Gen. Stanley McChrystal's Complex Conudrum
It seems strange enough that a military commander is granting interviews to Rolling Stone, but the fallout is stranger yet. Eliot A. Cohen [click to read] in the Wall Street journal gives a good overview of the larger issues. Joel Rosenberg [click to read] has some good thoughts as well.
SWAC Girl [click to read] has some thoughts on the situation and references the complex 'rules of engagement' that virtually guarantee the spending of young lives with minimal results.
What is needed is for someone with a clear sense of history to take McChrystal's place and bluntly deal with the very real threats that confront us. Unfortunately our President is more intent on waging war with oil companies and Arizona than real terrorists. That does not give a person great hope in this situation.
Showing posts with label Acts of War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Acts of War. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Send the Man a Disgronifier
Mr. Obama's History Lesson
Mark Steyn in Jewish World Review [click to read] hits the nail right on the head this time. We are at war with people who want to kill us. Go ahead and say it Mr. President.Radical Muslims are hard at work trying to spread carnage and mayhem in the Western world. Say it!
Oh, it doesn't help to make the point that the enemy screws up so much... can't light my shoes, my pants don't burn fast enough... The temptation is to see these people in light of their 'wardrobe malfunctions' but look back through our recent history and take note of the Tehran embassy hostage situation, the USS Cole, the Behruit Marine barracks slayings, both attempts to bring down the World Trade Center, the plane that hit the Pentagon, the plane that augered in to a field in Shanksville Pennsylvania, the beheading of Daniel Pearl, the kidnapping of Martin and Gracia Burnham and the slaying of Martin Burnham during their rescue.
They don't seem so funny anymore.
These are just the ones I can recite from memory. There are many more. We are under attack and the attacks haven't stopped for all the bowing and apoligizing of our Community Organizer in Chief. Mr. President, I humbly suggest that it's time to wake up and smell the hummus. [1.]
Mark Steyn in Jewish World Review [click to read] hits the nail right on the head this time. We are at war with people who want to kill us. Go ahead and say it Mr. President.Radical Muslims are hard at work trying to spread carnage and mayhem in the Western world. Say it!
Oh, it doesn't help to make the point that the enemy screws up so much... can't light my shoes, my pants don't burn fast enough... The temptation is to see these people in light of their 'wardrobe malfunctions' but look back through our recent history and take note of the Tehran embassy hostage situation, the USS Cole, the Behruit Marine barracks slayings, both attempts to bring down the World Trade Center, the plane that hit the Pentagon, the plane that augered in to a field in Shanksville Pennsylvania, the beheading of Daniel Pearl, the kidnapping of Martin and Gracia Burnham and the slaying of Martin Burnham during their rescue.
They don't seem so funny anymore.
These are just the ones I can recite from memory. There are many more. We are under attack and the attacks haven't stopped for all the bowing and apoligizing of our Community Organizer in Chief. Mr. President, I humbly suggest that it's time to wake up and smell the hummus. [1.]
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan is Ft. Hood Gunman
11 Killed and 31 Injured as Psychiatrist Opens Fire
Fort Hood is where my nephew was stationed between his tours in Iraq. All of our prayers are with the families of Fort Hood's soldiers and personel tonight. This is a terrible act and we must do everything in our power to see that it never happens again.
Can we please stop being politically correct and just admit that there may be something to this jihad thing. Can we just honestly recognize the existence of people who despise us and want to do us harm? Can we be honest about what their belief system promotes in the way of violence?
I realize it's complicated. In World War II we interred Japanese Americans while my Father, the son of German immigrants designed aircraft for the war effort. We simply need to come to grips with the very real threat that exists in the Muslim community here. It's OK to want to know what a Muslim believes and how it leads him to live. That's an honest question to ask me as a Christian as well. If you live according to what you say you believe, what does that look like?
But don't tell me that it's a 'religion of peace' when many of its followers are not peaceful. A man may call himself a Christian but ignore the command to love his neighbor. Most don't and Christianity is very explicit about it, even going so far as to to teach charity towards one's enemies. There are peace loving Muslims who despise the violence. There are many who see 'kill the infidel' in the Quoran and live by it. How can we know what a man believes in his heart? Perhaps a direct approach is the best.
We can no longer afford to avoid asking the hard question: "What do you believe and how does that affect the way you live?" We cannot pretend that faith doesn't matter. We cannot pretend that it is no more significant that a person's shoe size. We need to come to terms with the extent to which it shapes a life.
It's not something that, whatever it is, is good in moderation but not in excess. It is a person's fundamental beliefs and we should recognize that there are beliefs that lead to nobleness in character and action and others, a very different set of beliefs, that lead to the most despicable crimes of mankind. Specific teachings that call for specific results fill our cherished texts. We need to recognize the differences with all the wisdom we can muster.
Michelle Malkin Has More [click to read].
Update: There were 14 Killed at Ft. Hood, Not 13
Michelle Malkin Has More [click to read].
Fort Hood is where my nephew was stationed between his tours in Iraq. All of our prayers are with the families of Fort Hood's soldiers and personel tonight. This is a terrible act and we must do everything in our power to see that it never happens again.
Can we please stop being politically correct and just admit that there may be something to this jihad thing. Can we just honestly recognize the existence of people who despise us and want to do us harm? Can we be honest about what their belief system promotes in the way of violence?
I realize it's complicated. In World War II we interred Japanese Americans while my Father, the son of German immigrants designed aircraft for the war effort. We simply need to come to grips with the very real threat that exists in the Muslim community here. It's OK to want to know what a Muslim believes and how it leads him to live. That's an honest question to ask me as a Christian as well. If you live according to what you say you believe, what does that look like?
But don't tell me that it's a 'religion of peace' when many of its followers are not peaceful. A man may call himself a Christian but ignore the command to love his neighbor. Most don't and Christianity is very explicit about it, even going so far as to to teach charity towards one's enemies. There are peace loving Muslims who despise the violence. There are many who see 'kill the infidel' in the Quoran and live by it. How can we know what a man believes in his heart? Perhaps a direct approach is the best.
We can no longer afford to avoid asking the hard question: "What do you believe and how does that affect the way you live?" We cannot pretend that faith doesn't matter. We cannot pretend that it is no more significant that a person's shoe size. We need to come to terms with the extent to which it shapes a life.
It's not something that, whatever it is, is good in moderation but not in excess. It is a person's fundamental beliefs and we should recognize that there are beliefs that lead to nobleness in character and action and others, a very different set of beliefs, that lead to the most despicable crimes of mankind. Specific teachings that call for specific results fill our cherished texts. We need to recognize the differences with all the wisdom we can muster.
Michelle Malkin Has More [click to read].
Update: There were 14 Killed at Ft. Hood, Not 13
Michelle Malkin Has More [click to read].
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