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Fifth Column
'Internal enemy' undermining U.S. military, says author
2007-07-03
Matt Chad Groening

A New York Times Deviant Renegade best-selling author has just released a scathing new book that exposes what he considers a blatant, well-coordinated campaign by the Left to sabotage the U.S. military.

Hear this report.

Lt. Col. Robert "Buzz" Patterson (U.S. Air Force - Ret.) is best known as a man who once carried the emergency condom box(es) nuclear missile codes for Bill Clinton. In his latest book -- War Crimes: The Left's Campaign to Destroy Our Military and Lose the War on Terror -- he claims the Left has shamelessly aided and abetted America's terrorist enemies.

"The Left has become the fifth column as a result of the Vietnam War, [and] it has become more and more entrenched," asserts the author. "I argue in the book that I don't think we can win either this war against global Islamic extremism, or any future war, without coming to grips with the fact that we have this internal enemy that we have to defeat from within."

In Patterson's view, that "internal enemy" is attempting to undermine the war on terror. "We haven't won a major war in this country since WWII," he observes, "and the Left has been very, very skilled and adept at turning military victories into political defeats -- and that's what they're attempting to do with the war in Iraq."

Patterson says the terrorists know they cannot defeat the United States militarily -- unless Americans become so demoralized that they run from the fight. He says it is unfortunate that liberals in America are working overtime to make this happen.

[ Editor's note: Webster defines "fifth column" as a group of secret sympathizers or supporters of an enemy that engage in espionage or sabotage within defense lines or national borders.]
Posted by:anonymous5089

#9  #8: "I look at leaders in one of two varieties - a guy I'd follow up a hill or a guy I'd have to push up a hill w/my rifle in his back shoot at the bottom of the hill to protect my own life."

There - fixed that for ya', Broad.

When I worked for the Army in Germany (as a civilian) many years ago, we had a Lt. Col. who was the poster child of REMFs, and had been the same in 'Nam before he landed in Deutchland. I asked the Sergeant I worked for if he wasn't scared that that worthless clown would be giving orders if the Russians rolled across the border. His only comment was, "Not really - I have a gun." It was obvious he wasn't talking about shooting the Russians.

Warmed my little cockles, it did. :-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2007-07-03 23:49  

#8  I agree a lot w/newc. There are some congresscowards I view as domestic enemies. Men who are cowards and have no business making or debating upon bills or formulating any sort of foreign policy. I look at leaders in one of two varieties - a guy I'd follow up a hill or a guy I'd have to push up a hill w/my rifle in his back. Most of the guys I see in congress make up the latter variety.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2007-07-03 22:28  

#7  "I argue in the book that I don't think we can win either this war against global Islamic extremism, or any future war, without coming to grips with the fact that we have this internal enemy that we have to defeat from within."

Amen to that. I don't see how the war against the fifth column can be won unless treason and sedition laws are seriously considered.
Posted by: JohnQC   2007-07-03 22:27  

#6  Mike nails it. The problem is, that the three of those groups, taken in aggregate, may constitute a majority of voters, at least in some geographic areas. I hope this isn't the case, but it may be until some real hurt occurs.

Posted by: no mo uro   2007-07-03 19:54  

#5  Let's see, of the democrats currently serving in the US armed forces...all five of them...
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-07-03 18:37  

#4  The blood is already on congresses hands. Some days, I feel the need to see the whole thing doing the perp walk. They are looked at by me as criminals.
Posted by: newc   2007-07-03 15:06  

#3  I think he's right, though he may (I repeat, may) be overstating his case. Within the Left, there are really three different groups who are working against the war effort:

1. Honest-to-Chomsky America-haters, the Noam Chomskys and Michael Moores and Rosie O'Donnells who really do want to see us lose 'cause they don't like this country.

2. Hyperpartisan Dems who see political advantage for themselves in defeat. I don't know that they really hate the country so much as they really, really, really hate their political opponents and reflexively oppose the war because it's being led by a Republican president. In their heart of hearts, they probably don't want America to lose, but they're so repulsed by the idea of rallying around a Republican administration that they rationalize their opposition by pretending the terrorist threat is overstated.

3. The wet-finger-to-the-poll-numbers types, who were for the war when the poll numbers told them to be. Opinion shifts again, they'll be back in the hawk camp.
Posted by: Mike   2007-07-03 14:51  

#2  Secret?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles in Blairistan   2007-07-03 11:55  

#1  We at the 'burg have noticed this too. The left and their allies are traitors and seditionists. 'bout time to drain the swamp.
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-07-03 11:36  

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