What Can We Do to Help Win the War on Terror?-Advice please.?

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Here's the thing---------this question is not here for our normal rantings-----save that for my previous or next question. LOL

I am looking for honest intelligent people to share what they feel could be of benefit to the entire free world.

please read what I copied and pasted -----this blog I found in another yahoo answers question/answer-----it SURE did open my eyes up and I strongly suggest you share this info with everyone you know that values their future.

Remember some of these terrorists have higher education and are articulate enough to infiltrate yahoo answers with their dis-information and anti-American hate.




THE WAR

Please take the time to read the essay below by Dr. Chong. It is without a doubt the most
articulate and convincing writing I have read regarding the War in Iraq. If you have any doubts
please open your mind to his essay and give it a fair evaluation.

I had no idea who Dr. Chong is or the source of these thoughts... so when I received them,
I almost deleted them - as well-written as they are. But then I did a "Google search" on the
Doctor and found him to be a retired Air Force Surgeon of all things and past Commander
of Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio. So he is real, is connected to Veterans affairs
in California, and these are his thoughts.


This WAR is for REAL!
Dr. Vernon Chong, Major General, USAF, Retired
Tuesday, July 12, 2005.

To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it. Our country is now facing the most
serious threat to its existence, as we know it, that we have faced in your lifetime and mine
(which includes WWII).

The deadly seriousness is greatly compounded by the fact that there are very few of us who
think we can possibly lose this war and even fewer who realize what losing really means.

First, let's examine a few basics:

1. When did the threat to us start?
Many will say September 11, 2001. The answer as far as the United States is concerned is
1979, 22 years prior to September 2001, with the following attacks on us:

* Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979;
* Beirut, Lebanon Embassy 1983;
* Beirut, Lebanon Marine Barracks 1983;
* Lockerbie, Scotland Pan-Am flight to New York 1988;
* First New York World Trade Center attack 1993;
* Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex 1996;
* Nairobi, Kenya US Embassy 1998;
* Dares Salaam, Tanzania US Embassy 1998;
* Aden, Yemen USS Cole 2000;
* New York World Trade Center 2001;
* Pentagon 2001.

(Note that during the period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist attacks worldwide).

2. Why were we attacked?
Envy of our position, our success, and our freedoms. The attacks happened during the
administrations of Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton and Bush 2. We cannot fault
either the Republicans or Democrats as there were no provocations by any of the presidents
or their immediate predecessors, Presidents Ford or Carter.

3. Who were the attackers?
In each case, the attacks on the US were carried out by Muslims.

4. What is the Muslim population of the World? 25%.

5. Isn't the Muslim Religion peaceful?
Hopefully, but that is really not material. There is no doubt that the predominately Christian
population of Germany was peaceful, but under the dictatorial leadership of Hitler (who was
also Christian), that made no difference. You either went along with the administration or
you were eliminated. There were 5 to 6 million Christians killed by the Nazis for political
reasons (including 7,000 Polish priests). (see http://www.nazis.testimony.co.uk/7-a.htm...

Thus, almost the same number of Christians were killed by the Nazis, as the six million
holocaust Jews who were killed by them, and we seldom heard of anything other than the
Jewish atrocities. Although Hitler kept the world focused on the Jews, he had no hesitancy
about killing anyone who got in his way of exterminating the Jews or of taking over the world
- German, Christian or any others.

Same with the Muslim terrorists. They focus the world on the US, but kill all in the way --
their own people or the Spanish, French or anyone else. The point here is that just like the
peaceful Germans were of no protection to anyone from the Nazis, no matter how many
peaceful Muslims there may be, they are no protection for us from the terrorist Muslim
leaders and what they are fanatically bent on doing -- by their own pronouncements --
killing all of us "infidels." I don't blame the peaceful Muslims. What would you do if the
choice was shut up or die?

6. So who are we at war with?
There is no way we can honestly respond that it is anyone other than the Muslim terrorists.
Trying to be politically correct and avoid verbalizing this conclusion can well be fatal. There
is no way to win if you don't clearly recognize and articulate who you are fighting. So with
that background, now to the two major questions:

1. Can we lose this war?

2. What does losing really mean?

If we are to win, we must clearly answer these two pivotal questions. We can definitely lose
this war, and as anomalous as it may sound, the major reason we can lose is that so many
of us simply do not fathom the answer to the second question - What does losing mean?

It would appear that a great many of us think that losing the war means hanging our heads,
bringing the troops home and going on about our business, like post Vietnam. This is as far
from the truth as one can get.

What losing really means is:

We would no longer be the premier country in the world. The attacks will not subside, but
rather will steadily increase. Remember, they want us dead, not just quiet. If they had just
wanted us quiet, they would not have produced an increasing series of attacks against us,
over the past 18 years. The plan was clearly, for terrorists to attack us, until we were
neutered and submissive to them.

