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The Spirit Of "Tokyo Rose" Is Alive And Well Today In The Leftist Anti-War Movement
I received this in the e-mail from a good friend of mine, James, the other day. I'm not sure who the original author is but it is an excellent comparison of the leftist anti-war movement to the infamous "Tokyo Rose" who was Japan's tool of propagana against our troops back in WWII. There are some striking comparisons between her propaganda and the left who oppose our war in Iraq today.
The other night we watched a movie called, "Flags of our Fathers." During the movie, I pointed out the radio broadcast of "Tokyo Rose."
She had the best music on her station. During World War II; the Japanese developed a way to demoralize the American forces. Psychological warfare experts developed a message they felt would work.
They gave the script to their famous broadcaster "Tokyo Rose" and every day she would broadcast this same message packaged in different ways. The Japanese hoped it would have a negative impact on American GI's morale.
What was that demoralizing message? It had three main points:
1. Your President is lying to you.
2. This war is illegal.
3. You cannot win the war.
Does this sound familiar today? It is because we are being bombarded by Tokyo Hillary, Tokyo Harry, Tokyo Teddy, Tokyo Nancy, Tokyo Murtha, etc., and they have picked up the same message and are broadcasting it on Tokyo CNN, Tokyo ABC, Tokyo CBS, Tokyo NBC, etc., to our troops.
The only difference is that they claim to support our troops before they demoralize them. Come to think of it, Tokyo Rose told the troops she was on their side, too.
Food for thought and yet another reason why the left's agenda is not good for America. Especially our troops, the brave men and women who are making the sacrifice, sometimes, the ultimate sacrifice, for the well being and preservation of our free, American way of life.
The other night we watched a movie called, "Flags of our Fathers." During the movie, I pointed out the radio broadcast of "Tokyo Rose."
She had the best music on her station. During World War II; the Japanese developed a way to demoralize the American forces. Psychological warfare experts developed a message they felt would work.
They gave the script to their famous broadcaster "Tokyo Rose" and every day she would broadcast this same message packaged in different ways. The Japanese hoped it would have a negative impact on American GI's morale.
What was that demoralizing message? It had three main points:
1. Your President is lying to you.
2. This war is illegal.
3. You cannot win the war.
Does this sound familiar today? It is because we are being bombarded by Tokyo Hillary, Tokyo Harry, Tokyo Teddy, Tokyo Nancy, Tokyo Murtha, etc., and they have picked up the same message and are broadcasting it on Tokyo CNN, Tokyo ABC, Tokyo CBS, Tokyo NBC, etc., to our troops.
The only difference is that they claim to support our troops before they demoralize them. Come to think of it, Tokyo Rose told the troops she was on their side, too.
Food for thought and yet another reason why the left's agenda is not good for America. Especially our troops, the brave men and women who are making the sacrifice, sometimes, the ultimate sacrifice, for the well being and preservation of our free, American way of life.
posted by Clay | 11:09 PM
10 Comments:
The thing is, Tokyo Rose was recognized by our side as propoganda. She did nothing to demoralize and was laughed at by our side...though taken quite seriously by the other...who were instructed to believe everything that their governement told them and to obey without question.
Americans prided themselves for thinking for themselves rather than let some stooge on a radio tell them what to believe. We didn't trust our government and felt that it was better to control it than have some looney come along and lead the entire country into ruin....like what happened to a few in WWII.
Pity that particularly American sentiment got lost in such a short time.
"Pity that particularly American sentiment got lost in such a short time."
It sounds like you've given up on your fellow Americans. It also sounds like Democrat sour grapes.
Of course, it is possible that you misunderstand the will of the American people. Perhaps, they still resist leaders who want to lead this country into ruin hence, the votes against Al Gore and John Kerry.
A lot of Americans haven't forgot the sting of 9/11 and they have no illusions about who our enemy is and apparently, at least so far, they aren't comfortable being under Democrat leadership.
After all, this ain't the Democrat party that Harry Truman or John F. Kennedy led. The Democrat, "appease and cut and run plan" hasn't captured the faith of the American people yet.
Of course, '08 is right around the corner. We'll have to wait and see what the American people want then. One thing is for sure, if they don't come down on the side of the Democrat party, we will all continue to here pejoratives slung at whatever Republican President we have, non-stop, from Democrat politicians and their allies the liberal main stream media. Also, the Democrat party, who has been the party of permanent colic since the 2000 election, will continue to whine.
