Maybe the SoD should be replaced with the new term. Maybe things would go better if Rumsfeld left, if for no other reason than he has upset some portion of the military, and a new SoD would be a fresh start...
Good night!!
Finally, you reveal your true colors. Your surprise and frustration are part of the burden you must bear as your fellow citizens are putting their lives on the line protecting your freedom. We live in a McInstant culture where problems are solved in a 30 or 60 minute TV show. You can microwave a prepared meal in minutes. Unfortunately, liberating a country, establishing a democratic government and instititutions, and defeating an insurgency take a little longer. It is this lack of patience and perseverance that our enemies are counting on to defeat us.
In his 1996 fatwa, entitled "Declaration of War against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places" , bin Laden stated the following:
"If death is a predetermined must, then it is a shame to die cowardly." and the other poet saying: "Who do not die by the sword will die by other reason; many causes are there but one death". The crusader army became dust when we detonated al-Khobar. With courageous youth of Islam fearing no danger.
More than 600,000 Iraqi children have died due to lack of food and medicine and as a result of the unjustifiable aggression (sanction) imposed on Iraq and its nation. The children of Iraq are our children. You, the USA, together with the Saudi regime are responsible for the shedding of the blood of these innocent children. Due to all of that, what ever treaty you have with our country is now null and void.
Few days ago the news agencies had reported that the Defence Secretary of the Crusading Americans had said that "the explosion at Riyadh and Al-Khobar had taught him one lesson: that is not to withdraw when attacked by coward terrorists".
We say to the Defence Secretary that his talk can induce a grieving mother to laughter! and shows the fears that had enshrined you all. Where was this false courage of yours when the explosion in Beirut took place on 1983 AD (1403 A.H). You were turned into scattered pits and pieces at that time; 241 manly marines solders were killed. And where was this courage of yours when two explosions made you to leave Aden in lees than twenty four hours!
But your most disgraceful case was in Somalia; where- after vigorous propaganda about the power of the USA and its post cold war leadership of the new world order- you moved tens of thousands of international force, including twenty eight thousands American solders into Somalia. However, when tens of your solders were killed in minor battles and one American Pilot was dragged in the streets of Mogadishu you left the area carrying disappointment, humiliation, defeat and your dead with you. Clinton appeared in front of the whole world threatening and promising revenge , but these threats were merely a preparation for withdrawal. You have been disgraced by Allah and you withdrew; the extent of your impotence and weaknesses became very clear. It was a pleasure for the "heart" of every Muslim and a remedy to the "chests" of believing nations to see you defeated in the three Islamic cities of Beirut , Aden and Mogadishu.
I say to you William (Defence Secretary) that: These youths love death as you love life. They inherit dignity, pride, courage, generosity, truthfulness and sacrifice from father to father. They are most delivering and steadfast at war. They inherit these values from their ancestors...Our youths believe in paradise after death. They believe that taking part in fighting will not bring their day nearer; and staying behind will not postpone their day either.
The enemy we are fighting has a little more patience than you do and is willing to sacrifice more than you seem prepared to do. I only hope that people like you are in a distinct minority.
Maybe the SoD should be replaced with the new term. Maybe things would go better if Rumsfeld left, if for no other reason than he has upset some portion of the military, and a new SoD would be a fresh start...
Maybe, maybe, maybe. Maybe things will get worse if Rumsfeld leaves. So in order to placate a few disgruntled generals and people like you, the President should replace the most experienced and capable SecDef we have ever had in the middle of a war that we are winning.
Using your rationale, maybe we should replace the President as well so we can have a "fresh start." His approval ratings are down, many in Congress are upset with him, including calling for censure and impeachment. All of this commotion about Rumsfeld is pure political partisanship as we head into the mid-terms.