Kenneth, I think you should read this. Its NOT partisan. jdn
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>>ESSENTIAL READING ABOUT OUR FUTURE IF WE DON'T UNITE
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>>Subject: What this war is all about
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>>This is for everyone ? regardless of your political affiliation
>>
>>I had no idea who General (Doctor) Vernon Chong is, or the source of these
>>thoughts... so when I received them, I almost deleted them - as
>>well-written as they are. But then I did a "Google search" on the General
>>and found him to be a retired Air Force Surgeon of all things and past
>>Commander of Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio. So he is real,
>>is connected to Veterans affairs, and these are his thoughts. They are
>>worth reading and thinking about (the same Google search will direct you
>>to some of his other thought-provoking writings.)
>>
>>If you would like information on General Chong, go to Google and type in
>>his name. All of the following is something that everyone should read.
>>
>>
>>This WAR is for REAL!
>>
>>To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it. Our country is
>>now facing the most serious threat to its existence, as we know it, that
>>we have faced in your lifetime and mine (which includes WWII).
>>
>>The deadly seriousness is greatly compounded by the fact that there are
>>very few of us who think we can possibly lose this war and even fewer who
>>realize what losing really means.
>>
>>First, let's examine a few basics:
>>
>>1. When did the threat to us start?
>>
>>Many will say September 11, 2001. The answer as far as the United States
>>is concerned is 1979, 22 years prior to September 2001, with the following
>>attacks on us:
>>
>>* Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979;
>>* Beirut, Lebanon Embassy 1983;
>>* Beirut, Lebanon Marine Barracks 1983;
>>* Lockerbie, Scotland Pan-Am flight to New York 1988;
>>* First New York World Trade Center attack 1993;
>>* Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex 1996;
>>* Nairobi, Kenya US Embassy 1998;
>>* Da! res Salaam, Tanzania US Embassy 1998;
>>* Aden, Yemen USS Cole 2000;
>>* New York World Trade Center 2001;
>>* Pentagon 2001.
>>
>>(Note that during the period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist
>>attacks worldwide).
>>
>>2. Why were we attacked?
>>
>>Envy of our position, our success, and our freedoms. The attacks happened
>>during the administrations of Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton
>>and Bush 2. We cannot fault either the Republicans or Democrats as there
>>were no provocations by any of the presidents or their immediate
>>predecessors, Presidents Ford or Carter.
>>
>>3. Who were the attackers? In each case, the attacks on the US were
>>carried out by Muslims.
>>
>>4. What is the Muslim population of the World? 25%.
>>
>>5. Isn't the Muslim Religion peaceful? Hopefully, but that is really not
>>material. There is no doubt that the predominately Christian population of
>>Germany was peaceful, but under the dictatorial leadership of Hitler (who
>>was also Christian), that made no difference. You either went along with
>>the administration or you were eliminated. There were 5 to 6 million
>>Christians killed by the Nazis for political reasons (including 7,000
>>Polish priests). (see
>><http://www.nazis.testimony.co.uk/7-a.htm>http://www.nazis.testimony.co.uk
/7-a.htm
>> ).
>>
>>Thus, almost the same number of Christians were killed by the Nazis, as
>>the six million holocaust Jews who were killed by them, and we seldom
>>heard of anything other than the Jewish atrocities. Although Hitler kept
>>the world focused on the Jews, he had no hesitancy about killing anyone
>>who got in his way of exterminating the Jews or of taking over the world -
>>German, Christian or any others.
>>
>>Same with the Muslim terrorists. They focus the world on the US, but kill
>>all in the way -- their own people or the Spanish, French or anyone else.
>>The point here is that just like the peaceful Germans were of no
>>protection to anyone from the Nazis, no matter how many peaceful Muslims
>>there may be, they are no protection for us from the terrorist Muslim
>>leaders and what they are fanatically bent on doing -- by their own
>>pronouncements -- killing all of us "infidels." I don't blame the
>>peaceful Muslims. What would you do if the choice was shut up or die?
>>
>>6. So who are we at war with? There is no way we can honestly respond
>>that it is anyone other than the Muslim terrorists. Trying to be
>>politically correct and avoid verbalizing this conclusion can well be
>>fatal. There is no way to win if you don't clearly recognize and
>>articulate who you are fighting.
>>
>>So with that background, now to the two major questions:
>>
>>1. Can we lose this war?
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>>2. What does losing really mean?
