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In Praise of Propaganda
Caption: How have you helped the Front? (good question comrade...)
So this week’s assault on the western world comes once again, not from al-queda, but from the puffy shirt ruling class of journalism. Apparently our brethren on the left have discovered the unseemly weapon of propaganda has been usurped by the evildoers on the White House. How dare they!
When I first learned that our country was paying editors overseas for story placement, my first reaction was somewhat more subdued. My reaction was precisely this:
“Where do I send the check?”
I Thought, what a cool idea! You mean we can pay people to tell our side of the story? Heck that’s easy! Sign me up! 10 bucks of good press for our guys saves how many bullets?
You see, we wouldn’t need to resort to propaganda if we had anything resembling an honest, open and non-partisan media, but since we don’t have anything close to a neutral press, I say, what the hell! let's go for it! You see, unlike the puffy shirts and pouty faces of the NY Times, I actually want our side to win! I know that flies in the face of the idea of an objective press, but I don’t give a damn! You see, the people we are defending in Iraq (Oh my heavens! What a giveaway, he’s says we are defending people in Iraq! ) are mighty prejudiced against the people of the west and with the constant sewer of hate filled propaganda that comes from the mouths of these self loathing losers, it actually helps make the cas of al-queda. THAT – is propaganda too, only because of the fact that we live in a culture of the ‘virtuous rebel” we excuse it and look the other way. “Well, its free speech” they say. Sure it is, until it starts getting people killed – our people, then it’s a tool of the enemy. Well I’m not looking the other way, I’m looking right that cover of the New York Times and calling it what it is, Propaganda. Propaganda and moral support for murdering buggering sneak thieves and child killers who’s only real virtue in the eyes of the New York Times is that it opposes George W. Bush.
The people of Iraq have a right to feel hate towards the people of the west, they have been treated pretty bad by our side in the past, so I can understand if they have misgivings. But the problem is made worse by a bunch of martini swilling Vietnam-era press pool holdovers who cant get their docker covered fannies out the “green zone” because they are too busy telling the busboys stories of how they were out in the “boonies the Dan Rather covering the real story at Khe Sahn and let me tell you sonny, it was haaairy, and this place looks just like Saigon in 1972, bush is knee deep in the big muddy let me tell you, its just like Nixon and his cronies all over again- all Im saying is “give peace a chance, get the peace process going again… Hey saheed, get me another olive and transport it over in a gallon of vodka will ya...?”.
Do we need propaganda to win the war?, hell yes we do, and from the looks of it we need a lot more! Does the left really REALLY want to say that this snot covered drivel they call reporting is NOT propaganda? Lets go over “the devils resume of Western Journalism in Iraq” shall we?
- Incited world-wide riots by saying the US government purposely desecrated the Holy Koran.
- Reported that the turkey that Bush held while visiting Iraq was in fact, plastic when it was in act, turkey.
- Reported that Jimmy Massey was a “Marine who was against the war”, when he was certainly against the war, but was not a Marine.
- Reported A Marine was captured by Al-queda, when it was in fact, a 7 inch GI Joe Doll.
- Compares our soldiers to characters in zombie movies.
- Compares our actions at abu-ghirab with the saddam regime, as if being held in a compromising position by the ugliest woman from West Kentucky was anything like being killed, butchered and buried with a 1000 people from your hometown.
- Showed Representative Murtha statement against the war every 15 minutes for three weeks, while totally ignoring Joe Lieberman’s positive statements for Iraq.
- Describes Ramsey Clark as “Ex Attorney General Ramsey Clark“ rather than “Nazi,Genocidal Tyrant and PLO defender Ramsey Clark”.
- Never EVER discusses the nature of ANSWER or WWP protests and who runs them and what they stand for.
- Reported that Guantanamo was worse that what the Nazis did, until they actually went there and found it to be pretty dang nice. Conditions for terrorists and be-headers of civilians being somewhat better than that experienced by the average DUI driver found in the drunk tank at Anytown USA.
- Reported from the scene of what they were sure would be a bloodbath at the first election, only to stand around with the mouths hanging open when 95% of the population voted in peace, and the other 5% stayed home. Not once – But twice!
- Reported from the scene of what they were sure would be the “Stalingrad of the tigris” only to have the entire Iraqi army fold up like a wet paper hat and our troops greeted with flowers and hugs!. To this day, they are waiting for the “civil war that is sure to come” and want everyone to forget about the cheering we saw in Firdos square.
- The Press who makes a fetish out of reporting American deaths but cant quite be bothered to report about men and women who win medals of honor for their acts of bravery or their mothers and fathers and the pride they feel.
- Reported that civilians were being massacred in Falluja, when in fact the locals were assisting the troops in routing the terrorists.
- Under no circumstances report the success in disarming Libya, the utter humiliation of Syria in Lebanon, and for gods sake don’t ever mention Afghanistan.
- Never EVER mention the 1998 act by congress that said that it was the foreign policy of the US to overthrow Saddam, the very SAME congress who now wants to hide behind a tree and say big bad Meenie Bush “fooled them”. Yes, Bush is stupid, but he’s also capable of mind tricks and Svengali like projection of his coal black soul onto the poor weaklings in the Democratic caucus. Powerful Jedi that George…
- Sends reporters to talk to wanted men in ‘Al-queda’ in Iraq, while Coalition Commissioner Paul Bremmer is interviewed by the same reporter and treated as if it were he that was the criminal. He should get a Nobel prize, but what he is likely to get is indicted.
