Geopolitics – Survive with Will – Thoughtful Analysis & Perceptions

Civil Protest and Reasoned Civil Discourse

Will Hemingway — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 22:56:48 +0000

As a point of context I am a trained investigator. I specialized in combating organized intimidation protests by NGOs and domestic terror groups for 20 of my 30-year career.

There is a dangerous pattern of activities intensifying with each event in the USA. There has been an exponential increase in civil disobedience, intimidation protesting, and violent mob activity. There is no room for engaging in civil discourse when picketers blow air horns or yell over you when you speak. Such behaviors contribute nothing to changing hearts and minds.

The media and some politicians cloak these activities in a pseudo historical context mislabeling them as part of our history and as free speech and peaceful protest. In fact, prior to the 1970’s when police began being trained in “cultural sensitivity” and crowd control, every example of such behavior was met with Billy clubs, chemical CS (mace), and extreme force. We were a civil society where people actually had peaceful, respectful debate, and dialectic. Citizens of the USA coveted their individual rights to speak, publish, and present their ideas to stimulate change or thought.

NGO = Non Government Organizations

Beginning in the 1960’s the minions from Laurel Canyon in California, an araldite neighbor which also was the home of yielded a plethora of social and musical icons with clear links to military / intelligence, subversion / operations working from the military covert operations center located in Laurel Canyon, it was called Lookout Mountain Air Force Station (LMAFS) (now converted into a private residence. The station was involved in “producing motion pictures and still photographs for the USDOD and the Atomic Energy Commission. It influenced many of the most iconic and abhorrent personalities of the era to foment violent civil unrest, sow division in the society, and implement intimidation protests all over the country. What was the result? An increase in government surveillance powers and numerous infringements on civil and constitutional rights including the 1^st, 2^nd, and 4^th amendments. These operations are designed to play on the weakness of humanity. They instill fear into the people. The people in their fear beg the government to take their rights in return for the illusion of security. As it has been said, “Any man who surrenders his freedom for safety and security will neither receive nor deserve either.”

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The residents of Laurel Canyon ranged from Jim Morrison and Frank Zappa to David Crosby, Neil Young, and Charles Manson, they all spent a lot of time together and had direct ties to the intel community.

I have seen many times where NGOs organized a protest. They insert a small number of instigators and those instigators take the front line. The sheeple follow. After some hollow rhetoric they antagonize the opposing group members with maddening illogical tripe. They build frustration in the opponent’s minds, then generally one bad actor will covertly strike with one or two acts of physical battery. The act is happens so fast that it is innocuous even to those standing nearby. The assailant then recedes into the crowd. The opposition responds blindly and forcefully in self-defense with physical action. A glaring example of this formula is the incident at involving ANTIFA and Eric Canton, a professor with Antifa slipped forward in the crowd, smashed a Trump rally supporter on the head with a heavy steel bicycle lock, then he just melted away into the crowd. See the article (randomly chosen for the photo.) Click Here

Sadly, whatever you think about the sheeple, they are intentionally drawn into the line of violence. This pageant play is repeated all over the world by these paid organizers. They carefully orchestrate the melee. The organizers of the original offending protest assure that when the media interviews the “victims” of their group who were “attacked” by their opposition they can honestly say, “we were just peacefully protesting and “they” attacked us. Of course, in fact technically it was not them, but that they were set up by wrongdoers in their own group to be victimized. They don’t even see what happens right in front of them, people are oblivious. That is why Situational Awareness is Critical to your survival. See the article on my sister site - PracticePreparedness.com and the radio show on the subject too. Click Here

Over 20 years spent dealing with animal rights, environmental, and other protest groups we video recorded hundreds of intimidation and covert attack incidents. Going undercover into these organizations I sat through weeks of training / brainwashing classes where the NGOs were setting up people to “organize at the grassroots level”. Of course, they had offices in the center of the city where monthly rental was upside of $200,000 per year or more. The claim that the working groups of the NGOs were "Grassroots uprisings" was a total sham.

That said, it is crucial for our success and survival of our society that you understand how these groups work. Immediately identify the bad actors. Take their pictures, try to do it early, use video instead of stills, sweep the crowd. Mull about holding your smartphone up to get them and act like you are talking on the phone and looking a picture or something. Do it surreptitiously if possible. Do it way before the situation heats up. Hide the photos away or upload them to the cloud so you can pull them up immediately after an attack for the law enforcement to be able to find and arrest them. Play the video for law enforcement and freeze it on the actor for ID. Always backup the data for your own protection later.

These NGO organized groups have trained tactical Medics and organizers. Their primary goal is to create an incident that will allow the media to get a “gotcha moment” that will be used against you and your cause. Do not allow them to win at this game.

Finally, shed your ego when you go to these events. If you choose to engage the opposition, hold fast to facts, empirical data, suppress emotion, never yell, never name call, and never show fear. Shallow platitudes shrink against the light of truth. Analytical, unemotional responses which cause the opposition to question their rhetoric will leave far more lasting effects than any physical attack every would. Remember, when people exceed their intellect they turn to fisticuffs. Do not be baited into that position. It is through thoughtful discourse, a dialectic that we will survive, even with our differences in a free society. (See my article on Dialectic.) Click Here

This week I had the opportunity, again, to engage protesters at a conservative event in a small town. In my primary career I dealt with many people engaged in both peaceful and violent protests. Sadly, most of those protesting has no understanding of the machinations behind the scenes in such organized operations. Situational awareness is the key to protecting yourself if you have decided to protest. Often times, the threat may stem not from the opposition but from one within your own ranks. Civil Discourse and Dialectic are preferred over protest. Protest indicates that dialogue has been abandoned for shouting and sometimes violence. If your true goal is to influence hearts and minds arm yourself with facts and press forward with civil dialogue.

Save Western Civilization & Culture

Will Hemingway — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 06:16:15 +0000

(This article updated from an original article on willhemingway.com radio show site December 1996)

Looking around the Western Nations we see the clear evidence of the following cycle:

Strong men create good times,
Good times create weak men,
Weak men create hard times,
Hard times create strong men.

Sadly, the West has been successful for several generations allowing its peoples to become weak and slothful. They are squandering the success of their forebearers. They are so divorced from the pain and suffering required to create such success that they perceive no value in it. Sadly, they, we, will forfeit the wonders of our cultures forcing our successors to suffer and fight to regain what we already have.

