Posted by
Charles Riley on Friday, January 18, 2008 2:14:17 PM
As the election process intensifies and the media continues to take charge by filtering and interpreting the news we view and hear our nation continues to face a danger that is also intensifying. Between Hillary's tears and Barack walking on water most everyone caught a glimpse of the Iranian speed boats playing tag with our war ships. Any of us with a pulse must have had strong feelings about this event. We were not watching a rerun of Iranian Field and Stream. We were not watching a few tired old sports figures skiing behind the latest Iranian boats equipped with Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engines. We were watching boats that could have been equipped with any manner of weaponry. These boats could have been carrying bombs or some type of chemical weapons that could explode on contact. All of us are aware of the suicide bombers that have operated all over the world and within our country. No one in their right mind would deny the will of these criminals to do as much damage as they can. There is no real term used in the field of psychology or medicine to describe these people or their behavior. The word terrorist does not do justice to these mad men. These people and their leaders are evil. These mad men have been called countless names but evil will do for now. I am sure evil brings up some comparisons to mind but any comparison to a human being is not one of them.
I am not surprised these evil cowards who hide behind laws that protect honest people act with controlled hostility toward the civilized. In other words these bad guys count on our war ship's rules of engagement to protect them so they can act as evil fools. Fools they are but again a fool can direct a boat into one of our ships. We know they can direct an airplane into a building. My father was honored for his service as a solider during World War II and my brother served for years in the National Guard. I have the highest respect for our Armed Services but I fear our politicians will continue to control our military's response to serious threats and attacks through the well known military intervention of political correctness. I am at a loss as to how these Iranians can play chicken with our war ships and communicate to our ships in plain Broken English ''you will explode in a few minutes''. Our ships continued to warn the Iranians off but they continued their challenge. As I listened to the response of the U.S. sailor when hearing the Iranian threat that our ships would blow up in moments I felt a sadness hard to explain. The sailor repeated the words he heard over the radio. The sailor's reaction was that of bewilderment only repeating the Iranian's words ''we are going to blow up''. I can only imagine what this sailor was thinking. How many warnings could the U.S. commander give these murderous suicidal fools? I wonder if our sailor was thinking of the U.S.S. Cole.
It is hard to criticize our military but it is not the military I am criticizing. I understand the military does not make policy or rules of engagement to challenge threats such as these Iranian speed boats. I understand the military has to follow policy. If our military continues to follow a policy that disregards the judgment of our trained military leaders then our soldiers not to mention our country will be at risk.
Libya's Colonel Gadhafi was exporting terrorism wherever he could find safe targets. Gadhafi supported his thugs attacking night clubs, restaurants, cafes anywhere our soldiers would gather to rest or let down and forget the dangers they faced serving in foreign countries. I'm sure we all remember the ''line of death'' that Gadhafi talked about. He would make his threats and climb aboard his boat and then have his servants prepare his champagne brunch. Then he would cruise the water ways dropping a fish line in the current hoping to catch something for a late supper. After several warnings from the U.S. government Colonel Gadhafi attacked one last nightclub where our military gathered. President Reagan reacted as Pop Eye would have saying ''that's all I can stands I can't stands no more''. Reagan had enough and ordered Gadhafi's tent bombed. The Military did not make a mistake. Reagan didn't order the bombing of an abandon mule ranch or abandon boot factory. Reagan went after Gadhafi in his own tent. Gadhafi loved living in a tent like his Bedouin ancestors. Unfortunately Gadhafi survived but some of his relatives didn't. We never heard from Gadhafi again. He got the message. Gadhafi finally learned to play with others and respect their rights and belongings. Gadhafi learned at least from President Reagan he would face real consequences for his behavior.
History has proven these people who are evil will not stop unless they are stopped. This is true on a small as well as large sale. I was watching an old grainy black and white movie of Hitler giving a speech to about 800 leaders in his military command. The picture gave the appearance of one of those famous events their propaganda people put together where only the finest dressed generals were invited to hear that monster speak. Hitler had been sent a letter from Roosevelt. Hitler was sharing the content of the letter which was a plea from Roosevelt not to invade or attack any more countries in Europe. Hitler began to read the names of those countries Roosevelt listed. These were countries that Germany had already invaded or were planning to attack. As the Fuhrer read the names of those countries at risk the laughter in the Hall of Generals increased and the whole event became even more eerie. This scene was so strange I would not have been surprised if Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck popped up and hit Adolf Schicklgruber better known as Adolf Hitler over the head with a wooden mallet. As each name of a country was read the laughter grew louder and louder. It was an incredible thing to see. If the free world had combined to stop this son of the Devil when he attacked Poland or France, the possibilities for freedom could have been endless not to mention the innocent lives spared.
The Iranians will continue to confront our military. Our military has already passed or failed the test depending how one judges these things. Our military has had a number of test by Iran including how we handle and respond to Iran's military furnishing weapons, bombs, supplies and man power into Iraq to kill our brave men and women. Since we have really done nothing to stop this outrage has our military failed another test or is it our government who has fail our military? The terrorist have been testing our military and our government. I am not willing to point a finger at our military. They have done everything asked of them. They have not lost a battle but there has been times when they would be fired upon from a Muslim Church or holy place and because of issues of political correctness our soldiers were not allowed to fight back. Our military has not failed the test but at times our government will not let the military respond to the test with all their skills. I also cannot point a finger at our government. After all they are our servants. The politicians work for us. I am not a fool unless you ask the right person but sometimes our politicians go off on their own. Does amnesty bring up recent memories of our politicians going it alone? We send the politicians money. We show up at their events and listen to their speeches. We let them kiss our babies and I am not talking about our wives or teenage daughters or in some cases our teenage sons. Then we nominate and vote for them. Its not our men or women in uniform who has failed us or even our politicians. Our Constitution says its our country and our government. These people in local, state and federal government work for us. We vote them in and we vote them out. If we the people are so unhappy with how the politicians are setting policy for our military or for other areas of government then it is our responsibility to send leaders to our capitals that will truly represent ''We the people''.