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Originally posted by DavePlays
[B]This was written by Ed Evans, MGySgt..., USMC (Ret.)
Reprinted here as written......
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Fxck it. Must Destry.
DO NOT FORGET
I sat in a movie theater watching "Schindler's List," asked myself, "Why didn't the Jews fight back?"
Why did America turn a blind eye for years?
Now I know why.
Because you didn't care.
I sat in a movie theater, watching "Pearl Harbor" and asked myself, "Why weren't we prepared?"
You were, that's why key ships were moved out days before. Spotter planes were tracking the fleet the whole time as backed by testimony of former generals. Do your homework. US wanted in to the war. They just didn't figure the Japanese would launch that massive of an attack. Read up.
Now I know why.
Thank me later.
Civilized people cannot fathom, much less predict, the actions of evil people.
... or where the US will invade next. And they DO invade. Protecting your country stops at the border.
On September 11, dozens of capable airplane passengers allowed themselves to be overpowered by a handful of poorly armed terrorists because they did not comprehend the depth of hatred that motivated their captors.
... and apparently either do you, even though they killed themselves to try to at least get your attention. Mission: failed.
On September 11, thousands of innocent people were murdered because too many Americans naively reject the reality that some nations are dedicated to the dominance of others.
Al Qaeda is not a nation. It's some religious guys who live in the desert and try to protect their way of life from American influence and aggression, and in many cases rocket attacks. You attacked them first.
Many political pundits, pacifists and media personnel want us to forget the carnage. They say we must focus on the bravery of the rescuers and ignore the cowardice of the killers.
Ya, let's not try to find out what they died for. Let's watch CNN instead.
They implore us to understand the motivation of the perpetrators. Major television stations have announced they will assist the healing process by not replaying devastating footage of the planes crashing into the Twin Towers.
... but you don't understand their motivation. All those truely did die for nothing.
I will not be manipulated.
Or educated. Or aware.
I will not pretend to understand.
Good. You don't.
I will not forget.
You can't forget something you never bothered to learn. Ignorance is bliss. Hide inside the US and blow up other countries.
I will not forget the liberal media who abused freedom of the press to kick our country when it was vulnerable and hurting.
You attacked them first. They don't have tanks and guns. All they have is guys willing to kill themselves. I think that's more hardcore than being a marine. Suicide doesn't pay the bills or get medals, or even a promotion.
I will not forget that CBS anchor Dan Rather preceded President Bush's address to the nation with the snide remark, "No matter how you feel about him, he is still our president."
And if you wear an anti-bush T shirt to school, the secret service interrogates you.
http://www.activedayton.com/partners...09_tshirt.html
Now THAT is snide.
I will not forget that ABC TV anchor Peter Jennings questioned President Bush's motives for not returning immediately to Washington, DC and commented, "We're all pretty skeptical and cynical about Washington."
I'm skeptical about the Pentagon breaking the LAW by violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and yet having the audicity to harass North Korea for trying to provide electricity to its citizens.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993414
And I will not forget that ABC's Mark Halperin warned if reporters weren't informed of every little detail of this war, they aren't "likely -- nor should they be expected -- to show deference."
Some people attacked America and you don't even know why. You had the idiocy to refer to them as a nation. Some enemy country. They're not. You blew up Afghanistan out of spite. Afghanistan didn't attack you. 15 Saudis did. You want perversion? Someone breaks into your house so you go to a house down the block and burn it down. That's what the US did in Afghanistan.
I will not isolate myself from my fellow Americans by pretending an attack on the USS Cole in Yemen was not an attack on the United States of America.
Yemen is really far from the USA. What was that ship doing there anyway? Perhaps you should attack a Yemen warship next time it plops itself down in Frisco. Oh wait, you probably would.
I will not forget the Clinton administration equipped Islamic terrorists and their supporters with the world's most sophisticated telecommunications equipment and encryption technology, thereby compromising America's ability to trace terrorist radio, cell phone, land lines, faxes and modem communications.
The US has not only supported terrorist groups and regimes, they've actually co-ordinated their attacks on friend nations. Read up on the Contras and the public knowledge of the CIA's involvement and training in terrorist attacks and tactics. The CIA trained and supplied the terrorists that later became the Taliban. Who did most of that, CIA Director George Bush Sr.
DO YOUR HOMEWORK. THIS IS ALL PUBLIC, VERIFIED KNOWLEDGE.
I will not be appeased with pointless, quick retaliatory strikes like those perfected by the previous administration.
Retaliation? If you punch me in the face, and I punch you back, you can't call punching me in the face again retaliation. That is what we call perpetuation, continuance and escalation.
I will not be comforted by "feel-good, do nothing" regulations like the silly "Have your bags been under your control?" question at the airport.
Would you rather be in the Middle East getting a "are you ready for Americans to come shoot at you in your village?" question? I am sorry that the most serious effect for you has been added inconvenience in the airport. At least the Afghanis won't be having that problem since most are displaced, refugees and their airports are destroyed.
I will not be influenced by so called,"antiwar demonstrators" who exploit the right of expression to chant anti-American obscenities.
Your country invades countries. That's baaaad. You want to defend America? Stay in America. That's where it is. If I come to your house with a gun and start shooting the place up, would you believe I was defending my home? Do you think the cops would?
I will not forget the moral victory handed the North Vietnamese by American war protesters who reviled and spat upon the returning soldiers, airmen, sailors and Marines.
What the hell were you doing shooting Vietnamese people for? They didn't attack you. You went to their jungle and started killing them. Shooting civilians. Poisoning the jungle. Blowing up shit and burning it down. You want applause? Ex Navy Seals have admitted to killing civilians in mass firing squads on numerous occasions in Vietnam. I didn't know you thought shooting asian farmers (oops I meant 'gooks') was a patriotic calling.
I will not be softened by the wishful thinking of pacifists who chose reassurance over reality.
If being a pacifist means not going into other people's countries and homes and shooting the living hell out of everything, then pacifism is closer to humanity than anything you'll ever know.
No foreign military action by the united states in the last 50 years has had anything to do with protection of the united states from invading forces.
I will embrace the wise words of Prime Minister Tony Blair who told Labor Party conference, "They have no moral inhibition on the slaughter of the innocent. If they could have murdered not 7,000 but 70,000, does anyone doubt they would have done so and rejoiced in it?
I bet they would have rathered not had to commit suicide in order to do what they thought was right. Maybe find out what that is. Schoolyard bullies don't take your lunch money and then jump in front of a bus.
There is no compromise possible with such people, no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must!"
What's worse? Terrorism, or blowing up unrelated countries because you can't find the people that did it?
I will force myself to:
Learn something?
-hear the weeping
-feel the helplessness
-imagine the terror
-sense the panic
-smell the burning flesh
- experience the loss
- remember the hatred.
Then go to Afghanistan, or Iraq, or visit the 'terrorist camps' that the US was firing missiles on that started this whole mess. Take a look at the damage you've done, and account for it.
I sat in a movie theater, watching "Private Ryan" and asked myself, "Where did they find the courage?"
The courage to protect their interests after all the jews were dead? It's called "conscription", and for retards it's called "the draft".
Now I know.
And knowing has half the battle! But in this case, Cobra Commander lives in the desert and wears a turban. Oh, and he's rich because he's a Saudi who's parents own a construction company that works for US contractors.
We have no choice. Living without liberty is not living.
How many other countries have to get blown the fuck up before you are liberated?
Quick! Invade Somalia again before they attack the US with sharpened goat bones!