Subject: WW III You have to read the catalogue of events in this brief piece.
Then, ask yourself how anyone can take the position that all we have to do is bring our troops home from Iraq, sit back, reset the snooze alarm, go back to sleep, and no one will ever bother us again.In case you missed it, World War III began in November 1979... that alarm
has been ringing for years.
US Navy Captain Ouimette is the Executive Officer at Naval Air Station,
Pensacola, Florida. Here is a copy of the speech he gave last month. It is
an accurate account of why we are in so much trouble today and why this
action is so necessary.
AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE UP!
That's what we think we heard on the 11th of September 2001 (When more than
3,000 Americans were killed -AD) and maybe it was, but I think it should
have been "Get Out of Bed!" In fact, I think the alarm clock has been
buzzing since 1979 and we have continued to hit the snooze button and roll
over for a few more minutes of peaceful sleep since then.
It was a cool fall day in November 1979 in a country going through a
religious and political upheaval when a group of Iranian students attacked
and seized the American Embassy in Tehran. This seizure was an outright
attack on American soil; it was an attack that held the world's most
powerful country hostage and paralyzed a Presidency. The attack on this
sovereign U. S. embassy set the stage for events to follow for the next 23
years.
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>America was still reeling from the aftermath of the Vietnam experience and
>had a serious threat from the Soviet Union when then, President Carter, had
>to do something. He chose to conduct a clandestine raid in the desert.
>The ill-fated mission ended in ruin, but stood as a symbol of America's
>inability to deal with terrorism.
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>America's military had been decimated and downsized/right sized since the
>end of the Vietnam War. A poorly trained, poorly equipped and poorly
>organized military was called on to execute a complex mission that was
>doomed from the start.
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>Shortly after the Tehran experience, Americans began to be kidnapped and
>killed throughout the Middle East. America could do little to protect her
>citizens living and working abroad. The attacks against US soil continued.
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>In April of 1983 a large vehicle packed with high explosives was driven
>into the US Embassy compound in Beirut. When it explodes, it kills 63
>people. The alarm went off again and America hit the Snooze Button once
>more.
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>Then just six short months later a large truck heavily laden down with over
>2500 pounds of TNT smashed through the main gate of the US Marine Corps
>headquarters in Beirut and 241 US servicemen are killed. America mourns her
>dead and hit the Snooze Button once more.
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>Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with explosives is
>driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her slumber.
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>The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the
>gates of the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.
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>Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in a
>restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.
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>Then in August a Volkswagen loaded with explosives is driven into the main
>gate of the US Air Force Base at Rhein-Main, 22 are killed and the snooze
>alarm is buzzing louder and louder as US interests are continually
>attacked.
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>Fifty-nine days later a cruise ship, the Achille Lauro is hijacked and we
>watched as an American in a wheelchair is singled out of the passenger list
>and executed.
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>The terrorists then shift their tactics to bombing civilian airliners when
>they bomb TWA Flight 840 in April of 1986 that killed 4 and the most tragic
>bombing, Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, killing 259.
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>Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still trying
>to bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
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>The wake up alarm is getting louder and louder. The terrorists decide to
>bring the fight to America. In January 1993, two CIA agents are shot and
>killed as they enter CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
The following month, February 1993, a group of terrorists are arrested after a rented van packed with explosives is driven into the underground
parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six people are killed and over 1000 are injured. Still this is a crime and not an act of war? The Snooze alarm is depressed again.
Then in November 1995 a car bomb explodes at a US military complex in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killing seven service men and women.
A few months later in June of 1996, another truck bomb explodes only 35
yards from the US military compound in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It destroys
the Khobar Towers, a US Air Force barracks, killing 19 and injuring over
500. The terrorists are getting braver and smarter as they see that America does not respond decisively.
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>They move to coordinate their attacks in a simultaneous attack on two US
>embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. These attacks were planned with precision.
>They kill 224. America responds with cruise missile attacks and goes back
>to sleep.