I could go on like this all night, because virtually ALL of the western press coverage on the “Iraq Theatre in the War against Jihadists” has been propaganda, but propaganda for the other side, not ours. The western press defends, excuses and explains all the actions of the other side and acts in many ways as their agents. It may come as a surprise to them to know that “the other side” are not “virtuous rebel who only wish to withstand the evil western imperialists”, they are people who routinely behead civilians, blow up mosques, hospitals, highways, children in crowds, even “peace activists” all while the same press excoriates the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the west.
Why? Because to the western press the only indefensible, inexcusable act, is to defend the America and the men and women who willingly give up their lives to fight for it.
When it comes to propaganda, the left has been using it for years.
Now it’s our turn.
Oh, and Edward R. Murrow? The sainted and holy journalist from Mt. Olympus? He was a propagandist too, but for our side. He worked for “Voice of America”. He was a patriot who actually believed in the country, and despite what your bias may have taught you, that is not a bad thing. Remember “Radio Free Europe” when you were a kid? I do, what do you think they did? That’s right, propaganda. One result of RFE was a war that didn’t happen, and that was a good thing. Let’s hope we can accomplish the same in Iraq with a little “Radio Free Iraq” action.
You want to get a collection together to spread the good word about America overseas? Sign me up!
(Oh and by the way, I’m all for the use of “White Phosphorus” Why ? because its effective weapon at rousting Terrorists – end of story. Its not chemical warfare you jackasses anymore than black powder is. And another thing, I actually think it’s a good idea that our troops carry and occasionally use live ammo while over there. Tanks, LAWS Rockets, Mortars, Illumination flares, AC-130 Spectre Gunships, Helicopter Gunships, B-52’s, Daisy Cutters, use em all, use em up and finish it off. Don’t bring home anything that’s still working, ok guys? I don’t want to see anything in Army Navy Stores but unused Iraqi Guard equipment. Finish up and drive or fly everything direct to Davis-Monthan when you are done. And yeah, I think every dime we spent on UAV’s is a good investment, I hope the General Atomics factory is going 24 hours a day making the Predators. It makes my heart swell to know that the skies of ‘badguyistan’ are filled with deadly white robots. bwhahahahah!)
Posted @ December 05, 2005 01:26 AM | Current Affairs
Frank, I like your articles. Read them daily. Sometimes though, some words are missed or mis-spelled resulting in some incoherent sentences. Like:
"..it actually helps the make case of al-queda. THAT – is propaganda too, only because we live in a culture of the ‘virtuous rebel” we look excuse it and look the other way."
Just one of many in this article. Please review your work more carefully.
Posted by: Paul at December 5, 2005 03:03 PM
This is Powerful. I'm with you. Tell me where to send my $10.
Posted by: prettyold at December 5, 2005 05:03 PM
Check out General Pace's discussion of why we use white phosophorus from the Tuesday DoD briefing. He has to explain to the reporter that "that's the nature of warfare."
Posted by: AcademicElephant at December 5, 2005 07:54 PM
Just to save you the trouble:
"White phosphorus is a legitimate tool of the military. It is used for two primary purposes. One is to mark a location for strike by an aircraft, for example. The other is to be used -- because it does create white smoke -- to be used as a screening agent so that you can move your forces without being seen by the enemy...it is well within the law of war to use those weapons as they are being used for marking and for screening...No armed force in the world goes to greater effort than your armed force to protect civilians and to be very precise in the way we apply our power. A bullet goes through skin even faster than white phosphorus does. So I would rather have the proper instrument applied at the proper time as precisely as possible to get the job done in a way that kills as many of the bad guys as possible and does as little collateral damage as possible. That is just the nature of warfare."
Posted by: AcademicElephant at December 5, 2005 08:02 PM
The MSM will not print a good story on Iraq
for ANY PRICE!!!!
Posted by: Jim Mason at December 6, 2005 12:13 PM
The press also missed the removal of 'President' Taylor of Liberia. All that took was diversion of a Marine task force to the coast of the country and a televised statement from G.W. demanding that Taylor must go.
So that's Libya and Liberia that GW forced change upon, without a shot being fired in either by the US.
Posted by: Fred Fry at December 7, 2005 06:28 AM
Frank - you rock! My sentiments exactly! where do I send my $10?
p.s. put that Willy-Pete on their terrorist ass. send em straight to hell already smokin.
Posted by: Mark at December 7, 2005 01:35 PM
Varifrank...
Go ahead and don't change a thing. Maybe I'm blessed with being able to read through the lines and mispellings that OCCASIONALLY show up in anything written...but what you say rings true if you'd written it in crayon on toilet paper.
Keep up the fire my friend!
See you on the high ground!
MajorDad1984
Posted by: MajorDad1984 at December 15, 2005 07:47 PM
Its a fact, I spell bad and my grammar is even worse. I started the blog as a way to cure me of that problem. I think its gotten better but sometimes I just get sloppy.
Posted by: Frank Martin at December 16, 2005 01:56 AM
It might be very interesting and useful to get some of the old Radio Free Europe broadcasts and rebroadcast them on, say, Sunday evenings or something like that. Just to remind us of what it was like, what the climate of the times was like and what we said to those across the walls of Europe to let them know we were there, working toward freedom for them. Now they are free and we are free, and we've forgotten what the fight was like. We need to remember those broadcasts.
Posted by: foreign devil at December 19, 2005 02:24 PM
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