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It Happened One Tuesday

Published at September 11, 2008 in War On Terror. 0 Comments

No one will ever forget where they were seven years ago when they heard about the 9/11 attacks. Unfortunately, most people will only remember once a year and, unless they are from New York or New Jersey, they probably never actually “got it” in the first place.

For most, 9/11 was just something that happened to those people over in New York; Oh, ya…Washington was hit and a plane crashed somewhere in Pennsylvania, too. Still others preach that we actually deserved it! Can you imagine the colossal ignorance behind such a mindset? This was the most horrific attack against America in our history, the first ever on mainland America, and except for a few hours each year its significance has mostly been buried in bickering, politics and controversy, along with the remains of nearly three thousand innocents who died that day.

In truth they didn’t just die, they were mercilessly slaughtered through an evil act of cowardice. It was cowardice because dying is so easy; it happens to all of us sooner or later. It’s living that takes true courage. I would like to see an official national day of respect designated to honor, not just the dead, but the survivors who continue to celebrate life in spite of their grave losses. If past presidents, common workers and civil rights leaders can qualify, surely we can spare one more day for thousands of dedicated souls who routinely went to work that morning and the families who expected them to come home that night.

For now, 9/11 will be marked with a moment of silence and the reading of a roster of victims. Then, except for those families left with a gap even greater than the gap in the New York skyline, life will go on pretty much as usual.

Somehow, whenever I round the viaduct that leads from New Jersey toward the Lincoln Tunnel, I still expect to see those two buildings towering majestically over The City. I will always feel a gut-wrenching emptiness when all that suddenly greets me is a huge hole in the sky. Then my emptiness turns to rage as I remember the thugs who committed this senseless act of barbarism. Maybe if more Americans “got it”…if more Americans could feel that same mix of loss tinged with anger, we would be more resolved as a people to winning The Global War On Terror and, indeed, never forget.

F.M.

Koran Kate

Published at July 15, 2008 in War On Terror. 0 Comments

A friend forwarded the following e-mail to me, purportedly from a New Jersey housewife. You can feel the flames belch from her nostrils and smell acrid smoke billowing from her ears. With good reason, too…she’s mad! Personally, I think she has caught the sentiment of most Americans, except for the far Left kooks and Liberal bleeding hearts who wallow in some kind of stupid guilt about living in the greatest, most prosperous country on the face of the Earth.

It’s one of those documents that is ‘making the rounds’ and heaven only knows who actually penned it; whoever it was didn’t exactly capture Thomas Jefferson’s style. It is, however, to the point and worth a read. Just in case it hasn’t made it to your in-box yet, I’ll shortcut the e-mail system by sharing it with you here. Naturally, the letter is unsigned so we’ll just call our budding Internet scribe “Koran Kate”.

Are we fighting a war on terror or aren’t we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001?

Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac from our nation’s capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania ?

Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn’t they?

And I’m supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was ‘desecrated’ when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet?…Well, I don’t. I don’t care at all.

I’ll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.

I’ll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia

I’ll care when these thugs tell the world they are sorry for chopping off Nick Berg’s head while Berg screamed through his gurgling slashed throat.

I’ll care when the cowardly so-called ‘insurgents’ in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.

I’ll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide.

I’ll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution’s Bill of Rights.

In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don’t care.

When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college-hazing incident, rest assured: I don’t care.

When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank: I don’t care.

When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed ’special’ food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being ‘mishandled,’ you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts: I don’t care.

And oh, by the way, I’ve noticed that sometimes it’s spelled ‘Koran’ and other times ‘Quran.’ Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and-you guessed it-I don’t care!!

If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to all your E-mail friends. Sooner or later, it’ll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous behavior!

If you don’t agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you choose the latter, then please don’t complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great Country! And may I add:

‘Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don’t have that problem’ — Ronald Reagan

I have another quote that I would like to add AND…….I hope you forward all this.

‘If we ever forget that we’re One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under’ Also by.. Ronald Reagan

One last thought for the day:

In case we find ourselves starting to believe all the Anti-American sentiment and negativity, we should remember England ’s Prime Minister Tony Blair’s words during a recent interview. When asked by one of his Parliament members why he believes so much in America , he said: ‘A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.’

Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you:

1. Jesus Christ

2. The American G. I.

One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.

You might want to pass this on, as many seem to forget them both. Amen! “

You know what? We can howl about gas prices, cry about health care and whine about the silly-but-expensive Global Warming Hoax…but if we don’t prevail in the Global War On Terror, none of it will matter. Amen!

R.S.F.

