Folks, I found this and thought if would be helpful to all of you to see another time.
Linda Herd ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Tom Martz <t.ma...@gmail.com> Sent: Wed, July 28, 2010 9:30:01 PM Subject: [MoLiCo] Fwd: Fw: WW III Started In 1979 > > > >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>WWIII Started - 1979 >>>> >>>>This is not very long, but 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, & Afghanistan then 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 31 years!! >>>> >>>>US Navy Captain Ouimette is the Executive Officer at Naval Air Station, >>>>Pensacola , Florida . >>>>This 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) 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. Embassy set the stage for events to >>>>follow >>>>for the next 31 years. >>>> >>>>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 soil continued. >>>> >>>>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 Rheine-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 in 1988, killing 259. >>>> >>>>The wake up alarm is getting louder and louder. >>>> >>>>The terrorists decide to bring the fight to America. In January1993, two >>>>CIA >>>>agents are shot and killed as they enter CIA headquarters in Langley , >>>>Virginia. >>>> >>>> >>>>The following month, February1993, 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 November1995 a car bomb explodes at a US military complex in >>>>Riyadh Saudi Arabiakilling seven service men and women. >>>> >>>>A few months later in June of1996, 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 >>>>October2000, 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 of11 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 >>>>official >>>>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 seethe pattern that has been developing since 1979. >>>> >>>>I think we have been in a war for the past 31 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. >>>> >>>>If you believe in this please forward it to as many people as you can >>>>especially >>>>to the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and who >>>>seem so >>>>quick to protest such a necessary military action. >>>> >>>> >>>>If you don't believe it, just delete it and go back to sleep. >>>> -- "no cause is lost if there is but one fool to fight for it" ~Will Turner~ ~Pirate's of the Caribbean @ World's End~ "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." ~Goethe www.moliberty.org http://417-political-pundit.blogspot.com The power to tax involves the power to destroy. ~Justice John Marshall~ Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -Pericles (430 B.C.) A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law. ~Justice John Marshall~ -- This is a Free Speech forum. 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