Navy Captain Quimette Urged

On a discussion group was posted an old speech by Navy Captain Dan Quimette.

Navy Captain Dan Ouimette gave a speech to the Pensacola Civitan club in February 2003. In his speech Quimette said the war against terrorism started in 1979 when Iranian students attacked and seized the American Embassy in Tehran, where no Americans were killed. Quimette goes on to list a series of terrorists attacks on America over the following years and encourages the wrath of the United States on the Muslim world.

Captain Quimette, like all war lovers fail, fails to address the reasons for the attacks, starting with the U.S. support of the unpopular Iranian leader Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi and asylum for him after the Iranian revolution which led to the seizure of the American Embassy. After the Shah died the hostages were released.

I wish Captain Quimette and others who want to kill, kill, kill, would tell me why the terrorists do not attack Mexico, or Costa Rica, or Brazil, all Christian countries. The reason is that these countries have not aided and abetted Israel in her 70 year religious war of oppressing Palestinians and seizing their lands. Nor do these and other countries have Christian military personnel stationed in Muslim countries and supporting the rich monarchs and corrupt officials.

Currently the doomsayers think there is a "Clash of Civilizations" and the Muslims want to impose Shira Law and Islam on the rest of the world. (Have you studied Shira law as compared to the thousands of U.S. laws that make us all criminals, each day?) Well, some Muslims do wish that, but not all Muslims do. Some Christians wish to change the Muslims to Christianity, but not all Christians do. Some Christians have always wanted to convert the world to Christianity, but there are fewer now who wish that, and there are fewer Christians and more non believers. The same is happening in the Muslim world. Islam is waning, just like Christianity is waning. Politics is the passion of the Muslim world. Politics caused by American invasions of Muslim countries. Christians seem to think the politics in the Muslim world that wants the U.S. to get out of the Middle East is only radical Islam. It is politics.

By Margaret Talev, McClatchy Newspapers Aug 19, 2010,
WASHINGTON — Pastors who've prayed with President Barack Obama defended his Christian faith Thursday as the White House downplayed new polling that showed a steep climb since he took office in the percentage of Americans who think he's Muslim or at least don't believe that he's Christian.

"He is a Christian by choice, a devout Christian," said Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell of Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston .

Let us hope President Obama is not a "devout" Christian. If he is, the war against Islam will be a long and bloody war.

Though I have been trained as a soldier, and participated in many battles, there never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword. I look forward to an epoch when a court, recognized by all nations, will settle international differences. -Ulysses S. Grant, military commander, 18th US President (1822-1885)

Charles Tolleson