Friends Of Alkeida

Published at June 13, 2008 in Legislation & Judiciary and War On Terror. 0 Comments

Thank you Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter, Stephen Breyer and Anthony Kennedy for making the job of these young heroes even tougher and for setting the stage to cost even more of their lives than would otherwise be necessary.

You have demonstrated your incompetence by voting to confer the rights of American Citizens upon foreign enemies captured on the field of battle for the first time in the history of warfare. We salute your support of Muslim extremists and terrorist butchers everywhere.

You are unfit to clean the boots of these brave souls and it is time for you to admit your shameful behavior by stepping down from the bench.

R.S.F.

Surf’s Up!

Published at December 13, 2007 in General Commentary and War On Terror. 0 Comments

Bamboo shoots driven behind fingernails, boiling egg-drop colonics, forced shoeless marches through freezing snow or jungle heat, violent beheadings, listening to some Liberal drone on about how “we’re better than that”…THAT’S torture. Sticking underwear on some barbarian’s head, providing him better living conditions than he had back at the cave [including cable] or abruptly introducing him to one of the many uses for plastic wrap is not torture. See the difference? As for dignity, these sand-grown thugs gave that up, along with any chance for self-respect, the day they departed the Human Race and signed on to murder innocent people.

Close Gitmo? We need about three more! One of our bleeding-heart, hack politicians is even concerned about holding some of these non-uniformed enemy combatants too long. Excuse me, but every war known to man has either finally killed their captives or, at the least, held them until the war was over. They didn’t return them to active duty for a second crack at killing our brave sons and daughters. Notice I didn’t refer to terrorist types as “prisoners of war”. They’re not. They’re, also, not covered by any treaties or other scraps of paper signed in Geneva or anywhere else. If they want that privilege, they’ll have to buy uniforms, organize an actual army and join a country…otherwise they’re entitled to no more than we choose to give them.

Unfortunately, we have too many terrorist sympathizers on the left and a few shell-shocked politicians like John McCain on the Right who want to give too much. McCain has never sufficiently recovered from his own P.O.W. experience to be able to determine much about reality in this area. He simply relates too well and empathizes too much. Don’t let anyone, Right, Left or indifferent tell you that aggressive questioning doesn’t work. It does. It’s documented and has yielded enough credible information to foil several terrorist plots against The United States; no one is going to condemn us for inflicting a “boo-boo” on some sand jockey if it saves lives.

As for what the world will think of us if we were to begin employing torture techniques, what do they think of Japan? Of Korea? Germany? Because they’ve all done far worse than even the atrocities I listed at the beginning of this post. Guess what? We didn’t start this thing but we’re going to finish it like Americans not become victims of political third-world pressure, yet again!

Now, you’ve got the Democrats acting surprised about the technique of waterboarding, as if this is the first they’ve heard of it. Besides trying to make more political hay with it, the problem is that these self-righteous hypocrites keep talking about rights and humanity [with reference to people who offer neither] when they really need to start thinking “information”. If it’s going to help keep us safe, I say, “Surf’s up!”

R.S.F.

Out Of Step

Published at November 10, 2007 in General Commentary and War On Terror. 0 Comments

Two columns of uniformed soldiers marched smartly down the middle of the road to the tune of fife and drum. Their colors fluttered proudly on the afternoon breeze, announcing their might and majesty to all the world. The only thing that surpassed their bearing was their bewilderment as, one by one, their ranks were diminished by the ‘pop-pop-pop’ of gun fire echoing from all sides. The unseen marksmen moved like ghosts among the trees, creating gaping holes in the confused columns of red-coated figures. Even while attempting to return fire, the uniforms remained in lock-step and displayed perfect decorum to the very end.

This is the description of a skirmish between British Redcoats and Colonials during our Revolutionary War. It could, just as easily, be a parallel for the current encounter between American forces and the rag-tag enemy in The Middle East. Battles like Iraq become protracted because we’re using 21st Century tactics against a 17th Century enemy. We’re guilty of being Redcoats in the road while colonials pick us off from behind trees. In spite of all contraindications, we keep trying to apply humanitarian rules to a situation where the only rule is “anything goes”. If we are to prevail in the Global War On Terror, we must think and respond like the terrorist. Something less, is seen as weakness and seized as opportunity.

I keep hearing statements from the Left about harsh treatment of enemy prisoners like, “We’re better than that”. A Democrat friend of mine adds, “We need to stand for something. If we act the same way they do, then what do we stand for?” My answer: “Winning!” It’s time we learned to get just as down and dirty as the other guy because this is a street fight. You can’t show up with gloves on if they’re using bare knuckles. Had we been “better” than the enemy during World War II, we’d all be speaking German on the East Coast and Japanese on the West.

