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2003-04-13 Terror Networks

Speech given by US Navy Captain Dan Ouimette

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Posted by Scott 2003-04-13 11:13 am|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's not as if the military or the CIA hadn't told the world this was war. We kept saying it over and over. The "civilian leadership" just didn't want to acknowledge it. Reagan came the closest to understanding, and knew our military was too weak to fight that war. He began building it up, both to force Russia to collapse, and to have enough forces to wage a war of defense effectively. Bush I played political games, and we lost the edge Reagan had established. Clinton was a disaster for the military, aided and abetted by the Democratic Party and its socialist agenda. Now we're under DIRECT ATTACK, and we're finally beginning to respond. It's going to take those that attack us a few years to understand that things have changed. The United States is now MAD AS HELL, and will not tolerate any more attacks. I hope, fervently, that there's no sliding back into the past, once the business in Iraq is over. We, the people, need to keep our government aware of the fact that we demand they do their duty and protect us, including taking out the bad guys on THEIR territory, if that's what it takes.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-04-13 13:23:31|| 2003-04-13 13:23:31|| Front Page Top

#2 I appreciate what you're saying, patriot, but I actually believe we, as a people, don't get it. It's gonna take another 9-11 (of course, military blood not being as valuable as New York blood) before more wake up and smell the hashish, and even then the blinders on the left will find a way to blame the US.
There will always be dorks like Charles Lindbergh (shoulda tried the Pacific) around.

Posted by Scott 2003-04-13 13:41:26|| 2003-04-13 13:41:26|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't think America is going to go "back to sleep" after the shooting stops in Iraq. #1 -- the memory of 9/11 is still fresh for us. #2 -- Americans do NOT want a repeat, or heaven help us, something worse. #3 -- GWB is a determined guy, with more of a steel backbone than his predecessors had, including his father. #4 -- America's on a winning streak right now. Yes, there is plenty to do with Iraq/Afghanistan/mopping up al-Qaeda. But at least now there are some impressive victories on our side, as opposed to years past when the other side was racking up all the points. #5 -- The other troublemakers are toning it down now for the first time in decades. Hell, even North Korea is cautiously giving the ok to multilateral talks, something they said they would never do.

We still might be a little groggy, but I think we've reached for the morning coffee and are starting to get it in gear.

Posted by Baba Yaga 2003-04-13 13:50:37|| 2003-04-13 13:50:37|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't think that killing Jihadis by the thousands is going to solve the problem. These are uneducated, indoctrinated people that are basically being controlled by the dictatorial regimes (Pakland, Syria, Iran, Nkorea, etc). Dictators like these do not give a shit about the Jihadis ("strap this to your ass and blow yourself up. There are 72 virgins waiting for your in heaven."). Simply killing the Jihadi foot soldiers is like swatting flies, its a never end job.
The only way to deal with this problem is to make it very clear to the dictators that THEY will be the targets. Every time a terrorist strikes, the leadership must be taken out. Once the dictator realizes that his life and dictatorship are at risk, he will stop using terrorism as a state policy.

Posted by rg117 2003-04-13 14:16:23|| 2003-04-13 14:16:23|| Front Page Top

#5 That's the 64k?, how do we take down the motivational apparatus (the madrassah system) or at least cripple it without destroying the secular institutions?
Could we buy off a few ayatollahs? Or create a few?

Posted by Scott 2003-04-13 16:24:59|| 2003-04-13 16:24:59|| Front Page Top

#6 How about a simple, publicly announced deal? For every act of Islamic terrorism committed, one Muslim Holy Place/City gets replaced by a faintly glowing crater? Only thing I'm not sure about is whether to start with Mecca or work up to it.

Posted by Aussie Mike 2003-04-13 16:25:10|| 2003-04-13 16:25:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Every time we have some sort of emanation from Pakland's JUP, I note that they signed Binny's declaration of war against us. It wasn't one of their front organizations, it was the party secretary, and he was noted as a member of the JUP. As far as I'm concerned, everyone who signed, and their organizations, should be on the kill list:

Usamah Bin-Muhammad Bin-Ladin
Ayman al-Zawahiri, amir of the Jihad Group in Egypt
Abu-Yasir Rifa'i Ahmad Taha, Egyptian Islamic Group
Shaykh Mir Hamzah, secretary of the Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Pakistan
Fazlur Rahman (Khalil), amir of the Jihad Movement in Bangladesh

As far as I know, all of these guys are still at large, though we've tried for Binny and Ayman, and the Paks had Fazl Khalil under house arrest for awhile.

Posted by Fred 2003-04-13 16:47:56|| 2003-04-13 16:47:56|| Front Page Top

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