Across millennia no successful advanced culture has survived the cycle. I believe that we have a chance to break that trend. Over the past 100 years man in the free world has made massive advances. Those advances in communication and technology, to name a few, are unmatched in recorded history. The success of the West has forever altered the way and means by which we learn and compare empirical data. If we learn to apply critical thinking, learn to discern fact from fallacy, and apply creative problem-solving skills our societies and cultures can survive.

Occam’s Razor: The answer which embraces the least assumptions is likely the right answer; the simplest answer is generally correct.

I believe that adherence to a set of stoic values is the answer that will save the West. Philosophers, politicians, and sociologists offer complex theories and predict doom and decay based upon a series of self-fulfilling hypothesis. I say apply the principle of Occam’s Razor, Stoic Values. As a Stoic my entire adult life, I have found the power of stoic values frees us from the "drama" and stress wrought from parabolic, emotion driven perspectives. The values guide us to curb the natural human desire for self-gratification. If you are able to override the desire for immediate pleasure and self-interest you will be able to succeed at levels otherwise unattainable. Self-reliance is the gift of living a stoic life. Freedom from destructive hedonistic pursuits and the clarity of mind which comes with it open immeasurable opportunities for greatness.

Maxim #26 & 27 Emotions, Stoicism, and Analytical Thinking Feelings ARE NOT FACTS

A key factor of Stoicism is the bridling of emotion. Emotion causes a lack of clarity, lacks analytical thought, and typically ignores logic. Stoicism teaches its practitioners to safely limit emotion to fair and thoughtful levels.

The common modern definition of Stoicism is the presentation of its four core virtues; moderation, courage, wisdom, and justice. I believe that Stoic life is the realization of Occam’s Razor. Stoicism is simple, a life of moderation, free of emotional, illogical mood swings and tantrums, calm, respectful, humble, and thoughtfulness is the goal. If one strives for and succeeds at that goal they are able to live ethically and, where necessary, mete out justice fairly and evenly. The stoic calm frees the mind of wasted pursuits and conflicts allowing the gathering of data, knowledge, and wisdom efficiently. Humility and just behavior being virtues, stoics are a positive force in society.

Basic Human Behaviors: Will’s Maxim # 10

The natural human desire to satiate their id is their downfall. Epicurus is often accused of being the antithesis of Stoicism. Wikipedia presents the Epicurean approach is a form of hedonism. That is not correct. Epicurus believed that pleasure was the greatest good. According to Epicurus, one may attain a state of ataraxia, (tranquility, peace,) freedom of fear, and an absence of aponia (bodily pain) through living a modest life, awareness of sociology and human nature, and finally limiting your desires. In fact, that sounds awfully close to how Cicero; one of the iconic fathers of the Stoic movement, explained Stoicism.

Freud's Theory of the Id The id is the part of personality, that through the unconscious mind, focuses on fulfilling urges and desires

Hedonism is a key component of leftist population control. Trotsky, Hitler, Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao all pushed drugs, sexual promiscuity, and other hedonistic behaviors on the young. Lenin said that if they softened the youth, with those things, they would be able to do whatever they wanted to the populace within a generation without a fight. They were right. I am not arguing for a Puritanical way of life, not at all. Simply put, we need to teach our young and remind the rest of the populace, that living stoically will yield far more success and happiness than hedonistic pursuits. This is battle for the long game, not short lived pleasures.

The way we win is not by waiting for the nanny state or government to do this. We must stand up and take charge. Lead by example, renew your commitment, teach your children, and present the idea to others every day. It will run like a virus. Most people want to feel empowered and happy. Give them the tools and understanding to attain those desires in a fulfilling and lasting way.

#SaveWesternCivilization

Uruguay – An Overview

Will Hemingway — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 07:59:43 +0000

Citizens of the USA, in general, have absolutely no comprehension of the machinations and history of the nation states of our continental neighbors to the south in Southern America. Sadly our “news media” has not provided a sustained level of actual journalism since Benjamin Franklin’s newspaper; the Pennsylvania Gazette. While Venezuela and Colombia are only 1,200 miles south of the bottom of Florida we rarely hear a peep about them in our news reports. Venezuela is starving its people, utilizing radical gorilla fighters, and is teetering on the edge of collapse. They are rife with radical social Marxists, communists, Middle Eastern terror groups, and drug cartels. They sneak millions of tons of illicit drugs, worth billions of dollars into the USA every year. They kidnap tourists for ransom and are heavily involved in human trafficking. Finally, with ties to China and Russia, they have substantial arsenals including weapons, some from the USA, which could rain devastation down on the continental USA with less than an hour’s warning.

The US Navy’s 4^th Fleet and a US Marine Expeditionary Force is quartered in Miami. It is severely underfunded and depleted. The potential forces that could be encountered are some of the most hardened, jungle fighting, communist, forces in the world. ELN in Colombia is rated to have the 39^th most powerful military in the world. Adding to the challenge, the level of failure and turmoil in Venezuela and Colombia is so great that soon we may be forced into some type of militarily intervention. Understanding the complexities of the situation is crucial for a positive outcome.

Uruguay, like Paraguay, is "wedged" politically and economically, between Argentina and Brazil, whose political influence and financial power heavily determines the fates of Uruguay and Paraguay's national sovereignty and interests. The USA spans its continent unbroken or divided. These two small nations suffer like a small boat in the water as a large ship passes by, battered and tossed in the larger ship's wake. Their neighbors mistreat them through unfair trade agreements and the oligarchy tampering with elections, business, and much, much more.

It is my hope to provide you with a unique perspective regarding the history that makes up Uruguay and its people's perspectives today. The insights below are not from a citizen of the USA but written by a lifelong Uruguayan. I believe that it lends an interesting perspective from a native, regarding socialism, communism, democratic values, and their perspective regarding the USA and others. I present a concise “History of Uruguay” as told by an Anon and lifelong Uruguayan on 8chan.net unedited.

The original source material is presented for educational purposes. To read the original with photos click here.

02/11/18 (Sun) 17:45:52 No.2392235 [Watch Thread]

For the purpose of telling the story of Socialism in the Southern Cone (Uruguay, Argentina and kind of a bit of Brazil) I will tell ya'll the story of my people. The 'Uruguayan' people, or as the people's history would rather call it, the tale of the Easterners (Orientales)

Once upon a time, in 1810, there was a man, called Artigas, who dreamed of a free nation, modeled after the United States, but a bunch of Buenos Aires Oligarchs wouldn't let him.

So, he made a coalition with the governors of like-minded provinces and created the League of Free Peoples in opposition to the triumvirate of Buenos Aires, which made its own coalition, based around the Congress of Tucuman.

