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Is America Asleep?

WWIII Started in 1979 > > > > This is very informative. You have to read the catalogue of events in this > brief piece. Then, ask yourself how anyone can take the position that all > we have to do is bring our troops home from Iraq, sit back, reset the > snooze alarm, go back to sleep, and no one will ever bother us again. In > case you missed it, World War III began in November 1979... that alarm has > been ringing for years > > US Navy Captain Ouimette is the Executive Officer at Naval Air Station, > Pensacola , Florida. Here is a copy of the speech he gave last month. It > is an accurate account of why we are in so much trouble today and why this > action is so necessary. > AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE UP! > > That's what we think we heard on the 11th of September 2001 (When more > than 3,000 Americans were killed -AD) and maybe it was, but I think it > should have been "Get Out of Bed!" In fact, I think the alarm clock has > been buzzing since 1979 and we have continued to hit the snooze button and > roll over for a few more minutes of peaceful sleep since then. > > It was a cool fall day in November 1979 in a country going through a > religious and political upheaval when a group of Iranian students attacked > and seized the American Embassy in Tehran. This seizure was an outright > attack on American soil; it was an attack that held the world's most > powerful country hostage and paralyzed a Presidency. The attack on this > sovereign U. S > America was still reeling from the aftermath of the Vietnam experience and > had a serious threat from the Soviet Union when then, President Carter, > had to do something. He chose to conduct a clandestine raid in the desert. > The ill-fated mission ended in ruin, but stood as a symbol of America's > inability to deal with terrorism. > America's military had been decimated and down sized/right sized since the > end of the Vietnam War. A poorly trained, poorly equipped and poorly > organized military was called on to execute a complex mission that was > doomed from the start. > Shortly after the Tehran experience, Americans began to be kidnapped and > killed throughout the Middle East. America could do little to protect her > citizens living and working abroad. The attacks against US. > > In April of 1983 a large vehicle packed with high explosives was driven > into the US Embassy compound in Beirut When it explodes, it kills 63 > people. The alarm went off again and America hit the Snooze Button once > more. > > Then just six short months later in 1983 a large truck heavily laden down > with over 2500 pounds of TNT smashed through the main gate of the US > Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut and 241 US servicemen are killed. > America mourns her dead and hit the Snooze Button once more. > Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with explosives is > driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait , and America continues her slumber. > The following year, in September 1984 , another van was driven into the > gate of the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept. > > Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in a > restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid. > Then in August 1985 a Volkswagen loaded with explosives is driven into the > main gate of the US Air Force Base at Rhein-Main, 22 are killed and the > snooze alarm is buzzing louder and louder as US interests are continually > attacked. > > Fifty-nine days later in 1985 a cruise ship, the Achille Lauro is hijacked > and we watched as an American in a wheelchair is singled out of the > passenger list and executed. > > The terrorists then shift their tactics to bombing civilian airliners when > they bomb TWA Flight 840 in April of 1986 that killed 4 and the most > tragic bombing, Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in1988, killing > 259. > > Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still > trying to bring these people to trial. These are acts of war. > > The wake up alarm is getting louder and louder. > > The terrorists decide to bring the fight to America . In January 1993 , > two CIA agents are shot and killed as they enter CIA headquarters in > Langley, Virginia. > > The following month, February 1993 , a group of terrorists are arrested > after a rented van packed with explosives is driven into the underground > parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six people are > killed and over 1000 are injured. Still this is a crime and not an act of > war? The Snooze alarm is depressed again. > > Then in November 1995 a car bomb explodes at a US military complex in > Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killing seven service men and women. > > A few months later in June of 1996, another truck bomb explodes only 35 > yards from the US military compound in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It destroys > the Khobar Towers, a US Air Force barracks, killing 19 and injuring over > 500. The terrorists are getting braver and smarter as they see that > America does not respond decisively. > > They move to coordinate their attacks in a simultaneous attack on two US > embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.. These attacks were planned with > precision. They kill 224. America responds with cruise missile attacks and > goes back to sleep. > > The USS Cole was docked in the port of Aden, Yemen for refueling on 12 > October 2000 , when a small craft pulled along side the ship and exploded > killing 17 US Navy Sailors. Attacking a US War Ship is an act of war, but > we sent the FBI to investigate the crime and went back to sleep. > > And of course you know the events of 11 September 2001. Most Americans > think this was the first attack against US soil or in America . How wrong > they are. America has been under a constant attack since 1979 and we chose > to hit the snooze alarm and roll over and go back to sleep. > > In the news lately we have seen lots of finger pointing from every high > officials in government over what they knew and what they didn't know. But > if you've read the papers and paid a little attention I think you can see > exactly what they knew. You don't have to be in the FBI or CIA or on the > National Security Council to see the pattern that has been developing > since 1979 . > > I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will continue > until we as a people decide enough is enough. America needs to "Get out of > Bed" and act decisively now. America has been changed forever.. We have to > be ready to pay the price and make the sacrifice to ensure our way of life > continues. We cannot afford to keep hitting the snooze button again and > again and roll over and go back to sleep. > > After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto said "... it seems all > we have done is awakened a sleeping giant." This is the message we need to > disseminate to terrorists around the world. > > This is not a political thing to be hashed over in an election year this > is an AMERICAN thing. This is about our Freedom and the Freedom of our > children in years to come.

