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Winning The Health Freedom War

Major General Albert N. Stubblebine III
(US Army, Ret.)
President, Natural Solutions Foundation
www.HealthFreedomUSA.org
GeneralStubblebine@GlobalHealthFreedom.org

In the first article of this series we discussed the First Principle of War: "Objective". We also examined:

• The critical importance of defining the objective clearly.
• The absolute necessity in staying focused on the agreed direction lest you inadvertently wander off course and find yourself in the swamp up to your arm pits in the muck and mire of confused defeat instead of on the sky line drive of Victory with a magnificent view and the world at your command.

There were times when "The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune", based on rumor and innuendo could have deflected us from our course (as they clearly were intended to do). In fact, the more successful our efforts, the more focused and intense the efforts to discredit us became. We, however, kept our focus strictly and steadfastly on our "Objective", which has led to success following on success.

TAKE THE OFFENSIVE AND WIN

The second "Principle of War" I want to talk about with you is called "The Offensive". Winning any battle or war from a defensive posture takes on mammoth difficulties that verge on the improbable, if not the impossible. Take a quick look at the French "Maginot Line", (named after Andre Maginot, the French Minister of War, from 1929 to 1932 and the principal creator of the Line), which was built after World War I in order to prevent another invasion of France — forever. This massive fortification was one of the greatest defensive lines the world had ever seen, after the Great Wall of China and clearly outshining Hadrain’s wall. The Lne extended along the eastern border of France from the south bordering Italy and Switzerland to the north bordering Belgium. The southern part of the Line (Italy/Switzerland) was referred to as the Alpine Line, the northern portions The Maginot Line.

The Line’s purposes were to:

• Avoid surprise attack and provide early warning alarms
• Cover the mobilization of the French Army (2 to 3 weeks).
• Save the French forces
• Protect Alsace and Lorraine (French industrial centers)
• Provide the base and the basis from which to launch a counter offensive.
• Push any German attack to the north instead of into France.

In simple terms, the Objective of the Maginot Line focused primarily on keeping all invaders out; but was specifically intended to keepthe Germans out of France.

The Maginot line was un-breachable. It consisted of massive concrete fortresses, armed with heavy guns, living quarters for the soldiers, supply depots, and even an underground railway system. It was formidable and absolutely impenetrable.

Both the French hierarchy and the French people felt safe behind their magnificent Maginot Line: much like the Chinese living behind their Great Wall of China centuries earlier. The Germans, on the other hand, looked at this incredible defensive position (and probably thought; "Ach du liber!") but when the time came for them to invade western Europe in May 1940 (WW II)) they simply ignored the whole Line by going on the offensive through Belgium (10 May 1940) across the Somme River and around the Maginot Line at its northern end near St Avoid (12 May 1940). The fact that they had to invade other countries to do so was immaterial to them. The German OBJECTIVE was to conquer all of Europe. Bottom line: the magnificent work of military art and engineering called the "Maginot Line", the "Great Protector", the perfect antidote against the pain of invasion was utterly worthless!

As Sun Tzu (the author of "The Art of War") so aptly put it; "Security against defeat implies defensive tactics: ability to defeat the enemy means taking the offensive" and General Douglas Mac Arthur would add: "In war there is no substitute for Victory". The Germans did exactly that. They went on the Offensive, avoided the massive defensive positions and conquered France in just 36 devastating days. Paris fell on 14 June 1940.

Were there some skirmishes at the northern end of the line? The answer is: "yes". Did it make any difference in the outcome? The answer is: "not only no, but —- no (rhymes with bell)"! The defensive mentality lost. The offensive approach won. It always does.

Today, when people mention "Maginot mentality" they refer to any strategy which relies on defensive posture exclusivity and so is fatally flawed. "Maginot mentality" also refers to planning which is fighting the last war, not the next one, with outmoded tactics, weaponry and thinking.

Think also of all the beautiful castles you have seen either in person or in photographs. Go back through your memory bank and remember their locations:

• On an island in a river
• Next to a lake
• On a hard-to-reach hillock or mountain top
• Behind a moat with a drawbridge
• Guarding mountain passes.

