Posted on 09/05/2002 9:10:40 AM PDT by Jmouse007
The nay-sayers and liberal media "talking heads" are screaming, "Why should we go to war with Iraq?" "What is the justification for taking preemptive action?" "We must not upset the apple cart in the Middle East" The answer to all of these questions is simple: History teaches us we must take action before tens, hundreds of thousands or millions of Americans die as a direct result of our inaction.
Lesson from history: a little over a month ago I stood in a mass graveyard outside the city of St. Petersburg, Russia. I purposely went there as a visceral, visual reminder of what happens when people, leaders and nations of the world try to appease/make peace with madmen bent on world conquest and domination. This site contains over 186 mass graves. I know because I took the time to count each of them and to solemnly ponder their contents. THERE ARE OVER 490,000 PEOPLE BURIED THERE! People just like you and I, people who once lived, breathed, love and dreamed of bright futures for themselves and their children. Over 900, 000 people died in the city of St. Petersburg alone (200, 000 just in Jan-Feb 1942) and MOST of them were women and children. All of this happened because the leaders of the world, including Stalin, sought to appease a little madman by the name of Adolph Hitler.
A week later I went to London and visited the Imperial War Museum. There, encased in glass I saw the actual Munich pact letter signed by Hitler and Chamberlain in which Hitler "promised" in writing to end his aggression... promises always look good in writing. Europe believed his hollow promises, they tried to "contain" and "appease" Hitler, the exact same advice they are giving us today regarding Saddam... the result; HE ATTACKED THEM ANYWAY AND 80 MILLION PEOPLE DIED IN THE PROCESS... people like you and me, people like your children, your husbands, your wives, your grandparents.
Like Hitler, Saddam has given his word and made promises for the sole purpose of keeping us from stopping his WMD programs and his ultimate aims for aggression. The World needs to be reminded that to date HE HAS KEPT NONE OF THEM. History teaches us this lesson; if we do not deal with and stop Saddam now, the cost will be far, far greater to accomplish this in the future. So
"Why act now?" Because this is the reality of our current situation; Muslim fundamentalists all over the world have declared jihad on America. They want us (civilians, men, women and children) DEAD and are actively plotting to kill, enslave and destroy us. All of this is taking place at the same time Saddam continues to produce weapons grade Anthrax, VX gas, and hastily works on developing nukes and these other "goodies" to give to toady Muslim terrorists to use against America. A report out this week details the "worst case scenario" 3 MILLION DEAD due to the release of 250 pounds of weapons grade Anthrax in either LA or San Francisco
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/3995198.htm
America and it's leaders and people will either learn from history or repeat it. History provides us and our Allies with all the reasons and justification we need to preemptively go to war with Iraq and to rid the world of Saddam. The only other option the is to wait until he or one of his Muslim lackeys hits us and thousands or millions die.
The appeasers advise us to "wait," do nothing, to sit around, contain, appease and take Saddam at his word... until we are attacked, the problem is then it will be too late.
Our response must be that of G. BUSH sr.: 'Sorry, ... NOT GONNA DO IT... WOULDN'T BE PRUDENT!"
A place of great sadness. It must not happen in America, through the sweet-sounding, evil words of American Chamberlains.
The reality is that it CAN and WILL happen in America if we do not decisively deal with this threat. It is just a matter of time and when it happens 9/11 is going to look like a party or nothing in comparison to the loss of life and devastation.
The rules of "fairness" have not been sufficiently re-written since the atomic age and require change. But ultimately, we are not bound by any rules of fairness, but only by our national security.
Our criminal law allows you to shoot first if you are in a situation where your life is perceived to be in danger. "Assault" can be as simple as threatening words, which we already have from Saddam.
Ó áðàòñêèõ ìîãèë íåò çàïëàêàííûõ âäîâ -
Ñþäà õîäÿò ëþäè ïîêðåï÷å.
Íà áðàòñêèõ ìîãèëàõ íå ñòàâÿò êðåñòîâ,
Íî ðàçâå îò ýòîãî ëåã÷å?
At the mass graves there are no crying widows -
Stronger people come here.
They don't put crosses on mass graves,
But really, is it any easier?
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