Army General warns information critical as 'firepower' in 'long war'

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Americans Must Understand U. S. Is at War, General Says

Blackanthem Military News, WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Lieutenant General
Raymond T. Odierno

The American people must remind themselves every day that the United States is at war, a top Army general said today.


Speaking at the American Enterprise Institute here, the general said that 21st century warfare is more about "will and perception, than taking territory or enemies killed. "


The will of the American people and people around the world to confront the terrorists and defeat them is the center of gravity in what Pentagon officials are calling "the long war," Odierno, assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said.


Information is just as critical as firepower in the long war, Odierno said, and this, too, the enemy understands.


"The (terrorist) propaganda on the Internet is clear, they want to re-establish the caliphate," Odierno said. "The center of the caliphate was initially going to be Afghanistan and was supported by the Taliban. Once the Taliban was defeated and overthrown, they shifted. And now in all their writings they say the center of the caliphate will be in the 'Land of Two Rivers' -- Iraq. "

Their goal is to start in Iraq, expand the caliphate throughout the Middle East and then ultimately across the entire world, Odierno said. "Will they do this? No," he said. "But that's their intent. "

American Forces Press Service
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1. General, either you want to protect and defend

the constitution or you want to obliterate it. If you can't fight the war on terror without stripping the US Constitution and Bill of Rights bare of its protections to US citizens, then perhaps there is someone else who can do a better job of it.

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2. fighting the 'war on terror' is his bread and butter

he has a vested interest in seeing enemies everywhere. Anyone who he regards as an obstacle to his cabal's consolidation of power is the enemy.

Notice how concerned he is with our perception of his war. He wants to get us on board in his paranoid grab for power with a campaign of propagandized fear. His 'war' is only authorized by Congress to pursue the 'perpetrators of 9-11", not an open ended license to conquer the world and hijack our hard earned sacrifices to generations of militarism.