Castles epitomize the defensive posture. Once you were inside your thick castle walls, the drawbridge raised and the castle gate closed, you were safe. Safe, that is, until the invaders laid siege to your castle, cut off your food supply and started throwing very large stones and flaming arrows at you while they commenced to beat down your front door.

Listen again to Sun Tzu: "If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart and a deep ditch. All we need do, is attack some other place that he will be obliged to relieve."

The castle spells defense and is beautiful to gaze at from a distance or visit for history’s sake, but is just as worthless against hordes of attackers as the Maginot Line against the German end-run which bypassed all of the impediments in what is referred to today at the tactical level as a flanking movement and at the strategic level as an envelopment.

One more quick example, that in my mind epitomizes the exquisite value of "The Offense" took place during the early stages of the Korean War when the US and South Korean Forces had been pushed all the way down into the southeastern end of the Korean peninsula near Pusan and known as the "Pusan Perimeter". Furthermore, they literally had their backs to the sea and were on the verge of surrender or death. The situation was beyond bleak.

General Mac Arthur, the CINC, (Commander in Chief) , made a bold move based on pure genius. He realized that putting more energy and effort into the defense of the Pusan perimeter would lead to extended casualties and possible defeat, and went on the offense. He landed a United Nation invasion force one hundred miles up the western side of the Korean peninsula at the small port town of Inchon. This allied force in this particular location threatened the recapture of Seoul (which the North Koreans had taken in their initial invasion) and also threatened to cut off all of the enemy supply lines as well as allenemy forces in the south, especially those forces attacking our troops in the Pusan Perimeter.

Consequently, the enemy quickly abandoned their assaults on the Pusan Perimeter and scurried north as fast as they could. This relieved the pressure on the forces in the perimeter and allowed General Walker, the Commanding General of forces in the Pusan Perimeter, to mount an attack from the south while the Inchon landing force freed Seoul.

General Mac Arthur’s incredibly bold offensive maneuver saved those forces in the Defensive perimeter at Pusan and totally reversed the outcome of the North Korean invasion of South Korea.

Rhetorical questions: Where was the "Inchon Landing" during the Vietnam War????? Where was the bold Mac Arthur genius? Where was the Navy fleet with a Marine landing force standing off of Hanoi with the announced intention of invading the North Vietnamese capital. I guarantee you that every North Vietnamese soldier in South Vietnam would have been running north back up the Ho Chi Min Trail to defend Hanoi.

It’s called "win without fighting". How did we forget so easily Sun Tzu and "The Art of War"? Why did we so easily forget our own teachings and why did we violate our own "Principles of War"?

MEMORIES AND LESSONS LEARNED

All of the above examples take me back to my initial assignments in the Army. I chose the Armor Branch when I graduated from West Point and spent a number of years as a "tanker" mostly running around the plains of Europe in my tank during the occupation of Germany by the Allies (the US, Britain and Russia). I really wanted to be another General George Patton Jr. and save Europe in my tank as Patton had done with his tanks during WW II by his brilliant offensive maneuvers.

Early on in the "tanker business" you learn the power and the vulnerabilities of the tank. One of its’ major strengths rests on the fact that it can wreck havoc when used on the offensive coming in though the "back door" or rear flank of the enemy. Go back to the German offensive into Western Europe when the Germans did exactly that: they by-passed the Maginot Line altogether and came into France through both the "side and back doors"

STRATEGEMS AND SOLUTIONS

Now, fast forward from the Maginot line, the German invasion into Belgium, Holland and France in WW II, the castles and the Inchon Landing in Korea to the current war that The Natural Solutions Foundation and its’ allies (that’s you_) are engaged in at this very moment. I ask you all a very simple question. Can we afford to take on a "Maginot Mentality"? Can we afford to take a defensive posture in our CODEX war? I believe the answer is obvious.

In answer to the questions above, The Natural Solutions Foundation, www.HealthFreedomUSA.org, NEVER takes a defensive posture. The Health Freedom movement has largely gotten nowhere (and will get nowhere in the future) by wringing its’ hands and wailing "Oh woe is me – bad people are doing bad things to my health freedom!" Neither will they make any forward progress by continued assaults and guerilla warfare on those who work hard to preserve all of our Freedoms, but especially our health freedoms.

