I hope I do not offend anyone! This is serious business and maybe the most important times for our nation ever! Simple and easy to understand. Just the fact IMHO......
No matter your politics, you owe it to yourself to read and pass on so we
all are informed of what's going on in our world!
Another assessment of where the US stands in relation to the Middle East
problems, this one is from the guy who had his finger on the nuclear
trigger for three years as head of our defense and response complex buried
under Cheyenne Mountain at Colorado Springs . He was the only person who
could initiate a nuclear attack after advising the sitting president of a
missile launch by our enemies and our need to respond. No political or
civilian type in the US had more knowledge about day to day military actions
around the world. Everyone should find quiet time to read this. As far as I
am concerned, it is exactly the direction we should go and the consequences
of not doing so are well thought out.
John R. (Jack) Farrington Major General, USAF (Retired)
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Middle East Imperative
BY: JIM CASH, Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.
I wrote recently about the war in Iraq and the larger war against radical
Islam, eliciting a number of responses. Let me try and put this conflict in
proper perspective.
Understand, the current battle we are engaged in is much bigger than just
Iraq. What happens in the next year will affect this country and how our
kids and grandkids live throughout their lifetime, and beyond. Radical Islam
has been attacking the West since the seventh century. They have been
defeated in the past and decimated to the point of taking hundreds of years
to recover. But they can never be totally defeated. Their birth rates are
so far beyond civilized world rates that in time they recover and attempt to
dominate again.
There are eight terror-sponsoring countries that make up the grand threat to
the West. Two , Saudi Arabia and Pakistan , just need firm pressure from
the West to make major reforms. They need to decide who they are really
going to support and commit to that support. That answer is simple. They
both will support who they think will hang in there until the end, and win.
We are not sending very good signals in that direction right now, thanks to
the Democrats.
The other six, Afghanistan , Iraq , Iran , Syria , North Korea and Libya
will require regime change or a major policy shift. Now, let's look more
closely.
Afghanistan and Iraq have both had regime changes, but are being fueled by
outsiders from Syria and Iran . We have scared Gaddafi's pants off, and he
has given up his quest for nuclear weapons, so I don't think Libya is now a
threat.
North Korea (the non-Islamic threat) can be handled diplomatically by buying
them off. They are starving. That leaves Syria and Iran. Syria is like a
frightened puppy. Without the support of Iran they will join the stronger
side. So where does that leave us? Sooner, or later, we are going to be
forced to confront Iran , and it better be before they gain nuclear
capability.
In 1989 I served as a Command Director inside the Cheyenne Mountain complex
located in Colorado Springs , Colorado for almost three years. My job there
was to observe (through classified means) every missile shot anywhere in the
world and assess if it was a threat to the US or Canada . If any shot was
threatening to either nation I had only minutes to advise the President, as
he had only minutes to respond. I watched Iran and Iraq shoot missiles at
each other every day, and all day long, for months. They killed hundreds of
thousand of their people. Know why? They were fighting for control of the
Middle East and that enormous oil supply.
At that time, they were preoccupied with their internal problems and could
care less about toppling the west. Oil prices were fairly stable and we
could not see an immediate threat. Well, the worst part of what we have
done as a nation in Iraq is to do away with the military capability of one
of those nations. Now, Iran has a clear field to dominate the Middle East,
since Iraq is no longer a threat to them. They have turned their attention
to the only other threat to their dominance, they are convinced they will
win, because the US is so divided, and the Democrats (who now control
Congress and may control the Presidency in 2008) have openly said we are
pulling out.
Do you have any idea what will happen if the entire Middle East turns their
support to Iran , which they will obviously do if we pull out? It is not
the price of oil we will have to worry about. Oil WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE to
this country at any price. I personally would vote for any presidential
candidate who did what JFK did with the space program---declare a goal to
bring this country to total energy independence in a decade.
Yes, it is about oil. The economy in this country will totally die if that
Middle East supply is cut off right now. It will not be a recession. It
will be a depression that will make 1929 look like the 'good-old-days'. The
bottom line here is simple. If Iran is forced to fall in line, the fighting
in Iraq will end over night, and the nightmare will be over.
One way or another, Iran must be forced to join modern times and the global
community. It may mean a real war---if so, now is the time, before we face
a nuclear Iran with the capacity to destroy Israel and begin a new ice age.
I urge you to read the book 'END GAME' by two of our best Middle East
experts, true American patriots and retired military generals, Paul Vallely
and Tom McInerney. They are our finest, and totally honest in their
assessment of why victory in the Middle East is so important, and how it can
be won. Proceeds for the book go directly to memorial fund for our fallen
soldiers who served the country during the war on terror. You can find that
book by going to the internet through Stand-up America at
On the other hand, we have several very angry retired generals today, who
evidently have not achieved their lofty goals, and insist on ranting and
raving about the war. They are wrong, and doing the country great harm by
giving a certain political party reason to use them as experts to back their
anti-war claims.
You may be one of those who believe nothing could ever be terrible enough to
support our going to war. If that is the case I should stop here, as that
level of thinking approaches mental disability in this day and age. It is
right up there with alien abductions and high altitude seeding through
government aircraft contrails. I helped produced those contrails for almost
30 years, and I can assure you we were not seeding the atmosphere. The
human race is a war-like population, and if a country is not willing to
protect itself, it deserves the consequences. Nuff-said!!!
Now, my last comments will get to the nerve. They will be on politics. I am
not a Republican. And, George Bush has made enough mistakes as President to
insure my feelings about that for the rest of my life. However, the
Democratic Party has moved so far left, they have made me support those
farther to the right. I am a conservative who totally supports the
Constitution of this country. The only difference between the United States
and the South American, third world, dictator infested and ever-changing
South American governments, is our US Constitution.
This Republic (note I did not say Democracy) is the longest standing the
world has ever known, but it is vulnerable. It would take so little to
change it through economic upheaval. There was a time when politicians
could disagree, but still work together. We are past that time, and that is
the initial step toward the downfall of our form of government.
I think that many view Bush-hating as payback time. The Republicans hated
the Clinton 's and now the Democrats hate Bush. So, both parties are
putting their hate toward willingness to do anything for political dominance
to include lying and always taking the opposite stand just for the sake of
being opposed. JUST HOW GOOD IS THAT FOR OUR COUNTRY?
In my lifetime, after serving in uniform for President's Kennedy, Johnson,
Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush I have a pretty good feel for which
party supported our military, and what military life was like under each of
their terms. And, let me assure you that times were best under the
Republicans.
Service under Jimmy Carter was devastating for all branches of the military.
And, Ronald Regan was truly a salvation. You can choose to listen to
enriched newscasters, and foolish people like John Murtha (he is no war
hero), Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Michael Moore, Jane Fonda , Harry Reid,
Russ Feingold, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, and on-and-on to include the
true fools in Hollywood if you like. If you do, your conclusions will be
totally wrong.
The reason that I write, appear on radio talk shows, and do everything I can
to denounce those people is simple. THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR THIRST FOR
POLITICAL POWER AND QUEST FOR VICTORY IN 2008 ABOVE WHAT IS BEST FOR THIS
COUNTRY. I cannot abide that. Pelosi clearly defied the Logan Act by going
to Syria , which should have lead to imprisonment of three years and a heavy
fine. Jane Fonda did more to prolong the Vietnam war longer than any other
human being (as acknowledged by Ho Chi Minh in his writing before he died).
She truly should have been indicted for treason, along with her radical
husband, Tom Hayden, and forced to pay the consequences.
