to win.

Another traditional tactic of breaking the will to fight is to prevent the front line troops from attaining the necessary supplies to fight efficiently.  South Viet Nam fell, not because they didn't have the will to fight, but because they didn't have the means to fight.  Congress didn't just mandate a pullout of troops but also an end to supplying our ally with bullets.  When our ally ran out of bullets, they ran out of will and ability to fight.  Two years after Our Departure, our betrayed ally fell to our enemy.

But Viet Nam also provided a different successful strategy.  The enemy, which was not only Ho Chi Minh

Attacking Our Defenders

The following post was published January 17, 2008 in response to the NY Times article proclaiming our Veterans as psychotic killers.  The pertinence of this article is revived with the recent arguments defending the DHS/Napolitano memo.  It should be noted that the NYTimes article presented our Troops as being unable to control violent psychosis, which is fully debunked by their own "evidence," but none of their evidence demonstrated propensity to terrorism.

ORIGINAL:

Most here are already aware that the NYTimes devoted an inordinate amount of space to portraying our returning veterans as psychotic killers, unable to adjust to civilian life.  Most in my circle of contacts are also very aware that the NYTimes does not hide its politics very well.  They are anti-gun, anti-war and anti-Bush.  They gave moveon,org a discount for their ad attacking General Petreaus.  I’ll come back to the main focus of this article which is the article attacking our troops in a minute but let me provide some background on war and warriors first.

War changes people.  There is no doubt about that.  All extreme situations in life have a profound effect on those that experience them and war is several extremes combined.  Life and death are decided in split seconds.  The enemy desires and often attempts to kill you.  War never takes place in tourist destinations.  The terrain and environment are always extreme.  Prisoners have better living conditions than Soldiers.

It is unnatural to take the life of a member of the same species but a warrior must come to grips with the NEED to do so.  The warrior is exposed to the worst humans can do.  Our enemies commit both the most severe atrocities as well as the most base of civil rights restrictions.  When a warrior is faced with all of this, his naiveté is lost.  He knows the frailty of life and the necessity of killing.  He knows that if unchecked, evil will overcome those he desires to protect from all of these realities.

War is the extremes of boredom and adrenaline packed exhilaration.  It alternates between them with no warning.  When you see no enemy, you are in the most danger.  This changes the way a veteran thinks and acts.  Not all learn to manage these changes in themselves.

Somewhere between 1 and 3% of our population are psychotic.  They are not just willing to kill, they desire to do so.  The military attempts to weed out the psychotic.  Recruiters are trained to see the signs and avoid their recruitment.  Drill Sergeants are trained to be observant for the signs and weed them out.  Soldiers are trained to watch for warning signs and report them.  Nevertheless, some will slip into the system.

LTC Grossman identifies all of this very well in his book “On Killing” and its sequel “On Combat.”  He describes the differences between our military and law enforcement and criminals and terrorists very well in his excerpt “On Sheep, Wolves and Sheepdogs” on his webpage www.killology.com He has studied it extensively and is the pre-eminent researcher on PTSD.

We MUST provide the best training to our troops.  We MUST support our troops.  And when they have done our bidding, we MUST give them the tools to overcome their shift back into “civilized” society.  NONE of this is accomplished by the recent attacks on our troops in the NYTimes.

With the Virginia Tech Shootings still fresh on the minds of academicians, the electorate and our politicians, there is currently a push to prevent a similar psychotic killer from legally attaining a gun again.  The killer in that case had a long history of mental health issues.  A judge had already declared him a danger and by entering that into the record, the killer should have been entered into the list of people that cannot buy guns.  That is already the law. 

Congress is attempting to expand that law.  Included in the expansion of this law is a provision

Hypocritical Outrage? Demonstrated!

Update: The comment by CJW was prophetic.  Before, I could explain that I had not been blocked and was hoping to open a dialogue with Charles on this subject, he deleted my comments on his page and blocked my account.  It's his page and his right to control who accesses it, but this is not the sign of an individual certain of his beliefs.  It is not the characteristic of an open-minded individual seeking facts and truth.

Clearly Charles does not tolerate dissenting opinion, particularly when that dissent comes from experienced voices.  I had hoped for different results, but it appears his dogmatism extends beyond his religion and beliefs on the origins into his politics.  I had hoped you weren't as hateful and vengeful in your requirement for consenting opinion, as was becoming apparent.  I had hoped it was simply that someone had poorly communicated the message, but it seems Charles is tuned out.

Nietzsche comes to mind: "The surest way to corrupt a youth is to tell him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who don't." As seen in Twitter Quotes, earlier today.

Sorry to see you go down that path Charles, but the readers can decide for themselves from the original:

Some people just don't "get it."  And when someone so completely fails to grasp the message presented, it is most likely to be a failure of the person communicating the message, but it can be that the person

Geraldo Defends DHS Memo

Any one that knows me knows that Geraldo is my most disdained so called "journalist."  I didn't like him when he was a "talk show host," but consider him a model for what's wrong with the "lawyer" profession, and consider him to be a model of what is wrong with broadcast "journalism."