We would of course have no future support from other nations, for fear of reprisals and for
the reason that they would see, we are impotent and cannot help them.

They will pick off the other non-Muslim nations, one at a time. It will be increasingly easier
for them. They already hold Spain hostage. It doesn't matter whether it was right or wrong
for Spain to withdraw its troops from Iraq. Spain did it because the Muslim terrorists bombed
their train and told them to withdraw the troops. Anything else they want Spain to do will be
done. Spain is finished.

The next will probably be France. Our one hope on France is that they might see the light and
realize that if we don't win, they are finished too, in that they can't resist the Muslim terrorists
without us. However, it may already be too late for France. France is already 20% Muslim and
fading fast!

If we lose the war, our production, income, exports and way of life will all vanish as we know
it. After losing, who would trade or deal with us, if they were threatened by the Muslims. If we
can't stop the Muslims, how could anyone else?

The Muslims fully know what is riding on this war, and therefore are completely committed
to winning, at any cost. We better know it too and be likewise committed to winning at any cost.

Why do I go on at such lengths about the results of losing? Simple. Until we recognize the
costs of losing, we cannot unite and really put 100% of our thoughts and efforts into winning.
And it is going to take that 100% effort to win.

So, how can we lose the war?

Again, the answer is simple. We can lose the war by "imploding." That is, defeating ourselves
by refusing to recognize the enemy and their purpose, and really digging in and lending full
support to the war effort. If we are united, there is no way that we can lose. If we continue to
be divided, there is no way that we can win!

Let me give you a few examples of how we simply don't comprehend the life and death
seriousness of this situation.

President Bush selects Norman Mineta as Secretary of Transportation. Although all of the
terrorist attacks were committed by Muslim men between 17 and 40 years of age, Secretary
Mineta refuses to allow profiling. Does that sound like we are taking this thing seriously?
This is war! For the duration, we are going to have to give up some of the civil rights we
have become accustomed to. We had better be prepared to lose some of our civil rights
temporarily or we will most certainly lose all of them permanently.

And don't worry that it is a slippery slope. We gave up plenty of civil rights during WWII,
and immediately restored them after the victory and in fact added many more since then.

Do I blame President Bush or President Clinton before him?

No, I blame us for blithely assuming we can maintain all of our Political Correctness, and
all of our civil rights during this conflict and have a clean, lawful, honorable war. None of
those words apply to war. Get them out of your head.

Some have gone so far in their criticism of the war and/or the Administration that it almost
seems they would literally like to see us lose. I hasten to add that this isn't because they
are disloyal. It is because they just don't recognize what losing means. Nevertheless,
that conduct gives the impression to the enemy that we are divided and weakening. It
concerns our friends, and it does great damage to our cause.

Of more recent vintage, the uproar fueled by the politicians and media regarding the
treatment of some prisoners of war, perhaps exemplifies best what I am saying. We
have recently had an issue, involving the treatment of a few Muslim prisoners of war,
by a small group of our military police. These are the type prisoners who just a few
months ago were throwing their own people off buildings, cutting off their hands,
cutting out their tongues and otherwise murdering their own people just for disagreeing
with Saddam Hussein.

And just a few years ago these same type prisoners chemically killed 400,000 of their own
people for the same reason. They are also the same type of enemy fighters, who recently
were burning Americans, and dragging their charred corpses through the streets of Iraq.

And still more recently, the same type of enemy that was and is providing videos to all
news sources internationally, of the beheading of American prisoners they held.

Compare this with some of our press and politicians, who for several days have thought
and talked about nothing else but the "humiliating" of some Muslim prisoners -- not
burning them, not dragging their charred corpses through the streets, not beheading
them, but "humiliating" them.
Can this be for real?

The politicians and pundits have even talked of impeachment of the Secretary of Defense.
If this doesn't show the complete lack of comprehension and understanding of the
seriousness of the enemy we are fighting, the life and death struggle we are in and the
disastrous results of losing this war, nothing can.

To bring our country to a virtual political standstill over this prisoner issue makes us look
like Nero playing his fiddle as Rome burned -- totally oblivious to what is going on in the
real world. Neither we, nor any other country, can survive this internal strife. Again I say,
this does not mean that some of our politicians or media people are disloyal. It simply
means that they are absolutely oblivious to the magnitude of the situation we are in, and
into which the Muslim terrorists have been pushing us, for many years.

Remember, the Muslim terrorists stated goal is to kill all infidels! That translates into ALL
non-Muslims -- not just in the United States, but throughout the world.

