>> WWIII STARTED IN 1979
>>
>> If you understand and believe we are at a crucial point in our
history
> please forward this 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 and learn to pray in Arabic!
>>
>> 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 -AD) 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 in1988,
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
>
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 see the pattern that has been developing
> since
> 1979.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Remember, Freedom is not free. There was a price to obtain it and
a
> bigger price to maintain it. The enemy will not negotiate. The enemy
is
> bent
> on killing every American they can �???? all of us if possible. The
enemy
> is
> seeking world domination. The enemy will behead you, your children
and
> your
> neighbors. You cannot negotiate or ignore a rabid dog you have to put
it
> down.

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