As I watch people storm U.S. embassies in the Mid-east, one has to conclude at this point once and for all, the whole "occupiers" argument is bunk. Even if you throw "Israel to the sea" I reckon, they'd find something else to mob against.
I always leaned this way to begin with, but holy moly, it's nuts. If the combination of The Savior-Enabler in power, the arrival of the "Arab Spring" (now passing on to fall), withdrawal of American troops in Iraq and continued financial aid, can't calm the region down, what will?
With 1001 tales of mythology already part of their heritage and the obsession over fabricated books like The Protocols as well as the fricken Crusades (much like lefties here), long memories (hello Quebec) make it hard to look forward and progress.
If the Arabs (and that nuthead in Iran) had even a teaspoon of pragmatism, they'd accept the reality of Israel or American power. Instead, they choose to rail incessantly about something they will never overcome. In the process, they kill their own worlds.
Just to get an idea how deluded they are:
"We were surprised to see the big numbers show up, including the soccer Ultra fans," al-Zawahiri tells CNN's David Ariosto, "I just want to say, how would the Americans feel if films insulting leading Christian figures like the pope or historical figures like Abraham Lincoln were produced?"
Seriously, dude? Soccer ultra fans? Ultras are violent troublemakers for the most part in world soccer.
There's only room for one guy at a time in taking people for fools in America and that's the President. How completely and deliberately vapid does someone have to ask such a question? I suggest he pay closer attention to our "culture" before he opens his trap. And even if it were true, Christians wouldn't storm a fricken embassy. We're too busy, you know, working and raising families in peace.
The idea people would lose their minds over an anti-Jesus movie (there is, fyi, plenty of anti-Jesus, religion, Christian art) is so remote, I laugh to the point it can only be spoofed in a comedy sketch.
We would have to imagine it.
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Looks like Obama not only has the economy against him (right, Bush's fault), now foreign policy is turning ugly. Strategy? Right. Bush's fault. I don't want to ask why the price of fennel remains high.
Man, $1.99 for small anis bulbs. Love throwing that into my risotto or when I cook scaloppine.
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Which begs the question. When will the Americans wake up and "drill, baby drill?"
I know they're addicted to low OPEC prices and environmentalists are against it, but at this point, the cost (in terms of money and lives) of not doing and being bogged down in such an irrational mess supercede whatever it would cost Americans to produce its own oil and gas.
There are opposing forces in the US involving oil. It's a part (perhaps a major part) of our political struggles today. We forget that the US was once a major supplier of oil to the world. We may no longer have the reserves needed to sustain our economy. It's a complex issue and problem.
ReplyDeleteTo the other point: there are over 9 million people living in Cairo. Finding several hundred radicals and whipping them up into a frenzy is not all that difficult, I suppose.
I keep reading how North America is self-sustaining when it comes to reserves.
ReplyDeleteHow do you feel about how the administration is handling it?
Not all that comfortable with this administration's energy policy. We have plenty of coal and plenty of uranium but not so much oil. We could exploit the Gulf of Mexico but there's a lot of backlash. And we could certainly work out something with you guys... if this administration wasn't so anti-coal and oil.
ReplyDeleteLet's make a deal!
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