Our President may be a well-educated and a very smart
guy, but he seems to have skipped out on his world history classes. He
certainly would have learned the absolutely true saying that “history
repeats itself.” He would also know that any dithering with ISIS will
only cause us more pain and lost lives in the future.
History
does repeat itself, and regularly. A perfect example has been on
display with the debt crisis in Argentina. The country has defaulted on
its debt. Its President, Cristina Kirchner, did not accept blame for
the default. She pointed the finger at two American hedge funds as
being greedy because they would not write down the debt that Argentina
had sold them in the form of bonds. We should not have much pity for
these hedge funds because they should be aware that Argentina defaulted
in 2001 - very recent times.
While I was reading Amity Shlaes’
acclaimed biography of Calvin Coolidge, further evidence was made of
history repeating itself. The American government was trying to
negotiate a repayment of the debt incurred during World War I by our
European allies. The Americans proposed a 25-year payment plan which
was attacked by foreign governments as selfish. One French leader was
quoted in the New York Times as saying “Has America, which but yesterday
we acclaimed for her generosity and idealism, fallen to the role of
Shylock.” It is easy to learn from history and save yourself a lot of
pain (and money) if you just heed it.
Our President stated he
learned from his path in Libya. Mr. Obama told (New York Times
columnist) Tom Friedman “Intervening in Libya to prevent a massacre was
the right thing to do.” He stated that doing it without sufficient
follow-up on the ground to manage Libya’s transition to more democratic
politics is probably his biggest foreign policy regret. That was after
he set in motion abandoning Iraq. If he had studied our actions in
post-war Japan, Europe, and Korea, he would know that we need to leave
troops and supporting structure in place for decades. Look what
happened when were able to do such in those locales.
By leaving a
power vacuum in Iraq and not supporting opposition forces in Syria, Mr.
Obama has allowed a small discolored spot to grow into a significant
cancer. Because ISIS is winning, the nutcases of the world are flocking
to their side. President Obama needs to stop reading polls that say
Americans are war-weary. His job is to lead the American people in
these situations and to educate the unknowing as to why we need to take
military action.
Let’s review some basic facts. No American
wants to go to war. Saying you are anti-war is inherently American. It
is also stupid and infantile. Just because you don’t want to go to war
doesn’t alleviate the fact that there are maniacs in foreign lands that
want war. Our actions don’t inspire them to their actions. That is a
hollow canard. My suggestion is grow-up and face the reality of the
world – a world that is so much smaller than it was a hundred years ago
when World War I started. We cannot be protected by two oceans any
longer; and, if we don’t eradicate menaces overseas, they will be on our
shores as evidenced by 9/11.
Next, please stop telling us what
polls say about these matters. Newscasts consistently inject a new poll
into the discussion of our national defense. Who cares what the polls
say? We are not talking about a transportation bill here. Our
government was formed to protect us against enemies foreign and
domestic. That is what it is supposed to do. If you don’t think ISIS
is our enemy TODAY, you are seriously misguided and potentially
delusional.
These are madmen of the worst kind. If you don’t
believe me watch one of the beheadings they perform on video for the
entertainment of the masses. I did. It was thoroughly sickening and
brought clarity to the fact these people need to be eradicated. There
is no redemption. There is no salvation. Our only choice is to kill
them before they kill us.
No one else is going to do it. We
will get support from other countries as some have already offered up
troops. We can certainly use our allies on the ground like the Kurds,
but rest assured America has to take the lead and if needed -- boots on
the ground. The longer we wait to annihilate these barbaric monsters,
the heavier the cost will be. We have already let this fester too long.
We
have seen this happen before, over and over again. We try to make nice
with savages and they play upon our goodwill. We end up having to
fight a larger war. President Obama seems to forget we fought the first
war last century from 1914 until we had total victory in 1945. We then
fought a war with communism on many fronts from 1945 until 1989 when
the system died. We have been fighting against Islamic extremism at
least since 1979, and maybe prior to that. After 9/11 President Bush
defined the fact that we were in for a long war. Despite what David
Axelrod said that occupying Iraq was a tragic mistake in the first
place, it was one front in a multifaceted war. We abandoned that front
and the world is now paying the price.
Obliteration is the only
solution for ISIS. They are evil incarnate. The sooner they feel the
full force of the world led by the American people and our military, the
sooner we can move to a peaceful solution and an eventual victory over
radical Islamic terror that wants to control the world.
As a result of Obamacare Medicaid expansion coupled with
means-tested Obamacare assistance, I estimate welfare rolls expanded
from 35.4% of the population in 2012 to about 40% in 2014.
