I haven’t mentioned the subject of ISIS because I am disgusted by it. But I wanted to touch on a few points, throw it out there for the rest of you to chew on.
Can Obama do a worse job at managing the middle east? Seriously, this is a laughable clusterfuck, with a real life Mandarin (Iron Man 3) out there, making movie productions, beheading journalists. You have to search through youtube to see what these lunatics are up to. It’s like they stole a book from the Nazis, specifically Goebbels, on how to properly conduct a police state riddled with war crimes, and running with it.
They are highly organized even bother to post annual reports highlighting the ridiculous wanton death and destruction presented by their wonderful group of Gotham City like bandits. We have Taco Tuesdays here; they have Flogging Fridays there.
They stole all of our munitions, some up armored humvees, and never even thanked us for it. Then, they swept through Iraqi banks and looted between $500-$2billion, most of which may be in GOLD. Seriously?
Now, we just learned, after the delightful news of the reoccupation of the US embassy in Benghazi and the subsequent terrorist pool party, that they scurried away with not one, or two, or three, commercial fucking jetliners—BUT 11, just 9 days before we cry over the events of 9/11 again.
It’s like the American people were apathetic about war and someone wanted to stoke our interest again to “just give it a chance, mate.”
And then, there’s this.
Fuck me. The enemy likes war too much, apparently. We should dissuade them.
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And O b hard assing Putin the lunatic who can blow up the world. Scary days we are in.
I pretty much subscribe to this camp: “The Covert Origins of ISIS” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMjXbuj7BPI
Worse than appears. These savages are beheading children systematically outside of Mosul. Ground truth reports.
The thing is, ISIS very good at waging war but I don’t believe they can convert their caliphate into a sustainable economy. Thus with a lack of sustainable jobs for their population they will be consumed from within through infighting. They will probably end up killing themselves. Inshallah
None of that is true. Obama is the most intelligent President ever, in our history. He’s handling this much better than Bush would. Climate change has caused the people, who live in the very hottest part of the planet, to lose their minds and rampage. It is all our fault, some heads must roll.
Air drop them air conditioners with the drones.
Wow – you think climate change has even a small role in causing this?
In a nutshell: conform or die organized religion needs an enemy and the global police, aka the USA, is the easiest target – especially since we have had a presence via oil interest for years.
Climate change. Wow. That’s among the most complicated paths to connect the dots I can think of. There is a history of war and conquest in this region – long before climate change.
I should add this is a region that pretty much knows nothing but waging war at this point – next time they have a parade of stolen wares I think we have a carpet bombing coming their way.
The middle east is not manageable. Withdrawal all western soldiers and close down embassy’s immediately. We as westerners need to build a giant wall around Europe (and an inner wall around Turkey) and North America. China and India can do the same at their own expense. Anyone religious fanatical who wants to go fight over mythology (Jews and Christians included) should be allowed but will be barred entry back into western civilization. Journalists enter at their own risk.
There are presently more powerful and potentially destructive entities in the world than ISIS. They will take action, eventually, if and when ISIS threatens their status quo or agenda. A question is how much damage will ISIS cause, before they meet the larger force? And could ISIS instead become the largest force?
It’s a big world out there, much of it is a horrific living, by our standards. I was getting a routine medical check up today (all OK) and noted the spotless medical facility was probably better than what half of the world’s population will ever see. This was your basic recently constructed hospital associated practice group.
It’s been quite a story arc, but the USA has been a huge success so far, by metrics shared by billions of people.
Who is, and is not next?
Unfortunately, the current admin is perfectly happy sitting idly by as Americans are beheaded. As they do nothing, ISIS and Al Quada infiltrate our unmonitored southern border. I hope everyone remembers the POTUS admitting their lack of strategy on this when the next attack happens on American soil. ISIS is here.
ISIS is a distraction…wait till amnesty…
Truthfully, Obama seems to have learned nothing since becoming President. He’s too proud to change his mind.
Le Fly, this is simply the result of a few decades of progressive and neoconservative politics. And the absence of fiscal conservatism.
It’s a shame the majority dismissed Ron Paul’s “radical” criticisms of modern US policy.
Surely you do not believe the admin when they say they have no strategy on ISIS do you? I believe they have fifty, several of which have already been put in motion. No strategy indeud.
So funny. Just another ploy to make you afraid, vote for folks who want to blow up things, and buy three years of dried food packets, gold, puts and TZA. Please comply and be fearful.
I won’t comment.
Because I believe
Alternate theories
and
Scenarios
(Big big surprise I’m sure)
Why should Obama do anything? Is a global affair and the international community as a multi-national peace keeping force of the civilized should handle all such criminals, dictators & thugs ..the days of the USofA being the global cop are over and well they should be.
