Independent Patriots for America

Decision Time

Where will you be on September 15, 2007?

Plans made to travel to Washington, DC?

America and going to Washington, DC on September 15 is just about all that’s on my mind these days and hardly anything different comes off my keyboard.  Not necessarily that I want to travel, but what I’m driven to do…the threat posed to America by the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) rally cannot be ignored.  I can’t imagine not being there, God willing.
 
I can hardly wait to claim a spot on the street in DC, standing up for America, and sink my talons securely in my portion of the pavement.   Yes, I’m claiming a portion of the streets that the left-over hippie generation think they still own…….wrong……the 60s are over, Eagles will be in town.
 
At the same time a sadness creeps into my heart over the disunity, disharmony, hatred,  betrayal of our warriors, out right attack by a powerful  evil enemy determined to destroy America, leading  rank and file sheep that has literally no idea what they are doing, to destruction.
 
The poor ignorant souls that are brainwashed into thinking they are voicing and participating in a legitimate cause that will steer America on the correct course are totally blind to the background, motivation, and goals of the ANSWER movement.  ANSWER is a communist based, Marxist organization filled with tag along radical groups to include Muslim extremists with the goal of destruction.  These radical anti-war, anti-America, supporters of the Islamic butchers that are killing our warriors throughout the world must be stopped…their “hate America” shrill has been a thorn in the flesh of freedom loving Americans for decades…I’ve had enough, am sick of the “surrender attitude in America that will be reversed again on September 15 as it was on March 17 this year.
 
Do I take joy in the necessity of challenging other Americans, traveling a couple thousand miles to DC and return, creating some sacrificial difficulty on my family?  NO, I would rather be at home with my family enjoying America, and all it offers, reading newspapers and watching news reports of a unified America, supporting our warriors, in the battle against Islamic terrorism.  This is not reality and we all know it.  America is being attacked from within and it must be confronted.
 
Unfortunately, If I stayed home, I would become a mirror image of America in the 60s and 70s that stayed home while millions of warriors were in fox-holes in Vietnam defending freedom, myself included. Over 58,000 American warriors died fighting for freedom while America snoozed, allowing the anti-war radicals to convince cowardly, selfish politicians to surrender to an enemy our warriors defeated.   The anti-war crowd in the 60s, some of whom will be in DC in September, were given freedom to roam the streets without any challenge.  That cannot happen again……….not ever again…..enough is enough….our current warriors cannot be abandoned or dishonored because America is too busy to realize men and women are dying for them daily while a subtle, cancerous virus is attempting to infect our Congress with the “surrender” disease once more.
 
In my life-time I can testify to the horrors of WWII, the  absolute repulsive conditions on the European battlefield, POW camps, gas chambers ; the unspeakable jungle conditions, death marches, POW torture, by the Japanese in the Pacific;  sacrifices of unimaginable proportion on the Korean peninsula; equally heroic and successful warrior performance in Vietnam but never truthfully reported by the media; and following Vietnam the Islamic terror movement which has been slowly killing us for at least three decades.  Over 240 Marines killed in their barracks in Beirut; our Embassies being bombed, Somalia, Pan Am 103, Air Force billets bombed in Saudi Arabia, Cole attack, 9-11, on and on.
 
According to the ANSWER movement, America is responsible for everything wrong in the world…..America is the reason for the pain…they even go so far as to support the IED suicidal barbarians in Iraq that kill, maim, and wound our warriors…men and women sacrificing themselves so ANSWER and their minions have the freedom to protest in the streets, dishonor our returning wounded at Walter Reed Army Hospital with vile demonstrations, and even interrupt warrior funerals as family members lay their loved one to rest.  Is there anything more despicable?
 
It’s time for America to decide a course of action to deal with the infection……allow the cancer to grow or cut the sucker out.
 
Will patriots continue to allow these repugnant haters of America,  that openly call for the destruction of our republic to claim ownership of the streets that our warriors, cited above, fought and died to protect?  The old excuse “let someone else do it” won’t wash…it’s up to you and me.  Let’s get the boots on, pick up the flag, get in the car or on the plane and head to DC. How can any of us sit idly by while the enemy works to undermine,  before our very eyes, over 200 years of sacrifice for freedom ?
 