But don't let my tactful mincing of words fool you: I despised Geraldo before I saw his report tonight.  And I have good reason for that, but tonight he stepped a little further over the line.  Tonight, he used his time on Fox to defend the Napolitano/DHS memo. 

Tonight, he decided to use his time on the bully pulpit to demonstrate that "Veterans really are a threat"

Piracy: The USual Suspects (Satire)

War On Terror News expresses its sincere hope this remains satire:

With the news breaking that three unassuming fisherman were killed and a fourth wounded and taken hostage as their aspirations to break into a new, yet proven business model were dashed upon the hull of the Maersk-Alabama, it is time to examine how this could have happened.

We begin our examination with how these Somalis politely asked of the rich Americans for assistance.  When their voices on the open ocean were ignored by the arrogant on their high horse, these poor men realized they would need to take bolder action to climb from the oceanic abyss.  With a desire to ascend the financial ladder, they climbed aboard the Alabama, hoping for a little change.  They had heard this ship was sent to give aid to Africans.

It was just a few million dollars they wanted. Their friends had been given the same from the more generous Europeans.  But these Americans weren't as friendly.  There were shouts and shoving from the rude crew of this US flagged ship. 

The poor Africans understood they'd need to make a bigger impression.  They offered gifts of brass and

The Ever Changing Positions of Politicians

Sure, Iraq has lost its prime spot in the news as the Sustained Successes of the Petraeus Plan became less debateable, but it's still interesting to look back into time at how politicians positions changed with the tides of political populism. 

Leaders? or poll followers?  Why the changing positions?  We pay our representatives to know and to decide on issues we don't have sufficient time or power to decide.  Are these leaders?

Are We Winning the War?

What will Victory look like?  How will we know if we have won?  Is it un-patriotic to ask these questions?  On the contrary, it is important that we do.  Citizens, far from the battlefield will ask.  Politicians will pander.

I say this often: The only force on earth that can defeat Our Troops is our own Body Politic.  They cannot do so, with out the ill-informed approval of the electorate.  But the same old adversaries are gathering to mount a new campaign against Afghanistan, as they did against Iraq, as they did against Viet Nam.  They needed to find a new relevancy and found it in both a transitional issue (Gitmo) and one that will be here for some time(Afghanistan).  Jonn Lillyea of This Ain't Hell covers the events in the District of Confusion.

Wars are no longer fought only on the battlefield.  It's not a conspiracy theory.  It is reality that international political ideologies take their message directly to the citizens of their opponents.  It's probably one of the places that the US is least proficient.  "Disinformation," "Propaganda,"and

Objective Research or Subjective Political Attack

What happens when a college "research project" begins with a conclusion and then seeks justification and evidence to support its political position.  California has long been known for left wing politics and Universities have a reputation for the same, so it comes as little surprise to find that U-C Davis abandoned objective research in order to prove a political point.

My search into the story behind the story of This Ain't Hell's coverage of a recent speaker for IVAW's latest "Winter Soldier" fictionalization in Austin led me to the latest attempt of the Organization to remain relevant.  But it also led me to a project at U-C Davis to find testimony supporting their conclusion that Gitmo is somehow evil, in and of itself.

Ive begun reading some of the accounts they post, but noticed no testimony by one of the most known Soldiers to have served at Guantanamo Bay: CPT Pete Hegseth, President of Vets For Freedom.  Perhaps, his testimony was not what they had in mind.  Neither did I find reference to the book by Gordon Cucullu, Inside Gitmo who actually researched the situation and traveled there for that purpose.

Granted, I have not finished reading the "testimonies" but if the ones I've suffered through so far are any indication, they've dredged the bottom of credibility and accepted any negative words they could

My Question Answered: IVAW declares the "good war" "bad"

It seems the IVAW was answering my question, even before I thought to write it (the day before) here: What will we do now that Iraq is a Success?  I say that but their post was 5-6 hours after mine.  The clock on this site is set to Kabul time, which is currently 9 1/2 hours ahead of Central (Austin) Time and then 10 1/2 hours ahead.  On the other hand the Austin IVAW claims it was a (little known) policy  of the IVAW recently developed prior to their posting time.

