Friday, February 24, 2017

Combat PTSD -- Help.

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This takes about 5 minutes to read, but it is worth every second. Every Liberal should read this as well. Because,  This is so very IMPORTANT,  friends  ! ! !          
 
 
 
This is something every person in America must know!!!!!
 
 
As President George W. Bush's top speech writer, Marc Thiessen ( The Kelly
File on FOX ) was provided unique access to the CIA program used in
interrogating top Al Qaeda terrorists, including the mastermind of the 9/11
attack, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad (KSM).
 
Now, his riveting new book, Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America
Safe (Regnery), has been published. Here is an excerpt from Courting
Disaster:
 
"Just before dawn on March 1, 2003, two dozen heavily armed Pakistani
tactical assault forces move in and surround a safe house in Rawalpindi. A
few hours earlier they had received a text message from an informant inside
the house. It read: "I am with KSM."
 
Bursting in, they find the disheveled mastermind of the 9/11 attacks,
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in his bedroom. He is taken into custody. In the
safe house, they find a treasure trove of computers, documents, cell phones
and other valuable "pocket litter."
 
Once in custody, KSM is defiant. He refuses to answer questions, informing
his captors that he will tell them everything when he gets to America and
sees his lawyer. But KSM is not taken to America to see a lawyer Instead
he is taken to a secret CIA "black site" in an undisclosed location.
 
Upon arrival, KSM finds himself in the complete control of Americans. He
does not know where he is, how long he will be there, or what his fate will
be. Despite his circumstances, KSM still refuses to talk. He spews
contempt at his interrogators, telling them Americans are weak, lack
resilience and are unable to do what is necessary to prevent the terrorists
from succeeding in their goals. He has trained to resist interrogation.
When he is asked for information about future attacks, he tells his
questioners scornfully: "Soon, you will know."
 
It becomes clear he will not reveal the information using traditional
interrogation techniques. So he undergoes a series of "enhanced
interrogation techniques" approved for use only on the most high-value
detainees. The techniques include waterboarding. He begins telling his CIA
de-briefers about active al Qaeda plots to launch attacks against the United
States and other Western targets. He holds classes for CIA officials, using
a chalkboard to draw a picture of al Qaeda's operating structure,
financing, communications, and logistics. He identifies al Qaeda travel
routes and safe havens and helps intelligence officers make sense of
documents and computer records seized in terrorist raids He identifies
voices in intercepted telephone calls, and helps officials understand the
meaning of coded terrorist communications. He provides information that
helps our intelligence community capture other high-ranking terrorists.
 
KSM's questioning, and that of other captured terrorists, produces more than
6,000 intelligence reports, which are shared across the intelligence
community, as well as with our allies across the world. In one of these
reports, KSM describes in detail the revisions he made to his failed
1994-1995 plan known as the "Bojinka plot" to blow up a dozen airplanes
carrying some 4,000 passengers over the Pacific Ocean. Years later, an
observant CIA officer notices the activities of a cell being followed by
British authorities appear to match KSM's description of his plans for a
Bojinka-style attack. In an operation that involves unprecedented
intelligence cooperation between our countries, British officials proceed to
unravel the plot.
 
On the night of Aug. 9, 2006, they launch a series of raids in a northeast
London suburb that lead to the arrest of two dozen al Qaeda terrorist
suspects. They find a USB thumb-drive in the pocket of one of the men with
security details for Heathrow airport, and information on seven
Trans-Atlantic flights that were scheduled to take off within hours of each
other:
 
* United Airlines Flight 931 to San Francisco departing at 2:15 PM
* Air Canada Flight 849 to Toronto departing at 3:00 PM
* Air Canada Flight 865 to Montreal departing at 3:15 PM
* United Airlines Flight 959 to Chicago departing at3:40 PM
* United Airlines Flight 925 to Washington departing at4:20 PM
* American Airlines Flight 131 to New York departing at 4:35 PM
* American Airlines Flight 91 to Chicago departing at4:50 PM
 
They seize bomb-making equipment and hydrogen peroxide to make liquid
explosives. And they find the chilling martyrdom videos the suicide bombers
had prepared.
 
