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Tuesday, 15 January 2008
 

R J Del Vecchio: And it's "busted again" for the NYTimes

Del emails:

Sometimes I really wonder, and wonder hard, how in hell supposedly "news professionals" at the Times can look themselves in the mirror in the morning.  They deserve ridicule and condemnation heaped on them like Everest dropped on a slime rat. Pass this far & wide, they've tried to smear all the returning vets as crazed killers and made one hell of a try at it. They really deserve to fry for this one. [Click here.]

Del

Some related links I found on my own; I'm sure I missed some I should have mentioned while I was having computer problems:

Contributed by Bill Faith on January 15, 2008 at 05:15 PM in Politics and National Defense, R J Del Vecchio | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Wednesday, 28 February 2007
 

R J Del Vecchio: Update on Mar 17th

Email from Del, who I understand shared his home with Larry Bailey last night and dropped him at the airport at 05:00 this morning [2007.02.28]:

Many of you will already know all or most of this, but just in case... this is what I know at the moment.

The main ad hoc group organizing the general assembling of vets to surround The Wall on March 17th to prevent any desecration or even disrespect to it by the antiwar protest demonstration is the Gathering of Eagles bunch.  (gatheringofeagles.org)

On the one hand, the Park Service has been flooded with letters, calls, e-mails, and general screaming about this, and have committed to having barriers up, lots of police there, and not allowing any sort of flags, banners, etc, that is, major demonstratives, to be carried into the vicinity of The Wall.  And they are not about to let anyone do anything to mark it, scar it, paste anything on it, etc.  They recognize that vet groups will be there, and some sort of liaison has been set up.  On the one hand, no one is to make a big noise of any sort while at The Wall, which means even those who are only there to honor and protect it.  And on the other hand, vets will be more or less allowed to be a barrier of bodies should anyone appear to approach The Wall with some sort of intent to perform any kind of political action there.  All physical action to remove such people (idiots, maniacs, suicidal, whatever they may be) is supposed to be done by the police.

(Continued "below the fold")

Email from Del, who I understand shared his home with Larry Bailey last night and dropped him at the airport at 05:00 this morning:

Many of you will already know all or most of this, but just in case... this is what I know at the moment.

The main ad hoc group organizing the general assembling of vets to surround The Wall on March 17th to prevent any desecration or even disrespect to it by the antiwar protest demonstration is the Gathering of Eagles bunch.  (gatheringofeagles.org)

On the one hand, the Park Service has been flooded with letters, calls, e-mails, and general screaming about this, and have committed to having barriers up, lots of police there, and not allowing any sort of flags, banners, etc, that is, major demonstratives, to be carried into the vicinity of The Wall.  And they are not about to let anyone do anything to mark it, scar it, paste anything on it, etc.  They recognize that vet groups will be there, and some sort of liaison has been set up.  On the one hand, no one is to make a big noise of any sort while at The Wall, which means even those who are only there to honor and protect it.  And on the other hand, vets will be more or less allowed to be a barrier of bodies should anyone appear to approach The Wall with some sort of intent to perform any kind of political action there.  All physical action to remove such people (idiots, maniacs, suicidal, whatever they may be) is supposed to be done by the police.

(Continued "below the fold")

The idea is to keep The Wall safe, but not have any Viet Nam vets involved in even a mild form of violence right in that area.  This would play directly into the hands of the antiwar people, the media would of course instantly revert to the "Rambo" crazy vet images we all know and love, and we'd be the bad guys again.

So in the ideal world, vets will be there, in numbers, in large numbers, maybe in the largest numbers ever since the original dedication, but in a silent and powerful presence that will keep anyone from even thinking of trying anything stupid.  And which will be a solid reassurance to those who stand now where we stood so long ago, out in front of our country, serving and protecting as best they can, and sadly, facing some of the same crap we faced then.  We can hope (and I believe) that the TV coverage that will come and which will be seen on bases in Iraq, Afghanistan, and everywhere else our young people serve, will let them know that we stand with them and for them, that they are respected, appreciated, honored, no matter what politicians and other say.

