"...few understand why the freest people on earth
are opting for government intrusions into even the
most private personal challenges. The answer is
the Fifth Column, which has spent decades
changing how Americans see everything, including
their once proud nation..."
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America's Fifth Column
The Fifth Column JB Williams
April 7, 2008
America has a growing enemy within. This enemy
is referred to by experts as America's Fifth
Column. According to Encyclopedia Britannica,
the term Fifth Column refers to "A clandestine
group or faction of subversive agents who attempt
to undermine a nation's solidarity [unity] by any
means at their disposal."
As Britannica notes, the term is credited to Emilio
Mola Vidal, a Nationalist general during the
Spanish Civil War (1936-39). As four of his army
columns moved on Madrid, the general referred
to his militant sup****ters within the capital as his
"fifth column," intent on undermining the loyalist
government from within.
Does such a group of subversive agents' intent
upon undermining American unity actually exist
today? If they do, who are they, what are their
methods and what is their goal?
Methods of a Fifth Column
Britannica states that "A cardinal technique of the
fifth column is the infiltration of sympathizers into
the entire fabric of the nation under attack and,
particularly, into positions of policy decision and
national defense."
In America, there are those who "make policy"
and those who "influence" policy.
We call the "policy makers" elected officials.
Politicians decide national policy, including
matters of national defense. But to be an effective
fifth column, agents must meld into all facets of
society, gaining positions of power to make or
influence policy.
When it comes to positions of influence over
policy, there is no more influential power in
America today than that of the media. The press,
the TV and movie industry, radio and news
magazines, combine for a monumental influence
over policy. Combined, the media controls the
flow of information, which is used to shape public
opinion and in the end, public sentiment will
influence public policy at the voting booth.
In order to gain those powerful positions in a
democratic society, politicians and media elites
alike must conceal their ultimate intentions under
a guise of something less overtly threatening. In
order to conceal their agenda of undermining the
nation they claim to serve, these agents must use
a plausible cover for their hidden agenda.
Hidden in the Open
In a trusting society of decent people, the best
place to hide such an agenda is right under their
noses. Britannica explains that "From such key
posts, fifth-column activists exploit the fears of a
people by spreading rumors and misinformation,
as well as by employing the more standard
techniques of espionage and sabotage."
Past American generations were not so easily
fooled or divided. They were more united by the
common goal of individual freedom and liberty,
and more aware of the obvious threats posed by
Hitler's Nazi Third Reich or Stalin's Soviet Empire.
Though both espionage and sabotage remain
tools of the trade today, the more commonly used
tool is the political exploitation of voter fears, most
of which are rooted in rumor and misinformation
and promoted by the media.
Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself
=46rom the war we are "losing" in Iraq to homeland
terrorism, global warming, rising energy prices
and a looming shortage, unemployment, illegal
immigration, racial tensions, bankrupt Social
Security and Medicare systems, trade and
financial deficits as far as the eye can see,
cor****ate tyranny and collapse, the shrinking
dollar, homespun terror on our school campuses,
a world that hates us, an over-extended military,
a collapsing infrastructure, to the mortgage crisis,
- did I leave out anything we are supposed to fear
today?
The best lies are always spun around a thread of
truth and there is at least a thread of truth in each
of the threats listed above. But there is far more
fear-mongering than truth in most of that list. Do
you think it's an accident that all of these things
are in such terrible condition all at the same time,
which happens to be seven months before the
next major election cycle? Have you not taken
note of the fact that it happens before every
major election cycle?
No...There are no accidents in politics. Nothing in
politics is left to chance. And the one thing you
are not supposed to fear is your politician who
either created the problems you fear, is exploiting
the problems you fear for political gain, or has no
idea what to do with the problems you fear.
If you make policy decisions on the basis of these
fears, there is indeed, nothing to fear more than
fear itself. We have the power to makes the lies
become true.
Who is the American Fifth Column?
In short, members of the American fifth column
can be identified by their open or disguised
opposition to pro-American policies, principles
and/or values. Agents of the fifth column can
always be identified as those working to
"undermine a nation's solidarity [unity]."
This is not to be confused with those who
openly dissent against policies easily
demonstrated to be at odds with true
American interests, such as the case with
federal power grabs, attacks on individual
rights, private property, free speech,
religious expression or the 2nd Amendment.
Citizens who openly dissent against an
over-reaching tyrannical government are
patriots in the truest sense of the term. They are
not members of a fifth column, quite the contrary.
It is those who work to undermine American
freedom, individual rights, economic supremacy,
military superiority, national sovereignty or
security, or even just America's image in the
world, who are agents of a fifth column. Those
who aid and abet America's enemies by these
means, be it from the halls of congress, the
White House, the Judicial Branch, the media or
the average Joe, are indeed agents of a fifth
column.
Some are aware of the destructive nature of
their actions and some are not. Some are leaders
of a fifth column effort to undermine America, and
others are unsuspecting "useful idiots" who believe
they are doing the right thing, even though there is
no real evidence to sup****t that notion.
Vladimir Lenin is often credited with coining the
term "useful idiots of the West," and used it to
describe Western re****ters and citizens who
would knowingly or unwittingly endorse
communist policies in the West. The implication
being that the person in question was na=EFve,
foolish, or in willful denial, and was being cynically
used by the Soviet Union, or another Communist
movement.
There is little doubt among those educated in
modern American political science, that America
has already adopted many Socialist policies and
ideals over the last few decades and that our
nation continues to vote itself back into
tyrannical government control over every private
asset and individual right even today.
But few understand why the freest people on
earth are opting instead for government
intrusions into even the most private personal
challenges. In two words, the answer is the
Fifth Column, which has spent decades
changing how Americans see everything,
including their once proud nation.
In a recent column, I wrote about how the
greatest diverse nation on earth, which was
once united by only a few simple but powerful
common beliefs, is now broken into a thousand
fragmented special interest driven voting blocs,
easier for the conquering.
To take a closer look at the handy work of
America's Fifth Column, read Agents of Division
Bring Devastating Change.
What is the Goal?
The goal is very simple. America has enjoyed an
unbalanced abundance of personal freedom,
individual liberty, economic prosperity and world
power for more than 200 years and many in the
world would like to improve their own status by
taking it away from Americans, forcing America
into "equality" with the rest of the world.
Unfortunately, many members of Congress are
active members of America's Fifth Column today,
including but not at all limited to those who are
listed in the member****p rolls of organizations
like the Democratic Socialists of America, who
hold powerful positions in today's Democrat
Party. Others are members of the Communist
Party USA or the Socialist Party USA, both of
which now work behind the scenes of the
Democrat Party.
The goal is "equality." Since it is not possible to
make everyone equally ambitious, equally
talented, equally fortunate, equally intelligent,
or equally willing to work and sacrifice, the route
to true "equality" is to follow the teachings of Karl
Marx, to "take from each according to his ability;
and give to each according to his need" - This is
the modern mantra of today's Democrat Party
and even many members of the Republican Party
now accept these concepts.
This is the goal. These are the methods and
those who "undermine a nation's solidarity [unity]
by any means at their disposal" are indeed
members of the Fifth Column in America today.
America is at a crossroads in 2008, where it will
decide to leap headlong into the agenda
prepared and promoted by the American Fifth
Column, or steer back from the brink. It's vital
that every America know thy enemy and what
is at stake...Meet the American Fifth Column.
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JB Williams is a business man, a husband, a
father, and a writer. A no nonsense commentator
on American politics, American history, and
American philosophy. A hard hitting columnist,
attacking the socialist cancer plaguing America
today. He has a pragmatic "common Joe"
approach to even the toughest issues facing
our nation.
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