Just a thought 1
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Re: Just a thought 1
Lamey The Cable Guy wrote:
> Well, here it is, all spelled out very clearly. I keep hearing people
> say we
> should just get out of Iraq so we can go back to sleep. I am glad
> they are not
> running the country or we would all be dead by now. They just don't
> get it as
> uncle Phil would say. We were doing nothing when 9/11 happened.
> Going back to
> sleep would really seal our doom now.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> WWIII Started in 1979
>
>
> This is not very long, but very informative 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 25 years.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
> America's military had been decimated and down sized/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.
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Then just six short months later in 1983 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.
>
> Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with
> explosives is
> driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her
> slumber.
>
>
> The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the
> gate of
> the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.
> Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in
> a
> restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.
> Then in August 1985 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.
> Fifty-nine days later in 1985 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.
>
>
> 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 in1988, killing 259.
>
> Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still
> trying to
> bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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.
> I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will
> continue until
> we as a people decide enough is enough. 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.
>
> 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.
> If you believe in this please forward it to as many people as you can
> especially
> to the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and
> who seem so
> quick to protest such a necessary military action. If you don't
> believe it, just
> delete it -- and go back to sleep.
Are you high?
--
ah
Re: Just a thought 1
ah wrote:
> Lamey The Cable Guy wrote:
>
>>Well, here it is, all spelled out very clearly. I keep hearing people
>>say we
>>should just get out of Iraq so we can go back to sleep. I am glad
>>they are not
>>running the country or we would all be dead by now. They just don't
>>get it as
>>uncle Phil would say. We were doing nothing when 9/11 happened.
>>Going back to
>>sleep would really seal our doom now.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>WWIII Started in 1979
>>
>>
>>This is not very long, but very informative 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 25 years.
>>
>>
>>
>>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.
>>
>>America's military had been decimated and down sized/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.
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>Then just six short months later in 1983 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.
>>
>>Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with
>>explosives is
>>driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her
>>slumber.
>>
>>
>>The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the
>>gate of
>>the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.
>>Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in
>>a
>>restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.
>>Then in August 1985 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.
>>Fifty-nine days later in 1985 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.
>>
>>
>>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 in1988, killing 259.
>>
>>Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still
>>trying to
>>bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>
>>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.
>>I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will
>>continue until
>>we as a people decide enough is enough. 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.
>>
>>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.
>>If you believe in this please forward it to as many people as you can
>>especially
>>to the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and
>>who seem so
>>quick to protest such a necessary military action. If you don't
>>believe it, just
>>delete it -- and go back to sleep.
>
>
> Are you high?
you lazy English prick. You couldn't snip his poast? some people still
have to pay per MB. kindly think of teh children.
Re: Just a thought 1
rock wrote:
> ah wrote:
>> Lamey The Cable Guy wrote:
>>
>>>Well, here it is, all spelled out very clearly. I keep hearing people
>>>say we
>>>should just get out of Iraq so we can go back to sleep. I am glad
>>>they are not
>>>running the country or we would all be dead by now. They just don't
>>>get it as
>>>uncle Phil would say. We were doing nothing when 9/11 happened.
>>>Going back to
>>>sleep would really seal our doom now.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>WWIII Started in 1979
>>>
>>>
>>>This is not very long, but very informative 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 25 years.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>America's military had been decimated and down sized/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.
>>>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.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>Then just six short months later in 1983 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.
>>>
>>>Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with
>>>explosives is
>>>driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her
>>>slumber.
>>>
>>>
>>>The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the
>>>gate of
>>>the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.
>>>Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in
>>>a
>>>restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.
>>>Then in August 1985 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.
>>>Fifty-nine days later in 1985 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>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 in1988, killing 259.
>>>
>>>Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still
>>>trying to
>>>bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>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.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>
>>>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.
>>>I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will
>>>continue until
>>>we as a people decide enough is enough. 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.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>If you believe in this please forward it to as many people as you can
>>>especially
>>>to the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and
>>>who seem so
>>>quick to protest such a necessary military action. If you don't
>>>believe it, just
>>>delete it -- and go back to sleep.
>>
>>
>> Are you high?
>
> you lazy English prick. You couldn't snip his poast? some people still
> have to pay per MB. kindly think of teh children.
Don't underestimate my willingness to deride you.
--
ah
Re: Just a thought 1
ah wrote:
> rock wrote:
>
>>ah wrote:
>>
>>>Lamey The Cable Guy wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Well, here it is, all spelled out very clearly. I keep hearing people
>>>>say we
>>>>should just get out of Iraq so we can go back to sleep. I am glad
>>>>they are not
>>>>running the country or we would all be dead by now. They just don't
>>>>get it as
>>>>uncle Phil would say. We were doing nothing when 9/11 happened.