To answer my question of what the IVAW would protest now that Iraq is won, after SEVEN years of war, they've decided:

Iraq Veterans Against the War

Resolution Against the Occupation of Afghanistan

Whereas, Iraq Veterans Against the War is an organization that has opened its membership to veterans of the war in Afghanistan;

Whereas, the war in Afghanistan is continuing into its seventh year with rising casualties among the Afghan people, and with U.S. and Coalition forces facing their deadliest year since the invasion;

Whereas a primary motivation for the prolonged occupation of Afghanistan is competition between the U.S., Russia and China for control of oil and natural gas resources in Central Asia and the Caspian Sea;

Whereas, the military occupation is creating tension and resentment among the Afghan people, to include Afghan women, many of whom are calling for the removal of all foreign occupying troops;

Whereas, the Afghanistan war dehumanizes the Afghan people and denies them their right to self-determination;

Whereas, our military is being exhausted by involuntary extensions, and activations of the Reserve, National Guard and Individual Ready Reserve, and by repeated deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan;

Whereas, service members are facing serious health consequences due to our government’s negligence in Iraq and Afghanistan and mismanagement of the Department of Veterans Affairs;

Whereas, there is no battlefield solution to terrorism, and any escalation of the war in Afghanistan will only serve to exacerbate the plight of the Afghan people, destabilize the region, and further the breakdown of our military;

Therefore, be it resolved that Iraq Veterans Against the War calls for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all occupying forces in Afghanistan and reparations for the Afghan people, and supports all troops and veterans working towards those ends. Austin IVAW 1/16/2009

WOW!  Didn't they say all this time that they had joined to fight terrorists in Afghanistan, not Iraq?  Didn't they realize we were fighting in Afghanistan all this time?  How is it that only now, in 2009, after more than SEVEN YEARS of war, suddenly they think it the wrong war too

Will Americans and Veterans finally call these wierdos for what they are? Misguided miscreants?  Will Army Sergeant (the still serving MI type) finally take her leave of his misguided friends?  Perhaps TSO, Jonn & COB6 will continue to provide us the Truth about the fictions the IVAW over at This Ain't Hell..   They do that well.  Tipped off to me by this story: A New IVAW Wierdo with a bit more truth to his story.

I should also add:  The justifications for their newfound mission to remain relevant are idiotic.

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Mobilizing the Nation for Victory

Is there room for Scientists, Artists, Academics, Diplomats, & Peace Activists in the Battle for Victory, in the War to Preserve life and to attain Peace, Security, & Safety in the World?  First some background information:

There are many arguments about the cause of the Struggle between Islamist Terrorists & the Defenders of Freedom and Democracy, the rightness or wrongness of strategies to combat it, and how to safeguard Our Nation with the least cost in lives and dollars necessary.  In the Know Your Enemy Series, I've given much of the background information on who we are or are not fighting and on why it can be just as dangerous for one to take a "nuke 'em all" attitude as a "sing kumbaya" attitude.

In the Politics of Peace category, I and others have explored the motivations behind the

It is Sinking In and They Are Running Mad with it.

Even weeks after the election, the far left were still playing the Victim, attempting to allay the fears of the right,  that Guns were still safe, that retreat was not in the air, that they too were Patriotic, and respectful of Our Troops.  Something happened when they saw the stumbling oath of the new CinC, or perhaps it was the sight of RePO sitting together demanding the closure of Gitmo within a year.

The ubiqutous "they" have shed the shreads of Patriotism with which they attempted to hide themselves during the campaign season.  It is seen in the undefensible defense of the new CinC shunning the Medal of Honor Recipients, a first since the "Salute To Heroes Inaugural Ball" was instituted.  I gave my response here in the "Sins of Pride & Envy."  But the real surprise is in the

myriad of excuses afforded given by the far left that ranged from claiming the whole thing was made up to the "who cares" defense.  No more attempts to hide their contempt for True Heroes.

Almost simultaneously, I had to reiterate that Obama is the

Gitmo To Be Closed, Terrorists be damned

He campaigned on it and today he ordered it so: Guantanamo Bay will be closed.  The AP Reports:

"He said his administration is committed to lead. "We can no longer afford drift, and we can no longer afford delay, nor can we cede ground to those who seek destruction," he said."

Oops, that sounds like he's saying we must aggressively go after terrorists.  He won't cede ground.  He won't delay aggressive action.  He won't allow anyone to be fooled to think otherwise, right?  Nope, he's ceding ground that did nothing without thought of  the consequences.  He'll set up a commission to figure that out later:

"First, I can say without exception or equivocation that the United States will not torture," he said. "Second, we will close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and determine how to deal with those who have been held there."

Oh, he must not have read the arguments in the Boston Review by liberal law professors arguing for keeping Gitmo open and discussedon this page earlier.

The bottom line remains this: 

What will we do now that Iraq is a Success?

Organizations were created with a primary purpose of Supporting or Opposing the War In Iraq.  Political Parties set up whole industries of PAC's with the whole agenda of demonizing a President and opposing his decision to depose a tyrant.  Old mantras and slogans were dusted off and misapplied to a World of true Good v. Evil struggles.  There was no defense for Saddam.  There was no morality to Al-Qaeda in Iraq, nor Al-Qaeda in North Africa, nor Al-Qaeda in Pakistan, nor Al-Qaeda, International.

There is no defense for Ahdiminijihadist, for Kim Il Dong, nor Hamas, nor Hezbollah.  And the first to abandon attempts at a defense of AQ were the islamists.  Political expediency and propaganda prevented them from admitting the truth so instead they accused AQ of being a "Zionist" plot.

