Blainer) That was great, Glenn. Got any more like this??? On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:04:28 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I don't know if this is a valid author, but it has some truth. > > Subject: USAF 4 Star Speaks Out] > > > > This pretty much covers it............. > > > > > > For those of you who don't know who General Hawley is, he is a > newly > > retired 4-star general who commanded Air Combat Command. These > are good > > words and true. > > > > Speech from the former ACC commander (now retired and not > restricted to > > being politically correct), Gen Hawley: > > > > > > > > "Since the attack, I have seen, heard, and read thoughts of such > surpassing > > stupidity that they must be addressed. You've heard them too. > Here they > > are: > > > > 1) "We're not good, they're not evil, everything is relative." > Listen > > carefully: We're good, they're evil, nothing is relative. Say it > with me > > now and free yourselves. You see, folks, saying "We're good" > doesn't mean, > > "We're perfect." Okay? The only perfect being is the bearded guy > on the > > ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The plain fact is that our country > has, > > with all our mistakes and blunders, always been and always will be > the > > greatest beacon of freedom, charity, opportunity, and affection in > history. > > If you need proof, open all the borders on Earth and see what > happens. In > > about half a day, the entire world would be a ghost town and the > United > > States would look like one giant line to see "The Producers." > > > > 2) "Violence only leads to more violence." This one is so stupid > you > > usually have to be the president of an Ivy League university to > say it. > > Here's the truth, which you know in your heads and hearts already: > > Ineffective, unfocused violence leads to more violence. Limp, > panicky, > > half-measures lead to more violence. However, complete, fully > > thought-through, professional, well-executed violence never leads > to more > > violence because, you see, afterwards the other guys are all dead. > That's > > right, dead. Not "on trial," not "reeducated," not "nurtured back > into the > > bosom of love." Dead. D-E --Well, you get the idea. > > > > 3) "The CIA and the rest of our intelligence community has failed > us." For > > 25 years we have chained our spies like dogs to a stake in the > ground, and > > now that the house has been robbed, we yell at them for not > protecting us. > > Starting in the late seventies, under Carter appointee Stansfield > Turner, > > the giant brains who get these giant ideas decided that the best > way to > > gather international intelligence was to use spy satellites. > "After all," > > they reasoned, "you can see a license plate from 200 miles away." > This is > > very helpful if you've been attacked by a license plate. > Unfortunately, > > > we were attacked by humans. Finding humans is not possible with > > > satellites. You have to use other humans. When we bought all our > > > satellites, we fired all our humans, and here's the really stupid > part. It > > takes years, decades to infiltrate new humans into the worst > places of> the > > world. You can't just have a guy who looks like Gary Busey in a > Spring > > Break'93 sweatshirt plop himself down in a coffee shop in Kabul > and say > > "Hiya, boys. Gee, I sure would like to meet that bin Laden fella. > > "Well, you can, but all you'd be doing is giving the bad guys a > story > > they'll be telling for years. > > > > 4) "These people are poor and helpless, and that's why they're > angry at > > us." Uh-huh, and Jeffrey Dahmer's frozen head collection was just > a > > desperate cry for help. The terrorists and their backers are > richer than > > Elton John and, ironically, a good deal less annoying. The poor > helpless > > people, you see, are the villagers they tortured and murdered to > stay in > > power. Mohammed Atta, one of the evil scumbags who steered those > planes > > into the killing grounds (I'm sorry, one of the "alleged > hijackers," > > according to CNN-they stopped using the word "terrorist," you > know), is the > > son of a Cairo surgeon. But you knew this, too. In the sixties > and > > seventies, all the pinheads marching against the war were > > upper-middle-class college kids who grabbed any cause they could > think of > > to get out of their final papers and spend more time drinking. At > least, > > that was my excuse. It's the same today. Take the > Anti-Global-Warming (or > > is it World Trade? Oh-who-knows-what-the-heck -they-want > demonstrators) > > They all charged their black outfits and plane tickets on dad's > credit card > > before driving to the airport in their SUV's. > > > > 5) "Any profiling is racial profiling." Who's killing us here, the > > > Norwegians? Just days after the attack, the New York Times had an > article > > saying dozens of extended members of the gazillionaire bin Laden > family > > living in America were afraid of reprisals and left in a huff, > never to > > return to studying at Harvard and using too much Drakkar. I'm > crushed. I > > think we're all crushed. Please come back. With a cherry on top? > Why > > don't they just change their names, anyway? It's happened in the > past. > > Think about it. How many Adolfs do you run into these days? > Shortly after > > that, I remember watching TV with my jaw on the floor as a > government > > official actually said, "That little old grandmother from Sioux > City could > > be carrying something." Okay, how about this: No, she couldn't. > It would > > never be the grandmother from Sioux City. Is it even possible? > > What are the odds? Winning a hundred Powerball lotteries in a > row? A > > thousand? A million? And now a Secret Service guy has been > tossed off a > > plane and we're all supposed to cry about it because he's an Arab? > Didn't > > it have the tiniest bit to do with the fact that he filled out his > forms > > incorrectly- - three times? And then left an Arab history book on > his seat > > as he strolled off the plane? And came back? Armed? Let's > please all > > stop singing "We Are the World" for a minute and think > practically. I > > don't want to be sitting on the floor in the back of a plane four > seconds > > away from hitting Mt. Rushmore and turn, grinning, to the guy > next to me > > to say, "Well, at least we didn't offend them." > > > > SO HERE'S what I resolve for the New Year: Never to forget our > murdered > > brothers and sisters. Never to let the relativists get away with > their > > immoral thinking. After all, no matter what your daughter's > political > > science professor says, we didn't start this. Have you seen that > bumper > > sticker that says, "No More Hiroshimas"? I wish I had one that > says, "You > > First. No More Pearl Harbors." > > > > Dick Hawley > > > > > > >
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