The other side is smart, too!

They have the money and skills to practice propaganda for their cause. Many worry it is working, or may work. Some think it is a vulnerability to be exploited, either slow bleed or fast bleed depending on the strategy.

Of course, who is “they”, foreign or domestic? The answers and possibilities can be overwhelming, or depressing in numbers at least. The good news is that all show their intents eventually, and in card poker talk, both sides can play this game of life.

The money sources attract immediate attention. These days even too many USA domestic demonstrators are paid and/or coerced to show up for the media dog and pony show. The common rule seems to be: if the media video scene is focused up front then there are not many demonstrators; if the scene is focused from a high rise, then there are more people involved. The way to exploit all this is the light of day. Real demonstrators don’t need to paid or coerced to be a media puppet and a means to promote their masters ends.

The indirect money sources, often called power, also attract domestic attention. “Say anything” and “claim anything” and even “lie to gain attention, i.e. fake but true” have run their courses. Just because it is claimed, and reported, does not make it true. But the same claim, reported often enough, becomes accepted as true, is classic propaganda practice. The common fuel for this type of domestic engine is money. Somebody is funding this for their objectives, and many Americans are being puppets.

The good news is that the funding sources, domestically, are not inexhaustible. The sources can be bled dry on both the receiving end and the sending end. The rate on both ends depends on the amount of sunshine, which thank goodness is increasing. Perhaps there is a race between the perceived campaign’s effects and the running out of expendable funds. Perhaps the Americans are more savvy than many think about propaganda. It is a fair question, given the amount of normal mass media formula advertising bought and paid for today.

Let’s go foreign. Is there a clash of civilizations going on? Is there a cultural clash of values dragging in East and West? Is this another religious clash in human history? Is something monumental in human history going on?

No. This is a self appointed elitist group with really good funding. Classical small wars involve bandits and other sorts who wrap themselves in cloaks of politics and religion. This murky area is exploited by hard corps individuals who not only talk the talk, but they walk the walk. The 9/11 attacks, and the terrible impacts in the USA, only show this course of action works, and is worthy of follow up. But we in the USA can also follow up.

Somebody paid for all this foreign attack on the domestic USA. One such name is Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz. He is Saudi, and has been funding many things, to include the recruiting, training, and infrastructure to recruit and train and send young dedicated men to do us harm. His major effort in the last decades has been the expansion of Islam in Europe. Just where did his money come from, why is he spending his money, and can we bleed him dry, either slow or quick?

The answer begs the question. Is our government savvy enough to know this, and willing to do something about this? If the Saudi name is off the mark, fine. But somebody is financing those that fight for their foreign cause. They are smart, too. If we have American leaders at either the executive or congressional levels, or their hired staffs, who don’t know how to represent us, or even play some kind of foreign poker game, then the vote will replace them, thank goodness. Trading American blood for learning curves in D.C. is a loser. Time will tell.

Somebody is paying for the forecasted: the Taliban and their supporters now have the breathing space to replenish stocks and prepare for their new push into Afghanistan. It is envisaged that at least 20,000 fully trained fresh men from at least 16 entry points along the Durand Line that separates Pakistan and Afghanistan will be sent into Afghanistan.

On another front and idea: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/10/was_haditha_a_deliberate_propa.html

Is this what we Americans want?