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>The USS Cole was docked in the port of Aden, Yemen for refueling on 12
>October 2000, when a small craft pulled along side the ship and exploded
>killing 17 US Navy Sailors. Attacking a US War Ship is an act of war, but
>we sent the FBI to investigate the crime and went back to sleep.
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>And of course you know the events of 11 September 2001. Most Americans
>think this was the first attack against US soil or in America. How wrong
>they are. America has been under a constant attack since 1979 and we chose
>to hit the snooze alarm and roll over and go back to sleep.
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>In the news lately we have seen lots of finger pointing from every high
>officials in government over what they knew and what they didn't know. But
>if you've read the papers and paid a little attention I think you can see
>exactly what they knew. You don't have to be in the FBI or CIA or on the
>National Security Council to see the pattern that has been developing since
>1979.
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>The President is right on when he says we are engaged in a war. I think we
>have been in a war for the past 23 years and it will continue until we as a
>people decide enough is enough.
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>America needs to "Get out of Bed" and act decisively now. America has been
>changed forever. We have to be ready to pay the price and make the
>sacrifice to ensure our way of life continues. We cannot afford to keep
>hitting the snooze button again and again and roll over and go back to sleep.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto said "...it seems all we
have done is awakened a sleeping giant." This is the message we need to disseminate to terrorists around the world.
Support Our Troops and support President Bush for having the courage, political or militarily, to address what so many who preceded him didn't have the backbone to do both Democrat and Republican. This is not a
political thing to be hashed over in an election year this is an AMERICAN >thing. This is about our Freedom and the Freedom of our children in years to come.
To all the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and who seem so quick
to protest such a necessary military action
MILITARY DRAFT COMING BACK IN 2005 - STOP BUSH NOW
by cbew 39 Replies latest social current
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stillajwexelder
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worldly girl
"Our homes are open to search and seizure and American citizens can now be detained indefinitely on just suspicion of "terroists" activities."
You know you are right about that, but think about this.... IF you had a terrorist living next door to you making home made pipebombs, would you want the gov't to sit back and do nothing? EVEN IF IT WAS ONLY A SUSPICION???? (don't forget you were encouraging everyone to "STOP BUSH" based on your suspicion....) And besides, what do you have to worry about if you are not a terrorist?
Inquiring minds want to know....
Worldly Girl
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SixofNine
To all the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and who seem so quick
to protest such a necessary military actionI didn't read all that, but if the author is characterizing Iraq as "such a necessary military action", then the author is too stupid for life.
(and in fact, it is these too-stupid-for-life people, who are getting other people's children killed)
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ThiChi
""True the legislation was introduced by the democrats but... ""
LOL!
But? B U T ? But what? If you were sincere, you would now cry "Stop the Democrats!!"
This is just another example of the scare tactics used by the radical left against Bush.
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kls
It does scare me ,i have two son's 20 and 25 and they are of age if there is a draft. They are willing to go if it happens,they have told me they would rather fight in a war or die , then have to hide for the rest of their lives.
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Crazy151drinker
Wake up people. Look what's happened to this nation in the last 3yrs since 911. We are living under more scrutiny than ever before. The bill of rights have been eroded and nullified by the passage of the Patriot Act. Our homes are open to search and seizure and American citizens can now be detained indefinitely on just suspicion of "terroists" activities. The next step is the draft which is coming. OK I have said my peace - I will say no more but don't say I didn't tell you so.
ohhhh Im skeeered! Our homes have always been open to search and seizure- its called a search warrant *LOL* Seen any concentration camps lately? Anyone in your neighborhood getting round up and shot?? What a bunch of Paranoia. Im so sad that American 'citizens' like Padilla who wanted to kills hundreds of people is locked up *waaaaaaah* I guess plotting to kill hundreds of you fellow Americans is a "terrorist activity", what is the government thinking? Since you say "but dont say I didnt tell you so" when the Draft doesnt take effect are you going to come on the board and post an apology?? Please put some foil on your head to prevent the probing.
