Celebrating America with The United States Army Field Band & Soldiers' Chorus

Not Forgotten

IT'S A TERRORIST, NOT A TRAGEDIST

Here's to making history, thanks to the Attorney General Eric Holder:

The self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed along with four alleged co-conspirators are to be brought to New York City to stand trial instead of being tried as the enemy combatants that they are in a swift military tribunal.

Okay, never mind the 'swift' part because that ain't happening—remember the circus trial of terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui?

The 'greatest justice system' in the world, in the absence of a better one, will see to it that they drag this thing out and create a wild spectacle for all the world to see and for the American haters to spin and propagandize at tax payers’ expense. What I believe the Obama-Holder administration hopes to do is to put the Bush administration and the CIA on trial and create a spectacle that detracts from the administration's own woes at present. Why are we in any case, treating murderers with such benevolence and a rather indulgent air?

You can brow-beat the Bush-Cheney administration all day long and whine about how they are culpable that we are where we are, but at some point, you have to stand on your own accomplishments at least before the 2010 mid-term elections.

Here’s to the Obama administration, mere trifles, that the Nobel Peace Prize elite too intoxicated on “the magic of hope” juice missed: racking up a record of super high deficits; more reckless spending proposals; 10% unemployment; a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan bogged down by the president's signature indecision; an economic stimulus pack that cost billions but has done little if anything in stimulating the economy—Unless you are counting the government contract that is not self sustaining and shows up for three weeks, tweaks the job growth figures and quickly vanishes into thin air leaving behind a trail of dead private sector jobs; a deep commitment by the administration to call a clearly terrorist act by an Islamic fanatic Army Major Nidal Hasan that murdered innocent people "a tragedy", and at all costs obliterate the word "terror" when lives are being lost. Shouting "Allahu Akbar" before commencing a shooting murderous spree is a jihadist battle cry, Mr. AG...put that on a 3x5 for future reference.

When is the last time we had one of the scores of doctors and psychiatrists who deal with all kinds of pressure get up and murder innocent people because they snapped? And while we are at it, Mr. Joe Kleine of Time magazine, there are no "odious attempts by Jewish extremists . . . to argue that the massacre perpetrated by Nidal Hasan was somehow a direct consequence of his Islamic beliefs." Bashing the Jews always works doesn’t it? Let's keep an eye out for all those Hare Krishna suicide bombers in "ignoring the obvious 101".

I would counsel the House and the Senate to ask Virginia and New Jersey: the melting wax from the wings of Icarus may sting a wee bit much.

Taking this trial to civilian court and showering these terrorists with full constitutional rights which they are not entitled to is a flat out bad idea not to mention unnecessary and irresponsible. Of course they will milk this for all it's worth and with the aid of dishonest lawyers that I will pay for, bring from the dead all kinds of technicalities and you must know the ACLU if foaming at the mouth at this one. With lawyers who haunt Manhattan coffeehouses with no sense of war and no battle scars of anything, save the trauma of encountering an improperly labeled 'very hot' Starbucks caffè latte, throwing out some of the terrorists confessions due to a trifling thing like the fact that we did not mirandize the bastards, who are not entitled to Miranda rights neither do they deserve them, is but a sinister gesture of things to come.

If the Attorney General wants to find impartial jurors in New York City, he needs to have the trial at the studios of NBC News; that's where terrorists are treated with kid gloves and given every benefit of the doubt over the US military.

Mr. Attorney General Holder, here's how to make history that lives on in non-infamy...Read about the Nuremberg trials also known affectionately as tribunals—a word at whose utterance NBC, CBS, ABC and CNN anchors choke themselves into convulsions, oh! how un-nice we are. These tribunals prosecuted prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after its defeat in World War II.

It's not about New York City being able to host the trials, New York City can host anything they want but majority of the New Yorkers don’t want this. It's about what is in the best interest of the country and the war on terror or as you would call it, the tragedy of the confusion of people whose religion I would rather not mention snapping and killing innocent people here and abroad. Ever noticed that the terrorists are never bashful about proclaiming their religion or taking responsibility for terror attacks that succeed or come close?

It's about what is in the best interest of those that tragically lost loved ones on 9/11 and it definitely is about not creating opportunities that will expose classified information that helped the Bush administration or any other administration before that in keeping this nation safe from extremists.

Nobody in New York, except at the NBC studios, wants to exercise their fascination with a terrorist at close range. There is sterling stuff in New York and throwing in a terrorist for good measure is a nebulous brave insult.

In this oh, so awkward struggle between common sense and reckless injustice, my desire to give this administration the benefit of the doubt is beginning to forsake me. The assiduity of this administration to heap insult on injury is becoming very difficult to rationalize.

As for the backpedaling and dire warnings to not rush to any quick judgments of actions by terrorists and tiptoeing around words and the fear of offending murderers, our fearless leaders sure have Sir Lancelot whipped to a custard.

The message seems clear enough to any terrorists that may be thinking of making an escape from the clutches of the Obama-Holder munificence: give it up. This is as close to Christmas as a terrorist comes. For now we watch with silent disapprobation at the actions of our Attorney General that seem to rip all sensibility into a million shreds whilst our dear president is out in Asia, safe from the backlash against his Attorney General and bowing to God only knows what.

A HEROINE...THANK YOU, OFFICER

Kimberly Munley, a mother and police officer just about singlehandedly took down the armed murderer that stormed America's biggest military base killing 12 and wounding 31.

Can't help being proud of officer Kimberly who did not flinch and saved even more lives that would have been taken by a deranged killer.

Here are the facts that I have jumped to ...you are brandishing two guns and shooting them at people and yelling 'Allah is great' before you start shooting, geez I don't know, are you a dangerous person? I don't know maybe I am jumping to conclusions here.

Here's what I am glad about. I am glad about the fact that officer Kimberly was not thinking..."Geez, I better not rush to conclusions and take this murderer down, maybe he is just a having a bad day, maybe it's not a real gun, maybe I may be racially profiling him."

US ARMED FORCES do us proud!

Somebody passed this on to somebody who passed it on to me and I had to share it.... God bless our Armed Forces and all the men who have had the courage to take up sword and shield in defense of country and family. There's too many that have died and too many that have triumphed and generation after generation demonstrated what the human spirit is capable of.

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JFK’S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60’s when DeGaule decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaule said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.

Rusk responded “does that include those who are buried here?

DeGaule did not respond.

You could have heard a pin drop

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When in England , at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush.

He answered by saying, ‘Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.’

You could have heard a pin drop.

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There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying ‘Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?’

A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: ‘Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?’

You could have heard a pin drop.

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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, ‘Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?’

Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, ‘Maybe it’s because the Brit’s, Canadians, Aussie’s and Americans arranged it so you wouldn’t have to speak German.’

You could have heard a pin drop.

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Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.

“You have been to France before, monsieur?” the customs officer asked sarcastically.

Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.

“Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.”

The American said, ‘The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.”

“Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in France !”

The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ”Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn’t find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to.”

You could have heard a pin drop.

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Duty, Honor, Country

We are eternally grateful to our Best and Brightest. Fallen; Not Forgotten. The number of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom Casualties as confirmed by the US Central Command: 5,014. Young men that have laid their lives down for the whole lot of us. We are indebted and honored beyond measure. God bless our finest: Those who make us proud every day without fanfare.