This country has started to soften by not enforcing its laws, which is
another indication of a Republic about to fall. All Democrats, along with
the Hollywood elite, are sending us headlong into a total defeat in the
Middle East, which will finally give Iran total dominance in the region. A
lack of oil in the near future will be the final straw that dooms this
Republic. However, if we refuse to let this happen and really get serious
about an energy self-sufficiency program, this can be avoided. I am afraid,
however, that we are going in the opposite direction. If we elect Hillary
Clinton and a Democrat controlled congress, and they carry through with
allowing Iran to take control of the Middle East, continue to refuse
development of nuclear energy, refuse to allow drilling for new oil, and
continue to do nothing but oppose everything Bush, it will be over in terms
of what we view as the good life in the USA .
Now, do I think that all who do not support the war are un-American -- of
course not. They just do not understand the importance of total victory in
that region.
Another failure of George Bush is his inability to explain to the American
people why we are there, and why we MUST win. By the way, it is not a war.
The war was won four years ago. It is martial law that is under attack by
Iranian and Syrian outside influences, and there is a difference.
So, what do I believe? What is the bottom line? I will simply say that the
Democratic Party has fielded the foulest, power hungry, anti-country, self
absorbed group of individuals that I have observed in my lifetime. Our
educational system is partially to blame for allowing the mass of America to
be taken in by this group. George Bush has done the best he can with the
disabilities that he possesses.
A President must communicate with the people.And, I would tell you that
Desert Storm spoiled the people. Bush Senior's 100-hour war convinced the
people that technology has progressed to the point that wars could be fought
with no casualties and won in very short periods of time. I remember
feeling at the time, that this was a tragedy for the US military. To win
wars, you must put boots on the ground. When you put boots on the ground,
soldiers are going to die. A President must make the war decision wisely,
and insure that the cause is right before using his last political option.
However, CONTROLLING IRAN AND DEMOCRATIZING THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE ONLY
CHOICE IF WE ARE HELL-BENT ON DEPENDING ON THEM FOR OUR FUTURE ENERGY NEEDS.
Jimmy L. Cash, Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.
Lakeside , Montana 59922
'I'll tell you what war is all about, you've got to kill people, and when
you've killed enough they stop fighting.' Gen. Curtis LeMay
Message forwarded by:
Bill Wright
No matter your politics, you owe it to yourself to read and pass on so we
all are informed of what's going on in our world!
Another assessment of where the US stands in relation to the Middle East
problems, this one is from the guy who had his finger on the nuclear
trigger for three years as head of our defense and response complex buried
under Cheyenne Mountain at Colorado Springs . He was the only person who
could initiate a nuclear attack after advising the sitting president of a
missile launch by our enemies and our need to respond. No political or
civilian type in the US had more knowledge about day to day military actions
around the world. Everyone should find quiet time to read this. As far as I
am concerned, it is exactly the direction we should go and the consequences
of not doing so are well thought out.
John R. (Jack) Farrington Major General, USAF (Retired)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
Middle East Imperative
BY: JIM CASH, Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.
I wrote recently about the war in Iraq and the larger war against radical
Islam, eliciting a number of responses. Let me try and put this conflict in
proper perspective.
Understand, the current battle we are engaged in is much bigger than just
Iraq. What happens in the next year will affect this country and how our
kids and grandkids live throughout their lifetime, and beyond. Radical Islam
has been attacking the West since the seventh century. They have been
defeated in the past and decimated to the point of taking hundreds of years
to recover. But they can never be totally defeated. Their birth rates are
so far beyond civilized world rates that in time they recover and attempt to
dominate again.
There are eight terror-sponsoring countries that make up the grand threat to
the West. Two , Saudi Arabia and Pakistan , just need firm pressure from
the West to make major reforms. They need to decide who they are really
going to support and commit to that support. That answer is simple. They
both will support who they think will hang in there until the end, and win.
We are not sending very good signals in that direction right now, thanks to
the Democrats.
The other six, Afghanistan , Iraq , Iran , Syria , North Korea and Libya
will require regime change or a major policy shift. Now, let's look more
closely.
