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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 82739" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>PART ONE....</p><p> </p><p>>UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.</p><p>>Please take the time to read the attached essay by Dr. Chong. It is </p><p>>without</p><p>>a doubt the most articulate and convincing writing I have read regarding </p><p>>the</p><p>>War in Iraq. If you have any doubts please open your mind to his essay </p><p>>and</p><p>>give a fair evaluation. I had no idea who Dr. Chong is or the source of</p><p>>these thoughts... so when I received them, I almost deleted them - as</p><p>>well-written as they are. But then I did a "Google search" on the Doctor </p><p>>and found him</p><p>>to be a retired Air Force Surgeon of all things and past Commander of </p><p>>Wilford</p><p>>Hall Medical Center in San Antonio. So he is real, is connected to </p><p>>Veterans</p><p>>affairs in California, and these are his thoughts. They are worth </p><p>>reading</p><p>>and thinking about! (the same Google search will direct you to some of his</p><p>>other thought-provoking writings.) </p><p>>_http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5000_</p><p>>(<a href="http://www.browncafe.com/forum/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5000</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">) ***** This is a link to </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>Dr.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>Chong's biography</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>This WAR is for REAL!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>Dr. Vernon Chong, Major General, USAF, Retired</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it. Our country is</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>now facing the most serious threat to its existence, as we know it, than </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>we</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>have faced in your lifetime and mine (which include WWII).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>The deadly seriousness is greatly compounded by the fact that there are </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>very</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>few of us who think we can possibly lose this war and even fewer who </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>realize</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>what losing really means.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>First, let's examine a few basics:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>1. When did the threat to us start?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>Many will say September 11, 2001. The answer as far as the United State is</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>concerned is 1979, 22 years prior to September 2001, with the following</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>attacks on us:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>* Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>* Beirut, Lebanon Embassy 1983;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>* Beirut, Lebanon Marine Barracks 1983;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>* Lockerbie, Scotland Pan-Am flight to New York 1988;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>* First New York World Trade Center attack 1993;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>* Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex 1996;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>* Nairobi, Kenya US Embassy 1998;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>* Dares Salaam, Tanzania US Embassy 1998;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>* Aden, Yemen USS Cole 2000;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>* New York World Trade Center 2001; * Pentagon 2001. (Note that during </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>the</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist attacks worldwide).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>2. Why were we attacked?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>Envy of our position, our success, and our freedoms. The attacks happened</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>during the administrations of Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>and</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>Bush 2. We cannot fault either the Republicans or Democrats as there were </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>no</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>provocations by any of the presidents or their immediate predecessors,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>Presidents Ford or Carter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>3. Who were the attackers?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>In each case, the attacks on the US were carried out by Muslims.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>4. What is the Muslim population of the World? 25%.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>5. Isn't the Muslim Religion peaceful?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>Hopefully, but that is really not material. There is no doubt that the</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>predominately Christian population of Germany was peaceful, but under the</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>dictatorial leadership of Hitler (who was also Christian), that made no </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>difference.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>You either went along with the administration or you were eliminated. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>There</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>were 5 to 6 million Christians killed by the Nazis for political reasons</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>(including 7,000 Polish priests). (see:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">><_http://www.nazis.testimony.co.uk/7-a.htm_ </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>(</span><a href="http://www.browncafe.com/forum/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.nazis.testimony.co.uk/7-a.htm</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">) >)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>Thus, almost the same number of Christians were killed by the Nazis, as </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>the</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>six million holocaust Jews who were killed by them, and we seldom heard of</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>anything other than the Jewish atrocities. Although Hitler kept the world</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>focused on the Jews, he had no hesitancy about killing anyone who got in </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>his way</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>of exterminating the Jews or of taking over the world German, Christian or</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>any others.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>Same with the Muslim terrorists. They focus the world on the US, but kill</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>all in the way -- their own people or the Spanish, French or anyone else. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 82739, member: 1246"] PART ONE.... >UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. >Please take the time to read the attached essay by Dr. Chong. It is >without >a doubt the most articulate and convincing writing I have read regarding >the >War in Iraq. If you have any doubts please open your mind to his essay >and >give a fair evaluation. I had no idea who Dr. Chong is or the source of >these thoughts... so when I received them, I almost deleted them - as >well-written as they are. But then I did a "Google search" on the Doctor >and found him >to be a retired Air Force Surgeon of all things and past Commander of >Wilford >Hall Medical Center in San Antonio. So he is real, is connected to >Veterans >affairs in California, and these are his thoughts. They are worth >reading >and thinking about! (the same Google search will direct you to some of his >other thought-provoking writings.) >_http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5000_ >([URL="http://www.browncafe.com/forum/"][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#800080]http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5000[/COLOR][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman]) ***** This is a link to >Dr. >Chong's biography >This WAR is for REAL! >Dr. Vernon Chong, Major General, USAF, Retired >To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it. Our country is >now facing the most serious threat to its existence, as we know it, than >we >have faced in your lifetime and mine (which include WWII). >The deadly seriousness is greatly compounded by the fact that there are >very >few of us who think we can possibly lose this war and even fewer who >realize >what losing really means. >First, let's examine a few basics: >1. When did the threat to us start? >Many will say September 11, 2001. The answer as far as the United State is >concerned is 1979, 22 years prior to September 2001, with the following >attacks on us: >* Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979; >* Beirut, Lebanon Embassy 1983; >* Beirut, Lebanon Marine Barracks 1983; >* Lockerbie, Scotland Pan-Am flight to New York 1988; >* First New York World Trade Center attack 1993; >* Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex 1996; >* Nairobi, Kenya US Embassy 1998; >* Dares Salaam, Tanzania US Embassy 1998; >* Aden, Yemen USS Cole 2000; >* New York World Trade Center 2001; * Pentagon 2001. (Note that during >the >period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist attacks worldwide). >2. Why were we attacked? >Envy of our position, our success, and our freedoms. The attacks happened >during the administrations of Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton >and >Bush 2. We cannot fault either the Republicans or Democrats as there were >no >provocations by any of the presidents or their immediate predecessors, >Presidents Ford or Carter. >3. Who were the attackers? >In each case, the attacks on the US were carried out by Muslims. >4. What is the Muslim population of the World? 25%. >5. Isn't the Muslim Religion peaceful? >Hopefully, but that is really not material. There is no doubt that the >predominately Christian population of Germany was peaceful, but under the >dictatorial leadership of Hitler (who was also Christian), that made no >difference. >You either went along with the administration or you were eliminated. >There >were 5 to 6 million Christians killed by the Nazis for political reasons >(including 7,000 Polish priests). (see: ><_http://www.nazis.testimony.co.uk/7-a.htm_ >([/FONT][URL="http://www.browncafe.com/forum/"][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#800080]http://www.nazis.testimony.co.uk/7-a.htm[/COLOR][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman]) >) >Thus, almost the same number of Christians were killed by the Nazis, as >the >six million holocaust Jews who were killed by them, and we seldom heard of >anything other than the Jewish atrocities. Although Hitler kept the world >focused on the Jews, he had no hesitancy about killing anyone who got in >his way >of exterminating the Jews or of taking over the world German, Christian or >any others. >Same with the Muslim terrorists. They focus the world on the US, but kill >all in the way -- their own people or the Spanish, French or anyone else. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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