Public Comments

Now, you know nobody's going to read all that.
ok, I read it!
I read it all and he is right!
yup we been sleeping and for that matter we must wake up or else we might just sleep for Ever!!!
WRONG! Someone did just read that...I did! And I know where you're coming from. But do I think that America is still asleep? Not after 9-11; we got a real wake-up call that morning. We got another in 1993 with the first WTC bombing; but Clinton hit the "snooze button" on that one, too! And now, just recently, the terrorists captured in England. How loud does the alarm have to be, America!!!??? Buddy, you are right on the mark!
maybe we should stop leaving american soil in tehran where it's so vulnerable. i do not wish to invade nations because of the actions of fruitcakes. i do not think that plan has gone well so far. these are not the japanese we are fighting now, believing the same solutions would work was our first mistake.
Excellent. Liberals/Democrats, WAKE UP!!! Even with the facts in front of them and a time line, they will still blame President Bush. That is one true thing about a liberal, they thrive on propaganda like Michael Moore or some other idiot. They don't want the truth, they want to make it up and sell the 'idea'. What wackos!
Long questions turn people off, especially when the are mis-formatted so they are hard to read. WW3 didn't start in the 1970s any more than WW2 started in the 1910s. Events happen that create situations. Those situations linger and interact with other events. But for something to be classified as world-war, it needs to be a single inter-connected series of battles, with an organized objective and fought by the same parties. So far, none of the skirmishes and regional conflicts we've had in the past few decades have met these requirements. It might happen, if the various conflicts in the Middle East spill into one another, and if a conflict occurs in Asia (North Korea, or India-Pakistan) that spills into and connects with the Middle East conflicts. But it hasn't happened yet.
great civilizations are seldom destroyed by outside forces, but usually from within!! that is exactly what is happening to the USA. your so called leaders have and continue to use fear of terrorism to manipulate you and whip you into a frenzy. and from your previous rantings i do believe they have succeeded in doing just that to you!!!!!!!! in Americas fear mongering mode we continue to deplete our human and money resources on needless wars while our credibility as a nation goes down the tubes. within 20 years America will possibly become a second rate nation. that is the real death of our once great nation, not some terrorist with a bomb on his/her back!! WAKE UP PEOPLE AND STOP BEING MANIPULATED BY FEAR AND MAKE YOUR POLITICAL DECISIONS ON FACTS NOT FEAR!!!!!!!!!!!
wow, very good posting. I agree, Americans need to wake up and realize that the War in Iraq has a purpose. I am glad to see someone else that has a brain and knows that the war has a true purpose, one of security, and not of false liberal claims such as that the war is for oil. Beautiful posting.
Please, I do not mean to offend people in saying this, but I think you have to realize that this piece is awfully short-sighted. I, by all means, support American freedom and the liberties inherent in being American, but I still disagree with the argument to go to war. Here's why: The conflict that the U.S. finds itself in is not a matter of they bombed us so we should go kill all of them off. Instead, it is a conflict of ideology. There is a belief in the Middle East that capitalism is evil. There is a belief that Americans are becoming too controlling. And there is a belief that Christianity and all that it stands for is evil. An ideology is not rooted out simply by moving in and killing lots of people. True, Hitler and Mussolini's ideologies died with them following World War II, but that's the only case. The entire Middle East is a different story. You can go in, kill the alleged leaders of each country, but the ideas are rooted in the common people. One person dies, another rises up, indignant about the killing of the former, and is even more adamant in passing on their beliefs. The U.S. has, throughout history, gotten into a habit of becoming the world's police force. Various wars, missions overseas, all in the name of world security and national security have been carried out. But what the U.S. has yet to realize is that the superpower that it's become this way is only an illusion. Along the way, the U.S. has created more and more enemies for itself. Many of which are in the Middle East. Going into Iraq, or going to war against these people is exactly what they want. They want to show their children how evil Americans are, how Americans are willing to kill Muslims because it's the only way Americans know how to deal with a threat. These problems they have with Americans are problems with the government in general, problems with the way the government acts, and problems with the beliefs Americans have about government. This is why going into Iraq was a mistake. By invading, not only has the U.S. proven to the rest of the Middle East that it is angered and willing to use force, but it has also driven the rest of the Middle East to action. Of course, not the whole Middle East holds anti-American sentiments, but there are enough (especially now) that simple military actions won't be able to eliminate them. The U.S. had the right idea in Afghanistan (and kind of in Iraq right now) with installing a government, but the U.S. is still spending too much time babysitting. I won't make this anymore long-winded, but realize that this military action this general speaks of - this using brute force to eliminate terrorists - would never work. Terrorists share a same mentality, the same drive for doing what they do. You can't destroy something like that by military force. You need them to change their beliefs - and the difficulty of that is exactly why we still have large numbers of terrorists today.
Jimmy Carter was the worst President, he allowed the Shaw to be over throwen by the Ayatollah Komanie, and Iran became a terrorists state with the radical Ayatollah, and the radical teachings of Islam, and now it has spread all through the Middle East. I meant a lady from Iran that said she had to flee for her life, she said her family was almost killed, and she had to leave everything behind and her family was wealthy. Now they have nothing. Now the radicals want to make every nation an Islamic country.