Benghazi

Hi my name is Don and I guess you could call me a redneck. I live in Nevada in a rural area where we live by a code of common sense. No one could survive long in the high desert without using common sense. With that said here are a few common sense items I’d like your opinion on.

Why should we care about Benghazi? Libya is a mess at this time. There are armed militia’s running around and in control of neighborhoods, not States just different blocks. Can you imagine Los Angeles with armed gangs controlling neighborhoods? Whoops wrong choice of cities, L.A. does have armed gangs controlling different areas of the city. Let’s get back to Libya, just like in Afghanistan during the Russian incursion we armed the rebels with sophisticated weapons, anti tank guns, anti aircraft missiles and so on. When the Russians left we didn’t pay attention to Afghanistan and the rebels became the Taliban who in turn allowed the little group known as Al-Qaida to build training camps for the destruction of the western world. You all remember September 11, 2001. Well in the battle to free Libya from Kaddafi’s hold we did the same thing, we armed the rebels and now have little control over what they do. Gee this is starting to sound like Syria, scary isn’t it? We never seem to learn from our mistakes in the Middle East, did we really just give Egypt F-16 fighters?

Getting back to Libya; it is imperative that we keep an eye on these armed militia’s to make sure we don’t create another Afghanistan. We need a strong hand in the area that can mentally combat these lawless groups out of fear of reprisal. What did we do when we needed a General Patton, we appointed a woman to the job of ambassador to Libya. Now let me ask you this, how much do the radical Muslims of the world respect women? She may be a wonderful choice for England, Ireland or Scotland but Libya? Am I mistaking or are women the people they stone to death for having the audacity to get raped, are these the people who are kept from an education and forced to live their lives in a Burka behind a thick veil? Are these the people that are not allowed to speak to a man unless he is a relative? Isn’t this just another great foreign affairs blunder. So now we have Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya and Syria very well armed in a state of anarchy and hating Americans, I’ll bet Israel is loving this especially the F-16’s flying over Egypt. The same Egypt that is now controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood. Are you confused yet?

If you look at a map of the world Israel is surrounded by Muslin nations who have vowed to wipe her off the face of the planet. She is the size of a medium size lake here in the United States yet Israel with one move can muster more fear in the Arab world than we can, only because she doesn’t threaten, she reacts. The Arabs understand consequences and we are only as good as our reputation and lately our reputation among nations of the world isn’t so great. The attitude of cut and run we have shown for the last decade or so shows that the American people don’t have the stomach for war and the Arab world knows it. Why should we send our kids to war and then not finish what we went off to do. How many Americans have died for nothing because we have become a nation of appeasement rather than the Super Power of old. We have many who say we should keep our nose out of the world affairs rather than lead. Why when we have had the power to control the destiny of world, we cannot even control the price of oil.

Getting back to Benghazi; We cannot afford to turn away from the problems of the Middle East and hide under the table. It’s in our best interest is to stay firm on our commitments of self protection. One way we can do this is by reducing the amount of oil imported from these areas there-by reducing the income being funneled to those who threaten us. We see what appeasement has done in North Korea. Their military is equipped with Nukes and now rockets with the ability to hit our soil. In decades past the C.I.A. would just do a covert hit on a subject and that would be the end of it. Congress took away that power years ago and now only the President with the use of drones has that ability but only for smalltime terrorists. With so many failures in foreign policy over the years it’s hard to stay on topic. Our goal should be first and foremost the protection of our citizens and our way of life. To do either we have to maintain our right to the title of Super Power, just a few years ago we were the one and only Super Power left standing now we are in a race with China to see who will control the world monetary fund. As China builds its military to Super Power status we are reducing ours to that of the European nations, and do you think Russia is idly standing by? God help us.

That’s just my thoughts, what are yours?