The passing of Richard Alexander

1. It is with great sadness that I will write my father's last entery. He loved writing, addressing unjustise where it happened, his country, football, live, and his family. He will be remenber always for the things he has done, his laughter, his writings and the impack his life left on ours.
   He died of a strock watching football on TV he went quietly into the light on March 4th, 2007. He was 80 years old a veteran of the US army WWII. He will be crematied given a Veterans funeral and his ashes will be laid to rest at the Veteran Memorial in Holly Michigan. His Wife Donna, his 4 childred and 6 grand children thank you for his support.

A BIASED MEDIA

The Alsabaah newspaper in Iraq reports 74
terrorist killed including an Egyptian Al Queda
leader. 92 arrested and munitions destroyed.
20 families returned to their homes. The success
of the sweep in Baghdad with only one of 5 US
Brigades deployed is remarkable. Did you read
this in your newspaper? I don’t think so.
The award of a Congressional Medal of Honor
was buried on page 15 of NYT and similarly
buried by most newspapers. A woman was
awarded the Silver Star in Iraq. Do you know
this Hero’s name? It was Mary Ann Hester.
She should have been treated like Sargent York
but honoring Hero’s is passe I guess and I wonder
if we are better off. I read Alsabaah daily on the
internet. Perhaps a more balanced MSM would
change our perspective, but is our responsibility
to search for the truth.
Richard 3/01/2007

LINCOLN AND BUSH

Andy Rooney was a reporter for Stars and Stripes in World
War II. He disliked Gen. Patton because of way he used his
Troops. Patton pushed them to the limit of their endurance.
Andy got an e-mail from Patton’s Daughter. It said Gen.
Patton would not like you. General Grant was called Lincoln"s
drunken butcher but Abe said " Find out what’s he is drinking
and give it to rest of Generals" The bloody battle at Shiloh
should have been a defeat for Grant but he reorganized his troops
and drove Rebels back to Mississippi. The horrific number of
dead and wounded shocked the country. Hospitals were filled with
the horribly wounded in all the northern cities all the way to
Chicago. Support for the war declined and NYT attacked
Lincoln and Grant relentlessly The Democrats wanted to
surrender and even his Republican party started to desert
Lincoln. Grant and Lincoln prevailed and Grant became a
President . I see similarities today as President Bush pushes
ahead for victory in spite of declining support. Andy Rooney ,
The Democrats and the NYT were wrong before and I am
sure they are wrong now.
There are those who see similarities to Vietnam. If we lift
our skirts as Hillary promises to do then we will see another
killing field with evil men who see nothing wrong with killing
60 babies lined up at a day care center. President Bush is doing
the right thing and deserves our support. The Iraq newspaper
Alsabah reported on the success of the recent initiator in
Bagdad . If conditions improve dramatically before the Elections
in 2008 I see a lot of back tracking and a huge Republican
victory. remember you read it here
Richard 2/24/2007

GO TO IRAQ FOR IRAQ NEWS

The relucence of our MSM to report from Iraq only
the number of Bombing incidents and seldom what
is actually happening led me to look for daily reports
from Iraq from Alsabah, The leading Newspaper in
Bagdad and Iraq. For some strange reason I seem to
have a different view of future of Iraq.
I am printing English version of to days editorial.
Editorial
By: Felah al-Mishal
Day after day security plan goes well as it achieves aims successfully
though there are some breaches and violations
Everyday, Iraqis touch new success in the plan as they see progress in
security and more families go back home where many forces stand
there to receive them proper neighborhoods.However, terrorists feel
more bitterness and defeat while their allies increase protests via their
media in support of Arab and Iraqi media, a matter that we expected
before. Yesterday's fabricated story on so-called Sabrina who claimed
being raped by Iraqi officers was made for the bad aim of defusing the
security plan and defaming Iraqi forces reputation and plant dismay among
people let alone distrust of the plan, whereas several politicians were
exited rapidly to cry against the plan in a fabricated play to affect the
political process in Iraq..
I did not correct the editors English as it was translated from Arabic.
This link should get you to the Truncated English version of this
Newspaper.
http://www.alsabaah.com/paper.php?source=akbar&page=37
Maybe if we did not depend on AP. Awful Press, for our Iraq news,
the defeatist attitude we seem to be aquiring may change.
Mohammed and Omar at www.iraqthemodel.com seem encouraged.
I see a bright future for Iraq
Richard 2/21/2007

