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To see an impending danger and not defend your nation is to be a coward.

To see an impending danger and defend your nation anyway is to be respected.

WAR ! On 9/11/01 you were drafted into war. You have no choice -- you're in. You may support retaliation. Or, you may be against protecting yourself from further attacks even after having been surprised on 9/11, and threatened frequently since. We are living through World War III regardless of your perception. Regardless of your politics, this is fact: This war must be won. The question is, are we going to win it soon or are we going to fail to effectively retaliate making it a long, costly war?

Yesterday's friend may not be today's ally. We must judge our friends based upon past performances, today's actions and tomorrow's expectations.

The Record

The United States of America was founded by people who had lived under tyranny and been forced to pay homage and be subservient. The founders had first-hand experience and understood the value and need for freedom, individual liberty and independence. For generations people of the United States have prospered and survived because they cooperate with each other and other nations economically and culturally. For centuries the United States has been perceived by billions of people around the world as the nation to emigrate to in order to survive, be free and gain fair opportunity to prosper based upon ability. People of the United States have consistently freely elected leaders who have governed by the principles identified and defined by the founders.

Over centuries the United States has demonstrated that it will survive and prosper while following established laws and doing what is right and reasonable. At times when the world has witnessed a demagogue, tyrant, dictator, suppressor of freedom and liberty, the United States has, when asked to or when threatened itself, come to the rescue of oppressed people. When the fight was won and the immediate dangers removed, the United States has attempted to restore safety, freedoms and justice to the peoples who had suffered. With the wisdom of hindsight's perspective, thinking people can review the histories of W.W.I, W.W.II, the Korean War, and other conflicts along with resolutions like the Marshall Plan, economic, educational and farm aid and other ongoing assistance that have been provided by the United States. In the big picture, rational observers generally agree and logically conclude that, although the remedies may have been less than perfect, most often the people liberated were living better after receiving assistance from the United States than before.

Throughout history, dictators, tyrants and demagogues have come to power only to destroy the populations that they gained control over. When left to their own devices, they destroyed their nation's economies, killed those who disagreed with them and attempted to take over neighboring nations' resources and peoples. In recent decades, when dictators, tyrants and demagogues have been destructive, nations believing in freedom and individual liberty have joined together and extinguished them. The United States has been the leader in these fights because it was able to lead through fair use of power in alliance with other freedom-loving nations.

Today the world can choose to allow regimes of unquestionable records of destruction, such as Iraq and North Korea, to continue unimpeded in their quest to build more weapons of mass destruction and promote global terrorism. Those who are free enough to question and still allow such behavior to continue unabated should ask themselves the same questions tyrants asked themselves when they made their plans. Those questions are, "Should I build schools, industry and cultural institutions? Or should I build weaponry that I can use to taunt, threaten, and attack other nations so I can increase my power and resources?"

The Age of Asymmetric War Arrived September 11, 2001

The Guiding Principle Of Asymmetric War Is Responsive Total Self-Defense.

The Age of Asymmetric Policy Arrived March 17, 2003

The Foundation Of Asymmetric Policy Is Self-Defense Is A Primary Responsibility Of All Nations.
Yesterday's friend may not be today's ally. We must judge our friends based upon past performances, today's actions and tomorrow's expectations.

The War Against Terrorism's Multiple Battlefronts

The liberation of Iraq was not Gulf War II. The War Against Terrorism is a global war involving every civilized person of all nations. There are many fronts, each a battlefront within the War Against Terrorism.

Certain Uncertainties Exist

The uncertainties of war make all else in life appear as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar. Uncertainties do not exist in predicting which force will win the War Against Terrorism or most battles on any specific terrorism front. Uncertainties do exist in how long it will take and what the cost in valuable human life will be to accomplish all that will be accomplished.

The Function Of War Waged By Civilized Cultures Is Self-Defense

We have not yet ended the beginning and the midway point is years away.

