Posted on 09/24/2002 8:51:32 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Jiang Zemin never gave this book to Clinton or Bush.
This article changes all that... Saddam will be taken out as an object lesson to the Chinese, just as Gulf War #1 was an object lesson to the Russians.
China is great as a source of tents from WalMart, even as a source of motherboards and DVD drives. But they delude themselves if they think they can go one on one with our armed forces...
Buying or building aircraft carriers won't be enough...
Furthermore, one cannot help but wish that these two generals had been advising the US government since the 12 trillion dollars that we have invested in national defense and security since WWII didn't seem to help us against the jihadists.
When the article states that the two generals were treated as national heroes in the wake of the 9-11 attacks I wonder what it is trying to convey? If a retired American general had written this book he would be a featured speaker on every TV channel and in every think tank in America. He would be treated as a savant of extraordinary value and probably given a medal for cassandra-valor. The sad question is--why DIDN'T any American generals write this book? And would anyone have listened if he had? Or would he have been cashiered for "hate" crimes against our beloved allies in the struggle against the Russians in Afghanistan?
Our country is so horribly steeped in solipsism, anti-intellectualism and sappy, feel-good, self-esteemism that we appear incapable of the kind of tough-minded, realistic, rational analysis that these two commies produced. That should scare everybody.
Also, there is nothing threatening about foreign foes making plans. That's what every country does--make plans. The REAL threat is a Government that is controlled by a globalist, de-cultured class of People whose main goal is to sell stuff to the billions of potential consumers in China. That is OUR government.
In the meantime, China is becoming more, not less nationalistic. And more masculine while we are politically dominated by a voting block consisting of elderly women and a culture which caters to the lowest and flabbiest form of feminism.
"... They told the paper, "The series of attacks taking place in the United States were very dreary and terrifying, but they must not be viewed from a single perspective” – that is, the U.S. as victims. The colonels then added coldly that the Americans "were victims of U.S. foreign policy.....”
We could use a lot more of that chinese "coldness" and a lot less diversity quilting and self-esteem building in our military, government and culture....
Good advice.
"...There is an old Chinese saying as 'Good medicine tend to taste bitter'....
I'm afraid a suppository may be the only hope. And even then it may be too late to take...
No, he/she means like the honeymooning Chinese couple we blew up when we bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade during our humanitarianization of the Serbs. With huge smirks on their faces Clinton administration officials slouched to the microphone to declare that they had been using "old maps" and made a boo-boo.
You see, people in the rest of the word don't hate themselves as much as we hate ourselves. And they remember.
It's called blowback...
You mean like our using the Taliban to go after the Evil Emipre in Afghanistan?
The first thing about tyrannies is that they have all kinds of perfectly sensible people against them from the word go, not just a few nutjobs. Does China want Taiwan and South Korea and Japan to each have the bomb? Can all the police in the world acting without scruple keep a demonstrator out of Tianamen Square? (They can clear it one-off killing a thousand of their own people, but can't stop people coming back). China also has terrorist attacks domestically from seperatists in the northwestern province.
Yes, I am well aware the whole idea is to use "openness" against us, and that the extremes of PC are not a response. I am not suggesting one oppose threats of WMD terrorism with flowers and earnestness. But the idea that simply being a bastard eliminates security threats is silly; it creates at least as many. There is a reason tyrants are paranoid. As the classics put it, it is because they "spend their lives like those condemned by all mankind to die for their injustice."
And batts don't forget to get your prayer rug cleaned.
You see, people in the rest of the word don't hate themselves as much as we hate ourselves. And they remember.
Did it ever occur to you that the reason the embassy was blown up was because the PRC had gotten a hold of classified material from the F-117 stealth fighter shot down right before the embassy incident?
With several million in our midst and more arriving each day. Mr. President, seal our borders!
As Gertz's book "Breakdown" reveals, this is not true. The analysis is and has been there. It's the management that refuses to pass on non-PC analysis that is the problem. Of course, one year after 9/11 and these so called managers are still in positions of authority even after their inaction has caused the death of soliders in the Khobar Towers, the U.S. embassy bombings, the U.S.S. Cole bombings, as well as those killed on 9/11.
No one is doing their jobs but the grunts doing the legwork. The folks at the top of our intel community are still in place, the mid-level managers who refuse to pass along the work of our analysts are still there, and Congress, which has oversight responsibilities, refuses to assert their authority.
The fact that you think being an NCO in an SF group requires more thought than being an NCO in a Ranger battalion just shows that you don't know WTF you are speaking of. Different missions does not make one dumber than the other. The fact that you think Ranger personnel do not participate in low intensity conflicts and/or specop missions other than their battalion METT-T tells me you have no idea about the specops community or their relationships with one another.
IOW, you don't know WTF you are talking about.
Those of us that keep on top of these things are fully aware of the shortcomings of our government and the insane attitude they hold towards the Sauds, as well as the Russians and Chinese. However, we have a country full of folks that only care about themselves and what's going on in their lives and haven't a clue as to what is happening outside of their own little sphere. They are the majority. I face this reality everyday. However, I know that the Saud's are only doing the dirty work of you Russian scum as well as the PRC. Actions speak louder than words, and the actions of your country clearly speak of you as the enemy, not an ally.
As far as going to Saudi, no thanks, I have a great job. Plus I have a mission, which is to warn those around me of the upcoming dangers we Americans will face within our own country in the near future. I have my weapons and ammo. I have my NBC shelter built. I have my provisions. I will be here to help defend and rebuild this country after the sh!t hits the fan.
Guess what comrade? There are many, many ex-Rangers, SF, Delta Force and ISA boys who are doing the same thing. Unlike the normal Joe in the USofA we know what's going on around us and we network with one another. We will be ready, just as we always have been.
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