But with Iraq a Success, despite the best efforts of political parties, politicians, and propagandists to prevent it, what will happen to the myriad of organizations dusted off, created or recreated to oppose the establishment of freedom and democracy in Iraq?  What will happen to those organizations created to counter the "peace" protestors of violence? 

To be honest, I've little noticed the IVAW, the VFP, and Code Pink for some time.  But with the announcement of the finalists in the Web Blog Awards, I came across "This Ain't Hell" where a few of their members regularly gather to attempt to counter those speaking out against them.  Jonn, TSO, and The Sniper do a good job of demonstrating the flaws in the stories told by an organization (IVAW) that attracts talls tales of old imaginations from a time gone by.

It was a bit of a surprise to me that my article on PTSD attracted the ire of an old Naval E4 turned carpenter from the "progressive" movement.  Then I came across this from "Army Sergeant," a member of the IVAW:

"The insurgency is not noble. They are not, as some would have you believe, just like the Americans fighting the British for their freedom. This isn’t a popular opinion, because many peace activists fear that by talking about the evils of the insurgency, we’ll arouse sympathy for the war. Some even call it ‘racist’, saying that they don’t have the right to ‘defend themself’."

"This is morally disingenuous. The Iraqi insurgency bears little similarity to our revolutionary fighters. Our revolutionary fighters never went around cutting off people’s heads, or killing women for talking to soldiers, or throwing acid in children’s faces. We didn’t target civilians in the revolutionary war. They weren’t full of religious fundamentalists-and since when has the activist community supported religious fundamentalists?"

Congratulations AS, you've noticed the disingenousness of your organization.  I've had a few discussions with her on the comment pages of TAH (where I found her quote).  And in a related development I was discussing with

Welcome Veterans! Beware False Accusations and Assumptions

I would like to welcome Veterans and Concerned Citizens that follow vetvoice,com and VFP to the site.  I hope you will take a look around, learn a bit about the rest of the story, the one not told by the Main Stream Media.  It seems I have one of the star authors of the VFP stark raving mad:

"This was posted on a google group board yesterday written by a Supposed Officer, High Rank, Active and posted by one who claims to be a colonel and retired, who I'm constantly going after because of the false crap he posts, as well as his tiny band of racist who he attracts. He claims another so called officer wrote this crap piece but it follows his past writings to a tee, totally ignorant and attack based. "

"This is what these idiots, who claim to be conservative republican, but can't even given the ideology of, are writing and reading, and feeding into the denial while they themselves, at least some, are under their own results of the lives they've lived. "

This caused me to do a double take, because I didn't recognize the basis of the allegations, nor would I recognize the article described, if it weren't for the fact that the link points to my site.  I do encourage you to read that article and the follow-up Preventing & Overcoming PTSD. 

Now, I've rarely come across the name of my accuser, Jim Starowicz, so I had to look him up.  I only know as much about him as he has publically proclaimed but took note that he writes a number of "progressive" articles.  I note that he claims (and other than his vicious attack on this publication and on me, have no reason to doubt his claim) to be a Viet Nam Navy Veteran and Carpenter/Supervisor 60 years old.  But then again he claimed to have a lot of knowledge about me that is not only patently false, but not in any way assumable.  I also see that

The Conundrum of Success & Guantanamo Bay Debate Rages

Guantanamo Bay was a political rallying cry for The Party for years.  Despite their closed door support for the outgoing administration's plan and actions against terrorism, they found it politically expedient to embrace the far left's propaganda against anything #43 endorsed.

The Party is now left with the difficulties of reconciling their Support of National Interests in secret while publically railing against the same measures.  While they were able to allow their political opponents to take the heat for unpopular means necessary for the safety of the Nation, they now find themselves in the awkward position of having a political opponent too weak to blame for anything.  The Party has absolute power and now must identify a way to change course publically to the course they railed against publically, an argument that lifted them to power.

I would like to thank Alex over at The Boston Review for pointing me towards an ongoing debate in their magazine on how they can now justify holding open the doors to Camp X-Ray and Guantanamo Bay, whether for our Guards or to put terrorists back on the battlefield.  As I point out in comments there, the biggest problem with the debate is that it focuses on the wrong issues.  The debate should be unnecessary and it would be, if the participants could focus on the actual issues and the legal basis for them.

David Cole opens the debate with the statement that "preventive detention" was used in

Movie Review - An American Carol

It's rare for me to line the pockets of Hollywood by going to the Cinema or buying DVD's at the Store.

But when I saw the commercials for "An American Carol" I knew I'd be making an exception.  The trailers are awesome.  http://www.americancarol.com/ I could watch them everyday.  Needless to say, I"m no fan of Michael Moore.   I loved watching "Michael Malloone" get slapped.  Kevin Farley, brother of the late Chris Farley, does a great job of portraying Looney Tune Moore.

I don't know who David Zucker is, but he should be in charge of Hollywood.  The only cast member that is not immediately recognizable is JFK, but the way he steps out of the screen works well.  I love watching Michael beg at the feet of Trace Adkins as he says "I'm the Angel of Freakin' Death."