Many of our limp-wristed politicians want to outlaw all forms of ‘non-gentlemanly’ persuasion to extract information from unlawful enemy combatants; persuasion which has proven to yield positive results. You can’t fight a politically correct war. These are not detainees. They’re not soldiers. They’re terrorists! They either brutally murdered or were about to brutally murder our sons, daughters, brothers and sisters who are fighting to keep us safe; they would murder us in our beds if given half the chance. Turn them loose and they’ll murder again! We need to understand the enemy but we don’t need to coddle him.

Barack Hussein wants to use diplomacy and reason with the madmen dispatching these barbarians. Hillary, Mrs. Clinton will go along with whatever the polls show. Someone please tell me exactly what you say to a guy who looks you square in the eye and says, “I want you dead because your very existence offends me.” What is left to discuss, especially if [even as the most powerful country on earth] you’ve taken all other options off the table. Thugs like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must be made to understand ‘grave consequences’ and their threats taken seriously, including threats of retaliation should we act preemptively in our own defense.

I fear that we are being sufficiently distracted by Liberal opposition in this country, and threat of impending Iranian nuclear capability, to overlook other devastating forms of attack which are already available to those who want us dead. I’m talking about chemical and biological agents which can be easily smuggled into our country and dispersed. With the coming of the Christmas shopping season, and a potential terrorist threat to unsuspecting crowds that will fill the malls, I am given to wonder if the nuclear distraction is intentional. The introduction of such agents could have staggering effects in both human and economic terms.

The time may be at hand to act swiftly and with decisive force, placing delusions of humanity on hold. We can no longer afford the time or luxury of marching down the middle of the road. Japan awakened a “sleeping giant” with Pearl Harbor. The time may have come for the giant to awaken once again and for the Islamic Nazis to pay a similar price.

R.S.F.

It’s About Time

Published at August 26, 2007 in General Commentary and War On Terror. 0 Comments

Our Founding Fathers fostered a two party system for good reason. It’s supposed to help keep everyone honest and flesh out fresh ideas. It used to be that the majority ruled. Now, if it’s not a bipartisan effort, one party or the other throws a tantrum like the little kid whose mommy doesn’t buy him candy at the grocery checkout. As for honesty, it has become a bigger casualty than patriotism.

In the past few years, we’ve redrawn our founders’ original design to include joint efforts on judicial appointments, increasing the minimum wage, not defunding the troops and amnesty for illegal aliens. Defeat of the amnesty abomination demonstrated just how out of touch both parties are with their constituents…but trying to cram the inherently flawed bill down our throats was bipartisan, nonetheless. If we can reach consensus on these important but lesser issues, why can’t we unite against a rag-tag horde of bloodthirsty devils who have sworn our annihilation on a stack of Korans? That’s where we could use some serious bipartisanship!

There’s a time for viewing one’s colleague across the aisle as an adversary and a time for seeing him as a fellow American. The time to be adversarial is not when your country is at war with a dangerous aggressor. When the enemy is at your door, it’s time to stop worrying about electability and start worrying about survival. It’s time to start embracing similarities and forgetting differences. It’s time to come together as one, in a single common cause. What better cause than preserving our lives and freedom? What better purpose than being certain not another drop of American blood is spilled on American soil?

What is it going to take for the average guy to ‘get it’? Will our self-serving political hacks ever ‘get it’? When wll they stop trying to figure out which party can seize the advantage and understand that, with division in our ranks, the advantage goes only to our enemies? Seven major cities have been targeted for destruction by al-Qaeda. Do we have to lose one or all of them before this country finally wakes up? I hope we’re smarter than that.

There are those who want to talk with the murdering cut-throats that threaten us. It’s important to know your enemy and there was a time when such meetings were fruitful in that regard. The problem is, those who would speak for us expect cooperation from the other side, even civility. “Gee, maybe they’d see we’re really nice guys and go away!” We would gain nothing from speaking with these devious thugs. They would gain valuable time. This is neither an enemy you can reason with nor one where you need dialog to understand its motives. Their intentions are clear and they are not going away any time soon. The Islamo-Nazis have set their sights on a new world order, cast in their image. They have told us what they will do and have already demonstrated [only some of] how they will do it. What is left to discover through discussion?

Like so many others before them with visions of world domination dancing in their heads, these barbarians can be crushed. They must be crushed. Real countries with real armies were soundly defeated once they ran into a solid wall of American resolve. Right now, the greatest weapon these swarthy sand people possess is our lack of resolve and they’re using it against us. Nay-sayers claim the war cannot be won through military means. Well, if they’d take the handcuffs off our brave fighting forces, we could mount one helluva holding action until something better comes along!

