Herman Cain is Down

Herman Cain is making a tactical retreat, injured, distantly, by the same forces that defeated America in Korea and Vietnam. Though they hide among the civilian population and remain one step behind the front line, they are the same: enemies of freedom with an army of greedy, useful idiots up front

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Political professionals predicted they would find Mr. Cain’s weak point, his precious family, and concentrate their attack with well-timed forays, husbanding their forces for greatest psychological affect. They attacked on the home front, where civilians always think they are prepared but quickly collapse under the horrors of war: terrorism. They surrender, thinking the enemy will spare them. In revered guerrilla fashion, the accusers were unidentifiable, indistinguishable. They knew that popularity contests are judged quickly, that the crowd is fickle, and they played on this to remove their most dangerous enemy: an honest, moral, self-reliant American black man. Black people around the world have taken note: you dare not step off the plantation. A tactical retreat, though, is not defeat. It’s an acceptance of battlefield realities, that if one’s forces are to survive one best get to the high ground—even if it’s to the rear.

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At this time of sadness it helps to study a modern example of successful retreat: Bataan, December 1941. In the face of overwhelming Japanese forces, General MacArthur ordered a tactical retreat of Filipino and American forces from the island of Luzon to the peninsula of Bataan to await President Roosevelt’s rescue convoy. General “Black Jack” Pershing called it “a masterpiece, one of the greatest moves in all military history.” Hirohito’s general staff was totally surprised by this “great strategic move.” They “never planned for or expected a withdrawal to Bataan” (American Caesar, William Manchester, pp. 218-220). By brilliantly-timed stand, fight, then fall back tactics the Americans and Filipinos delayed the Japanese until 6:15 a.m., Jan. 1, 1942. Then, with all friendly forces safely across the unfordable Pampanga River, they blew the only crossing, the Calumpit Bridge, just as the Japanese approached it. Pity, the rescue convoy never arrived—was never sent, despite ambiguous messages from Roosevelt.

We will defend our heroes and when they fall we will pick up the flag and continue on, a rescue convoy for America.

The forces that removed Herman Cain are every bit as dangerous to America as was Imperial Japan. They learned from WWII, though, not to confront us directly, rather to attack us where we are weak, to abuse our open borders, our social tolerance and attack us from within while our military forces are baited into brush wars around the world. Their tactic works brilliantly. Indeed, due to our system of elected leaders their leadership usually outsmarts ours. American majorities have elected several attractive dolts at least since 1932 giving us Korea, Vietnam and military involvement in the Middle East. Our soldiers die needlessly—yet their families mourn the same. Our veterans often return to scorn. None of these “conflicts” have clear outcomes—we become involved out of frustration and find ourselves mired again and again as America, nationally, degrades. The leftists, the collectivists, in total self-righteousness, wring their hands and celebrate these vicious little victories. They know America exceedingly well and they are succeeding, bit by bit. And now they’ve gotten Herman Cain. Will his retreat become a defeat, or will we regain the spirit of MacArthur at Bataan? We will defend our heroes and when they fall we will pick up the flag and continue on, a rescue convoy for America. Richard B. Jones is a bilingual probation officer, migrant teacher and welfare worker in rural West Texas; he has lived and worked in many places including China and the Middle East. His blog is: TheCaprock.com

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