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The battle lines continue to form in what could culminate in a conflict that would make the cumulative destruction of all previous World Wars look like the aftermath of a skirmish between rival street gangs. But while the rest of the world anxiously watches the events in Israel and Lebanon unfold, there are those among the ranks of The Fifth Column who believe -- or so it would seem -- that their personal interests are far more important than the threat posed by radical ideologues dedicated to the domination and/or destruction of the world.

This grossly self-absorbed mindset emanates from, among other things, the narcissism of the "Me Generation." It has been nurtured by the entitlement mentality promoted by the "Nanny State" and has resulted in an entire age group being infected with a self-importance derived from a politically correct educational system that places more significance on a student achieving an elevated level of self-esteem than on actual academic knowledge. Because of this, the idea of civic responsibility and the importance of societal cohesiveness in times of strife are foreign to those who dwell within this self-destructive ideology.

Further, one of the principle doctrines of The Fifth Column is that they accept as true the notion that anything and everything America does, both domestically and internationally -- especially if emanating from the Bush Administration, is inferior to what the global community could institute or achieve.

How else could so many within their ranks be actively working to undermine the Bush Administration at a time when the immediate decisions being made by the president could very well affect the fate of the entire world?

Last week, the whiniest man on the face of the planet, Joseph Wilson, took the stage with his wife, former CIA analyst Valerie Plame. They announced that they had filed a lawsuit against Vice President Dick Cheney, Presidential Advisor Karl Rove, former Vice Presidential Chief of Staff "Scooter" Libby and others for their role in exposing Ms. Plame's undercover CIA status. They did so as Hezbollah committed itself to an all out war against Israel, the United States and the free world, setting the Middle East afire.

Pay no attention to the fact that during an investigation into the Plame matter a federal prosecutor failed to find one noteworthy piece of evidence to bolster the assertion that Cheney, Rove or Libby had anything to do with facilitating columnist Robert Novak with Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA covert operative. Ignore the fact that Robert Novak has said time and time again that his source was someone other than Cheney, Rove or Libby. Disregard the unarguable fact that Plame was serving as a CIA analyst and hadn't been a covert operative for years at the time the story was printed. Evidently, it is more important to Wilson and Plame to file their frivolous lawsuit, to maintain the fires of the "hate-Bush" movement within The Fifth Column, than it is to stand cohesively with their country, allowing the president to focus fully on the critical issues at hand.

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