And so, both coalitions of provinces battled, until 1820, when ironically the Artigas faction won, but left Artigas to fend for himself in the Eastern land (modern Uruguay) to a Portuguese invasion, which eventually forced him to retreat into exile in Paraguay, where he died in 1850.

In 1825, the Eastern land successfully revolted against the newly independent Brazil and began a second war of independence that had the country initially side itself with a motley crew of Argentinian warlords headed by Buenos Aires.

After a series of victories in the Eastern land proper the Argentinian-Easterner army eventually found itself in a war of stagnation against the empire of Brazil that it couldn't possibly win, forcing both sides to the mediation of the British Empire, which agreed to making the Eastern land independent from both Argentina and Brazil. But under a system where both governments would approve its constitution and keep a right to intervening in its politics.

By the way, Eastern land is a translation I came up with, since Banda Oriental literally means Eastern Strip land or some shit, and it sounds dumb and hard to relate with.

By 1830, the new country that was created in the eastern land from what was left of Artigas ancient state was made independent, had its first constitution approved (by the foreign powers) and its first president sworn in (presidents were elected by the landed gentry, soldiers couldn't vote, nor farmhands, nor anyone who didn't have a certain amount of wealth and power, making the country essentially an oligarchy as opposed to Artigas vision)

The first president, Fructuoso Rivera (an old ally of Artigas and lieutenant) eventually left in 1935 and was succeeded by Manuel Oribe (another lieutenant of Artigas and a freemason) And so, began the era of instability in the newly born State East of Uruguay…

Rivera never relinquished his post of overall commander of the army, and Oribe never forced him out, and so, both leaders began a standoff that lasted about an year, until Rivera revolted against Oribe, and got his ass defeated by him initially, in the Battle of Carpinteria.

This battle would have unforeseen consequences in Uruguayan history… as it would be the first battle where both of the fighting forces would use the old bandanas that would go on to fight for another hundred years. The Colorado (Red) bandana and the Blanco (White) bandana.

The Colorados would be the Party of Rivera, and the Blancos (self-proclaimed as the party of the Laws, i.e.: of the government of Oribe) the party of Oribe

For the next hundred years, both parties, would fight on, and on in numerous civil wars.

Beginning with the Great War of the River Plata, followed by the War of the Triple Alliance begun by Venancio Flores, then the Revolt of the Lances of Timoteo Aparicio, then with an interregnum of military dictatorships by the Colorados, then followed by even more civil wars begun by the Blancos led by Aparicio Saravia (who by then had forgotten why the wars begun to begin with and began fighting for electoral rights).

With the death of Aparicio Saravia in 1904, the Colorados finally were able to quell the countryside, but not without finally giving an inch and giving the Blancos what they really wanting, a measure of justice, electoral rights, and participation in Government

And thus, started what can be called the golden era of Uruguayan history, the 50 years of progress that began with Battle y Ordoñez administration (Colorado) who was so progressive by South American standards, that even some socialists (who initially were part of his party) even asked him to join them, an offer he rejected.

By 1950 though, the signs of new problems began rising in the horizon, as the world wars that had given the country much of its wealth (due to the country being a huge source of foodstuffs for the allied powers) began to dry

Syndicates, Trade Unions and social movements began to rise up. The Blancos (now called the National Party) won in 1958 and ruled until 1966, when the Colorados came back to power.

During the 60s an urban guerrilla took up arms, called the MLN-T (Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional - Tupamaros) alongside with the anarchist group OPR33

By 1971, a constitutional crisis began, as the military backed Pacheco Areco began a campaign for his re-election that led the more progressive members of his Colorado Party to leave the party and begin what's known as the Frente Amplio (Broad Front) with the help of the Revolutionary Left in Uruguay

In the 1971 election, with the help of the Brazilians (as attested by unclassified CIA documents), Pacheco Areco had the elections rigged and prevented the victory of the Blanco Wilson Ferreira Aldunate (who although being part of the Blanco Party was aligned more closely with the Frente Amplio and even copied their programme in some key parts)

Pacheco Areco was prevented from re-election due to losing a constitutional referendum during the election, resulting in the election Juan Maria Bordaberry, his vice-president… a name not soon to be forgotten

During the heyday of the guerrilla, at the start of the 70s, they were able to break out of prison through a hole in the walls. However, Bordaberry with the help of the 'reforms' made by Pacheco Areco in his previous government had the military take over the duties of the police and created the joint security forces. These forces hunted down the guerrilla and imprisoned them within 3 months.

During this time the Joint Forces, greedy for power began plotting to take over the government. In February of 1973, the Navy (Armada) took their forces to the streets to defend the constitutionality of the presidency, but weren't heard by the President, who gave up to the military.

In June of 1973, Bordaberry had the Parliament closed down and the Military-Civilian 'Process' (dictatorship) began.

Initially, the Frente Amplio hoped for a left-wing military coup, but after their leaders began being jailed, they began a general strike which had no much success and began either leaving the country (the richer ones), being jailed (the less powerful and more revolutionary of them) or being denied jobs in the country (the middle of both worlds and worst at all)

By 1985 the military dictatorship found itself out of time, money and support, thus it sought a way out.

'Thanks' to the Pact of the Naval Club, both Wilson Ferreira (Blanco) and Seregni (Ex-Colorado and Frente Amplist) were kept out of the election rolls, thus helping the Colorados to win.

After the elections both were let out of prison and they began a campaign to have the military leaders tried for their crimes during the dictatorship. But the political forces of the country eventually succeeded in convincing Wilson that democracy would only go on if the military were absolved of their crimes through a law. The law of the Caducity of the State's Pretension of Punity (more or less the translation of its name) which left the military out of jail

In the 1990s, the Blancos first (under the conservative Blanco, Luis Lacalle) and the Colorados after (under Sanguinetti) did neoliberal 'reforms' that fucked the country further and tried privatizing several state companies, with limited success.

By 1996, both parties had exhausted themselves and sought a pact to keep the Frente Amplio out of power, which they managed to, by adding the presidential ballotage to the constitution, thus winning against the Frente Amplio in a 51 vs 49 margin in 1999

This was not to pass for long though, as Jorge Batlle (grand-grandson of Batlle y Ordoñez) led a coalition government of Colorados and Blancos that went through a major crisis, the 2002 crisis, during which a large number of Uruguayans went bankrupt and some event fled the country as the banks crashed

In 2004 the Frente Amplio, led by Tabaré Vazquez won the presidential election in the first round of elections with 51% of the vote, thus circumventing the ballotage

The Frente Amplio after entering government, tried to deal with both Blancos and Colorados by giving them key ministries, but after both parties began trying to jacole them for posts, the Frente Amplio finished the negotiations and told them off, thus forming government on its own

The economy which had been recovering since 2003, boomed throughout 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, thus resulting in the election of a second Frente Amplio government, led by former guerrilla José Mujica who promised to lead the country left.

