Question Their Patriotism

It has been said more than once by conservatives that leftists in America seem more interesting in supporting our enemies rather than our own country. Now someone who would know whether this were true has spoken out to confirm what conservatives have always suspected: the left were the so-called “useful fools” used to undermine both American policies and the trust that foreign nations had in America.

Ion Mihai Paceba, formerly a Lt. General in the KGB and the highest ranking Soviet intelligence officer to defect to the West, lays out how the Left in America was manipulated into working against their own government to our detriment, and how they're still at it.

Sowing the seeds of anti-Americanism by discrediting the American president was one of the main tasks of the Soviet-bloc intelligence community during the years I worked at its top levels. This same strategy is at work today, but it is regarded as bad manners to point out the Soviet parallels. For communists, only the leader counted, no matter the country, friend or foe. At home, they deified their own ruler--as to a certain extent still holds true in Russia. Abroad, they asserted that a fish starts smelling from the head, and they did everything in their power to make the head of the Free World stink.

During the Vietnam War we spread vitriolic stories around the world, pretending that America's presidents sent Genghis Khan-style barbarian soldiers to Vietnam who raped at random, taped electrical wires to human genitals, cut off limbs, blew up bodies and razed entire villages. Those weren't facts. They were our tales, but some seven million Americans ended up being convinced their own president, not communism, was the enemy. As Yuri Andropov, who conceived this dezinformatsiya war against the U.S., used to tell me, people are more willing to believe smut than holiness.

The final goal of our anti-American offensive was to discourage the U.S. from protecting the world against communist terrorism and expansion. Sadly, we succeeded. After U.S. forces precipitously pulled out of Vietnam, the victorious communists massacred some two million people in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Another million tried to escape, but many died in the attempt. This tragedy also created a credibility gap between America and the rest of the world, damaged the cohesion of American foreign policy, and poisoned domestic debate in the U.S.

Unfortunately, partisans today have taken a page from the old Soviet playbook. At the 2004 Democratic National Convention, for example, Bush critics continued our mud-slinging at America's commander in chief. One speaker, Martin O'Malley, now governor of Maryland, had earlier in the summer stated he was more worried about the actions of the Bush administration than about al Qaeda. On another occasion, retired four-star general Wesley Clark gave Michael Moore a platform to denounce the American commander in chief as a "deserter." And visitors to the national chairman of the Democratic Party had to step across a doormat depicting the American president surrounded by the words, "Give Bush the Boot."

And that seems to be the tactics the Democrats are using again. They will paint any Republican candidate as some kind of evil proto-dictator, particularly if the candidate continues to support our efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The seed planted by the Soviets over 50 years ago continues to bear fruit, and the Democrats are oblivious to the damage they're doing. They say not to question their patriotism, but their actions say that their patriotism is to some nation other than America. They revile the President at a time of war. Their only “dialogue” about the war is about how quickly we will surrender and abandon the Iraqi and Afghan people, just like they abandoned the South Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians.

The Democrats say that it is time for a change. I agree. We should throw every single defeatist SOB out of Congress, for they show they have no love for our nation despite their protestations to the contrary.

On July 28, I celebrated 29 years since President Carter signed off on my request for political asylum, and I am still tremendously proud that the leader of the Free World granted me my freedom. During these years I have lived here under five presidents--some better than others--but I have always felt that I was living in paradise. My American citizenship has given me a feeling of pride, hope and security that is surpassed only by the joy of simply being alive. There are millions of other immigrants who are equally proud that they restarted their lives from scratch in order to be in this magnanimous country. I appeal to them to help keep our beloved America united and honorable. We may not be able to change the habits of our current political representatives, but we may be able to introduce healthy new blood into the U.S. Congress.

It may be time for us to implement the Modest Proposal my brother and I posted here a little over 5 years ago.