A
great paper from a pilot with Amer. Airlines
Subject:
"You Worry Me"
This
pilot hit the nail on the head in his open letter. He needs to be
awarded
a medal for having the TESTICULAR FORTITUDE to
say
all this in a very profound way!
The
newspaper stated today that some Muslim doctor is saying we are profiling him
because he has been checked three times while getting on an airplane.
The
following is a letter from a pilot. This well spoken man, who is a pilot
with
American Airlines, says what is in his heart, beautifully.... Read, absorb and
pass this on.
"YOU
WORRY ME!"
By
American Airlines Pilot - Captain John Maniscalco
I've
been trying to say this since 9-11, but you worry me. I wish you didn't. I wish
when I walked down the streets of this country that I love, that your color and
culture still blended with the beautiful human landscape we enjoy in this
country.
But
you don't blend in anymore. I notice you, and it worries me.
I notice you because I can't help it anymore. People from your homelands,
professing to be Muslims, have been attacking and killing my fellow citizens and
our friends for more than 20 years now. I don't fully understand their
grievances and hate, but I know that nothing can justify the inhumanity of their
attacks.
On
September 11, nineteen ARAB-MUSLIMS hijacked four jetliners in my country. They
cut the throats of women in front of children and brutally stabbed to death
others. They took control of those planes and crashed them into buildings
killing thousands of proud fathers, loving sons, wise grandparents, elegant
daughters, best friends, favorite coaches, fearless public servants, and
children's mothers.
The
Palestinians celebrated, the Iraqis were overjoyed as was most of the Arab
world. So, I notice you now. I don't want to be worried. I don't want to be
consumed by the same rage and hate and prejudice that have destroyed the soul of
these terrorists. But I need your help. As a rational American, trying to
protect my country and family in an irrational and unsafe world, I must know how
to tell the difference between you, and the Arab/Muslim terrorist.
How
do I differentiate between the true
Arab/Muslim-Americans
and the
Arab/Muslim
terrorists in our communities who are attending our schools, enjoying our parks,
and living in OUR communities under the protection of OUR constitution, while
they plot the next attack that will slaughter these same good neighbors and
children?
The
events of September 11th changed the answer. It is not my responsibility to
determine which of you embraces our great country, with ALL of its religions,
with ALL of its different citizens, with all of its faults.
It is time for every Arab/Muslim in this country to determine it for me.
I
want to know, I demand to know, and I have a right to know, whether or not you
love
Are
you thankful for the freedom that only this nation affords?
A freedom that was paid for by the blood of hundreds
of thousands of patriots who gave their lives for this country? Are you
willing to preserve this freedom by also paying the ultimate sacrifice? Do you
love
If
this is your commitment, then I need YOU to start letting ME know about it.
Your
Muslim leaders in this nation should be flooding the media at this time with
hard facts on your faith, and what hard actions you are taking as a community
and as a religion to protect the
Please,
no more benign overtures of regret for the death of the innocent because I worry
about who you regard as innocent. No more benign overtures of condemnation for
the unprovoked attacks because I worry about what is
unprovoked to you. I am not interested in any more sympathy. I am only
interested in action.
What
will you do for
I
want to see Arab/Muslims waving the AMERICAN flag in the streets. I want to hear
you chanting "Allah Bless
The
FBI has a list of over 400 people they want to talk to regarding the WTC attack.
Many of these people live and socialize right now in Muslim communities. You
know them. You know where they are.
Hand
them over to us, now!
But
I have seen little even approaching this sort of action. Instead I have seen an
already closed and secretive community close even tighter. You have disappeared
from the streets. You have posted armed security guards at your facilities. You
have threatened lawsuits. You have screamed for protection from reprisals.
The very few Arab/Muslim representatives that HAVE appeared in the media
were defensive and equivocating.
They
seemed more concerned with making sure that the
If
the true teachings of Islam proclaim tolerance and peace and love for all
people, then I want chapter and verse from the Koran and statements from popular
Muslim leaders to back it up. What good is it if the teachings in the Koran are
good, and pure, and true, when your "leaders" are teaching fanatical
interpretations, terrorism, and intolerance?
It
matters little how good Islam SHOULD BE if huge numbers of the world's Muslims
interpret the teachings of Mohammed incorrectly and adhere to a degenerative
form of the religion. A form that has been demonstrated to
us over and over again. A form whose structure is
built upon a foundation of violence, death, and suicide. A
form whose members are recruited from the prisons around the world. A
form whose members (some as young as five years
old)
are seen day after day, week in and week out, year after a year, marching in the
streets around the world, burning effigies of our presidents, burning the
American flag, shooting weapons into the air. A form whose members convert from
a peaceful religion, only to take up arms against the great United States of
America, the country of their birth. A form whose rules are so twisted, that
their traveling members refuse to show their faces at airport security
checkpoints, in the name of Islam.
We
will NEVER allow the attacks of September 11, or any others for that matter, to
take away that which is so precious to us:
Our
rights under the
greatest
constitution in the world.
I
want to know where every Arab Muslim in this country stands and I think it is my
right and the right of every true citizen of this country to demand it. A right
paid for by the blood of thousands of my brothers and sisters who died
protecting the very constitution that is protecting you and your family. I am
pleading with you to let me know.
I
want you here as my brother, my neighbor, my friend, as a fellow American.
But
there can be no gray areas or ambivalence regarding your allegiance and it is up
to YOU, to show ME, where YOU stand. Until then, "YOU WORRY ME!"
THIS
IS TOO GOOD TO JUST READ AND DELETE..... LET'S SATURATE THE
Subject:
Last Night, Robin Olds Headed West
Robin
spent his younger years and schooling in Hampton, Virginia and attended West
Point, where he was an All American tackle and graduated in 1943 as a 2nd
Lieutenant. Following
graduation from Pilot Training in 1943, General Olds was assigned to
the European Theater at the end of WWII where he flew 107 combat missions in
the P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang.
He
shot down 13, enemy aircraft over Europe. He became a Triple Ace 23 years
later during the Viet NamConflict when he downed 4 MIGS. He flew 152
combat missions in the F-4
Phantom while Wing Commander of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing at Ubon
AFB in Thailand.
General
Olds' exploits as the creator and Mission Commander of Operation
Bolo, the most successful
aerial battle of the Vietnam conflict, has been documented in the recent
History Channel Dogfights Special series, entitled "Air
Ambush".
General Robin Olds served his country in assignments to England,
Germany, Thailand and the United States, in positions of Squadron, Base,
Group, and Wing Commander with assignments to Headquarters US Air Force and
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
He
was assigned to the first jet P-80 squadron in 1946; was a member of the first
jet Aerial Acrobatic Demonstration Team, won second place in the Thompson
Trophy Race, jet Division, in Cleveland, 1946, and participated in the first
dawn to dusk transcontinental round trip flight. He was a Squadron
commander of Royal Air Force Fighter Squadron # 1 in Sussex during an exchange
tour in 1948.
General
Olds' military decorations include the Air
Force Cross, Distinguished
Service Medal,
Silver Star with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Legion of Merit, Distinguished
Flying Cross with 5 oak leaf clusters, Air Medal with 39 Oak Leaf
Clusters, British Distinguished Flying Cross, French Croix de Guerre, Vietnam
Air Force Distinguished Service Order, Vietnam Air Gallantry Medal with Gold
Wings, Vietnam Air Service Medal.
After
his duty in Vietnam, General Olds was named Commandant
of Cadets at the U.S.
Air Force Academy 1967-1971. His last assignment before retiring from
the Air Force was Director of Safety for the U.S. Air Force.
Up to a few months prior to his illness, Robin was frequently called
upon as guest speaker and lecturer for his inspirational and motivational
talks and he traveled all over the world speaking to military and civilian
groups alike. General Olds was previously married to Ella Raines, who
died in 1988, and then to Morgan Olds.
General Olds is survived by two daughters, Christina Olds of Vail, CO
and Susan Scott-Risner of North Bend, WA; one granddaughter, Jennifer Newman
of Santa Monica, CA. and half-brother, Fred Olds of Virginia. He died
peacefully at his home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in the company of
family and friends.
A
memorial service will be held at the U.S. Air Force Academy within the next
two weeks. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the
Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association
towards scholarships for the children, or to assist the spouses, of
Armed Forces aircrew members killed or missing in action.
Robin's
family has asked for any re-communication of this detail, to include the
family's request for privacy at this time. I will keep you all informed
as to final arrangements when formalized.
Godspeed
to a more than fine leader.