Lets wake up people………….

This was sent to me by a former Marine I have the pleasure of working with. >> A must read historical account of Terrorism against the US ~
>> 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, 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 years.

>> US Navy Captain Ouimette is the Executive Officer at Naval Air
Station,
>> Pensacola, Florida. Here 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 25 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 Rhein-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.
>> Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still
>> trying to bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
>> The wake up alarm is getting louder and louder.
>> The terrorists decide to bring the fight to America. In January 1993,
>> two CIA agents are shot and killed as they enter CIA headquarters in
>> Langley, Virginia.
>> The following month, February 1993, 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 November 1995 a car bomb explodes at a US military complex in
>> Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killing seven service men and women.
>> A few months later in June of 1996, 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
>> October 2000 , 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 of 11 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
>> officials 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 see the pattern that has been
>> developing since 1979.
>> The President is right on when he says we are engaged in a war. I
think
>> we have been in a war for the past 25 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.
>> Support Our Troops and support President Bush for having the courage,
>> political or militarily, to address what so many who preceded him
didn’t
>> have the backbone to do, both Democrat and Republican. 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
>> “Just an old Marine
>> Not as lean
>> Not as mean
>> Bυt still a Marine

No related posts.