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efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE Target SyriaJonathan Rhodes9 May 2003   Tyrants and terrorists should see the pattern by now. Diplomacy...military buildup and posturing...military action. When the US took on the Taliban in Afghanistan, President Bush clearly stated the US demands: Give up al Qaida or we will take them - and you - out. They failed to heed that message and they are no more. With Iraq, another clear message, this time to the despot Hussein: Give up your WMD, your terrorists, your regime, or we will take you out. Saddam failed to comply,...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE Bush's Bold Policy3 May 2003Jonathan Rhodesefreedomnews.comIn his speech announcing the end of major military operations in Iraq, President George W. Bush, bold in his policy while humble in this moment of victory, summed up the obvious but previously unspoken - given the leadership of this Commander in Chief, judiciously employing the unparalleled might of the US military, the United States has brought about a new day for freedom and liberty in the world. With these words, President Bush defined the future: "The advance of freedom is the surest strategy to...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE Earning FreedomJonathan Rhodes25 April 2003 "You don't go from despotism to freedom on a featherbed."  - Donald Rumsfeld The "Press" continues to press. They dig, they make snide, malicious inferences, they believe in vast conspiratorial bogeymen so that they can believe themselves the White Knights of truth and justice. Well, here is reality - in the noble endeavor accomplished by V Corps and the 3rd Infantry Division; Special Forces, United States Marines, Airborne, Sailors and Airmen; British, Australian and Polish troops, not one reporter really made a difference. Those proud...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE For the ChildrenMitchell SolomonToronto, CanadaApril 20, 2003 They appear in greater numbers as each city is secured. One can listen to the pundits on scene, read the comments of the columnists, but to grasp what this war was really about one only needs to look in their eyes. It’s tempting to opine that they can’t truly grasp the events surrounding them; that they’re simply responding to the mindset of an excited street. Step back and look again. You cannot dismiss the eyes of a child. Untouched yet by adult cynicism, they...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE War Report14 April 2003 BATTLE FOR IRAQ OVER - SYRIA NEXT   Reluctant Warriors as we are, as Tikrit and al Qaim fell, the Pentagon today declared victory in the Battle for Iraq by saying there was much work yet to do: As we head into the fourth week of this conflict, I'd like to remind you of the eight objectives that Secretary Rumsfeld laid out at the onset of the war. First, end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Baghdad is largely free of its influence, and so is most...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE New RealityJonathan Rhodes13 April 2003 Hussein's Regime fell in under three weeksCivilian casualties were held to an unprecedented  minimumUS troops were not showered with chemical weapons and the Israelis were not hit by ScudsT he oil wells aren't ablazeThe Turks aren't fighting with the Kurds, Al Qaida has not been able to mount terror attacks against the US nor her alliesArab leaders friendly to the U.S. aren't are not threatened by civil instability As the Grand Strategy unfolds, the balance of power in the middle east has dramatically changed. The...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE War Report28 March 2003 US WarPlan on schedule   Hype Media Misleads AmericaAirpower prepping battlefield Humanitarian Aid ArrivesKurd Victories in the NorthSpecial Forces take western desert As expected, the media is turning the pause after the fastest advance in  military history into US forces being "stalled." These reporters are trying to make news - not report news.  [see WarReport 27 March] New York Times:"March to Baghdad Slowed, U.S. Forces Weigh Strategies""Constant Attacks Hold Up Allied Forces""A Gulf Commander Sees a Longer Road" Washington Post:"General Sees Longer War" Newsweek"Not What America Expected""Dickey:...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE War ReportJonathan Rhodes27 March 2003 consolidation/preparation   Supply Problems:Pockets of Resistance:Redeployment of Forces:Reconnaissance: Fight for Public Opinion It was quiet today - too quiet. The great battle is yet to come. Saddam feels the pressure of being trapped. Iraqi diplomats at the UN- soon to be ex-diplomats -  hoping to shape world opinion, are setting timelines and threatening US deaths in Baghdad . We recommend you pay no attention to that. Take a step back and reassess. That is what the US Military is doing. Unfortunately, that leaves a news...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE War ReportJonathan Burns26 March 2003 Reality of War "While we hope reason and negotiation can insure peace, only wars have proven to create or preserve it." -  Victor David HansonA commentary directed at those professing disdain for the "slow" progress of the war:We have been at war for 1 week. Here are some timelines to ponder: WAR Length American War for Independence  7 years (1775 - 1783) World War 2  7 years (1938-1945) Korean War  3 years (1950 - 1953) Vietnam War  14 years (1961 - 1975) Afghanistan War  6...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE   U.S. Apache helicopters attack Republican Guard  Medina Division The U.S. Air Force flew more than 1,500 sorties over Iraq on Monday173rd Airborne blocking Turkey - Northern Front EscalatesRumalia Oilfield fire capped.Stalin Tactics: Fedayeen Saddam Saddam has chosen to use  tactics from his role model Stalin, employing his fanatic Fedayeen Saddam security force. After the main armored force, primarily the 1st Infantry, blew through southern Iraq on the way to the "center of gravity" - Baghdad - US and British Marines were then brought in to secure Basra and environs...