>>
>>If we are to win, we must clearly answer these two pivotal questions.
>>
>>We can definitely lose this war, and as anomalous as it may sound, the
>>major reason we can lose is that so many of us simply do not fathom the
>>answer to the second question - What does losing mean?
>>
>>It would appear that a great many of us think that losing the war means
>>hanging our heads, bringing the troops home and going on about our
>>business, like post Vietnam. This is as far from the truth as one can
>>get.
>>
>>What losing really means is:
>>
>>We would no longer be the premier country in the world. The attacks will
>>not subside, but rather will steadily increase. Remember, they want us
>>dead, not just quiet. If they had just wanted us quiet, they would not
>>have produced an increasing series of attacks against us, over the past 18
>>years. The plan was clearly, for terrorist to attack us, until we were
>>neutered and submissive to them.
>>
>>We would of course have no future support from other nations, for fear of
>>reprisals and for the reason that they would see, we are impotent and
>>cannot help them.
>>
>>They will pick off the other non-Muslim nations, one at a time. It will
>>be increasingly easier for them. They already hold Spain hostage. It
>>doesn't matter whether it was right or wrong for Spain to withdraw its
>>troops from Iraq. Spain did it because the Muslim terrorists bombed their
>>train and told them to withdraw the troops. Anything else they want Spain
>>to do will be done. Spain is finished.
>>
>>The next will probably be France. Our one hope on France is that they
>>might see the light and realize that if we don't win, they are finished
>>too, in that they can't resist the Muslim terrorists without us. However,
>>it may already be too late for France. France is already 20% Muslim and
>>fading fast!
>>
>>If we lose the war, our production, income, exports and way of life will
>>all vanish as we know it. After losing, who would trade or deal with us,
>>if they were threatened by the Muslims.
>>
>>If we can't stop the Muslims, how could anyone else?
>>
>>The Muslims fully know what is riding on this war, and therefore are
>>completely committed to winning, at any cost. We better know it too and
>>be likewise committed to winning at any cost.
>>
>>Why do I go on at such lengths about the results of losing? Simple.
>>Until we recognize the costs of losing, we cannot unite and really put
>>100% of our thoughts and efforts into winning. And it is going to take
>>that 100% effort to win.
>>
>>So, how can we lose the war?
>>
>>Again, the answer is simple. We can lose the war by "imploding." That
>>is, defeating ourselves by refusing to recognize the enemy and their
>>purpose, and really digging in and lending full support to the war effort.
>>If we are united, there is no way that we can lose. If we continue to be
>>divided, there is no way that we can win!
>>
>>Let me give you a few examples of how we simply don't comprehend the life
>>and death seriousness of this situation.
>>
>>President Bush selects Norman Mineta as Secretary of Transportation.
>>Although all of the terrorist attacks were committed by Muslim men between
>>17 and 40 years of age, Secretary Mineta refuses to allow profiling. Does
>>that sound like we are taking this thing seriously? This is war! For the
>>duration, we are going to have to give up some of the civil rights we have
>>become accustomed to. We had better be prepared to lose some of our civil
>>rights temporarily or we will most certainly lose all of them permanently.
>>
>>And don't worry that it is a slippery slope. We gave up plenty of civil
>>rights during WWII, and immediately restored them after the victory and in
>>fact added many more since then.
>>
>>Do I blame President Bush or President Clinton before him?
>>
>>No, I blame us for blithely assuming we can maintain all of our Political
>>Correctness and all of our civil rights during this conflict and have a
>>clean, lawful, honorable war. None of those words apply to war. Get them
>>out of your head.
>>
>>Some have gone so far in their criticism of the war and/or the
>>Administration that it almost seems they would literally like to see us
>>lose. I hasten to add that this isn't because they are disloyal. It is
>>because they just don't recognize what losing means. Nevertheless, that
>>conduct gives the impression to the enemy that we are divided and
>>weakening. It concerns our friends, and it does great damage to our
>>cause.
>>
>>Of more recent vintage, the uproar fueled by the politicians and media
>>regarding the treatment of some prisoners of war, perhaps exemplifies best
>>what I am saying. We have recently had an issue, involving the treatment
>>of a few Muslim prisoners of war, by a small group of our military police.
>>These are the type prisoners who just a few months ago were throwing their
>>own people off buildings, cutting off their hands, cutting out their
>>tongues and otherwise murdering their own people just for disagreeing with
>>Saddam Hussein.
