I received this e-mail and it may be making its rounds but it's all true. I remember all the events and always wondered why the US let these criminal terrorist get away with so much. When the Marine barracks were bombed in Lebanon, Reagan wanted to raid the Bekka valley with jets and bombs and the [censored] Colin Powel advised him not to do it. It was the beginning of terrorism against the US and destroying Bekka would have sent a clear signal that this wasn't going to be allowed by the US.
When WWIII Started - 1979
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 Ouimetteis 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 o f 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 clandesti ne 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 ma in 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 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,
PanAm Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, 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 USAir 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
inv estigate 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
p rice 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 do wn.
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!
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