>>>>Going back to
>>>>sleep would really seal our doom now.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>WWIII Started in 1979
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>This is not very long, but very informative 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 25 years.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>America's military had been decimated and down sized/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.
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>Then just six short months later in 1983 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.
>>>>
>>>>Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with
>>>>explosives is
>>>>driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her
>>>>slumber.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the
>>>>gate of
>>>>the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.
>>>>Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in
>>>>a
>>>>restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.
>>>>Then in August 1985 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.
>>>>Fifty-nine days later in 1985 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>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 in1988, killing 259.
>>>>
>>>>Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still
>>>>trying to
>>>>bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will
>>>>continue until
>>>>we as a people decide enough is enough. 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.
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>If you believe in this please forward it to as many people as you can
>>>>especially
>>>>to the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and
>>>>who seem so
>>>>quick to protest such a necessary military action. If you don't
>>>>believe it, just
>>>>delete it -- and go back to sleep.
>>>
>>>
>>>Are you high?
>>
>>you lazy English prick. You couldn't snip his poast? some people still
>>have to pay per MB. kindly think of teh children.
>
>
> Don't underestimate my willingness to deride you.
"Bring It On"
Re: Just a thought 1
ah nong wrote:
> rock wrote:
> > ah wrote:
> >> Lamey The Cable Guy wrote:
> >>
> >>>Well, here it is, all spelled out very clearly. I keep hearing people
> >>>say we
> >>>should just get out of Iraq so we can go back to sleep. I am glad
> >>>they are not
> >>>running the country or we would all be dead by now. They just don't
> >>>get it as
> >>>uncle Phil would say. We were doing nothing when 9/11 happened.
> >>>Going back to
> >>>sleep would really seal our doom now.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>WWIII Started in 1979
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>This is not very long, but very informative 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 25 years.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>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.
> >>>
> >>>America's military had been decimated and down sized/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.
> >>>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.
> >>>
> >>>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.
> >>>
> >>>Then just six short months later in 1983 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.
> >>>
> >>>Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with
> >>>explosives is
> >>>driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her
> >>>slumber.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the
> >>>gate of
> >>>the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.
> >>>Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in
> >>>a
> >>>restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.
> >>>Then in August 1985 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.
> >>>Fifty-nine days later in 1985 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>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 in1988, killing 259.
> >>>
> >>>Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still
> >>>trying to
> >>>bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
> >>>
> >>>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.
> >>>
> >>>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.
> >>>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.
> >>>
> >>>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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>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.
> >>>I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will
> >>>continue until
> >>>we as a people decide enough is enough. 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.
> >>>
> >>>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.
> >>>If you believe in this please forward it to as many people as you can
> >>>especially
> >>>to the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and
> >>>who seem so
> >>>quick to protest such a necessary military action. If you don't
> >>>believe it, just
> >>>delete it -- and go back to sleep.
> >>
> >>
> >> Are you high?
> >
> > you lazy English prick. You couldn't snip his poast? some people still
> > have to pay per MB. kindly think of teh children.
>
> Don't underestimate my willingness to deride you.
Don't overestimate my willingnes to ride you.
Re: Just a thought 1
Michael Baldwin, Bruce wrote:
> ah nong wrote:
>> rock wrote:
>> > ah wrote:
>> >> Lamey The Cable Guy wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>Well, here it is, all spelled out very clearly. I keep hearing people
>> >>>say we
>> >>>should just get out of Iraq so we can go back to sleep. I am glad
>> >>>they are not
>> >>>running the country or we would all be dead by now. They just don't
>> >>>get it as
>> >>>uncle Phil would say. We were doing nothing when 9/11 happened.
>> >>>Going back to
>> >>>sleep would really seal our doom now.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>WWIII Started in 1979
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>This is not very long, but very informative 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 25 years.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>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.
>> >>>
>> >>>America's military had been decimated and down sized/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.
>> >>>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.
>> >>>
>> >>>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.
>> >>>
>> >>>Then just six short months later in 1983 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.
>> >>>
>> >>>Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with
>> >>>explosives is
>> >>>driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her
>> >>>slumber.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the
>> >>>gate of
>> >>>the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.
>> >>>Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in
>> >>>a
>> >>>restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.
>> >>>Then in August 1985 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.
>> >>>Fifty-nine days later in 1985 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.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>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 in1988, killing 259.
>> >>>
>> >>>Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still
>> >>>trying to
>> >>>bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
>> >>>
>> >>>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.
>> >>>
>> >>>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.
>> >>>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.
>> >>>
>> >>>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.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>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.
>> >>>I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will
>> >>>continue until
>> >>>we as a people decide enough is enough. 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.
>> >>>
>> >>>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.
>> >>>If you believe in this please forward it to as many people as you can
>> >>>especially
>> >>>to the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and
>> >>>who seem so
>> >>>quick to protest such a necessary military action. If you don't
>> >>>believe it, just
>> >>>delete it -- and go back to sleep.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Are you high?
>> >
>> > you lazy English prick. You couldn't snip his poast? some people still
>> > have to pay per MB. kindly think of teh children.
>>
>> Don't underestimate my willingness to deride you.
>
> Don't overestimate my willingnes to ride you.
Hands-off, Bitch--this is a man's thread.
--
ah
Re: Just a thought 1
rock wrote:
> ah wrote:
>> rock wrote:
>>
>>>ah wrote:
>>>
>>>>Lamey The Cable Guy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Well, here it is, all spelled out very clearly. I keep hearing people
>>>>>say we
>>>>>should just get out of Iraq so we can go back to sleep. I am glad
>>>>>they are not
>>>>>running the country or we would all be dead by now. They just don't
>>>>>get it as
>>>>>uncle Phil would say. We were doing nothing when 9/11 happened.
>>>>>Going back to
>>>>>sleep would really seal our doom now.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>WWIII Started in 1979
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>This is not very long, but very informative 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 25 years.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>America's military had been decimated and down sized/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.
>>>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>Then just six short months later in 1983 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with
>>>>>explosives is
>>>>>driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her
>>>>>slumber.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the
>>>>>gate of
>>>>>the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.
>>>>>Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in
>>>>>a
>>>>>restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.
>>>>>Then in August 1985 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.
>>>>>Fifty-nine days later in 1985 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>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 in1988, killing 259.
>>>>>
>>>>>Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still
>>>>>trying to
>>>>>bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
>>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>>>I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will
>>>>>continue until
>>>>>we as a people decide enough is enough. 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>>>If you believe in this please forward it to as many people as you can
>>>>>especially
>>>>>to the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and
>>>>>who seem so
>>>>>quick to protest such a necessary military action. If you don't
>>>>>believe it, just
>>>>>delete it -- and go back to sleep.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Are you high?
>>>
>>>you lazy English prick. You couldn't snip his poast? some people still
>>>have to pay per MB. kindly think of teh children.
>>
>>
>> Don't underestimate my willingness to deride you.
>
> "Bring It On"
*thumbs nose*
Neener.
--
ah
Re: Just a thought 1
ah wrote:
> rock wrote:
>
>>ah wrote:
>>
>>>rock wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>ah wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Lamey The Cable Guy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Well, here it is, all spelled out very clearly. I keep hearing people
>>>>>>say we
>>>>>>should just get out of Iraq so we can go back to sleep. I am glad
>>>>>>they are not
>>>>>>running the country or we would all be dead by now. They just don't
>>>>>>get it as
>>>>>>uncle Phil would say. We were doing nothing when 9/11 happened.
>>>>>>Going back to
>>>>>>sleep would really seal our doom now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>WWIII Started in 1979
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>This is not very long, but very informative 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 25 years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>America's military had been decimated and down sized/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.
>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Then just six short months later in 1983 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with
>>>>>>explosives is
>>>>>>driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her
>>>>>>slumber.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the
>>>>>>gate of
>>>>>>the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.
>>>>>>Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in
>>>>>>a
>>>>>>restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.
>>>>>>Then in August 1985 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.
>>>>>>Fifty-nine days later in 1985 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>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 in1988, killing 259.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still
>>>>>>trying to
>>>>>>bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will
>>>>>>continue until
>>>>>>we as a people decide enough is enough. 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>If you believe in this please forward it to as many people as you can
>>>>>>especially
>>>>>>to the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and
>>>>>>who seem so
>>>>>>quick to protest such a necessary military action. If you don't
>>>>>>believe it, just
>>>>>>delete it -- and go back to sleep.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Are you high?
>>>>
>>>>you lazy English prick. You couldn't snip his poast? some people still
>>>>have to pay per MB. kindly think of teh children.
>>>
>>>
>>>Don't underestimate my willingness to deride you.
>>
>>"Bring It On"
>
>
> *thumbs nose*
>
> Neener.
i refuse to respond to this bloody torll.
