Middle East & Russia, 2016 Race, Religious Rights, Harry Reid & Vietnam
Contents:
1.
The Middle East &
Russia
2.
Harry Reid, the Real Loser
3.
The 2016 Race
4.
Religious Rights
5.
Correcting the Record on
Vietnam – a Hot part of the Cold War
The
Middle East & Russia
According to Hirsi Ali (former Somali Muslim
and author of “Heretic” and “Infidel”) there are 3 classes of Muslims:
1.
Mecca Muslims –
mainstream
2.
Medina Muslims – follow
the words/actions of Mohammed after he moved from Mecca to Medina – violent, the
literalists/radicals
3.
Reformers – labeled
“heretics” by the others (esp. by the Medina Muslims)
Hirsi is a strong advocate of reforming Islam,
and she has some rare, courageous company like the president of Egypt. Many have said that Islam needs a
reformation, just as Christianity did several hundred years ago – 15 centuries
after it’s founding. Islam is due on the
same schedule.
Michael Flynn, recent Defense Intelligence
Agency chief has just called the U.S. Middle East “policy” “a policy of willful
ignorance… a state of confusion.” There
is now a full-blown regional sectarian war.
He said we must take a step back and understand the gravity of the
situation before we cut a deal with Iran.
This was clearer than ever when, after the
“framework” of a deal w. Iran was touted by Kerry & Obama, the foreign
minister & supreme leader of Iran called Obama’s statements false, and that
all their facilities will remain operational, and that there will be no deal
unless all sanctions are immediately suspended. Obviously Obama & his negotiating team are
delusional if they thought they even had the framework of a deal, after all
this time – time that Iran has used to continue its nuclear program at full
speed. And the longer they can string
out this naïve administration, the closer they get to breakout. Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard,
has negotiated with many foreign companies and national leaders, and says that
this administration’s negotiating skills are amateurish. They should have walked away from the table
at least once (now might be a good time), and stop acting like they want a deal
so badly that they give so much away.
The Russians, once again sticking their finger
in our eye (so much for Hillary’s “Reset” button), and breaking the
international arms embargo, are now supplying Iran with advanced surface-to-air
missiles that would make it nearly impossible for Israel to attack the nuke
sites. Unless they do it quickly before
the missiles are deployed and personnel trained – and they might. Once in place, it would take US stealth
aircraft – and even they might have difficulty/casualties. Cruise missiles I don’t believe are
bunker-busters for the deeply buried facilities. So thanks to the Russians, the Iranians feel
even less inclined to strike a deal than they already were, and back off their
nuclear ambitions. And more likely that
the only alternative to a bad deal that gives them what they want, is an Israeli
pre-emptive nuclear missile strike, or, even less likely under this
administration, U.S. strikes against their nuclear facilities.
The Russians have basically eliminated the
middle ground and made extreme measures more likely. All for their own self-interests – Iranian oil,
etc. Russia continues its Cold War style
tactics of threatening airspace incursions against the U.S., including near
Alaska, and last week had a fighter dangerously buzz a U.S. reconnaissance
aircraft in the Baltic, in international airspace. They continue to menace the former Baltic
republics that are now a part of NATO, which could (should under NATO
agreements, but not necessarily honored by this administration) trigger all-out
war, if they do there as they’ve done in Ukraine. There, again, in Latvia, Lithuania &
Estonia, there are ethnic Russian populations that were sent there during the
Cold War when they were part of the Soviet Union. And that’s all the pretext they needed in
Ukraine.
Unfortunately, there are a few American pawns
in this Iran crisis – hostages imprisoned and being tortured like former Marine
Amir who was only visiting family there, and whose death sentence was commuted
to 10 years in prison – the worst prison in Iran, where he has been
horrendously tortured for 4 years. So
much for all the heroic efforts to “leave no man behind” as they exercised for
the deserter Bergdahl, who was swapped w. 5 terrorist generals. Amir is a true hero, who really did serve
with distinction. Obama is nothing if
not inconsistent.
Obama says that his assurances that the U.S.
would come to Israel’s aid if attacked by Iran should be sufficient for them to
buy into the Iran nuke deal. He is
partly correct – it should be – under any other president, it might be, but
based on Obama’s record of delivery on promises and military responses, it’s
not. Further, if there were a nuclear
attack that killed half a million in Tel Aviv, wouldn’t it be a bit late? Israel could on its own respond with
devastating nuclear force, without the U.S.
But the point is that the deterrence of MAD (mutually assured
destruction) only works, as it did during the Cold War, with rational state
actors that are not suicidal. Obama
assumes too much of Iran – also as indicated by his negotiations with
them. They and their client terrorist
organizations (Hamas, Hezbollah, Houtis,…) are by proven record suicidal, and
willing to do whatever to bring on their Islamic apocalypse. The only deterrence that will work with them
is to de-fang them: their nuclear
capability, and their economic ability to fund terrorism networks (via
sanctions) until they change their ways.