Afghanistan and Iraq have both had regime changes, but are being fueled by
outsiders from Syria and Iran . We have scared Gaddafi's pants off, and he
has given up his quest for nuclear weapons, so I don't think Libya is now a
threat.
North Korea (the non-Islamic threat) can be handled diplomatically by buying
them off. They are starving. That leaves Syria and Iran. Syria is like a
frightened puppy. Without the support of Iran they will join the stronger
side. So where does that leave us? Sooner, or later, we are going to be
forced to confront Iran , and it better be before they gain nuclear
capability.
In 1989 I served as a Command Director inside the Cheyenne Mountain complex
located in Colorado Springs , Colorado for almost three years. My job there
was to observe (through classified means) every missile shot anywhere in the
world and assess if it was a threat to the US or Canada . If any shot was
threatening to either nation I had only minutes to advise the President, as
he had only minutes to respond. I watched Iran and Iraq shoot missiles at
each other every day, and all day long, for months. They killed hundreds of
thousand of their people. Know why? They were fighting for control of the
Middle East and that enormous oil supply.
At that time, they were preoccupied with their internal problems and could
care less about toppling the west. Oil prices were fairly stable and we
could not see an immediate threat. Well, the worst part of what we have
done as a nation in Iraq is to do away with the military capability of one
of those nations. Now, Iran has a clear field to dominate the Middle East,
since Iraq is no longer a threat to them. They have turned their attention
to the only other threat to their dominance, they are convinced they will
win, because the US is so divided, and the Democrats (who now control
Congress and may control the Presidency in 2008) have openly said we are
pulling out.
Do you have any idea what will happen if the entire Middle East turns their
support to Iran , which they will obviously do if we pull out? It is not
the price of oil we will have to worry about. Oil WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE to
this country at any price. I personally would vote for any presidential
candidate who did what JFK did with the space program---declare a goal to
bring this country to total energy independence in a decade.
Yes, it is about oil. The economy in this country will totally die if that
Middle East supply is cut off right now. It will not be a recession. It
will be a depression that will make 1929 look like the 'good-old-days'. The
bottom line here is simple. If Iran is forced to fall in line, the fighting
in Iraq will end over night, and the nightmare will be over.
One way or another, Iran must be forced to join modern times and the global
community. It may mean a real war---if so, now is the time, before we face
a nuclear Iran with the capacity to destroy Israel and begin a new ice age.
I urge you to read the book 'END GAME' by two of our best Middle East
experts, true American patriots and retired military generals, Paul Vallely
and Tom McInerney. They are our finest, and totally honest in their
assessment of why victory in the Middle East is so important, and how it can
be won. Proceeds for the book go directly to memorial fund for our fallen
soldiers who served the country during the war on terror. You can find that
book by going to the internet through Stand-up America at
On the other hand, we have several very angry retired generals today, who
evidently have not achieved their lofty goals, and insist on ranting and
raving about the war. They are wrong, and doing the country great harm by
giving a certain political party reason to use them as experts to back their
anti-war claims.
You may be one of those who believe nothing could ever be terrible enough to
support our going to war. If that is the case I should stop here, as that
level of thinking approaches mental disability in this day and age. It is
right up there with alien abductions and high altitude seeding through
government aircraft contrails. I helped produced those contrails for almost
30 years, and I can assure you we were not seeding the atmosphere. The
human race is a war-like population, and if a country is not willing to
protect itself, it deserves the consequences. Nuff-said!!!
Now, my last comments will get to the nerve. They will be on politics. I am
not a Republican. And, George Bush has made enough mistakes as President to
insure my feelings about that for the rest of my life. However, the
Democratic Party has moved so far left, they have made me support those
farther to the right. I am a conservative who totally supports the
Constitution of this country. The only difference between the United States
and the South American, third world, dictator infested and ever-changing
South American governments, is our US Constitution.
This Republic (note I did not say Democracy) is the longest standing the
world has ever known, but it is vulnerable. It would take so little to
change it through economic upheaval. There was a time when politicians
could disagree, but still work together. We are past that time, and that is
the initial step toward the downfall of our form of government.
