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    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 .

    *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.

    *(The world looked on as America's military had been decimated and down sized/right sized since the end of the Vietnam War. Sending kids over to Viet Nam with poor training and equipment not for the harshness of jungle fighting with fresh lieutenants and mistakes of organizational military operations was called on to execute a complex mission that was doomed from the start. It is well known that the government of the US at that time gave up the idea of winning the war and stopped bombing. Saigon fell shortly after.)

    *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 were aimed against the US.

    *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 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 very 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 don't believe it, just go back to sleep!
    Last edited by Spearit; 08-08-2006, 09:41 AM.
    "The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice.

  • #2
    Good read Spear! Thanks

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    • #3
      GREAT READ! I agree 1,000%

      It amazes and saddens me how many Americans have already forgotten about 9/11. Under the previous administration we were attacked time and time again with little American response. The war in Iraq, like it or not, we have not been attacked in almost 5 years. Hopefully, it'll never happen again. It's not a coincidence we haven't been attacked a second time under the current administration while we were continously attacked under Clinton. After 911 the terrorist received an American response they never expected. Why should they? They previously went unscathed.

      NEVER FORGET

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      • #4
        Nice post
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        • #5
          Originally posted by CheechB03
          GREAT READ! I agree 1,000%

          It amazes and saddens me how many Americans have already forgotten about 9/11. Under the previous administration we were attacked time and time again with little American response. The war in Iraq, like it or not, we have not been attacked in almost 5 years. Hopefully, it'll never happen again. It's not a coincidence we haven't been attacked a second time under the current administration while we were continously attacked under Clinton. After 911 the terrorist received an American response they never expected. Why should they? They previously went unscathed.

          NEVER FORGET

          THE LARGEST ATTACK ON AMERICAN SOIL HAPPENED DURING THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. NO MATTER HOW REPUBLICANS TRY TO SPIN THIS, THE FACT STILL REMAINS!!!!!!!!OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF DIDNT PREVENT IT.

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          • #6
            Great post Spearit. There had been a nearly three decade build up to the events on 9/11 as you have pointed out and it is no coincidence that the US and its interests abroad have been left alone since. It would be hard to imagine a President Gore making the unpopular decision to keep troops in Iraq with dwindling public opinion. He'd be more interested in making sure that the US military used hybrid tanks. Too many people here fail to make the connection between Iraq and the war on terror (radical Islamic fundamentalists). Sure, we could have went after Bin Laden, captured, tried and then killed him. But in the big picture what would that accomplish? By fighting the Talaban in Afganistan and al-Qaeda in Iraq at least these terrorist groups are being dismanteled and not growing. Now Israel is taking on Hezbollah. Next will be Hamas and then probably Iran. The rest of the world needs to step up and meet this thing head on instead of being pussies like the Dutch, like Spain (who have allowed the terrorists to dictate their actions after the bombings in Madrid), like France and the list goes on and on. While the alarm clock has been ringing for the US, it has also been ringing for western Europe as well. I think (and hope) it's just a matter of time before the civilized world has had enough of this relatively small faction of Islam and puts its foot on their throat. Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later.
            "Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have..." Thomas Jefferson

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            • #7
              What Do U Expect With Bush As President He's A Joke Everyone Knows It
              richer over the line
              spinnerz

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              • #8
                British police thwart aircraft bomb plot
                Associated Press 1 minute ago

                Wake Up and smell the coffee!
                British authorities said Thursday they had thwarted a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up several aircraft heading to the U.S. using explosives smuggled in carry-on luggage. Britain's Home Secretary John Reid said 21 people had been arrested in London, its suburbs and in Birmingham, including the alleged "main players" in the plot.

                Huge crowds formed at security barriers at London's Heathrow airport as officials searching for explosives barred nearly every form of liquid outside of baby formula.

                Officials raised security to its highest level in Britain and banned hand-carried luggage on all trans-Atlantic flights.

                The extreme measures at a major international aviation hub sent ripple effects throughout the world. Heathrow airport was closed to most flights from Europe.

                The U.S. government responded by raising its threat alert to its highest level for commercial flights from Britain to the United States amid fears the plot had not been completely crushed. The alert for all flights coming or going from the United States was also raised slightly.

                In Washington, two U.S. counterterrorism officials said the terrorists had targeted United, American and Continental airlines. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.

                A U.S. intelligence official said the plotters had hoped to target flights to major airports in New York, Washington and California, all major summer tourist destinations.

                Britain's Home Secretary John Reid said 21 people had been arrested in London, its suburbs and in Birmingham following a lengthy investigation, including the alleged "main players" in the plot. Searches continued in a number of locations.

                The suspects were "homegrown," though it was not immediately clear if they were all British citizens, said a police official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case. Police were working closely with the South Asian community, the official said.

                The official said the plotters intended to simultaneously target multiple planes bound for the United States.

                "We think this was an extraordinarily serious plot and we are confident that we've prevented and attempt to committee mass murder on an unimaginable scale," Deputy Commissioner Paul Stephenson said.

                Prime Minister Tony Blair, vacationing in the Caribbean, briefed President Bush on the situation overnight, Blair's office said. There was no immediate public reaction from the White House. Bush is spending a few days at his ranch near Crawford, Texas.

                It is the first time the red alert level in the Homeland Security warning system has been invoked, although there have been brief periods in the past when the orange level was applied. Homeland Security defines the red alert as designating a "severe risk of terrorist attacks."

                "We believe that these arrests (in London) have significantly disrupted the threat, but we cannot be sure that the threat has been entirely eliminated or the plot completely thwarted," said U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.

