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Subject: One guy's view

Forwarded from a Harrier pilot, USMC.  His view...

Dear American's,

When I opened my e-mail this morning I had about
twenty forwards of the
article written by Gordon Sinclair, the Canadian who
so eloquently praised
the United States. What most of you do not realize is
that this commentary
was written many years ago. Those of us in the
Military Service have known
about it for a long time. Now, Americans are flooding
the net with it as if
it were new. It is not. When it was written most
Americans didn't read it,
because most Americans did not care.  The tragedy
that befell all of us on
September 11th shocked America.

America no longer feels safe. Many of you have said,
"The government should
have known! 30 Billion Dollars is spent on
intelligence! What about the
Military!?"  Just a reminder America, you voted our
government into office.
For years you allowed some dishonest politicians
and twisted television
media personalities to shape your ideas about the
defense of our nation.
Why?  Because most Americans were too lazy to
look beyond the three minute
sound-bites on the evening news. Here's a news
flash not being broadcast
much, "On September 11th, America had the exact
level of protection, both
militarily and intelligence, that it was willing to pay
for".

Only yesterday the Congress and the Senate
approved 40 BILLION dollars as a
"Down Payment" to fight this War. A short time ago,
our politicians said a
100 Million dollar increase for the Navy budget was
substantial. In that
same bill they ordered the Navy to conduct an 85
Million Dollar Study
on...guess what America!? Missiles Defense?! No.
Desperately needed parts
for our fighter aircraft? Wrong again. Training for
Navy Seals? Nah uh. They
wanted Breast Cancer research. Yes, America, your
elected officials decided
that the US Navy needed more mammograms and
less missiles. Was this an under
the table sneaky move? No, it was right out in the
open. The Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of the Navy both opposed
it. A New York Senatorial
Candidate (Yes, she's the one) was enraged that the
Military would be so
sexist and irresponsible to the needs of civilians and
wanted the Navy to
give the money back immediately! But the media
paid it little mind. So,
America paid little attention.

Did any one ever watch CSPAN? Particularly when
the Heads of our Armed
Services essentially begged OUR representatives to
give the Military more
money to fight terrorism and maintain a strong
defense? Did you see the
debates by the Heads of the Intelligence Services
that terrorism was the new
threat? They told the committees of Congress that
the CIA, the FBI, and the
Service did not have the money to build the
necessary intelligence networks
in the areas where terrorists were being harbored.
They warned again and
again that there was clear and present danger within
America's borders.
America must have been watching one of the other
114 satellite channels. The
Military said: "We need more money to maintain
military readiness and Combat
Training."

(cont.)

America Answered : "What the Military needs is
Sensitivity Training! You're
all sexist homophobes! I saw it on 60 Minutes!"  The
Military said: "We need
money to build ships, planes, tanks, and improve
our technology. America
still has credible threats throughout the world.
Terrorism will come to
America's doorstep."  America Answered: "You're all
part of a vast
right-wing conspiracy. There is no more Soviet
Threat! My Senator told me
so! He/She says we do not need such a big military!
You're dinosaurs trying
to hold onto the Cold War! We need Social
Programs!"

The Military said: "We need to recruit more
Americans into the military. We
need to increase our force."

America Answered: "You're not taking my kids! We're
going to shut down the
ROTC programs at our high schools and
universities, because you discriminate
against alternative lifestyles! ROTC teaches
CHILDREN (under 21) how to
shoot guns! You just want another Columbine!
Rosie and Oprah say so!"

The Military said: "We can't keep interfering in the civil
wars of small
insignificant countries. It wastes our time, expends
our resources,
decreases training, and demoralizes our troops. The
men and women of the
United States are Warriors trying to defend OUR
nation, we are not the third
world's police force."

America Answered: "You heartless bastards! Can't
you see the tear in the eye
of that starving child!! There are flies on her face for
Christ's Sake!? Get
Moving! Jesse Jackson on CNN said that is what we
pay you for!"

The Military Asked: "Why isn't America enraged over
the terrorist attack on
the USS COLE that killed seventeen AMERICAN
Sailors? How about the Air Force
barracks bombed in Saudi Arabia? The embassy
staffs in Africa? The Soldiers
mutilated and dragged through the streets in
Somalia?" America Answered: "We
don't have time right now! We're busy defending
Animal Rights! Our schools are handing out
automatic weapons! The federal
government is discriminating against
cross-dressing Bolivian hermaphrodites!
The police are all members of the Ku Klux Klan! The
lack of Ozone is ruining
my tan! If they cut deeper into Food Stamps those
poor women will have to
move down to Size 18/20 Channel dresses! AND
THE WORST!  Corporations are
raising the prices of their products sooo high I might
not be able to afford
the multi-disc DVD Player for my 36'" digital ready TV!
Besides, YOU GUYS
ARE PAID TO DIE!

