Well, duh. Most Midwesterners can see that. But then, most Midwesterners are violent rednecks, right?
Not entirely. I, and most of my friends, simply aren't pacifists. It's more that we're willing to, as Patton said, see to it that "the other son of a bitch dies for his [country]."
The fact that most of those who would see us, as a nation, fall don't actually operate from a nation state only makes things harder. Al Qaeda and the Taliban no longer have a home base from which to attack us. Afghanistan, currently, isn't safe for them. We're there, in force. Iraq, currently, isn't safe for them. Their moderates have discovered that they actually have the testicular fortitude to stand up to the radicals. So, they've retreated to Yemen. They've retreated into the border regions of Pakistan.
That doesn't mean that we shouldn't still be taking the fight to them. That just means that we've got a few...complications.
That doesn't even touch on the Somali pirates. Those guys are radical Muslims in the tradition of the Barbary pirates that we faced in Jefferson's presidency. Recently, they seized a Ukrainian ship loaded with Russian heavy weaponry destined for Kenya. That's not all, either. They've also seized an Iranian vessel with a mysterious cargo that may or may not be some form of WMD. The latter raises two issues: first, why has Iran been allowed to acquire WMD; second, what will the pirates do with it, if that is what they seized? I suppose another good question is what are we going to do about it?
Remember, Somalia was the location of some of the worst Muslim rioting, where our troops' hands were tied tightly enough by ROE (rules of engagement) that they weren't even allowed to defend themselves, leading to the events memorialized in the movie Black Hawk Down.
Every football player and fan knows that the best defense is a good offense. We have to keep radical Islamofacist terrorists on their own soil to keep them off of ours.
Watch the interview with the CIA Chief, he took his time and explained why Prez. Bush was correct in his action against al Qaeda.
ReplyDeleteIn regard to the crazy Somali pirates, think their getting what they deserve by the takeover of the ship. Ja, its been reported that the pirates are becoming ill and that it might chemicals on board the ship. Begs the question what kind?
Africa has always been a hot bed or unrest.
*snicker* Pirates shouldn't mess with certain nations' vessels.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I think what should happen there is that we should put MOPP gear on our guys, take the ship, and use it as a "smoking gun" for why we should take out Iran.
Why we won't is because, if there are WMD aboard, it's probably all Russian made, and we're holding them at gunpoint with Russia standing in as a partner.
-h