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To: LindyBill who wrote (233665)1/5/2008 11:38:07 AM
From: ManyMoose  Respond to of 793919
 
Too good to excerpt

Specially this part:


Credit Donald Rumsfelds' wartime leadership, the Democrat/ al Qaeda alliance that fell into his lap, President Bush's backbone, and most of all, the blood sweat and tears of our military families who actually pulled it all off.



To: LindyBill who wrote (233665)1/5/2008 2:41:55 PM
From: Whitebeard  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793919
 
Great analysis. what it doesn't answer is how much awareness the MSM has. Do they know they're helping the enemy? Will the NY Times destroy the country to get Republicans? You read their coverage and think so after a while.



To: LindyBill who wrote (233665)1/5/2008 3:56:40 PM
From: KLP  Respond to of 793919
 
Hopefully, every major blog in the country will pick that up, LB! It is especially frightening that Al-Qaeda should see through the Democrats, some Repubs and the anti-war Left so well, and yet, so many here in this country, don't know about it.... And worse, don't WANT to know about it.

How is it possible that WE are allowing some in our Media to drag America down?

<<<<<<<<<<<< There were no other options to resort to

The problem for al Qaeda was that they had no viable options. Allying with the Western media was it. Military victory on the ground was simply impossible:

… however far our capabilities reach, they will never be equal to one thousandth of the capabilities of the kingdom of Satan that is waging war on us. [Section 5]

On the other hand, the media strategy still offered a real chance for victory, given that the West's anti-war media had succeeded in creating American defeat in the past:

(from Al-Qaeda_
Things may develop faster than we imagine. The aftermath of the collapse of American power in Vietnam-and how they ran and left their agents-is noteworthy. [Second section A.] <<<<<<