War fatigue tends to hit in conflicts like Iraq, where the military and the civilian leadership can’t bolster domestic support via enough propaganda.

Domestic support is key to winning wars overseas, staying the course, or just killing off the traitors domestically before they get into power and disrupt things.

Democrats, the war party, are very good at hanging dissidents inside the US, they did it before and after 1860 civil war. Republicans, not so good at dealing with internal traitors here.

In some ways, the Alternative Right is studying more about 4th generational warfare and insurgencies than the US military and AQ put together.

Levin talks about having an Article 5 convention of states and about not going down without a fight, but really, the only thing left to do is to plan a way out and be ready to go.

(I think you agree and that this accounts for your interest – which I share – in finding the point of no return in Nazi Germany. It’s probably earlier than we think. As Barack Obama told us, elections have consequences. Ideas too.)

Thus, the paragraph that begins with “Wrong … ” is not mine but is being quoted, and should have been indented at least somewhat … but was not. The quotation marks could be missed by someone just glancing at it.

My apologies.

J.J. Says:
May 4th, 2016 at 11:45 pm

Steve D: “I agree. Trump only manipulated the media because they let him.”

Wrong. The media are looking for ratings. Trump brings them ratings. And he will bring them better ratings than Hillary in the next seven months. (Oh no, seven more months of this? 🙁 ) In my mind and yours that may not compute, but it’s all about ratings. ”

JJ, Steve was agreeing with me where I wrote (original and my response)

” ‘Trump has- the ability to literally tell the media to fu** off, and to get away with it.’

As long as it serves their own interests to encourage the illusion. The moment it does not, he disappears.”

This merely means that they will not do something that is ultimately against their perceived best interests.

They have loyalties and ego commitments beyond the latest profit and loss statements as the eternal slew of Hollywood bombs overtly promoting progressive agendas has shown. The left media companies will still invest in these films in order to to try and shape opinion. Even if it costs them.

Thus, as long as assisting in the creation of a circus atmosphere in the Republican candidate selection process gains them ad revenues and is thought not to ultimately harm their political and life way allegiances, they will gladly provide the glowering, incoherent, self-promoting self-funded ignoramus all the free airtime it is in their own interest to provide.

It was a win-win for them.

Once Trump’s disruptive utility is gone, and no more tickets to the circus are to be sold, they will go from neutrally marveling at the phenomenon of Trump, to shrieking “Hitler”, and doing their damnedest to make sure he is buried under a blanket of disdainful moral abuse.

One should remember that for journalists next in importance to their own self-aggrandizement, is the “social engineering” charter they have granted themselves.

My guess is that they will not unload on and try to bury him before he officially becomes the nominee; lest they tip their hand and trip up the ambush.

If their behavioral patterns repeat, once Trump becomes the official nominee, the gloves come off and all of those grandmas who once felt emotionally compelled to support Trump in the primaries will be bombarded by the same media which charted his rise, with new stories about what a monster he is.

“Let it burn”.

Sounds a lot like “fundamentally transform” to me…

Wrong. The media are looking for ratings. Trump brings them ratings. And he will bring them better ratings than Hillary in the next seven months. (Oh no, seven more months of this? 🙁 ) In my mind and yours that may not compute, but it’s all about ratings.

When Foxnews anchors, who lead cable TV in the ratings, are literally doing cartwheels to get Trump on their shows, it’s a tell. MSNBC and CNN have had their best ratings in years since Trump came on the scene. To much of our culture Trump’s shtick is irresistible. It’s like roller derby, wrestle mania, NASCAR, and Jerry Springer all rolled up into one.

IMO, the media will not reject him as long as he attracts eyeballs. I’ve become aware that Trump knows this and it is a big part of his strategy. Disgusting, but it seems to work.