Day: April 16, 2015

The world of threats to the US is an illusion – Opinion – The Boston Globe

Almost daily we are told about this group or that that is harboring ill feelings toward the US………matter not where one gets one’s information……it is all the same…..it incites fear and loathing and gives the admin the perfect storm for getting more money for whatever pet defense project they are pushing…..this week.

All these threats are numerous…..too numerous to list here…..but of all these threats just how reliable are they to the safety of the US?

Maybe this piece from the Boston Globe will answer some of your questions…….

 

The world of threats to the US is an illusion – Opinion – The Boston Globe.

The Iran Nuclear Deal: From Both Sides

By now the media is all drooling over the deal struck in the US Senate……they are smiling and jerking off because it is a bi-partisan deal, something sadly missing in today’s DC……

The media is laser focused on this deal and its contents…..this gives them something to fixate on for weeks to come….ad nauseum.  The American people will turn to their fave propaganda outlet to get all the important news on this deal.  They will then make their site the “must go to” site for all the truths and the lies about the deal…..But sadly most Americans will have NO independent opinion of what is happening……all the know is that they hate/love the deal and that is where the opinion will cease.

What do you know about the nuke deal between Iran and the US?  I mean really kno0w….not what some TV personality tells you you need to know…..then may I suggest that you read it for yourself….then form an opinion…..

The Iran nuclear deal: full text – CNN.com.

That is the full text of the agreement we have with Iran….do you see any problems?

Now I ask….what do you know about the bi-partisan deal reached in the Senate?  We know what the talking heads have to say….but is it a good deal or is it just a smoke screen?

If you want answers…..may I suggest that you take the time to read the text of the bill….then form an opinion…..(probably wishful thinking but I keep hoping that the people will educate themselves)……..

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/615/text

That is what the bill says….now if you have spent some time on this…..what do you think of the deal, the bi-partisan deal?

Is there any way that it can be used to scuttle any of the deal with Iran?

You betcha!  Try Section under Semi- Annual Report….paragraph I……..

“(I) An assessment of—

“(i) whether, and the extent to which, Iran supported acts of terrorism; and

“(ii) whether Iran directly supported, financed, planned, or carried out an act of terrorism against the United States or a United States person anywhere in the world.

There you have it….the smoking gun!  Who will decide the answers to the questions……where will the proof come from?  The US has labeled Iran as a sponsor of terrorism for decades…..that will be the go to section for nullifying the deal……

This is how they can scuttle the deal and still look like they were somehow cooperating…..it is all a game……a dangerous game….but a game nonetheless……and to expect his deal will have a fighting chance is being very optimistic.

Even if it survives in its original form there will be endless hearings and accusations until the deal collapses……..let’s not forget that Israel will be calling in all its favors to the Congress to fight ratification.

Score One For The ‘Hog

This post may not mean much to most readers and then if they are a combat vet then they are well aware of what the Wart Hog is and what it does.

Here it is….the infantryman’s best friend!

 

The Wart Hog is the A-10…… close air support airplane…..its nickname is the Wart Hog because it is so damn ugly…..but if you are in dire straits in combat you want to know the A-10 has your back……it may be ugly but the plane can kick some ass and do it non-stop…..

Recently the M-IC has decided that the A-10 needs to be replaced by a multi-billion dollar fiasco….the F-35.

This piece of unwanted expensive crap cannot perform for the ground troop any better than the A-10….the “Hog was designed to assist the ground troops in close support….the F-35 is supersonic fighter that cannot be as effective as the A-10.

I tell you what…..in combat and you have 2 radios one tuned to an A-10 the other to a F-35…..bet the “Hog gets the call every time….

Okay enough whining….the reason I am writing this is the some 2 star general just lost his job over the F-35……..

.The two-star general who told officers they would be “committing treason” by advocating to Congress that the A-10 should be kept in service has been fired and reprimanded, Air Combat Command announced on Friday.

The military blog John Q Public first reported in January that Maj. Gen. James Post made the comments at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, prompting the Air Force Inspector General’s Office to look into the matter.

As a result, Gen. Hawk Carlisle, head of Air Combat Command, has removed Post as vice commander of Air Combat Command and issued Post a letter of reprimand, the news release says.

Post’s “treason” comment outraged some in Congress, including Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who called on Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James to investigate the matter.

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., has been the foremost opponent to the Air Force’s plans to retire the A-10. In January, Ayotte told Air Force Times she was “deeply disturbed” by what Post said.

“How could members of the armed forces exercising their lawful right to communicate with Congress be providing aid and comfort to our enemies?” Ayotte said in a statement at the time. “If the facts are on the Air Force’s side regarding its efforts to prematurely divest the A-10, what does the Air Force fear?”

Good bye dickhead!  I am sure that the defense contractor will gladly pay you handsomely for your efforts…….

The Grunt deserves to be heard…..and the grunt deserves the A-10 on his 6…….

