Posted on 09/15/2001 11:43:20 AM PDT by forest
Last month the Russian RIA Novosti news agency reported that Russia's Foreign Ministry condemned the appointment of Saudi terrorism suspect Osama bin Laden as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime. Interesting, if true. Afghanistan, then, becomes the first target of the new war.
Watch for "incoming," Afghanistan regime. Those who may survive should see some very interesting sized balls of superheated sand littering the country. They will feel like glass, but will be black in color and will not be transparent. People shouldn't pick up too many, though. After all, they may be radioactive.
Bill Clinton lobbed useless strikes against desert aspirin factories and small (supposed) terrorists training camps. But, Clinton did these things more to get his own personal problems off the front pages for a few days rather than for honest retaliation for terrorism.
Those days are over. President George W. Bush has no such personal problems. Rather, his popularity and approval rating is at a remarkable 86% at this writing. President Bush also has a team that knows how to put a winning plan in place and keep their mouths shut about it until implemented.
Terrorists pricked the ass of the sleeping giant. Now that giant is awake, united, totally pissed off, and demanding retribution!
Can the Afghanistan regime duck? Hope so, because there may be quite a lot coming at them very soon. All indications point to their armed forces chief, Osama bin Laden, as the director of war on the United States. Which means, to Afghanistan, IN-COMING! It won't be coming until our President is ready to send it. There's no real hurry. But, be advised Afghanistan Taliban regime, it will be coming soon. And, when it does, that flash you see may be your last.
Our government asked that Afghanistan turn over Osama bin Laden for trial as a terrorist. Afghanistan did not. Well, please don't now. This is war, now. The time for long, drawn out trials is over. Now comes the time for Osama bin Laden, all his coconspirators, and his supporters, to cease to exist.
The world must know that terrorists may not come to the United States and violate the Life, Liberty and Property of the American people. We Americans are not willing to give up Liberty in trade for a little security. Instead, we prefer to declare war on all terrorists and eliminate any we find.
And find them we have. Already, various police agencies have rounded up about 50 supporters of terrorists. There are more, and they will also be found within the next few days. Then we go after the few hundred who are overseas.
The Afghanistan regime has a right to be worried. Afghanistan has been providing aide, comfort and intelligence to terrorists for many years. These terrorists have attacked many areas of Europe, as well as American facilities overseas. Therefore, it is no surprise that several of the world's governments agree that we should declare war on terrorism and take them all out, once and for all. NATO, and even Russia and China, are indicating they want in on this, too.
Which means, a bright line in the sand must be drawn. All Arab countries must pick a side. After the dust settles, those governments on the wrong side of that line will certainly be abolished and supervised provisional republics will be set up in their place.
That is our message to Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime and all other tin-pot dictatorships allowing or sponsoring terrorists. We will not allow ourselves to be a target of terrorism. The acts of last week unified the American people and brought the governments of many nations into our camp. Now we shall respond in a way terrorists never dreamed possible.
Because, we who live in free and relatively free nations have absolutely no intention of sacrificing Liberty for security against terrorism. We enjoy our freedom and want more, not less. Therefore, our options are limited.
Terrorists awoke the sleeping giant. Now that the giant is awake and angry, he is considering amassing the largest military force known to man and wiping from the face of the earth all those terrorist activists and supporters who would violate the Liberty of free people.
Then, we will no longer need worry about sacrificing Liberty for security. Most of those who would breach our Liberty will be gone. Those missed will be cowering in fear.
Arab terrorists started the war. We shall end it. And, in the process, one message will become strikingly clear to everyone in the world: Americans love their Liberty and are willing to kill anyone who violates it.
Really, there is nothing else they need know.
First (see the article below), we already have troops on the ground in Pakistan and there will be a lot more behind them.
Second, have you ever seen what a fully loaded B52 can do? We're talking a few tactical nuke rockets to clear a path 10 miles down the road. Then, it spits out a few cruse missiles that can be real crowd pleasers. Then, the carpet bombing starts. One B52 could make a hell of a mess of our whole east coast. Send five to Pakistan (which is about the size of Texas) and they will soften them up within a couple hours.
That country has nothing to fight back with except a few of our old Stingers and a lot of AK-47s. We would not want to try to hold it because the people are well adapt at hiding in the mountains and fighting from there.
On the other hand, we do not want to harm all of the people. We would be targeting the government and three or four thousand in the terrorist group. And, unless they scatter, that's easy. It's not "if" we can do it, but "how excessive" we want to get with the weapons.
Our fighter planes have some cute little rockets that will take out the little valleys they like to hide in within a second. Our snipers will devastate their people, who just have AK-47s.
All they have in their favor are the hills.
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http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/news/2001-09-16/33507.html
US special forces 'land in Pakistan'
(09/16/2001) (Agencies)
Newspapers in Pakistan say foreign troops have already arrived in the country.
The Nation reports a special plane carrying over two dozen foreigners landed at the Chakala airbase.
The News quotes an eyewitness as saying he saw a small contingent of US troops landing in Islamabad. There is no official confirmation of the reports.
The paper says, according to unofficial reports, over 50 personnel from the Special Services Group of the US Marines' Green Seals have landed.
It adds they plan to conduct 'target-oriented' operations against Osama bin Laden, prime suspect behind the terrorist strikes in the US.
Diplomatic sources have confirmed the arrival of two American aircraft but refused to give further details, the Press Trust Of India reports.
The Pakistani Army has taken over Karachi airport and has increased its presence at other airports in the area, according to media reports.
It's unclear whether the army takeover is in preparation for a strike against neighbouring Afghanistan.
Pakistan is under intense pressure from both the US and Afghanistan's Taliban regime following Tuesday's terrorist attack.
This really is all that need be said as far as I'm concerned.
Now...let our military people, under the direction of our POTUS & their Commander & Chief do their jobs.
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