Iranian Exacts Revenge After 28 Years
	January 20, 1981, Ronald Reagan was sworn into office. Concurrent with that change, the Iranian kidnappers released the US embassy hostages they had taken 444 days before.
According to some hostages and upon examining photographs of the ordeal, it has been determined that one of the kidnappers was the man who is now president of Iran. This man, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has sworn to wipe Israel off the face of the earth and to destroy the great Satan, the USA.
Consider January 20, 2009. The US could be preparing to celebrate the inauguration of President Obama or President Hillary Clinton instead of President McCain. It has been 28 years since President Reagan faced down and humiliated the Iranian terrorists. What might one of those terrorists -- now president of Iran -- do to save face and make up for his humiliation?
Consider the situation that is inverse to that of 1981. Terrorists around the world know and believe that the new US president was elected on a plank of peace, passivity, and withdrawal from Iraq and a winding down of all military involvement around the world.
Consider the mind and rabid anger of leaders such as Ahmadinejad who now controls weaponry and an army of dedicated fanatics willing to die for him and Allah.
Consider how Ahmadinejad might choose to test the new US president.
Perhaps he will order his army to swarm across the border into Iraq. They would be armed with any weaponry available since the attack would continue into Iraq with confrontation with US military that would be ordered to pull back -- retreat.
Likely the new US president, being of a passive, non-militarist nature, and having been elected to pacify our enemies would order his or her forces to retreat so that he or she could talk with Ahmadinejad.
Consider other options available to Ahmadinejad. He could attack Israel. He might coordinate his attack with Hezbollah forces that he has been arming for years. While Iran fired missiles and sent troops into Israel, Hezbollah could attack from the other border.
Consider other revenge tactics Ahmadinejad might implement. Now prepare to deal with any of them. Can you?

After Years, There Is No More Time For Gentlemanly Ceremony...

The Plains Of New York, Washington & Pennsylvania Are Signposts To The Future

Delivered to the Continental Congress, 1775, by Patrick Henry

...I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it?

...Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature has placed in our power. Three millions of people armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable -- and let it come! I repeat, sir, let it come!

It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace -- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

Searching For The Reasonable Man

Will a Reasonable Man please step forward?

If he has already been killed, may he rest in peace.

The U. S. Constitution is not a suicide pact. A civilized, free society leaves itself open to attack. At what point does that society draw the line and close the door to uncivilized attack by those who live by no rules or regulations and demonstrate complete disregard for civilization? The answer is, "Somewhere before that society is destroyed." Self-preservation is simple to understand if a person simply thinks.

Enemy combatants must be detained, interrogated and held under control to prevent their uncivilized behavior.

U.S. Constitution: Sixth Amendment
Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions

"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense."

One Year & Thereafter

September 11, 2002: One year after the attack that changed civilization's perception of how it can exist in a civilized manner while under attack from primitive forces armed with modern technology.

We continue to act as if it were October, 2001. We should mark --- but not celebrate --- the one year anniversary of the attack. Should we review our thoughts, analyze ourselves and our leaders, memorialize our heroes, place flowers and Teddy bears and plan lasting memorials and the building of new structures on the WTC site? Call it a tragedy, emotionalize it, whine, cry, scream for a day or even a week? This attack calls for that but how long can we go on?

It has been over a year since the War Against Terrorism was officially joined. The dead are buried. The families, friends and coworkers are coping. Children are growing, people are dying, most of us are changed but attempting to progress through life.

Mature, educated, thinking leadership is needed to take control of a confused and frustrated populace. The time has come to focus away from the tragedy and sadness and redirect our efforts toward growth, development and progress. We should get to work doing our jobs better than we ever have, inspired by living at this greatest time of opportunity for all who want to apply themselves.

But some, including military forces and political leadership, are charged with ensuring that the rest of us have, and will continue to have the freedom and safety required to work for progress in a civilized world. Their work involves prevention of future attacks. We must use whatever methods are needed to preempt the chaos of terrorism. Terrorism must be eliminated from the vocabulary of frustrated, uncivilized peoples. The chaos of terrorism requires that seemingly preemptive strikes be made against rogue states and empowered demagogues. Civilized people may not understand this strategy, but civilization should. Tomorrow's preemptive strike was made necessary on 9/11. Imagine if the attacks of 9/11 had been prevented.... We would still be sitting ducks unknowingly waiting for the first attack. And that attack could have been --- and now may be --- nuclear. Today civilization is in a life and death struggle. The struggle may appear over or, to the simple-minded, a war for oil, but the War Against Terrorism is merely temporarily suspended by the terrorist forces.

Military force greater than that held by the terrorists must be used to eliminate their leadership and make it clear to their indoctrinated followers that they need to find civilized methods to promote their causes. They should get organized, educated, build, and do business, and use this civilized methodology to compete with Western Civilization and, if they are up to it, they may defeat us on those terms.

Terrorists' followers must be taught that terrorism does not produce the results they want. In fact, it only prevents them from raising educated children, honoring their parents and living healthy, productive lives. They must understand that terrorism inflicts pain upon the terrorists' families, religions, and nations. They must understand that to be a terrorist is to be a primitive tool of demagogues who are unworthy of being followed.

