Not too long ago, I posted what I thought was a joke regarding politics. I felt that it ended up offending a few people, so I deleted it.
Someone sent this to me and I am posting it for all to read. Please understand, I am not questioning anybody's rights as far as political views and I am not trying to offend anyone. I have my opinions and you have yours. That is what is beautiful about America.
I do agree with quite abit of the information in the post. I realize when people or political party's by name are singled out, it may be offensive to those that support them. It also mentions things that bother me too. Some of which I admit are true, whether I like to or not.
From this point on, copied and pasted.
This is a good one. Only time will tell who is right about this one, but it makes a lot of sense.
No matter your politics, you owe it to yourself to read and pass on so we all are informed of what's
going on in our world!
Another assessment of where the US stands in relation to the Middle East problems, this one is
from the guy who had his finger on the nuclear trigger for three years as head of our defense and
response complex buried under Cheyenne Mountain at Colorado Springs. He was the only person who could initiate a nuclear attack after advising the sitting president of a missile launch by our enemies and our need to respond. No political or civilian type in the US had more knowledge about day to day military actions around the world. Everyone should find quiet time to read this. As far as I am concerned, it is exactly the direction we should go and the consequences of not doing so are well thought out.
John R. (Jack) Farrington Major General, USAF
(Retired)
> >
> >
> > Middle East Imperative
> >
> > BY: JIM CASH, Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.
> > I wrote recently about the war in Iraq and the larger war against
> > radical Islam, eliciting a number
> > of responses. Let me try and put this conflict in proper perspective.
> >
> > Understand, the current battle we are engaged in is much bigger
> > that just Iraq What happens in the
> > next year will affect this country and how our kids and grandkids
> > live throughout their lifetime, and
> > beyond. Radical Islam has been attacking the West since the
> > seventh century. They have been defeated
> > in the past and decimated to the point of taking hundreds of years
> > to recover. But they can never be
> > totally defeated. Their birth rates are so far beyond civilized
> > world rates that in time they
> > recover and attempt to dominate again.
> >
> > There are eight terror-sponsoring countries that make up the grand
> > threat to the West. Two , Saudi
> > Arabia and Pakistan , just need firm pressure from the West to
> > make major reforms. They need to decide
> > who they are really going to support and commit to that support.
> > That answer is simple. They both
> > will support who they think will hang in there until the end, and
> > win. We are not sending very good
> > signals in that direction right now, thanks to the Democrats.
> >
> > The other six: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, North Korea and
> > Libya will require regime change
> > or a major policy shift. Now, let's look more closely.
> >
> > Afghanistan and Iraq have both had regime changes, but are being
> > fueled by outsiders from
> > Syria and Iran . We have scared Gaddafi's pants off, and he has
> > given up his quest for nuclear
> > weapons, so I don't think Libya is now a threat. North Korea (the
> > non-Islamic threat) can be
> > handled diplomatically by buying them off. They are starving.
> > That leaves Syria and Iran. Syria is like
> > a frightened puppy. Without the support of Iran they will join the
> > stronger side. So where does
> > that leave us? Sooner, or later, we are going to be forced to
> > confront Iran , and it better be before
> > they gain nuclear capability.
> >
> > In 1989 I served as a Command Director inside the Cheyenne Mountain
> > complex located in Colorado
> > Springs , Colorado for almost three years. My job there was to
> > observe (through classified means)
> > every missile shot anywhere in the world and assess if it was a
> > threat to the US or Canada. If any shot
> > was threatening to either nation I had only minutes to advise the
> > President, as he had only minutes to
> > respond. I watched Iran and Iraq shoot missiles at each other
> > every day, and all day long, for months.