                Chertoff added, however, there was no indication of current plots within the U.S. Numerous flights from U.S. cities to Britain were canceled Thursday morning.

                A senior U.S. counterterrorism official said authorities believe dozens of people — possibly as many as 50 — were involved in the plot, which "had a footprint to al-Qaida back to it." The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.

                The plan involved airline passengers hiding masked explosives in carry-on luggage, the official said. "They were not yet sitting on an airplane," but were very close to traveling, the official said, calling the plot "the real deal."

                Passengers in Britain faced delays as tighter security was hastily enforced at the country's airports and additional measures were put in place for all flights. Laptop computers, mobile phones, iPods, and remote controls were among the items banned from being carried on board.

                Liquids, such as hair care products, were also barred on flights in both Britain and the U.S., raising the possibility that authorities were searching for a liquid explosive.

                As part of the foiled Bojinka Plot to blow up 12 Western airliners simultaneously over the Pacific Ocean in the mid-1990s, terrorist mastermind Ramzi Youssef had planned to put together an improvised bomb using liquid in a contact lens solution container.

                Huge lines formed at ticket counters and behind security barriers at Heathrow and other airports in Britain. Ed Lappen, 55, a businessman from Boston, who was traveling with his wife and daughter to Russia, found himself unable to travel further.

                "We're safe, we're OK," he said at Heathrow. "Now my daughter is going to get a shopping trip in London."

                Hannah Pillinger, 24, seemed less concerned by the announcement. "Eight hours without an iPod, that's the most inconvenient thing," she said, waiting at the Manchester airport.

                Most European carriers canceled flights to Heathrow because of the massive delays created after authorities enforced strict new regulations banning most hand baggage.

                Heathrow's block on incoming traffic applied to flights of three hours or less, affecting most of the incoming traffic from Europe, an airport spokesman said on condition of anonymity in line with airport policy.

                Officials at Frankfurt's airport, Europe's second-busiest, Schiphol in Amsterdam and Charles De Gaulle in Paris said Heathrow-bound planes could instead land at their airports if they needed to.

                London's Heathrow airport was the departure point for a devastating terrorist attack on a Pan Am airplane on Dec. 21, 1988. The blast over Lockerbie, Scotland, killed all 259 people aboard Pan Am Flight 103 and 11 people on the ground.

                The explosive was hidden in a portable radio which was hidden in checked baggage.
                Last edited by Spearit; 08-10-2006, 09:00 AM.
                "The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by BackDoorCvr
                  Great post Spearit. There had been a nearly three decade build up to the events on 9/11 as you have pointed out and it is no coincidence that the US and its interests abroad have been left alone since. It would be hard to imagine a President Gore making the unpopular decision to keep troops in Iraq with dwindling public opinion. He'd be more interested in making sure that the US military used hybrid tanks. Too many people here fail to make the connection between Iraq and the war on terror (radical Islamic fundamentalists). Sure, we could have went after Bin Laden, captured, tried and then killed him. But in the big picture what would that accomplish? By fighting the Talaban in Afganistan and al-Qaeda in Iraq at least these terrorist groups are being dismanteled and not growing. Now Israel is taking on Hezbollah. Next will be Hamas and then probably Iran. The rest of the world needs to step up and meet this thing head on instead of being pussies like the Dutch, like Spain (who have allowed the terrorists to dictate their actions after the bombings in Madrid), like France and the list goes on and on. While the alarm clock has been ringing for the US, it has also been ringing for western Europe as well. I think (and hope) it's just a matter of time before the civilized world has had enough of this relatively small faction of Islam and puts its foot on their throat. Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later.
                  Well Said!

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by hacker197
                    What Do U Expect With Bush As President He's A Joke Everyone Knows It
                    EVERYONE?

                    The only thing that's a joke is this post. You offered absolutely nothing. NEXT!

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                    • #11
                      Back Door - Nice post.
                      Hacker - Some points I would like to make.
                      *A lot of brave souls have lost their lives on the belief that our government is right and that there is a price to pay for our freedom.
                      *None of us were happy about being in Viet Nam but we did so on that freedon was being challenged elsewhere.
                      *It was said about the Germans- that as long as it wasn't me and our family we could overlook it i guess.- Then the Germans were knocking on their door.
                      *I didn't vote for Bush but I have the twin towers picture placed above my TV as a reminder.
                      *Terrorists would love nothing more than to bankrupt us- (if they accomplish nothing else- this will be our greatest weakness)
                      ----to oversteer in decisions based on emotions concerning events such as todays failed bombing in England.
                      *Observing the closing up of established programs that help the inner core of American Society to free up funds for the continued fight against terrorism and defense of our homeland.
                      *And I don't think Bush wanted his presidency to go in this manner- (weapons of mass destruction was a reach) but I do believe the United Nations needs to get off of their hands and pitch in more than they have.
                      Last edited by Spearit; 08-10-2006, 03:42 PM.
                      "The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Spearit
                        but I do believe the United Nations needs to get off of their hands and pitch in more than they have.
                        I agree with this 100%

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                        • #13
                          The UN is the biggest bunch of scam artist in the whole world.

                          its a joke. UN is useless.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by 10DimeBry
                            The UN is the biggest bunch of scam artist in the whole world.

                            its a joke. UN is useless.
                            Agreed! They sat on their fat cat asses for years regarding Iraq. The US needs to kick the UN out of New York and America. The world has outgrown the UN. These towel wearing radical cocksuckers can't be reasoned with.

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                            • #15
                              i'm embarrassed that the UN headquarters is in NYC. UN is brutal. they do nothing.
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