This is no way to fight a war…

“Well, I think there might have been concern that those tapes could have been called for by some outside body and the CIA would no longer maintain control over them,” said retired CIA officer John Brennan, now a CBS News Analyst, regarding the destruction of the CIA Interrogation Tapes.

In laymen’s terms, the CIA doesn’t feel confident that the Congress or any of their minions can keep secrets. And I wonder where they got that from? Half of the country is in denial that Islamofacism is actually the enemy. They think that George Bush and Dick Cheney is the enemy.

There have been many disagreements among great military minds about how we fought this War on Islamofacism. As a talk show host with no experience in military affairs, I dare not wrestle with the great warrior strategists of our day like Ralph Peters and Gordon Cucullu both retired Colonels and both of whom have addressed the restrictive rules of engagement and the emerging threats in our hemisphere (Margarita Island off Venezuela). I will address communication, an area I am familiar with through study as a Masters candidate in Media Communication and a talk show host for the last seven years. In this area, we are losing the battle…big time.

The latest controversy involving the destruction of CIA in interrogation tapes is the latest example of how we have dropped the ball. This information should never have been revealed beyond a limited group of very high clearance individuals and there should be consequences for revealing such information…serious consequences. As the information comes out about specifically approved interrogation techniques regarding Al Qaeda terrorists, we have already constructed the narrative that the US has something to hide. The narrative continues to include that we must have tortured these terrorists, and the tapes are the smoking gun of our government’s detention and torture of Muslims. The media is so consumed with tagging the Bush Administration with this nefarious charge they all but ignore stories about Iran’s slaughter of American soldiers in Iraq, which most recently detailed by intrepid reporter Bill Roggio’s Iran’s Rat Lines Into Story. In addition, the beheading of American contractors, Nick Berg and Daniel Pearl hardly raises a bit of railing toward the real enemy—the Islamofacists.

One story is about the interrogation of terrorists with approved techniques and the other details how Iranian government is putting American soldiers in body bags–you can be the judge on what is more important or newsworthy. There is no way to change the liberal establishment press so it is important that we focus on how to handle their knee-jerk hounding of stories that could be used as propaganda against US interests in the Middle East. The alternative media, the internet and bloggers are the only balance we have to the liberal establishment press and they are trying to silence us.

With crafting a message you must analyze who your stakeholders are. This has been the fundamental failing of the current administration. They have made the mistake of thinking the main stakeholders are the UN and radical Islamists. They are completely wrong, the main stakeholders are the American people; not bunch anti-Semitic bureaucrats interested in maintaining their luxurious lives in NYC or fanatical adherents to Islamic doctrine. President Bush had a great opportunity with Abu Graib to point out that even with the mildest of human rights infractions; the United States investigates and metes out proportional justice as opposed to our terrorist enemies and regional tyrannical regimes have codified systems where the use of torture, maiming and death is used to address the expression of human rights. At no time should any member of the administration accept the narrative that US soldiers are merchants of torture and wanton slaughter.

Some may think that we (United States) should be appealing to the people of the Middle East who are open to the idea of reforming Islam and desire human rights. We do that by telling the truth about our enemies and us. If we go down the road of apologizing disproportionately for relatively benign acts that are investigated and punished, we play into the enemy’s propaganda machine.