This is an unabashedly PRO-American movie which means it's unlikely to win or even be nominated for any awards.  It explains in humorous ways why we MUST fight against enemies that wish to not only kill us but oppress others.  The Anti-War crowd and the Anti-American crowds won't necessarily like it, but I certainly recommend they watch it.  I certainly hope someone gives Michael Moore a free showing.

And remember, if you're pro-American the sooner you get to the theater, the more clear Hollywoood will get the message of the kind of things we want out of them.  Unlike, some films, all the great lines from the trailer are in the movie and just as funny as they are in the trailer.  You could watch the whole movie and still find it as funny the next time.  It is full of laughs.

Now available on DVD!

The Enemy Propaganda Machine

This War is being fought on many fronts, including in the media and on the internet.  The enemy provides us a look inside their tactics as they attempt to recruit their ilk.  Adam Gadahn of California, a traitor who has renounced his citizenship and torn up his passport is the evil genius behind their propaganda.

The Brits report:

Do our citizens and politicians realize they are the tool of the enemy when they actively work to undermine the resolve of the American People?

Defense Budget Cuts in a Time of War? The Democrats Would Never Do That, would they?

Think Again:  From DoD Buzz:

Title:	Democratic Think Tank Calls for Big Weapons Cuts
Posted On:	December 11, 2008, 20:38 PM
Listing Detail	The left leaning Center for American Progress released a blueprint for defense policy and force plans for the incoming Obama administration. The report calls defense spending "out of control" and calls for big cuts in weapons programs.

Title:	Topline Cuts Loom, Personnel $$ Targeted: Murtha
Posted On:	December 10, 2008, 21:38 PM
Listing Detail	Powerful Pennsylvania congressman Jack Murtha, chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, said the Pentagon must prepare for smaller budgets and that potential spending cuts will likely come from the personnel side. Also, before troops are shifted from Iraq to Afghanistan he wants to know the Obama team's plan to avoid an endless U.S. troop presence there.

Title:	Murtha Firing Opening Salvo in Spending Wars
Posted On:	December 9, 2008, 20:39 PM
Listing Detail	The Democratic powers-to-be will begin to flex their muscles tomorrow as Rep. Jack Murtha (D-Penn.), chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, delivers a keynote speech "on military spending and challenges facing the incoming Obama Administration" at the Democratically aligned Center for American Progress thinktank tomorrow at noon.

Rep Frank was just talking when he called for Defense Budget cuts before the election, the left told us.

But with Congress on an Earmark Spending Spree, nationalizing banks, unions and the Big 3, cuts have to come somewhere and we know it won't be to their Corporate Contributors that got them elected.

Yep, Murtha earned the title EX-Marine. 

Now, what will the "Blue Dog Democrats" do?  Will they fight for Our Troops or will they support The Party?  I'm not holding my breath for them to do the right thing.

 

If you served during the Clinton or Carter Militaries, it's time to start writing Congressmen, it's about to get worse.

The Power of the Propaganda of Peace

During the Cold War, our Enemy developed an entire directorate of the KGB to conduct Misinformation operations.  The World had learned during World War II how important not only accurate Intelligence was but also how effective it was to provide the enemy with seemingly accurate but patently false intelligence was. 

Stalin executed people who provided him accurate information concerning a Nazi invasion because he was convinced by the misinformation.  D-Day was successful in part because Hitler was convinced by a very effective plan that convinced him that it would occur elsewhere.  When it became apparent that Germany would lose, their Army concentrated their forces on holding off the Soviets long enough to allow American Victory on the western front.  Why?

The Germans knew that the Soviets would oppress their Nation while America & Britain would deal fairly with the defeated Nation.  Even in a loss, they sought the best for their Nation and people.  But with Victory in a hot war came the onset of a long "Cold War" with a former ally turned foe.

For decades to come, Communism spread on rally cries of "Power to the People," while the blood of the people was shed to create absolute tyranny over the people that provided the power to the tyrants. 

But there is a key component to winning on the battlefield no matter the morality of the struggle: the will of the people to continue the high cost of battle.  If the will of the people considers the struggle unworthy of the cost, they will not support the struggle.  The Disinformation Directorate of the KGB was established to erode the will of people of those opposing tyranny while building support of the will of the people to support Communism.

It developed and supported movements within the United States to erode the will of the people to oppose it's expansion globally.  It  needed only a few people willing to commit to its cause and spread its specious slogans.  The bulk of these forces were normal Americans who were as opposed to Communist tyranny as those willing to sacrifice all to oppose it, but that had bought the specious slogans undermining the fact that "the only thing necessary for evil to reign is for good men to do nothing."

No one likes war, particularly not those who fight wars: Troops.  But war is sometimes necessary.  Wars will happen no matter if good people deem it necessary or if they deem it perpetually evil.  In some wars, such as was the case in the war against Nazi Germany, wars are fought between honorable Soldiers but one side of which was ruled by an evil tyrant.  Today's enemies are not honorable, nor are their leaders, which makes the necessity greater, not less.