A promise he didn't deliver, as his presidency was a roller coaster of promises, rambling incoherence and a chronic case of overinflated expectations but overall the economy did fine

Thus Tabaré Vazquez got re-elected in 2014, and so began Vazquez 2.0 the electric bugaloo of strikes, incoherent promises half-way delivered that nobody cared about (national system for caring of the elderly, tablets for the elderly and the list goes on)

I have to take a while out, so feel free to comment on what I've written so far

Currently the country's politics are dominated by the Frente Amplio (which is allegedly left wing, but is in reality in bed with big agricultural, transport and pulp mill companies) and has 50 diputados out of 99(representatives in Uruguayan parlance), 15 senators out of 30 (plus the vice president which counts as one extra, thus 16/31)

The National (Blanco) Party which has 30 diputados and has 10 senators, which counts as right of center, pro-capitalist party

The Colorado Party which has around 13 diputados and 3 senators, which used to be the party of government and is now a regular liberal party

The Independent Party which is a 'radical' centrist party, left of center, 3 diputados and 1 senator

The Popular Unity which has only 1 diputado and is revolutionary left and has MLM folks as well as ML

And finally there's the Radical Ecologists, who have no diputados (almost got one, and almost surely will get 1 next elections in 2019), as well as the Trotskysts who have barely 6k votes, in a country where you need 20 or so thousand votes to get a diputado

How Your Brain Responds to Repetitive Fear Based Reports

Will Hemingway — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 08:20:46 +0000

Understanding the power and effect of perception is the lynchpin to good decision making. Developing a mature and analytical “handling” process for perception will arm you with an exceptional ability to analyze complex challenges rapidly and accurately. That skill will give you is an essential edge against your competition. Well-practiced it will save you from harm and suffering. It may save your life. Quick thinking, rapid, accurate, and thoughtful responses are game-changers in a survival situation and life in general.

Some of the brightest minds in the world have debated the concept that I wrote, about on December 30, 2017, “Perception is reality. Reality is perception” is scientifically validated. I will not slip off into scientific minutia, but if you wish to go there read how what we see is totally based upon the perception that is a result of the upside-down image of light reflectivity, corneal, retinal, and brain functions. Those things vary from human to human. The brain is so powerful that it processes “what it gets”, fills the blanks, and calculates the scene for your survival.

The perceived world posits that you see something, therefore it is. We certainly know that is nowhere near the case. A table is a table or is it. In the video below the tables are different, or are they.

When you see something for the first time, you must assess it, test it, feel it, and develop a concept explaining what you have seen. Those “facts” the child of vision, analysis, and valuation are subjective perceptions. Lighting, angle, obstructed view, and more directly skew the outcome of your final assessment of the object in question. Most people do not even know what about the Ames Illusion. The challenge is to develop skills that allow you to error check your sensory data.

The Ames Illusion demonstrates the point. Please view the short video below:

I believe that when assessing life and what it presents to us every day, we must learn to develop a worthwhile skillset to enable us to make objective, clear, logical, and accurate assessments of people and the world around us. As I said, if you embrace the idea that perception is reality and reality is the perception you will be ahead of the game.

People used to park their cars with their windows down, doors unlocked, with the keys in them. Most of the time, nothing negative happened. Over time, new stories occurred telling troubling tales of theft, damage, and sometimes injuries as a result of their perception of safety and security are diminished. Suddenly, they are locking their car. Depending upon the imagery, threat, and tolerance to that risk people will suddenly hide everything in the car, install a car alarm, and purchase aftermarket security devices for the car. The process slowly strips that person willingly of their calm, trusting demeanor. It alters the way they look at strangers walking by them near their car. The point is not to say that in some instances those perceptions and behaviors are not totally valid and necessary. Simply, the question is, did you actually speak to police officers and locals who are in that area all of the time? Did you find data that supported the threat and countermeasures?

Read the Hegelian Dialectic Article Click Here

Fear and the perception that we derive from the stories and images are calculated outcomes. The stories and images, carefully selected to frame our perception and provoke a specific response. Again, the Hegelian Dialectic.

Your response is to:

Watch countless hours of redundant, often baseless conjecture, and pontification on cable TV.
As the story persists, fed by new and more graphic details, get more and more fearful, angry, and concerned.
You demand that the government and law enforcement “DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.”

The cable TV networks make millions of dollars on advertising revenue. You develop a biased, generally inaccurate perception of the facts, the threats, and the NEED FOR A SOLUTION.

Sadly, this brain-based response can be exploited for way more than being tricked into ceding our most valued assets, our freedoms and even our liberty. Daily, the same methods are employed to excite us to buy antiaging creams, hair regrowth formulas, and other items that will “save us”.

As with anything, this provoked, the highly predictable response can be employed for benign or nefarious purposes.

Carefully sculpted messages are embedded in every form of media today. They focus on the idea that everyone is a victim. Everyone, except for people of European roots, they are the creators of all evil. The clear message is that masses are victims. Victims do not exist without an aggressor. They want you to beg to be saved, surrender what you have, especially that which threatens them and their power over you, in return for “safety and security.” From advertisements to news “reports”, movies to television shows, they all inundate you with images where they flip nature and reality on its head, and place strong people in weak positions, weak people as super heroes, and much more. We all are inundated with advertisements for food, beverages, and a plethora of other things they tell you, that you need. These messages are also in political speeches and news “reports.” They can change public support for policies, wars, programs, laws, and more.

At the end of the Tet Offensive in Vietnam (1968) the North Vietnamese had suffered such devastating losses that the lead general formed a surrender party. They watched Walter Cronkite on the evening news say that we had lost the war. We had sustained thousands of casualties, but they were totally devastated. Several decades later we learned that Walter Cronkite; “the most trusted voice in the news” was a socialist. In his retirement he gave a speech to the World Federalist Association in which he “favor[ed a] world government financed by global taxes”. He called for the U.S. to renounce “some of its sovereignty” and pass a series of United Nations treaties-many of which were later pushed in the Senate by President Barack Obama. Cronkite’s reports shifted the previously strong majority support for the Vietnam Conflict to oppose it. That is the power of the message.

I will use two really powerful examples that illuminate the issue. First the reporting on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The underlying bias of the mainstream media which is likely a combination of two competing factors. The first is the fact that most of the media leaders and talking heads were either leftist anti-Vietnam war protesters or were taught by them in college.