Today, if you asked an average person on the street what they know about the
2006 airlines plot, most would not be able to tell you much. Few Americans
are aware of the fact al Qaeda had planned to mark the fifth anniversary of
9/11 with an attack of similar scope and magnitude. And still fewer
realize the terrorists' true intentions in this plot were uncovered thanks
to critical information obtained through the interrogation of the man who
conceived it: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
 
This is only one of the many attacks stopped with the help of the CIA
interrogation program established by the Bush Administration in the wake of
the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
 
In addition to helping break up these specific terrorist cells and plots,
CIA questioning provided our intelligence community with an unparalleled
body of information about al Qaeda.
 
Until the program was temporarily suspended in 2006, intelligence officials
say, well over half of the information our government had about al Qaeda-how
it operates, how it moves money, how it communicates, how it recruits
operatives, how it picks targets, how it plans and carries out attacks-came
from the interrogation of terrorists in CIA custody.
 
Former CIA Director George Tenet has declared: "I know this program has
saved lives. I know we've disrupted plots. I know this program alone is
worth more than what the FBI, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the
National Security Agency put together have been able to tell us."
 
Former CIA Director Mike Hayden has said: "The facts of the case are that
the use of these techniques against these terrorists made us safer. It
really did work." Even Barack Obama's Director of National Intelligence,
Dennis Blair, has acknowledged: "High-value information came from
interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper
understanding of the al Qaeda organization that was attacking this country."
Leon Panetta, Obama's CIA Director, has said: "Important information was
gathered from these detainees. It provided information that was acted upon."
 
John Brennan, Obama's Homeland Security Advisor, when asked in an interview
if enhanced-interrogation techniques were necessary to keep America safe,
replied: "Would the U. S. be handicapped if the CIA was not, in fact, able
to carry out these types of detention and debriefing activities, I would say
yes."
 
On Jan. 22, 2009, President Obama issued Executive Order 13491, closing the
CIA program and directing that, henceforth, all interrogations by U. S.
personnel must follow the techniques contained in the Army Field Manual.
 
The morning of the announcement, Mike Hayden was still in his post as CIA
Director. He called White House Counsel Greg Craig and told him bluntly:
"You didn't ask, but this is the CIA officially non-concurring." The
president went ahead anyway, overruling the objections of the agency.
 
A few months later, on April 16, 2009, President Obama ordered the release
of four Justice Department memos that described in detail the techniques
used to interrogate KSM and other high-value terrorists. This time, not
just Hayden (who was now retired) but five CIA directors - including Obama's
own director, Leon Panetta objected. George Tenet called to urge against
the memos' release. So did Porter Goss. So did John Deutch. Hayden says:
"You had CIA directors in a continuous unbroken stream to 1995 calling
saying, 'Don't do this.'" In addition to objections from the men who led
the agency for a collective 14 years, the President also heard objections
from the agency's covert field operatives. A few weeks earlier, Panetta had
arranged for the eight top officials of the Clandestine Service to meet with
the President. It was highly unusual for these clandestine officers to
visit the Oval Office, and they used the opportunity to warn the President
that releasing the memos would put agency operatives at risk. The President
reportedly listened respectfully, and then ignored their advice. With
these actions, Barack Obama arguably did more damage to America 's national
security in his first 100 days of office than any President in American
history.
 
But how many people know this?.... only the few that read this email from
beginning to end.

                 Obama is a traitor to America.

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Foreword in German:


Hallo Freunde, die
Bekämpfung der PTSD - Posttraumatische Belastungsstörungen, ist eine ernste Sache, die Beziehungen eines Soldaten, Eheschließungen, Gesundheit ruinieren kann, Rob Sie oder gut schlafen, und viele andere Dinge, einschließlich tiefer Depression und schlechter. Die feinen Artikel, den ich hier unten wird hoffentlich dazu beitragen, diejenigen, die heraus zu erreichen und besser informiert werden, und erhalten dann Hilfe. Das ist meine kühnsten Wünsche. Und es ist egal, wo wir leben oder in welchem Land wir kämpften für oder gegen. Es gibt auch sexuelle PTSD, und dass muss auch angesprochen werden, und Sie benötigen Hilfe zu erhalten.
Meine e-Mail Adresse: tschuckman@aol.com
Herzliche Grüße,
Thomas G. Schuckman
deaktiviert Vietnam Veteran: 68-70.
















