Keeping it Real

There are certain things that will provoke anyone to write, and this is one of them. When you read this, I should caution that is a real quote from a real Team Obama representative, and not something from the Onion or other satirical content. "We're killing a lot of them, and we're going to keep killing more of them. ... But we cannot win this war by killing them," department spokeswoman Marie Harf said on MSNBC's "Hardball." "We need ... to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups, whether it's lack of opportunity for jobs, whether --"   That's correct readers, give them jobs, and the beheadings will cease! Could YOU say that with a straight face?

To illustrate the stupidity, let's play multiple choice. From CNN : " Despite airstrikes and international outrage against ISIS militants, the terror group is overrunning Iraqi forces and slowly marching on" Chose which of the following BEST stops the ISIS militants: A> airstrikes and international outrage B> airstrikes and media disapproval C> airstrikes and BS from politicians D> airstrikes and direct contact from Task Force @ss-Kicker

As the saying goes, "There is no helping stupid!". This is not about lacking intelligence, but rather about breathtakingly foolish arrogance in action. For most of human history it has been accepted that there are bad people, and if you know said people are dominant in a particular area, you don't go there. It is the kind of thing you teach your children; first by rote, and then later the reasoning behind why they were taught that simple lesson. We now have the media up in arms because said 'bad people' have beheaded one of their own. They are "shocked, appalled, horrified,etc". Really?  It's not like folks of this ilk haven't been demonstrating for a while just how retro they are when it comes to execution. No lethal injection or firing squad for these killers, they kick it old school. It is grieving to the soul to see a human executed to further a political/religious cause, but it is not new or different. It is arrogant to go cover events i...

You have to dig a bit in these stories , but the quote from one of the store owners tells you everything you need to know about the underlying assumption. "There's no police," he said. "We trusted the police to keep it peaceful; they didn't do their job." Therein lies the heart of stupid. Note that the store owner is saying this "with a large black gun resting on his shoulder". Damn straight. Cops fill out reports, and call the coroner to haul bodies away. It is obviously a bad idea to expect them to stop a crime in progress. Better to prevent the crime attempt in the first place. Had a weekend coffee meeting with LB this morning, so choose this for my message of the day, and was bemused that some folks glanced at it, but didn't make any comments. I don't really want to meet strangers, but I do enjoy irritating spineless lefties. If one of them is foolish enough to open a tête-à-tête, I always have a bit of time to hammer on stupid. I...

This was such a stunning display of idiocy, I decided that I should make this a regular feature upon which I can hold forth in short bursts for my own entertainment. "Can the US stop ISIS using airstrikes?" -CNN Short Answer - HELL NO! A better question, after spending far too much blood and treasure without ever committing to a viable plan for truly transforming the region (whether we should have ever tired is moot at this point) is "Why bother?" Since we have no stomach as a nation for what it would take to actually transform the region, we should extract key equipment where we can, demolish the rest, and extract totally. The only viable use of airpower in that context is to shield our forces and deny the enemy movement until we are clear. The empire is dissolving as we speak, and our troops are better home. If the Airdales were honest, they have been under-utilized in the killing and destruction department (Direct Attack) since we "wrapped...