MY SAY: DAYS OF INFAMY
There have been so many days of infamy and warning of Islamic Jihad for the United States long before 9/11. On October 23, 1983 , Islamic Jihad took full credit for two truck bombs which struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon—killing 299 American and French servicemen.
Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff, one of the navy chaplains present during the attack wrote :”Amidst the rubble, we found the plywood board which we had made for our “Peace-keeping Chapel.” The Chaplain Corps Seal had been hand-painted, with the words “Peace-keeping” above it, and “Chapel” beneath. Now “Peace-keeping” was legible, but the bottom of the plaque was destroyed, with only a few burned and splintered pieces of wood remaining. The idea of peace – above; the reality of war below.”
The United States President Ronald Reagan called it an act of terror but swiftly removed all American forces from Lebanon.
At 11:15 a.m. on Oct. 12, 2000, the Cole — a billion dollar destroyer armed with the most advanced weapons in the U.S. naval arsenal — was docked off the coast of Yemen for refueling when it was approached by a small skiff packed with explosives and manned by two suicide bombers. The resulting explosion ripped a 60-by-40-foot hole in the ship’s hull, trapping the bodies of many of the dead crew members in the wreckage. The attack killed 17 U.S. sailors and injured 38.
President Clinton was shocked and outraged….his scandal tainted second term was coming to a close…He stated ” “You will not find a safe harbor,….We will find you and justice will prevail.” And then he could not even bring himself to state that this was unequivocally the work of Al Qaeda.
We are coming to December 7th the anniversary of Pearl Harbor….I will post Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s speech- A Day of Infamy….when he eloquently expressed a nation’s outrage.
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