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Is it a Dignified Event or a Political Stunt?

It is confirmed….politicians and corporations are heavily involved in directing, participating, and financing the Vietnam Memorial 25th Anniversary event.  Troublesome signals.
 
Senator John Kerry, an individual that publicly slandered, betrayed,  and acted as a traitor to Vietnam warriors and the United States has been invited to help with the event.  Not only did he get away with his treasonous lies, it propelled his political career.   Senator Kerry’s letter, urging support for the Anniversary event sent to an unknown audience, was shared with everyone on my email list earlier and is a vicious affront to all Vietnam veterans. It is a written confirmation of Senator Kerry’s much publicized hand/finger salute to veterans groups recently. 

Senator Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam veteran, but an individual that has done everything he can to betray our current warriors in harms way is one of the speakers.  “VVA’s founding principle is “Never again will one generation of veterans abandon another.”   Yet, VVA invites Senator Hagel, a veteran of Vietnam service to speak about a previous abandoned generation while he abandons the current warrior generation.
 
Mr. John Rowan, President, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) is a former member of Senator Kerry’s Vietnam Veterans Against the War. (VVAW)
 
“He joined Vietnam Veterans Against the War. “They were a bunch of people with good intentions that were trashed by the left and the right,” he said. “The FBI infiltrated them and every crazy left-wing group wanted to co-opt them. They got torn apart. It was sad because they had good things to say.”
 
Corporations are “not buying” seats, they are merely underwriting the costs of the event.  Mr. Rowan, VVA,  conveniently omits corporation names in his note to me.  It is disingenuous double-talk to suggest  “no seats are being “sold”".

The question in my mind and I suspect many others, surrounds the purpose of the event?
 
Does the event planning reflect a solemn foundation that is focused on remembering, honoring, paying tribute to over 58,000 warriors that sacrificed their lives for America’s freedom, honoring our missing, and their families, or;  does the planning reflect a typical Washington, D.C.  use of a hallowed, consecrated memorial as a stage for a political, corporate gala and parade, which advances personal, corporate, and political agenda?
 
I admit it’s possible I’m looking at this issue with a jaundiced eye…….if so, Senator Kerry and other participants despicable action is the virus responsible…however,  for these same people who attacked our Vietnam veterans in a personal manner during the war,  to now be involved in the remembrance, honoring, and recognizing these noble warriors reflects a stunt of the worst kind.
 
Kerry and his ilk are without conscience in their willing participation in a memorable, personal family, and American  remembrance event marking sacrificial service,  which they have tainted, stained, and betrayed.
 
“On January 31, 1971, members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) met in a Detroit hotel to document war crimes that they had participated in or witnessed during their combat tours in Vietnam. During the next three days, more than 100 Vietnam veterans and 16 civilians gave anguished, emotional testimony describing hundreds of atrocities against innocent civilians in South Vietnam, including rape, arson, torture, murder, and the shelling or napalming of entire villages. The witnesses stated that these acts were being committed casually and routinely, under orders, as a matter of policy. In April, the VVAW stormed Washington in a week-long protest. At the height of it, spokesman John Kerry went before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to accuse the United States military of committing massive numbers of war crimes in Vietnam.The appearance launched Kerry’s political career. ”

Col. George “Bud” Day, Medal of Honor, former POW in Hanoi, comment:

“The problem is that it was all a lie, staged theatrics, choreographed by the Communists and spoon fed to the American public by unconscionable, ambitious politicians and the press. We now have the hard evidence to prove that. We have obtained documents, records, eyewitness accounts, even the CONFESSIONS of those who originally made those despicable accusations and have now recanted ever witnessing an atrocity, much less committing one. The facts are incontrovertible and compelling.”

Vietnam Veterans of America leadership reflects an insensitivity, and yes, moral betrayal to our fallen Vietnam warriors, families and living Vietnam veterans by taking the action to invite Senator Kerry and other betrayers of Vietnam warriors to participate in the Anniversary event.  This will be a matter for the VVA Board of Directors and VVA membership to consider.
 
It is appropriate for a Congressional investigation into all aspects of Vietnam Veteran of America activities and their political affiliation be initiatied.
 
All this leads to a heart-breaking dilemma… to attend or not to attend the D.C. Anniversary event?  This decision obviously rests with each of us.  My conscience will not allow me to  participate in Washington…I will look for a local opportunity to pay my respects.
 
Given what I know now, I have no faith that motives for the event in Washington, D.C. have our fallen warriors, missing, and their families first and foremost.
 
Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret.,

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
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