I think that many view Bush-hating as payback time. The Republicans hated
the Clinton 's and now the Democrats hate Bush. So, both parties are
putting their hate toward willingness to do anything for political dominance
to include lying and always taking the opposite stand just for the sake of
being opposed. JUST HOW GOOD IS THAT FOR OUR COUNTRY?
In my lifetime, after serving in uniform for President's Kennedy, Johnson,
Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush I have a pretty good feel for which
party supported our military, and what military life was like under each of
their terms. And, let me assure you that times were best under the
Republicans.
Service under Jimmy Carter was devastating for all branches of the military.
And, Ronald Regan was truly a salvation. You can choose to listen to
enriched newscasters, and foolish people like John Murtha (he is no war
hero), Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Michael Moore, Jane Fonda , Harry Reid,
Russ Feingold, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, and on-and-on to include the
true fools in Hollywood if you like. If you do, your conclusions will be
totally wrong.
The reason that I write, appear on radio talk shows, and do everything I can
to denounce those people is simple. THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR THIRST FOR
POLITICAL POWER AND QUEST FOR VICTORY IN 2008 ABOVE WHAT IS BEST FOR THIS
COUNTRY. I cannot abide that. Pelosi clearly defied the Logan Act by going
to Syria , which should have lead to imprisonment of three years and a heavy
fine. Jane Fonda did more to prolong the Vietnam war longer than any other
human being (as acknowledged by Ho Chi Minh in his writing before he died).
She truly should have been indicted for treason, along with her radical
husband, Tom Hayden, and forced to pay the consequences.
This country has started to soften by not enforcing its laws, which is
another indication of a Republic about to fall. All Democrats, along with
the Hollywood elite, are sending us headlong into a total defeat in the
Middle East, which will finally give Iran total dominance in the region. A
lack of oil in the near future will be the final straw that dooms this
Republic. However, if we refuse to let this happen and really get serious
about an energy self-sufficiency program, this can be avoided. I am afraid,
however, that we are going in the opposite direction. If we elect Hillary
Clinton and a Democrat controlled congress, and they carry through with
allowing Iran to take control of the Middle East, continue to refuse
development of nuclear energy, refuse to allow drilling for new oil, and
continue to do nothing but oppose everything Bush, it will be over in terms
of what we view as the good life in the USA .
Now, do I think that all who do not support the war are un-American -- of
course not. They just do not understand the importance of total victory in
that region.
Another failure of George Bush is his inability to explain to the American
people why we are there, and why we MUST win. By the way, it is not a war.
The war was won four years ago. It is martial law that is under attack by
Iranian and Syrian outside influences, and there is a difference.
So, what do I believe? What is the bottom line? I will simply say that the
Democratic Party has fielded the foulest, power hungry, anti-country, self
absorbed group of individuals that I have observed in my lifetime. Our
educational system is partially to blame for allowing the mass of America to
be taken in by this group. George Bush has done the best he can with the
disabilities that he possesses.
A President must communicate with the people.And, I would tell you that
Desert Storm spoiled the people. Bush Senior's 100-hour war convinced the
people that technology has progressed to the point that wars could be fought
with no casualties and won in very short periods of time. I remember
feeling at the time, that this was a tragedy for the US military. To win
wars, you must put boots on the ground. When you put boots on the ground,
soldiers are going to die. A President must make the war decision wisely,
and insure that the cause is right before using his last political option.
However, CONTROLLING IRAN AND DEMOCRATIZING THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE ONLY
CHOICE IF WE ARE HELL-BENT ON DEPENDING ON THEM FOR OUR FUTURE ENERGY NEEDS.
Jimmy L. Cash, Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.
Lakeside , Montana 59922
'I'll tell you what war is all about, you've got to kill people, and when
you've killed enough they stop fighting.' Gen. Curtis LeMay
Message forwarded by:
Bill Wright
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