June 2010

A Tribute to the US Armed Forces

Posted by CotoBlogzz 05-31-2010 09:30 AM

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - In commemoration of the 9-11 attack, we posted a Tribute to the United States of America - We have decided to republish today, in memory of the fallen troops in the Gulf War and the apparently now non-existent Global War on Terror, and instead legislated to be man-made disasters, not unlike the current BP Gulf Oil Spill.

Allied casualties in Afghanistan to date 5-31-2010

In Memorium of all those who have died so we may live free.

A Tribute to the United States of America:

Tuesday, September 11, 2001 - The start of WWIII - Global War on Terror

A Proclamation by the President

An American Tragedy -- The Cowardly Attack On America -- a pictorial documentation of the tragedy -- download PP show.

Multimedia Show - A FLASH Presentation

Light a Candle - by ICQ You can post a message in remembrance of our brothers and sisters whose voices were silenced September 11, 2001, but whose spirit will live within each and every one of us forever!

Healing Process

Something to Think About:

World Reaction:

Editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair
European Perspective


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Healing Process:
In T.H. White's book The Once and Future King, the story of King Arthur, there is a passage that captures an important message applicable to all of us at a moment like this… Merlin the Magician was the boy-Arthur's teacher and guide. The Wise Merlin counsels a despondent Arthur. "The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honor trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then--to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting."

I know Merlin’s message will resonate with all of us, as our government determines how to assure that justice prevails -- what better way to combat the lunatics!

A Proclamation by the President

"I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Friday, September 14, 2001, as a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001. I ask that the people of the United States and places of worship mark this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance with noontime memorial services, the ringing of bells at that hour, and evening candlelight remembrance vigils. I encourage employers to permit their workers time off during the lunch hour to attend the noontime services to pray for our land. I invite the people of the world who share our grief to join us in these solemn observances.

"IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth." -- George W. Bush

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT:

This section is intended to promote understanding of Islam, the environment where those responsible for the Great American Tragedy of the Twenty First Century were raised and the understanding of the twisted form of Islam taught terrorist-sponsored states.

Terrorist-sponsored Islam guarantees a free pass to an eternal sensual heaven if you die a martyr in a jihad (holy war) .
True Islam teaches that if you do wrong to one person, you harm all of society.
The Koran, or Qur'an, recognizes that the Bible was the work of God.
Mohammed acknowledged the Old and New Testaments were Divine revelation
The Koran contains dogma, legends, history, fiction, religion, superstition, social and family laws, prayers, threats, liturgy, descriptions of heaven, hell, the judgment day, and resurrection among other topics.
Islam has aspired to become a world power and a universal religion. Since the weakness of the Byzantine Empire, the rivalry between the Greek and Latin Churches, the rivalry between Nestorius and Eutyches, the failing power of the Sassanian dynasty of Persia, the lax moral code of the new religion, were used by the caliphs to effect the conquest, in less than a century, of Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Egypt, North Africa, and the South of Spain. The Moslems crossed the Pyrenees, threatening St. Peter's at Rome, but were defeated by Charles Martel at Tours. This defeat arrested their western conquests and saved Europe.
With the Gulf War, Islamic temples were defiled, and thus Islamic Fundamentalists believe the United States to be a bunch of infidels, non-believers, Satan himself, and therefore condemned to die by the sword.
Once a Muslim, always a Muslim -- if they convert, say to Christianity, a Muslim signs a death sentence.
Islam in terrorist-sponsored states is tantamount to religious totalitarianism

Press the operative word for more on Muslims, Mohammed, heaven, hell, the judgment day, resurrection, New Testament, brought to you by the New Advent.

An American Tragedy -- Cowardly Attack On America

These pictures that captured the human emotions and collapse of the World Trade Center. These pictures tell the story of the terrorists' evil acts and show the pain and anger of the New Yorkers better than any words can express. Through these
pictures we feel connected to our New York brothers and sisters.

Instead of weakening the American spirits, this tragedy will bind and unite the American people more strongly. Our spirits will not be dampened by these coward acts of modern terrorism. On the contrary, we will recommit ourselves to show the world that the
United States of America is still standing tall and will always defend the cause of democracy. Click here for Power Point Presentation

TRIBUTE TO AMERICA, TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES

This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.

America: The Good Neighbor. Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television Commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:

"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth. Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the

Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States. When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.

When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped. The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans.

I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American Planes? Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technology, and you get radios. You talk about German technology, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technology, and you find men on the moon - not once, but several times - and safely home again.

You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.

When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke.

I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.

Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those."

European (an individual ) perspective

I was utterly horrified by the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. It was shocking, and almost unbelievable, to watch live on television (asmany millions of people around the world did) as the catastrophe unfolded. A beautiful, sunny early fall day in New York -- and a scenario unfolding around the World Trade Center that would have seemed stretched and highly improbably in a Hollywood blockbuster. High drama, of the most compelling visual kind, followed by a sickening role of human tragedy, grief and suffering on a scale never seen in peace time, other than in some large natural disasters such as huge earthquakes. And apart from the human suffering, there was the incredible human courage shown by hundreds of firefighters, police officers and other rescue crews, several hundred of whom sacrificed their lives. The way that new York (and probably Washington too) pulled together, faced the disaster collectively and in human and selfless solidarity, was incredibly moving to me.