Terrorists want to stop progress. Now the time has come for civilization to move its focus to the future. If we fail to do so, the terrorists are winning their war.

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What Is The Case Against Iraq's Hussein? Civilizations that fail to defend themselves die.

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Saddam Hussein has invaded two sovereign nations (Iran & Kuwait)

Has used weapons of mass destruction on his own people, including women & children (chemical & biological)

Known to be developing nuclear weapons

Contributed to & promoted terrorist acts for years -- including 9/11

Responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians & military personnel

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WarAnallysis

Considering military, political, cultural, economic elements, who is winning the war?

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Western Civilization

Terrorism

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WarAnallysis

Considering electric & water facilities, office buildings, residences, monuments, shopping malls, government buildings, etc., how prepared is the civilized world for terrorism?

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Prepared

Unprepared

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Characteristics Of Western Civilization That Make It Difficult To Defeat Terrorism's Chaos

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Law Abiding

Respect For Life

Freedom & Rights Prevail

Faith In The Future

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WarAnallysis

Considering U.S. domestic issues such as political divisions, race & gender relations, religious issues, economic envy, how united do we really stand?

WarAnallysis

United

Divided

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What Individual Nations & Western Civilization Need To Do To Defeat Terrorism

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Build Homeland Defense

Unify Domestically & Cooperate

Attack Terrorists Globally

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In Perspective, What's It All About?

WarAnallysis

New York City

Freedom, Equality, Justice & The United States of America's Centuries of Successes Through The Implementation of Capitalism & Western Civilization Ideals

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Perspective: Now that we have 9/11 in perspective, what would be best to do?

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Stop Placing Flowers, Teddy Bears & Whining

Have Brief Annual Memorial Services

Recognize That Civilization Was Attacked, Get Over the Tragedy, Fight To Win the War Against Terrorism

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Difficult Battles & Dreadful Casualties Still Lie Ahead

We have not yet finished the beginning and the midway point is years away.

Civilized People

It is wrong that civilized people who are so productive a force and work to advance Western Civilization are now subjected to danger and negative, distractive concerns. It is a fact that the world changed forever on September 11 and we all have new private thoughts and concerns.

To understand our current situation we should consider Western Civilization’s development over the centuries and focus on today’s global society, culture, science and economics. In many ways the terrorist-induced traumas and threats are going to force reevaluation of many of our institutions, their inter-relationships and functions. We believe that intermediate and long-term results will be upgrades to most institutions of Western Civilization.

In the near-term we have valid safety concerns and question the potential for progress of Western Civilization. It may appear that this enemy, one of the most evil forces to ever inhabit Earth’s surface, could destroy Western Civilization. We do not believe that this primitive evil force, personified by cave dwellers, will seriously damage Western Civilization. It will inflict more pain, sadness and alarm, but Western Civilization will prevail. We are confident that society will look back in a few years to these events and recall extreme pain and tragedy. But it will be apparent from that vantage point that the net result will have been progress for Western Civilization and improved lives for all who deserve to live in peace and prosperity earned through honest, hard work.

We are vulnerable because we are civilized. We will prevail because we are decent and right.

Deadly remnants of resistance will remain for the foreseeable future throughout Iraq --- and the world.

Difficult Battles & Dreadful Casualties Still Lie Ahead In The War Against Terrorism

Volunteering To Win

Sneak attack at Pearl Harbor military base, December 7, 1941	Sneak attacks over Pennsylvania, New York, Washington, D.C., September 11, 2001
Over 2500, primarily military, people killed	Nearly 3,000, primarily civilian, people killed
War declared December 8, 1941	Mourning begins
Men & women of all ages lined up to volunteer	Some increase in volunteering specifically for the military
Retaliation started immediately	Retaliation started October 7, 2001
Men of all ages were conscripted & volunteered through 1945	Men between 18 & 36 are eligible for military service
Women of all ages joined the military support branches & took non-traditional factory and local jobs to fill in for men serving in the military into the later 1940's	Women between 18 & 36 are eligible for military service

The War Against Terrorism was officially announced on 9/11/2001 and, on that day, every person who enjoys the freedoms and lives peacefully with all the free benefits available to each citizen of the United States of America was enlisted in the fight. The war is going to proceed slowly and last several years. It will require serious, dedicated volunteers of both genders and of all ages.