Discontent

While I freely acknowledge the fact that there is a significant segment of the US population (maybe 25-30%) that is strongly opposed to our involvement in Iraq and wish to see our troops withdrawn en masse immediately, these people are hardcore Bush haters and will never be happy until the US morphs into France (sans riots). The remainder of the uneasiness with the war in Iraq doesn’t consist of ascent to the concept that the war was a mistake or a waste of blood and treasure, it is more a feeling of resignation that the US is unwilling or politically unable to act decisively on the battlefield and in the intelligence arena. Now much of this sentiment is a result of the MSM either failing to accurately report the state of combat operations or uncovering and relentlessly promoting US embarrassments or failures.

Discontent would be more accurately described as demoralization. There have been so many events in this war that have lead to this sentiment, and it is this feeling that is present in the American electorate that the enemy, the Democrats, and the MSM are seeking to exploit. Take for instance the issue of the Abu Ghraib or even Gitmo detainee ‘scandals’. Much in the same way that the people of France are now certainly embarrassed at the spectacle their once proud nation has become, the unseemly pictures of Lyndie Englund humiliating detainees brought a deep feeling of shame over us all. That said, I do believe that most Americans want to believe that the CIA has our most dangerous enemy terrorists holed up in secret prisons and subject to rough but effective interrogation. It’s just that we don’t necessarily want to know all the details of it. That is why leaking this story to Dana Priest of Wapo is such an insidious act of treachery by the CIA/MSM/Democrat axis. Leaving aside the incalculable damage to our national security done by the CIA bureaucrat who leaked this very damaging information, bringing to light this sort of information is a premeditated attempt at a slow motion coup d'état by anti-Bush elements of the intelligence community. It will open the US up to a new round of international denunciations and hand wringing by liberal Senators in DC.

The White House and the Congressional GOP leadership have been lying down and accepting this death by a thousand cuts strategy by its enemies at home, while effectively prosecuting the war against the terrorists abroad hoping that victory itself will bring its own vindication. At this point, I do not believe that the Dems or the MSM have the capacity to recognize victory let alone the willingness to acknowledge it. That is why this effort by Senate and House GOP leaders is long overdue and desperately needed. The GOP and the President do not and will never have any control over the actions of the Democrats or the MSM, but they can damn sure bring the CIA and the State Department to heel-and they must. The CIA in particular has factions within it that have gone rogue and must be crushed and rooted out. As I said before, there are a great many witches casting spells and stirring the pot over at Langley and it is time for a good old fashioned witch hunt.

The President’s approval numbers are suffering for the exact same reason as the war, because Republicans feel demoralized in the face of attacks from liberals and the media. These coming investigations of CIA leaks by the Bicameral Intelligence Committees need to be conducted not only as a matter of national security, but equally as a political strategy. Put the Democrats and the MSM in the position of defending leaks of real classified information (not some peon’s name) that affects national security. Mocking the moonbat libs is not enough anymore; they need to be confronted directly. We need to be decisively on the offense on the battlefield, in the interrogation chamber, and politically at home. Anything less would be a grave disservice to our servicemembers who are fighting hard every day. The best way to shut up a liberal is to punch him right in the nose; it’s time to knuckle up.