{"article":{"id":30669,"heading":"warisgood","author":"someone who cares about our country","created":"2003-02-21 22:20:52","modified":"2003-02-21 22:20:52","last_modified":"Sat, 22 Feb 2003 05:20:52","article":"<p>People, <br><br>      I recently received the chain e-mail below.  <br>  <br> Though I am fairly certain the individuals propagating <br>  <br> this are well-intentioned, so was an individual named <br>  <br> Nevel Chamberlin, who also believed in \"peace in our <br>  <br> time.\"  Nevel looked at Hitler as a man who could be <br>  <br> reasoned with.  Nevel never even began to see the true <br>  <br> evil of Hitler's plans.  Within a decade of <br>  <br> Chamberlin's policy of appeasement, over 6,000,000 <br>  <br> Jews and other \"unclean\" people had been put to death <br>  <br> by the Nazi regime.  Ironically, Chamberlin had no <br>  <br> idea that Hitler would use gas on his victims.  <br>  <br> However, this time, we are dealing with a mad man, who <br>  <br> not only rules by terror and tyranny, but he has in <br>  <br> fact used chemical gas on both his enemies (the <br>  <br> Iranians) and his own people (the Kurds). <br><br>      So, as you yellow-bellied self-sanctified <br>  <br> liberals type away on your computers in reasonable <br>  <br> safety, remember that it wouldn't take much for a <br>  <br> \"dirty bomb\" or other chemical disbursement delivery <br>  <br> device to be set off in the parking lot of a major <br>  <br> sporting event or other large crowd gathering.  If you <br>  <br> think what happened with the twin towers has horrific, <br>  <br> then wait until you hear the horrendous cries of <br>  <br> innocent people suffering from nerve gas exposure.  <br>  <br> Wait until you see the results of human skin coming in <br>  <br> contact with blister agents.  Wait until terrorists <br>  <br> start blowing themselves up on American soil.  Most of <br>  <br> this will probably be captured by our faithful media <br>  <br> in full living (so to speak) color.  Maybe, just <br>  <br> maybe, you will understand that there are times when <br>  <br> war is justified. <br><br>      There is an old saying that &ldquo;those who do not <br>  <br> study history are doomed to repeat its mistakes.&rdquo;  If <br>  <br> you have never heard, or understood, the story of <br>  <br> Nevel Chamberlin and Adolph Hitler, I urge you to <br>  <br> search the internet and do some investigating.  The <br>  <br> situation unfolding today is very similar to what <br>  <br> happened so many years ago.  However, this time we are <br>  <br> much more prepared to deal effectively with the <br>  <br> threat.   <br><br>      On a personal note, as a veteran with over 18 <br>  <br> years of military service, I can&rsquo;t say that I am eager <br>  <br> to see people die.  Military people always prepare for <br>  <br> war and pray for peace.  That said, if I am called, I <br>  <br> will answer.  I have taken an oath, a sacred vow to <br>  <br> defend my country against all enemies, both foreign <br>  <br> and domestic.  Most of you, who have never had the <br>  <br> honor to serve your country will never fully <br>  <br> understand this concept.  Again, I hope that you can <br>  <br> continue to live your lives in relative peace and <br>  <br> security.  In the mean time, you can take all your <br>  <br> petty little war protests and shove them where the sun <br>  <br> doesn&rsquo;t shine!  Go join the French for all I care.  <br>  <br> They have been stomped twice by evil forces.  And <br>  <br> twice we have had to save their buts.  I really <br>  <br> wouldn&rsquo;t mind seeing them get trashed again just to <br>  <br> snap them out of their arrogance.  At the very least, <br>  <br> maybe they should tour the graves of the thousands of <br>  <br> Americans who gave their lives to liberate that <br>  <br> country.   <br><br>      If military action is taken, I don&rsquo;t expect to <br>  <br> see &ldquo;thousands of Americans coming back in body bags&rdquo; <br>  <br> as Sadam Hussein has threatened.  I expect that you <br>  <br> will see the surgical precision of the previous Gulf <br>  <br> War, with many improvements (as we have had over a <br>  <br> decade to improve our technology).  We are not going <br>  <br> after civilians (like Sadam Hussein has), we are going <br>  <br> to neutralize his fighting capability&hellip; by whatever <br>  <br> means it takes.  Get a clue, get a life!  Study <br>  <br> history and learn something.  I will leave you with <br>  <br> the words of our last 5-star general, Douglas <br>  <br> MacArthur&hellip;  \"For history teaches with unmistakable <br>  <br> emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier <br>  <br> war. It points to no single instance where the end has <br>  <br> justified that means-where appeasement has led to more <br>  <br> than a sham peace. Like blackmail, it lays the basis <br>  <br> for new and successively greater demands, until, as in <br>  <br> blackmail, violence becomes the only alternative.\" - <br>  <br> General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur <br>  <br> &gt;  <br>  <br> &gt; US Congress has just authorized the President of the <br>  <br> &gt; US to go to war against  <br>  <br> &gt; Iraq.  Please consider this an urgent request UN <br>  <br> &gt; Petition for Peace.  <br>  <br> &gt; Stand for Peace.  Islam is not the Enemy. War is NOT <br>  <br> &gt; the Answer. Today we  <br>  <br> &gt; are at a point of imbalance in the world and are <br>  <br> &gt; moving toward what may be  <br>  <br> &gt; the beginning of a THIRD WORLD WAR.  <br>  <br> &gt; If you are against this possibility, the UN is <br>  <br> &gt; gathering signatures in an  <br>  <br> &gt; effort to avoid a tragic world event. Please COPY <br>  <br> &gt; (rather than Forward) this  <br>  <br> &gt; e-mail in a new message, sign at the end of the <br>  <br> &gt; list, and send it to all the  <br>  <br> &gt; people whom you know.  <br>  <br> &gt; If you receive this list with more than 500 names <br>  <br> &gt; signed, please send a copy  <br>  <br> &gt; of the message to:  <br>  <br> &gt;  <br>  <br> &gt; <a href=\"mailto:usa@un.int\" rel=\"nofollow\">usa@un.int<\/a> <a href=\"mailto:president@whitehouse.gov\" rel=\"nofollow\">president@whitehouse.gov<\/a> <br>  <br> &gt; mailto:<a href=\"mailto:president@whitehouse.gov\" rel=\"nofollow\">president@whitehouse.gov<\/a>  <br>  <br> &gt;  <br>  <br> &gt; Even if you decide not to sign, please consider <br>  <br> &gt; forwarding the Petition on  <br>  <br> &gt; instead of eliminating it.  <br>  <br> &gt; Please also note the International Day of Protest <br>  <br> &gt; Against the War, Saturday  <br>  <br> &gt; 15 February.   <br>  <br> &gt; London demo starts 12 noon, Embankment.  <br>  <br> &gt;  <br>  <br> <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Regarding all of these anti-war protestors. They do not have a clue what is coming.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/02\/30669.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}