Because killing Americans should be treated as an act of war and dealt with swiftly.
Naturally crimes should be dealt with, intelligently and not to create even more problems but to create a lasting peace
and this is how such things should be swiftly, powerfully and irrevocably dealt with
http://www.futureofmankind.co.uk/Billy_Meier/World_Peace_and_Multinational_Peace-Fighting_Troops
There is no lasting peace with militant Islam. Their goal is conversion or elimination of all non Muslims.
Das ist wahre … however, they should be dealt with multi-nationally, and such a coalition should not be difficult to put together & implement … the middle eastern countries are 1st & foremost threatened by ISIS – Iran, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, etc, therefore they will be all for a global force to wipe them out
Problem is, there is no other global cop. We would like to be Sweden or Switzerland, but we are not. Thousands die from our inaction.
Sorry, we have spoiled the world. They are no longer self reliant.
Spend bigger on alternative energy
and watch their commodities become worthless and then let them
figure out how they are going to fund their bullshit.
All of this shit will not end well. Obama, NATO, UN, NASA, Superman, whatever…good fucking luck fixin’ this shit.
Remember when Yasir Arafat was considered hard-lined? Damn, he was a cub scout compared to these evil mutherfuckers.
I’ll believe all of this fearmongering bullshit when the powers that be get serious and close the borders.
20 million people have snuck in to the USA via the southern border during the past decade. How is it that no serious groups of jihadis have turned up stateside during that time?
The grand war on terror is a charade designed to keep the defense industry employed and line the pockets of special interests.
Again… Use logic/Occam’s razor
If they really really wanted to close the borders
Wouldn’t they have done it by now, or at least not be doing just the opposite lol
A few thoughts…..
Speaking in terms of national well being, security, finance and jobs, 0bama has done more damage to the USA than Nixon, Bush and Carter combined. There is no better example of the Peter Principle in modern US history.
This from the article Herr Fly linked…..”The statement called on all groups in Syria to work together to spare the blood of Muslims and to remain loyal to the teachings of Osama bin Laden.”……………Notice the dick headed goat humper specifically said SPARE THE BLOOD OF MUSLIMS…..all others are fair game.
That the administration has no plan is inexcusable. Recent history of what happens in any Middle East country when a power vacuum presents itself, IE Somalia, Egypt, Libya et.al., should have made it plain that the same was going to happen when we pulled out of Iraq (premature ejaculation?) and neglected to get involved in Syria.
When those voids in societal structure occur in the Mid East, they are inevitably filled by whatever group is the most violent and well armed. An 8th grader instructed in a decent school (no common core) would be able to cipher that out by himself..
But NO! Not this administration. They are too busy sending high mucky mucks to funerals in Ferguson, too busy covering tracks at the God forsaken den of iniquity called the IRS, too busy pandering to donor/voter groups who helped pass the ACA and then received exemptions from it, too busy courting the Hispanic vote by allowing our Southern border to become a screen door flapping in the breeze. ,,,,,.
I could go on, but I get too pissed off talking/thinking about this to continue lest I lose sleep tonight.
Now. I think 0buma is very intelligent. I also think that the definition of the word narcissist should include his picture in Websters dictionary but that’s another topic,
So if he is indeed intelligent, just what the hell is he up to? It’s as if he is purposely setting the country up for a great cataclysm or fall. Orchestrating our demise in other words.
If he is not doing that very thing then he is either under the control of someone else with more nefarious intent or possibly so ignorant/arrogant (deadly combination) that he truly is incapable of seeing what is happening on the macro scale of things.
He, his entire cabinet, Valarie Jarhead included should be air dripped into that hot bed of cranial amputation to experience that very thing first hand.
None of this will end well for the US and as the US goes, so goes the rest of the world. Like it or not, there is no one to take our place.
Good read…Following last week’s remarks about nuclear weapons, we can now safely arrive at two conclusions regarding Vladimir Putin. 1. He is a mad man. 2. He wants to start a new Cold War in order to assume the full powers of a Czar. Both might be true. But my personal view is that the second conclusion is more correct. Like most dictators throughout history, Putin is very rational and very calculating. He aims to create an atmosphere of fear as a means of galvanizing his nation. The fear he is trying to create is that Russia is once again threatened, that it will soon be invaded by NATO, led by the United States. Never mind that his actions will drive away foreign investment and saddle his people with great economic hardship. He simply does not care. He is one of the richest men in Russia. Their hardship is the price they must pay for his aspirations.
As for the West, there is no longer any room for wishful thinking about Vladimir Putin. Maniac or not, he is a very dangerous man. He must now be contained. But that does not mean the West should write off the Russian People. Especially younger Russians. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, they have spent the last quarter of century travelling abroad. Surfing the Internet. And learning more about the West and about the nature of free society. In their eyes, we are not a threat. We are not the bogeyman. They proved that following the annexation of Crimea, when 15,000 of them braved the police and the security forces to march against Putin in Moscow. They are a force Putin himself should fear.
And then, their are the Oligarchs – the new Politburo. As Putin began his post-Olympics rampage through the Crimea, he summoned the most powerful of them to a special meeting. There, he demanded that as the price of his largess, they must repatriate their billions back to Russia. That means their wealth now gets valued in rubles, which just hit a five-month low. Putin also asked them to accept higher taxes to fund his foreign policy objectives. It may not be long before they recognize how detrimental he has become to their bottom line.
In this time of crisis, we should heed the words of Mahatma Gandhi: “Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.” – JFW
Russian and Chinese cyber-hacks are our biggest foes today. We could nuke the sandfuggers and be done with them. But our economy could be compromised severely by a major cyber attack. For these reasons you must own FEYE PANW SYMC. Now continue dreaming of CiCi’s all you can eat buffet. ..for that is American.
Unbelievable. I don’t think the people in your United States are apathetic but they have been in a decade long war and are tired of the middle east. There is no solution there except for the people there to solve it. If you’ve read a bible lately, you will be waiting a long long time.
Dissuade with the most extreme prejudice.
Well said.
All very good posts and thoughts. However, the futures are higher and will open higher. When will all of this matter? Yea I know….when it matters.
Not very many good posts in my view. Many people are way, way off. It’s surprising that from such an intelligent and educated bunch here there is such misunderstanding of what’s going on in the world.
We live in an age of great deception. Markets never top on bad news nor do they bottom on good news. If an event were to occur within the next month or two and the market sells off briskly then I believe the PTB have allowed it to happen. SPX tops out at 2033 max.
I believe the same group controlling (stock) markets is the same one egging on conflict
Given that one’s thinking ends up at that point, Put the two together
I think its gonna hit 2250 by 12/31
Wow, a lot of you are idiots.
Name calling with no positions or counter logic. There’s a troll in every room.
Yes, I meant you.
America is the root of all terror. America has invaded sixty countries since world war 2.
In 1953 America overthrow Iran’s democratic government Mohammad Mosaddegh and installed a brutal dictator Shah. America helped Shah of Iran to establish secret police and killed thousands of Iranian people.
During Iran-Iraq war evil America supported Suddam Hossain and killed millions of Iranian people. In 1989, America, is the only country ever, shot down Iran’s civilian air plane, killing 290 people.
In 2003,America invaded Iraq and killed 1,000,000+ innocent Iraqi people and 4,000,000+ Iraqi people were displaced.
Now America is a failed state with huge debt. Its debt will be 22 trillion by 2015.
Needed saying, thanks
“America is the root of all terror”
Or not, if you prefer accuracy.
No, we’re pretty fucking evil. My grandfather spent a good 20 years in South America making sure their governments were all fucked up so we could pillage their resources. That’s all it ever is, pillaging resources; land, commodities, people.
Do you think that ISIS and Al Quada are terror groups?
Do you think if American had not intervened or existed that Hitler, Stalin, or the USSR could have been stopped by Europe alone?
Another DEMOCRAT.
Exclusive: John McCain Slips Across Border Into Syria, Meets With Rebels
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/27/exclusive-john-mccain-slips-across-border-into-syria-meets-with-rebels.html
Exactly..
“managing the middle east”
Har.
Always with the funnies, you are.
I suppose we could follow the successful historical precedent set by…well, there is always a first time.
The long-term goals of ISIS are in conflict with its current methods. They want to hold and govern territory, but that will require a halt to the expansion, less animosity with bordering powers, and a relaxation of the ideological purity in the territory under its control. Governance also requires political and bureaucratic institutions and infrastructure, which become easy targets for whomever controls the airspace.
Best to take advantage of opportunities as they ripen.
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What do you expect from an unorganized DEMOCRAT?? He thinks everyone should just get along.
Re the Middle East: let ISIS have a country, pick a shithole and declare it theirs. Then once they are all snuggled up to their goats, light up all the B2s and turn said country into a flat glass pancake.
Re Vlad the Impaler – he will have hos romp through the Ukraine because we (the West) have stated we won’t use military force, well guess what class – force is all that Vlad cares about. No force, have a nice day and go drink tea.
As much as the Republicans are basically fucktards, at least other countries knew that they would likely get a missile up their ass if they messed with the West.