We are the last bastion of defense. We have been criticized for many years as being 'arrogant.'
That charge is valid in at least one respect. We are arrogant in that we believe that we are so
good, powerful and smart, that we can win the hearts and minds of all those who attack us,
and that with both hands tied behind our back, we can defeat anything bad in the world!

We can't!

If we don't recognize this, our nation as we know it will not survive, and no other free country
in the world will survive if we are defeated.

And finally, name any Muslim countries throughout the world that allow freedom of speech,
freedom of thought, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, equal rights for anyone --
let alone everyone, equal status or any status for women, or that have been productive in
one single way that contributes to the good of the world.

This has been a long way of saying that we must be united on this war or we will be equated
in the history books to the self-inflicted fall of the Roman Empire. If, that is, the Muslim leaders
will allow history books to be written or read.

If we don't win this war right now, keep a close eye on how the Muslims take over France in
the next 5 years or less. They will continue to increase the Muslim population of France and
continue to encroach little by little, on the established French traditions. The French will be
fighting among themselves, over what should or should not be done, which will continue to
weaken them and keep them from any united resolve. Doesn't that sound eerily familiar?

Democracies don't have their freedoms taken away from them by some external military force.
Instead, they give their freedoms away, politically correct piece by politically correct piece.

And they are giving those freedoms away to those who have shown, worldwide that they
abhor freedom and will not apply it to you or even to themselves, once they are in power.
They have universally shown that when they have taken over, they then start brutally killing
each other over who will be the few who control the masses. Will we ever stop hearing
from the politically correct, about the "peaceful Muslims"?

I close on a hopeful note, by repeating what I said above. If we are united, there is no way
that we can lose. I hope the factions in our country will begin to focus on the critical situation
we are in, and will unite to save our country. It is your future we are talking about!
Do whatever you can to preserve it.

After reading the above, we all must do this not only for ourselves, but our children, our
grandchildren, our country and the world.

Whether Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal and that includes the Politicians

Answer 1

Dr. Chong is correct. It seems a lot of Americans have thought little about all the terror attacks on Americans, especially Liberals. One would think 9/11 would be a wake-up call for us, but in less than 6 years, they want to forget again. This should not happen. It seems to me that by George Bush's actions concerning terrorism, meaning the wars with Afghanistan, and Iraq, he has brought the memories of these terror attacks towards USA back into our brains. I thank him for doing that. He won't let us forget. I won't forget. I love my country too much to forget. If anyone needs a reminder, I have a video for them.
What we the US people can do to help us win the war on terror, is to run the streets with all the American flags we can hold, and scream God Bless America, and our TROOPS, we love you!

Answer 2

This is what is going to happen WHEN THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS TAKE THE WHITEHOUSE:

It would appear that a great many of us think that losing the war means hanging our heads,
bringing the troops home and going on about our business, like post Vietnam. This is as far
from the truth as one can get.

What losing really means is:

We would no longer be the premier country in the world. The attacks will not subside, but
rather will steadily increase. Remember, they want us dead, not just quiet. If they had just
wanted us quiet, they would not have produced an increasing series of attacks against us,
over the past 18 years. The plan was clearly, for terrorists to attack us, until we were
neutered and submissive to them.


Thank you very much for that informative post.

Answer 3

I do hate it admit that the war takes more than force to be won. The locals in Iraq have to be ego challenged to create wealth in their country. As long as they choose to want revenge for past grievances outside agitators will find fertile grow to sow the seeds of civil war. Yugoslavia was a beautiful country, so was Lebanon both were wrecked over past grievances. Only the sellers of weapons won.

Today the world press is about the only group that can get peace to happen. Too bad it isn't in their interest to have peace. From their coverage one would time they were for peace. Take a 2nd look violence gets attention, creates ratings, gets ad dollars. The press is a WHORE. I shouldn't insult the women of the night by tying them to the press.

If the press truly wanted peace what would they be doing? 1)They would show how it was in the combatants vested interest to have peace break out in the region. 2)Acknowledge that the people have the intellect to govern themselves. 3)Use the movie Lawrence of Arabia as a vehicle to show what can be done. 4) I'm sure there are many other items if the press truly wished to be responsible leaders.

Answer 4

I have to agree that we're proper to be fighting this struggle, however, I also, feel that it's an impossible war to win, until we entirely annihilate the radical. The finest challenge there is finding them. They don't put on uniforms or raise a signal. That is why the war is taking so long. In the end, I can not ever see a just right ending to this war on the grounds that of the problem of identification of the enemy. If we depart one alive, it is going to keep festering like an open wound that not ever heals. SEMPER FI!

Answer 5

I have to agree that we're correct to be combating this struggle, however, I additionally, consider that it's an unattainable struggle to win, until we fully annihilate the unconventional. The finest main issue there may be discovering them. They do not put on uniforms or bring a signal. This is why the struggle is taking goodbye. In the longer term, I cannot ever see a well finishing to this struggle considering that of the crisis of identity of the enemy. If we depart one alive, it's going to preserve festering like an open wound that on no account heals. SEMPER FI!

