What does everyone think after reading this?

Question

>> 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.

Answer 1

Nice cut-and-paste. Which forum did you swipe that from?

That's what I think after reading this.

Answer 2

I agree somewhat. Yes America needs to stand up for itself and respond decisevely.

Word War 3? I don't agree with that. I think we need to concentrate more on finding the ones responsible and holding the nations who are harboring these demented human beings responsible.

If we get bombed and we know who it is, we need to show that nation that this sh*t will not be tolerated. We respoond lightly at first by simply exerting pressure on them to hand over the terrorists. If that fails, sanctions. If that fails. We bomb them. Go in there, kill the terrorists and then leave. Simple yet effective. We need to send a mesage that if you kil us, we will kill you.

If my neighbor has a rabid dog and it keeps biting me eventually i'm going to poison it and kill it. I don't care what the neighbor says. If hes not doing anything about it then i'm gonna take matters into my own hands. My safety and the safety of home is more important then pissing of a neighbor.

Answer 3

Eye opening. I'm alarmed at how many people didn't bother to read it. I'm aware of the attacks here and there since the 80's. However, I was born in the 70's and was not aware of all of these incidences. I'm definitely going to do more research on this subject. If I find this information to be true - not to say that your source is not credible, but I have to be fully informed. LOL (unlike most people :( ) - then I'd definitely would have to change my stance on this war on Iraq. It seems to me that if indeed they have been attacking us on and off for 25 years, then in order to retain our democratic state in peace "HERE AT HOME", then we must wage war for a long enough period to make a severe impact. I don't agree that war should be the first action to take, but if all of this is true...it's about time.

Answer 4

Wow! Yer kinda crazy huh? Maybe if Americans would ever leave other people alone and deal with problems that we have in our own country, half the world wouldn't hate us the way they do. Yeah, I understand that they had to help out in certain circumstances, but we should only give support when asked for it. Instead, we go sticking our noses where they dont belong. Generally there are good intentions, but why are we even at war right now?? Supposedly it doesnt even have anything to do with 9/11/01

Answer 5

Your last line said it best.-You cannot negotiate or ignore a rabid dog you have to put it down.

The problem comes when it's your neighbors dog and he doesn't recognise the fact it's rabid. All muslims are not bad and all jews and christians or what ever are not good.

The WORLD needs to get together and set standards which dogs are rabid and then take care of the bad ones. One country cannot do it alone.

Answer 6

Yes! Liberty Over Liberalism!

Answer 7

It's a good article, but reading the answers to this give me more to think about since none of the article is new to me.

The answers to this are the perfect example of what the article was talking about. Most of the people didn't even read it. Because none of the events happened to them they don't care.

It's sad.

Answer 8

I thought it was very well written, accurate, and to the point. Unfortunately as you can see from a number of the replies much of America is more than just sleeping....they are brain dead.

Answer 9

This speech given by US Navy Captain Dan Ouimette, to the Pensacola Civitan Club Feb 19, 2003. Captain Ouimette was the Executive Officer of NAS, Pensacola, FL. at that time.

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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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Answer 10

Alot of people arent going to read it, because it is too long.