My fellow Rockheads, today I write to vent my frustration. I've had it with liberalism. I'm tired of their condesending, arrogance, their anger, and their meaness.
It is plain to see, there are examples of it all around you. The latest example of course is that woman, Rosie Odonnell. Has she every said anything nice about a conservative? Has she? Oh maybe if there were money involved, but I mean other than that?
Donald Trump is her latest target, and he is not standing for any of it by the way, and it's about time somebody slapped her fat jowels. You see, Rosie O'donnell is a raging lesbian, a radical lesbian, a feminist, in short, she is everything unattractive in a women today. Brash, confrontational, mean, loud, rude, arrogant, ugly, condesending, but the thing is this, she thinks that because she is a woman, and a lesbian that nobody can challenge her. You see, according to the unwritten rules of political correctness, nobody should be allowed to stand up to her, due to her various minority status she enjoys, she thinks that puts her off limits while allowing her to viciously attack others with impunity.
Why is it that liberals cannot debate based on the merits of the facts? Why is it that liberals cannot debate without calling their opponents nasty names? Why must liberals wallow in the mud like that? I'll tell you why, because conservatives aren't willing to go there, it is the liberal sanctuary. Why is it that liberals cannot defend the tenants of their philosophy? Hell, do you even know a liberal who can describe their philosophy to you? Bet you don't. Because they don't have one. It seems to me that liberalism is a ghost movment, a loose conglomoration of single issue radical groups pushing their particular cause and all falling (thankfully) under the Democratic umbrella. My friends, a simple experiment can demonstrate this for you easily. Ask a conservative to explain conservatism to you, and he can do it in about thirty seconds. Ask a liberal to explain theirs and you'll never get the same answer twice.
I know conservatives who have had their cars egged for no other reason that they have a George Bush bumper sticker on their car. I know conservatives who have had their yards toilet paperd for no other reason that they had a campaign sign touting a Republican in their yard.
In some liberal internet discussion boards I participate on I have read some of the most offensive, inaccurate, mean statements about President Bush that I can scarcely beleive an American wrote them. I never saw such inflammatory things written about President Clinton, because conservatives refuse to stoop to that level.
My friends, I'm planning on writing about this topic in detail after Christmas and New Years. Untill then, remember the reason for the season. Thank the Lord above for your life and your family, thank him for being blessed to live in this land. And don't let the liberal cabal get you down. Feel free to post some comments describing some of your experiences with liberals and progressives and I'll incorporate them into my next blog entry.
Merry Christmas friends.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Monday, December 04, 2006
World War III?
Well, here we are, a month after the Democratic "blue tidal wave of change" swept the nation.....yaaaawn. And so far, I'm not impressed, not a bit. The thought occurred to me the other day that, regarding Iraq and the middle east at large, events have been fairly easy to predict. In fact, I've made so many correct predictions that I scare myself. Surely I thought to myself at this epiphany, I'm not the smartest man in the United States am I? If I am, we're in serious trouble. No, of course I'm not the smartest American, intelligent, yes, I am. But I think what separates me (and most Americans) from our politicians is that we aren't afraid to, or we aren't prevented from using our logic and common sense to stay ahead of international events. And because we don't have to reach consensus, we are able to see these things and speak our opinion, while our government needing to reach consensus before taking action is always behind the population in this regard.
As usual, I'm going to make some comments about Iraq, and the middle east because frankly I'm more than a little bit concerned. When I was stationed with the 11th ACR in Bad Kissingen Germany, on the East/West German Inter zonal Border, I often received phone calls at 0200 (2:00AM) notifying me of an alert. This was during the height of the Cold War, and with Soviet and East German troops just thirty minutes from the border we had to stay ready for anything and the balloon could have gone up at any moment. Consequently, whenever I got one of those early morning phone calls and I'd begin racing around the house grabbing my gear and some pogy bait, my wife would instantly begin to worry, and my standard answer was, there is no need for you to worry unless I'm worried. Having been through many of these alert exercises I could tell when something was out of the ordinary. I have kind of developed that knowledge from experience. As far as the middle east is concerned, having been in the region myself, having fought a war there and having participated in writing On Point, and studying the war, and small wars in general, I'm afraid that the region is not drifting toward war; it is running. Don't throw yourself off a cliff Rockheads, it's just my opinion, and in this case I wouldn't mind being wrong for a change.
