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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:50 PM
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Bush's "Stay the Course" meaning "Re-Elect Me" is a Psycholinguistic meme
Republicans, Learning from Terrorists, Use Asymmetric War Strategies for Political Goals;.
Bush's "Stay the Course," meaning "Re-Elect Me" is a Psycholinguistic meme
By Rob Kall

OpEdNews.com



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Here's a definition of asymmetrical warfare, as defined by the National Defense University in a paper, McNair Paper 62, The Revenge of the Melians: Asymmetric Threats and the next QDR, November 2000http://www.ndu.edu/inss/McNair/mcnair62/toc.html

Leveraging inferior tactical or operational strength against American vulnerabilities to achieve disproportionate effect with the aim of undermining American will in order to achieve the asymmetric actor's strategic objectives. The key differences in this proposed definition are the element of disproportionate effect--achieving strategic objectives through application of modest resources-- and the explicit recognition of the importance of the psychological component. These elements are essential to considering how an asymmetric actor can achieve strategic objectives through an operation--even a failed operation--that, from the perspective of the larger power, is only a tactical attack.


"Stay the Course" is the right's latest meme phrase-- a mantra that will resonate through the loyal forty percent of the population that unthinkingly dittos whatever garbage the neocon and other right wing strategists pump into their biased media/echo chamber. But it's not about the "war" in Iraq

http://www.opednews.com/kall041604_republican_asymmetric_political_warfare.htm

(kpete: I believe this was originally published in '04 - but it seemed RIGHT ON to me)
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