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Monthly Archives: September 2014

Aid?


The Congress has discussed and approved war aid with support to the middle east, this action took less than a week. When the ACA aka “Obamacare” came around it was never discussed fully (there were lots of misconceptions and inaccurate information issued( still are) which caused too many people and States to not take advantage of it. The ACA is still suffering in many areas and the people who would benefit most along with it. What this says to me is the Congress would rather make war than keep Americans healthy.

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Why?


Recent and ongoing events in the Near and Middle east will eventually affect us all. We as a nation can understand in various degrees what is needed to secure certain parts of those areas and hopefully bring cease fires and peace. Our deeper understanding is explainable by remembering the prelude to WWII. This prelude if anyone has paid attention was televised in a series called the “World Wars”. Aside from the personalities explored, there were the actions and events. These actions and events gave rise to the WWII personalities some of whom began the building a foundation of eventual murder, mayhem and intolerance that fueled the final madness of A. Hitler. This individual caused the devastation of  his Nation and betrayed his “Allies”. The Japanese were duped into the war by Hitler by virtue of their feelings of being slighted at the peace table after WWI (they felt dishonored ). All of this to bring us to the present and past at the same time. There has been conflict in the middle east for thousands of years and primarily on a religious basis. Now with modern weapons several factions are determined to do what Hitler attempted to do and impose their will and religion on others even their own countrymen. The UN at best is protesting but doing nothing of merit. The US is being looked to for help and we have given it but we as a country can no longer afford to lead the charge alone, we need the collective assistance of the UN (that is part of their function). We have Russia attempting to return to the post WWI “glory” days of Stalinism in the midst of the middle east problem. As a country our President is attempting to stay out of another protracted conflict and it’s inherent negatives. The big winners in all out conflict led by the US are the same people who are backing many of our Congressmen and women with boatloads of cash. The Shadow people who have benefitted from recent Supreme Court decisions and the stale mate in Congress. Simply put-this is not our “Grandfathers war”. Recently I had to have some software issues resolved on line with an out of country source (India). While we  make jokes about outsourcing but in many cases now the communication is better but still takes awhile to resolve the problems. As I was waiting for stuff to happen the agent engaged me in conversation and in the course of this conversation, I asked where he was located and he told me he was in India. I asked what his opinion of the events occurring in that part of the world and in succinct terms he said: “the ordinary people are just trying to keep their heads down and hope for the best outcome for them. The government  is in dysfunction much as ours is and we just want things to be better.” This leads me to understand that we as people in general need to put more attention on what our government is doing or not doing rather than what is written by the media in general. There are still some media content providers who still provide comprehensive coverage and reporting but the “mainstreamers” in the media are still presenting the attention-getting headlines with no content. It appears to me that reading between the lines should be the rule and not the exception in these times.  

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The Point is!


The turmoil in the near mid and far East is al bout power. The average person  who would philosophically (religion has nothing to do with it) align with the average American is essentially no different than us in that all they want is good government and the right to work, live and raise their children properly. The  media prominent factions are all about controlling those people based on religious ideologies which are archaic and demeaning. The cutting off of heads , raping of women and killing of anyone in an opposing position or with an opposite view is not the “modern” way. Consider that these radicals are in the business of destruction and chaos now matter what the cost in human lives and dignity. Then we have Russia, China and other outsiders using these pockets of imbalance to get in and take over or take what ever they can under the guise of assistance.  Tha allied Governments (NATO) have just now began to put forth the effort that Troops and aid are required to put down the marauders who operate under a “religious calling” but who are no more than bandits who have kidnapped their way to a position of wealth  allowing them to purchase sophisticated weapons to attack anyone. These other powers who have always been on the fringes are covertly supplying these “rebels” with the fire power they need while overtly espousing no interest or connection to these actions. The point is: No one member of Nato should  be on the frontlines alone in this issue and we (USA) can but should not  take the lead in this. We are already stretched too thin in man power to get solely involved in another skirmish with an enemy who hides in plain sight. The radicals are using the people we  want to protect as shields against retaliatory strikes and support by hiding their operating stations and material in the villages of the average people we are trying to help. My personal opinion is :Nato should be massing forces to deal with these insidious  bandits, if Russia and China are not willing to assist then their lessons will come later. Remember neither Russia or China want a war so they may rhetorically object, complain or object but when the smoke clears they want to be the “good guys”. No one wants any more wars yet these radicals have spent the millions they have garnered from kidnapping , piracy and outright theft to bolster their ability to continue to wage war on anyone they deem an enemy (including their own countrymen). It is  the purpose of the UN to unite in an effort to stop the spread of these madmen. This is no different than the Drug cartels. Against the will of many. there needs to be a reckoning day for these criminals.

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