Stage left

Recent anti-war protests in Maine are the execution of the third stage of the Democratic Party’s agenda to undermine U.S. success.

Stage 1: Telegraph and hype up military actions so that Taliban and Saddam can relocate forces and materials, all in a manner to minimize military losses and maximize civilian casualties. Successful.

Stage 2: During the war, seek out (or invent) and amplify U.S. military mistakes, crime and malfeasance to undermine U.S. citizen confidence and maximize Islamist outrage so they may foment more guerilla sentiment among the populations we seek to liberate. Successful.

Stage 3: Protest the loss of life and limb and expense due to the war that has been prolonged by their successful execution of stages 1 and 2.

Stage 4: When Democrats succeed in undermining the war sufficiently, they will precipitate a retreat which will undermine our geopolitical health and likely result in severe hardship and/or mass murder abroad.

Stage 5: Democrats and their supporters will blame the failure and resulting misfortune on those who actually wanted to win the military conflict and improve the long-term prospects for human rights.

Tony Jenkins

Dover-Foxcroft