We love and respect our US Military. They are serving our nation at the will of our government to protect us and our interests. One military death is too much. But the numbers must be understood in order to give them due respect.

The second is fed by the desire to, through fear and sensationalized carnage, pack the viewers to increase advertising revenue. The baseline rhetoric focuses on the death and destruction of “innocents” and “our people” in the military resulting in the average person speculating, when asked, that 100,000 American soldiers died there. They also believe that “the Iraqis and Afghanis did nothing, we died for them.” Sadly, the numbers are:

Afghanistan and Iraq Wars 2001-2017
- Hostile Death 5750
- Non-Hostile Death 1186
  - 757 in accidents
  - 261 suicide or other self-inflicted causes
- Total Records 6936
- Notably
  - 6,900 Contractors also died in the conflict
  - 43,000 uniformed Afghans, Iraqis, and other Allies died

Over 21% of all deaths in the theater were caused by non-hostile incidents. According to several sources there are as many as another 25% who died while in combat but not because of enemy actions but in rollovers, crashes, and other motor vehicle accidents. Over half of the combat casualties were not caused by arms fire but at an average of 1.7 deaths to one IED. The casualty rate from IEDs is over double. Why does that matter? The media knows that death and carnage equal viewers. The politicians know that high casualty rates yield public outcry and power shifts. For our military, it means that instead of the obvious outcry for our soldiers to be provided with explosion proof vehicles, we left them there for the first six years with HUMVEES that would tear in half with a few pipe bombs. Our brave soldiers were denied support for ratings and political gain!

There is more, in the Vietnam conflict the numbers stack up like this:

Vietnam Conflict 1956 - 2008
- Hostile Death 47,434
- Non-Hostile Death 10,786
- Total Records 58,220

That is roughly 16% of our military in Vietnam died from non-enemy actions.

There are tricks employed in order to galvanize the public’s perceptions and reactions. Although it seems counter-intuitive that a known is perceived as more threatening than an unknown, we find that personified threats/risks (named threats; Taliban, Son of Sam, etc.) are perceived as a higher threat than the risk from a faceless threat. Therefore, the media and the government move quickly to name the risk. Twenty-four-hour news channels even make fancy graphics and stressful music for the segments. Once they have done that, they repeat the things that they wish for you to accept as a threat to you. This invokes fear, discomfort, and a “need” for “a solution”. Welcome the Hegelian Dialectic (see the article.) The next act is the “public demands” action. Therein lies the danger to our way of life, our freedoms, and our liberty.

We must constantly be vigilant to the well-planned manipulation that is foisted upon us every day. We are the primary guardians of our liberty and freedoms. Never rest in the task of guarding these precious gifts.

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Survival Is Rarely Pretty or Peaceful – Ask Nicolo Machiavelli

Will Hemingway — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 22:55:39 +0000

Machiavelli realized that, when carefully studying history, the good guy almost always finishes last.

There is something to be said for the principle of fighting for your survival. Religious and political voices counsel us every day how to be submissive and, for the most part, docile. Most first-world societies have been brainwashed their people, push a relentless torrent mandating acts of altruism, self-loathing, and guilt. The overlords have “bred” Aggression out of us. Such social engineering has been used throughout man’s history under the guise of civility and peace. The goal, of course, is to assure the dominance of a government or group over others.

If you think that you understand strategic social interactions, politics, or survival, then you better know Machiavelli.

The first thing that every survival minded person must do is learn how to override that training. If you genuinely wish to survive any significant conflict or social upheaval, then you need to understand Machiavelli's principles. A Nicolo Machiavelli primer is provided below, along with his two seminal works.

Executive Summary:

Anyone who wishes to protect their nation, way of life, liberty, and freedom should acquaint themselves with the Machiavellian principles. I suggest that you begin with “The Prince.” (see the PDF below)

His principles (in the supporting materials below) will offend the sensibilities of some who are highly religious. I recommend that you force yourself past it. The perceptions and well-rooted historical basis upon which they were formed are easily validated by millennia.

Machiavelli served as a diplomat in Italy's Florentine Republic for fourteen years. Upon the return of the exiled Medic family and the fall of the Republic, Machiavelli studied Roman history. Licking his wounds at the collapse of the Republic, he wrote his most notable treatise, The Prince. In the Prince, he outlined the harsh realities of what it requires to maintain and assure the longevity of a monarchy or a government.

Machiavelli is known as the "Father of Modern Political Theory". The Prince illuminated the necessity of ruling by deceit, fear, and in some cases, force. Pope Clement VIII condemned the premise. Interestingly, the Catholic Church had been practicing nearly identical methods to protect, grow, and maintain their control over their nation-state colonies around the world, all done for the “greater good” (God’s will).

Machiavelli was well-read and quite worldly for his time. In 1521 he penned an interesting treatise "On the Art of War." The Prince and Click here to download "On the Art of War."

Supporting Materials:

Machiavelli:

May 3, 1469 - Jun 21, 1527, Florence, (Italy) Republic of Florence
Diplomat, Politician, Historian, Philosopher, Humanist, Writer
"Father of Modern Political Theory"

Machiavelli’s Principles:

Separate Politics/Government from Religion
- Machiavelli challenged the core underlying everyone's religious convictions. He challenged the logic and historical evidence of spiritual and moral convictions at the heart of “man”.
There are no friends in politics
The “effectual truth”
- .Allies in politics, whether at home or abroad, are not friends
Whoever imagines allies are friends ensures his ruin rather than his preservation
The virtues taught in our secular and religious schools are incompatible with the virtues one must practice safeguarding those same institutions.
The power of the lion and the cleverness of the fox: These are the qualities a leader must harness to preserve the republic.
Leaders must, at times inspire fear not only in their foes but even in their allies — and even in their own ministers.
The proper aim of a leader is to maintain his state
P.olitics is an environment where
- Acting virtuously often leads to the ruin of a state.
- Pursuing what appears to be vice results in security and well-being.
Leaders must understand that the ability to make difficult decisions carefully weighing the best of bad choices is what is required to achieve the most good.

“I pour myself out as fully as I can in meditation on the subject, discussing what a principality is, what kinds there are, how they can be acquired, how they can be kept, why they are lost:” Nicolo Machiavelli

Machiavelli set social precepts on their collective ears. He broke the standard of the time; separating Politics/Government from Religion. The response to Machiavelli’s words was condemnation and outrage. He never urged evil for evil’s sake. He realized that, when carefully studying history, the good guy almost always finishes last.

The Prince and Click here to download "On the Art of War".

