Hackneyed Mantras & the Clash of PI's

"There were no Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq... This was a War for Oil... The invasion of Iraq was illegal... Iraq had no connection to al Qaida... Iraq was better off under Saddam... Iraq is slipping into Civil War..."

I've been listening to news all day. All week. All month, for the last several years. Admittedly, there was a time-- into my 30-somethings --when I couldn't have cared less about what was going on in the world. Then I got a job at a TV station. Working at the station is a big reason for my Conservatism. I hesitate to call myself Republican, even though I tend to vote Republican, but I will often vote democrat in local elections... There's less at stake locally. Here, at least.

Our last president, William Jefferson Clinton, is the most significant of reasons for why I am Conservative. It could be I didn't know I was conservative until I got a good dose of Bill & Hill-- the jury's still out on that one. But the simple truth is, I learned what was most important, i.e.; honesty, integrity, and the greater "Truth", that I am much more than a governmental peon, from the example of Bill Clinton... President Bill Clinton. Just like I learned how to manage a restaurant by observing a long string of General Managers and corporate goons consistently abuse the staff-- including assistant managers, like myself.

I remember the day I bought my first computer-- an IBM Aptiva --in '95. What a crappy machine that was; 50 megs of RAM, 1.1 Gig HD, 125 Mhz processor. That's when I began to think. That's when I began to learn. 2 years later I was out of Restaurants and into TV. And News.

I used to believe everything I heard the anchors say. In '95 there wasn't much of an internet... Not like today. There were times I'd search for something and come up empty. Zero hits. I've always known the difference between right and wrong, how could I not? It's written on my heart. And it always surprised me how many other folks didn't agree with me on right and wrong issues. I was especially shocked that my own family, to the man (or woman, in this case), vehemently opposed my understanding of right and wrong.

It's like my Gmail account. Anytime I open a piece of mail with George Bush's name in it, I get Google Ads on the right-hand side for sites that call for his impeachment, t-shirts that mock him, or some other site with a loony moonbat perspective. Never a site that favors our current President. Conversely, any piece of mail with Bill's name in it gives me ads that are only favorable to Bill.

And the Left want's me to believe there is no institutional bias in the media, and media outlets? Kabayashi Maru talks about a Clash of Civilizations-- and it is there, but Greater America doesn't see it because Media has kept the stage fogged... The Fog of War re-envisioned. Instead, Media has this country fully vested in a Clash of Political Ideologies. And it is by THIS clash that we are kept ignorant of the greater struggle going on in the world.

I don't suggest that America is wholly unaware of what's going on in the world; there is-- thanks to talk radio, and the internet --a large segment, and growing, of our population that's tuned in to what's really happening. And that's what I mean by "Clash of PI's". One segment of our society is screaming into the microphone, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!!!" while the other is desperately trying to tear away the curtain... And both seemingly oblivious to everything else transpiring in the room. That's where we were at 8 a.m. on September 11th, 2001. America briefly awoke from her slumber, hit the snooze button, then promptly went back to sleep. [I read that somewhere. h/t to whomever it was]

There is one truth that Media is all too aware of, and lately, everyone has come to realize the power of this truth, both Left and Right. "Say it often enough, and people will believe it."

"Bush Lied! People Died! No WMD's! America's War is an Illegal War! Bush is a War Criminal!"

But this Mantra is slowly dying. Each day that dawns brings new evidence that WMD's did in fact exist. Ex-Iraqi General Georges Sada, at first ignored by MSM, is becoming harder and harder to ignore. The charges he makes in his book, "Saddam's Secrets" have yet to be refutted by MSM. No one, it seems, is even trying. If anything, MSM is jumping on the band wagon; perhaps in an attempt to deflect criticism of either their concerted effort to undermine the President, or lack of vision in their relentless pursuit of truth.

