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To: John Carragher who wrote (8960)	9/22/2007 4:50:32 PM
From: JDN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25737

I hope everyone will read this and THINK about what it says. Think about what is happening in America today compared to my youth. jdn Those of us born prior to World War II will find this familiar. For all you "younguns", Propaganda, the earliest form of psychological warfare, was used a lot, mid-century. The Germans broadcast through "Lord Haw-Haw", the Japanese had their "Tokyo Rose." Tokyo Rose The other night a friend and I watched a movie called, "Flags of our Fathers". During the movie, I pointed out the radio broadcast of "Tokyo Rose". During World War II, the Japanese wanted to find a way to demoralize the American forces. Psychological warfare experts developed a message they felt would work. They gave the script to their famous radio broadcaster "Tokyo Rose", who always had the best music on her station, so lots of GIs would be sure to listen. And every day she would broadcast the same message, packaged in different ways. The Japanese hoped it would have a negative impact on American GI's morale. What was that demoralizing message? It had three main points: 1. Your President is lying to you. 2. This war is illegal. 3. You cannot win the war. Does this sound at all familiar? It should, because today we are being bombarded by Tokyo Hillary, Tokyo Harry, Tokyo Teddy, Tokyo Nancy, Tokyo Kerry, Tokyo Edwards, Tokyo Murtha, Tokyo Dean, Tokyo Jimmy Carter, etc. They have picked up the same demoralizing message and are broadcasting it via Tokyo CNN, Tokyo ABC, Tokyo CBS, Tokyo NBC, etc., to our troops. The only difference is that they claim to support our troops before they demoralize them. Come to think of it, Tokyo Rose told the troops that she was on their side, too.