This is not something that relates only to whether you approve of the war or not.  That's a different subject, a political subject, and we all get to have our own views and desires about it.  But The Wall is not for political purpose one way or another.  It's only about honoring the sacrifice of those who fell while the rest of us were lucky enough to come home. Left, Right, Center, or totally nonpolitical, we can all agree on that.

So I will be there, just to say hi to my friends on The Wall, and honor their memory again, and to attest, by my presence, that the tribute to them, this Memorial for them, cannot and shall not be made into any sort of tool for political purposes.  Demonstrators can demonstrate, they can be nice, not nice, smooth, or stupid, but whatever they do, they won't do it at The Wall.

See you there-

Del

Contributed by Bill Faith on February 28, 2007 at 10:50 PM in Caring about our troops, Gathering of Eagles, R J Del Vecchio, The American Warrior, US Air Force, US Army, US Coast Guard, US Marine Corps, US Navy | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Your tax dollars at work

Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
By Mike S. Adams. Hat tips: Russ Vaughn, R J Del  Vecchio

Yesterday afternoon, I logged on to the "Global War" blog (global-war.bloghi.com) of Associate Professor Julio Pino – a Muslim convert who teaches at Kent State University. The heading for the site used to read "The Worldwide Web of Jihad: Daily News from the Most Dangerous Muslim in America." Now it reads "Are You Prepared for Jihad?" IN THE NAME OF OBL. 2007: THE YEAR OF ISLAMIC VICTORY!"

Hardly able to believe what I was reading, I called Pino at his office in Ohio around 4 p.m. According to his secretary, he had not been at work that day (he only has office hours two days of the week). He was drawing a paycheck from the people of the State of Ohio while trying to launch a Jihad against people like me. In fact, just five minutes before I called he posted an entry under the title "Crusaders Can’t Take Anymore in Afghanistan!" 

Pino began his morning of not going into his office at Kent State by penning a post under the title “Frightened British Crusaders Rush More Troops to Occupied Afghanistan.” Using terms like “occupation” and “Crusaders” it isn’t really necessary to read these posts in order to ascertain who this employee of the State of Ohio is rooting for in the War on Terror. ...

Many people believe that Julio Pino deserves to be fired because of his public statements about the War on Terror. I disagree. A simple firing is too light a punishment.

Dr. Julio Pino, for his decision to "provide battle dispatches, training manuals, and jihad videos to our (enemies) worldwide" deserves to be arrested and sent to an island off the coast of North America, striped naked, interrogated, and, if necessary, tortured to ascertain the extent of his involvement in assisting our enemies.

After we are done with him, he is free to return to Ohio. That is unless, of course, he is found to be something more than a professorial pansy posing as a genuine Jihadist.  ...

R J Del Vecchio writes:

Read this column and you, too, can be depressed by what goes on in this country.  The hell with tolerance, dammit, time is here to come down hard on those who rejoice in their hatred and destructive intentions towards us all. ...

I want this guy dropped into the mountains of Pakistan with an "Osama is a fag" T-shirt superglued to his torso.  Maybe with one of the Danish cartoons printed on the reverse side of the shirt for good measure.

Russ Vaughn wants to know: "And taxpayers are underwriting this shit?"

Contributed by Bill Faith on February 28, 2007 at 07:43 PM in Islamism Delenda Est, R J Del Vecchio, Russ Vaughn | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Sunday, 25 February 2007
 

R J Del Vecchio: The voices are getting louder...

Del emails:

OK, the wake-up calls are getting louder and louder in some places, maybe loud enough to get heard over the incessant pap of the politically correct crowd that has trumpeted "diversity" and "tolerance" for so long. I still find Reagan's quote to be one that should be ringing out all over the West these days... "If history teaches us anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly."

But the addiction to fantasy seems to be stronger than ever in leftist circles and among too many intellectuals.  One wonders how bad it will have to get before the fantasy collapses, and the real ugliness begins.