Hello  Friends and Veterans,
    I would certainly like to see ALL combat Veterans who have -- or THINK that they have Combat PTSD,  and also sexual assault PTSD,  to learn as much about this Disorder, do you home work and study until you become an expert, or a 'near- expert !'  
     When I went back to college, at MATC  [Milwaukee Area Technical College],  I thought that I knew a lot about this subject matter,  as I almost lived in the College Library.   But,  I just learned a lot more TODAY, reading this Info !!   So,  I encourage you all to seek out this new information and get HELP, now !  Sorry to say,  bad things can happen, and only an expert in this field can really help you.
        For one thing,  just KNOWING the fact that many other people have this challenge, and there are more good methods now days to cope and deal with this problem that can also mess up too many marriages, relationships, jobs, work and happiness.    I would know !   Long ago, I was having a really hard time coping with life, and someone helped me out, big time.   And so I feel that I MUST morally also each out and touch other people to help them too.   I feel that I have some good ideas on how to employ 'coping mechanisms'  that I learned in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from smart Ph., D's   [that stands for:  post hole diggers].   Smile.    And sleep deprivation is down right dangerous to your health.
    Here is my email address:   tschuckman@aol.com      --So contact me, and then we can talk on the phone.  
     IMHO,   PTSD cannot be cured,  but like cancer or diabetes,  you can successfully learn to LIVE WITH IT, and calm down the negative effects.   Reading the KJV Bible, especially Psalms and Proverbs, before you go to bed at night, also taking special, herbs that help  you sleep better, have also helped me and others.   Prayers to Father God,  thru the Son,  Jesus Christ, and surely help too,  and these things have already help me......  a simple Soldier, did my AIT at Fort Rucker, Alabama,  USA, Aviation School,  then Germany, U.S. Army,  then 2 years in Vietnam,  Helicopter 'door gunner.'   So when I came home in 30 March 70,  I had a hard time cooling off, hard time re-adjusting back to civilian life, nightmares,  and "day-mares", and many more challenges,  so I am one of YOU good people, my fellow combat Veterans.   WELCOME HOME !!
     And if I knew that you lived near me,  I would invite you out for breakfast or lunch, with a cold drink, too !!
       Right now I live in the Northern deep Forests of the Michigan UPPER PENINSULA, near Iron Mtn., MI.    But one way or another, I intend to move back down to my native Wisconsin,  one way or another, to be closer to friends and families, or where ever, if the Lord leads me to a good, Christian lady, in time.   I also ask you for your prayers, please.    I am just an average, hard working, retired Chrysler auto worker and welder [for 30.5 years with good, full, pension and bennies], and also worked many other places to support my family, and survive, like everyone else who inherited a hard work ethic from Mom and Dad, on the beef and hog farm in WI.  


I hope that this Blog post helps some Veterans, and I also hope I get some feed back.   ----Jesus is Lord ----


Warm Regards,
Thomas G. Schuckman















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"Fake News."

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Ja nigdy nie byłem w Polsce, ale dołożyłem do Niemiec, na początku 1968 roku, w Armii Amerykańskiej, a ja się bawiłam poznając kulturę europejską. Ja też uwielbiam uczyć się nowych rzeczy, zwłaszcza języków i różnych krajowych środków spożywczych i napojów. Jestem pewien, że w Polsce jest wielu chrześcijańskich braci nie zbyt, wybiegającymi z rozkoszy Jezusa Chrystusa, zanim czai zbyt strasznie źle tutaj, na ziemi. Rozraduj się, i przygotować !
Z serdecznymi pozdrowieniami,
Tom Schuckman
Email: tschuckman@aol.com












Hi  Friends,
     I have a good friend who helps me by giving me some modest, humble, feed back, and I am thankful to have such discerning people like that to help me see myself more clearly.   Sometimes we THINK we see ourselves in the mirror a certain way,  but the 'mirror has a curve to it' and reflects a warped picture back to us, or... as some folks would say,  'that person sees the whole world through rose colored glasses.'    I guess like is 'perception.'   And the Bible is sometimes the only, or best way to see ourselves the true way.   Just like:  Only a true friend will tell you if you have bad breath, or your shirt is hanging out the wrong way.   Your enemy will let you walk around looking silly and stupid, or with your 'barn door' half open !   


I have told friends whom I trusted how I attended a few churches, and helped many people in many ways,  but when I left that church,  not ONE even bothered to find out where I went, or if the earth had swallowed me up !    Well,   that happened a few times in my life, and it sort of 'poisoned' me in regards to ever contributing my hard earned funds to support such a place of worship....  sorry.    
     Now,  I know that the bible also tells us to 'forgive our trespassers,'  but that doesn't mean we should throw bad money after good money.... IMHO.    And I still have a few charities of my own, and still help various people with gifts.  


