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Honesty and transparency in government are rare commodities, especially in the United States. While some information is legitimately kept from the public for reasons of national security, still other information -- and quite a lot when the information flow from the Obama Administration is concerned -- is either kept from the public or manipulated for the public's consumption, having been so for ideological and/or political purposes. The subject of radical Islam and the terrorism that jihadis use as their chief tactic to bring about political "change" is not immune from these politically and ideologically opportune manipulations. Because of this the majority of the public is illiterate in the seriousness of the global challenge that faces Western Civilization. 

Upon ascending to the office of the presidency, Barack Obama assembled a cabinet that understood the value of controlling information. Even during his campaign, his staff guarded information and controlled the message. Politically, it is a winning formula even if it raises many legitimate questions when the candidate is less than forthright about his past, influences, associations, intentions, motives and loyalties. Today, as President Obama exits the "honeymoon period" that every president enjoys, he and his staff are still executing a "control the message campaign," and doing so with a vicious effectiveness, aided by a complicit mainstream media. But is this serving the best interest of the public? Is this acting in the best interests of the country? 

Shortly after Hillary Clinton was named Secretary of State, the Obama Administration issued a declaration that the term "global war on terror," erroneously coined by the Bush Administration, would cease to be used in an official capacity. In a memo issued to Pentagon staff members by the Office of Management & Budget, the Executive Branch agency that reviews the public testimony of administration officials before it is delivered, it was ordered:

 

"...this administration prefers to avoid using the term 'Long War' or 'Global War on Terror' [GWOT.] Please use 'Overseas Contingency Operation.'"

The conflict with aggressive and violent radical Islamist ideology (a correct description), was put through the process of information manipulation so as to soften the concept for the public, the electorate, those to whom President Obama promised he would end "the war." 

In his classic -- and eerily relevant -- book, 1984, George Orwell wrote about the concept of "newspeak" and "doublethink":



"...Winston thinks again about the idea of 'doublethink,' or in Oldspeak, 'reality control.' It means to be able to think two contradictory things at once without being aware of the contradiction. In other words, one is conscious of telling the truth while telling lies, forgetting whatever one needs to forget and then remembering it when needed, only to forget again. Doublethink is essential for political orthodoxy."

When one listens to the declarations made by fundamentalist Islamist leaders from around the world -- and we would have to believe that the Obama Administration is competent enough to understand the value of "listening to our enemies" seeing as they believe there is value in "talking with our enemies" -- it becomes clear that the Obama Administration's penchant for word manipulation -- or use of "newspeak" and "doublethink" -- has spilled over from their goal of achieving political superiority into their Constitutional duty to protect the citizenry. 

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