British Multiculturalism - One Man's Experience
Giraldus Cambrensis

We received a testimonial from one of our readers, of his experiences of the current climate in Britain. We shall call him "Doug" to disguise his identity. In his own words, unedited, this is his account:

Why its time to go

This story starts in Bristol city in the SW of the United Kingdom. In June 2003 I decided to leave that city to return to Scotland the Country of my youth. The reason for that return was simple, I had witnessed a series of events, which had shocked and depressed me.

The worst of these was a serious assault against a student, he was walking home from a night out, he was causing no harm, the area was St Pauls, a notoriously crime ridden area, favoured by immigrants, and Afro Caribbeans. The student was set upon and his mobile stolen, he was left bloodied and unconscious, we went to help but we were no match for the attackers who fled instantly.

The other events in Bristol, which prompted my return North, included the introduction of armed police onto the streets of part of Bristol, this was done to combat the armed gang violence between black gangs. Bristol is the UK's crack capital. These gangs were a mix of Afro Caribbean "Yardies" and Somalian tribesmen, as well as a few indigenous hangers on. People who lived in these areas where subjected to endless robberies and assaults by drug addicts, crackheads etc. I decided that this was not for me. I packed my car and left. As I was leaving I noticed a large queue on the pavement I had seen the queue many times full of people of African and Middle Eastern extraction, they were outside the local Asylum seeker help centre. I paid little attention.

I was originally brought up in the Scottish lowlands a beautiful area of rolling hills and moor land, one of the least populated parts of the UK. On my arrival at my parents house I knew I had made a good decision, I immediately felt at home, amongst the trees and hills.

Anyway after a few months I started to set my mind to careers and money, without which we all know you don't get very far. I had friends in Glasgow a hundred miles North I decided to head up and look at opportunities. I have always liked Glasgow, it was once the richest city in the British Empire (per capita). A place with a chequered history but a good vibrant city. Well after a while I decided to move there, I chose to move to an area in the south side of the city, Pollokshields. This is area was one of the UK's first garden suburbs, massive houses, and beautiful large tenement apartments. I decided to purchase an apartment; it was one of the few areas I could afford given the UK's housing price boom. I had high hopes and was full of ideas and expectation.

It began the first night, the upstairs neighbours began shouting and screaming, a man was hitting his wife, the noise was unbearable, they were Pakistani, the area was home to the largest Pakistani Muslim community in Scotland. I had looked at the area and was bedazzled by the ornate Georgian architecture; I had forgotten to take a look at the more important social dimension. ...

Read the whole thing,

Contributed by Bill Faith on February 25, 2007 at 10:34 PM in Great Britain, Islamism Delenda Est, R J Del Vecchio | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Thursday, 22 February 2007
 

R J Del Vecchio: "Quid, me vexare?"

Email from Del:

Or as the MAD magazine character Alfred E. Neumann used to say, "What, me worry?".

Well, here's why I worry.

1- There have been in the past more than enough examples of crazy/nasty/megalomaniac leaders of nations and movements who did not hesitate to lie, cheat, manipulate, punish, destroy, and murder in pursuit of their own agenda for power, to the point of bringing horrific damage to not only all those they wanted to conquer or destroy, but also their own people.  From Napoleon to Pol Pot, we do not lack knowledge of what such people can accomplish if left alone to build engines of destruction while descending into an egomaniac arrogance of invulnerability.  Why would we believe none such can exist in the world of today or tomorrow?

2- We have only to glance at North Korea to see a true hellhole on earth, ruled by the present nutcase and his father before him for the past 60+ years, with a starving population but an army of brainwashed automatons champing at the bit to invade South Korea, and an apparent devotion to having nuclear weapons capacity.  A government that has defied and manipulated the West for decades, extorting food and energy supplies by threats of violence, while conceding nothing of any meaning at all.  What is there to indicate to the madmen at the top that anything can ever happen to really affect them negatively, when the West has acted largely as a supplicant and the worst that happens is the occasional UN embargo that doesn't cause that leadership to be deprived of so much as an after dinner mint?

(Continued "below the fold.")

