Sake White

Hat tip Blackfive

Please watch this video of Pam Hess.

Then watch this hotair video from before of Pam Hess.

During a war, it used to be that the body counts published in the newspapers focused on the number of enemies killed. And the populace reading those accounts were supposed to be happy, not sad; the statistics were supposed to make them feel that the effort was a success, not a failure.

Whatever deaths occurred to a country’s own combat forces were reported, but in a different way, a manner meant to inspire with the message of their courage and to praise their selfless sacrifice (here’s an interesting example of this, by the way).

These editorial policies were no accident. They were part of a tradition that glorified war and considered civilian morale something that needed boosting, not deflating.

Was this a good thing? Depends on the worthiness of the cause, I’d say. Which is always in the eye of the beholder. To an absolute pacifist none of it is worthy. To a relative pacifist most such causes are not worthy. And to the rest of us folks, the answer is variable, personal, and often political.

I’m not suggesting we go back to the days of automatic war boosterism. But I continue to be stunned by the fact that our media, since Vietnam, has adopted the opposite tack.

Read the rest here. I’ll get to my points and comments later, but you might as well watch and read the links first.

My point is simple. You must protect your allies, regardless of where they are. Because your enemies will be picking them off, if you don’t. I do not suggest that the BBC is your ally or that the reporter captured is an ally, only that they are potential allies. Or if not potential allies, then potential dupes.

Let me assure you, our enemies have no compunctions about eliminating their enemies. If you do not go out of your way to protect your allies and to destroy your enemies, eventually you will find yourself alone against a horde of enemies. Don’t put yourself into that position.

The Democrats know very well who their enemies are.

So let me get this straight. According to the Democrats, Israel is supposed to sit down and chat with Hamas, a terrorist gang dedicated to Israel’s annihilation.

According to the Democrats Israel is also supposed to sit down and “dialogue with Iran,” a country that denies the Holocaust, even as it promises a new Holocaust.

Also, according to the Democrats, America is supposed to shmooze with the North Koreans, a country that has systematically murdered over 3 million of its own citizens.

Why? Well, because you “talk to your enemies.”

But the Democrats refuse to take part in a debate sponsored by Fox Cable Network because, y’know, Fox is too right wing.

Got that?

I’d like to thank the Democratic Presidential candidates: Edwards, Obama, & Clinton for being so publicly willing to reveal their cowardice. They’re terrified of Fox journalists armed with Mont Blanc pens. Imagine how they’d stand up to the surging jihadist threat.

Don’t let such flimsy barriers get in your way of helping out Fox News and people like Pam Hess. Even if you don’t like crushing the soul and mind of our enemies, foreign or domestic, at least help out our allies. Our real allies.