Our Wars Overseas And At Home

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND, OUR CONSTITUTION AND

REMEMBERING THE BUREAU OF CENSORSHIP

When taking the oath of office during commissioning ceremonies, I solemnly swore to uphold and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. It seemed that the foreign enemies were, in general terms, Communist police state mass murderers, fanatic Islamic sect totalitarians and the members of deadly criminal enterprises. All foreign enemies were fighting against freedom. It was much less clear to me, who the domestic enemies were and what they were fighting for.

The First Amendment of our Constitution gives us the right of freedom of speech, however, freedom of speech, in my opinion, does not give us, our media, our politicians and our special interests, permission to stab Americans who are fighting overseas in the back and to support our enemies. Section 3 of our Constitution states that treason against the United States shall consist in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. It can be argued that during the War on Terror, just as during the Vietnam war, some persons have undermined the war effort while propagating their own agenda. It is common knowledge that many in our media, academia and among special interest groups lean left. They slant their reporting, lectures and funding to benefit liberal politicians who claim that war is not the answer. Some want to make love not war, with the latest gang of ruthless killers, who are trying to murder their way to power.

Whereas we have the right to our opinions and to talk freely about politics, our freedom of speech and expression does not include hampering our national defense at the time of war. We are truly at war against global terrorists, yet a Fifth Column of media and political activists seem to sometimes undermine our war efforts. The activists feed off each other with outlandish claims and allegations, while our enemies are often given inside information by journalists and those who leak secrets about our vulnerabilities and successes. Terrorists are given access to insights and the knowledge of experts about our conduct of the war. By promoting their agenda, some politicians and journalists inadvertently support our enemies by claiming that we are losing the war, are in a quagmire and in a civil war.

According to a writer who worked with an educational consulting firm in Illinois, some politicians apparently aided our enemies before the War on Terror in the past. In 1970, John Kerry conducted a meeting with North Vietnamese Communists despite laws which forbid private citizens from negotiating with foreign powers. Mr. Kerry gave a press conference advocating the North Vietnamese peace plan in which our country would have had to pay reparations and agree that we lost the war. According to Grove City College professor Paul Kengor’s book, “The Crusader Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism”, a 14 May 1983 letter from the KGB head Viktor Chebrikov to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov stated that Senator Edward Kennedy had contacted the Soviets and wanted to collaborate with the KGB before our 1984 elections, to arm Soviet officials regarding explanations for nuclear disarmament problems and to influence Americans with televised Andropov intervi