How do I support this contention? Fair question, first and foremost, I have to say that Rumsfeld quit two years too late. There was most definitely a window of opportunity for us to quash the insurgency in it's infancy. When the Hussein regime fell, the time was as ripe as it would ever be to consolidate the support of the average Iraqi family. Instead, we dillied and we dallied. Rumsfeld; loathe to admit he was wrong about anything in Iraq, specifically in admitting that the General Officers who urged him to deploy more troops initially were right, well, he just kind of shrugged his shoulders and said shit happens (my words, not his). I will spare you the laundry list of terrible decisions, costly blunders, lapses in judgement and even condescending arrogance that emanated from OSD. Suffice to say, OSD blew the every real chance we had to end this operation quickly. And, the weeks and months passed, the situation became more fluid, new players and organizations seeking power emerged. But we stayed the course when we should have been seriously altering our operations, tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP).
Don't get me wrong, our troops have performed magnificently, and the successes that have been realized in Iraq, has been due to the bravery, sacrifice and the ingenuity of our troops. Their ability, their drive to succeed even when poorly lead has been inspirational and in the spirit of everything that is great about our military. Our troops performance thus far measures up to anything that any generation of past American fighting men and women have ever done in the history of our country in any war.
I worry about a regional war in the middle east, not because I give a rats ass about the region or the people, but because I worry about the welfare of our troops and the possibility that we will one day find ourselves over there again, a participant in a much bigger, more costly and deadly war involving many nations. For the life of me, I can't understand how liberals cannot understand and accept that fact. I have come to the conclusion that the first priority of the left is the denial of any semblance of success attributed to the Bush Administration, I think their mindless opposition to the war comes from the 2000 election and the stolen election conspiracy theory, they haven't gotten over it after six years! Isn't it ironic how the left is silent regarding stolen elections when they win? Yeah, ironic. And note, Republicans aren't making the claim either, you win some, you lose some. Anyway, back to the middle east. I have always given allot of credit to the Generals who have been speaking in public about the war. And I still give them credit. For example, a speech that was not covered by the main stream media, a speech that General Abizaid gave at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge. I what General Abizaid calls "the Long War" he likens radical Islam to the rise of Nazi Germany and says that if we can't muster the courage to stand up to radical Islam now, we could find ourselves fighting World War III tomorrow. I agree.
Take the comments from President Amadinejahd of Iran over the past year. Can we afford to believe him when he says his country is not seeking nuclear weapons? What if Iran does become a member of the nuclear club? How long do you think it will be before Iran uses nuclear weapons on Israel? I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that if they can, they will. Take a look at some of the things he has said, and remember, he actually said these things, they are direct quotes:
Well, here we are, a month after the Democratic "blue tidal wave of change" swept the nation.....yaaaawn. And so far, I'm not impressed, not a bit. The thought occurred to me the other day that, regarding Iraq and the middle east at large, events have been fairly easy to predict. In fact, I've made so many correct predictions that I scare myself. Surely I thought to myself at this epiphany, I'm not the smartest man in the United States am I? If I am, we're in serious trouble. No, of course I'm not the smartest American, intelligent, yes, I am. But I think what separates me (and most Americans) from our politicians is that we aren't afraid to, or we aren't prevented from using our logic and common sense to stay ahead of international events. And because we don't have to reach consensus, we are able to see these things and speak our opinion, while our government needing to reach consensus before taking action is always behind the population in this regard.
As usual, I'm going to make some comments about Iraq, and the middle east because frankly I'm more than a little bit concerned. When I was stationed with the 11th ACR in Bad Kissingen Germany, on the East/West German Inter zonal Border, I often received phone calls at 0200 (2:00AM) notifying me of an alert. This was during the height of the Cold War, and with Soviet and East German troops just thirty minutes from the border we had to stay ready for anything and the balloon could have gone up at any moment. Consequently, whenever I got one of those early morning phone calls and I'd begin racing around the house grabbing my gear and some pogy bait, my wife would instantly begin to worry, and my standard answer was, there is no need for you to worry unless I'm worried. Having been through many of these alert exercises I could tell when something was out of the ordinary. I have kind of developed that knowledge from experience. As far as the middle east is concerned, having been in the region myself, having fought a war there and having participated in writing On Point, and studying the war, and small wars in general, I'm afraid that the region is not drifting toward war; it is running. Don't throw yourself off a cliff Rockheads, it's just my opinion, and in this case I wouldn't mind being wrong for a change.
How do I support this contention? Fair question, first and foremost, I have to say that Rumsfeld quit two years too late. There was most definitely a window of opportunity for us to quash the insurgency in it's infancy. When the Hussein regime fell, the time was as ripe as it would ever be to consolidate the support of the average Iraqi family. Instead, we dillied and we dallied. Rumsfeld; loathe to admit he was wrong about anything in Iraq, specifically in admitting that the General Officers who urged him to deploy more troops initially were right, well, he just kind of shrugged his shoulders and said shit happens (my words, not his). I will spare you the laundry list of terrible decisions, costly blunders, lapses in judgement and even condescending arrogance that emanated from OSD. Suffice to say, OSD blew the every real chance we had to end this operation quickly. And, the weeks and months passed, the situation became more fluid, new players and organizations seeking power emerged. But we stayed the course when we should have been seriously altering our operations, tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP).
Don't get me wrong, our troops have performed magnificently, and the successes that have been realized in Iraq, has been due to the bravery, sacrifice and the ingenuity of our troops. Their ability, their drive to succeed even when poorly lead has been inspirational and in the spirit of everything that is great about our military. Our troops performance thus far measures up to anything that any generation of past American fighting men and women have ever done in the history of our country in any war.
I worry about a regional war in the middle east, not because I give a rats ass about the region or the people, but because I worry about the welfare of our troops and the possibility that we will one day find ourselves over there again, a participant in a much bigger, more costly and deadly war involving many nations. For the life of me, I can't understand how liberals cannot understand and accept that fact. I have come to the conclusion that the first priority of the left is the denial of any semblance of success attributed to the Bush Administration, I think their mindless opposition to the war comes from the 2000 election and the stolen election conspiracy theory, they haven't gotten over it after six years! Isn't it ironic how the left is silent regarding stolen elections when they win? Yeah, ironic. And note, Republicans aren't making the claim either, you win some, you lose some. Anyway, back to the middle east. I have always given allot of credit to the Generals who have been speaking in public about the war. And I still give them credit. For example, a speech that was not covered by the main stream media, a speech that General Abizaid gave at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge. I what General Abizaid calls "the Long War" he likens radical Islam to the rise of Nazi Germany and says that if we can't muster the courage to stand up to radical Islam now, we could find ourselves fighting World War III tomorrow. I agree.
Take the comments from President Amadinejahd of Iran over the past year. Can we afford to believe him when he says his country is not seeking nuclear weapons? What if Iran does become a member of the nuclear club? How long do you think it will be before Iran uses nuclear weapons on Israel? I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that if they can, they will. Take a look at some of the things he has said, and remember, he actually said these things, they are direct quotes:
- "They have invented a myth that Jews were massacred and place this above God, religions and the prophets."
- "We ask the West to remove what they created sixty years ago and if they do not listen to our recommendations, then the Palestinian nation and other nations will eventually do this for them."
- "The real Holocaust is what is happening in Palestine where the Zionists avail themselves of the fairy tale of Holocaust as blackmail and justification for killing children and women and making innocent people homeless."
- "The West claims that more than six million Jews were killed in World War II and to compensate for that they established and support Israel. If it is true that the Jews were killed in Europe, why should Israel be established in the East, in Palestine?"
- "If you have burned the Jews, why don't you give a piece of Europe, the United States, Canada or Alaska to Israel. Our question is, if you have committed this huge crime, why should the innocent nation of Palestine pay for this crime?"
- "Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury."
- "Remove Israel before it is too late and save yourself from the fury of regional nations."
- "The skirmishes in the occupied land are part of a war of destiny. The outcome of hundreds of years of war will be defined in Palestinian land. As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map."
- "If the West does not support Israel, this regime will be toppled. As it has lost its raison d' tre, Israel will be annihilated."
- "Israel is a tyrannical regime that will one day will be destroyed."
- "Israel is a rotten, dried tree that will be annihilated in one storm."
- "[There is] no significant need for the United States."
- "Iranians possess delicate characteristics. They introduce their merits, which are extremely attractive to whole the world."
- "We are ready to hold dialogue with all countries of the world except for the Israeli regime."
- "Those who insulted the prophet should know that you cannot obscure the sun with a handful of dust. The dust will just get back and blind your own eyes."
- "We increasingly see that people around the world are flocking towards a main focal point - that is the Almighty God. My question for you is, 'Do you not want to join them?"
Iran is funding, equipping and training Shia militiamen who then enlist in the Iraqi Police Force and who execute Sunni Iraqis in a revenge killing campaign, but the Sunnis are fighting back and thus, the sectarian violence we hear about. But where are the Sunni getting their support? Are they getting outside assistance? Yes, I believe they are, and it is coming from Saudi Arabia. You see, Sunnis are the majority in the middle east. The Shia are the majority in Iran and Iraq. And if we leave Iraq before we finish the job, how long do you think it will be before Iran and Saudi Arabia find themselves on a collision course that neither can avoid? The likely scenario goes like this. We leave Iraq and Iran moves in overtly, in response, Saudi Arabia floods the oil market causing an oil glut and the price per barrel on the world market decreases by at least half. Saudi Arabia can survive such a drop in oil revenue, but Iran can't. That puts the ball in Iran's court, what will they do? And, rumor has it that Saudi Arabia has already begun construction on some hard surface roads that will expedite the transport of military equipment in the general direction of Iran, given the location and direction of these new roads, there is no other conceivable use for them. If Saudi Arabia and Iran become belligerents in an open war, how long will it be before other Sunni nations join Sauid Arabia? How long do you think it will be before Iran gives the green light to terrorists all over the world to set their long standing plans of attack into motion? And, when the oil pipelines are destroyed, and the world's demand for oil cannot be met, how long before oil consumer nations get involved? And what if Israel is attacked, for this would surely happen if warfare broke out in the middle east. The Palestinian Territories will become a blood bath, Lebanon will also re-ignite, prompting the entry of Syria into the war. And if a nuke is used by Iran anywhere, I promise you that the US will respond militarily. Possibly using tactical nuclear weapons to destroy nuclear facilities buried too deep to be reached by conventional weapons.
You get the general idea. And although this is only my personal opinion and, I hope I'm wrong I don't think I am. This scenario might not play out exactly as I have described, but I'm confident that it will be something along these lines.
So, before we rush into a hasty decision in leaving Iraq, lets think this thing all the way through this time and make the correct decision. And in my opinion, the correct decision is to stay and fight. Stay and finish the job and ignore that warm breeze, the hot air coming from the liberal left insisting that leaving Iraq tomorrow. Leaving Iraq prematurely will only ensure that we end up back there in the near future fighting a regional war that has the potential to ignite World War III. Think I'm nuts? That's what the anti war folk were saying prior to World War II, it isn't our fight, stay out of it. We couldn't stay out of it then and with the world now a global village how can we stay out of it today? Unfortunately we can't live without oil and we will fight to have access to it. You remember that the Empire of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor precisely because they were starved for oil?
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