In doing my research for a terrorism class I look at many different opinions…I like a balanced look at major issues of our day…..and this one comes from an unlikely source (at least for me).
I have been a bleeding heart (derogatory term used by some mental midgets) most of my life…..I always fought for liberal issues in any way that I felt would help….seldom did I appreciate anything a conservative had to say….that is until the big wasteland that the ultra-Right turned the political landscape into…..conservative thought (as it was) ceased to exist and was replace with the tacky thinking of neoliberalism (if you do not know the difference then f*cking look it up).
I have been encouraged lately that the conservatives may yet prove to be a real force in our political system…I have even taken to read sources like The American Conservative…..I admit that there is much that I do not agree with but they actually have thinking people writing for them not the mindless drones that regurgitate crap from Talk Radio.
Take the subject of Terrorism….It is a subject that makes me want to scream and throw a brick at the idiots that pretend to be “experts”…….I have read a couple of good articles on the subject published in TAC…….(no bricks were thrown)
The murderous attack earlier this month in Nice, France, prompted Jay Nordlinger, senior editor at the ostensibly conservative National Review, to propose a new approach to dealing with terrorism. His strategy is simplicity itself: “you have to kill these jihadists, and kill them, and kill them, until they simply tire of being killed and leave civilization alone.”
If by “civilization” Nordlinger is referring to Europe and the United States, then his proposal comes a couple of centuries too late. In their relations with the non-West—the peoples of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East—Western powers have rarely demonstrated a desire to be left alone. They have instead sought to subjugate and exploit populations classified as inferior. In pursuit of their objectives, they have relied not on suasion but on violence and intimidation.
Source: Kill All the Terrorists? | The American Conservative
That is the only answer to an ever growing problem in the world…..KILL THEM ALL.
The problem is it is oversimplified response to the horrendous attacks….and then there is the chance that the whole phenom is overestimated……
As the investigation of the massacre in Nice continues, authorities continue to find no evidence that killer Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel had any ties to terrorist networks. So why have so many so quick to invoke ISIS? And more importantly, why do so many continue to conflate “ordered or planned by ISIS” with “ISIS-inspired”?
For all the speculation of real connections—and ISIS’ own attempt to claim “credit”—the evidence has pointed the other way from the start. Compare the awful expertise and professionalism shown by the ISIS killers in Paris the night of November 17 with Bouhlel’s awful wild ride. The Paris attack involved three coordinated attacks, suicide belts, shooting prowess, and slipping past security guards. In Nice, the perpetrator simply rented the biggest truck he could a couple of days beforehand and cased the location. Bouhlel didn’t even wear easily obtainable body armor that might have allowed him to kill far more people before being shot himself. The reports of the truck being packed with weapons including grenades proved false, although he did have one working gun.
Source: Don’t Overstate the Terrorist Threat | The American Conservative
What point does it make to thump the chest and demand the impossible?
The American Conservative makes some valid points…..it is an education if one decides to read and understand.
The anti terrorist proposals of the liberal left may work: feed them , medicate them and tax them to death.
Reblogged this on The Militant Negro™.
Thanx and we are off to a good week….chuq
When I read this —- ” … As the investigation of the massacre in Nice continues, authorities continue to find no evidence that killer Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel had any ties to terrorist networks. … ” I thought to myself, “No, and the politically correct bast**ds aren’t going to find any connections either and if they do find some they are going to sweep them under the carpet the because the problem is a little too big and too complex for them to tackle and they don’t want their constituencies to know how damned unable they are to protect those who depend on them for protection.
“lone wolf means he has no direct contact…but if people want to then blame whoever
The attempt to make it lone wolf is a good attempt to cover and to divert sand divide but then we must be good little obedient idiots and remain PC through the whole episode.
That is what you want to believe but a lone wolf is just that…alone no matter banter he spouts….
It isn’t just me that believes it and therein lies my satisfaction … others believe it too … many many others. I sam not alone. That is comforting to me.
As it should because the mob is always right
In America the majority rules and that is the American Way and I am proudly American! If that is “Mob Rule” then it is one of the greatest “Mobs” ever to grace the planet.
John I do not think you really believe that…for even when the “mob” speaks you do not agree….so sorry just not buying it
It is the old argument about who are the “Real” Americans. We have gotten into the habit of accusing anyone who does not agree with us as something other than “Real” Americans and that is where the idea of Red States and Blue States first came from. Yes, I am an American and when my side of the aisle speaks I agree unless I think they are full of it and then I will call them out also. Buy it or not does not matter but my right to express it does. And express it I do! As you might have noticed from time to time.
No one is questioning your rights here….you said that we were a “majority rule”…but not when it does not agree with some’s conclusions….I would never say you do not have a right…and if think I did then I must have not made myself clear.
I like what Carl D’Agostino had to say about it — “Feed them, medicate them and tax them to death.” This will work for awhile but after they have reproduced enough to ournumber us all and have seized power and instituted their religious law system and put everybody under the heel of their subjection, it won’t matter much because there will be few enough other people left alive to even care.
And the world will end on 21Dec2012
Too bad it didn’t if you ask me.
I still have things I want to do….I’m glad it was a mental midget conspiracy…
I have noticed over the years that when the ants invade my kitchen I cannot cause them to leave by leaving open containers of sugar where they can find them easily. But ant traps seem to be effective enough so I opt for the ant traps.
I think: John Lennon – Give Peace A Chance should be playing right about now. Yup, that is exactly what I shall start to SPIN and add to my BLOG … what a good choice!
“Working Class Hero” describes Americans to a tee…
This simple solution may seem barbaric but we are dealing with savages. They have to be destroyed. Please visit and follow my page for my current and upcoming political posts. Read my conservative manifesto!
You can destroy the man but the tactic will remain….I have followed you and look forward to your stuff….chuq
Thank you very much
Since I just started my blog two days ago, would you be willing to reblog my most recent post about the Bible to your page? Trying to build up my base and make this information available to as many people as possible. Would be greatly appreciated!
Sorry but I am a secular blog…..I only blog om religion when I think there is some misinformation…to me religion is a personal thing….between me and my God….I am sorry….chuq
May I suggest that you search WordPress for religious blogs they are there and would be willing to help….since my blog is mostly about international relations and conflict resolution…you probably would not get many responses….
I’ll try that. Thanks!
Sorry I could not help