Tengu
07-30-2004, 08:54 AM
The Straight Scoop from Charlie Daniels
I've just returned from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Naval Air Station
base where we did three shows for the troops and toured several
locations around the post visiting with some of the finest
military personnel on planet earth. The kids seemed to really
enjoy the shows and especially liked "This Ain't No Rag, It's A
Flag" and "In America". We had a great time with them.
We saw Camp X-Ray, where the Taliban detainees are being held
only from a distance, but I picked up a lot of what's going on
there from talking with a lot of different people.
The truth of the matter is that this operation is under a
microscope. The Red Cross has an on site presence there and
watches everything that goes on very closely. The media is not
telling you the whole truth about what's going on over there. The
truth is that these scum bags are not only being treated humanely,
but they are probably better off healthwise and medically than
they've ever been in their lives. They are fed well, able to
take showers and receive state of the art medical care. And have
their own Moslem chaplain. I saw several of them in a field
hospital ward where they were being treated in a state of the art
medical facility.
Now let's talk about the way they treat our people. First of all,
they have to be watched constantly. These people are committed and
wanton murderers who are willing to die just to kill someone else.
One of the doctors told me that when they had Taliban in the
hospital the staff had to really be careful with needles, pens and
anything else which could possibly be used as a weapon. They also
throw their excrement and urine on the troops who are guarding
them. And our guys and gals have shown great restraint in not
retaliating. We are spending over a million dollars a day
maintaining and guarding these nasty killers and anyone who wants
to see them brought to the U.S.A. for trial is either out of their
heads or a lawyer looking for money and notoriety. Or both.
I wish that the media and the Red Cross and all the rest of the
people who are so worried about these criminals would realize that
this is not a troop of errant Boy Scouts. These are killers of the
worst kind. They don't need protection from us, we need protection
from them. If you don't get anything else out of this soapbox,
please try to realize that when you see news coverage much of the
time you're not getting the whole story, but an account filtered
through a liberal mindset with an agenda.
We have two fights on our hands, the war against terror and the
one against the loudmouthed lawyers and left wing media who would
sap the strength from the American public by making us believe
that we're losing the war or doing something wrong in fighting it.
Remember these are the same people who told us that Saddam
Hussein's Republican guard was going to be an all but invincible
enemy and that our smart bombs and other weapons were not really
as good as the military said that they were.
They also took up for Bill Clinton while he was cavorting around
the Oval office with Monica Lewinsky while the terrorists were
gaining strength and bombing our Embassies and dragging the bodies
of dead American heroes around the dusty streets of Somalia. It's
a shame that we can't have an unbiased media who would just report
the truth and let us make up our own minds.
Here I must commend Fox News for presenting both sides much
better than the other networks. They are leaving the other cable
networks in the dust. People like being told the truth.
Our military not only needs but deserves our support. Let's give
it to them.
The next time you read a media account about the bad treatment of
the Taliban in Cuba, remember what I told you. Been there done that.
Footnote: I got an e-mail from a rather irate first cousin of
mine the other day who has a daughter who's a lawyer and she
seemed to think that I was painting all lawyers with the same
brush. Please understand that I'm not doing that at all. That
would be like saying that all musicians were drug addicts. There
are a lot of good and honest attorneys out there. I happen to have
one of them. But it seems that they never get any airtime. It's
always the radicals who get their opinions heard, who fight the
idea of the military tribunals and cite The Constitution and the
integrity of America as their source of justifying their opinions.
Well, first of all The Constitution says "We the people of the
United States", it doesn't mention any other country.
And secondly as far as integrity is concerned, I don't think some of
these folks would know integrity if it bit them in the posterior.
What do you think? God Bless America.
Charlie Daniels
P.S. send this to everyone you can...the truth needs to be told.
THE REASON A DOG HAS SO MANY FRIENDS IS THAT HE WAGS HIS TAIL - NOT HIS TONGUE
I've just returned from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Naval Air Station
base where we did three shows for the troops and toured several
locations around the post visiting with some of the finest
military personnel on planet earth. The kids seemed to really
enjoy the shows and especially liked "This Ain't No Rag, It's A
Flag" and "In America". We had a great time with them.
We saw Camp X-Ray, where the Taliban detainees are being held
only from a distance, but I picked up a lot of what's going on
there from talking with a lot of different people.
The truth of the matter is that this operation is under a
microscope. The Red Cross has an on site presence there and
watches everything that goes on very closely. The media is not
telling you the whole truth about what's going on over there. The
truth is that these scum bags are not only being treated humanely,
but they are probably better off healthwise and medically than
they've ever been in their lives. They are fed well, able to
take showers and receive state of the art medical care. And have
their own Moslem chaplain. I saw several of them in a field
hospital ward where they were being treated in a state of the art
medical facility.
Now let's talk about the way they treat our people. First of all,
they have to be watched constantly. These people are committed and
wanton murderers who are willing to die just to kill someone else.
One of the doctors told me that when they had Taliban in the
hospital the staff had to really be careful with needles, pens and
anything else which could possibly be used as a weapon. They also
throw their excrement and urine on the troops who are guarding
them. And our guys and gals have shown great restraint in not
retaliating. We are spending over a million dollars a day
maintaining and guarding these nasty killers and anyone who wants
to see them brought to the U.S.A. for trial is either out of their
heads or a lawyer looking for money and notoriety. Or both.
I wish that the media and the Red Cross and all the rest of the
people who are so worried about these criminals would realize that
this is not a troop of errant Boy Scouts. These are killers of the
worst kind. They don't need protection from us, we need protection
from them. If you don't get anything else out of this soapbox,
please try to realize that when you see news coverage much of the
time you're not getting the whole story, but an account filtered
through a liberal mindset with an agenda.
We have two fights on our hands, the war against terror and the
one against the loudmouthed lawyers and left wing media who would
sap the strength from the American public by making us believe
that we're losing the war or doing something wrong in fighting it.
Remember these are the same people who told us that Saddam
Hussein's Republican guard was going to be an all but invincible
enemy and that our smart bombs and other weapons were not really
as good as the military said that they were.
They also took up for Bill Clinton while he was cavorting around
the Oval office with Monica Lewinsky while the terrorists were
gaining strength and bombing our Embassies and dragging the bodies
of dead American heroes around the dusty streets of Somalia. It's
a shame that we can't have an unbiased media who would just report
the truth and let us make up our own minds.
Here I must commend Fox News for presenting both sides much
better than the other networks. They are leaving the other cable
networks in the dust. People like being told the truth.
Our military not only needs but deserves our support. Let's give
it to them.
The next time you read a media account about the bad treatment of
the Taliban in Cuba, remember what I told you. Been there done that.
Footnote: I got an e-mail from a rather irate first cousin of
mine the other day who has a daughter who's a lawyer and she
seemed to think that I was painting all lawyers with the same
brush. Please understand that I'm not doing that at all. That
would be like saying that all musicians were drug addicts. There
are a lot of good and honest attorneys out there. I happen to have
one of them. But it seems that they never get any airtime. It's
always the radicals who get their opinions heard, who fight the
idea of the military tribunals and cite The Constitution and the
integrity of America as their source of justifying their opinions.
Well, first of all The Constitution says "We the people of the
United States", it doesn't mention any other country.
And secondly as far as integrity is concerned, I don't think some of
these folks would know integrity if it bit them in the posterior.
What do you think? God Bless America.
Charlie Daniels
P.S. send this to everyone you can...the truth needs to be told.
THE REASON A DOG HAS SO MANY FRIENDS IS THAT HE WAGS HIS TAIL - NOT HIS TONGUE