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[size=large]When WW III Started - 1979
This is somewhat long, but very informative. You should read the catalog
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, 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. US Navy Captain Ouimette is the Executive
Officer at Naval Air Station, Pensacola Florida. Here is a copy of the speech he gave a few years ago.
It is an accurate account of why we are in so much trouble today and why this action is so necessary.
AMERICA'S LEADERS NEED TO WAKE UP!
That's what we think we heard on the 11th of September 2001. (When more
than 3,000 Americans were killed) and maybe it was, but I think it should have been
Get Out of Bed! In fact, the alarm clock has been buzzing since 1979
and our leaders 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,
which then Secretary of State Cyrus Vance resigned over, 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 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 exploded, it killed 63 people. The
alarm went off again and America's leaders 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's leaders mourn 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's leaders continue their slumber.
The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the gate
of the US Embassy in Beirut and America's leaders 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 Rheine-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 in 1988, killing 259.
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's leaders do 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 our leaders 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 our leaders chose to hit the snooze
alarm and roll over and go back to sleep.
The Ft. Hood shooting and other isolated social attacks proves that Islamic terrorist have successful
integrated deep with-in our society and are ticking time bombs waiting to to do harm.
In the news lately we have seen lots of finger pointing from every high official
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.
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 allow our leaders 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.
This last part is written by me (Vernon);
"The Ft. Hood shooting and other isolated social attacks proves that Islamic terrorist have successfully
integrated deep with-in our society and are ticking time bombs waiting to to do harm.
What does it take?? How many more Americans must die before the we take these terrorists out
behind the wood shed once and for all? I say; WHATEVER IT TAKES, WHEREVER THEY ARE, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
AND DO IT NOW!"
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This is somewhat long, but very informative. You should read the catalog
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, 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. US Navy Captain Ouimette is the Executive
Officer at Naval Air Station, Pensacola Florida. Here is a copy of the speech he gave a few years ago.
It is an accurate account of why we are in so much trouble today and why this action is so necessary.
AMERICA'S LEADERS NEED TO WAKE UP!
That's what we think we heard on the 11th of September 2001. (When more
than 3,000 Americans were killed) and maybe it was, but I think it should have been
Get Out of Bed! In fact, the alarm clock has been buzzing since 1979
and our leaders 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,
which then Secretary of State Cyrus Vance resigned over, 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 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 exploded, it killed 63 people. The
alarm went off again and America's leaders 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's leaders mourn 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's leaders continue their slumber.
The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the gate
of the US Embassy in Beirut and America's leaders 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 Rheine-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 in 1988, killing 259.
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's leaders do 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 our leaders 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 our leaders chose to hit the snooze
alarm and roll over and go back to sleep.
The Ft. Hood shooting and other isolated social attacks proves that Islamic terrorist have successful
integrated deep with-in our society and are ticking time bombs waiting to to do harm.
In the news lately we have seen lots of finger pointing from every high official
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.
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 allow our leaders 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.
This last part is written by me (Vernon);
"The Ft. Hood shooting and other isolated social attacks proves that Islamic terrorist have successfully
integrated deep with-in our society and are ticking time bombs waiting to to do harm.
What does it take?? How many more Americans must die before the we take these terrorists out
behind the wood shed once and for all? I say; WHATEVER IT TAKES, WHEREVER THEY ARE, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
AND DO IT NOW!"
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