Which is basically Israel’s proposed better deal.
Democrat Evan Bayh said that real skepticism
about the deal is warranted – Iran’s shown we can’t trust them. If it’s a bad deal with no teeth in it, then
no deal would be better.
George Will said that if we’d only left about
10,000-20,000 soldiers in Iraq, none of this (ISIS, etc.) would be happening.
Harry Reid, the Real Loser
If
you've missed this clip, you need to see it.
Harry Reid still doesn't regret his false accusation of Romney not
paying taxes for 12 years. He apparently
feels the ends justifies the means, saying only by way of justification,
"Romney didn't win, did he?"
Despicable for such a high-ranking public "servant."
As the reporter notes, he's generally single-handedly poisoned Washington politics, and for his own political agenda (for which Obama thanked him profusely). And I feel he's a disgrace of a Mormon. How can he possibly say he is honest in his dealings with his fellow man (which has temple implications)? That's one of the most basic of the 10 commandments -- "thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor (Ex. 20:16)." And he's unrepentant. Politicians don't get a pass.
And the White House spokesman smugly dismisses it as being 3 years ago -- there's no statute of limitations for that -- they're all morally corrupt. That's their typical strategy -- with the help of the liberal media, they avoid talking about something long enough (by distraction) until they can smugly call it old news, as if that's an excuse.
Harry Reid tells CNN he's proud of lying about Mitt Romney's taxes: 'Well . . . Romney didn’t win, did he?'
Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has no apologies – and no regrets – for using the floor of the United States Senate to slander Mitt Romney as a tax evader...
WWW.BIZPACREVIEW.COMAs the reporter notes, he's generally single-handedly poisoned Washington politics, and for his own political agenda (for which Obama thanked him profusely). And I feel he's a disgrace of a Mormon. How can he possibly say he is honest in his dealings with his fellow man (which has temple implications)? That's one of the most basic of the 10 commandments -- "thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor (Ex. 20:16)." And he's unrepentant. Politicians don't get a pass.
And the White House spokesman smugly dismisses it as being 3 years ago -- there's no statute of limitations for that -- they're all morally corrupt. That's their typical strategy -- with the help of the liberal media, they avoid talking about something long enough (by distraction) until they can smugly call it old news, as if that's an excuse.
And more recently, Reid continued as the pot
calling the kettle black, calling the entire field of GOP presidential
candidates “losers.” Harry, for your
clarification, the very definition of a loser is one who loses his position as
Senate majority leader, as you have. And
who announces he’s not running for re-election because he can see how unpopular
he’s become at home where his re-election is highly uncertain or unlikely. And who resorts continually to name-calling
and lies about his opponents, instead of anything substantial. And who single-handedly has poisoned the
political dialogue in Washington, and been instrumental in doubling the
national debt, ruining our health care system, etc. Not to mention his blatant hypocrisy as a
Mormon. Hard to be any more of a loser
than that. And not one of the declared
GOP candidates has lost a presidential bid as Hillary has. And she’s not a loser in her failed foreign
policies as Secretary of State? Poor
Harry is living in an alternate reality, just as many of his liberal/Left
comrades.
For
a more complete list of Reid’s religious hypocrisies (only mentioned because
during the campaign he said that Romney has “sullied” his religion, and is “not
the face of Mormonism,” so he needs to be called out for his hypocrisy, and
seeing only the mote in another's eye, not the beam in his own), see my blog
post of Oct. 2, 2012:
The 2016 Race
Dennis Prager pointed out that Hillary
Clinton has “flip-flopped” on gay marriage – not “evolved.” We need to be consistent with the Democrats
calling Romney a flip-flopper. She’s
also flipped on issuing illegal aliens driver licenses, etc. Hillary has also had a disastrous week
following her cowardly online (not live audience) announcement. Going to a Chipotle in dark glasses and not
speaking to anyone, not doing any press conferences, etc. Her handlers clearly understand her shortcomings
in communication and likeability, and are keeping her sheltered. And then the accounts of her vicious verbal
abuse of subordinates. Not a nice
person. And she’s running for president
to look out for the regular people? More
like for the power and to implement her Alinsky-ite dreams. She’s more elitist than Romney. She’ll of course get the
vote of women who only see things through gender eyes, not the welfare of the
country. If she wins, the country will
suffer through another presidency of a token “minority” who had no other real
qualifications. What a price to pay for
just showing we’ve broken some “barrier.”
How about some more truly qualified
woman like Carly Fiorina, or Black like Ben Carson? Carly Fiorina said that there’s a “90% chance
I’ll run for president….because I understand as a business executive how the
economy works – turned around HP despite the worst recession….unlike Hillary, I
know that flying is an activity, not an accomplishment. Nor pushing a “reset” button. … I won’t pull
my punches in the election – e.g., on Benghazi.”