So, America, while you sit on your couch or around
your office coffee pots
and ask, "Why did those terrorists kill innocent
civilians? Why didn't they
go after the Military?"

Remember this America: They already had but
America didn't care.  These
Terrorists realized that they needed to kill American
Civilians, and lots of
them, before they could have their desired reaction
from the people of this
country. Well, now they have it.


Semper Fidelis

AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN AND AMEN AGAIN to everything that guy just said!  That's some great stuff that you'll never hear from Dan RatherBiased or 60 minutes!  This guy's message needs to get out to all civilians so that they will never forget the importance of our military.  Somehow I doubt this will be the case. [:(]

[marines]

A lot of these types of things circulate around the net, and I'm leary of thinking it written by a Marine because it goes uncredited, but I think the spirit in which it was written and what it says are very true.

God Bless Texas

Power hungry war mongers.  What makes you think that increasing the alredy huge budget of the military will change anything?  As with education, we've seen time and time again that just throwing money down a hole does nothing at all to improve the situation.  We're dealing with gigantic, overstuffed egos here and those guys are going to have to take a bath on this one because they're the assholes who didn't prioritize.  So before any more of my income gets confiscated in the name of national security, I want some fucking answers and I want some heads to roll!

Well, what other fall-out can we expect from the clinton-gore regieme?..........[grenade]

Well done, Garandman.  As far as it not being credited to a named Marine, that doesn't bother me.  A Marine officer could still get his ass in a crack for printing something like that with his name on it, even if Klinton is gone.  Freedom of speech doesn't exist within the military.  

That monologue was too true.  Americans have had their heads buried in the sand, and now we're paying the inevitable price for our complacency.

Makes you want to burn your couch, loose weight, and stop watching the damn liberal news!

P.S. Rush Limbaugh is an excellent source for news!

before we pour more money into the military, we should first clean up the ranks, especially the upper ranks. There are way too many generals who are just yes men. The problem is that the military is too isolated form pop culture. Especially during peacetime where people think it's just a nuisance, sucking up tax dollars and young people. Then when war comes people start with the whole patriotism crap. What we need is a system like most of the other countries in the world, mandatory military service. 2 years minimum for all males of military age. Just to give everyone a taste of military life and do their part in the service.

A selfcreated problem by the polichickens who decided that if you come under fire you can't say M***fu*er any more ,but gosh we are taking fire here.

That is why the Dutch military does allow females in all branches of the military except the Marines, Special Forces, Airmobile units and light infantry units.

The only females that go in harms way are F16 pilots and AH64 pilots(there two or three right now IIRC).

I would like to compliment you on the above work.  I have been very pissed off for several years now. when I returned home in october of 1995 from Saudi Arabia on the news all that was being talked about was the olympic park bombing.  It enraged me to know that the fatality most people were talking about was a result of a reporter running to cover the bombing having a heart attack and dying.  I am sorry for his familys loss but if he was going to run to get a story he should have been in better shape.  Now here is my story it is a story that wasn't in the news very much and is so etched into my brain.  wednesday night 25 june 1995 Guardmount (shift briefing in the AF)  we were just bombed gentelmen!  I thought I am not going I haven't been back from Kuwait for more than 6 months.  next morning pack your MO bag your going.  I got my gear and out the door I went (one of my best friends was in daharan when the bomb went off).   We arive in the Kingdom of saudi Arabia the smell of death and blood was still in the air I have never smelled it like that before.  My friend mike meets me says he is ok but his room was destroyed.  he is on shift so I grab my rifle and we go for a walk.  WARNING the rest is a little graphic he takes me into the tower that was bombed it is a crime scene but We are both Law enforcement so we are allowed in.  the tower is very tall as most of you have seen there is blood dried as it runs down the stairs and you can see the outline of a person in the blood on the landing above us.  we get to about two floors from the top and we go to the far left side a man was standing by the window when the bomb went off his head hit the wall with such force that it shattered every bone in his skull the blood was sprayed all over the wall his dead body hung out the window long enough for all of the remaining blood to make a 12" path 7 stories down the building.  downstairs to the left of the building if you look on the pics there is a small palm tree.  The side facing it was covered in blood skin fragments and hair it appears a person was running right next to the fence when the truck went off and they were vaporized. It was a long tour.  The next day I went to riyhad to provide security.    I talked to mike two days later, while guarding the permiter of the bldg.  he found tree sections of human vertabre under one of the destroyed hummers.  he was a little freaked out.  After the olympic park bombing it seemed like no one worried about us anymore we were "over there"  even when I would search the CNN timeline there was a short line for Kohbar and a story for olympic park.  I am still mad about that and will never forget what I have seen I hope in the future the american public will not forget our fallen soldiers who died for them.
john