Our Troops today are the most honorable, best trained and most effective Military ever to set foot on the battlefield.  They are fighting a concentration of one of the most evil, vile, tyrannical designed enemies we have ever faced.  Our Troops risk their own life and limb to protect civilians while our enemy purposely kill and torture civilians, most notably women and children.

On 9/12/2001, it would have seemed incomprehensible that a disinformation campaign against our Actions could have any effect at all or that even our old foe the Communists would take it upon themselves.  It seemed we were united as a Nation, finally, against a belatedly recognized threat that had continued to attack us until they could no longer be ignored.

But neither communism nor islamism can stand alone against freedom and democracy nor Our Troops.  As seemingly opposed as communism appears to be to islamism, it is not.  They share a desire for absolute power and tyranical rule.  They recognize that the greatest threat to their tyranny is for their people to see the successful economic freedom of those like them just across their borders and around the world.

And hence we find the same leadership that has opposed the Cold War fight against Communism leading the opposition to a Hot War against terrorism and Islamism.  We find the same people leading the propaganda against our Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan that for decades have fought the training of Latin American military leaders in Human Rights and Military Tactics at Fort Benning.

We find that we are enticed today by the specious slogans of "no more war," "make love not war," and "free healthcare" paid for by higher taxes on those "evil" rich people to erode the support of the American people for the Mission of our Honorable Troops against a truly evil enemy.

"Freedom is not Free."  It is paid for in blood and it must be defended from tyrants and terrorists as well as politicians that attempt to erode it.

The fact that the deeds reported on this website and so many others like it goes unreported by our media should raise suspicion.  The fact that those openly hostile to Victory on the battlefield so quickly report every loss on the battlefield should be noted and questioned to motivation.  We will find that much of the journalistic world is subjectively supporting a party while being led unknowingly into erosion of the very freedoms they enjoy, but that others are more actively engaged in spreading the propaganda of the enemy, i.e.  the erosion of support of the people for opposition to the enemy.

The next time you read a news article that tells you the latest loss of an American Soldier, check here for how many American Victories, how many enemy losses that same article refused to report.  And ask yourself how your own support for the Mission would be effected by the knowledge that Our Troops are winning and how much they are sacrificing for your freedom, your success, your comfort, and the freedoms of others, given only what the mainstream media is reporting.  Ask yourself why the press continues to report only the negatives, only those things that would negatively effect your opinion of the Troops and their Mission.

Ask the media why they refuse to report of the Generosity of Our Troops, the Losses of our Enemy, and the Victories of Our Troops.

And then expose yourself to the truth, the facts, and the opinions of sites developed by Our Troops, Our Veterans, and those that have risked all and sacrificed much to keep you safe.  Those that continue to devote years of their lives and entire lives by re-enlisting to take those risks for your freedoms.  Sites like this one, like Bouhammers, like Vets4Victory, and like this one: http://pricewepay.net/patriots/ from a Cold War Veteran that fought two hot wars against Communism: one hot and one openly contested here at home.

Demand that the newsmedia return to Objectively and Truthfully support the freedoms they enjoy above the party they endorse.  And remind them that their subscriptions will continue to decline, along with their advertising dollars, if they continue to be the propaganda tool of the parties to which they subscribe and the enemies we fight.

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Video Documentary - Domestic Terrorists - The Weathermen

The Video Documentary on the Ayers-Dohrn group, The Weathermen:

Don't Close the blinds!

Domestic Terrorists - The Weathermen

The Weathermen have received substantial press lately due to the connections between Bill Ayers, a former leader of the group and Barack Obama, former junior Senator to Illinois, current junior Senator from Illinois and potentially future President of the United States.

Because of such connections, it is worthwhile to conduct a little research into exactly who the Weathermen were, what their goals were, who their leaders were and what came about because of them and to them.

The leadership of the Weathermen came directly from the an organization still in existence today: "Students for a Democratic Society."  In fact, if we review the Article "Disruptions for Peace," by HooahT  in the Politics of Peace category of this site, we find that SDS is currently active in the "anti-war"  movement.

In 1969, the National Committee for SDS including Bernadine Dohrn, currently the wife of Bill Ayers and one of the 11 original signatories to the document which created the "Weathermen."  Another of the original signatories to the document was Bill Ayers.  From this point onward, the Weatherman claimed to be the "real leadership" of the SDS and apparently controlled the organization. See: Revolutionary Youth Movement (1969). ""You Don't Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows."". 

In it, the Weathermen called for a "white fighting force" allied with the "Black Liberation Movement" and others with a goal of "the destruction of US Imperialism" and the attaining world communism.

Bill Ayers' booking photo taken in 1968 by the Chicago Police Dept.

The terrorist organization was born with that document on June 18th, 1969.  It held as fundamental to its cause that violence was necessary in a class struggle designed to overthrow the capitalist society of the United States.  It was the darkest days of the Cold War against Communism.  Revolutions and Wars of Surrogates were breaking out globally in places like South America, Southeast Asia, and looking likely in France.  The Weatherman concluded that worldwide Marxist revolution was imminent and aimed to lead it in the United States.

In July 1969, it appears Dorhn, already an Attorney, along with Ayers girlfriend, Diana Oughton and others traveled to Communist Cuba to meet with representatives of North Viet Nam and Cuba.

It found allies in the Black Panthers, which itself found a ripe recruiting base in the racism and ghettos of the 60's.  Bernadine Dohrn, wife of Bill Ayers, stated "They must either fight on the side of the oppressed, or be on the side of the oppressor."

On October 8, 1969, the Weathermen launched the "Days of Rage" which was supposed include thousands of protesters but attracted only hundreds.  According to Bill Ayers, it was supposed to say: "What we're going to do is whatever we had to."  And they started it with a bang, blowing up a statue memorializing the Sacrifices of Chicago Police Officers.  The blast broke more than 100 windows and destroyed the statue.

But they were far from done with their violence.  They were just getting started.  Their 200-300 protesters launched a riot which broke windows of cars and banks and injured 28 policemen.  68 of their numbers were arrested and 6 were shot.  It would cost the governments (taxpayers) $183,000 and their actions continued for days.

On February 16, 1970, it is believed they bombed the San Francisco P.D, killing Police Sergeant Brian V McDonnell and wounding another officer.  They had issued a "Declaration of a State of War" against OUR government, using their new official name "Weather Underground Organization" and fake identities.

On February 21, 1970, they exploded firebombs at the house of NY State Supreme Court Justice Murtagh who was presiding over the trial one of their allies, a Black Panther.  In front of his house, they painted "Free the Panther 21; The Viet Cong have won; Kill the Pigs."  The same night they bombed a police car in Manhattan and in Brooklyn, two Military Recruiting offices.

On March 6, 1970, they suffered a serious setback to their terror when a nail bomb they were constructing blew up in their faces; SWEET JUSTICE, killing 3 of their own, in the Greenwich Safe House.  This saved the lives of their intended victims at a Fort Dix Officers Club and the Library at Colombia University.  It was in this explosion that he lost his girlfriend, Diana Oughton.

In April, 1970, the California Branch of UWO decided against kidnapping and assassination though not against explosives as the means to their ends of overthrowing the US Government and perpetuating defeat of the US Military in Viet Nam.

In November 1970, Bernadine Dohrn, Bill Ayers wife and co-conspirator, promised more bombings.

Other attacks include:

June 9, 1970: NYC Police Station

1971: US Capitol Building

May 19, 1972: Pentagon Women's Bathroom.  Ayers: "Although the bomb that rocked the Pentagon was itsy-bitsy - weighing close to two pounds - it caused 'tens of thousands of dollars' of damage. " Bill Ayers, Fugitive Days, pg. 261

In 1975, Dorhn issued an article "Our Class Struggle" in the UWO Magazine, "Osawatamie" in which she states, "We are building a communist organization to be part of the forces which build a revolutionary communist party."

In 1973, the FBI established the "Special Target Information Development" program with FBI agents sent undercover to penetrate the Weather Underground and other militants and terrorist organizations.  The illegal methods of this program would lead to the undoing of the charges against members of the Weather Underground when all bombing and weapons charges were thrown out.  Attorney General  Griffin B Bell of the Carter Administration from 1978-1980 would lead the charge against the FBI agents that had illegally protected US citizens from these terrorists.

Gerald Ford issued an amnesty for draft dodgers program which resulted in many members of the terrorist organization turning themselves in return for their own freedom, but it wouldn't be until December 3, 1980 that Dohrn and Ayers, future professional associates of Obama, would turn themselves in, safe in the knowledge that charges would be dropped or reduced under the Carter Administration.  Dohrn received a $15,000 fine and 3 years probation for her role.  Without the evidence of bombings and weapons charges available to prosecutors, Ayers was not convict-able.

FBI Informant Larry Grathwohl, stated that Dorhn and Ayers were possibly the most influential members of the terrorist organization UWO. Grathwohl, Larry, and Frank, Reagan, Bringing Down America: An FBI Informant in with the Weathermen, Arlington House, 1977, page 110

In September 2001: Bill Ayers, now a Chicago Political Player and Professor at the University of Illinois, close associate of Barack Obama, stated: "I don't regret setting bombs."  "I only regret not doing more." and "I don't want to discount the possibility" that he would do it all again. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E1DE1438F932A2575AC0A9679C8B63&scp=10&sq=Bill+Ayers&st=nyt His Weatherman colleague, Brian Flanagan on the other hand does express regret and states: "When you feel that you have right on your side, you can do some pretty horrific things." http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=F1BF5340-6F9A-4C23-9F9A-D119CBC6ABAF

Ayers wrote in , Fugitive Days: "You could not be a moral person with the means to act, and stand still.

A faction of the group continues on today, though distancing itself from its violent past in the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee.  It continues on in its anti-Capitalist calls for a communist system and amongst its founders was Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn while the UWO were in the last throes of its existence.

In 1995, Ayers stated: "Maybe I'm the last communist who is willing to admit it."  "I don't like Lenin as much as the early Marx."

"Dohrn didn't get a [law] license because she's stubborn," Howard Trienens, head of the law firm that employed her from 1984-1988, told the Chicago Tribune reporter in 2008. "She wouldn't say she's sorry."  Chicago Tribune, May 18, 2008,

And there's more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherman_(organization)

and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers

and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardine_Dohrn

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Disruption For Peace - Part 8 Summary

As for those who protest peacefully against the war in

Iraq

, it is this writer’s opinion that the majority of these people are more than likely decent people who truly are troubled about the

United States

need to fight this war at this particular time. The majorities are groups of people who love this country and our Military personnel everyday, not just when it deems necessary.

     Anti-war protesters should know that every time they are out in the streets screaming for peace and protesting our military’s actions; they are tearing down the spirits of those who defend their freedom, and their loved ones who pay the ultimate price in their absence or death. Do these people  honestly wish to make the death of a Soldier seem as if it were for nothing, or do they wish to believe that these Soldiers died protecting a country that they loved.

  Should we only want protection for our country and our families after its too late and more innocent people have died? Will these protesters be the same ones complaining; saying that the second 9-11 could or should have been prevented?  Know this; the

United States

does know what it feels like to be caught with their pants down, but refuses to make the same mistake again. Is this what these protesters are asking of us? Do they want us to turn a blind eye, and pretend that sanctions, regulations, and inspections make a difference?

     With protest organizations like SDS and Code Pink conducting violent protests from various recruiting stations across the

United States

, I wonder how many took time to look into the faces of their opponents. Do they know how they make themselves look? My form of protest often winds up in violent fantasy that plays right into the hands of the opposition if it were realized, thus accomplishing nothing. By doing whatever it takes in the name of, peace-loving and anti-violence, these violent attempts to gain media attention and coverage, to get their points across is a far cry from the truth they seemingly portray.

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                                                                     References

Adam Smith of

California

 

03/03/08

 http://www.adamsmithca.com

CNN News Wayne Drash

03/24/08

 http://www.cnn.com

Code Pink website information gathered

June 23, 2008

codepink.com

Gathering of Eagles Kit Lange

03/30/08

 http://gatheringofeagles.org

Spokesman Review David Brookbank

05/03/08

 http://www.spokesmanreview.com

The Minnesota Daily, Courtney Sinner, 

March 28, 2008

 http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2008/03/28/72166332

The

Westchester

News Blaze Alan Gray,

March 23, 2008

.  News Blaze Article

WTMJ Radio and Fox News Mar 19, 2008 Jay Sorgi WTMJ.com

WOTN Information gathered through conversations, and interviews. July 2008 WOTN http://waronterrornews.typepad.com/

Disruption For Peace - Part 7 Anti-Americanism?

Organizers and leaders in many of the violent anti-war protests in

America

are not just troubled about the war. Some of these people are bitterly anti-American. Bitter against our military, and quite frankly seem to hate anyone who is pro-Troops. Do not let them get to you. Just remember that is their cold-blooded goal, and if you let them get under your skin you will have let them win.  Their attitudes are similar to the dictatorships that they so seem to admire and follow.  If you knew Saddam hated your guts, you should take that and be happy.  The same goes for these for these violent protesters.

     In recent interviews, discussing Code Pink, SDS, and other anti-war groups with professional blogger WOT, (writer for War on Terror News blogging website) stated: “These groups are not anti-violence but anti-Iraq war. They've demonstrated their violence. They want to undermine support for the war. Why? They want to undermine Bush, and to undermine democracy and capitalism. Why? Some do this out of idealism (majority) but the leadership out of their communist ties. Why would communism ally itself with Islamism? They're both weak and cannot survive alone.”  WOTN went on to say: “They both hate democracy and prefer Totalitarianism. So, many have seen blood in the water for the Republican Party. The leadership of these organizations has direct ties to Communism. The followers do not realize the real agenda of those leaders. These groups fall into 3 categories: Leadership (Communists and/or Partisans), Hard Line Partisans that put party ahead of the Nation, and then the bulk of the membership: Idealists, fooled by the leadership.” Interview WOTN July (2008)

     Many anti-war followers believe in the causes, but do not understand they are just being used by these groups to. As a one time follower (with good intentions), this writer did not understand the politics behind the scenes of these groups until not long ago. “Most people actually think they are doing something good but have no clue they are really being used by these groups for help in bringing the Democrats back into power, using the war in

Iraq

as an excuse, just as they did in the 70’s after the Vietnam War when Democrats (Carter) won the presidency.” Interview WOTN (2008)

Part 9: Summary, tomorrow, here

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