"With what recently happened in London,
consider this, when you have the time to really read it" ----- Major
General Vernon Chong, USAF, retired.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "This
WAR is for REAL To get out of a difficulty, one usually
must go through it. Our nation is presently facing the most serious
threat to its very 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 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 11th, 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 provocation's 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
terrorist 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 enemy fighters, who recently were burning Americans, and
dragging their charred corpses through the streets of Iraq.
And still more recently, the same type 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 now after
the election, 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 and media of our country and the free world!
Please forward this to any you feel may want, or NEED to
read it. Our "leaders" in Congress ought to read it, too.
There are those that find fault with our country, but it
is obvious to anyone who truly thinks through this, that we must UNITE!"
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Comment: I thank General Chong
for forwarding this most appropriate and timely writing. I certainly concur
with the writer on the necessity for standing up and uniting as peace-loving
American. This country was founded by our forbears fleeing religious
persecution. I do not care what religion anyone in this country chooses to
practice as long as it does not advocate the overthrow of our government or
the slaughter of people who do not choose to practice a religion that opposes
the spread of democracy because of the choice it gives people to live in
freedom. The fastest road to peace is to ensure a free world. "Speak softly
and carry a BIG stick"