Independent Patriots for America

Friends,

Has there ever been a war when mistakes have not been made?  Mistakes in leadership circles, mistakes in planning, mistakes in tactics, and yes, mistakes by war fighters?  Of course mistakes have been made.  What the shark infested media’s insatiable appetite for “a story” at any cost ignores is the United States military Uniform Code of Miliary Justice.  The UCMJ is well arranged to deal with mistakes and does so in a policy of “policing it’s own”.

What is appalling is the fabrication of “so-called warrior mistakes” by media and others and an all too willing government attempting to leap great prosecutorial chasms to support “political correct” legal success.  For too long our military heroes of all services have taken the brunt of unsubstantiated rumors planted by anti-America elements, unscrupulous journalist, disgruntled citizens, self-serving media, and selfish, power hungry politicians, to name a few sources.

As an example.  We know facts surrounding Pennsylvania Rep John Murtha’s announcement branding Marines associated in Haditha, Iraq combat as murderers of innocent civilians in cold blood.

“Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood.” Congressman John Murtha, USMC Retired

We also know Murtha made these statements before the smoke cleared from the battlefield, prior to any investigation, without consideration of any verified evidence.  It does not stretch the judgment for a reasonable person to conclude Murtha’s motive was selfish, focused on his agenda, an opportunity to advance a political position, at the expense of an American time honored principle of “innocent until proven guilty” all leading to a despicable, terrible betrayal of combat Marines.

We also know, “with one exception, all of the Haditha Marines now have been exonerated. The exception is SSGT Frank Wuterich…”  A lame-brain politician and a half baked journalist makes public statements based on rumor that Marines murdered innocent civilians contributing to an unbelievable legal horror show for combat Marines.  To even charge these Marines in the first place is a gigantic miscarriage of justice.

This is not a democrat, republican, independent or any other political party issue.  This is about a politician that has proven he is untrustworthy, without judgment, a political opportunist, a betrayer of our Marines in the case of the Haditha issue, a stain on the integrity of America, a reflection of aiding and abetting the enemy, and the cause of enormous pain on innocent Marines and their families.

Now we’re at the point where the rubber meets the road.  Will we allow the ilk of John Murtha to again be elected as a Representative of the people of Pennsylvania, speak for America, and sit in the United States Congress?  Or will citizens search their hearts and consider what’s best for America?  That’s the question.

My personal opinion is that if Murtha is reelected, America no longer gives a damn about our freedom, our flag, our integrity, but chooses the cowardly, dishonorable, disloyal character of Murtha over the honorable, courageous,loyal character of our warriors and our nation, trashing the bedrock principles embedded in our Constitution.

Murtha has opposition.  Lt. Colonel William Russell is a decorated combat veteran who has served in Desert Storm, the Iraq War, and the Pentagon on 9/11….an intelligent, courageous, viable candidate opposing Murtha in the congressional fight.  Again, this is not about political party,  it’s not even about Bill Russell or John Murtha, it’s about honor,  integrity,  and all the principles that have carried America as the greatest nation in the world which are being eroded.

Have we had enough of the slime coming from politicians to say,  “I’m mad as hell and I’m going to do something about it” and really mean it? Are we willing to put politics aside and vote out a self-serving, betraying politicians and seat a fresh face?  God help us, I hope so.

If so, go to William Russell’s web site and sign on to receive his information, read what Russell is about, watch a u-tube presentation, and send him a contribution.

Pass this information to your email friends, add it to your web sites…….let’s sink our talons in John Murtha’s ass and carry him somewhere other than the Congress of the United States.

Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret
Crestview, FL

http://www.williamrussellforcongress.com

www.independent-patriots-for-america

Friends,
 
What, in the name of common-sense, is going on in Florida’s legal system?  For that matter what is going on with America’s approach to justice?
 
Some examples…yesterday a 10 year old in Florida was arrested by police, placed in a juvenile facility, because she was using a steak knife to cut her meat that she brought to school in her lunch.  Now one can argue the meat should have been cut at home, but given she was displaying no intent to do anything but cut her meat at lunch, why would a teacher call the police rather than confiscating the knife, calling her parents, and using the situation as a reasonable learning experience, not only for the young girl, but the entire school?
 
In Destin, Florida, a man was convicted and given a life sentence without parole because he loaned his car to a friend who, with some others, committed a robbery which resulted in a homicide.  The owner of the car was not involved, knew nothing about the crime, but was convicted along with those that committed the crime because his car transported the individuals to the crime scene.
 
I don’t have to rehash the DA Nifong criminal and wrongful prosecution debacle of Duke University lacrosse players which Nifong used as a political reelection tactic.
 