Tens of thousands of us have awakened from the snooze.  On September 15, 2007, Eagles will challenge those that want to destroy America, abandon our troops, and desecrate, vandalize memorials to our fallen and missing warriors, if not protected in Washington, DC.  Join in, be part of a positive impact on America.
 
The hope of America literally rests on a massive  “boots on the ground” Landing of Eagles, standing shoulder-to-shoulder, arm in arm, locked in support of America…our numbers will send a message to American political leaders, our enemies, and those that support them.  Which will it be?  Standup for America or bow down to a ruthless, evil, Islamic enemy?
 
Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret
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We will stand firm on September 15 

Our talons will be set

The days surrounding September 15 appear to be developing into a critical period for America…many officials testifying to Congress for and against various issues related to national security, the Commander-in-Chief is reported as preparing some policy announcement, anti-America elements preparing to spread false, misleading, and distorted messages…and further, American troops will be watching, listening, praying about all this, and yes, probably dying during this week, in hopes America will not let them down…not abandon moms, dads, sons, and daughters in harms way……….

I have a message for our gallant warriors and their families…Eagles will have your back and the back of your Commander, General Petraeus, in Washington, DC on September 15…..we will not abandon or betray over 200 years of warrior sacrifices to a minority willing to surrender it all.

But, before September 15 there is work to be done.  The moonbats are scurrying to shore up their last remaining remnant of support……..get the word out to your friends all over America of the critical need to be in Washington, DC.

One of our strong Eagle leaders is Move America Forward with their cross country caravan which begins September 3, 2007.  The moonbats are calling for a rally to protest MAF’s initial kick-off at Carson City, Nevada…

Latest word from the moonbats video indicates they are pleading for support to frustrate MAF’s efforts.  Now is the time for all folks within reach of Carson City, NV to be in attendance September 3rd at 0900 AM to support MAF……..turn the tables on the moonbats.  Notify your friends in Nevada, California and others of the grand opportunity to humiliate, demoralize the anti-America crowd with a large pro-America, pro troop support, encouraging MAF…    When MAF starts off strong, the effect will carry to DC and September 15th.

For all of us going to DC…..time to get the busses finalized, lodging taken care of in DC,  tickets for the train, put a note on  http://www.eaglesup.us/ forum if you have room for passengers  traveling with you in your own vehicle, get your T-shirts ordered  quickly at  http://www.printfection.com/eaglesup , signs, bull horns, flags, etc…….examples on our web site.

Check the web sites frequently of groups that are working to bring true patriots to DC on Sept. 15 including Eagles Landing; Move America Forward hosting the  nationwide caravan of families and supporters starting in California and arriving in DC on the 15th; Military Order of the Purple Heart; Gathering of Eagles; Free Republic; and Vets For Freedom — in addition to many other pro-troop organizations.

Detailed schedules, meeting locations, march routes will be finalized and provided.  As mentioned previously, National Park Service will not likely release permit information until the week preceding the event……….your primary information you already know…get to DC on Sep 15…we know the location we will occupy is likely from Lafayette Park (across from the White House) down Pennsylvania Avenue, likely down 15th St to Constitution Ave and then east to the US Capitol………locations of other events and further directions will be provided when available.

Take action on the September 3rd MAF kick-off, get you plans to DC finalized…look forward to locking arms with tens of thousands of you in DC……..

Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret

Eagles Up!

Eagles Landing

“A helpless sparrow can drift with the

wind. It takes an “Eagle” to fly against the

storm.”

September 15, 2007

Washington, D.C.

I am happy to report the Eagles message is taking hold throughout America…more and more are committing to travel to Washington, DC for the September, 15, 2007 E-Day.  Of course as our numbers climb, the opposition is deviously looking and employing counter-measure to thwart our efforts…you know when this is happening, our progress is worrisome to the “moonbats”.
 
We’re beginning to see glimpses of distortion, fabrication, deception, from elements that reflect intentions to sow disharmony, confusion and cause division among those of us 1. Supporting America 2. Reflecting to our troops and their commander, General Petraeus, that we have their backs, and 3. honoring our fallen and missing warriors and their families on September 15, 2007 on the streets of Washington, DC. .  Elements engaged in this behavior can only be part of the ANSWER crowd.   Recognize it for what it is and ignore those attempting divisive and false rumor.
 
Some are spreading the notion that we are pro-war.  Simply because one element of our mission supports the troops, some are referring to our September 15, 2007 intention to field massive numbers on the streets of Washington, DC as “pro-war”. 

In a discussion with a family member who subscribed to the anti-war movement,  Jim, a military man used the following logic:
 
“I asked if we could have a gentlemen’s agreement - namely that I’d say something that would only take a minute or two and he would sit still and listen, and when I was done, I’d sit still and listen to whatever he wanted to say.  He agreed.

I asked him who he thought was most against war.  After a minute, he said he didn’t know.  I then said that I thought the people most against war were those, like me, that had to fight them.  I have been under rocket attack three times and personally heard shells (23mm) go past my head (while I was in a FAC O-2) and that was very scary and personal.  I also lost friends in the war.  I said that the military, who has to fight the wars, is the group most against war, because they have the most to lose, but that the military understands that sometimes war is necessary.

I said I was done and he could say anything he wanted and I’d be quiet.  After several minutes of silence, he said he had never thought about it that way before.”

The difference between the anti-war elements and American’s for freedom is simple…if we must go to war, then “we win, they lose”…period.
 
It’s freedom we’re about, ensuring the security of America, not debating the right or wrong of Iraq but looking at the longer term threat America faces of which Iraq is a part.  It’s about messages being sent to a barbaric, ruthless, bunch of butchers that are encouraged when they see elements in America that suggest “surrender”, demeaning our troops, and allowing the Islamic killers to use foolishness of a few private citizens and politicians, as ammunition for propaganda purposes.
 
We cannot allow a repeat of the 60s when America abandoned our troops in Southeast Asia….folks it is not easy to make a trip to Washington, DC that is recognized…be sure that this is not about some individual getting his/her ego stroked or some organization bolstering it’s agenda…what it’s about is the survival of our nation, our way of life is being moved perilously close to  a repeat of the 60s…this time, as we have already experienced, the enemy is attacking us on continental United States soil.  If we do not hold the line and move with offensive action to rally in support of America, our troops, and recognize the sacrifice of our fallen and missing, the blood bath will continue in America with a force that will dwarf 9-11-2001.  We can make a move now without bloodshed at home if we act…think about it? 
 
Many organizations such as Eagles Landing, Move America Forward, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Gathering of Eagles, Rolling Thunder, and others are engaged in preparation and urging American patriots to sacrifice, if necessary, to be present for duty, ‘boots on the ground” in Washington, DC on September 15, 2007.  The goal is to fill the streets and totally overwhelm those that would tear America down, abandon our troops again, and dishonor our fallen and missing and their families..
 
America needs each one of us desperately to stand-up for her…our troops, the very sons and daughters, sacrificing blood, body parts, and lives deserve nothing less…use our web site www.eaglesup.us and tell us you’ll be in DC…click on the forum and sign up or hit the “contact button” at the top of the page and tell America you’re on the way……
 
God willing our presence in DC will shake the political establishment and our national media into some sense of reality where America stands.
 
Respectfully,
 
Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;  they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31)
 
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“A helpless sparrow can drift with the wind.  It takes an “Eagle” to fly against the storm.”  

A CALL TO STAND FOR FREEDOM 

September 15, 2007   

Washington, D.C.      

The Threadgills in Alabama sent me the Eagle quote above to support  Gathering of Eagles event last March in Washington, D.C., as we opposed, confronted, and routed the anti-America crowd.

I suggest a search of hearts will  reflect we have been “sparrows drifting with the wind” for nearly four decades in America?  Can we admit we have been drifting with those winds who find nothing but fault with our nation, accusing America of the world’s problems, ignoring the attacks on American freedoms, drifting as America sinks lower and lower into the gutter of despair, drifting while the media lies, distorts, fabricates conditions in America, gives comfort to our enemies while ignoring and failing to provide America some semblance of objectivity and truth in our fight against the Islamic butchers at home and abroad, drifting as unscrupulous, greedy corporations act as leeches at the gas pumps…on and on?

Our government has lost nearly 80% of American confidence…the immoral, greedy, criminal activities in Congress and the Presidency over the years has been a result of America drifting to the polls…drifting with the winds of change because we don’t want to turn around and face the biting gusts and stand for America…friends, you and I, patriots that love America and what she stands for have abandoned her.  Even American leadership gives aid and comfort to the enemy while our warriors suffer, bleed, are maimed and die on the battlefield…they shout the war is lost, the war is lost but as hypocrites and “arm-chair warriors”, continue sending men and women to fight and die.  These leaders are despicable traitors, treasonous, and betrayers of our nation, it’s warriors and families….will we continue to “drift”… or will we ignite a new fire by joining together in Washington, D.C. September 15, 2007?

What has happened to America…where is the unity, courage, integrity, honor, love of neighbor and country, muscle to fight for right on the home-front, of just 50 years ago?  Why are we not sounding the alarm that America is in jeopardy…what more evidence do we need than Muslim butchers flying planes into New York buildings and the Pentagon?  We need to find a small measure of the guts Todd Beamer and others displayed on United Airlines Flight 93…America and the freedom of our children and grandchildren is more important than life itself…Are Americans so uninformed or are we just ignorant to the terrorists and their supporters goal of destroying America?  The threat is no longer over the horizon, it’s here, in America, we have been attacked and the left wingers of Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) and their supporters that we will face on September 15, are part of the threat to America.

We have been drifting, drifting …”as long as it doesn’t affect me or mine”……….well, the radiation from a dirty bomb will affect you…the germs from a biological release will affect you…don’t think you’re safe because you live in rural America…the threat is to us all…will we act to stop it or have we chosen to live in a state of denial?

So much easier to swim downstream with the current, to run with the wind, to walk with the snowstorm, to have our backs to the rain…to drift…drift with little to no effort.  There is a penalty, consequence to drifting…deadly consequences…the course is uncertain, direction is unknown, destination a gamble,  and the return may be treacherous, difficult, painful, and costly.

If America is to survive, the drifting must stop, recognize America is on a collision course with a ruthless enemy, prepare to sacrifice as necessary, and follow the Eagle who is courageous and comfortable flying against the storm America faces today.

If not now, when?  After the blood starts flowing in the streets of downtown America??

The time is now, an immediate storm that must be faced will blow on September 15, 2007 in Washington, D.C….the haters of America, enemies within our borders, communist backed elements, those that wish America harm are planning a rally/march vicinity the White House, Congress, and our memorials. Their modus operandi is to lie, distort, deceive, intimidate, confuse, use scare tactics, vandalize, and any other form of vile propaganda and physical action to convince America and our gutless leaders that General Petraeus, our Commander in Iraq is failing…our troops are failing…America is failing, democracy and liberty is not worth the fight…, but not a word will be uttered in condemnation against the terrorist butchers that chop heads, desecrate human beings, and other gruesome acts that animals refuse to commit to their own kind…these butchers get a free ride.  America will determine if the snake finds new life or it’s head is crushed once and for all.

Many of us fought for the right for all Americans to express themselves, free speech, but no one I know of fought to allow enemies of America to walk our streets calling for it’s destruction without challenge…our fallen are crying out to not be forgotten.

The anti-America crowd assumption has been that America will continue to “drift”… that there will be no Todd Beamers, no Patrick Henrys, they assume they will be unchallenged   to spew their venom against our nation as they have, nearly unopposed, for 40 years…this is changing and they know it…they viewed the sharp claws, laser eyes, and powerful Gathering of Eagles on March 17, 2007 and other locations since March, and are about to discover Eagles Landing  on their parade September 15 once again..

I see one million, yes, one million patriotic citizens of the United States arriving in  Washington, D.C. on September 15, standing proud, non-violent, non-confrontational, shoulder to shoulder,  whose specialty is “flying against the wind”. They are trained, motivated, tired of drifting, tired of the surrender shrill…old, young, men, women, veterans, widows, civilians, families, will set a course in support of freedom, lifting up America, displaying to our troops their backs are covered, giving our fallen warriors a special day of rest and special protection, while sending an undeniable message of hope for America and defeat for our enemies. 

These Eagles are caravanning from California, convoying from Florida, flying in from Hawaii, riding busses from Pennsylvania, Maine, Texas and trains, car-pools from all points in between. All heading to Washington to exercise our freedom to challenge those that reflect a hatred of America, to encourage America to stop “drifting” and face the wind, to signal to our enemies that America, the giant of freedom is waking from it’s long slumber.

We have been “drifting” too long..tell your friends, write letters to the editors, get your veterans organizations involved, call your talk radio stations, web broadcasts…commit now in 60 days you and I will Gather with the Eagles  on the streets of Washington, D.C. facing the wind, standing strong and unmoved against the forces of surrender and defeat. 

Let’s make September 15, 2007 a day remembered because One Million  EAGLES LANDED in Washington, D.C., confirming “America is the land of the free, because of the brave”.

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Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret

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18 July 2007

America At War

Are we on the Viet Nam path Out of Iraq?

October 02, 2005
 
Fox News “War Stories” with Ollie North on 10/02/2005 focused on the indecision of American leaders during the Viet Nam war and the terrible price our pilots, and in effect, all troops paid.
 
President Johnson and Defense Secretary McNamara during the Viet Nam war (neither one knowing anything about fighting a war) demonstrated a callous disregard for the lives of our troops and welfare of our nation, by spending more time focusing on what our “cold war” enemies would think of U.S. decisions than the life threatening impact on our own troops and success of the war.
 
Fast forward forty years to the middle east conflict in Iraq.  President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld are engaged in some of the same indecision that cost us victory in the Viet Nam war. 
 
As in the Viet Nam war, the anti-war rabble is again raising it’s ugly head, having never learned “freedom is not free”, our troops in the middle east are being second guessed,  hamstrung with limitations on what can and cannot be attacked, which raises the question… where is the war in Iraq being managed.  My guess is that Washington is still calling the shots, otherwise our Generals would have insisted Syria be in the cross-hairs long ago.
 
During the Viet Nam war, Washington was making tactical decisions which nearly always put our pilots and ground troops at a disadvantage.  Rather than being bold, aggressive, and fighting on our terms to win, politicians were more concerned about what the “Russians would do”.  Great thought was given to our bombs falling on Russians assisting North Vietnamese in the north but little thought of North Vietnamese artillery located in Cambodia firing on us in South Viet Nam with impunity…we were not allowed to take action against North Vietnamese in Cambodia…U.S. politicians, in effect,  protected our enemy which resulted in American lives lost.
 
Now the same scenario is reflected in Iraq… instead of taking action on Syria and Iran for supporting the enemy in Iraq, we allow them to funnel money, weapons, and materiel into Iraq with impunity.  President Bush and others appear more concerned what France, Germany, the UN and other pip squeak nations will think.  The Iraq war is being waged with an emphasis on politics at the expense of our troops…our decision makers are hell-bent on repeating the Viet Nam mistake.
 
I view the fight in Iraq as just, honorable, necessary, and President Bush did the right thing in taking Saddam out.  However, politicians have no backbone, our troops are put in a rut, we are treading water as men and women die, while the “get out” cry becomes more shrill…in short, our superior fighting force is muzzled.
 
Syria and Iran are our enemies.  We are allowing them to kill our warriors without being held accountable.  Our troops are once again fighting with one hand while the enemy is given the advantage.  Syria and Iran should pay a heavy price for their support of the Al Qaeda butchers.

President Bush states “the war in Iraq is central to defeating terrorism”…if that’s what he believes, then why does he not fight the war accordingly?
 
If we are unwilling to take the fight to the enemy, even if it means involving another nation, it will only be a matter of time until we tuck our tail, exit Iraq, and build another wall of names.
 
Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret