The Truth about the Middle East

[mrpiff]

The most clear and concise explanation of what is really at stake and what's really going on in the Middle East, presented by a true expert.


Middle East Imperative

This is sobering.

This 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.

John R. (Jack) Farrington Major General, USAF (Retired)
Middle East Imperative

BY: JIM CASH, Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.

I recently wrote 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 grand kids 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 andIran. 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, for months. They killed hundreds of thousands 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 www.ospreyradio.usor www.rightalk.com.

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 Clintons 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 Presidents 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 Reagan 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. 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.



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

[FATboy05]

Very good post, explains exactly how I feel about the War, and our Country. Also explains I will NEVER vote for any democrat. Kudos for this post Mike!

[mrpiff]

:ditto:

[GzrGldGeo]

I will red it in more detail when I have a free half day.

My quick read says it is about oil,

Too bad the Constitiution doesn't say it is our God given right to all the world's resources.

If we are going to continue to piss on the Contitution I say we we just tear the whole son of a bitch up.

You can't pick and choose the parts you like and piss on the parts you don't.

I apologize if I am way off base and I will read it in it's entirity one day and provide a better response.

[GzrGldGeo]

Well I read it all.

If this war is so important, let's declare war, declare our obejctives and the enemy and go kick some ass.

1) Why if it is so important can't we do those basic things?
2) Why can't our president or anyone exlain very smply why this is so important? With less than 30% support they have all failed.

I am not against identifying an enemy and going to war to win. I am against making politicians wealthy fucking around in Iraq and telling us how dangerous all these people are. If they are kill the fuckers.

I still say start following the Constitution or tear the whole SOB up and start over. You can't continue to pick and choose.

I am about to agree with FB05. This ain't worth arguing much more. Some feel this undeclared, unconstituional war is necessary and some don't. Before I realized how much Main Stream Media and especially Faux News spins the truth, I too was 150% behind this undeclared, unconstitiuional war.

I support our troops 150%. The best way to do that is either declare a real war, with a real enemy, and a mission or bring them home ASAP!!! Let's quit fucking aorund and using our soldiers as political and financial pawns.

I plan to do my damnest to not respond any further to any war or poltical post.

My stance is netted out as follows. I will try to read anything anyone post to hoepfully learn sonething new or to change my mind.
1) The war is undeclared and unconsitutinal. It is to make politicains more wealthy.
2) The politicians are all on the same team against most of the working class Americans. They just want you to believe there is a difference in Dem and Repubs.

Unless I chnage my opinion on one of those I am not sure it is good for me or any of you for me to keep saying that over and over.

IMHO!!

[Fubar]

I gotta tell you in this is the first time I have publically read something like this, he echo's my every personal fear.

Why don't we attack them? Can you imagine how a certain segment of society would twist that decision?? It would be political suicide to whoever is in office, without the proper confirmed provocation of Iran.....politicians are self serving fuckwads...remember?

This is not a complex at all....what we should do, and what politicians will do, are two very different things, one rarely affects the other and neither have a bloody thing to do with the constitution.

[mikedetejas]

The American people (and the West) do not have the will to stand up to the middle East. We have failed to learn from history. How different the world would have been if Neville Chamberlain and Europe had stood up to nazi Germany at any time from 1933-1939.

[mikedetejas]

http://www.islam-watch.org/Stunich/Culture-War-and-Self-hatred-West-Allow-Islamic-Inroads.htm

[mrpiff]

Great link Mike! If that doesn't explain the difference between the dems and the republicans in a world context, I don't know what will.

I have learned a great deal from all the folks posting on these politically sensitive subjects, and no matter how vehemently I may disagree, I don't get angry or upset or let it ruin my day.

I certainly don't like any of the candidates we have to pick from, but I will vote for Mc Cain 1000 times before I would vote for Janery Fonda Clinton or Hussain Ofondabama!

[GzrGldGeo]

I still say there is no difference between Repubs and Dems.

I did come across a great piece of info for the "repubs at all cost" people because of some fear of the dems.

78% of US Muslems voted Republican in 2004.
83% of Arab Americans voted Republican in 2004.

hmmm???

I too fear those dems. I couldn't stand the taxes if my salary tripled again like it did under Clinton. LOL!!!

Bush doesn't raise taxes. he just gives away more than any dem ever has, prints money we don't have, and sells our country overseas to "freinds" like China, Japan, North Korea etc. A much better plan than taxes. Inflation is running rampant. Jobs are going away by the 1000's, but by god the taxes haven't went up.

I guess I ain't gonna have much luck shutting up. I do plan to try though.

I also plan to put in links to lengthy articels giving the other side to a lengthy article posted giving only one side to an issue. Hopefully keeping my mouth shut too. LOL!!

All easier said than done. I am trying to shut up. It is hard though.

As always my opinion and worth exactly what you paid for it.