OT: Do Not Forget

[Guest guest]

Geees, that was a good note. Mind boggling lately.

 

Jackie

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

" DO NOT FORGET "

 

I sat in a movie theater watching " Schindler's

List, " asked myself, " Why didn't the Jews fight

back? "

 

Now I know why.

 

I sat in a movie theater, watching " Pearl

Harbor "

and asked myself, " Why weren't we prepared? "

 

Now I know why.

 

Civilized people cannot fathom, much less

predict,

the actions of evil people.

 

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

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.

 

 

 

My DIL sent me this and I thought I would share

with you.

 

 

 

 

=====

Cheryl Smith

A Heavenly Body

204 Muldoon Road

Anchorage AK 99504

 

 

 

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