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The Long
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 At
the monthly meeting of the Gulf Coast Economic Club, Michael Ferguson,
Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army for North Florida, spoke in clear
and uncertain terms that left no confusion in the minds of the audience. He
opened his talk by thanking all of the veterans of World War II, then Korea,
then Viet Nam. When he asked if there were any veterans of the Iraqi
conflicts, there were none in attendance, but a few proud parents and grand
parents accepted his thanks for their service as well.
Mike Ferguson, a retired Army Brigadier General, then went into a brief
history of the current Muslim problems menacing peace in the entire world.
He discussed how the Muslim warring culture has existed for several hundreds
of years, exactly as the Pope had referenced in a recent talk in Europe.
General Ferguson next went on to say that, the Islamic populations around in
the world are the fastest growing religion in the world. He next said that
the pool of volunteers that the American armed forces are drawing from for
new recruits is diminishing every day. If we are going to survive as a free
nation then we all must do our part.
General Ferguson suggested that we evaluate the following five factors:
- We need a national commitment to national duty. This does not have to
be in uniform, but in any way that can support those that go in harms way
to protect America.
- We need to maintain a strong economy to be able to pay for the
resources necessary to fight a very long war.
- We need to provide for economy of forces. The Army, Navy, and Air
Force need to make sure they are supporting each other to the best of
their ability. The Army-Navy football game is one thing, but after the
game is over, all soldiers and sailors are on the same team.
- We need to protect and defend our national borders.
- We must stay the course. Too many Americans are used to 30-minute
television programs that solve problems in 30 minutes or less. This
current jihad (Holy war) will go on for many, many years. For some
individual to say we must pull all American troops out in 12 or 18 months,
indicates that that individual does not understand the real enemy.
Until the Imams stop teaching 5 year olds the most radical interpretation
of the Koran and Islam in order to radicalize the youth of Muslim countries
the war will continue..
This Jihad approach leads to a fanatical Muslim population willing to die
for even imagined wrongs and we must use all tools available to change this
attitude and bring Muslim leaders to the peaceful resolution of issues or
defeat Islamic Fascism.
Conversion away from fanatical Muslim philosophy will take a lifetime and
the United States must be willing to help make the change. No other nation
in the world can or will be able to do it. |
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