[slickmisc] Fwd: Never Let Them Forget

["Rich Martin, Editor Slick eZine" <richslick@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Seen this b/4, but still a very applicable reminder.

Rich Martin
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From: William A.Pauwels, Sr.  

 
Please forward to your friends and colleagues. 

>From Paul Harvey 

"DO 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. 

Keep this going until every living American has read it and 
memorized it so we don't make the same mistake again. 


 




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