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Words from a retired Marine...

muleymuley Member Posts: 1,583 ✭✭
edited May 2002 in General Discussion
I haven't seen this posted yet so..........

Subject: Words of a retired Marine. (fwd)

> > > These are very wise words of a Retired Marine Master
> > > Gunnery Sergeant. His words are very striking and
> > > pointed, well worth your time to read. I would like
> > > to think that each and everyone of you feel the same
> > > as MGySgt Evans.
> > >
> > > I Will 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
> > > 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.

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