Michael Medved, still recovering from
throat cancer, recorded a message at home that was played on his radio program
by his substitute. It was a strong
endorsement of Marco Rubio after his announcement. The Dems of course attack him (& Cruz) as
first-term senators, as we attacked Obama for his lack of executive
experience. But Medved (& Rubio)
point out that Rubio has been a state senator and majority leader for 12
years. And of course as critical (or more
so) than experience is the soundness of his policies, which are clearly more
sound than Obama’s proven failures. The
criticism might be more applicable to Cruz.
But certainly not Bush or Christie, if/when they announce. Medved and others also point out Rubio’s
natural speaking ability, genuineness & likeability and youth (unlike
Hillary).
Religious Rights
I
was about to post a comment, "How about OUR rights?" when I saw this.
Intolerance can be much more vehement on the part of the activists. They don't
settle with tolerance alone -- they demand repentance, re-education &
enforced active complicity.
"The New Intolerance" http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-intolerance-1427760183
Indiana isn’t targeting gays. Liberals are targeting religion, the Wall Street Journal writes in an editorial.
WSJ.COM
And
on a related note, after the German Wings murder/suicide crash, how about the
right of the flying public to life, and to insure that, the right to have
pilots' serious mental/physical health diagnoses made available to the
airlines? I think that might trump the pilots' right to privacy. Individual
rights can be taken to extremes if the rights of others are ignored.
The
Left/activists are always exercising their right of whom to do business with
(boycotts) to exercise political influence on behavior. But they want to deny conservatives
(businesses) the same rights. There is a
big difference between serving gay people in the normal business mode (which no
one I think is refusing to do, and which existing discrimination laws cover),
and asking someone with strong convictions to play a major role in a special
gay ceremony. It’s been pointed out that
they wouldn’t think of asking a Muslim shop-owner to serve a gay wedding, or
alcohol, or pork. But of course no
problem doing that for Christians. Would
they expect a gay shopkeeper to cater a Christian event where gay marriage was
being denounced?
And
the activists are much more vocal about these highly exceptional instances of
minor inconvenience than they are about the gross violations of gay rights in
Muslim countries, where gays are thrown off buildings, crushed by toppled
walls, buried alive, etc. And why? Because they’re basically gutless, Leftist,
and because of their preferential hatred of Christians. And in that, they agree with the Muslims. They’re fascist in the truest sense of the
word. There are many gays (maybe even
the majority), like Tammy Bruce and others I’ve heard, who are disgusted by the
gay activists. But the Left kisses up to
them for political clout, to bolster their “rainbow coalition.” Not out of any real principles. Just like they kiss up to the Black
activists, who also are extreme, for political benefit, as discussed in
previous blog posts.
Correcting
the Record on Vietnam – a Hot part of the Cold War
I heard of this movie on the Hugh Hewett
program (he's a staunch supporter of the Semper Fi Fund, that is supported by
the movie proceeds, and is one of the charities that give relief to severely
wounded and killed post-9/11 veterans & their families, ). I'm seeing it
tonight. The movie is based on the book by the same name, and is the true story
of the Marines, both U.S. & Vietnamese, in the Vietnam War. It is being
released to coincide with the US Senate's sanctioning of March 30th as
“Welcome Home Vietnam Veteran’s Day.” Those vets never did get the respect or
help they deserved. I knew some of them, and lost some of my classmates to that
war. My draft number was 361, and I never invoked my ministerial & student
deferments. I've been a Cold Warrior in the defense industry, and supporting
the other wars: Kosovo, Gulf Wars, Afghanistan, and war on terror. And whatever
comes next.
I just saw the movie, "Vietnam: Ride the
Thunder," in Westminster (after dinner of Mi Ga at a Vietnamese
restaurant), with a theater packed with Vietnamese. A powerful experience --
both the movie & seeing it with them. Quite a docudrama, interspersed with
interviews of key people, including vintage footage of Hanoi Jane (Fonda) &
Swiftboat John (Kerry), as well as Ronald Reagan, a general over the American
hero, and Vietnam's ambassador who has written the definitive story of the
war. It depicts the valiant, selfless & noble stands for liberty, the
terrible Communist re-education camps (with the Vietnamese co-hero), the
bloodletting & plight of the refugees, 1/4 million of whom died on the
seas. It also depicts the American "re-education" by the liberal
anti-war apologists (e.g., Kerry & Fonda) who began the re-writing of the
true story. The apology tour has its roots back then. And how wrong were those
who dismissed the warnings of the horrors of a Communist takeover, and even
dismissed rumors of torture of American prisoners.
But as always, being liberal (or progressive)
means never having to admit wrong. And they're just as sure they're right in
the Iran nuclear negotiations, and in their handling of the war on terror,
Iraq, etc. What a confused policy, fighting alongside Iran in Tikrit, against
their clients in Yemen & on both sides in Syria, while negotiating with
them in Switzerland. Our president is always very confident -- on his
"high horse." But the results always fall short of anything deserving
of confidence. When will America wake up to this confidence man & his
horrible policies?
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