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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Should we be worried about another political diversion?

When Obama pulled our troops out of Iraq saying our job there was finished, he forgot to tell Al-Qaida.  The loss of life there is bordering on 1000 per week and the al-Maliki government is helpless to stop it.  The young men and women who fought and died to bring freedom to the Iraqi people must be looking down on this in horror at what has happened.  No one I know is for war in any way or form, but once we are put in a combative situation it should be our goal to win.  Too many wars have been fought where politicians decided the outcome.  If and when the decision is made to go to war it must be left to the military to bring it to a close with the utmost speed and with the least loss of American lives.  War is a grave and final approach to rectifying a bad situation where no other means are available to solve the problem.  We have fought several wars in my lifetime and only were allowed to win twice.  The outcome of these conflicts were not lost by the men and women who so valiantly fought for our country but by the rules of engagement put upon them by politicians.  Viet Nam is a perfect example of political tampering, we had the firepower to bring it to an end swiftly and with the least amount of casualties but we were held back by the rules of engagement and ended up fighting the enemies war in the rice paddies and jungles.  Note to future and present politicians, don’t send us to war unless you want to come home victorious.   No more political diversions at our military’s expense.

Now the government of Iraq who couldn’t wait for us to get out is begging for help.  As westerners we will never understand the situation or the mindset of the Middle East, we have stained the desert with the blood of our finest and accomplished little.  We have the same outcome ahead of us in Afghanistan, we fight and die and the politicians cry uncle.  In World War II we had to level whole cities in spite the collateral damage to the population, the feeling at the time was if the people feel the pain of war they will force their leaders to capitulate.  It is what our enemies are doing to us now without fear of retaliation knowing our leaders are more worried about getting elected again than winning the war.  We have the technology to wipe out the Taliban and most of Al-Qaida in Iraq and Afghanistan yet we put the burden on the foot soldier knowing full well that he is at a tremendous disadvantage in the mountains and deserts of the Middle East in areas hostile to their presence. 


The NSA has proven we can get into their communications so why put our troops in harm’s way when we can isolate and destroy them with our superior technology.   We have the ability to put unmanned aircraft over wide areas 24/7 armed with all types of weapons to pinpoint their whereabouts and reign down upon them with relentless fire.  Yes there will be civilian casualties it is unavoidable in this war as they hide behind the skirts of women and children but the sooner it’s over the less casualties there will be.  We watched The Soviets in Afghanistan try to win a land war using the same techniques as our guys with the same results.  Why can’t we learn from the mistakes, why do we have to constantly allow organizations like the U.N. to dictate our methods.  If I remember right it was the United States they attacked killing thousands of civilians yet we are held to a different standard.  The Middle East has been fighting this war for hundreds of years and the war hasn’t changed an iota, it’s Muslims vs Christians and Jews.  Sunni’s against Shiites when there are no Christians or Jews to go after.  We have to bring them to a halt out of pure fear or wipe out their ability to wage war completely before we can rest easy by pounding them back to the Stone Age they emerged from.  Iran and all the Middle East is watching how we play this hand, our example will either do little to stop their aggressive attitude or if we show our ability to weed out these militants it just may send their people into the streets to bring down the Radical Mullah’s regime out of fear.   We’ve been nice too long at the expense of thousands of lives, lives of some of the finest among us who just may have gone on to do great things for mankind.    

Saturday, November 2, 2013

What would a real President do?

As we stumble through one disgraceful cover up, scandal and miscalculation after another one must wonder where the leadership is.  How can a president be so unaware of his surroundings?  When it’s something in his favor like the strike by the Seals killing Osama Bin Laden he was front and center to take the credit.  When Benghazi was still burning he was on his way to a fundraiser in Las Vegas.  When Fast and furious was front page news he was lost in the dark.  When the IRS scandal was jumping out in the headlines he said he heard about it in the news.  While the NSA was tapping our phones he was out once again campaigning for one thing or another and knew nothing.  I must admit he is a great campaigner, but when no one calls you on what you say and promise, it’s my guess that anyone would be a great campaigner.  All you would have to do is tell everyone what they want to hear.  Kind of sounds like the old chicken in every pot slogan from the depression years.   

Okay now what would a real President do?  Number one he would have called his Secretary of State on the carpet for the lack of security available to the Benghazi outpost, especially when the Ambassador had called for more several times and instead of increasing the security they decreased it.   A real president  would have made wholesale changes in the State Department from the top down.  This was outrageous and someone was responsible for denying their request.  A real leader would have come out immediately with the truth about the attack and not BS the public about a video being responsible.  He would have called in air support immediately upon hearing about it even if it was just to buzz the compound and commit to a few strafing runs on the yard. They were watching real time video of the event.  A contingent of Marines would have landed within hours followed by Sea Bees to reclaim our facility and show the enemy that you don’t mess with American might. 


Let’s go right back to the beginning for an example;  A real president would have realized that if you push an unpopular law through in the middle of the night it was bound to cause you problems.  He would have spent the better part of his first term selling the program to the people instead of having his lame duck congress push it through without bipartisan support.  A good president would have realized that his duty is to the people of America not his own ideology.  I know there is no smoking gun yet, but I am almost certain that eventually it will come out that his hand has been in every scandal.  His legacy will be that of the most corrupt administration in modern history.  It is a shame because it could have been so different, so many were thrilled with the fact that a man of color had been duly elected to the highest office in the land and now it may take a generation for it to happen again.    

Lesson to us all; when we hire someone to do a job check their references.  In the case of Obama the public was so enamored with his charisma and his charming smile that they forgot to look in his closet.  The media was totally complicit in the lack of vetting and should be considered as guilty as the democratic party for nominating him.  What has he accomplished?  Are we safer, are we better off financially,are we more confident in what was once our world class medical industry as we were in 2008?  Anyone who is grounded in fact and not an idiolog will have to admit we are not better off, and in fact we are in a very dangerous place in the history of our country. 

A great deal of the blame goes to those who chose to sit home and not vote in the last election just because their guy didn't win the primary.  I wasn't happy with the choice I was given either but I still voted knowing that the latter was still much better than the one we had.

Friday, November 1, 2013

The big zero


The legacy of a loser, as our President enters his 6th year in office the score for his administration has hit a new low.  On a scale of 1 to 10 his score is a flat zero.  How can I rate it you ask, first of all his first promise was to close Gitmo score 0.  His second promise was to be the most transparent administration in history another 0.  He appointed Van Jones a known Communist as one of his czar's, 0.  He promised he'd reduce the debt by 50% whoops another 0.  For weeks after the Benghazi attacks he was still touting the video as blame for the deaths of 4 Americans, Ho Hum, 0.  His appointee to the IRS took the 5th rather than testify leaving us to believe she was covering up for the President or his staff, did he fire her, nope she retired with full benefits, another 0.  When asked about fast and furious the gun running program by the ATF, his chief legal officer the Attorney General said he didn't know anything about it, was he chastised for it, of course not, holy smoke another 0.  Now for the biggie; The signature program of the administration, Obama Care, he promised that if you had a plan you liked you could keep it, if you had a doctor you liked you could keep your relationship with him or her.  Both flat out lies and they knew it months ago, I would definitely give that one a huge 0.  The website that we the people have spent hundreds of millions on couldn't keep up with 6 people on the opening day, oh my another 0.  I have only scratched the surface on his failures and out of respect for the office I will refrain from adding more to this score sheet.

Now if you find fault with these scores please feel free to comment.  The only thing I ask is if you want to say anything please use your real name when you comment and not hide behind some alias.  I will not bother to read any comments made without knowing who you are. If you want to comment you can do so by emailing me at (donspoliticalblog.gmail.com).  I will post clean and cognizant responses in a future blog.

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