Posted on 06/21/2006 5:10:18 AM PDT by Quilla
Unfortunately, Kerry, Kennedy, Murtha, Reid, Pelosi and the rest of them will just blame Bush for it and continue to strengthen our enemies...
If Reagan was in office it would now be called the "Big F--king Lake" south of Baghdad.
In a way, history did repeat itself. Zarqawi was given up by members of his own group. Sure, they had their own reasons for doing so, and were probably rolled up in the aftermath if they didn't already plead for amnesty from the Iraqi government as part of their deal in handing over the information that was used to track down Zarqawi.
So, in a sense, history did repeat itself, albeit more indirectly this time around.
Frederick J. Chiaventone is a retired Army officer who taught counter-terrorism at the U.S. Armys Command & General Staff College, and an award-winning novelist.
"Unfortunately, Kerry, Kennedy, Murtha, Reid, Pelosi and the rest of them will just blame Bush for it and continue to strengthen our enemies..."
How long are we going to tolerate The Enemy Within?
If in the case of Iraq there has been any lessening of resolve among the American electorate, and to read the newspapers and listen to a great many television pundits one might certainly think there has,
Obviously, the author is convinced the entire American electorate is made up of the Newspapers and TV pundits. They do not reflect the minds of the American electorate.
The true minds of the American electorate are shown once every two years at the polls, not via Pew, Zogby, Quinnipiac, Hardball with CNN, Larry King, Bill O'Reilly or anywhere else. To say what newspapers and pundits write reflects the American electorate is to project his view of the world onto them (us).
Wishful thinking. There have been any number of horrible murders and tortures of Americans and their allies in Iraq, and nothing comes of it. If the American people can so blythely forget about the slaughter of 3000 of their fellow countrymen, they'll quickly forget about these two unfortunates.
Marine barracks, Lebanon.
I pray for a quick and complete retribution to these uncivilized killers. Time has come for the world to end their mindless dabbling with the idea we are dealing with anything but lunatic killers. In this nation they are called serial killers.
Reagan learned from that. Look at what he did to Libya.
Ouch ...
Thanks for the post !
For the parents of these two brave soldiers, I hope vengeance is swift and complete. I suspect a new, deeper and more ominous (for the murderers) resolve exists among the fellow soldiers of the three who were killed. May God guide their weapons to a sure and accurate target, and may they return safely knowing that justice was achieved in a successful retaliation.
Oh, that I were a young, strong man.
To be an aging woman and know I cannot be there to help exact revenge burns my heart. As a mother, my heart goes out to the parents and siblings of the three who were killed and, especially, the two who were tortured.
I heard Michael Berg (father of Nick Berg who was beheaded by Zarqawi) use the word "torture" to describe what happened in Abu Garib, Gitmo and Halditha. It infuriated me then and now when Murtha and the rest like Berg use the same words to compare our troops with scum like the animals that killed these two privates. Kerry, Murtha and his ilk will continue to use this incident to bash Bush rather than recognize the totally inhuman face of Al Qaida. THIS is what lies in store for the Iraqis AND the world if Al Qaida is not stopped.
It is a strong trait in the Citizenry of the United States , and I am afraid I will have to share it in the eloquence of Samuel Adams when addressing his historical contemporaries , who were in the same mold as Kerry, Kennedy, Murtha, Reid and all of their running dogs. Please bear with me, it is worth the read. I address these words to those Democrats and RINOs who have betrayed their nation by attempting to weaken our nation's resolve in Iraq:
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ON LIBERTY
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.
Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; secondly, to liberty; thirdly to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can.
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men.
Samuel Adams
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So much has changed since these words were written, and on the other hand , so little has changed.
God bless and keep our troops as they go about the work of LIBERTY.
America Go Bragh!!!!
Consider the aftermath of the Little Bighorn.
Consider the evidence of Pearl Harbor.
Too many would-be enemies forget the prophetic words of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto following that attack when he said; I fear that we have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.
Unfortunately, the MSM is doing everything it can (and has been doing so for years) to sanitize what they present to the American public as "tradgedies" like September 11, 2001, while at the same time, doing all they can to inflame the arab and muslims AGAINST the US and our policies.
When is the last time you saw photos of the people jumping to their deaths from the towers? How many times were photos of the remains of people who fell 50 or more stories shown? How many times have we seen the photos of the 4 contractors bodies, burned and hung on a bridge? How many times do you think that we'll see graphic discussions in the MSM of what was actually done to these two servicemen?
On the other hand, although it now looks like Haditha was a hoax, how many times have we seen not only the MSM, but even members of congress condemning our service people? Or Abu-Grabe? Or Guantanamo? Or the "koran flushing" hoax? No, the MSM WANTS to inflame our enemies, while at the same time, trying to keep from inflaming the anger of the American public, since the last thing they want to do is have popular support for the war increase.
I'm so angry over the whole thing that I don't know what to do.
Mark
Mark for later.
Consider the aftermath of the Little Bighorn.
Consider the evidence of Pearl Harbor.
Too many would-be enemies forget the prophetic words of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto following that attack when he said; I fear that we have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.
Unfortunately, the MSM is doing everything it can (and has been doing so for years) to sanitize what they present to the American public as "tradgedies" like September 11, 2001, while at the same time, doing all they can to inflame the arab and muslims AGAINST the US and our policies.
When is the last time you saw photos of the people jumping to their deaths from the towers? How many times were photos of the remains of people who fell 50 or more stories shown? How many times have we seen the photos of the 4 contractors bodies, burned and hung on a bridge? How many times do you think that we'll see graphic discussions in the MSM of what was actually done to these two servicemen?
On the other hand, although it now looks like Haditha was a hoax, how many times have we seen not only the MSM, but even members of congress condemning our service people? Or Abu-Grabe? Or Guantanamo? Or the "koran flushing" hoax? No, the MSM WANTS to inflame our enemies, while at the same time, trying to keep from inflaming the anger of the American public, since the last thing they want to do is have popular support for the war increase.
I'm so angry over the whole thing that I don't know what to do.
Mark
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