Answer 6

I know how to win the war on terror! And I can sum up the strategy in just one word, RIDICULE.

A few years ago, a satellite tv station in Los Angeles was broadcasting to the mainly ex-patriot Iranian population in California. One day, a technician accidentally redirected the signal, and it ended up, (no joke) in Iran.

The Iranians quickly started watching the program, which satirized and lampooned the strict, backwards, and intolerant Mullahs. Some of the comedy sketches showed a clip from the Mullah's own mounth. These knuckle-draggers were preaching against horrible events in the country, like how he saw a girl riding a bicycle and eating pizza! Yes, terrible things like that.

Soon, the Iranians stopped revering these Mullahs, and began laughing at them.

This is what we have to do with the insurgents. Portray them as the stupid, confused, selfish little children they really are. Once people begin ridiculing them, their power of intimidation is vastly decreased.

If you want to defeat your enemy, make him look like a pathetic loser. Once the Iranians and Iraqis see these people for what they really are, their numbers will dwindle.

Answer 7

I didn't read your whole thing but I will answer your original question. Be aware of your surroundings. Anything that is out of place, report it. I will give you an example, employees of a Family Dollar here in town, reported this guy that was trying to buy as many track phones as they could. The wanted to by all that they had in stock. However, Family Dollar has a two phone limit, so they reported the incident to the police. It turned out that these people were just buying them for resale but it could have been just as easy a terrorist. They did the right thing. Watch for people taking pictures of bridges, nuclear plants. ect. Just anything that is suspicious and report it.

Answer 8

Continue to think logically, and examine "facts" and look for the truth. Vote conservative, the liberals don't believe in the threat. Support the troops, mission and all. Do what you can to educate others - ignorance is fast becoming a weapon of the terrorist, used again us each day in the mainstream media. If you are so compelled, join the military - if you do not feel this is your call, know that you are still an important part of the fight. Do not let anyone make you feel wrong for your support.

Answer 9

We can stop pretending that we're at war with a type of behavior and admit that we're at war with an ideology.

In 1942 we were not at war with blitzkrieg, we were at war with fascism.

We are now at war with Islamofascism.

Or rather, they are at war with us.

They are not at war with us because of anything we've done.

That doesn't mean that everything we've done is right.

It just means that what we've done isn't why they're fighting us.

Because if that were the case, they wouldn't have been fighting anyone until we started doing the things the Libs say are so terrible and are creating new terrorists.

They've been fighting this war since the 7th century.

That's 11 centuries before this country was founded.

People say it's stupid for "neocons" to repeat that the terrorists hate us for our freedom (to practice other religions besides Islam or no religion at all) but the terrorists SAY that's why they hate us, so I think we should take them at their word.

We need to combat the IDEOLOGY.

Answer 10

Well first of all, just don't be afraid!

The government is actually playing up all of this terrorist stuff because they want us to fear the other. IF we fear, we need a big-daddy government to "take care of us," and suddenly those pesky freedoms our country is based upon are seen as unnecessary and optional in the face of "terror." It fits into their ultimate plan, or face it, it's just plain easier to control people when you have them on the run and not paying attention to what's really going on. Power is the ultimate game in the world, and power allows the powerful to live very comfortable lives. It looks very childish in the hands of some of the world's rulers and very understated and sophisticated in the hands of others, but it is there. Those terrorists too are looking to increase their power as well, but they can only benefit in minor ways and savor the stark fear they can temporarily put in our hearts.
Sometimes their actions are just a little too convenient when you scan the broader picture.
Religions too, seek power, and you see it plainly in their ambitions to play roles in governments, seek favoritism, make mass converts. Supposedly based on "love" and "truth," they villify each other in their race to persuade that the "other" is false and means us all harm.
Look at the post above. It's not about our nation as one of diversity living together in peace,--
it's hey, we should all be Christians and kick those Muslims asses for Jesus dude cuz they think we should all be Muslim's kicking the Christians . . etc etc.

What kind of world have we wrought when we allowed fervor for mythologies, stories of ideas of creation and afterlife that any anthropology student could predict, to endanger ALL of us, including those of us who believe differently or chose not to have a belief in this stuff?
You should all be ashamed of yourselves, Dr. Chong, whoever, on down.
You go ahead and give up your civil rights, we're not.
You go ahead and fill your narrow mind with hatred toward the other, we're not.
You go ahead and fight your little battles among yourselves over your vision of afterlife, just leave the rest of us unscathed to enjoy our life here and now and to figure out or not, our difference that make us human.