3- Or we can examine Iran, the modern history of which started with the most blatantly illegal and illicit international outrage of modern times, a 444 day imprisonment of an entire diplomatic staff, for which there were no real negative consequences, but the enormous positive consequence of being the first "little nation" to successfully defy and indeed humiliate the USA.  A nation under rule of what is the only real theocracy of modern times, dominated by fundamentalist Islamic thought that has concentrated on hatred of Israel, the USA, and the West in general for over a generation now.  A government in power under a radical whose public pronouncements are so strongly reminiscent of Adolf Hitler that people who wish to do so, can dismiss him as a crazy clown (just as Hitler was dismissed by many in the late 1920s).  A government which has exported massive amounts of weapons and supplies to radical jihadists in many parts of the Middle East, and very effectively fomented violence and expansion of radicalism in the region, and has yet to suffer the slightest penalty for so doing.  A government that continues to defy the world in its drive to also obtain nuclear weapons capacity.

4- Underlying all this is the broad spread of Wahabism throughout the Islamic world, funded in large part by billions in Saudi oil money that has gone to build madrasa schools far and wide, where young boys are inculcated in religious extremism, where fiery preachers learn their trade and end up in mosques from Scotland to Skokie spreading the word that the caliphate must be restored, the infidels conquered or destroyed, and of course, Israel be utterly removed from existence.  There are multiple currents in this overall stream of jihadism, the contributions of Hamas and Hezbollah, often allied with Iran, cannot be neglected either, and the incredible perversion of Islam that glorifies suicide attacks against innocents and has mothers rejoicing in their sons' deaths while acting as mass murderers is the most dramatic evidence possible of how a culture of death and destruction has been created and nurtured into significant proportions.  And the tactics of terror have rendered mute the great bulk of the moderate communities of Islam across the world. 5- And who is left to counter the growth of these threats to world peace and stability?  The UN, which could do nothing in Ruanda, failed in a feeble attempt in Somalia, can do nothing today in Darfur, could not even manage a very public and important program to allow Iraq under Saddam to export oil solely for food to feed his people?  Like it or not, the US is the only six-foot-six guy in the room, everyone else is 5'6" or less, and when anyone thinks of heavy lifting to be done, all eyes turn to the red/white/blue.  But at the same time, they want, and many of our own people want, us to be able to do things with transparent perfection, so no innocent is even made uncomfortable, much less hurt or killed, indeed, even fanatic killers by their own admission must be treated far better by us than our own convicts on Death Row, and infinitely better than they'd be treated by authorities in their own countries.  The least transgression, real or alleged, by our troops is trumpeted as evidence of our utter moral failure and brings screaming condemnation from all sides, while a massive policy of atrocities by anyone else generates at most some expressions of regret.  (Or even various levels of excuses as to why such acts are understandable, if not quite excusable.)  All of this leads steadily towards inevitable impossibility of achieving any good in the world, and impels Americans back more and more towards feelings and concepts that harken back to the days of Isolationism.  (Which didn't work then and sure as hell won't work now.)

6- So we see all these very worrisome things rolling along with no real brakes to be applied by the UN or anyone else.  Here is the quote that I am only too sure applies now- "If history teaches us anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly."  Today's self-delusion is that the West can walk away from Iraq and let it collapse into complete bloody chaos, and it'll all work out somehow.  And just a decade or two from now people will be taking great vacations there, greeted by warm and friendly locals, just as we can today in Viet Nam.

But Iraq is NOT Viet Nam, and rising Islamic extremism is not weak and failing Soviet communism.  No, there is no "Green Army" of divisions of men, with tanks, planes, ships, large military bases, etc, threatening to invade like the Panzers into Poland in '39.  That doesn't mean there's no real threat in the long term.  Iran and North Korea are threats as well. In terms of the world today and these dangers, a very simple principle applies- You can pay now, or you can pay later.  And later, the costs will be much, much higher.

I don't have a perfect, easy answer, nobody does.  But abandoning Iraq, and continuing to tolerate rogue states that openly threaten the peace and continue to work at gaining nuclear weapons with which to bully and endanger the world are absolutely the wrong answers.

Del

Contributed by Bill Faith on February 22, 2007 at 04:56 PM in Iran, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, North Korea, R J Del Vecchio, Saudi Arabia | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack