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Category Archives: War On Terror
Dems New Tone: Us First, Then The Troops
Remembering we are war, not the one between the Democrats and Bush but the one between us and the terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Democrat majority leaders insist on playing the role of Commander-In-Chief and have drafted a war appropriations bill to prove it. The bill will end the war, not win it. And this delay in funding the troops is already having its effects on the troops, the same troops that you will hear them say they support, and its not good.  Meanwhile, according to al Qaeda, Iraq is a great place to learn how to be a terrorist. It has become their university of terrorism.
Seems like the Democrat leaders of today are the only ones who don’t see a terrorist problem in Iraq. Either that or they just want to lay down the welcome mat for the terrorists upon our premature exit. Don’t know about you, but the notion of a Democrat Commander-In-Chief makes me feel less safe. Much less safe.  Its no wonder they also liked the ‘pretend’ Secretary of State Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to the Middle East.
Why Victory In Iraq?
What winning in Iraq will mean, and what will it look like? This answers some questions posed by Rick at RicksBlog concerning the war in Iraq.  The war in Iraq is what I call the Iraqi front in the global war on terror.  What follows is the answer to those questions. Â
Israel has been fighting Arabs for over half a century and still doesn’t have peace. We are entering our fifth year in Iraq. How can we expect peace in another year or two?
To the impatient and the microwave/video-game-war generation I say, if what it takes to make future generations safe from radical Islam is one or two, or five more years, then you’ll know what it costs to defend us and what it costs to defend freedom in our time.  It’s such a cliche but in this case, is also true, freedom is not free.
Time is on the side of the insurgents – or what Bush calls “terrorists†or what some might label “freedom fightersâ€. We can’t kill them all.
This picture gives a whole new meaning to the term ‘freedom fighters.’ The “some who might label” terrorists as “freedom fighters” are part of the problem, if not the terrorists themselves. They don’t want freedom. They say as much all the time. The only freedom I’ve heard them advocate is the freedom to kill Americans.Â
Here’s the administrations view of the three stages of victory in Iraq, from the blog.
Short term, Iraq is making steady progress in fighting terrorists, meeting political milestones, building democratic institutions, and standing up security forces.
Medium term, Iraq is in the lead defeating terrorists and providing its own security, with a fully constitutional government in place, and on its way to achieving its economic potential.
Longer term, Iraq is peaceful, united, stable, and secure, well integrated into the international community, and a full partner in the global war on terrorism.
As far as what victory in Iraq would look like? First of all, don’t expect it to be over in a year or two. The GWOT will last decades. We waited almost a decade before responding effectively, which didn’t help us.
Then, don’t expect that WE are going to kill all the terrorists because WE won’t. It’s the governments of the countries the terrorists operate in and train in that will do the killing every time they raise their ugly head. It’s a different war than any other we’ve been in for sure.
As far as similarity to Vietnam goes, it is similar in that the anti-war groups of the 60’s are now in positions of power and attempting to relive the glory days by micro-managing the war until it cannot be won, like what happened in Vietnam. To this bunch, a loss will be perceived as a victory, just like Vietnam.
And another thing, 
, in Vietnam, the commies did not have as their goal the desire to kill all ‘infidels’ (Americans) and everyone else that didn’t have the same view of ‘Islam’ as they. They’ve already demonstrated how viscous they can be.
IMHO, the only question is not what victory in Iraq is, but how many dead Americans are acceptable before you decide to deal with the problem?
This war won’t be won by playing defense. It’s going to take nations around the world to be on offense.
Syria, The Express Check-In, Better Than The Mexican Border
Did you ever read a news piece and immediately recoil with a big WHAT? It’s been happening more often nowadays but if this doesn’t sound like DHS/Frankenstein on immigration or some such, I don’t know what else could. Attempting to stop the bleeding here (Mexican Border), while we make this incision on your jugular here (Syria).
Homeland Security is looking to hire people to go to Syria to sign up ‘refugees.’ I’d like to know why importing terrorists has become a priority while we are fighting a war to keep them out?
And if a threat level Yellow (Elevated) isn’t enough to adequately protect the U.S. border at Mexico, what does it have to be to stop operating from within a state sponsor of terror and puppet of Iran?
United Nations, You Have Got To Be Kidding
Try this headline: U.N. Wants NYC Cops for Peacekeeping. UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday whether some of the city’s police officers could be deployed with U.N. peacekeeping missions.  Will somebody name just one successful “U.N. peacekeeping mission”? I’m having a hard time coming up with one.
Always Somebody There To Be Offended
Eight months after posting an article about the biased reporting in the news accounts of Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel compared to how an Israeli response is reported, a user (Robert) comments to complain about the picture. But what got this user’s goat (politically correct too!), were these pictures of men with boobs from Debbie Schlussel’s blog. As luck would have it, another user (Ali) made a thoughtful response that I want to share.
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First of all the one who post this pic after made changes in it, is a bloody baster. You have to ashamed of yourself, to do these thing. Second person who is published it also the such a baster. Then all the person who are willing to do this type of things. If you have any other opinion on the act of a person, it is not mean that you will publish pics after bloody amendments. Robert Robert 4/11/07; 6:40:18 AM # |
A bloody baster? Did you mean bastard? Oh I mean bloody bastard?
So you don’t like the picture? Where’s your sense of humor? Karachi? I thought it was funny. I’ve got others you might like. They show people burning flags of the US, and some of that in Israel too. Oh, and then those nasty pics of the bus explosions, but they’re not doctored, they are real. What would you say if I told you pics like those are all over the world too? You’re going to be busy searching for them and expressing your taste, or distaste for them.
The doctored picture you don’t like, and there are more from Debbie Schlussel’s website, just follow the link. But the picture is making a point that the Hezbollah terrorists (do you believe they are terrorists?) are cowards, or ‘girlie-men.’ Not the brave soldiers and wise statesmen they show themselves to be in some of the media on this planet. I hope I haven’t lost you already, because here’s where it gets good. IMHO,tossing missiles and blowing up your own children to kill other children is about the essence of cowardice. It’s called illustrating a point through absurdity. Men with breasts, in this case. So, the picture sort of depicts that. Clever huh? Don’t they have personal freedoms like this where you come from? Robert.
If you read her explanation you’ll see it was sort of an art project. But here is Debbie’s explanation about those pictures:
“But, actually, it’s kind of a redundant phrase. Hezbollah men might as well have breasts–women’s ones–because they are the biggest girlie-men on the planet. They’re not brave. They’re cowards. So I asked our master, in-house photo-shopper David Lunde to put together some pics of what Hezbollah’s “men” are really like.
…end of quote
I added the graphics for added visual effect. Well that and to improve understanding in the world.
Graphics by lundesigns.com
How The Media Offends
The media itself is right up there in credibility as say, oh, Howard K. Stern or Don Imus. While they ALL are consumed with Anna Nichole Smith and who nailed her, and Don Imus and the race baiters nailing him, and how can we possibly forget American Idol, the war on terror continues to chug along and new problems with Iran are developing, but you’ll have to look elsewhere to learn about it.
While all that is going on, Australia has doubled its troop size in Afghanistan, to (argh) win the War. Our general in Iraq is reaching out to Iraqis for their help, and, they are increasingly getting it. There are signs that the new plan in Iraq is working. And conditions in Iran are coming to the point that many of the same reasons that we went into Iraq (support of terrorism with training and hardware, development of WMD’s, defying international community with respect to nuclear development, and more), are present in Iran now.  I think I know where all those holes in the sand came from.
The Question Geraldo Won’t Answer
What do you think of sanctuary cities? That was the first question of the interview with Geraldo where they both got a little excited on the air. The question was about sanctuary cities. And sanctuary cities was the only thing they didn’t talk about.
O’REILLY: OK. Sanctuary cities, what do you think?
RIVERA: I think you have the story almost exactly wrong, my friend. I think that we’re talking about drunk driving.
The question is still out there. I just have a feeling that he would rather not answer that one truthfully, so he just won’t go there. He does get entertaining when he champions the illegals as though they are rightful citizens who have had their rights taken away.
link to the transcript
PBS Bows To Jihad
What else could it possibly be called? That PBS has made the decision to insulate the American people from the realities of what moderate Muslims in America are saying and what civilization is up against when it comes to the Global War On Terror (that’s what I call it), the PBS network is doing a dis-service to this country in the very least, while aiding those who would wish us dead. PBS has yanked the airing of “Islam vs. Islamists” from a series that begins airing next week.
The producer of a tax-financed documentary on Islamic extremism claims his film has been dropped for political reasons from a television series that airs next week on more than 300 PBS stations nationwide.
And that wasn’t the half of it.
Martyn Burke says that the Public Broadcasting Service and project managers at station WETA in Washington, D.C., excluded his documentary, Islam vs. Islamists, from the series America at a Crossroads after he refused to fire two co-producers affiliated with a conservative think tank.
“I was ordered to fire my two partners (who brought me into this project) on political grounds,” Burke said in a complaint letter to PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supplied funds for the films.
Talk about an inconvenient truth, PBS needs a extra large dose of it right now. To further the jihadists’ goals by keeping us in the dark, when you have the chance to do otherwise, is disgusting.
Australia Sending Special Forces
Australia Prime Minister John Howard is fighting to win too! He is sending more special forces to Afghanistan.  No wobbly knees down under.  I don’t believe I’ve seen this in the
news today? Not surprised. Certainly does not fit the template.
Australia is sending special forces commandos back to Afghanistan to hunt down the leaders of the resurgent Taliban as part of a doubling of Australia’s troop numbers there, Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday.
The deployment of 300 special-forces troops to the southeast of Afghanistan, near the heart of the Taliban rebellion, is part of an increased effort needed to win the war in Afghanistan, Howard told a media conference.