> > They killed hundreds of thousand of their people. Know why? They
> > were fighting for control of the
> > Middle East and that enormous oil supply. At that time, they were
> > preoccupied with their
> > internal problems and could care less about toppling the west. Oil
> > prices were fairly stable and we
> > could not see an immediate threat. Well, the worst part of what we
> > have done as a nation in Iraq is to
> > do away with the military capability of one of those nations. Now,
> > Iran has a clear field to dominate
> > the Middle East, since Iraq is no longer a threat to them. They
> > have turned their attention to the only
> > other threat to their dominance,they are convinced they will win,
> > because the US is so divided, and
> > the Democrats (who now control Congress and may control the
> > Presidency in 2008) have openly said we
> > are pulling out.
> >
> > Do you have any idea what will happen if the entire Middle East
> > turns their support to Iran ,
> > which they will obviously do if we pull out? It is not the price
> > of oil we will have to worry about.
> > Oil WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE to this country at any price. I
> > personally would vote for any presidential
> > candidate who did what JFK did with the space program---declare a
> > goal to bring this country to
> > total energy independence in a decade. Yes, it is about oil. The
> > economy in this
> > country will totally die if that Middle East supply is cut off
> > right now. It will not be a recession.
> > It will be a depression that will make 1929 look like the 'good-old-
> > days'. The bottom line here is
> > simple. If Iran is forced to fall in line, the fighting in Iraq
> > will end over night, and the
> > nightmare will be over.
> > One way or another, Iran must be forced to join modern times and
> > the global community. It may mean
> > a real war---if so, now is the time, before we face a nuclear Iran
> > with the capacity to destroy Israel
> > and begin a new ice age. I urge you to read the book 'END GAME' by
> > two of our best Middle East experts,
> > true American patriots and retired military generals, Paul Vallely
> > and Tom McInerney. They are
> > our finest, and totally honest in their assessment of why victory
> > in the Middle East is so important,
> > and how it can be won. Proceeds for the book go directly to
> > memorial fund for our fallen soldiers
> > who served the country during the war on terror. You can find that
> > book by going to the internet
> > through Stand-up America at www.ospreyradio.us or www.rightalk.com.
> >
> > On the other hand, we have several very angry retired generals
> > today, who evidently have not
> > achieved their lofty goals, and insist on ranting and raving about
> > the war. They are wrong, and doing
> > the country great harm by giving a certain political party reason
> > to use them as experts to back their
> > anti-war claims.
> >
> > You may be one of those who believe nothing could ever be terrible
> > enough to support our going
> > to war. If that is the case I should stop here, as that level of
> > thinking approaches mental disability
> > in this day and age. It is right up there with alien abductions
> > and high altitude seeding through
> > government aircraft contrails. I helped produced those contrails
> > for almost 30 years, and I can
> > assure you we were not seeding the atmosphere. The human race is a
> > war-like population, and if a
> > country is not willing to protect itself, it deserves the
> > consequences.Nuff-said!!!
> >
> > Now, my last comments will get to the nerve. They will be on
> > politics. I am not a Republican.
> > And, George Bush has made enough mistakes as President to insure my
> > feelings about that for the
> > rest of my life. However, the Democratic Party has moved so far
> > left, they have made me support those
> > farther to the right. I am a conservative who totally supports the
> > Constitution of this country.
> > The only difference between the United States and the South
> > American, third world, dictator infested
> > and ever-changing South American governments, is our US Constitution.
> >
> > This Republic (note I did not say Democracy) is the longest
> > standing the world has ever known, but
> > it is vulnerable. It would take so little to change it through
> > economic upheaval. There was a
> > time when politicians could disagree, but still work together. We
> > are past that time, and that is the
> > initial step toward the downfall of our form of government.
> > I think that many view Bush-hating as payback time. The
> > Republicans hated the Clinton's and now
> > the Democrats hate Bush. So, both parties are putting their hate
> > toward willingness to do anything
> > for political dominance to include lying and always taking the
> > opposite stand just for the sake of being
> > opposed. JUST HOW GOOD IS THAT FOR OUR COUNTRY?
> >
> > In my lifetime, after serving in uniform for President's Kennedy,
> > Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter,
> > Reagan, and Bush I have a pretty good feel for which party
> > supported our military, and what military life
> > was like under each of their terms. And, let me assure you that
> > times were best under the
> > Republicans. Service under Jimmy Carter was devastating for all
> > branches of the military. And, Ronald Regan was
> > truly a salvation. You can choose to listen to enriched
> > newscasters, and foolish people like John
> > Murtha (he is no war hero), Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Michael
> > Moore, Jane Fonda , Harry Reid, Russ
> > Feingold, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, and on-and-on to include
> > the true fools in Hollywood if
> > you like. If you do, your conclusions will be totally wrong.
> > The reason that I write, appear on radio talk shows, and do
> > everything I can to denounce those
> > people is simple. THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR THIRST FOR POLITICAL
> > POWER AND QUEST FOR VICTORY IN 2008
> > ABOVE WHAT IS BEST FOR THIS COUNTRY. I cannot abide that. Pelosi
> > clearly defied the Logan Act by going
> > to Syria , which should have lead to imprisonment of three years
> > and a heavy fine. Jane Fonda did more
> > to prolong the Vietnam war longer than any other human being (as
> > acknowledged by Ho Chi Minh in his
> > writing before he died). She truly should have been indicted for
> > treason, along with her radical
> > husband,Tom Hayden, and forced to pay the consequences.
> >
> > This country has started to soften by not enforcing its laws, which
> > is another indication of a
> > Republic about to fall. All Democrats, along with the Hollywood
> > elite, are sending us headlong into a
> > total defeat in the Middle East, which will finally give Iran total
> > dominance in the region.A lack of
> > oil in the near future will be the final straw that dooms this
> > Republic. However, if we refuse to let
> > this happen and really get serious about an energy self-sufficiency
> > program, this can be avoided. I am
> > afraid, however, that we are going in the opposite direction. If
> > we elect Hillary Clinton and a
> > Democrat controlled congress, and they carry through with allowing
> > Iran to take control of the Middle
> > East , continue to refuse development of nuclear energy, refuse to
> > allow drilling for new oil, and
> > continue to do nothing but oppose everything Bush, it will be over
> > in terms of what we view as the good
> > life in the USA
> >
> > Now, do I think that all who do not support the war are un-American
> > -- of course not. They just do
> > not understand the importance of total victory in that region.
> >
> > Another failure of George Bush is his inability to explain to the
> > American people why we are there,
> > and why we MUST win. By the way, it is not a war. The war was won
> > four years ago. It is martial law
> > that is under attack by Iranian and Syrian outside influences, and
> > there is a difference.
> > So, what do I believe? What is the bottom line? I will simply say
> > that the Democratic Party has
> > fielded the foulest, power hungry, anti-country, self absorbed
> > group of individuals that I have
> > observed in my lifetime. Our educational system is partially to
> > blame for allowing the mass of America
> > to be taken in by this group. George Bush has done the best he can
> > with the disabilities that he
> > possesses. A President must communicate with the people. And, I
> > would tell you that Desert Storm
> > spoiled the people. Bush Senior's 100-hour war convinced the
> > people that technology has progressed
> > to the point that wars could be fought with no casualties and won
> > in very short periods of time. I
> > remember feeling at the time, that this was a tragedy for the US
> > military. To win wars, you must
> > put boots on the ground. When you put boots on the ground, soldiers
> > are going to die. A President must
> > make the war decision wisely, and insure that the cause is right
> > before using his last political
> > option. However, CONTROLLING IRAN AND DEMOCRATIZING THE MIDDLE
> > EAST IS
> > THE ONLY CHOICE IF WE ARE HELL-BENT ON DEPENDING ON THEM FOR OUR
> > FUTURE ENERGY
> > NEEDS.
> >
> > Jimmy L. Cash, Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.
> > Lakeside , Montana 59922
> >
> > 'I'll tell you what war is all about, you've got to kill people,
> > and when you've killed enough they
> > stop fighting.' Gen. Curtis LeMay
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