They are Winning..

“They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security” - Benjamin Franklin

The military Divide and Conquer axiom used in varying forms by Sun Tzu in The Art of War, is a common guerilla warfare tactic meaning, an enemy must be divided by force, propaganda, planting of false rumors, any means necessary before they are conquered.

The divide and conquer tactic was used successfully by, Ho Chie Min during the war in Viet Nam, not only in the rice paddies or red mud, but within our own country. This was never more evident than within the groups of protestors that swelled to throngs of thousands by wars end. The crowd’s philosophy and anger fueled by the media’s continuous portrayal of the war and American troops engaged as wrong, immoral, war mongering, baby killers. The media stood in the shadows of Ho Ch Min’s propaganda machine, mouths open like newborn birds waiting to be spoon-fed stories that would put them inline for a Pulitzer and peace prize combined.

Today it is déjà vu all over again as we never do learn from our mistakes. As George Bernard Shaw said, "We learn from history that we learn nothing from history." the media still awaits its morsels, passing them on to fuel the anger of the people, only this time from two propaganda machines, Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. The majority of reporters are not anti-American, they honestly feel within their hearts that the stories are factual, when in truth they are nothing more than what Al-Qaeda and the Taliban wish them to be and they do not question it, as their voracity for information is far too great.

Al-Qaeda and the Taliban have all the time in the world, unlike politicians worried about the next election and policies that may hinder the vote, Al-Qaeda and the Taliban can sit back, plant the seeds of false information and enjoy the events as they unfold. What more could they ask for then what is presently transpiring, dissension among the people, the lose of individual constitutional rights with terrorism the blame, a growing anger over a war and over policies of an administration, even the question of impeachment thrown in for good measure.

They have accomplished exactly what Osama bin Laden has set before them many times over in his video messages, “further attacks upon America” as they have created a false atmosphere of fear in Washington that has affected the rights of every citizen. The attacks have already come, not by weapons of mass destruction, or dirty bombs, or any other explosive, but through our own fear and mistrust that he has built through our media and allowed to fester while creating additional fear upon it.

America needs a very strong wake-up call, an alarm needs to go forth among the land, ringing from every town, we need to become one voice and one nation and heed the alarm of ”They are winning and we need to do something about it before it is too late”.