A Really Bad Idea: A ‘Limited’ War with Iran | The National Interest

For some non-understandable reason the media still goes out of its way to interview a proven bonehead on foreign policy……..I am talking about the motor mouth Sen. Cotton of Arkansas.

Recently he thumped his chest like some power crazed primate about the “limited’ attack on Iran’s nuke facility….

Does this yutz get a check from the M-IC every time he opens his uninformed mouth?  Somebody has got to be paying him for his ignorance…..but who?

But putting aside my disdain for this ego centric prick….let’s look at the possibility of a “limited” war with Iran….just for the sake of argument…….

 

A Really Bad Idea: A ‘Limited’ War with Iran | The National Interest.

(Sen.) Cotton Picking Moron (Again)

Okay I said in the past that I would lay off writing about Arkansas favorite Son, Sen. Tom Cotton, but I lied…..not because I wanted to but rather because this mental midget will not shut up…..he makes it so easy to mock him!

He started by trying to look like a big boy and writing a letter to Iran’s leaders about what would happen if a deal was found for their nuke production….and it was signed by a list of other mental midgets that thought it would be a good idea.  Proving once again that the people that hold the Constitution up as a prop at their campaign events still have NO idea what it says beyond the 1st and 2nd amendment…….

After he made his first faux pas he could sit down and be silent….Nope, he had to rattle on again……he then had to worry that any deal would jeopardize any negotiations with Israel……what negotiations?  Israel has NEVER negotiated in good faith why would they now……

And now Cotton is worried that Iran will have a bomb if the deals is linked……

The Obama administration’s work on a nuclear deal with Iran could lead to a nuclear war, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said in an interview published on Monday.

“If we agreed to the kind of proposal the Obama administration has made, then military confrontation may be further off, but it might also be nuclear,” he said in an interview with The Atlantic.

“Twenty years, 10 years, 12 years, who knows? The proposal puts Iran on the path to being a nuclear-arms state, and I think once Iran becomes a nuclear-arms state, this will lead inevitably to some kind of military confrontation,” he said. “It may not be initially with the United States, but I think that’s virtually inevitable.”

He also noted that one option to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons was to conduct military strikes against the country now.

These asshats just tickle the crap out of me for they are morons and they do not know it….they just keep talking…….think about what this yutz had to say……with a deal Iran would have the bomb soon and we would have a war…..to stop that from happening we need to bomb Iran’s facilities now…….

So his big plan is to save a war later we need to go to war now……..

Now do you see how outta touch these shitheads really are?  Not yet?  Then read this………

Everything you need to know about ‘Tehran Tom’ is in one paragraph of an interview he gave Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic this week.

Goldberg: Why do you think your general outlook is so disparaged, even in parts of the Republican Party? I don’t mean the Rand Paul wing, even. I mean, I hear from Republicans who are wary of going down a path that would lead to another Middle East war. Or let me put this another way: Do you believe that the country is tired of these sorts of wars and of this kind of engagement?

Cotton: I think that Americans—and this is not true just now, but over the years—are not fundamentally opposed to war. They’re fundamentally opposed to losing wars. And that’s one reason why President Bush lost support for the Iraq War in the period of 2004 to 2006.

Cotton is digging a hole he will not be able to climb out of……he will always be the moron on on the Right with ZERO foreign policy chops……..

I would like very much to ignore this twat….but as long as he speaks in dangerous language I feel I must spout off…….I have one piece of advice for him…..”A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste”……….

Okay I have been extremely mean to Cotton and my daughter says I should try to say something nice…….so I decided to send him a card……..

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Here the deal….if he will shut up so shall I!

You Cannot Fix Stupid!

(A copy of this post has been sent to this person’s office and offer to dispute my assertions which will be printed here if any are received)……..

Finally! Iraq Is Unified!

If you follow international situations then you are scoffing at my title……I know there is NO evidence that Iraq is anywhere close to a unified country……then why would I make such a claim?

First, it was not I that made the claim….that one came from the mouth of our VP Joe Biden……

Suggesting he neither understands what happened to Iraq in 2014 or what is happening in Iraq right now, Vice President Joe Biden claimed the ISIS war is going very well, and that it had ultimately been a net positive that “unified” the country against a common enemy.

Biden’s comments seem to center around the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) not explicitly talking about secession from Iraq as much as they were in mid-2014, though that seems to be at best a temporary decision, with the same disputes over oil revenues and autonomy as unresolved as ever.

His bold statement shows the disconnect everyone in DC has when it comes to the events in Iraq……..Joe is just another one of our lazy leaders that are pushing some sort of “job well done” in Iraq (a Mission Accomplished moment)……even the Iraqis are surprised by this statement and find it humorous…..

This is a prime example of why our foreign policy sucks so bad.  NO one wants to face reality.  Propaganda is the rule and if you resort to this action then you are not doing well and have to lie to protect your ass.

This is what the country gets when they rely on morons like Sen. Cotton and d/bags like Kerry to run our foreign policy…..it is more about money than the situation…..they seem to think that every situation can be fixed with more weapons.

This will NEVER change.  We will always be at the point of no return.