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Hegelian Dialectic -Manipulating People for Power & Profit

Will Hemingway — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 17:11:34 +0000

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Jefferson was quoted as saying, Governments only have power over the people when they break the law. Therefore, governments will continue to create laws, until all of the people, break the law all of the time. Most people will resist such excessive regulation, but in times of crisis, the average person will happily cede their rights, freedoms, and even liberty in exchange for a “feeling” of safety. Therein lies the danger. We must all be vigilant, actively engaged in our own safety and security. We must be involved in our governance or be “ruled” instead.

Benjamin Franklin’s quote, widely butchered and amended, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”, would seem to be more appropriate to this topic than most would realize. That quote is commonly applied to arguments regarding the surveillance state and excessive governance/protection. In fact, most people are not aware that Franklin was referring to monetary seizures through taxation. Of course, taxation is an affront to freedom, and threatens liberty if you fail to comply. The solution to the people’s lack of desire to comply is gained through the application of the Hegelian Dialectic. Rahm Emmanuel popularized, or vilified, the concept with his statement: Never let a good crisis go to waste.

Hegelian Dialectic

Problem – Reaction – Solution Paradigm

The government creates or exploits a problem then attributes blame to others.
The populace reacts by asking the government for protection and help to solve the problem.
The government offers the solution that was planned by them long before the crisis occurred.

Outcome: Rights and liberties are exchanged for the illusion of protection and help.

Bruce Yandle, writer for The Freeman put it well in a recent article:

“… When it comes to crisis management, opportunistic politicians such an [Rahm] Emanuel never miss a chance to convert crises into political pork for special interests.

"Never let a good crisis go to waste" Rahm Emmanuel

Rahm’s Rule is a useful accessory to a body of theory that seeks to explain the political economy of regulation. The rule tells us that major crises can provide cover for distributing benefits to targeted special interest groups. The greater the magnitude of a given crisis and the shorter the interval for forming legislation to deal with it, the larger the spread of pork that can be packed into the final legislation. Rahm’s Rule is a guarantee that efforts to resolve a deadline-based crisis will go on to the very last minute."

"Perpetual vigilance is our only hope"

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List of Major Terror Attacks 1968 – 2002

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Date	Location	Target	Type Act	Victim(s) & Damage	Perpetrators
7/23/1968	Rome	El Al aircraft	Hijacking		Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – Three members
11/22/1968	Jerusalem, Israel	Open market shoppers	Bombing	12 killed
2/18/1969	Zurich Switzerland	El Al aircraft	Armed Assault	Copilot killed
2/21/1969	Jerusalem		Bomb blast	killed and eight injured
8/29/1969		TWA 707 aircraft	Hijacking to Damascus, Syria		Palestinian terrorist
9/29/1969	Flying from Rome to Lodi Italy	TWA aircraft	Hijacking to Damascus, Syria
11/27/1969	Athens, Greece	El Al office	Armed Assault	Innocent bystanders were killed
2/10/1970	Munich airport	Airport passenger transfer bus	Armed Assault		Palestinian terrorist
2/21/1970	Flight to Israel	Swissair aircraft	Bomb – in flight explosion		Palestinian terrorists
4/21/1970	Philippines	Philippines aircraft	Bomb	36 aboard killed
5/22/1970	Israeli		Armed Assault	Eight Israeli school children killed	Arab terrorist
9/6/1970	El Al plane Jordanian desert.	4 El Al aircraft	Hijacking to Jordanian Desert 3 succeeded, 1 thwarted
1/26/1972		Yugoslav aircraft	Bomb – in flight explosion	people killed (all but one passengeron board)
5/30/1972		Lod airport	Armed Assault	24 people killed	Palestinians terrorist – Japanese terrorist recruited by Palestinians
7/21/1972	Downtown Belfast		22 bombs exploded	11 people killed
9/5/1972	Olympic games in Munich	Isreali atheletes at the Olympic Games	Armed Assault	Eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team killed	Black September an arm of the PLO led by Yasser Arafat
2/23/1973	Over the Sinai desert	Libyan aircraft	Israel shoots down fearing it was a flying bomb		Libya (Israeli self defense?)
3/8/1973	London, England		2 IRA bombs	1 person killed, 200 injured	IRA
8/5/1973		TWA aircraft	Armed Assault	5 people killed	Libyan terrorist group
9/8/1974	flying from Athens to Rome	TWA aircraft	Bomb – in flight explosion	85 passengers killed (all on-board)	Libyan terrorist group
11/21/1974	Birmingham England		Series of bombs	21 people killed	IRA
9/30/1975		Hungarian aircraft	Bomb – in flight explosion	64 people killed (all on board)
1/1/1976		Lebanese aircraft	Bomb – in flight explosion	82 people killed (all on board)
6/24/1976		Air France aircraft	Hijacked to Uganda	Israeli later stages a daring rescue mission to free the hostages.
3/12/1978		Israeli bus	Armed Assault	37 Israeli people killed	Palestinian terrorists
11/04/1979	Tehran Iran	United States of America Embassy	Armed Assault / Abduction	52 USA citizens are held hostage for 444 days	Iran A group of Iranian students who were angry at the United States attacked and seized its embassy in Tehran, Iran. They were supported by the countries leader, Ayatollah Khomeini.
4/19/1981	Davao Philippines		Armed Assault	13 people killed and 177 injured
07/18/1982	Beirut, Lebanon	United States of America Citizens	Armed Assault / Abduction / Torture / Killing the first of a decade-long campaign of kidnappings	18 USA citizens would be held hostage during the campaign, 3 USA citizens would be murdered. Abduction, torture and killing of U.S. marine Richard Higgins, his body was shown hanging in a videotape made by the terrorists. David Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped by guerrillas later released. William Buckley, a U.S. Embassy political officer, kidnapped and eventually murdered.	Organization of the Oppressed on Earth Intelligence reports have suggested that abduction was actually carried out by Iranian-backed Hezbollah (Party of God) guerrillas operating in Lebanon. Experts believe that Hezbollah used the term “Organization of the Oppressed on Earth” as a code name. Hezbollah has denied involvement in both the kidnappings and the killings.
8/6/1982	Paris, France	kosher restaurant	Armed Assault	8 People killed
4/18/1983	Beirut, Lebanon	United States of America Embassy	Armed Assault	83 people killed
9/29/1983		Gulf Air aircraft	Bomb – in flight explosion	166 people killed (all on board)	Islamic Jihad ( controlled by Syria)
Beirut, Lebanon	United States of America Military Personnel	Truck bomb	241 US Marines killed
9/20/1984	Beirut, Lebanon	United States of America Embassy	Truck bomb	15 people killed
6/23/1985		Air India 747 aircraft	Bomb – in flight explosion	345 people killed (all on board)	Sikh terrorist
10/7/1985		Italian Cruise ship the Achillo Laura	Hijacking		Palestinian terrorists
9/5/1986		Pan Am aircraft	Hijacking	20 people are killed	Palestinian terrorists
12/21/1988	Lockerbie Scotland	Pan Am flight 103 aircraft	Bomb – in flight explosion	259 people killed (all on board)	Libyan terrorist group
3/17/1992	Buenos Aires	Israeli embassy	Bomb	29 people killed	Argentine Police Department was ruled complicit by their court
2/26/1993	World Trade Center New York City, NY USA		Bomb – explodes in the basement	6 people are killed 1,000 injured	Al Queda
7/27/1993	Milan Italy		Car bomb	5 people killed
7/18/1994	Buenos Aires		Bomb	26 people killed
		Seven-story building that housed a Jewish cultural center and was also used by a group of researchers studying Argentinean government files on Nazi war-criminals that had entered Argentina after World War II.		150 people injured
3/20/1995	Tokyo, Japan	Rail station / Subway	Nerve gas is released	12 people killed
4/19/1995	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA	Alfred P Murrah Federal office building	Bomb	168 people killed
8/7/1998	Mairobi Kenya	United States of America Embassy	Bomb
Dar es Salamm Tanzania		United States of America Embassy	Bomb
8/2001	Eagon, MN USA		Accused of being the intended 20th hijacker on 9/11		Al Queda – USA citizen Zacarias Moussaoui
9/2001	Detroit & Dearborn, MI	United States of America Economy	Accused of being part of a sleeper operational combat cell. Economic terrorism, recruit and train terrorists, set up safe houses and gather intelligence about terror targets.		Militant Islamic movement, allied with al Qaeda. Karim Koubriti, Ahmed Hannan, Farouk Ali-Haimoud and Abdel-Ilah Elmardoudi (Abdella)
9/11/2001	New York City, NY USA	World Trade Center	Aircraft hijacked and flown into building	Over 3000 people killed	Al Queda
Fairfax, VA USA	Pentagon	168 ???	Aircraft hijacked and flown into building		Al Queda
12/2001	Peoria, IL		Accused of falsely denying his contacts with Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi, one of the 9/11 organizers based in the United Arab Emirates		Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri Accomplice of Al Queda 9/11 organizers
12/2001	Ann Arbor, MI		Accused of funneling money to terrorists via the Global Relief Foundation		Rabih Haddad Global Relief Foundation
3/2002	Northern VA & GA		Money laundering and funding terrorist organizations	15 warrants executed against several businesses	MarJac Investments, Mar-Jac Poultry, Reston Investments, SAAR Foundation, Safa Trust and Sterling Management Group; nonprofit organizations (including the Fiqh Council of North America, Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences, International Institute of Islamic Thought, International Islamic Relief Organization and Muslim World League), and four homes, all connected to M. Yaqub Mizra, accused of laundering money for al Qaeda or other terrorist groups.
4/2002	Justice, IL		Money laundering and funding terrorist organizations		Enaam Arnaout, accused of funneling money to al Qaeda and other terrorist organization
4/2002	New York	New York City landmarks	Accused of passing messages between Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman (serving a life sentence for his part in an attempt to blow up New York City landmarks) and his followers		Mohammed Yousry, Ahmed Abdel Sattar and Yassir Al-Sirri aiding Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman





10/11/20 02		United States of America Embassy and French Embassy	Suicide bomber	A man wearing a vest with explosives set off a metal detector at a crowded beachfront cafe, fled and then was captured by U.S. Embassy guards before he could detonate the device	Palestinian terrorists

Combat Arms Survey US Government

Will Hemingway — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 06:36:49 +0000

Combat Arms Survey
Administered to 300 Active Duty Marines at 29 Palms, CA
May 10, 1994

Article from the NEW AMERICAN Vol 11 No. 20 October 2, 1995

Twenty-Nine Palms Survey:

What Really Motivated Its Author?

by John F. McManus

Veteran readers of THE NEW AMERICAN are vibrantly aware of the May 10, 1994 “Combat Arms Survey” administered to 300 active-duty Marines at the USMC’s Air-Ground Combat Center, Twenty-Nine Palms, California.

Among its 46 questions, the Marines were asked if they would be willing to swear to a United Nations code of conduct and if they would fire on Americans who refused to turn over their privately owned weapons to the government. Other questions sought their approval or disapproval about their involvement in an assortment of operations far removed from proper military assignments, some of which would even place them under formal UN command.

One of the Marines who participated in this exercise became so disturbed by the questions that he obtained an extra copy and sent it to THE NEW AMERICAN. No sooner had our published report about this survey reached readers than several congressmen fired off inquiries to the Marine Corps and Navy. Spokesmen for both branches of the service issued statements claiming there was really nothing to be concerned about, that the survey was merely part of its author’s research for a master’s degree thesis.

But that explanation neatly sidesteps a far more important consideration: The aura of official acceptance of these subversive attitudes would certainly lead some of the Marines toward believing that they should hold them as well. It is our contention that no one wearing a uniform of the U.S. Armed Forces should ever allow troops under his command to be subjected to such totally unconstitutional thinking.

Author’s Defense

We have talked at length with the author of this survey, Navy Lieutenant Commander Ernest Guy Cunningham, and about his motivation in creating it. He provided us with a copy of the 197-page thesis he wrote after analyzing the responses given by the Marines. His thesis helped him to earn a master of science degree in the area of manpower, personnel, and training analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

Anxious to defend himself from charges he is pro-UN, Cunningham repeatedly contended in his interview with THE NEW AMERICAN that he is no enemy of America and no participant in any plan to demoralize U.S. troops. He maintained emphatically that he wanted only to confirm and then pass on to higher authorities his fears about “the lack of knowledge among the soldiers about the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and their heritage as Americans.” He added: “I’m a life member of the National Rifle Association, an ardent constitutionalist, and I’m even disappointed with the NRA spokesmen who don’t do a very good job defending their position.”

To each of the questions or scenarios presented in the Cunningham survey, the Marines were asked if they strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree, or have no opinion. The first part of the survey dealt with non-traditional missions (termed “operations other than war” by Cunningham) under the command and control of U.S. military personnel, first inside the United States, and then outside the United States. Additional questions dealt with those same type missions conducted outside the U.S. under United Nations command and control.

