Giving Aid & Comfort.

They don't. They say they do, but they don't.

Bingo! Give the lady a prize and send her to the head of the Class!

They don't support the troops, but have learned their lines well so as to deflect criticism. It's the one relevant lesson they learned from Vietnam.

Regards, Psy.

41 posted on 04/12/2004 3:32:12 PM PDT by PsyOp (Fear, not kindness, restrains the wicked – Metus improbos compescit, non clementia. – Syrus, Maxims.)

bump so I can find this.

42 posted on 04/12/2004 3:33:01 PM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4 (I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)

To: bogdanPolska12

And God Bless you too, bogan.

Your polish countrymen have done you proud since they fought for and have held their freedom, and in their support of the USA.

You do them proud in your love and support for freedom here and your lovely thoughts and words.

43 posted on 04/12/2004 3:59:24 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (If your cat has babies in the oven you don't call them biscuits!)

To: PsyOp; Pokey78; Howlin

Excellent post!

Pokey and Howlin would you consider pulling out your ping lists to Bump this?

44 posted on 04/12/2004 4:03:55 PM PDT by mylife

***They hate Bush so much that they don't care about anything else except hurting him, and they'll mow down all the good and brave people in their path.

They're pathetic.***

That's exactly right. They're so power hungry and desparate to get their own agenda across, they just don't care about anyone else.

It's just sickening.

45 posted on 04/12/2004 4:18:17 PM PDT by homemom ("A word to the wise ain't necessary. It's the stupid ones who need the advice." Bill Cosby)

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."

John Stuart Mill

46 posted on 04/12/2004 4:24:11 PM PDT by patj

47 posted on 04/12/2004 4:29:24 PM PDT by mylife

The besr post I have read on here in quite sometime. Along with the response it gives me a glimmer of hope yet for our country.
If the day comes I am ready to meet this enemy on our soil,as a matter of fact I am getting eager and anxiously await.

48 posted on 04/12/2004 4:35:19 PM PDT by gunnedah

Looks like Andy Rooney knows how to wage his own PsyOps, AGAINST OUR TROOPS, and those who support them!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1116196/posts

It would be interesting to have a reporter ask a group of our soldiers in Iraq to answer five questions and see the results:

1. Do you think your country did the right thing sending you into Iraq?

2. Are you doing what America set out to do to make Iraq a democracy, or have we failed so badly that we should pack up and get out before more of you are killed?

3. Do the orders you get handed down from one headquarters to another, all far removed from the fighting, seem sensible, or do you think our highest command is out of touch with the reality of your situation?

4. If you could have a medal or a trip home, which would you take?

5. Are you encouraged by all the talk back home about how brave you are and how everyone supports you?

Treating soldiers fighting their war as brave heroes is an old civilian trick designed to keep the soldiers at it. But you can be sure our soldiers in Iraq are not all brave heroes gladly risking their lives for us sitting comfortably back here at home.

_______________________________________________________

He followed the principles you listed to a T!

How do you destroy the enemy’s morale and will to fight? It’s simple, really.

First, you call into question their mission. Make them question why they are fighting. Make them question whether they are doing the right thing. Soldiers unsure of their mission question their orders and hesitate to act when quick action is most necessary. In combat, you’re either quick or you’re dead.

Second, call into question their leadership. Make them question their commander’s skill and honesty. Make them question the motives of the political figures that made the decision to go to war. Soldiers unsure of their leadership may refuse to follow their orders or take direct action against their leadership. In combat, failure to immediately follow orders usually gets soldiers killed.

Third, make them homesick. Point out how miserable they are; remind them how long they have been away from home; how much their loved ones miss them; accentuate the bad and ignore the good; tell them there is no foreseeable end in site (no, you won’t be home by Christmas). Homesick and depressed soldiers are not effective soldiers. Ineffective soldiers often become dead soldiers.

