Posted on 09/18/2001 3:32:11 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
DO NOT POST ANY MILITARY INFORMATION YOU HAVE
It is imperative during this time period that no one and I mean no one post any information they have about our military except to report on the crash of the plane at the Pentagon. There have been several postings tonight giving information about bases near where they live -- please do not discuss your local bases on the open forum.
Our men and women of the Armed Forces will most likely be put in harm's way soon enough without our telling people what is going on in our areas. Please think before you post. Whether a strike is in the near future or six months away, keep your mouths shut about military activities in your area that are not already in the press.
Thank you much!
God Bless our military, our President, and the United States of America!
And now a few words from 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
Any idea how the military is going to intercept email messages and delete sensitive information? In WW2 words and lines were blacked out before being mailed to the U.S....wonder how that can be done with our new 'information age'.
Thank you for serving our country.
I heard this as well and am thrilled to know our current administration has the maturity in such a matter.
I trust our military folks will honor this by not disclosing troop movement and location and intent, via email to their loved ones. In WW2 the military was able to block out sensitive information in letters home...now with the 'information age' it may be a bit more difficult. Any thoughts on this?
Here is a good graphic we need to use -
GET THE PICTURE?!
This still applies!
Concerning military information, I have made two posts and will make others, concerning the strategy and tactics of this latest declared war by the United States against foreign enemies. I stress that NOTHING I say comes in any way from military or confidential sources.
I wrote my latest column Thursday night from Las Vegas, where my wife and I had gone on our honeymoon. I had just watched 20 hours of largely incompetent reporting by the national press. The facts of the attacks, who was involved, how they prepared, who was killed, who is missing -- all these were reported correctly. But on the subjects of what it means that we now have declared war, the legal ramifications, the steps that can be taken now including assassination (if ordered by the President), are totally beyond the bumblers in the press. Sam Donaldson was hardly alone, but was a shining example of incompetence on Sunday on these larger subjects.
I feel confident in my analysis made Thursday, as many elements of it were repeated on air over the weekend by Dr. Kissinger and other experts. I assure you that NOTHING I post on FreeRepublic will come from any military source whatsoever. So please do not take down my posts because they might seem to come from a forebidden source.
I have also written a piece on "The Law of War" which will go up in about two days. It is probably too dry for FReepers, so I will not post it here.
What I said to all the airline, security and law eforcement personnel we saw in the airports of Las Vegas and Atlanta, yesterday, I also say with equal feeling to you, JimRob: "Thank you for being there."
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Jim, thanks! Again your wisdom and insight and ability to see the really big picture is right on target!
There is no room for the professional 24/7 hate GW crowd and their mantras of hate to him and America if it does not meet their sick standards!
The pro druggies are another worthless group of posters. We have had the worse attack on America since 1812, and these druggies were out pushing their pro drug and anti America Mantras. I was on vacation and cut it short to come home, and I could not believe the waste of your great web site with the worn out mantras from the pro druggies! No real concern about the destruction of over 5,000 innocent Americans, just their pro drug mantras of hate!
Thanks again Jim for your gift to America! No real conservative wants to be the leak that causes harm to our service people! All are at risk as per the USS Cole incident, and we must not allow a single byte of data to appear that could harm any service person!
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