THRILL OF VICTORY AGONY OF DEFEAT

THRILL OF VICTORY AGONY OF DEFEAT

Have you ever made a game saving tackle or stole the
ball for the winning basket. The adrenalin flows and
you are on another plain. You have performed beyond
your expectations and the feeling is hard to explain. Our
country experienced that feeling on VJ day. The relief
that we would not be involved in any more combat was
a pleasant shock that took days to overcome.
Now we are engaged in a different war against Terrorist
who wish to destroy our way of life and inflect Shina law
on the world. Victory over such a intangible enemy
will be hard to define as they will fold up there tents
and silently steal away as the anarchists did in the past.
A vibrant Iraq will bring prosperity to the Middle East
and a growing economy will lift all boats. Iraq has a
head start with 70 Billion dollars in oil revenue to distribute
and invest.
The operation "Rule of law " has been encouraging in spite
of the horrific Market bombing this morning,
President Bush wants to feel the Trill of Victory While
Congress and the MSM want to settle for the Agony of
Defeat.
I know what choice I want to pursue.
Richard 2/18/2007

FAULTY INTELLIGENCE ???

The media insist that faulty intelligence led to Iraq war.
But was the intelligence that faulty. The declassification
and interpretation of Iraq intelligence documents seems to
present clear and convincing evidence that the intelligence
was pretty good. The argument was made that if intelligence
was faulty on Iraq then it must be faulty on Iran. Reasonable
review leaves little reason to doubt Iranian reports except
to criticize president Bush.
Under Bill Clinton’s watch our intelligence agency’s were
not allowed to compare data per memo from Jamie Gorlick
of Reno’s Justice Department. Don’t you have to ask why
they would do that? It could not improve our security or
intelligence gathering. I believe Bill Clinton did not want
domestic and foreign agencies to compare notes because
of his involvement with the Chinese. The Senate Committee
set up to investigate Chinagate was derailed and obfuscated
by Senator Levin so no charges were made and Senator
Thompson left Congress disgusted by the process.
Under President Bush all our agencies correspond and report
to one man.
Every time I hear " Faulty intelligence" I think of Bill Clinton
who put personal needs above those of our country.

WHAT LIE IS BUSH ACCUSSED OF ???

WHAT LIE IS BUSH ACCUSED OF ??
The " Bush lied " credenza seems to be growing louder.
A meaningless resolution to embolden the terrorist and
embarrass Bush is being debated in Congress and calls for
impeachment are being heard from far left. I have not
heard of a resolution on how to defeat the Terrorist.
Maybe there long range plan is to ;lift up skirts and run.
But what lie did Bush tell? The now famous 16 words in
his state of union address were factual. Emerging Iraq
intelligence Documents have clearly and convincingly
proved that Al-Queda was in Iraq before 9/11, Saddam
was ordering yellowcake uranium, WMD were in Iraq
and being developed and the war was the right decision.
The American people were not miss led. So what was the lie.
The recent horrific bombings in Iraq are a last ditch effort
to convince the left the war cannot be won. The NYT and
Washington Post are waging a huge propaganda campaign
in support of terrorist. They feel victory will be defeat of
President Bush not the defeat of the terrorist or what. Does this
sound like an Orwellian world A defeat in Iraq would have
catastrophic consequences but the left would be able to force
Socialism on what used to be a great Country.
Richard