The Marines indicated overwhelming acquiescence to being assigned under U.S. control within the U.S. for such non-traditional missions as drug enforcement, disaster relief, environmental clean-up, substitute teaching in public schools, guarding prisons, national emergency policing, or assisting federal law enforcement officials. For example, one of the questions asked the Marines if they would be willing to be assigned to a “national emergency police force” within the U.S. under U.S. command. The survey showed that 6.0 percent strongly disagreed, 6.3 percent disagreed, 42.3 percent agreed, 43.0 percent strongly agreed, and 2.3 percent had no opinion.

“Do you realize,” Cunningham stated during our telephone interview, “that 85.3 percent agreed with assigning troops to a mission that violates the Posse Comitatus Act?” This Act states that “it shall not be lawful to employ any part of the Army of the United States, as a posse comitatus [power of the county], or otherwise, for the purpose of executing the laws, except [when] authorized by the Constitution or by act of Congress.”

Additional results published in Cunningham’s thesis demonstrate a high degree of willingness on the part of these U.S. troops to carry out non-traditional missions under U.S. command: 48 percent agreement for drug enforcement; 39 percent for disaster relief; 67 percent for peacekeeping; and 52 percent for humanitarian relief. However, when questions were asked about similar missions involving U.S. troops under UN command, the approval rate dropped off markedly: 17 percent for drug enforcement; 13 percent for disaster relief; 25 percent for peacekeeping; 21 percent for humanitarian relief; and only 11 percent for Korean or Vietnam police action.

Firing on U.S. Citizens?

While all of the questions in this survey should have stimulated concern, the survey’s final question has generated an enormous amount of attention:

The U.S. government declares a ban on the possession, sale, transportation, and transfer of all non-sporting firearms. A thirty (30) day amnesty period is permitted for these firearms to be turned over to the local authorities. At the end of this period, a number of citizen groups refuse to turn over their firearms. Consider the following statement: I would fire upon U.S. citizens who refuse or resist confiscation of firearms banned by the U.S. government.

The survey results: 42.3 percent strongly disagreed with this statement; 19.3 percent disagreed; 18.6 percent agreed; 7.6 percent strongly agreed; and 12.0 percent had no opinion. In one of the footnotes appearing in his thesis, Cunningham quotes comments placed by some of the Marines next to their answers to this question: “What about the damn Second Amendment? …. I feel this is a first in communism! …. Read the book None Dare Call It Conspiracy by Gary Allen.” “I would not even consider it. The reason we have guns is so that the people can overthrow the gov’t when or if the people think the gov’t is too powerful.” “Freedom to bear arms is our Second Amendment. If you take our Amendments away then you can take this job and stick it where the sun don’t shine! …. It is a right to own firearms for defense (2nd Amendment); I would fight for that right!”

Based on the disagreement expressed by 61 percent of the Marines, Cunningham concluded that “a complete unit breakdown would occur in a unit tasked to execute this mission.”

Cunningham’s Deficiencies

In his interview with THE NEW AMERICAN, Cunningham claimed to be appalled that so many Marines would be willing to serve in non-traditional roles that conflict with the purpose of our military or to serve under UN command. He even volunteered that he “didn’t agree personally with any portion of the survey” even though he is “its sole author, originator, and creator.” Yet the thesis he submitted gave no indication of any such sentiments. Just the opposite, in fact.

In his thesis, Cunningham states that “The legitimacy of operations other than war is rooted in the constitutional powers of the Executive,” and that such operations and the placement of “U.S. forces under operational control of United Nations personnel are legitimate.” [Emphasis added.] Not so, according to our reading of the Constitution and the thinking of those who wrote it. The military is not the President’s to use as he wishes; his designation as “Commander in Chief” is an occasional assignment of responsibility, not a wholesale grant of power.

Betraying a poor understanding of the proper role of the military, Cunningham claims: “But the Framers also granted the Executive the latitude to use the Federal troops under his command as a tool of diplomacy when he deemed it appropriate. This was the case in both Korea and Vietnam.” That kind of thinking has gotten this nation into undeclared wars, led to casualties in the hundreds of thousands, and entangled our nation ever more deeply in the United Nations and its subsidiary organizations.

Cunningham’s claims that he is a defender of the U.S. Constitution have to be questioned when he writes: “Future U.S. missions may require the inclusion of international soldiers in U.S. units and, in some cases, when national security interests dictate, the President of the United States may appoint a competent United Nations officer to exercise operational control over U.S. contingents.”

But what about the fact that most U.S. military personnel apparently don’t want to serve in “peacekeeping” missions? “Some may argue that the military need only incorporate the necessary indoctrination and training,” Cunningham notes in his thesis. “But doing so would require establishing formal training and indoctrination programs … thus, in effect, building a completely new program from the ground up. Another possibility may be more realistic. Realizing the conflict and incongruity peacekeeping represents in a combat organizational model, it may be necessary to bifurcate the military. Such a change could promote specialization and provide an opportunity to those who desire peacekeeping duty. Perhaps it is time to designate separate fighting forces and peacekeeping forces.”

Cunningham’s own survey results demonstrate that there is solid opposition to converting the U.S. military into an adjunct of a New World Army. Yet his outrageous suggestion provides the globalists with an opportunity for circumventing that opposition. If implemented, it would undoubtedly be, not an end in itself, but another ominous step toward the abandonment of the traditional role of the U.S. military. Yet there is good reason to believe that these subversive plans will never be accomplished — as the heroic stand of Army Specialist Michael New amply demonstrates.

Here’s the questionnare, as posted on FreeRepublic — some posters said they took it, a few pooh-poohed it. I put in bold italics a point I was not familiar with, and see now why they asked the marines.

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a441714.htm

“Editorial Note The enclosed Combat Arms Survey is a true and accurate reproduction of the contents of the questionnaire. We altered the format to accommodate the SurviveWithWill.com’s formating.

COMBAT ARMS SURVEY

This questionnaire is to gather data concerning the attitudes of combat trained personnel with regard to nontraditional missions. All of your responses are confidential. Write your answers directly on the questionnaire form. In Part II, place an “X” in the space provided for your response.

Part I.

Demographics

1.What Service are you in?

2.What is your pay grade? (e.g. E-?, 0-?)

3.What is your MOS code and description?

4.What is your highest level of education in years?

5.How many months did you serve in Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield?

6. How many months did you serve in Somalia?

7.What state or country did you primarily reside in during childhood?

Part ll. Attitudes

Do you feel that U.S. combat troops should be used within the United States for any of the following missions?

8. Drug enforcement

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