9/11/23

There have been TWO national tragedies on 9/11.  Don’t forget either one.

Quite a difference in responses.

9/11/01 (WTC, Pentagon, Flight 93): “Let’s roll!”

9/11/12 (Benghazi, Libya): “Stand down!”

September 11, 2019

TWO national tragedies have occurred on September 11.

Don't forget EITHER of them.

Manhattan, NY.  The Pentagon.  United Flight 93.
09/11/2001

Benghazi
09/11/2012 

September 11, 2014….

"A militia is everywhere; whereas a standing army may be very distant from any attack which may take place."

Albert Gallatin.

Stay Frosty.

September 11, 2014….

Mr. President:  NEVER AGAIN.

URGENT: Administration Secretly Issuing Warning Of Imminent Attacks Originating In Mexico...

Judicial Watch posted today that, in addition to the uptick in chatter relating to possible 9/11 attacks, DHS, Justice, and State have put agencies on high alert to find out anything they can to verify reports that ISIS and Al Qaeda are staging in Juarez for possible car bombing attacks on the US, and a warning bulletin for border security regarding an imminent attack has been issued. The commanding general at Ft. Bliss has been read into the threat.

Imminent Terrorist Attack Warning By Feds on US Border - Judicial Watch

Britain has taken similar measures - publicly, with PM Cameron stating that they are facing the "poisonous ideology of Islamic extremism."  The White House has said it currently has no plans to publicly raise the threat level here.

There is evidence to suggest that drug cartels and ISIS are teaming up to move terrorist resources over the border into the country.

If it can be proven that Obama's decision to unilaterally relax border security to allow illegals into the country had anything to do with terrorist elements making it in as well, then he must be impeached and held criminally liable for throwing open our doors to any resulting attacks. He, and he alone, bears the guilt for any resulting attacks and the accompanying loss of life. He bragged that he acted alone; he can take the blame alone, too.

Pres. Obama's Speech Against US Involvement In syria....

I love it when speeches made by senators come back to bite them as presidents! I have taken the liberty of making a few very minor changes to this speech:

"Good afternoon. Let me begin by saying that although this has been billed as an anti-war speech, I stand before you as someone who is not opposed to war in all circumstances. The Civil War was one of the bloodiest in history, and yet it was only through the crucible of the sword, the sacrifice of multitudes, that we could begin to perfect this union, and drive the scourge of slavery from our soil. I don't oppose all wars.

My forbears signed up to fight wars in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific. They saw the dead and dying across the fields of Europe; they heard the stories of fellow troops who first entered Auschwitz and Treblinka. They fought in the name of a larger freedom, part of that arsenal of democracy that triumphed over evil, and they did not fight in vain. I don't oppose all wars.

After Sept. 11, after witnessing the carnage and destruction, the dust and the tears, I supported the administration's pledge to hunt down and root out those who would slaughter innocents in the name of intolerance, and I would willingly take up arms myself to prevent such tragedy from happening again. I don't oppose all wars. And I know that in this crowd today, there is no shortage of patriots, or of patriotism.

What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Hillary Clinton and other armchair, weekend warriors in this administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne.

What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like John Kerry to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income — to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through its worst years since the Great Depression. That's what I'm opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics. Now let me be clear — I suffer no illusions about Bashar Hafez al-Assad. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted UN inspection teams, launched armed attacks against his own people. He's a bad guy. The world, and the Syrian people, would be better off without him.

But I also know that Assad poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States or to his neighbors, that the Syrian economy is in shambles, that the Syrian military a fraction of its former strength, and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history. I know that even a successful war against Syria will require a U.S. occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Syria without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of the Muslim Brotherhood. I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.

So for those of us who seek a more just and secure world for our children, let us send a clear message to the president today. You want a fight, President Obama? Let's finish the fight with terrorist organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood, through effective, coordinated intelligence, and a shutting down of the financial networks that support terrorism, and a homeland security program that effectively targets foreign threats while protecting the Constitutional rights of American citizens. You want a fight, President Obama?

