"PLAES DO NOT TOCH THE WAR"

http://annaz.blogspot.com/ ^ | 9/5/06 | AnnaZ

[AnnaZ]

 

 

When it comes to the War on Terror (and Bush and Condi and Rumsfeld...) oh-so-many people are experts, and everyone's a critic. Oh, of course it's usually couched as concern-with-furrowed-brows, but the upshot is the same and you'd have to be a fool today to see anything more benign than a spite-filled desire for America's demise.

Jay Leno, a week or so back, while on the topic of the capture of suicide-liquibombs-on-planes planners, quipped in his opening monologue: "British authorities said they were able to detect the terrorist plot using a surveillance program that the "New York Times” hadn’t got around to exposing yet."

Chortle.

"Oh," an acquaintance of mine pooh-poohed me after I'd quoted it through giggles, "you just believe that's true because you're pro-war." No, frankly I'm simply pro-victory, and only sometimes but not always are they the same thing.

I saw a picture of Cindy "Peace Mom" Sheehan the other day embracing some poor AWOL sucker who was on his way to turn himself in and meet his comeuppance. Isn't there somewhere she can turn herself into? She was wearing an American flag hat and, yet again, a black t-shirt with Arabic writing on it. A young Iraqi was allegedly denied boarding a flight a little while back for wearing the same shirt, yet somehow Jihad Cindy can move about the globe and country in it unimpeded. She wears it often, and I shouldn't know that, but since I do can't we at least get her on some kind of photo-op fashion violation? It makes me think of a bumper sticker I saw last week -- What Would Jackie Wear? Certainly not the same lousy t-shirt over and over again.

Fortunately, however, the act, like the outfit, is getting old. Yes, certainly, Cindy, we got the message... you "will not be silent", and apparently neither will your Islamic brethren whom you not-so-subtly endorse. Doesn't matter though. Less people are listening.

A couple of weeks back, again in reference to the British would-be-bombers, a witty FReeper wrote: "As the Prophet used to say, 'If the shoe fits, there probably aren't enough explosives in it.'" It doesn't matter who I quote that to, it gets a laugh, without qualifying it or explaining it, without preamble. I wonder why that is? Perhaps it's because these things do not happen in a vacuum.

Folks can stutter all they want about peace and protest being patriotic, but when Jay Leno has your number, the punchline is the zeitgeist is you. (Don't go hunting with Dick Cheney and the New York Times aids and abets terrorists.)

The media keeps telling us that a decent percentage of Americans are buying the Bush-brought-down-the-towers conspiracy (talk about vacuum-dwelling... did none of these folks own TVs in September of 2001?) but eventuallly those numbers will dwindle as well, except for the "true believers", of course. Let's face it, there's only so much greedy oil barons can do while still having enough time left over to count all their by-product of gouging whilst still managing to take over Somalia and gang-rape in Australia and disembowel in Nigeria and stone in Iran and behead in Indonesia and burn in France and intimidate in Belgium and murder in Holland and plan commuter carnage in England and Germany and Spain. What stamina.

I'm no expert, but I'm at least smart enough not to criticize that which I know little of and so the best I can contribute is hope and prayer that those in charge can bring about peace through unequivocal victory. Besides, I hate vacuuming.

This morning I was cleaning up in my boys' room after an action-packed long weekend. One whole side was taken up by what appeared to be nothing more than a jumble of stacked books covered with my six-year-olds army toys -- tanks, helicopters, soldiers large, small and Risk-sized, with a few cowboys and Vikings thrown in for good measure. To me, a nonsensical disaster.

I began separating them all into their requisite bins and boxes, clearly, it "felt" to me, the right thing to do. I spotted a scrap of paper next to it all and was already crumpling it and heading towards the trash can when I noticed, on the back of it, some writing. Smoothing it out I read, in all-capital-letters that virtually screamed at me:

PLAES DO NOT TOCH THE WAR

Sometimes, in all our earnestness, we just might not have a clue.

[Lurker]

Bill Maher might think we're all stupid, but I know we ain't all that dumb.

Maher doesn't think we're stupid. He hates us. You can see it in his smarmy mug every time he refers to 'conservatives' or 'republicans'. He doesn't think enough of us to think we're stupid.

He's the one who called our troops 'cowards' and praised the 9-11 hijackers 'guts'. Remember that?

What Maher and his idiot ilk don't realize is that our enemy, islamic fascists, don't care if he hates Bush. They don't care if you're a gay hard core vegan who voted for both AlGore and Kerry.

They'll kill Kerry voters just as fast as they'll kill Bush voters. We're all in this together like it or not.

Any one who doesn't realize this is either stupid, crazy, or complicit.

L

[AnnaZ]

They'll kill Kerry voters just as fast as they'll kill Bush voters. We're all in this together like it or not.

Any one who doesn't realize this is either stupid, crazy, or complicit.

I completely agree.

[lowbridge]

PLAES DO NOT TOCH THE WAR

the tragic thing is that it was in my handwriting <---spellchecker :-)

[philman_36]

He paid my heedlessness no mind and set about rebuilding.
"If all else fails, perseverance prevails" – Unknown

[ImpBill]

Atta-girl! No doubt in this corner where "we" stand, but of course the crowd that hangs around this forum never were in question. America at large? Well, time will tell. I pray you are correct.

Thanks for all you do.

Greg Adams
Brownsville, TX (on the other "front line")

[AnnaZ]

the tragic thing is that it was in my handwriting

LOL!

(Thus no wonder I laughed so hard when I found it, you never cease to amuse me.)

= )

[AnnaZ]

"If all else fails, perseverance prevails" – Unknown

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." - Thomas H. Palmer (1782 - 1861) Teacher's Manual (1840)

Then again:

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it." - WC Fields.

= )

[AnnaZ]

Brownsville, TX (on the other "front line")

Geez, you ain't kidding. Kinky voter? (LOL)

AnnaZ
Austin, TX (on the cultural battlefield)

;^)

Thanks for the kind words.

[wolfcreek]

A breath of fresh air from the People's Republic of Austin!


Thanks Anna!

[AnnaZ]

Thanks for reading!

AnnaZ
Moscow-on-the-Colorado

;^)

[Salem]

I like to put a link to a relevant article at the top of my front page on the anniversary of the attack.

This is it for 2006. Five years.

From our own AnnaZ

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AMERICA AT WAR
At Salem the Soldier's Homepage ~
Honored member of FReeper Leapfrog's "Enemy of Islam" list.
Islam, a Religion of Peace®? Some links...  by backhoe
Translated Pre-War IRAQ Documents  by jveritas
Mohammed, The Mad Poet Quoted....  by PsyOp
One FReeper On The Line  by SNOWFLAKE
The Clash of Ideologies - A Review

"It's time we recognized the nature of the conflict. It's total war and we are all involved. Nobody on our side is exempted because of age, gender, or handicap. The Islamofacists have stolen childhood from the world." [FReeper Retief]

[unionblue83]

Being a father of three boys, I can totally relate to the War scenario. Your commentary added a needed spark this a.m. and is spot on. Thanks and let us never forget. Vigilance and victory.

[AnnaZ]

The Islamofacists have stolen childhood from the world." [FReeper Retief]

As a mom of three, I have wept occasionally thinking about what the future will be like for my children if we do not fix this nightmare. Thoroughly. There is no other option.

I cannot believe that it has been five years already since 9/11. My heart still breaks, but I will steel myself and join in in San Antonio's Freedom Walk this Sunday.

Never forget.

[Convert from ECUSA]

[Convert from ECUSA]

[AnnaZ]

Being a father of three boys, I can totally relate to the War scenario.

Never a dull moment, eh?

= )

Thank you for the kind words. As to "vigilance and victory"... Amen.

[PsyOp]

Great read. You certainly are one who does have a clue.

[Watery Tart]

WAY cool post.

Would you add me to your ping list?

[AnnaZ]

Thanks for taking the time, and for the kind words.

[AnnaZ]

Thanks for reading, and done.

P.S. Love the screen name... LOL.