Loose Lips Sinks Ships

Free Republic | 09/15/01 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

Lots of grumbling lately about deleted posts. Well, my friends, the simple truth is the game has changed. We are now at war. We have been attacked by a vicious cold-blooded force of international terrorists who want to destroy our nation, our freedom and our way of life. There is no doubt about this. Knowing this, I am alarmed to read some of the stuff that has been posted to FR in the last few days. This is not the time to raise doubts about our leaders. This is not the time to raise conspiracy theories. This is not the time to second guess our intelligence agencies. This is war. This is survival of our way of life. We must unite behind our Commander-in-chief and do all we possibly can to support him and our war efforts. We do not have a choice in this matter. The terrorists who attack us do so without warning and without mercy. They do not want peace. They do not want to co-exist. They do not want appeasement or negotiation. They want to destroy us. They want to destroy our way of life. They want to destroy our freedom. They want to destroy our nation. They have no conscience, no respect for life, no compassion and will give no quarter. Death of the USA is what they seek.

Many of us on Free Republic are veterans or have family members who are veterans or who are currently serving in the military. We have each sworn a solemn oath to defend our Constitution and our nation. We will not waver in the face of adversity and we will not shirk our responsibility or fail to do our duty. Regardless of our political differences, we will join together to support our nation and to crush our common enemy.

All of us can help out. There will be opportunities coming for volunteers for all sorts of wartime activities. There will be opportunities to help our men and women in uniform, our civil defense efforts, our war production efforts, giving blood, buying war bonds, cooperating if there are shortages, supporting our leaders and generally supporting the war effort.

There will also be precautionary measures. First and foremost on this forum and elsewhere is to respect the fact that we deal in political information. Many of us may personally gain access to sensitive information that could harm our military or our war efforts if it falls into the wrong hands. If you live or work in an area where you may learn of troop movements or war plans or if you have family members or friends who may have access to this information, please do not spread it around. We will be on the lookout for any "Loose Lips" info and will delete it when spotted on this forum. Now, information that is already printed in the newspapers may or may not fall into this category. Usually, published information is fair game to post. But, please be careful in what discussions may follow.

Also, as I said above, it is essential for all of us to unite behind our President. Now is not the time to seek political advantage. Now is not the time to raise doubts about our government or our military, and now is not the time to post conspiracy theory or to engage in smear attacks. And, no, my finely feathered, tinfoil-hatted friends, we did not do this to ourselves. The U.S. government did not start this war. We were victims of an unprecedented, pre-meditated surprise attack, perpetrated by hostile, cowardly foreign parties. This attack may not have been in the military scale and scope of a Pearl Harbor, but in terms of lives lost and impact on the nation and the world it is every bit as severe.

Even so, we have confidence. We know that our nation is the strongest in the world and that our people are resolved to do whatever it takes to win. We've done it before and we will do it again. This is our heritage. Securing the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity in the tradition of our forefathers is our duty and obligation. And I have faith that with God's blessings, we will rid the world of this evil threat.

God bless you all and God bless America.

Regards,

Jim Robinson

[WaterDragon]

Fantastic, Mr. Robinson. I hadn't seen this thread til I picked up the link from the thread about your deletions of threads. I really get p****d when a thread I'm contributing to gets pulled, but now I understand what you're getting at and I agree 100%. This is a war to the death. Either they destroy us or we destroy them. You are one of the good guys, obviously.

[WaterDragon]

Fantastic, Mr. Robinson. I hadn't seen this thread til I picked up the link from the thread about your deletions of threads. I really get p****d when a thread I'm contributing to gets pulled, but now I understand what you're getting at and I agree 100%. This is a war to the death. Either they destroy us or we destroy them. You are one of the good guys, obviously.

[WaterDragon]

P.S....I can't remember who said it on this thread, probably Arator? Said the Taliban has come to FR. Well, I can attest the Taliban has NOT come to FR because I am a woman, and I speak my piece as often and as loudly as any man here! So, there!

[WaterDragon]

(And often, obviously)

[markfiveFF]

Yes indeed. I have a relative who recently was honorably discharged.
He may or may not get called up, and may or may not have already done so. I sometimes have a very carefully trained forgettery when it comes to these things.
Was P.O.ed at Scowcraft saying, giving a timetable to world and especially our adversaries.

Locke

[FreeReign]

I understand you need to do what you do to keep your website moving in the direction you aspire, and to maintain a kind of political coherency in times like these. When I returned to FR 4 days after 9-11 I was apprehensive of what I might find here. My fears were proven correct, it was a Jekle and Hyde transformation. Some of this is forgivable given the situation, but there is too large a porportion that simply makes me feel I do not belong with the members here any longer. I feel Arator is right (I hardly 'know' him) -- the atmosphere here is one of Nazism, fascism and racism. The policy of political supression you articulated is one I cannot accept, even at a time of 'war', ESPECIALLY at a time of war. It is the antithesis of American political thought. This political mono-think scares me more than anything currently happening. It is the stuff holocausts are made of. I hope you will attempt to loosen your policy, I hope that you will STRIVE to loosen it, but as it sits I cannot support it and I wish to disassociate myself from this forum at once. I will be attempting to remove my membership after this post, please do it for me if I do not succeed. This is not out of spite or dishonor. I wish this forum the best of luck in its goals, under current policy I would feel I am a disruptor more than a member, and out of respect for FR and my own sense of principles I must decline further participation. God Bless.

Six thousand people have died, thousands will soon risk their lives to defend freedom and all you can talk about is I...I...I...my...me...I...I...I...I...me...I...I...I...my...I...I...I..my...I.

You will not be missed.

[davidosborne]

How ridiculous !

JIMROB, you are absolutely correct !!!

There will be plenty of time to discuss ANYTHING openly, when lives are not at stake by discussing them TOO SOON !!

PRISM, Please get off your HIGH HORSE and wake up !!

David C. Osborne
SSG, USA
Military Police
Bosnia

[ottersnot]

bttt

[Scholastic]

Did FR shut up when Clinton sent troops to Kosavo?

[davidosborne]

bttt

[davidosborne]

Great Post...BTTT

[Judge Parker]

FYI

[daisyscarlett]

bump

[wingnuts'nbolts]

"They were deleted just to annoy you"

Mr. Robinson, I love it!!!

I have lived through all the wars since WWII, and unfortunately we now are in a doozie. This one really is WWIII. These terrorists are fanatics and the ends absolutely justify the means and they mean to win. They are all over the world and more than dangerous. United we stand, divided we fall and the antiAmericans mean to divide us, have no doubt. Let common sense prevail and be grateful to associate with other like minded patriots on a daily basis.

We need to be reminded here, from time to time, that what we say and how we treat each other matters, words have meaning. Our posts are read by thousands of lurkers and dissent is taken seriously. No need to go all touchy feely, no need to stop meaningful discussion, but let common sense prevail!

Thank you, Jim.

[AgThorn]

[Cribb]

Disrupter

Dean Berry member since October 24th, 2001

[piasa]

The 50,000 figure was derived from maximum capacity numbers, not from counts. Structures are seldom 'filled to their maximum capacity. And yes, you did miss how many did get out.