Reporting of the war in Iraq is overwhelmingly negative. The old hackneyed phrase, "if it bleeds, it leads" is still very much the standard in every newscast. No one wants to report on schools built, roads paved, utilities upgraded or created from scratch. They want suicide bombings, car bombings, kidnappings, video of blood in the streets, on the floor boards of vehicles, funerals, the wailing of women, and the burning of effigy's. One or two "feel good" packages are inserted each week for the appearance of "fairness".

Since the release of documents obtained from various Iraqi ministries captured early into the war, and the subsequent translation of a relative few, Big Media's Wall of Disinformation is beginning to crumble... "It's a lie we don't believe any more". And media, realizing their mistake are beginning, albeit slowly, to backpedal. Of course some, like the venerable Helen Thomas will never back pedal-- She has too invested herself in the "Hate Bush" mantra to ever admit she was wrong.

ABC News asks this question: "Did Russian Ambassador Give Saddam the U.S. War Plan?"

March 23, 2006 — Following are the ABC News Investigative Unit's summaries of five documents from Saddam Hussein's government, which the U.S. government has released.

The documents discuss Osama bin Laden, weapons of mass destruction, al Qaeda and more.

The full documents can be found on the U.S. Army Foreign Military Studies Office Web site: http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/products-docex.htm.

Note: Document titles were added by ABC News.

"U.S. War Plan Leaked to Iraqis by Russian Ambassador"

Documents dated March 5-8, 2003

Two Iraqi documents dated in March 2003 — on the eve of the U.S.-led invasion — and addressed to the secretary of Saddam Hussein, describe details of a U.S. plan for war. According to the documents, the plan was disclosed to the Iraqis by the Russian ambassador.

The first document (CMPC-2003-001950) is a handwritten account of a meeting with the Russian ambassador that details his description of the composition, size, location and type of U.S. military forces arrayed in the Gulf and Jordan. The document includes the exact numbers of tanks, armored vehicles, different types of aircraft, missiles, helicopters, aircraft carriers, and other forces, and also includes their exact locations. The ambassador also described the positions of two Special Forces units....

How can MainstreamMedia continue to propagate the meme of Bush Lied, War for Oil, Illegal War, and still cover stories detailing revelations gleaned from Iraqi documents while steadfastly ignoring the testimony of men like Georges Sada? The wall is crumbling. Media sees it, and is trying to position itself so as not to get crushed beneath the brick and mortar of their crumbling credibility.

All of their mantras were thrown out with the intent of striking out a sitting president. No honest effort was made to ensure their own claims were true. They painted Bush as a liar, without making sure their own lies couldn't be shot out of the sky. And while Media seems to be coming around-- again, albeit slowly and grudgingly --the American political Left is still fogging the stage to avoid looking at the elephant in the room; the clash of Civilizations our world is currently experiencing, and hoping no one else will notice it either.

This is a very dangerous game to be playing. For one thing, it is political suicide to deny the obvious for political gain. And that's what Democrats are doing. While the Left positions itself for appearances sake, the rest of the country is, more often than not, focused on their political struggles, rather on where our nation's attention should be focused.

I can't believe that Democrats want America to lose this war. I can't believe that Democrats want Americans to come home in body bags. I can't believe that Democrats want Iraq to slip into Civil War. They don't want these things, but they'll accept them if it will return the power and prestige they lost to their power-mad hands.

This is unacceptable. Power for the sake of Power... whatever the cost.

"The world is experiencing a clash of civilizations while we in America are struggling in the midst of a clash of political ideologies.

"Somehow, I think the Clash of Civilizations supercedes our Clash of Political Ideologies.

"It's time to look at the bigger picture, before the bigger picture swallows us whole."

--My comment at KMaru's place

Unfortunately, it's vitally important we pay close attention to what goes on in Washington. The shape of things to come, the shape of our democracy, is at stake. But equally-- if not more so --important is the wider clash for our very civilization. While politicians bicker and posture for King of the Hill status, we run the risk of that Hill becoming an atomic heap, should we fail to join together and fight the bigger fight.

No where is it written that America deserves to exist. Our enemies understand this better than we do.

But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
--Luke 11:17