Fourth, make it all about them. Point out that the war is not in their personal best interest. “Hey, you can lose an eye (or worse), doing that.” This last step, converting the soldier back into the psychological equivalent of a civilian, is the most deadly. Soldiers who start thinking only of themselves stop acting as members of a team. A soldier concerned only with his own safety stops watching his buddy’s back. Unit cohesiveness breaks down. Desertions and insubordination becomes rampant. Casualties mount higher.

49 posted on 04/12/2004 4:36:06 PM PDT by GeorgiaYankee (Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Andy Rooney-- providing aid, comfort and talking points to our enemies.)

50 posted on 04/12/2004 4:40:52 PM PDT by mylife

To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Thanks for the ping, Tonk.

How well I remember the 70's!

We must not! We must not let Hanoi John Effing Kerry and Lard Ass Kennedy do to America what the and their LIEberal/Socialist/Marxist Bastard running mates did in the 70's!

We let them carry the day, and we deserted our Vietnamese allies with victory in our grasp! We are still paying the cost of that disaster, and will continue to pay for a long time to come.

They are giving aid and comfort to America's, and the whole of Western Civilization's enemies.

We simply must find a way/ways to marginalize them! We cannot allow these insipid traitors to shape an argument which causes us to once again, snatch defeat FRom the jaws of victory!

Ideas?

51 posted on 04/12/2004 4:42:06 PM PDT by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)

Daniel, thanks for a most excellent essay. I hope the President has an opportunity to read it before his press conference tomorrow evening.

Lotta wisdom in your words.

Taxman Bravo Zulu.

52 posted on 04/12/2004 4:43:42 PM PDT by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)

53 posted on 04/12/2004 4:52:45 PM PDT by PsyOp (Fear, not kindness, restrains the wicked – Metus improbos compescit, non clementia. – Syrus, Maxims.)

Thanks. I had a different article saved on my computer that I took my references from. Looks like were cloning the same McCain quotes.

54 posted on 04/12/2004 4:59:11 PM PDT by PsyOp (Fear, not kindness, restrains the wicked – Metus improbos compescit, non clementia. – Syrus, Maxims.)

55 posted on 04/12/2004 5:09:23 PM PDT by DoughtyOne

56 posted on 04/12/2004 5:10:01 PM PDT by DoughtyOne

"Today, the first thing out of a war protestor’s mouth is the qualification “I support the troops, but not the war.”

I have been hearing this from Dems and Liberals I know and work with. Makes me so angry. They are big time Bush haters. Thank You so much, Daniel, for this excellent read. Mind if I email it to others?

Support the troops, support the mission.

Regards,
Colleen

57 posted on 04/12/2004 5:11:42 PM PDT by deadhead (God Bless Our Troops and Veterans Bush-Cheney '04)

"Ideas?"

Yeah, a few.
1st realize that the big 5 liberal TV and Cable newsrooms are under the left's control.
"Fair and balanced (for Hanoi Kerry)" FOX along with the other 4 liberal newsrooms need to know we ain't going to take it.
They refuse to expose Hanoi Kerry so we need to pressure them all to tell the truth.
We need to pressure them to cover the good deeds that our troops do in Iraq and Afghanistan.
We need to let them know that TV and Cable newsrooms are a thing of the past.
It's all on the internet.
TV and Cable news are so yesterday, just like their ideas.

58 posted on 04/12/2004 5:12:46 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (FOX, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC The alphabet liberal media who cover up Kerry's Viet Nam past.)

To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Tonk, I agree that we can defeat Hanoi John Effing Kerry and the LIEberal press using the power of the Internet.

Gonna take more than just "Keyboard Kowboy" action, though. We'll need to organize on the Internet, get off our duffs and out of the house to take such actions as registering new voters, going door to door to promote President Bush, becoming active in local politics, etc., etc.

But, we can do it. We are FReepers, you know!

59 posted on 04/12/2004 5:53:19 PM PDT by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)

Very nicely written. Thank you.

I will pass this on.

60 posted on 04/12/2004 6:04:04 PM PDT by texasflower (in the event of the rapture.......the Bush White House will be unmanned)

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