But, I have faith in the American people. I don't think they are ready to follow a Democrat leader who will lead this country to ruin and submission to radical Islam.
All that rant...for little ol' me who isn't even a Democrat.
"All that rant...for little ol' me who isn't even a Democrat."
So what party do you most identfify with? I am not a Republican either. I just vote that way because, while they don't actually represent conservative views, they are certainly much closer to that than the Democrat party does, which is overun by liberal agenda.
I apologize for assuming that you are aligned with the Democrat party. Your viewpoints are more in line with liberals so I assumed you were in line with the Democrat party.
Are you an Independant?
I don't identify with a party, I'm an American. Liberal and Conservative are labels that don't mean squat these days to anybody but those who want to paint broad negative aspects on others for political reasons. I've voted for Republicans that I thought would do a good job in their office and I've done likewise for Democrats, it depends on the person. I thought Dole was a hell of a Senator. I think Bush is a disaster. I thought Clinton was a great President. I think Kerry is a fool.
Black and white thinking is for children.
"Black and white thinking is for children."
And for adults as well. There are times when things truly are a matter of black and white. But, outside of those times, it can involve a grey areas.
"Liberal and Conservative are labels that don't mean squat these days to anybody but those who want to paint broad negative aspects on others for political reasons."
I would respectfully disagree with you on this point. These labels do have meaning. They are labels that contain value systems that a person upholds. That being said, these labels don't necessarily represent the total values a person might hold.
While I identify with the conservative label mostly, I personally believe that the disabled in society should be cared for. Ideally, that would be the responsiblility of their family, or the church, but realistically speaking, it winds up being society's burden. So, I don't mind my tax dollars going towards helping those who unable to contribute to society by obtaining employment.
Your favorite President is Clinton. Mine was Reagan. I'm not sure that I am willing to classify John Kerry has a "fool". I just don't trust him enough to vote for him.
As for the negative aspects of the liberal vs conservative postions. I think that you might be on to something.
It is ok for one position to critically attack another's positon. Healthy debate, and the freedom to do so, is American. However, on top of the threat to our Nation's health by al Qaeda, and all of those adherents of radical Islam, we are ourselves are beginning to be our own worst threat. While we aren't quite there yet as a nation, we are beginning to divide ourselves between liberal vs conservative, and this at a time when we are being threatened by outside forces who long for both our demise and our submission.
I just hope that we can all pull ourselves together in time to resist our enemy. If we don't, I'm afraid that all will be lost, and with it the sacrifice of all of those brave men and women in our history who sacrificed their all for our way of life and freedom.
Now that is something to be worried about. Both the left and the right need to find a way to reach common ground enough to work together to defeat those who long for our demise.
"Black and white thinking is for children."
And for adults as well. There are times when things truly are a matter of black and white. But, outside of those times, it can involve a grey areas.
"Liberal and Conservative are labels that don't mean squat these days to anybody but those who want to paint broad negative aspects on others for political reasons."
I would respectfully disagree with you on this point. These labels do have meaning. They are labels that contain value systems that a person upholds. That being said, these labels don't necessarily represent the total values a person might hold.
While I identify with the conservative label mostly, I personally believe that the disabled in society should be cared for. Ideally, that would be the responsiblility of their family, or the church, but realistically speaking, it winds up being society's burden. So, I don't mind my tax dollars going towards helping those who unable to contribute to society by obtaining employment.
Your favorite President is Clinton. Mine was Reagan. I'm not sure that I am willing to classify John Kerry has a "fool". I just don't trust him enough to vote for him.
So...tell me what a conservative is these days. Nation building? Expanded government. Intrusive control of citizens? Massive spending?
B.G. is spinning in his grave.
Basically, it really boils down to who has power. Do we allow our government to rule us or do we dictate to the government how they operate. I think that most self styled liberals and conservatives would prefer to have a government that worked for them. We desire the same goals, we just have different ways to the end. Political parties use labels to divide us so that we will be more willing to entrust them with power over us....and, in that end, we both get screwed.
"So...tell me what a conservative is these days. Nation building? Expanded government. Intrusive control of citizens? Massive spending?"
That sounds a lot like the neo-conservative agenda.
I agree with the rest of your comments.
My, my, my, seems Jay has given up trying to disparage my military service and turned the laser beam of his liberal apologetics on you. You lucky guy. Good thing he doesn't know what you do for a living!
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