Canada is crying with us in this dark hour and for that I am touched and grateful. The support of our friends to the north means a great deal to this American. :-)
Posted on 09/19/2001 4:26:44 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
[Jim Robinson:] 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.
It is always the time to raise such doubts, or to post theories that challenge the accepted wisdom, especially on culpability for an event such as this. Doing less than this is to give a blank check to political leaders. It also abdicates what citizens in a free republic, or one that has the intention to remain free, should be doing.
Nonetheless, this forum, Mr. Robinson, is your private property. If you see any such doubts as being inappropriate and unwanted on your servers, you are perfectly entitled to exclude them. By the same token, those of us who don't see war machinations (by anyone) as suspending human doubt about what the leaders are doing should not go against your standards, even in spirit.
I won't be leaving FreeRepublic -- it's too valuable to cast aside, especially with its concentrated information. But until you see doubt, and discussion of aims and methods, to be appropriate topics, I will no longer be posting.
"Graham is a fool and needs a rag stuffed in his mouth.....if Rumsfeld wasn't so damn old he would would have kicked Graham's ass."
Open Jowels, Alert the Towels
When they report what the Information offices are releasing, I don't mind, but when they try to get sneaky to get the information and report, I get angry! It is not their "NEED TO KNOW" and I certainly don't have a "NEED TO KNOW!"
Nor do I.
BUMP!
Canada is crying with us in this dark hour and for that I am touched and grateful. The support of our friends to the north means a great deal to this American. :-)
A BUMP for our military.
JohnHunag2, thanks so much for your efforts to keep this thread going. I appreciate it very much.
BTTT!
Keep the Faith for Freedom
MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT THIS HONORABLE REPUBLIC
Greg
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