Loose Lips Sinks Ships

Free Republic | 09/15/01 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

Lots of grumbling lately about deleted posts. Well, my friends, the simple truth is the game has changed. We are now at war. We have been attacked by a vicious cold-blooded force of international terrorists who want to destroy our nation, our freedom and our way of life. There is no doubt about this. Knowing this, I am alarmed to read some of the stuff that has been posted to FR in the last few days. This is not the time to raise doubts about our leaders. This is not the time to raise conspiracy theories. This is not the time to second guess our intelligence agencies. This is war. This is survival of our way of life. We must unite behind our Commander-in-chief and do all we possibly can to support him and our war efforts. We do not have a choice in this matter. The terrorists who attack us do so without warning and without mercy. They do not want peace. They do not want to co-exist. They do not want appeasement or negotiation. They want to destroy us. They want to destroy our way of life. They want to destroy our freedom. They want to destroy our nation. They have no conscience, no respect for life, no compassion and will give no quarter. Death of the USA is what they seek.

Many of us on Free Republic are veterans or have family members who are veterans or who are currently serving in the military. We have each sworn a solemn oath to defend our Constitution and our nation. We will not waver in the face of adversity and we will not shirk our responsibility or fail to do our duty. Regardless of our political differences, we will join together to support our nation and to crush our common enemy.

All of us can help out. There will be opportunities coming for volunteers for all sorts of wartime activities. There will be opportunities to help our men and women in uniform, our civil defense efforts, our war production efforts, giving blood, buying war bonds, cooperating if there are shortages, supporting our leaders and generally supporting the war effort.

There will also be precautionary measures. First and foremost on this forum and elsewhere is to respect the fact that we deal in political information. Many of us may personally gain access to sensitive information that could harm our military or our war efforts if it falls into the wrong hands. If you live or work in an area where you may learn of troop movements or war plans or if you have family members or friends who may have access to this information, please do not spread it around. We will be on the lookout for any "Loose Lips" info and will delete it when spotted on this forum. Now, information that is already printed in the newspapers may or may not fall into this category. Usually, published information is fair game to post. But, please be careful in what discussions may follow.

Also, as I said above, it is essential for all of us to unite behind our President. Now is not the time to seek political advantage. Now is not the time to raise doubts about our government or our military, and now is not the time to post conspiracy theory or to engage in smear attacks. And, no, my finely feathered, tinfoil-hatted friends, we did not do this to ourselves. The U.S. government did not start this war. We were victims of an unprecedented, pre-meditated surprise attack, perpetrated by hostile, cowardly foreign parties. This attack may not have been in the military scale and scope of a Pearl Harbor, but in terms of lives lost and impact on the nation and the world it is every bit as severe.

Even so, we have confidence. We know that our nation is the strongest in the world and that our people are resolved to do whatever it takes to win. We've done it before and we will do it again. This is our heritage. Securing the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity in the tradition of our forefathers is our duty and obligation. And I have faith that with God's blessings, we will rid the world of this evil threat.

God bless you all and God bless America.

Regards,

Jim Robinson

[anniegetyourgun]

OPERATION NOBLE EAGLE = ONE - AS WE SHOULD BE

[surfer]

Thanks Jim - I whole heartedly agree! Thanks for taking the time and creating such an even and thoughtful response. The issue should now be clear to everyone!

God Bless America

[Senator Pardek]

And, no, my finely feathered, tinfoil-hatted friends, we did not do this to ourselves. The U.S. government did not start this war.

[Media2Powerful]

AMEN!

[~Vor~]

Thank you...and God bless you and yours.

[mdittmar]

Thanks

[Real Cynic No More]

"This is not the time to raise doubts about our leaders. This is not the time to raise conspiracy theories. This is not the time to second guess our intelligence agencies. This is war."

God Bless You Jim Robinson for providing this type of leadership in this critical time. And God Bless America.

[pubmom]

Thank you, these have been my thoughts as well.

[Focault's Pendulum]

concur.

[the808bass]

God bless America. Grant us wisdom without measure and peace that passes all understanding.

Bump for Noble Eagle

[surfer]

bump - lets make sure everyone reads this! Jim this should be breaking news...

[VMI70]

BTTT

[Ronin]

Aye aye, Sir.

Bump.

[solzhenitsyn]

Thanks for all you do, Jim.

[lormand]

Thanks Jim. I am guilty of flaming some of my fellow freepers here. Everyone is so eager for action that we are starting to take it out on each other and including some of our leaders.

