I don’t pretend to understand the reckless actions of our president; but I am sure of the consequences. Israel returning to its 1967 boundaries would leave the nation totally indefensible and the likelihood of war breaking out with its neighbors is pretty well assured. Anyone who thinks that Hamas is going to renounce its pledge to the destruction of Israel is living in LA LA land.
Last night I listened to an elderly Palestinian woman describe with glee how her father and her brothers massacred Jews in what is now Hebron during the first Arab/Israeli War. I also listened to a Muslim cleric calmly explain why it was necessary to totally exterminate the Jews; who he described as vermin. These people are as rabidly anti-Semitic as the worst of the Nazi’s and if they had the power the result would be same. Take them at their own words; these are visceral haters.
Israel relinquished Gaza and what did it get for its troubles? On an almost daily basis now Hamas fires rockets into Israel and now with the assent ion of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt we can expect a free flow of more advanced rockets into Gaza through the Egyptian border. So much for the so called democratic Arab Spring.
Iran’s efforts to build nuclear weapons continue unabated, despite the rhetoric from Washington. Every six months we are treated to a new round of meaningless sanctions which Iran continues to ignore. Fortunately Israel took unilateral action two years ago and quietly bombed the Syrian attempt to construct a nuclear reactor while the State Department cringed in horror. With Pakistan’s fourth nuclear reactor (Plutonium generator) we can be sure that nuclear weapons technology will readily be available in the Middle East and it surely will not lead to peace.
We can stand up for the only democratic country and ally in the Middle East or we can acquess to their destruction. It is quite obvious with the planned “New Peace Flotilla”; the planned UN vote in the fall and Hama’s jumping into bed with Abbas that time is fast approaching. With the appointment of Samantha Powers (http://www.newsrealblog.com/) I expected a shift in Washington’s relations with Israel but it was virtually impossible to forecast so many other negative events would also occur in such a short time. If you care at all for Israel you have to do whatever it takes to get this menace voted out of the White House. A vote for Obama is a vote for the destruction of Israel.
I am not Jewish; but as an American and Veteran I am proud to stand with Israel both as a friend and ally.
I am a fiscally conservative Republican who believes that the United States can only prosper if it brings its own fiscal house in order. I would like to see my grandchildren live in a better world, where individual freedom exists and government does not dictate our every decision.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
One Rat Down, Four to Go
When I heard of the killing of Ben Laden in Pakistan I felt a strong sense of relief; but as the details came out I felt a sense of frustration that we may have botched the opportunity to roll up the top leadership of Al Quaidi. Why couldn’t the White House simply not make any announcements for at least 30 days, while analyzing the intelligence information gathered? In addition why wasn’t there greater effort made to capture one or both of the couriers rather than kill them? Can you imagine the information they possessed on locations of the other top rats. I also didn’t need to know he was taped by a CIA operator and I didn’t need to know it may have included some personal from Seal Team 6
I don’t fault the operators whether US Seals or CIA or Delta because I think they did a magnificent job and it simply may not have been possible to capture them due to the intensity of the fight. I hope the Seals all received Navy Crosses with CIA DSM’s to the CIA operators and DSM’s to the Delta Team members and the Army Black Hawk pilots. My heartfelt thanks go out to these outstanding individuals. I would hope their identities remain TS-SCI classified for their sakes: We don’t need to see their scalps displayed at some future time on an Al Qaeda trophy belt.
I don’t know whether Mullah Omar was in recent touch with Ben Laden but the chance to get him could have resulted in a significant shortening of the war in Afghanistan. I personally think Ayman al-Zawahiri is more important to the US than Ben Laden was; and I sincerely hope he is now at the top of our priority kill list. I purposely left off the “capture” because I simply don’t want to deal with the “do gooder’s” who wish to give him a fair trial.
A name that is almost unknown to the US public is” Nasir al-Wahisi the leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula” a Yemeni who presents the most likely operational danger to the US. He and and Anwar al-Awaki have been responsible for some of the recent attempts to attack the US. They need to be up there with Zawahiri on the kill list along with the Pakistani; Ilyas Kashmiri. I suspect that including Kashmiri on our kill list would strongly improve our ties to India at the obvious expense of souring them with Pakistan. So be it; I no longer trust the Pakistani’s as an ally.
I am going to do something I rarely do and that is to thank O Bama for having the stones to undertake a risky operation. I would not have faulted him if it had failed. I did not fault Carter for the “disaster in the desert” and although the outcome was horrible; it was an honorable rescue attempt. Clinton’s equivocation over killing Ben laden however was less than honorable. My personal thanks also go out to former president George Bush for laying the groundwork for this achievement. For all of O Bama’s dopy rhetoric he seems to have learned something from Bush’s policies. Let us hope that continues.
I don’t fault the operators whether US Seals or CIA or Delta because I think they did a magnificent job and it simply may not have been possible to capture them due to the intensity of the fight. I hope the Seals all received Navy Crosses with CIA DSM’s to the CIA operators and DSM’s to the Delta Team members and the Army Black Hawk pilots. My heartfelt thanks go out to these outstanding individuals. I would hope their identities remain TS-SCI classified for their sakes: We don’t need to see their scalps displayed at some future time on an Al Qaeda trophy belt.
I don’t know whether Mullah Omar was in recent touch with Ben Laden but the chance to get him could have resulted in a significant shortening of the war in Afghanistan. I personally think Ayman al-Zawahiri is more important to the US than Ben Laden was; and I sincerely hope he is now at the top of our priority kill list. I purposely left off the “capture” because I simply don’t want to deal with the “do gooder’s” who wish to give him a fair trial.
A name that is almost unknown to the US public is” Nasir al-Wahisi the leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula” a Yemeni who presents the most likely operational danger to the US. He and and Anwar al-Awaki have been responsible for some of the recent attempts to attack the US. They need to be up there with Zawahiri on the kill list along with the Pakistani; Ilyas Kashmiri. I suspect that including Kashmiri on our kill list would strongly improve our ties to India at the obvious expense of souring them with Pakistan. So be it; I no longer trust the Pakistani’s as an ally.
I am going to do something I rarely do and that is to thank O Bama for having the stones to undertake a risky operation. I would not have faulted him if it had failed. I did not fault Carter for the “disaster in the desert” and although the outcome was horrible; it was an honorable rescue attempt. Clinton’s equivocation over killing Ben laden however was less than honorable. My personal thanks also go out to former president George Bush for laying the groundwork for this achievement. For all of O Bama’s dopy rhetoric he seems to have learned something from Bush’s policies. Let us hope that continues.
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