>>
>>And just a few years ago these same type prisoners chemically killed
>>400,000 of their own people for the same reason. They are also the same
>>type enemy fighters, who recently were burning Americans, and dragging
>>their charred corpses through the streets of Iraq [and Mogadishu].
>>
>>And still more recently, the same type enemy that was and is providing
>>videos to all news sources internationally, of the beheading of American
>>prisoners they held [one, David Berger, remember?].
>>
>>Compare this with some of our press and politicians, who for several days
>>have thought and talked about nothing else but the "humiliating" of some
>>Muslim prisoners -- not burning them, not dragging their charred corpses
>>through the streets, not beheading them, but "humiliating" them.
>>
>>Can this be for real?
>>
>>The politicians and pundits have even talked of impeachment of the
>>Secretary of Defense. If this doesn't show the complete lack of
>>comprehension and understanding of the seriousness of the enemy we are
>>fighting, the life and death struggle we are in and the disastrous results
>>of losing this war, nothing can.
>>
>>To bring our country to a virtual political standstill over this prisoner
>>issue makes us look like Nero playing his fiddle as Rome burned -- totally
>>oblivious to what is going on in the real world. Neither we, nor any
>>other country, can survive this internal strife. Again I say, this does
>>not mean that some of our politicians or media people are disloyal. It
>>simply means that they are absolutely oblivious to the magnitude, of the
>>situation we are in and into which the Muslim terrorists have been pushing
>>us, for many years.
>>
>>Remember, the Muslim terrorists stated goal is to kill all infidels! That
>>translates into ALL non-Muslims -- not just in the United States, but
>>throughout the world.
>>
>>We [Americans] are the last bastion of defense.
>>
>>We have been criticized for many years as being 'arrogant.' That charge
>>is valid in at least one respect. We are arrogant in that we believe that
>>we are so good, powerful and smart, that we can win the hearts and minds
>>of all those who attack us, and that with both hands tied behind our back,
>>we can defeat anything bad in the world!
>>
>>[The truth is] We can't!
>>
>>If we don't recognize this, our nation as we know it will not survive, and
>>no other free country in the world will survive if we are defeated [in
>>this war against islamo-fascist fanatics, set to kill ALL infidels; that's
>>ANY non-muslim!].
>>
>>And finally, name any Muslim countries throughout the world that allow
>>freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of religion, freedom of the
>>press, equal rights for anyone -- let alone everyone, equal status or any
>>status for women, or that have been productive in one single way that
>>contributes to the good of the world. [We can?t because there aren't any!]
>>
>>This has been a long way of saying that we must be united on this war or
>>we will be equated in the history books to the self-inflicted fall of the
>>Roman Empire. If that is, the Muslim leaders will allow history books to
>>be written or read.
>>
>>If we don't win this war right now, keep a close eye on how the Muslims
>>take over France in the next 5 years or less. They will continue to
>>increase the Muslim population of France and continue to encroach little
>>by little, on the established French traditions. The French will be
>>fighting among themselves, over what should or should not be done, which
>>will continue to weaken them and keep them from any united resolve.
>>Doesn't that sound eerily familiar?
>>
>>Democracies don't have their freedoms taken away from them by some
>>external military force. Instead, they give their freedoms away,
>>politically correct piece by politically correct piece.
>>
>>And they are giving those freedoms away to those who have shown,
>>worldwide, that they abhor freedom and will not apply it to you or even to
>>themselves, once they are in power.
>>
>>They have universally shown that when they have taken over, they then
>>start brutally killing each other over who will be the few who control the
>>masses. Will we ever stop hearing from the politically correct, about the
>>"peaceful Muslims"?
>>
>>I close on a hopeful note, by repeating what I said above. If we are
>>united, there is no way that we can lose. I hope now after the election,
>>the factions in our country will begin to focus on the critical situation
>>we are in, and will unite to save our country. It is your future we are
>>talking about! Do whatever you can to preserve it.
>>
>>After reading the above, we all must do this not only for ourselves, but
>>our children, our grandchildren, our country and the world.
>>
>>Whether Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal and that includes
>>the Politicians and media of our country and the free world!
>>
>>Please forward this to any you feel may want, or NEED to read it. Our
>>"leaders" in Congress ought to read it, too.
>>
>>There are those that find fault with our country, but it is obvious to
>>anyone who truly thinks through this, that we must UNITE!
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