Consider border agents Ramos and Compean…convicted and sentenced to 10+ years for shooting an illegal alien drug smuggler who lied on the witness stand against the border agents…a prosecutor who knew the illegal alien was lying, but for political gain used the false testimony to convict two border agents protecting America.
 
National Security Adviser to the Clinton Administration, Sandy Berger pleaded guilty to pilfering highly  classified documents from the National Archives, saying he showed “very poor judgment” and that his actions were “wrong.”  What’s his sentence?  A fine, some community service, and barred from the National Archives.  Berger was later selected to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign staff as an adviser which appears more painful than the theft sentence.
 
None of this meets the common-sense test…worse yet it demonstrates a legal system that is broken, focused on numbers of convictions, arrests, but without the underlying principle of “justice”.
 
To take this issue one gigantic step further, consider the “illegal alien” fiasco.  The American legal system is replete with laws on the books to control our borders, prosecute those that violate immigration policy, and protect our sovereignty. 
 
Given the Florida example of the Destin man who knew nothing about a crime being committed but was convicted, what does this say about the United States Congress, and all  other officials who know crimes associated with illegal aliens are being committed, and take an oath,
 
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.
 
Yet, from top to bottom,  our officials who know without any doubt,  that illegal aliens are breaking American laws, are pouring across America’s borders, employers are hiring them, these aliens are bankrupting our medical facilities, overcrowding our schools, creating hazards on the highways, depleting social services designed for Americans, destroying unity and assimilation principles in America, a major ingredient in crime and prison population, a potential funnel for Islamic terrorists,  yet Congress plays political games, ignoring the criminal activity and threat to America’s sovereignty for political advantage. 
 
Doesn’t it follow that the United States Congress, given they are fully aware of crime associated and being committed by illegal aliens and take no meaningful action,  be prosecuted by the United States Justice Department for violating their Congressional oath?  A Florida man can be convicted for a crime he knew nothing about, but the US Congress can perpetuate an ongoing crime and not be held accountable?
 
The point seems to be made without going into issues such as, politicians abandoning warriors in battle, givng aid and comfort to the enemy, thirty some US Senators voting against English as our official language two years in a row(four of them presidential candidates), our moral rudder is considered obsolete and “political incorrect”, we have to define marriage, smut rules, God and prayer is attacked, we must establish forts as homes, on and on.
 
Friends, America is about a half-step from chaos…our nation is disintegrating and destructing from the inside.  We are being herded as sheep to the slaughter by wolves rather than being protected by a faithful shepherd.
 
While our gallant warriors sacrifice to protect our freedom from without, they cannot save us from the cancer within. 

We need to stand-up on the homefront and take back America.
 
Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret

AMERICA IS IMPLODING…WILL IT BE ALLOWED?

The future of America grows exceedingly worrisome to me.  Oh, it’s not my life in America’s future I worry about as I know I’ll be in a mansion the Lord has prepared for me in a few years.  It’s the America my children and grandchildren and their children will be a part of that leaves me terrified over America’s disintegration, petrified of what my posterity will face, and enraged that I have been a part in allowing the cesspool in America to develop.

America’s potential is fast becoming the armpit of everything detestable…we have been attacked on the mainland, our sovereignty is in jeopardy, our Constitution is being whittled away, and our world reputation has been tarnished.  Men marrying men, women marrying women, pornographic filth the norm and in the streets, kids killing kids, killing babies exiting the birth canal, a nation of laws becoming a nation of illegals,  innocent is guilty and guilty is innocent, world domination of our economy and currency, and leadership in America using every kind of dishonest tactic for personal gain.  Politicians reduce themselves to sniveling, lying, disgraceful “say anything, do anything” to satisfy their selfish insatiable goals.  Integrity, honesty, responsibility, faithfulness and commitment are all principles of the past.

Where has faith in God, courage, strength, unity, face any task, conquer any challenge in the cause of freedom, family and America gone?

We must arm to the teeth to protect our homes, gangs run rampant reminiscent of the old west, laws must be passed so we can kill those trying to kill us and our families, law enforcement has been neutered to the point it is ineffective and no longer trusted, legal teams are bending and distorting the very Constitution designed to keep us free as their means to destroy America.  Border guards are incarcerated based on the testimony of a drug running criminal, caught in the act of illegally entering our country with drugs earmarked for our children and a politically motivated and connected prosecutor and pardon from the President is more important to a Thanksgiving Turkey than correcting the injustice to our border guards. Managed immigration is no longer “politically correct” in an America being pushed toward socialism. Illegal aliens sap our medical facilities, over-crowd our schools, deplete and overrun social services, threaten highway safety, kill, rape, and fill American prisons.  Politicians ignore American immigration laws and traditions in favor of supporting illegals in hopes of a vote.

America’s warriors are sent off to bleed and die, families suffer, without any commitment by our nation to support them and win.  Politicians betray our military, haggle over funding; send messages of defeat, all in the cause of a political party gaining traction over the other at the expense of our warriors and their families.  It seems the more we help the oil rich countries, the higher the prices at the pumps…what do our leaders say or do?  Nothing…a lot of blood and lives sacrificed…the more America gives the greater our pain…go figure.

Anti-America rabble roam the streets from border to border intent on destroying a freedom over 200 years of sacrifice ensured, demeaning our warriors, using the shrill voice of deceit, deception and distortion to persuade a gullible, vote hungry Congress to surrender to a barbaric Islamic enemy that will dwarf the Cambodian slaughter which is a direct result of the Viet Nam congressional surrender.

The condition today in America appears primarily the result of citizens of two generations……..mine and the WWII generation.  After World War II America went to sleep and the cancer of immorality, greed, let someone else do it, and a general national withdrawal raised it’s ugly head and is rapidly taking America into the abyss.

These thoughts, what some will call negative, has only touched the surface of the ills facing America.  Who would have ever thought a United States Senate leader would make a public statement calling our warriors defeated while still in battle fighting for their lives?  Just one example of many that should result in a charge of treason.  There’s no courage, politicians are afraid of the vocal minority who only want America destroyed.  And the crop of presidential candidates…other than one or two, don’t you just want to puke?

Will the guts and voice n America rise up and overpower the corporations, big money and globalist enemies to save America? There has been a hint of a small uprising in the cause of patriotism, warrior support, illegal alien rejection, and surrender opposition in 2007. The whimper must become a roar in 2008 that will reverse the disgusting anti-America movement and replace selfish, personal focused politicians with leaders that are concentrated on America’s security, it’s people, and restoration of the moral high ground.

We can listen to the politicians or use our common sense…I ask you in all seriousness…as a whole, would America be for the better or worse if the voters totally replaced all 535 current members of Congress with new faces?  We have the power, numbers to hit the streets, town halls, and the secret box to shake up America…the secret box is called a “ballot box.”  Will we rise up?  It may be too late for our grandchildren if we don’t.

Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret.,  hmriley@cox.net

CONGRESS: Do Something Right For a Change……

Put America First
Stop playing games with the lives of our troops………..we want a funding bill for our warriors without all the pork, qualifiers, and political maneuvering.

You people committed the troops to combat, now fund them!. America is not a quitter!. Congress may want to quit because they feel no pain…surrender is not an option….America feels the pain of it’s warriors. Many of us and our families have been there….Just do the right thing…….do it today, tomorrow and next month………..STOP THE POLITICAL SQUABBLING.

Veterans Day 2007 is behind us, the political photo-ops are history, must we  continue the deception, distortion from Congress and childish antics from presidential candidates.

 Sadly, for the most part, politicians return to Washington, D.C., immediately forget the troops and continue on the path of political games as usual…in fact it’s likely not more than a handful even made it through the day before forgetting our veterans, and troops in harms way.  I suspect even less got on their knees at the end of the day to lift up our warriors and families.

Politicians that use our warriors as political pawns for political advantage is an act of betrayal to our troops and America.

American leadership has abandoned the rudder.  Founding principles are being ignored, relativism is the rule, in short, the American compass that should be pointing solidly at our Constitution is spinning wildly.

Fund the troops without attaching garbage to the Bill.

Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret.,  hmriley@cox.net

Are we going to let the surrender crowd disrespect, dishonor, and malign General Petraeus by questioning his integrity…the leader of our warriors in battle?

Hasn’t this week of crap in Washington D.C. convinced you America is going to hell in a hand-basket and we need to do something about if?

Friends,
 
This will be my last contribution before Eagles Land on E-Day…and we all meet in DC on Sep 15th. (see http://www.eaglesup.us/ for guidance)
 
Just want everyone to know that I have been privileged to work with a dedicated, committed and professional group at http://www.eaglesup.us/ for the last month or so.  They’re the unsung power of Eagles Up.
 
Our primary mission has been to encourage “boots on the ground” in support of America, our troops, and honoring our fallen, missing warriors and their families….
 
Is this a valid, needed mission?  We think it is and events of recent days confirm the deep, grave,  and potentially devastating division in America reflecting unparalleled hostility toward American leadership, our current troops, General Petraeus, and our fallen warriors.  This hostility, surrender message, is carried out by a small minority of America and cannot be broad brushed as representing main-stream America…Eagles of all segments of America will send a clear message on September 15th in Washington, DC  that “we’re taking America back and we’re prepared to keep it”.
 
We have seen spectacles in the US Capitol this week. Code Pink, an anti-America group,  dishonoring not only the institution, but one of our respected and honored military leaders, General Petraeus;  we have also witnessed the treasonous Moveon.org advertisement in the New York Times which referred to General Petraeus as “General Be “Tray” us;  what we have not seen is Congress, in total without exception,  moving rapidly to condemn the moveon.org treasonous attack; a few brain-dead Congressmen are challenging the integrity of General Petraeus, another despicable act while he commands troops in battle; there has also been, what I call, purposeful vandalism, desecration of the Viet Nam memorial in Washington, DC…squirting, smearing, throwing some substance on numerous panels of the memorial, a length of 50 to 60 feet of the memorial.
 
The culprit(s) that desecrated the memorial is not known, but, the message is clear…hate and dishonor toward warriors that answered the call, did what we were told, suffered and sacrificed, didn’t whine, got the job done…the individual(s) that finds conscience to “desecrate the memorial headstone of over 58,000 fallen warriors” is the lowest of the low and an enemy of America in my opinion.
 
We have an opportunity to rise above all the hate, hostility, betrayal, and treason that appears in America’s headlines and against our memorials.  Let us demonstrate the power of principled, patriotic, square shouldered, unequivocal support of our nation, our troops, and honor to our fallen, missing and their families who have sacrificed for our freedom.  Can we, in our hearts, do anything less?
 
Our options are two and stark:  we standup for America or be prepared to kneel to a barbaric, butchering killer enemy.  For me and Mary, we’ll stand with the patriots on Saturday.
 
Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret., 111 Overview Drive, Crestview, FL 32539  850-689-1818

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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
Eagles Up
 

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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!

A NEW SONG: Where Has All The Backbone gone….gone to jelly everyone….When Will They Ever Learn, When Will They Eveeeerrrrr Learn?

According to press reports “…Senator Warner, an influential Republican on defense matters, urged President George W. Bush to announce by Sept. 15 a plan to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq…”  This gutless politically correct Senator may want to demoralize the troops and “surrender”, his choice. Reprehensible, but his choice.

But, I can tell you there will be thousands of screaming, committed, patriotic, flag waving, hard nosed Americans that utterly reject surrender, and we will be standing on the streets, “boots on the ground” in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2007.

Eagles locked arm in arm, shoulder to should, still committed to the oath we took to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.”  We will not shrink our duty…we will lift America, we will give hope to our troops, and honor our memorials to our fallen, missing and their families.

In Senator Warner’s words, “We simply cannot as a nation stand and continue to put our troops at continuous risk of loss of life and limb without beginning to take some decisive action,'’  “Warner, who returned from Iraq last week and met with top administration officials yesterday, said during a news conference at the Capitol.”

The only area I agree with Warner is “decisive action”….. but the “decisive action” is not  “surrender”, but to attack………we should have been attacking Iran and Syria years ago……..the gutless cowardly Congress has fought and rejected a winning strategy for years, openly defied the Commander in Chief, hypocritical in voting to go to war and then threatening to not fund it; contributed significantly to the disunity in America, encouraged and emboldened the enemy,  and the Commander in Chief has listened to spineless advisors with a “cannon fodder” mentality………attack, attack, attack should have been the cry from day one until unequivocal victory…….if we know where the threat is, why in God’s name would we give them sanctuary; let them continue to attack and kill our warriors without consequence, without accountability?

Now the JCS wants to withdraw troops, General Petraeus and our leaders on the ground don’t, the Administration seems against it, Congress is leaning toward withdrawal…………who in hell is in charge?  Is the Commander in Chief in charge or not?  If he is then, there is only one way…attack, attack, attack………….

Leadership in Washington, DC may be guilty of criminal activity…I can think of nothing more despicable that having the wherewithal to win but choose to surrender..giving the enemy the advantage, giving the Islamic butchers hope to hold on,  just like the gutless leaders in Congress and anti-war movement of the 60s and 70s led us down the surrender path, sacrificing the lives of our men and women warriors to satisfy personal political agendas.  Where are the patriots with a backbone?…. gone to jelly everyone………..

Let us sing an old song in Washington, DC on September 15….that old song is “Victory, Victory, Victory…America, The Land of the Free Because of The Brave.

Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret

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