Below,  what the man's  article talks about is a 'universal falling away from the truth,  and the LOVE of other people --- compared to the selfish love of oneself.'  
    Now,  just as you pick up a can of Beef Stew at the store to see what is actually in the can, the ingredients are listed in their rate of proportional standing, or quantity/ volume.   Like,  water might be the number one bulk of the content.    Just like the 'fruits of the Spirit,'  in Galatians 5: 22.  "Love, Joy, Peace, etc.  


The roads were so slippery today,  but we had ample warning on the radio, and it seemed like all the schools were out, too.    I had my truck in 4WD.   Oh well,  Spring in another month !


Warm Regards,
Tom  Schuckman








February 24th, 2017
On February 13th, General Michael Flynn (Ret.) resigned as President Trump's National Security Adviser.

He has since been replaced by Lt. General H.R. McMaster (U.S. Army). Opinion about the relative comparisons between the two Advisers has been varied, but mostly positive.

What bothers me, though, is not the merits of each man, but the manner in which General Flynn's resignation came about.

On December 29th, the Obama administration announced new sanctions against Russia over alleged Russian interference in the November election of Donald Trump to the presidency. Later that day, General Flynn, the top National Security Adviser to President-Elect Trump, initiated a phone call to the Russian Ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak.

The FBI tapped into the call - supposedly not because of Flynn, but to keep tabs on the ambassador. For some unexplained reason, after recording the call, the FBI informed the Obama White House. Two weeks later, on January 12th, a columnist for The Washington Post reported on that call, attributing his knowledge to "a senior U.S. government official."

The media began to speculate that General Flynn had broken the Logan Act. That law forbids private citizens from negotiating with a foreign government regarding any dispute with the United States. Passed in 1799, the law has never been successfully prosecuted in its 218-year history. The Logan Act does not prohibit members of an incoming administration from communicating with a foreign government. Such calls have been routine for the last hundred years. It was not an attempt at negotiation. It was simply communication between two officials who may deal extensively with each other in the future.

Flynn later told administration officials, including Vice President Pence, that he and the Ambassador never discussed sanctions. When the Vice President said this on television, "unnamed" government officials with access to classified materials, struck again. They leaked to the press that the call had been intercepted and that Flynn and the ambassador had, indeed, discussed sanctions.

On February 13th, President Trump asked General Flynn for his resignation. White House spokesman Sean Spicer explained that it was not because Flynn had broken any laws, but because by "lying" to the Vice President and others, he lost credibility with the President. Spicer said, "What this came down to was a matter of trust."

Indeed, for Flynn to have broken the law, he would have had to negotiate with the Russians, which he did not.

The New York Times ran a major story on the subject, using seven of their top reporters. But they buried the lead - or the most important element of the story. Deep in the article, they included this key paragraph: "Obama officials asked the FBI if a quid pro quo had been discussed on the call, and the answer came back no, according to one of the officials, who like others asked not to be named discussing delicate communications. The topic of sanctions came up, they were told, but there was no deal." This point is crucial. It confirms that Flynn did not break the law.

Further, the New York Times article claimed that FBI agents brought Flynn in and "he was grilled about a phone call he had with Russia's ambassador." It's interesting that the FBI would do this, since by that time they had the transcript of the call and they knew -- as they told the White House -- that no "quid pro quo had been discussed on the call" and that "the topic of sanctions came up, but there was no deal."

In other words, the FBI questioned General Flynn even though they already knew that no law had been broken. Then they mysteriously reported the phone call (in which no law was broken) to the White House, but they informed the White House that no law had been broken.

But "a senior U.S. government official" (probably inside the Obama White House) chose to leak the confidential information to The Washington Post. The media then stirred the imaginary flames until the heat spurred the President to ask for his adviser's resignation.

I assume pro-Islamist advocates inside the Cabinet departments and Obama's shadow government are breathing a sigh of relief today. Let's hope that relief is short-lived.

What is obviously disturbing, though, is that some members of the Justice Department and the White House used their positions in a clearly partisan effort to undermine the new Administration. This level of partisanship is toxic -- not just to the new President, but to the Presidency itself and to the nation.

Unfortunately, all of this is part of an alarming worldwide pattern.

What's happening in Washington, D.C., is not unique. Upheaval and unrest also fill many other capitals of the world's democracies.

The president of South Korea has had to step aside and place her presidency in the hands of a caretaker president. She is accused of influence peddling and awaits impeachment charges. And this comes at a time when North Korea's lunatic leader is making huge strides in ballistic missile development. And stocking up on nuclear weapons.

Brazil's president has just been impeached and removed from office.

In Israel, the leftist media has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of abuse of power (again). Even the police are investigating the charges. I doubt it will bring him down, but it is definitely hurting the nation.

The nations of Europe remain deeply divided over issues like globalism (Brexit in Britain and exit rumblings in several other EU nations) and immigration (Germany's Merkel will probably be ousted from office, Geert Wilders is facing new attacks by the government in The Netherlands, and Sweden is on fire -- just like President Trump noted).

What's happening to the world's democracies?

In almost every case, the turmoil can be traced to a crisis of character.

The Apostle Paul warned that "in the last days perilous times will come." (2 Timothy 3:1 NKJV) In the verses that follow, he describes the things that will make those last days perilous. It's interesting that Paul doesn't focus on natural disasters or international events such as war. Instead, he describes individuals and the character and attitudes prevalent among people living in the last days.

This passage makes it clear that the great perils of the last days concern people and their loss of moral standards.

Paul begins telling us why the last days will be dangerous with the phrase, "For (or "because") men will be lovers of self...." (2 Timothy 3:2 NASB) That's only the first characteristic listed, but when the Bible gives a list, it usually begins with the most important item. In this case, "...lovers of self...." is the root of all that follows.

A new book that's soon to be released seems to confirm Paul's prediction. The Confessions of Congressman X is an insider's account of the corruption festering in the Congress of the United States. The Congressman-author remains anonymous, but the authenticity of the book is apparently unchallenged.

Amber Phillips of The Washington Post believes that the author is "a moderate Democrat with some seniority."

Some of the Congressman's statements are extremely disturbing, but, unfortunately, confirm the fears of many Americans. They also confirm the Apostle Paul's assertion that in the last days "...men will be lovers of self...."

I'm very certain that the Congressman's words do not describe every member of Congress. But I fear they describe far too many of them.

Of course, Paul's list continues and introduces many more dangers that we see in our world. But his opening sentence sounded familiar: "In the last days... men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant...." I think I could paraphrase that as "Washington, Washington, Washington!"

As I said a couple of weeks ago, the War for America has just begun. I think one of the most critical players in the war will be the media.

The idea of "fake news" is real, folks. The problem is, it's the mainstream media that is faking the news. They feel they can do so because they have a monopoly on communication and the public will never know they have concocted stories.

Recently, the Associated Press (AP) reported that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief John Kelly had issued a memo calling for the use of the National Guard for immigration enforcement.

Other major outlets took that story and added to it. Some even specified that 100,000 troops would be marshaled for the immigration push. Some mainstream outlets implied that President Trump had already issued the order.

The truth? An underling at DHS had proposed that possibility. That proposal never made it out of his department. It never reached Secretary Kelly's desk, much less was ever even sent to the White House. And, no number was even mentioned in the proposal's only draft.

So the existence of an order by the President, a memo issued by Secretary Kelly, and a specific number of troops involved were all concocted by the Associated Press -- and published without question by some of the nation's most respected mainstream news organizations.

If that ain't "fake news," I'm not sure what is. Remember what your mother used to tell you? "When you point a finger at someone else, there are three fingers pointing back at you!"

The last days have truly come to America.

Finally, we've all heard about folks who are "so heavenly-minded they're of no earthly good." Personally, I don't think that's too much of a problem today. Instead, I think that most people are so earthly-minded that they're of no heavenly good!

I believe that the more a Christian truly understands about his or her future destiny and the wonders God has in store for them, the more enthusiastically they will be able to live in this world.

In an effort to win converts to Christ, I think some Christians have overemphasized the immediate benefits of salvation. I agree that it's important to know that Christ gives us pardon and peace and purpose in this life, but I also believe that we need to see our lives on earth in the proper context. And the context of life is eternity.

This week, I am going to share with you a brief overview of what that eternity holds in store for those of us who have accepted Christ's pardon for our sins and received the promise of eternal happiness that comes with it.

And it's not "fake news!" It's breathtaking and it's real! You have the word of Jesus Christ Himself on it!

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Hal Lindsey

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