Let's fight to make sure that the U.N. inspectors can do their work in Syria, and that we vigorously enforce a non-proliferation treaty, and that former enemies and current allies like Russia safeguard and ultimately eliminate their stores of chemical, biological, and nuclear agents, and that nations like Iran never use the terrible weapons already in their possession, and that the arms merchants in our own country stop feeding the countless wars that rage across the globe. You want a fight, President Obama?

Let's fight to make sure our so-called allies in the Middle East, the Saudis and the Egyptians, stop oppressing their own people, and suppressing dissent, and tolerating corruption and inequality, and mismanaging their economies so that their youth grow up without education, without prospects, without hope, the ready recruits of terrorist cells. You want a fight, President Obama? Let's fight to wean ourselves off Middle East oil, through sensible development of our enormous domestic oil and gas resources.

Those are the battles that we need to fight. Those are the battles that we willingly join. The battles against ignorance and intolerance. Corruption and greed. Poverty and despair. The consequences of war are dire, the sacrifices immeasurable. We may have occasion in our lifetime to once again rise up in defense of our freedom, and pay the wages of war. But we ought not — we will not — travel down that hellish path blindly. Nor should we allow those who would march off and pay the ultimate sacrifice, who would prove the full measure of devotion with their blood, to make such an awful sacrifice in vain."

This speech was originally delivered by then-Sen. Barack Obama in 2002 in Chicago to protest US involvement in Iraq. To see how minor the changes I made are, view the transcript of the original speech: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99591469

Why The Fuss About The Million Muslim March On 9-11?

Some people are asking, "why the fuss about the million muslim march on 9/11?" The answers are right here in the petition letter that was submitted to DC for event permit approval (I have emphasized the key thoughts):

"Assalam Alaikum Brothers and Sisters,

We at AMPAC (American Political Action Committee) are planning an historic event for 9.11.13 where one million Muslims will march to Washington D.C. and demand that our civil rights be protected by our government.

We are demanding that laws be enacted protecting our 1st amendment . We are asking President Obama to fulfill his promise from his first campaign for Presidency of a transparent government. Lastly we are asking for the release of the 9/11 commission report to the American people. 

On 9.11.01 our country was forever changed by the horrific events in New York. The entire country was victimized by the acts done on that day. Muslim and Non Muslim alike were traumatized BUT WE AS MUSLIMS CONTINUE 12 YEARS LATER TO BE VICTIMIZED BY BEING MADE THE VILLAINS. TO THIS DAY EVERY MEDIA OUTLET AND ANTI ISLAMIC ORGANIZATION HAS COMMITTED SLANDEROUS AND LIBEL STATEMENTS AGAINST US AS MUSLIMS AND OUR RELIGION OF ISLAM.

Yet our Government either sits idly by and does nothing to protect our freedoms or it exacerbates the problem with its constant war on terrorism in Islamic countries, congressional hearings on Islam in America, and its changes to the NDAA law.
THESE LIES TOLD TO THE AMERICAN POPULATION HAS MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO DO TRUE DAWA. Why do we have to defend our religion while doing Dawa? WHY CAN'T WE JUST SHARE THE PERFECTION OF THE QURAN AND THE BEAUTY OF OUR BELOVED PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SWS)? 

It is time for us as Muslims in America to stop being defensive and start being proactive by using our right to vote and our freedom of assemble and let our voices be heard by our country and the world. Stand with us help us fight the injustices being committed against us. 

Help us to wake the American citizen up to the truth and together Muslim and Non Muslim can take our country back to its true Democracy which is "For the people by the people". Our Prophet in his final message told us: "Whoever sees an injustice should set it right by means of his hand; if not, by his tongue; if not, then by his heart and that is considered to be the weakest of faith." And more to the point "If my nation are afraid to say to the oppressor, 'O oppressor!', then there is no hope in them."