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cbew
Worldy girl, you made a good point which I feel I must address. I am not opposed to government having authority to investigate and do its business in making our communities safer. What I am concerned about is the extent of authority given to government and the erosion of our basic liberties and freedoms that this government under Bush has taken away in the guise of protecting our security. When our founding fathers framed the Constitution these liberties and freedoms were God given rights inherent in every individual not priveleges that were granted or removed by the State even in times of extreme emergency. The Patriot Act pushed through by the Bush Administration after 911 effectively rescinded these rights our forefathers and soldiers fought so hard to preserve.
The framers of the Constitution understood that this delicate balance of power in government had to be preserved at all cost if government was going to work for the interests of the people and not the powerful and wealthy elite. Let me quote the words of Andrew Jackson in his farewell address:
"But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. It beehooves you, therefore, to be watchful in your States as well as in the Federal Government."
Let me share with you some other quotes:
"My greatest fear is that too many members of the public will embrace the government's call to give up some freedom in return for greater safety, only to find that they have lost freedom without gaining safety." Christoper Hitchens in the Aug 2003 issue of Reason
"Any time you give power to government, it will be abused, it will be enlarged, it will be used in ways you never intended." Harry Browne on the Drudge Report
History has shown that whenever governments and individuals gain too much power they are reluctant to give up that power and often end up abusing that power for their own benefit. (eg GB of WT) As an American citizen I am concerned at the growing abuse of power that has been taking place under Bush. I am concerned at the loss of freedoms and rights that was guaranteed to us under the Constitution. I am concerned at the growing loss of human lives both American and Iraqi that have been sacrificed to further the agenda of the wealthy elite.
This war is illegal under international law and was started under the false pretense that we were under imminent danger of weapons of mass destruction. Now we learn that the evidence to support this was all fabricated. Furthermore, isn't it interesting that the major beneficiaries of this war are those companies that are engaged in the lucrative contracts to rebuild Iraq - one of which is Halliburton of which Dick Cheney was the head of. Doen't that sound like a conflict of interest? Dick Cheney certainly comes out ahead in this war since he has retained millions of stock options in Halliburton. The Bush family hasn't done too badly either as they are major stockholders in the Carlye Group a major defense contractor for the Pentagon. ( If you want to find the reasons for why things are done just follow the trail of money) For a comprehensive list see www.practicalradical.com/followthemoney.html
In case you think I am just a left wing radical out to get Bush I am not. I am equally critical of the Clinton Administration under the Democrats. He was just as bad and corrupt in abusing his presidential powers to cover up his scandals. What is really sickening is that Bush has taken this one step further by putting hundreds of thousands of our young men and women in harms way to further this own interests and the interests of his wealthy supporters. We do not need to support this illegal war. We do not need to send another generation of our youth to die to enrich the wealthy few. We cannot stand by and do nothing while the powers that be in Washington pass legislation to restrict more freedoms ( Patriot Act II coming ) and send thousands more youth to die in this phony war. If there is anything I have learned coming out of the Watchtower cult is that if we do nothing and say nothing EVIL triumphs.
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Euphemism
From http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/draft.asp
As reflected in the message quoted above, the draft issue has largely come to public attention due to pair of bills introduced in Congress (S.89 and H.R.163) which seek to obligate all citizens and residents of the U.S. beween the ages of 18 and 26 (both male and female) to perform a two-year period of national service (not necessarily as part of the military), and the Selective Service's advertising for volunteers to man draft boards around the country. However, both the Congressional bills were introduced back in January 2003 and have languished in committee ever since with seemingly little support
The media did cover this story, when the bill was first introduced, over a year ago. The media hasn't convered it recently because nothing new has happened.
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freedom96
Very unlikely the draft will ever come back.
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ColdRedRain
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the armed forces are begging for the draft to stay dead. Why would a wartime president alienate one of his key voting blocs by bringing back the draft?
BTW, everybody who's saying "Bring back the draft" in the circles I hang around, they're all liberal. Only conservatives in my circles don't want the draft to be brought back. It weakens the army by brining in turtledoves (Those that would rather go into their shell and hope the enemy doesn't attack them than fight.) on the front line.