More on the Fuel For Truth event

by Alicia Colon
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 at 10:06 AM
updated Tue, 19 Jun 2007 at 10:07 AM

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One of the hardest points made by Sgt. Schappert was one that I've made in previous essays. "We did not lose in Vietnam, we lost here in the United States," he said. Former Viet Cong military leaders have admitted that they were very close to surrendering until they noted the growing peace movement. They realized that if they held out Americans at home would lose their will to fight. These same anti-war advocates are trying to lose it for us again. That's why organizations like Fuel For Truth and Protestwarrior.com are so important. They are opening the eyes of Americans to the reality of their enemy. Incidentally, Schappert said he is not Jewish.. He's Irish Catholic. The global war on terrorism should be important to all Americans, regardless of creed. Amen to that.

FFT's CEO, Joe Richards, explained why they reach out to the young. "We go to colleges because foreign countries are buying the minds of our best students. For example, the Saudi Royal family has donated $70 billion in the past 30 years to universities and programs to plant the seeds in our educational system," he said. Showing slides documenting its influence at Harvard, he went on to tell about FFT's boot camp program which teaches the history of Jewish people, Christians and Muslims from world-renowned experts. "You will learn about counter-terrorism from the experts you see on TV. Top communications experts in the world will teach you how to advocate on behalf of Israel and the US. " Here are some photos of the evening . Incidentally, I'm somewhere in the crowd like "Where's Waldo" and hard to find.

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