Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

America's Fatal Weakness
Canadian Press ^ | December 11, 2006 | JB Williams

Posted on 12/11/2006 6:34:25 AM PST by PlainOleAmerican

Terrorists abroad have spent decades preparing for war against the west, studying American culture, identifying all of the cracks in the mortar, all of the weak links in our chain of command and the soft spots in our defenses that make the worlds last remaining super-power a vulnerable target for any terrorists willing to die for the cause.

In retrospect, America's weaknesses were more obvious to others than most Americans thought.

The USS Cole Attack

September 11, 2001

What must change to survive such an enemy?

(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush; democrats; iraq; wot
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 101-120121-140141-160 ... 181-186 next last
To: PlainOleAmerican
It is a good article but it didn’t give an answer to the key question:
” We must first recognize that we are indeed at war”

How do we do that?

121 posted on 12/11/2006 12:47:08 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* ?I love you guys?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican

I tried, but the popups are daunting. Don't call names.


122 posted on 12/11/2006 12:50:10 PM PST by RightWhale (RTRA DLQS GSCW)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 120 | View Replies]

To: Neoliberalnot

Had modern Republicrats been conservaitves, they'd still be in power... with or without the MSM...


123 posted on 12/11/2006 12:51:17 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 114 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699837/posts


124 posted on 12/11/2006 12:51:56 PM PST by anglian
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: anglian

Age of terror, age of illusions. At link above. Also a must read.


125 posted on 12/11/2006 12:52:36 PM PST by anglian
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 124 | View Replies]

To: Steve Van Doorn

We need to find a President with the answer to this question...


126 posted on 12/11/2006 12:52:46 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 121 | View Replies]

To: RightWhale

Google the title... it's elsewhere.


127 posted on 12/11/2006 12:53:43 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 122 | View Replies]

To: karnage

Not MY creation (darn it!).

Sent to me by my equally disturbed cousin in Florida so it MAY be his.


128 posted on 12/11/2006 1:09:16 PM PST by Dick Bachert (--)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 73 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican

Roosevelt did it through Dec 7 1941 and then made sure no one forgotten that date. 9/11 has been forgotten, on top of that the enemy today hasn’t been defined.


129 posted on 12/11/2006 1:20:37 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* ?I love you guys?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 126 | View Replies]

To: Nancee
Why would standing firm prevent them from keeping their "chairs"?

Most of the RATS and RINOS are spineless, notable exceptions are Lieberman and Zell Miller who are "conservative." The lefties are pro-terrorist, anti-military and anti-US. They will not elect somebody who "is messing up the world and advancing imperialism, oil stealing and just outright "insensitive to other cultures". All code names for defeatism. Look at John Kerry, who advocated Iraqi regime change because of WMDs, as did the Clinton administration, he now attacks the military at every chance and talks about our troops "terrorizing" women and children at night! Did he mention anything about the real terrorists? Sounds like poor O.J. Simpson who still can't find the real killers!

Do they really think that most of the American public even knows enough to be aware of what they're doing? Or, is it just the media messing up the works and stirring up the uneducated that they're afraid of?

These two are intertwined. The MSM and the foreign MSM, such as the BBC, will put any of what I suggested as the epitome of "terrorism", imperialism and arrogance. Unfortunately, a large segment of the American public buys into or "want" to believe this communism and all what they see in front of them is the "criminal" action of a stand-up US president and/or government.

Case in point, last election result is touted by the MSM as: Americans wanted a change of course in Iraq. They even dared to say, which isn't true, that the public wanted immediate withdrawal out of Iraq!!

Why does a RINO like Chuck Hagel act like Chuck Schumer is beyond me. Maybe he wants to be loved by the media.

To many people in the new Out-House or Senate, US interests and security comes tenth, that if it meant something to any of them.

Just my opinion.

130 posted on 12/11/2006 1:22:30 PM PST by melancholy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 99 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican
"We do not have to crush the enemy. But we do have to crush their will to fight, now or ever again. We have failed to do this and instead, it is unfortunately the American people who seem to be loosing their will to fight. He with the will to win will win. He won't accept any other outcome."

Excellent article. Although, I believe it's our media elite (or whatever you want to call them) who don't have the will to fight, and they have been working 24/7 to convince Americans to think as they do, and it is working. Add that to that the fact many media drones want Republicans out of power, and so must use the war as a batting ram again W. Bush and you have people who seem to be working for the enemy. The terrorists understand that very well. They understand our media and power structures well, and are using them for their war against us. A lot of those with power and influence are too arrogant to see it.

