Here's something that's been going around in e-mail. It's something both Democrats and Republicans understand. The leftists here need to comprehend the truth of how America will feel, and it is embodied in here:
""DO NOT FORGET"
> I sat in a movie theater watching "Schindler's List," and
> asked myself,
> "Why didn't the Jews fight back?"
> Now I know why.
> I sat in a movie theater, watching "Pearl Harbor" and asked
> myself, "Why
> weren't we prepared?"
> Now I know why.
> Civilized people cannot fathom, much less predict, the
> actions of evil
> people.
> On September 11, dozens of capable airplane passengers
> allowed themselves
> to be overpowered by a handful of poorly armed terrorists
> because they did
> not comprehend the depth of hatred that motivated their
> captors.
> On September 11, thousands of innocent people were murdered
> because too
> many Americans naively reject the reality that some nations
> are dedicated
> to the dominance of others. Many political pundits,
> pacifists and media
> personnel want us to forget the carnage. They say we must
> focus on the
> bravery of the rescuers and ignore the cowardice of the
> killers. They
> implore us to understand the motivation of the
> perpetrators. Major
> television stations have announced they will assist the
> healing process
> by not replaying devastating footage of the planes
> crashing into the Twin
> Towers.
> I will not be manipulated.
> I will not pretend to understand.
> I will not forget.
> I will not forget the liberal media who abused freedom of
> the press to
> kick our country when it was vulnerable and hurting.
> I will not forget that CBS anchor Dan Rather preceded
> President Bush's
> address to the nation with the snide remark, "No matter how
> you feel about
> him, he is still our president."
> I will not forget that ABC TV anchor Peter Jennings
> questioned President
> Bush's motives for not returning immediately to Washington,
> DC and
> commented, "We're all pretty skeptical and cynical about
> Washington."
> And I will not forget that ABC's Mark Halperin warned if
> reporters weren't
> informed of every little detail of this war, they aren't
> "likely -- nor
> should they be expected -- to show deference."
> I will not isolate myself from my fellow Americans by
> pretending an attack
> on the USS Cole in Yemen was not an attack on the United
> States of
> America.
> I will not forget the Clinton administration equipped
> Islamic terrorists
> and their supporters with the world's most sophisticated
> telecommunications equipment and encryption technology,
> thereby
> compromising America's ability to trace terrorist radio,
> cell phone, land
> lines, faxes and modem communications.
> I will not be appeased with pointless, quick retaliatory
> strikes like
> those perfected by the previous administration.
> I will not be comforted by "feel-good, do nothing"
> regulations like the
> silly "Have your bags been under your control?" question
> at the airport.
> I will not be influenced by so called,"antiwar
> demonstrators" who exploit
> the right of expression to chant anti-American
> obscenities.
> I will not forget the moral victory handed the North
> Vietnamese by
> American war protesters who reviled and spat upon the
> returning soldiers,
> airmen, sailors and Marines.
> I will not be softened by the wishful thinking of pacifists
> who chose
> reassurance over reality.
> I will embrace the wise words of Prime Minister Tony Blair
> who told a
> Labor Party conference, "They have no moral inhibition on
> the slaughter
> of the innocent. If they could have murdered not 7,000 but
> 70,000, does
> anyone doubt they would have done so and rejoiced in it?
> There is no compromise possible with such people, no
> meeting of minds, no
> point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice:
> defeat it or be
> defeated by it. And defeat it we must!"
>
> I will force myself to:
>
>
> -hear the weeping
> -feel the helplessness
> -imagine the terror
> -sense the panic
> -smell the burning flesh
> - experience the loss
> - remember the hatred.
>
> I sat in a movie theater, watching "Private Ryan" and asked
> myself, "Where
> did they find the courage?"
>
> Now I know.
>
> We have no choice. Living without liberty is not living.
>
> -- Ed Evans, MGySgt., USMC (Ret.)
> Not as lean, Not as mean, But still a Marine.
>
> Keep this going until every living American has read it and
> memorized it
> so we don't make the same mistake again."
>
Freedom Works,
Dan B |