Re: Just a thought 1
rock wrote:
> ah wrote:
>> rock wrote:
>>
>>>ah wrote:
>>>
>>>>rock wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>ah wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Lamey The Cable Guy wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Well, here it is, all spelled out very clearly. I keep hearing people
>>>>>>>say we
>>>>>>>should just get out of Iraq so we can go back to sleep. I am glad
>>>>>>>they are not
>>>>>>>running the country or we would all be dead by now. They just don't
>>>>>>>get it as
>>>>>>>uncle Phil would say. We were doing nothing when 9/11 happened.
>>>>>>>Going back to
>>>>>>>sleep would really seal our doom now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>WWIII Started in 1979
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>This is not very long, but very informative 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 25 years.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>America's military had been decimated and down sized/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.
>>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Then just six short months later in 1983 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with
>>>>>>>explosives is
>>>>>>>driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her
>>>>>>>slumber.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the
>>>>>>>gate of
>>>>>>>the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.
>>>>>>>Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in
>>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.
>>>>>>>Then in August 1985 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.
>>>>>>>Fifty-nine days later in 1985 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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 in1988, killing 259.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still
>>>>>>>trying to
>>>>>>>bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>>I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will
>>>>>>>continue until
>>>>>>>we as a people decide enough is enough. 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>>If you believe in this please forward it to as many people as you can
>>>>>>>especially
>>>>>>>to the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and
>>>>>>>who seem so
>>>>>>>quick to protest such a necessary military action. If you don't
>>>>>>>believe it, just
>>>>>>>delete it -- and go back to sleep.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Are you high?
>>>>>
>>>>>you lazy English prick. You couldn't snip his poast? some people still
>>>>>have to pay per MB. kindly think of teh children.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Don't underestimate my willingness to deride you.
>>>
>>>"Bring It On"
>>
>>
>> *thumbs nose*
>>
>> Neener.
>
>
> i refuse to respond to this bloody torll.
*MOON*
--
ah
Re: Just a thought 1
In article <340om.55f.17.1 [at] news.alt.net>, Lamey The Cable Guy took the
hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"...
> Well, here it is, all spelled out very clearly. I keep hearing people
> say we
> should just get out of Iraq so we can go back to sleep. I am glad
> they are not
> running the country or we would all be dead by now. They just don't
> get it as
> uncle Phil would say. We were doing nothing when 9/11 happened.
> Going back to
> sleep would really seal our doom now.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> WWIII Started in 1979
>
>
> This is not very long, but very informative 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 25 years.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
> America's military had been decimated and down sized/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.
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Then just six short months later in 1983 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.
>
> Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with
> explosives is
> driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her
> slumber.
>
>
> The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the
> gate of
> the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.
> Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in
> a
> restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.
> Then in August 1985 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.
> Fifty-nine days later in 1985 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.
>
>
> 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 in1988, killing 259.
>
> Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still
> trying to
> bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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.
> I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will
> continue until
> we as a people decide enough is enough. 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.
>
> 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.
> If you believe in this please forward it to as many people as you can
> especially
> to the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and
> who seem so
> quick to protest such a necessary military action. If you don't
> believe it, just
> delete it -- and go back to sleep.
>
Iraq was a manufactured war.
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but most of the time all you need is a stick of gum, a pocketknife,
and a smile."
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Re: Just a thought 1
trippy wrote:
> In article <340om.55f.17.1 [at] news.alt.net>, Lamey The Cable Guy took the
> hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"...
>
>> Well, here it is, all spelled out very clearly. I keep hearing people
>> say we
>> should just get out of Iraq so we can go back to sleep. I am glad
>> they are not
>> running the country or we would all be dead by now. They just don't
>> get it as
>> uncle Phil would say. We were doing nothing when 9/11 happened.
>> Going back to
>> sleep would really seal our doom now.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> WWIII Started in 1979
>>
>>
>> This is not very long, but very informative 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 25 years.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> America's military had been decimated and down sized/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.
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Then just six short months later in 1983 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.
>>
>> Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with
>> explosives is
>> driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her
>> slumber.
>>
>>
>> The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the
>> gate of
>> the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.
>> Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in
>> a
>> restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.
>> Then in August 1985 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.
>> Fifty-nine days later in 1985 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.
>>
>>
>> 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 in1988, killing 259.
>>
>> Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still
>> trying to
>> bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>> I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will
>> continue until
>> we as a people decide enough is enough. 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.
>>
>> 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.
>> If you believe in this please forward it to as many people as you can
>> especially
>> to the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and
>> who seem so
>> quick to protest such a necessary military action. If you don't
>> believe it, just
>> delete it -- and go back to sleep.
>>
>
> Iraq was a manufactured war.
>
They make 'em in Oklahoma and (I think) New Mexico, IIRC.
--
ah