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US military analyst: Bomb journalists in war

May 26th, 2009Wladimir van Wilgenburg

“”Rejecting the god of their fathers, the neo-pagans who dominate the media serve as lackeys at the terrorists’ bloody altar,” – Ralph Peters.

Retired US Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters wrote an interesting article for the Journal of International Security Affairs, which is part of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs. Peters argues that journalists aren’t impartial and often ‘take a side, and that side is rarely ours.”



Ralph Peters (islam-projekte.com)

Peters therefore thinks that in the future journalists could (or should) become military targets. “Although it seems unthinkable now, future wars may require censorship, news blackouts and, ultimately, military attacks on the partisan media. Perceiving themselves as superior beings, journalists have positioned themselves as protected-species combatants. But freedom of the press stops when its abuse kills our soldiers and strengthens our enemies.”

Ralph Peters say that in warfare only one thing matters: Win – even if this means using the same tactics as the enemy. “If you cannot win clean, win dirty. But win.” As an example he gave the American bombing of Hiroshima in WWII. Peters is convinced that Israel lost the war against Hezbollah and Hamas, because journalists were in favour of these none-state actors. This while Palestinian activists often complain about the pro-Israeli side of the western media in the Netherlands.

Peters earlier caused a lot of fear in Turkey in 2006 (Sevres paranoia), when he promoted his map ‘blood borders’ to redraw the map of the Middle-East, with off course a Kurdish state carved out of the Turkish borders.The map was also shown during a NATO-meeting in Rome, which resulted in a walkout of Turkish officers. Later the Pentagon apologized for the map.

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