Sincerely your Brothers and Sisters in Islam

On behalf of AMPAC

Isa Hodge

Chief of Operations "Million Muslim March"

The chief points are, 1) Muslims were not responsible for 9/11, and 2) muslims are so busy defending themselves against this lie that they cannot proselytize (do dawa). 

The founder of AMPAC, MD Rabbi Alam, is a so-called "truther." He believes that the Jews were the architects of 9/11. In his mind, the American media and government have been spreading zionist lies about 9/11 to divert us from the "truth." In another statement posted on the AMPAC web site, he states his belief that we have been "brainwashed" into believing that muslims were responsible for 9/11. He also states that Al Qaeda is a myth.

Why are we being brainwashed? So that we will not embrace the "perfection of the Quran and the beauty of [our] beloved Prophet Muhammad." In his mind, if we weren't being fed these lies, we would all embrace islam - which is the ultimate goal of islam. In other words, resistance is NOT futile, and we REFUSE TO BE ASSIMILATED.

To Mr. Alam I give the following affirmation: "Sh'ma Yisraeil, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad ("Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord)," Deut. 6:4, and "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever," Heb. 13:8.

Patriot's Day 2013...

I Remember.

April 23, 2013: the First Anniversary of the End of the War on Terror....

April 23, 2013. 

Today is the first anniversary of the end of the war on terror.

I'll bet you didn't know that.

One year ago today, the administration did something that went largely under the radar until after the Boston Marathon bombing: it declared the war on terror to be over. 

In an interview with the National Journal, a senior State Department official stated, "The war on terror is over... Now that we have killed most of al Qaida, now that people have come to see legitimate means of expression, people who once might have gone into al Qaida see an opportunity for a LEGITIMATE ISLAMISM" (all caps added). 

In other words, the administration folded. It has admitted defeat. But while the US is no longer engaged in a war on terrorism, recent events make it clear that we are still a target for terrorists.  The man who castigated Bush for declaring "mission accomplished" while still carrying out combat missions in Iraq has declared an end to the war on terror even as we deal with terrorist sleeper cells in this country.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/04/23/Obama-war-on-terror

The Two Tragedies of 9/11...

Eleven years ago, on the morning of September 11, 2001, four airliners were hijacked by Islamic terrorists in an effort to bring our country to its knees.  Nearly 3,000 people died in the resulting attacks on the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, the Pentagon, and an attempted attack on the White House that was stopped by the passengers of United Airlines flight 93.  Despite protests to the contrary, our nation was changed that day as the God-given rights of citizens recognized and protected by our Constitution were scrapped. The terrorists won.  While we may have finally gotten bin Laden, there is nothing to suggest that the freedoms that have been taken from us over the course of the last eleven years are ever going to be restored.  bin Laden may have lost the battle, but in bringing about fundamental changes in our Constitutionally-protected freedoms, he won the war.

On September 11, 2012, a new tragedy is slated to occur.  It is the premier of a new program on NBC entitled, "The New Normal."

This is a "comedy" about a single mom who becomes the surrogate for a same-sex couple.  It is an attempt to mainstream the idea that same-sex couples are like everyone else, and should be just as acceptable as heterosexual couples.  The use of comedy is the sugar coating that is intended to take the edge off that message and make the medicine easier to swallow.

There is, however, nothing "new" or "normal" about the message of this show.

Homosexuality has been around for thousands of years, same-sex couples have been around for thousands of years, and both have historically been viewed as taboo by most cultures across the world, not just the "christian" cultures of the West.

More to the point, it is a violation of God's Word.

The Old Testament has this to say:

"If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them."  Leviticus 20:13

God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah because of this sin.

"But that was the Old Testament," some say.  "The New Testament has nothing to say about the subject.  Jesus, in particular, never addressed the issue of homosexuality and same-sex marriage.  You can't apply such outdated laws to people who were born this way,  or who are living in committed, loving relationships."

OK.

Let’s assume for the moment that the argument put forward by homosexuals is correct, and they really are born this way.  The assertion today is, if they were born this way, then it is wrong to expect them to change.  They can’t change who they are.

For the sake of discussion, let’s accept that premise.

There is even scripture to back it up.

Psalm 51:5 says, “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.”  Sin is an inbred part of the human condition.  It is part and parcel of who we are by birth and by inclination.  And according to Ephesians 2:8-9 ("For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.") and Titus 3:5 ("he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit"), there is nothing we can do to change our predisposition on our own.

We are predisposed to lie, cheat, gossip, kill, fornicate, adulterate, and steal - just to name a few.  The name of the sin doesn’t matter; it is axiomatic that the predisposition to do such things is part of who we are because of the fallen nature of the human condition.

Using the logic put forward by the homosexual lobby, then, we shouldn’t designate anything as illegal, nor should we expect that people have the ability to change.  After all, the person who engages in these activities, all declared sin by the Bible and held to be violations of the moral codes of society, is simply following the inclination with which they were born.

But we don’t think like that.  We expect people to change their predisposition to conform to societal, and more importantly, moral and Biblical norms.  We expect them to stop stealing, lying, cheating, fornicating, adulterating, or killing.  And we have no problem saying that GOD can change them.  After all, that is why God sent His Son, Jesus, to die for us - to deliver us from our sins (“...the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age…”, Gal. 1:3-4)

Homosexuality, in this respect, is no different than any other predisposition declared by the Bible to be sin.

The Bible clearly teaches that homosexuality is sin.  Leviticus 18:22 says, “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.”  That doesn’t get much clearer.  Oh, but you say, that was the OLD TESTAMENT; we live under the NEW TESTAMENT, and it doesn’t say anything like that.  For me to accept that line of reasoning first requires me to believe that Malachi 3:6 (“For I the Lord do not change...”) and James 1:17 (“...the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.) are wrong, and God’s character is variable and changing.  Since God says His character doesn’t change, I have to reject that line of reasoning.  

So let's see what the New Testament tells us.  

Romans 1 tells us that, because man rejects the revealed Truth of God contained in His Word AND in creation (verses 18-21) and professes himself to be wise according to his own ideological and intellectual constructs - setting himself up as the ultimate measure of truth (verses 22-23) - GOD GAVE HIM UP (verse 24).  What was one of the many results? 

  

“Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.  For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.” (verses 24-27)

Men having intercourse with men and women having intercourse with women.  Today this is known as homosexuality; it used to be known as sodomy.  That is the NEW Testament teaching.  Paul doesn’t stop there, though.  He goes on to say in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, 

“Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.”

Paul explicitly names homosexuality in these verses.  Yes, he lists a whole lot of others as well (remember what we said at the beginning about other sins?), but he specifically names homosexuality.  But wait a minute - I thought all sins were the same!  Paul puts that notion to rest in this chapter as well.  Take a look at verses 13 and 18:

“The body is not meant for sexual immorality...Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body” (verses 13, 18).

Yes, all sins are reprehensible to God, but He takes special exception to sins of a sexual nature - that’s not MY interpretation, those are the explicit words of God through the Apostle Paul!

So let’s go back to where we began.  We are all predisposed to different sins.  In that respect, homosexuality is no different than any other sin.  But just as we expect people to change, to stop practicing all of the other sins we listed previously, so the Bible says there is hope for the homosexual!  Regardless of what is being spouted by psychiatrists and psychologists today, one’s predisposition can be changed.

You see, 1 Corinthians 6 doesn’t leave us in our sin without any recourse or hope of redemption.  Remember verses 9-10, the verses that specifically name homosexuality along with the laundry list of other sins?  They are followed by verse 12:

“And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God” (bolding added).

The Bible, contrary to politically correct social theory, tells us that, just as it is possible for our predisposition toward all other sins to be changed, so can one’s predisposition toward homosexuality!!!  Is this just my interpretation?  NO!  Read the verses for yourself!

