[Oremem] Fw: [MARS] 911.........LEST WE FORGET ! from a Master Gunnery SGT.

Sat, 24 Aug 2002 21:40:44 -0700

Amen to this....
John Jewkes, SMD US ARMY MARS
Oregon/Idaho State Director
AAA0OR OR/AAA0ID ID/AAR0MI OR
W6HNC

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Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 20:50:15 EDT
Subject: [MARS] 911.........LEST WE FORGET !
I sat in a movie theater, watching "Pearl Harbor" and asked myself, "Why
weren't we prepared?"

Now I know why.

I sat in a movie theater watching "Schindler's List," asked myself, "Why
didn't the Jews fight back?"

Now I know why.

Civilized people cannot fathom, much less predict, the actions of evil
people.

I will not isolate myself from my fellow Americans by pretending an
attack on the USS Cole in Yemen was not an attack on the United States of
America.

On September 11, dozens of capable airplane passengers allowed themselves
to be overpowered by a handful of poorly armed terrorists because they
did
not comprehend the depth of hatred that motivated their captors.

On September 11, thousands of innocent people were murdered because too
many Americans naively reject the reality that some nations are dedicated
to
the dominance of others. Many political pundits, pacifists and media 
personnel
want us to forget the carnage. They say we must focus on the bravery of
the
rescuers and ignore the cowardice of the killers. They implore us to 
understand the motivation of the perpetrators. Major television stations
have 
announced they will assist the healing process by not replaying
devastating 
footage of the planes crashing into the Twin Towers.

I will not be manipulated.

I will not pretend to understand.

I will not forget.

I will not forget the liberal media who abused freedom of the press to
kick 
our country when it was vulnerable and hurting.

I will not forget that CBS anchor Dan Rather preceded President Bush's 
address to the nation with the snide remark, "No matter how you feel
about 
him, he is still our president."

I will not forget that ABC TV anchor Peter Jennings questioned President 
Bush's motives for not returning immediately to Washington, DC and
commented, 
"We're all pretty skeptical and cynical about Washington."

And I will not forget that ABC's Mark Halperin warned if reporters
weren't 
informed of every little detail of this war, they aren't "likely -- nor 
should they be expected -- to show deference."

I will not isolate myself from my fellow Americans by pretending an
attack on 
the USS Cole in Yemen was not an attack on the United States of America.

I will not forget the Clinton administration equipped Islamic terrorists
and 
their supporters with the world's most sophisticated telecommunications 
equipment and encryption technology, thereby compromising America's
ability 
to trace terrorist radio, cell phone, land lines, faxes and modem 
communications.

I will not be appeased with pointless, quick retaliatory strikes like
those 
perfected by the previous administration.

I will not be comforted by "feel-good, do nothing" regulations like the
silly 
"Have your bags been under your control?" question at the airport.

I will not be influenced by so called,"antiwar demonstrators" who exploit
the 
right of expression to chant anti-American obscenities.

I will not forget the moral victory handed the North Vietnamese by
American 
war protesters who reviled and spat upon the returning soldiers, airmen, 
sailors and Marines.

I will not be softened by the wishful thinking of pacifists who chose 
reassurance over reality.

I will embrace the wise words of Prime Minister Tony Blair who told Labor

Party conference, "They have no moral inhibition on the slaughter of the 
innocent. If they could have murdered not 7,000 but 70,000, does anyone
doubt 
they would have done so and rejoiced in it?

There is no compromise possible with such people, no meeting of minds, no

point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: defeat it or be 
defeated by it. And defeat it we must!"

I will force myself to:

-hear the weeping

-feel the helplessness

-imagine the terror

-sense the panic

-smell the burning flesh

- experience the loss

- remember the hatred.

I sat in a movie theater, watching "Private Ryan" and asked myself,
"Where 
did they find the courage?"

Now I know.

We have no choice. Living without liberty is not living.

-- Ed Evans, MGySgt., USMC (Ret.)

Not as lean, Not as mean, But still a Marine.

Keep this going until every living American has read it and memorized it
so 
we don't make the same mistake again.

NNNN
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