nationalcenter.org — If you would truly care to know how our 'image' is doing overseas, you need only look to the thoughts of our Soldiers. They represent us, they protect us, and we owe them more than we could ever repay. Please read this letter from one such Soldier who is deployed at this very moment. Thank you.
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tasineApr 30, 2009
FTA: The root issue is not being addressed by anyone. This is that there was a massive intelligence failure and a failure of leadership during the decade leading up to 9/11. Our country had been attacked nearly every year since the first bombing of the World Trade Center in New York in 1993. The Khobar Towers bombing (1996), the massive bombing of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania (1998), the USS Cole bombing (2000), including foiled plots such as the Bojinka plot (1995) to hijack a dozen planes in a single day, as well as other attacks such as the massive bombings in Argentina (1994), the numerous bus bombings in Israel (1995-1996), and there were more. Osama Bin Laden had been very prominent throughout the 1990s in calling for war against American civilians, issuing his fatwa in 1998 that led to the 9/11 attacks.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I feel for Sgt. Roche and all the other fine military personnel quietly doing their jobs in the face of danger and in the face of lack of trust by the very people they are fighting to protect - the American public. Our Senate is a disgraceful pitiable bunch of loons, our media is just as bad, and our entire Congress and legal system are disdainful of the voting public.To Sgt. Roche: Please know there are many, many of us here at home that know what your sacrifices mean to you and to us as well. I salute you and your comrades in arms.
hetmanApr 30, 2009
I agree there was a lack of intellegents and preparations during the Clinton and Bush era. However that is not a good argument to justify torture. If you have or ordered torture, you have violated the Geneva Convention. You should be charged with crimes against humanity. Torture can never be justified. Our leaders should have never authorized it in the first place. If that would have happened then we would not be in the mess we are in now. I am thank-full you are serving our country, but if you think that being a soldier is justification for torture, then you are wrong.
patriot556May 2, 2009
The American public will never fully comprehend the damage done to our nation's military capabilities by Clinton and Carter until it is way beyond too late.And now, with the likes of Napolitano calling veterans and those who return from foreign shores to be right wing extremists and potential terrorists at home, we approach even greater danger than the dismantling of bases and the scrapping of ships and planes.