You see, there is no parallel between homosexuality and being African-American, even though this is one of the most prevalent arguments used by the homosexual lobby to garner support.  And an article published by ABC News tells us that there are many African-American pastors - even those who regularly advise the President - who aren’t buying it ("Obama calls pastors to explain gay marriage support; black churches 'conflicted' by president's decision.").  Being black - or yellow, or red - is not a sinful predisposition.  Christ didn’t die to save one from being a different color or ethnicity.  But the Bible tells us that He DID die to save us from our sinful predispositions so that we could live lives that please God.  He saved us to DESTROY our old predispositions so that He can give us NEW ones, predispositions that desire to follow the revealed Truth of God’s Word.  As Paul tells us in Romans 5:6-7,

“Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.  For he that is dead is freed from sin.”

As this debate continues to unfold, there are many who assert that this has nothing to do with religion, or Christianity, or the Bible, that the Bible really doesn’t spend a lot of time addressing it - as if God has to say something many times in order for us to take Him seriously.  And after all, Jesus didn’t say anything about homosexuality.  You’re right.  He didn’t.  When given the perfect opportunity to change or expand the one man/one woman paradigm to include same-sex couples, as recorded in Matthew and Mark, He went right back to the truth given in Genesis 2:23-24, 

“Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”

Is this about hating homosexuals?  No.  This is about loving them by giving them the Truth of God’s Word.  You see, Proverbs 26:28 tells us that ”A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.”  We don’t accuse the doctor of hating us when he or she gives us truth that we would rather not hear.  We acknowledge that he or she is looking out for our welfare.  If we accept this as true in the context of human wisdom, then how much more true is it when the wisdom we share is of divine origin? 

And in the context of this new show, the Truth tells us that there is nothing "new" or "normal" about same-sex couples raising children together.  It is a tragedy that this show has even been allowed to air.  

Hence, the second tragedy of 9/11. 

September 11, 2001 - yet another day which will live in infamy....

I have taken the speech delivered by FDR after the attack on Pearl Harbor and revised it for September 11.

Ten years ago, September 11, 2001—yet another date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by aircraft hijacked in the name of Islamic extremism.

The United States was at peace with that religion within our own borders, and, at the solicitation of numerous Islamic governments and organizations throughout the middle east, was still in conversation with these governments and organizations looking toward a peaceful solution in the region. Indeed, in the years that have passed since the events of that fateful day, these governments and organizations continued to request the assistance of the United States.  While public statements of these governments and organizations indicated doubt that such a peaceful solution seemed likely through existing diplomatic negotiations, and tense rhetoric frequently ensued, they contained no threat or hint of war or armed attack.

It will be recorded that the distance of Manhattan and Washington, D.C., from the countries of the middle east makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many months or even years prior to the events of that day. During the time preceding the attacks, the representatives of numerous Islamic organizations and governments continued to express hope for a peaceful solution in their communications with the United States, an outlook obviously not shared by the extremists sheltered in their midst.

The attacks ten years ago on the cities of Manhattan and Washington, D.C., caused severe damage to American security and economy. We regret the need to remember the 3,200 American lives that were lost in the attacks, and the thousands of American lives that have been lost in military actions undertaken since in the effort to eradicate these extremists. In addition, American ships have been attacked in the waters of the middle east.

In the intervening years, Islamic extremists have launched attacks against Britain.

They have hijacked French aircraft.

They have attacked Israel.

They have attacked India.

They have attacked Indonesia.

They have attacked Spain.

This is only a partial list of the countries that have suffered atrocities at the hands of Islamic extremists.

Islamic extremists have, therefore, undertaken an offensive extending throughout the world. The facts of the last decade - and preceding decades - speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation.

Various commanders in chief of the United States military, intelligence and law enforcement agencies have directed that all measures be taken for our defense. But always will our whole nation remember the character of the onslaught against us.

No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.

We believe that we interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when we assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.

Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger.

With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph -- so help us God.

We recognize that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Islamic extremists on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, a state of war has existed between the United States and Islamic extremists around the world.

Never again forget, never again let down our guard.