What We Face

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[Grendelgrey]

...I need to learn how to spell.."polititions"....sheesh..

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

Excellent post.

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

Thanks for posting this. One of the best articles yet, for perspective and clarity.

[Honcho]

I respect your well thought out, informed opinion but I disagree with you on two points.

1. First this was an attempt to throw America into marshal law. The attacks on Washington were botched. I'd bet my bottom dollar that the two real targets were the White House and the Capital Building. If they had succeeded, things would have been much worse. Without a congress(assumeing they were inside), the President(Bush or a new President in succession) would have had to declaire mashal law because one entire branch of government would have been missing. Makes it kind of hard for the President to get anything done legally without a congress. Add to that all of the market drops and the major hit to our infrastructure in the World Trade Center... I think you see my point. In that respect, this was a major failure for them. In fact it's backfired. The government is very much in tact and the population is pretty much POed.

2. I beleive that if the attack continues on our soil, the will of the population to get these monsters will still be there. IMHO.

[seadevil]

Every generation of Americans has, at some point, been called upon to stand in the gap. Our hour has come. May all of us draw upon the resolve and strength shown by those passengers of that flight over Pennsylvania, who, even as they faced certain death, took that stand for freedom and liberty and sacrificed their own lives so that others might live. To do less would soil their sacrifice.

Let us not forget; we are not at war with Islam. We are at war with barbarians who pervert the sacred teachings of that great religion for their own putrid goals. Their only resemblance to civilized humanity is the fact that they walk upright.

Let us be firm in our resolve to do what must be done. No trials, no courts, no Miranda readings. No, they must be hunted down and disposed of like the rabid vermin they are.

To do less would be to stand aside and let barbarism triumph over freedom. To those to harbor, welcome or attempt to apologise for this tyranny, I say to you; OVER MY DEAD BODY.

To those who, even now, are moving to stand in the gap; welcome aboard...let's send 'em to hell!

[Humidston]

Without a doubt, one of the best threads (and links! ;-) I think I've ever read! Thank you both. Do I need to say bookmarked? Nahhhh.

[Eagle9]

.... I think many are already getting complacent and believe there are no more bad guys out there.

Very late Monday night (or very early Tuesday morning) I saw the news crawler at the bottom of Fox News mention that this past weekend $54 million was the movie box office receipts. This was way up when compared to the same weekend last year (I don't recall the % increase) and was attributed to Americans wanting to get away from all the bad news. This was only four days after the attack. While escapism is natural and breaks are needed, this is going to be a long war.

[Eagle9]

The wake up call is here, but it truly looks to be a long day at work before we have any possibility of retiring to the comfort of a safe bed, if EVER again.

I agree.
I read the article "Original Sin" that you linked, and found it both fascinating and thought provoking. It's bookmarked.

[Eagle9]

In the end we are not fighting to occupy terrain,so much as we are fighting to make an enemy stop its actions.

You summed it up very well.

God save us if politicians begin fighting this war as they did with Viet Nam....

SURELY we've learned. If not ...........

[Eagle9]

Thanks to all of those I flagged for responding. That's the only way this, IMHO, important post would have been in the 50 thread rotation of the forum. There were many names I either forgot to flag, like AP and others, or didn't know their FR name. We are experiencing yet another Outbreak of the Vanities and Jim Robinson certainly has his hands full, but is handling it, as always, exceptionally.

[Eagle9]

I wish that I could take credit for writing this piece, but I can't.

[ZULU]

BRILLIANT analysis from a truly keen mind.

[FITZ]

Yes, it's just like Madonna deciding to have a concert wearing her little skirt made out of the US flag. They just don't believe this is really very serious and they think it's time to forget it and get back to their games and fun. And a bump to your post.

[antidisestablishment]

Early morning bump for an important article.

I am campaigning here to get a couple of you Bumpmasters to push this important letter.

[Ward Smythe]

I got this in my email this a.m. also. Thanks for posting it.

[patent]

bump

[Eagle9]

PING!

[FITZ]

I'm giving this an evening bump. Everyone should read it at least once.

[freedox]

Another evening bump.........I'm already seeing signs of impatient foot stomping, even within our own ranks.

[FITZ]

Yes, I think it's hard because people are going through so many emotions. But we have to trust our leaders on this one and stay together.