Each and every one of our Blogs, Blasts, Emails, Lectures, Attendance at CODEX meetings, briefings with Heads of State, Health Ministers, CODEX Points of Contact and Delegates, representatives and other senior government and non-governmental personnel continues to take us on the offensive path. Some people, it is true, find that offensive. It is, however, the winning strategy which will protect and promote our health freedoms at home and on a global basis.

As all or most of you know, we went on the Offensive as soon as we entered this war against our health and health freedom. With the help of our exceptional team of legal advisors, working as the Citizens Codex Coalition, crafted a powerful and legally effective, model Solution or Template which every country in the world can adopt as their own and apply to every area of Codex in order to keep their county inside the CODEX mandate, avoid trade sanctions and still remain HEALTH FRIENDLY.

Victory lies in the offensive posture. The Natural Solutions Foundation will remain on the "Offensive".

One of the priority offensive tactics we are working on involves creating the document which shows how this Solution/Template applies to GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) and Pesticides. The Natural Solutions Foundation’s document applying the Solution/Template to dietary supplements is a highly informative and successful document which has made a significant impact on the Codex scene. (By the way, for a small fee you can download this same document at http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?page_id=220).

Dr. Rima and I are deeply involved in the task of creating the next templates. As we did in the creation of the first Natural Solutions Foundation book, we will call on a team of skilled volunteers to participate in the research and scientific documentation.

ON THE OFFENSE — OUR TEAM

Enough said about Dr. Rima and me. The real issue does not rest with us. We are clearly part of the Health Freedom team BUT we can not survive, much less "play in the game" without you our supporters. You all are the life blood of the Health Freedom team!

So!!! What about you all? What do you need to do now to help us win this war? Just what does being on the "Offense" mean to each and every person who makes up our Health Freedom Army?

Going on the Offensive:

Tactics for the Health Freedom Army

a) We have posted a model Letter to the Editor for you to send to the editors of your favorite publications. Click or cut and paste http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/healthfreedomusa/editor.jsp?letter_KEY=688&t=&recipient_KEYS=14631 in your browser and insert the contact information for the publication. Send this letter (or your modified version) to all major and local newspapers and other publications you read or know about. Make sure that they all become part of the hubbub and uproar we need to focus attention on the serious attacks on Our Freedoms.

b) Send information on the health freedom battle to everyone on your list. EVERYONE! Send them to www.HealthFreedomUSA.org and ask them to watch the video called "NUTRICDE" which is mounted there. Ask them to buy a copy (http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?page_id=156) so they can show this tremendously important DVD in their communities. Tell them you want them to join the battle led by the Natural Solutions Foundation. This is a battle where Numbers Count!

c) If you are come across Codex propaganda smearing the Natural Solutions Foundation and its leaders, ask for the data upon which the assertions rest. No data, no truth. If you get anything even remotely resembling "data" please send it directly to me at GeneralStubblebine@globalhealthfreedom.org.

d) Send a copy or link of whatever gets published to us. (Email/Fax/Phone/Scan/Snail mail)* see data below for addresses and phone/fax numbers.

e) Notify us about your successes and keep us posted on what’s going on in your sector of the battlefield.

f) If you have not sent your comments to the FDA yet about their Guidance overstating and distorting US law in favor of "enforcing" us out of any natural health choices, NOW is the time. While we have applied for an extension, the deadline is EITHER April 30 or May 29, depending on which official FDA document you read. Please notify your entire list that this is urgent NOW!

g) While have powerful contacts in many of the third world/the developing countries, we still need your contacts, too. If you have a friend or relative that you believe might help OR help us meet with decision makers, consumer advocates, publishers, etc. in the developing countries, we would be most grateful. We need to reach people who will listen. We have access. Being on the Offensive, however, means that we always need more and better access.

h) Please do not forget that armies do not run on air. Make sure that you are helping our health freedom army to stay on the Offensive by feeding the army (http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?page_id=189).

You do the math. We need your help so that we can stay on the OFFENSIVE and WIN the Health Freedom War— WITHOUT FIGHTING!!!

Contact Data

Email
GeneralStubblebine@globalhealthfreedom.org

Snail Mail
Natural Solutions Foundation
P.O. Box 722
Maryville MO 64468

End Of Part 2 of the series.