My "younger" CO sent me this. Damn kids know it all.

[Jesse Cox]

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From: nk...@macnexus.org (Nick Keck) Date: Wed, Nov 7, 2001, 7:39pm
(EST-3) To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Subject: Now I know
I Will Force Myself To Remember The Weeping: Remember The Pain
I sat in a movie theater, watching "Shindler's list," and asked myself,
"Why didn't the Jews fight back?" Now I know.
I sat in a movie theater, watching "Pearl Harbor"and asked myself, "Why
weren't we prepared?" Now I know.
Civilized people cannot fathom, never less predict, the actions of evil
people.
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.
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.
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. They implore us to understand the
motivation
of the perpetrators. The major television stations have announced they
will
assist the healing process by not re-playing devastating footage of the
planes crashing into the Towers.
I will not be manipulated. I will not pretend to understand.   I will
not forget.
I will not underestimate the intelligence of our adversary who patiently
planned and meticulously orchestrated a devastating act of war.
I will not forget that the terrorist desire a world society where women
are chattel and freedom is forbidden. I will not isolate myself from my
fellow Americans by pretending an attack on the USS Cole in Yemen was
not an
attack on me.
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.
I will not be appeased with pointless, quick retaliatory strikes like
those perfected by the previous administration. 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.
I will not forget the liberal media who abused freedom of the press to
kick our country when it was vulnerable and hurting.
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 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 I will not forget the 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.." I will not be influenced
by so called, "anti-war demonstrators" who exploit the right of
expression to
chant anti-American obscenities.   I will not forget the moral victory
handed
the North Vietnamese by American war protestors who reviled and spat
upon
the returning soldiers. I will not be softened by the wishful thinking
of
pacifists who chose reassurance over reality.
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? 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."
I will force myself to:
-hear the weeping
-feel the helplessness
-imagine the terror
-sense the panic
-smell the burning flesh
-experience the loss
-remember the hatred
I sat in a movie theater, watching in qut reverence as the blood of
young soldier's turned the sands of Normandy beach red in "Private Ryan"
and
asked myself, "Where did they find the courage?" Now I know.
We have no choice. Living without liberty is not living.
Tamara Hall The Montana Motivator
Nick
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because
I hate plants.
      -- A. Whitney Brown

[John Appel]

Very nice, covers just about everything, I think.
John

"Jesse Cox" <SKPT...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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[Opencity]

>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.

You may also wish to recall that prior to the reign of Slick Willy, the Carter,
Reagan and Bush Administrations sold weapons and telecommunications equipment
and provided military arms training to a hitherto unknown Afghan rebel group
called the Taliban.