I noticed that you didn't pull the thread on Barbara Lee. If you missed it...oops, if not, thanks!

[ASTM366]

Thank you Mr. Robinson. We will survive. We are America and there is nothing these cowards could ever do to truly bring us down.

We are wounded now, but we will heal and we will exact a retribution on these cowards that will strike fear in nations of the world.

[cayuga]

Thank you. BTTT

[NeoCaveman]

We were victims of an unprecedented, pre-meditated surprise attack, perpetrated by hostile, cowardly foreign parties.

So true, and they have awakened the sleeping giant, and I am sure that there will be "Hell to Pay"

[umgud]

Over 30 years ago I was a grunt. Now, I have a brother who is a Lt. Commander in the Navy. We know what loose lips can do. Thanks

[wasp69]

OPSEC (Operational Security) must be our watch word.

[republicandiva]

BTTT!

[TonyInOhio]

Vital Source of Information Bump! Keep up the good work, Jim!

[BUMPA31]

clintons failure to act in the past, and alowing those monsters to skate for thier past terorist acts had caused this.

[Black Birch]

Navy bump. Bill

[airborne]

We serve at the pleasure of the President of the United States.

[LowOiL]

Good post Jim, I will comply and get a little tougher skinned.

[kattracks]

Thank you, Jim. At last, the voice of reason.

God Bless America

[TatieBug]

Thank you for everything. When our great Country is in need of leadership, we must support our Commander-in-Chief who is doing a wonderful job. God Bless America and you. United we Stand and I so proud.

[PhiKapMom]

From this Navy Mom, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for this post.

God Bless!

[EdReform]

BUMP!!

[He Rides A White Horse]

Many of us may personally gain access to sensitive information that could harm our military or our war efforts if it falls into the wrong hands.

The analogy I remember is the one in which the enemy may know, for instance, that two ships are leaving on a mission. Some person may think they are being clever and say, 'two baby birds leaving the nest'.

The moral of the story is that a piece of information whose value may not seem apparent to a poster may be the missing piece of a puzzle to our enemies.

God bless you, and our Free Republic.

To our enemies, we are coming. Fit that into your puzzle.

[Angelwood]

Well said.

[anniegetyourgun]

There will always be folks around like yourself, who can't see past themselves. No doubt many will fight and die to protect your right to navel-gaze all day. No doubt, you won't bother to thank them...you'll be too busy criticizing.

[Cleburne]

Well sir you are free to go and scream any conspiracy theory or rantings you wish to arate, out in the street or on another site. But this is a private site, and Mr. Robinson is free to do whatever he wishes-that's an element of freedom as well.

[WIMom]

Thank you, Jim. How well you stated your message.

[Ratatoskr]

So shut down this web site. If you think even the most widely-publicized information cannot safely be repeated here, that's your obligation.

Your move.

[Dog Gone]

A bump from someone who is too old to join the armed forces and wishes he could.

[pointsal]

Thank you Mr. Robinson.

[deport]

Yep, Arator.... you lose some freedoms at times especially during crisis.. Get used to it. Maybe Eschoir will let you back at the helm and you can run that forum as you see fit. But as you well know this is Jim Robinson's forum and he can call the shots. It's that simple.

[Askel5]

May the Clean Hands and their Respect for Life prevail.

[deport]

fyi ........

[Lazamataz]

This is not the time to raise doubts about our leaders. This is not the time to raise conspiracy theories. This is not the time to second guess our intelligence agencies. This is war.

Yep.

And I hope you don't mind if I totally bust any person who talks crap about the US, our leaders, or does the tinfoil trick. I'll call you in, as I have a few times lately. I won't abide it and I bet you feel a lot the same way. We are in a war and all the old rules are out the door until we have peace again.

Then everyone can go back to trashing Bush, blaming America for every foreign woe, and coming up with Trilaterist motivations for why Arabs are the way they are.

[deport]

bump to you

[ventana]

Umm, he kinda already made his move and was polite enough to give us a heads up on the rules of the game 'n case we were too dense to know better. Pardner. V's wife.

[Arator]

There will always be folks around like yourself, who can't see past themselves. No doubt many will fight and die to protect your right to navel-gaze all day. No doubt, you won't bother to thank them...you'll be too busy criticizing.

I really don't see what you are fighting for. The Taliban, you, and Jim Robinson apparently agree on that freedom is a liability and a luxury that we simply cannot afford.

I thought Americans were supposed to believe exactly the opposite.

[firewalk]

Shhhhhh!...Bump!