Are you ready for war today?
Yesterday is Marine Corps history
and tomorrow is too damn late!
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."