People in Britain (and I think throughout Europe) felt enormously for those in America who had lost their lives, their relatives and close friends -- as so many thousands of people had -- in the New York and Washington attacks and their aftermath and in the four hijacked planes. There was a real sense of outrage and of sharing grief here -- and shared by myself -- and certainly not only because (as it later emerged) several hundred of the victims are likely to have been from this country (perhaps up to 10% of the final death toll -- making it also Britain's largest terrorist attack outside war time). The day of remembrance throughout Europe yesterday only served to bring home the deeply felt emotions of all people here. Three minutes of silence at 11am (in London -- at the same time, noon, in continental Europe) were strictly observed: in all schools, work places, in parliament, on the streets, in shops, at stations and airports, in official civic ceremonies and elsewhere. Two of the most touching were in Omagh, Northern Ireland, and Lockerbie, Scotland -- both small communities that have also suffered terribly from terrorist attacks. In my own area of London, people have been leaving bunches of flowers, with condolence notes, attached to trees and lampposts in the street. There was a ceremony yesterday in St Paul's Cathedral (some 2,000 inside and many more thousands outside following the service relayed by loudspeakers) attended by the queen, the American ambassador, the prime minister and other government ministers and a whole range of other religious leaders (including Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish and various Christian denominations) and leaders of al political parties -- and by thousands of ordinary people. I think similar things went on in nearly every European country and many other parts of the world as well.

When I could get through on the telephone, I spoke at length to a good friend in New York (who was fortunately not directly affected), and I was also more or less continuously on the phone to a friend of mine in London, She is originally from New York, and we would talk, often with the television on in the background, and bring each other up to date on the latest details we had heard. I can understand, then, the feelings of shock, then of grief, outrage and sometimes sheer bitterness that came out in the days following the attacks in America. I can feel for the people who experience them. But I have to say, those in the public sphere, including journalists and obviously politicians, must try to minimize their personal feelings of black rage in their public pronouncements. I must also say, if you don't mind my saying so, that I thought the newspaper article by the Canadian journalist that you circulated was a rather odd choice, from all the many thousands of articles (in newspapers, on the web, as well as radio and TV commentaries) that have been published or broadcast in the past few days.

Clearly, the writer was outraged and bitter -- that is understandable. But his tone, to my mind, was both cheap and rather nasty. The main points seemed to be that America was for ever the greatest country, and that other countries, particularly those in Europe, were ungrateful and unworthy and never repaid kindnesses they had received from the United States. All this is not only offensive, but untrue. The bit about other countries not offering help in the SF earthquake (which one is he referring to?) is ridiculous.

As I see it, the United States also needs Europe and the rest of the world, just as they need America. If the justifiable anger and outrage from this tragedy can be turned constructively into some good, then that will be something positive. Much closer collaboration and mutual support, between the United States and its European, Asian and other allies, not only would bring great benefits to all, but in fact is the only course possible for fighting the scourge of modern terrorism (and for achieving much else besides -- including staving off environmental disasters). Sadly, this collaboration has been often fairly weak in the past.

I was encouraged that NATO, for the first time ever, on Thursday invoked Clause 5 which states that an attack on one is an attack on all. The Europeans themselves have not been blameless in the past in the way they have each conducted their global policies, quite the reverse, in fact. And the United States, for too long in semi-isolation (something that has got much worse under President Bush), has thwarted attempts to reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, to set up an international War Crimes court, to get an international treaty on small arms, and another on landmines, and so on.

Certainly, military action will come, and come soon. But America's allies are essential to such action, and their full cooperation is not only desirable but necessary if action is to be effective -- to destroy the focal points of terrorism, and not just to lash out of revenge. Actually, I think Bush and his team know this, and I have been encouraged, up to now, by their stance of waiting and trying to find out really where terrorism lies and who supports it, and not rely on some of the wilder rhetoric around which advocates immediately bombing North Korea, Libya, Iran, Syria and a whole host of other countries.

because this is the whole democratic world's problem, unlike what the Canadian writer seemed to imply. Just dealing with Bin Laden will be extremely difficult. Firing cruise missiles at him, like last time, will achieve as little as that exercise did. Afghanistan has virtually no infrastructure that can be destroyed, and its ground terrain is almost impossible for would-be invaders (as the Russians in the 1980s and the British in the 19th century could testify). But the task goes far beyond Bin Laden and his particular organization. Europe has now, perhaps for the first time, shown great unity and solidarity in wanting to face up to the task and work closely with America (and other countries), and it needs to stick to its resolve. America, on the other hand, needs to break further out of its isolation, and recognize its very important international role. Less nonsense from isolationist senators about withholding UN dues, about boycotting international conferences and blocking environmental treaties (or worse, not carrying out its obligations under treaties it agreed to). And far less attention to be paid to these disproportionately powerful lobby groups such as the awful NRA, the oil companies, the tobacco companies and the airlines. Just on the airlines, it may not have stopped Tuesday's attacks, but if the American domestic airlines had not managed to sabotage

Al Gore's proposals for much stricter security at airports and on flights (proposals that were successfully implemented for US international flights, but not on domestic ones), then the hijackings would at least have been that bit more difficult to carry out. Even a country like Thailand has much greater security on its domestic flights than the US has had up to now, though that will certainly change.