How does dissent "embolden" the enemy?

Question

For those who adhere to an "Us vs. Them" mentality, what is your justification for believing as such?

Quite the contrary, Ruth. The Dems have offered alternatives; the adminstration and the GOP simply refuse to comprimise.

andy g, either answer the question at hand or go play in traffic.

For those of you who continue to refer to the "cut & run" liberal strawmen, I wonder if you were to use this same logic against the Republican dissenters who opposed US intervention in the Balkans. I doubt that Slobodan Milosevic benefitted from such dissent. Therefore, your continued bashing of anti-war activists is unfounded. In order for your emboldening premise to be absolutely true, it must be true in ALL instances, not just those involving your political opponents.

Answer 1

Maybe dissent will embolden those under the control of our enemy. When they see what a true democracy allows, they will want it enough to overthrow these facists.

By the way, I'm talking about the Muslims, not the neo-cons in the U.S.

Answer 2

Q#one million: No, the Bushittes will say it back and back back, until eventually the customary public believes it. Claiming that a house divided will fail, that in case you disagree which you're a technique or the different anti-American, or unpatriotic. it somewhat is trouble-free bull**** Q#2: confident, the Bushittes would such as you very plenty to have self assurance that, in reality the Bushittes would discourage unfastened seen any style, and have you ever suspect something and each thing they inform you to have self assurance. Q#3: ok , you acquire me, vegetation and candy? I informed my buddies in the previous the 'war' began, as quickly as I heard an interview with the then presidential candidate bush, that he advance into going to get Saddam because of the fact he tried to kill his daddy. His total time in the previous the war advance into spent attempting to control the customary public into helping a war that HE wanted. WMD's my butt. Q#4: in accordance to what the Bushittes would have you ever suspect, any war of words with what Bush needs would be helping the enemy. in the event that they'd get a regulation surpassed it would punishable by imprisonment devoid of constitutional protections, you comprehend that purely the supporters of Bush deserve the protections of the bill of Rights. because of the fact all and sundry else is a terrorist and criminal.

Answer 3

I don't really know if "dissent 'embolden(s)' the enemy."

But I know this, the kind of dissent I see here from Liberals isn't uniting our nation and taking us in a direction that will be positive.

Maybe instead of all the "dissent" we should hear what the Democratic "PLAN" for Iraq is.

Maybe we should hear more about when that WALL is going to get built.

Just some suggestions.

Answer 4

Dissent doesn't, and nobody ever said it did. But lies and falsehoods aren't "dissent". It's the lies and falsehoods and cut & run declarations of the left that embolden the enemy.

When the left says that Bush lied (he didn't), that feeds directly into the Jihadist propaganda machines. It undermines support for the mission and for the troops. It encourages angry ignorant Muslims to become Jihadists.

When the left gives other nefarious reasons for Bush's decision to invade Iraq (oil, Halliburton, to avenge his dad, whatever), same thing - it serves only as propaganda for our enemies.

When the left says that it is lost, that we need to immediately run away or "redeploy" (like Eric Idle's brave Sir Robin), they are handing propaganda victory to our enemies. It swells their ranks. It harms our national interests. It gets more US soldiers killed.

Answer 5

it is your obligation to question and challenge, but in the case of gen. petreaus, he was called in essence a traitor and a lap dog for the white house and not one person in congress should question his motivation or the truthfullness of his report since he was unanimously appointed to his current position. they can question facts but not his character. and if you check out dennis kucinich's interview syrian t.v. you will see how "dissent" emboldens the enemy. they use the info , cut and edit for viewing in the given region.

Answer 6

It doesn't.

If anything, it shows the enemy that freedom of speech and expression is alive and well. And that their ideas of a suppressive theocratic-dictorial style of government, won't work.

Answer 7

Dissent, in and of itself, doesn't embolden the enemy. What emboldens the enemy is a failure to resolve to do whatever we need to do in order to defeat the enemy (or at least keep them at bay). Certain types of dissent, like the mainstream liberal media's criminally negligent and biased reporting of the war in Iraq, has done a lot to embolden our enemies. Ignorant leaders like Nancy Pelosi, who went to Syria with zero understanding of our enemies and how they operate, or Hillary Clinton, who all but called General Petraeus a liar, do an awful lot to embolden the enemy.

Here's the problem: You said don't preach the old "us vs. them" mantra. What you and many Americans fail to understand is that it is the radical Islam sects who have declared US as the enemy and have declared war on US; not the other way around. Did we wake up one day and decide to hunt down al-Qaeda terrorists? No. We woke up one day and four of their terrorists were flying commercial jetliners into buildings on U.S. soil and killing thousands of innocent Americans. THEY fired the first shot, NOT US. In addition, they have made it very clear that they have no interest in negotiation or diplomacy. Quite to the contrary; it is their belief that the best thing they can do with their lives is to martyr themselves while taking out as many Americans as possible. How do you reason with people who believe Allah will reward them in Heaven for killing themselves and taking out at least one American infidel in the process?

BOTTOM LINE: If you believe there is anything that can be done to stop these people from killing Americans, you're living in a dream world. They can't be bought, they can't be bargained with, they can't be reasoned with, they can't be cried to or plead with, they can't be persuaded with eloquent speeches or promises of opportunity or reform...are you starting to get the picture? This is radical Islam. If you are an American, you are the enemy. Simple as that. And it is the sacred duty of every radical Islamist to kill you. Simple as that. And they don't care if they have to die in order to kill you -- as far as they're concerned, there is no greater glory than dying while killing you. Simple as that. It's sad, but true: There is only one way to deal with people like that, and that is to wipe them off the face of the Earth. Whether you care to acknowledge it or not, it's them or us. I vote us. All opposed?

Answer 8

there are some that would say that we should give up independent and critical thinking and turn our backs on negative realities so as not to compromise political and military objectives...
i have two things to say to those people: first, you are un-American, violating the very spirit of freedom of thought and speech, and second,

go F*CK yourself.

Answer 9

Dissent from current war policies is saying...we had better cut and run.

Answer 10

It doesn't, but failing to capture the enemy and bring him to justice for crimes he has committed does.