We may have two political parties but we are still one country. It’s time for Democrats to forget about ‘hanging chads’ and Republicans to return to their Conservative roots. It’s time for Liberals to stop investing in defeat and for all of us to start defining victory. It’s time for both parties to stop listening to the extremes of their political base and start protecting America, before the window of opportunity to do so slams shut.

R.S.F.

News Shoes

Published at August 11, 2007 in Legislation & Judiciary and War On Terror. 0 Comments

Remember the guy who got onto a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and tried to light it? Did you know his trial is over? Did you know he was sentenced? Did you see or hear any of the judge’s comments in the lynch-mob media? I wouldn’t think so, since it was an American victory over terror and they don’t report those. Victory doesn’t fit their model. Everyone should hear what the judge had to say because it was truly eloquent. Here are the ruling and comments by Judge William Young, U.S. District Court, January 30, 2003, United States vs. Reid:

Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if he had anything to say. Richard Reid’s response, after admitting his guilt to the court for the record, was to reaffirm his “allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of Allah.” He defiantly announced, “I think I will not apologize for my actions,” and he told the court, “I am at war with your country.” Judge Young then delivered the following statement:

“Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes upon you.

On counts 1, 5 and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison in the
custody of the United States Attorney General.

On counts 2, 3, 4 and 7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in
prison on each count, the sentence on each count to run consecutive
with the other. That’s 80 years.

On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years
consecutive to the 80 years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you
each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 for the aggregate fine of
$2 million.

The Court accepts the government’s recommendation with respect to
restitution and orders restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre
Bousquet and $5,784 to American Airlines.

The Court imposes upon you the $800 special assessment.

The Court imposes upon you five years supervised release simply
because the law requires it. But the life sentences are real life
sentences so I need go no further.

This is the sentence that is provided for by our statues. It is a
fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence. Let me explain
this to you.

We are not afraid of any of your terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid.
We are Americans. We have been through the fire before. There is all
too much war talk here. And I say that to everyone with the utmost
respect.

Here in this court, where we deal with individuals as individuals
and care for individuals as individuals, as human beings we reach out
for justice, you are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You
are not a soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that
reference, to call you a soldier gives you far too much stature.
Whether it is the officers of government who do it or your attorney
who does it or that happens to be your view, you are a terrorist.

And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not treat with
terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them
down one by one and bring them to justice.

So war talk is way out of line in this court. You are a big fellow.
But you are not that big. You’re no warrior. I know warriors. You are
a terrorist; a species of criminal guilty of multiple attempted
murders.

In a very real sense Trooper Santigo had it right when you first were
taken off that plane and into custody and you wondered where the
press and where the TV crews were and he said you’re no big deal.
You’re no big deal.

What your counsel, what your able counsel and what the equally able
United States attorneys have grappled with and what I have as
honestly as I know how tried to grapple with, is why you did
something so horrific. What was it that led you here to this
courtroom today? I have listened respectfully to what you have to
say. And I ask you to search your heart and ask yourself what sort of
unfathomable hate led you to do what you are guilty and admit you are
guilty of doing. And I have an answer for you. It may not satisfy
you. But as I search this entire record it comes as close to
understanding as I know.

It seems to me you hate the one thing that is most precious. You hate
our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live
as we choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe
as we individually choose.

Here, in this society, the very winds carry freedom. They carry it
everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize individual
freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful courtroom. So
that everyone can see, truly see that justice is administered fairly,
individually, and discretely.

It is for freedom’s sake that your lawyers are striving so vigorously
on your behalf and have filed appeals, will go on in their
representation of you before other judges. We are about it. Because
we all know that the way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of
our own liberties. Make no mistake though. It is yet true that we
will bear any burden, pay any price, to preserve our freedoms.

Look around this courtroom. Mark it well. The world is not going to
long remember what you or I say here. Day after tomorrow it will be
forgotten. But this, however, will long endure. Here in this
courtroom and courtrooms all across America, the American people will
gather to see that justice, individual justice, justice, not war,
individual justice is in fact being done.

The very President of the United States through his officers will
have to come into courtrooms and lay out evidence on which specific
matters can be judged, and juries of citizens will gather to sit and
judge that evidence democratically, to mold and shape and refine our
sense of justice.

See that flag, Mr. Reid? That’s the flag of the United States of
America. That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten.
That flag stands for freedom. You know it always will.

Custody Mr. Officer. Stand him down.”

We need more judges who believe in American justice, like William Young, and fewer who abandon their oaths to confer legal rights upon our enemies to serve some political agenda.

R.S.F.