"At home, American citizens busy at work or play, preferring to believe that the enemy is no longer able to attack on American soil, seeking to treat the Mohammad Attas of the world as innocent until proven guilty under American criminal justice codes, make even easier targets. Western lawyers can not win the war against international terrorism. Western diplomats can not negotiate peace with people commanded by Allah to kill. Americans willing to wait until Iran has nuclear weapons before asking what they intend to do with them, or willing to assume that North Korea will act honorably with their nuclear technology until they don't, are an enemies dream.

Again, many of the people who have power & influence actually believe laywers and diplomats are the solution. And they have been trying to sell the public this illusion. It's no wonder Americans want to believe them and to accept these illusions because fighting terror costs us and is painful. Better to listen to the Chamberlains of the world...who will tell them what they wish was true.

131 posted on 12/11/2006 1:22:57 PM PST by Mona Lisa2 (Oliver Stoned: "We should look to (Castro) as one of the Earth's wisest people..."!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: melancholy
I think....no...I know you're right about this.

"melancholy", if you have any free time at all please go and read what "Mia T" has posted about the link between the Clintons and the Foley matter. This is part of the reason why we lost Rick Santorum!!

Nancee

132 posted on 12/11/2006 1:30:38 PM PST by Nancee
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 130 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican
Terrific article. As I was reading it,three things came to mind:

The six Imams

The inaction of the Clinton administration

And, what a young Muslim told me, in conversation, a few months ago:

"The terrorists have NO religion!"

Regards

133 posted on 12/11/2006 1:31:37 PM PST by Tinman (Yankee by birth, Texan by Choice..."Support the Troops" shouldn't be just a bumper sticker)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 127 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican

"Had modern Republicrats been conservaitves, they'd still be in power... with or without the MSM..."

I think you underestimate the power of reporting, selecting what is to be reported, and the bias of said documents. He/They who control the dispersement of information set(s) the agenda.


134 posted on 12/11/2006 1:41:08 PM PST by Neoliberalnot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 123 | View Replies]

To: Nancee; Mia T
"melancholy", if you have any free time at all please go and read what "Mia T" has posted about the link between the Clintons and the Foley matter. This is part of the reason why we lost Rick Santorum!!

Nancee,

Thanks I read some very quickly. I tell ya, this is why we're in a "cold" civil war! Unfortunately, something has to give and it ain't gonna be pretty!

Mia T,

Thanks a lot for your dedication. You certainly are not MIA!!!

135 posted on 12/11/2006 2:09:15 PM PST by melancholy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 132 | View Replies]

To: melancholy
I agree, we are in a "cold" civil war; no doubt about it! I also agree with you about "Mia T"! She is doing a masterful job; isn't she?

Nancee

136 posted on 12/11/2006 2:20:53 PM PST by Nancee
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 135 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican

See, that's what I was talking about. Giving in to the defeatists.

It's too early to tell. They aren't in power yet. The real test is next year.


137 posted on 12/11/2006 2:40:29 PM PST by Killborn (Age of servitude. A government of the traitors, by the liars, for the sheep.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 112 | View Replies]

To: Mona Lisa2

Sure wish you were wrong! At some point, the ignorant American must claim responsibility for at least his ignorance though, no?


138 posted on 12/11/2006 2:40:32 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 131 | View Replies]

To: Tinman

Tell your friend that according to Muslim terrorists, he has no religion, since he avoids the commandments in the Koran to kill all infidels...

I'm with you, but the terrorists aren't.


139 posted on 12/11/2006 2:42:35 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 133 | View Replies]

To: Neoliberalnot

Maybe, but one thing is clear... it's impossible to underestimate the good sense of the average American voter today...

At some point, don't we have to claim responsibility for our own laziness and ignorance? Or is everything the media's fault?

You and I clearly depend upon ourselves for the quality of the information we work with. Why shouldn't the rest be held to that standard? After all, we are each responsible for self-governance. If that is based on B.S., and we accept that B.S. because we are too lazy or distracted to find truth, who can be blamed?


140 posted on 12/11/2006 2:46:48 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 134 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 101-120121-140141-160 ... 181-186 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson