I wrote recently 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 grandkids
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 and Iran . 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 long, for months.
They killed hundreds of thousand 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.us or
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 Clinton 's 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 President's 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
Regan 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 ac! knowled ged 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. The war
was won four years ago. 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. George Bush has done the best he
can with the disabilities that he possesses.
A President must
communicate with the people.And, I would tell you that Desert Storm
spoiled the people. Bush Senior's 100-hour war convinced the people
that technology has progressed to the point that wars could be fought!
with n o casualties and won in very short periods of time. I remember
feeling at the time, that this was a tragedy for the US military. 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
