Hisler
12/23/2011 7:48:00 AM
On 12/22/2011 10:31 PM, Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:42:04 -0700, Hisler<Hisler@cocks.net> wrote:
>
>> On 12/22/2011 8:01 PM, don Gabacho wrote:
>>> On Dec 22, 9:26 pm, Hisler<His...@cocks.net> wrote:
>>>> Did I miss something? Was war declared?
>>>>
>>>> During the Republican debates in November, Newt Gingrich said he would
>>>> bomb Iran ?as a last resort and with a goal of bringing about the
>>>> downfall of the government."
>>>
>>> Perry also had said, regarding the drone captured (or sent?): Why
>>> hasn't Obama done anything? Said anything?
>>>
>>> Three days later Obama had an Airforce General get on the news with a
>>> half-baked explanation then, two days onward, Diane Sawyer announces
>>> that Obama had made a speech, and is interjected into the news with
>>> the one line "I'm going to ask them to give it back!"
>>>
>>> It was astonishing that Obama had simply injected himself into the
>>> news.
>>>
>>> Last nigh the Secretary of Defense said they were not going to allow
>>> Iran an nuclear weapon (apparently now at hand).
>>>
>>> With the exception of Carter, I can't recall any US President who did
>>> not start a war when his poll numbers were down approaching an
>>> election.
>>>
>>> And I go back to remembering Eisenhower (at the end of his last term).
>>>
>>> There's also a second incident with firefights with the Pakistani
>>> Army.
>>>
>>> From the first it appears that the Pakistanis are telling the US to
>>> not use any passes through or even along side of Pakistan (in
>>> Afghanistan) for any US movements of troops and supplies.
>>>
>>> I suspect that that is why the troops leaving Iraq had depart using
>>> Quatar exclusively.
>>>
>>> There's a lot going on that the US media is not reporting in Iraq
>>> also.
>>>
>>> Three regions of Iraq have seceded from Baghdad. The Prime Minister is
>>> attempting to fire his cabinet without the Iraqi parliament's
>>> approval. The cabinet members fear he wants to line up against the
>>> wall and execute them as did Saddam. The Vice Prime Minister is
>>> staying in his secessionist province because he'd be arrested and
>>> probably shot if he leaves his province.
>>>
>>> Sunnis and Shias are assembling en mass from Libya to Kashmir in
>>> separate camps ready to war each other.
>>>
>>> The Iraqis and Syrians are especially vulnerable and scared out of
>>> their minds.
>>>
>>> If you want to learn more find and tune-in the 24-hour English-
>>> speaking television station "France 24."
>>>
>>> When it comes to North Africa and the Near East their the only channel
>>> worth watching.
>>>
>>> They all blame the US of course; so why not chase pink underwear?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I guess Black rule works about as well here as it does in Zimbabwe.
>
>
> So, tell us, Oh Wise One, in the case of the US drone: What the fuck
> do you propose?
>
To paraphrase Bob Dylan from his song "Franky Lee and Judas Priest,":
"The moral of the story, the moral of the song, is simply that one
should never be where one does not belong." And quit buying Chinese
electronics to use in our missiles and other military hardware. And
finally, take heed of Ike Eisenhour's warning about the
military-industrial complex.