Support our Troops We ask all Americans, for or against US policy on Iraq, to remember and support the men and women of our armed forces. We have matured enough as a nation to separate our politics from our troops. efreedomnews.com

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE France & the UNJonathan RhodesIt is entirely possible that 10 of the Security Council members will vote for the US/UK resolution this weekend. China and Germany very well may abstain. And that leaves France. France may well veto. French President Jacques Chirac has a long relationship with Saddam Hussein. Chirac was intimately involved with building France's first nuclear reactor. Chirac visited Hussein after the reactor was destroyed by the Israelis and promised his help in rebuilding. Hussein is more a customer to France than anything else. It is in France's...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE Shock & AweJonathan Rhodes6 March 2003Shock & Awe: This is not a sound bite invented by yellow journalists seeking larger than life headlines - but they do love to use it that way. Shock & Awe is the military operational doctrine to be applied in Iraq.Based upon Shock and Awe: Achieving Rapid Dominance, published by National Defense University in 1996, and Rapid Dominance: A Force for All Seasons, published by the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies in 1998, this doctrine is a construct and concept for applying force with...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE Northern Front OptionsJonathan Rhodes1 March 2003Turkey's military has the institutional responsibility to maintain the secular nature of the Turkish government.  As detailed in Stratfor, Modern Turkey was founded by the Turkish army as an explicitly secular state and "periodically has intervened in public life to guarantee that secularity." Not that a coup is by any means necessary now although the democratically elected Islamicist government has been unable to agree to specifically allow 60,000 US troops to disembark at their ports. Instead, this government has been careful not to invoke religiosity...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE The Grand StrategyJonathan Rhodesefreedomnews 22 February 2003The United States and its willing allies have developed a Grand Strategy in the War on Terrorism to eliminate the fundamentalist Islamic terrorist hegemonists and worldwide terrorism - the tools and offspring of despotic state sponsors - and in the end to eliminate the seeds of discontent that spawned that terrorism. The elements of that strategy are: Tactically destroy al Qaida - the base - the central command for global Islamic terrorism - and associated terror groups. End state sponsorship of terrorism. Remove the...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE Last, Last Chance?Jonathan Rhodes17 February 2003 Following worldwide "peace" demonstrations - actually anti-American demonstrations orchestrated by the socialist Worker's World Party, the diplomatic picture has changed toward Iraq. Despite the demonstrations, the change is toward support for the military option.NATO, the EU, even obstructionist France and militant pacifist Germany have started to look for ways out of the non-action corner they have painted themselves into. This can only mean that war is coming sooner rather than later - unless Saddam and his regime are miraculously removed from power. NATO has...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE France and War15 February 2003 French President Jacques Chirac: Quotes from February 2003 regarding France's opposition to a military solution to the Iraq problem:“War is the worst possible solution.”"For us, war is always evidence of a failure.”“For us, war is an admission of failure, and it is always the worst solution.”His viewpoint is coloured by the French military experience: Gallic Wars - Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by of all things, an Italian. Hundred Years War - Mostly...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE Blix: Iraq Not Disarming Jonathan Rhodes14 February 2003 Hans Blix told the UN Security Council today that Saddam Hussein's Iraq continues to provide bits and pieces of information and cooperation. In other words Iraq continues to prolong and stall - in material breech of Resolution 1441.Blix made the point that South Africa was a model of nuclear disarmament - and that Baghdad was nowhere near that form of "immediate, active and unconditional cooperation" as demanded in Resolution 1441. In fact, Blix said, in the final paragraph of his statement that in...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE 82nd Airborne DeploysJonathan Rhodes13 February 2003The 82nd Airborne began shipping out to Kuwait today. 500 troopers left from Pope Air Force Base, neighboring Fort Bragg, N.C. with 4000 soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team scheduled to depart over the weekend. The 82nd is tasked with airborne entry into any area of the world within 18 hours of notification. "Their primary mission is airfield and seaport seizure. Once on the ground, they provide the secured terrain and facilities to rapidly receive additional combat forces. The division is the nation’s strategic...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE Iraq & TerrorismJonathan Rhodes2 February 2003 "Evidence from intelligence sources, secret communications and statements by people now in custody reveal that Saddam Hussein aids and protects terrorists, including members of al-Qaeda." President George W. Bush, State of the Union, 29 January 2003 On February 5, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell will deliver a briefing to the UN on "Iraq's illegal weapons programs, its attempt to hide those weapons from inspectors, and its links to terrorist groups."Evidence compiled by efreedomnews:Palestinian born Director of External Operations for Iraqi Intelligence, the new ...