Archive for the ‘National Security’ Category
A Way To Fix the Immigation System (that no one will ever do.)
In the 1996 movie “Phenomenon”, John Travolta’s character couldn’t figure out for the life of him how a wild rabbit kept finding its way into his garden despite building a fence around it. Suspecting the rabbit was burrowing beneath the fence, he kept burying it deeper & deeper only to discover each morning that his plants were […]
November 24, 2014
Posted in: Crime, General, Immigration Reform, National Security, Racism, Seems Obvious to Me
No Arming Syrian Rebels. Have we learned *nothing* from Iraq?
Two famous proverbs haunted me all last week: “Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.” – Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman (1729-1797) “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over & over, and expecting a different result each time.” – Author Rita Mae Brown (1983) as quoted by […]
September 22, 2014
Posted in: Middle East, National Security, Seems Obvious to Me, Terrorism, War
Sunni Violence Against Americans Is Not New (2006 video)
This past week was packed wall-to-wall with Neocons and former “Bushies” alike criticizing President Obama for the rise of ISIS/ISIL. Senator McCain is still blaming President Obama for “pulling all of our troops out of Iraq in 2011” without leaving any residual forces behind… a claim that frustrates me to no end. The fact no one in the media ever challenges […]
September 15, 2014
Posted in: fake scandals, Middle East, myth busting, National Security, Politics, Terrorism, War
Republicans think “the world changed” on September 11th. No it didn’t. 17 months later it did.
The world did not change on September 11th. Maybe for Republicans it did, but for the rest of us, we were just as concerned about terrorism on September 10th as we were on September 11th. Just because Republicans were suddenly & violently awakened as to just how serious a threat “terrorism” was on “9/11” doesn’t mean […]
September 10, 2014
Posted in: General, Middle East, National Security, Politics, Terrorism, War
This Is Why We Said No to Invading Iraq in 2003. Those who pushed for war, please shut up.
Last June, The Rachel Maddow Show commented on the number of former Bush Administration figures that were suddenly being booked on the Sunday Political Talkshows to pontificate on the rise of ISIS, the Sunni-based terrorist organization: Attention Media: Stop booking Yahoos to advise on Iraq! (4:52) [flv:http://mugsysrapsheet.com/4blog/video/trms-stop_booking_yahoos_on_iraq-140620.flv http://mugsysrapsheet.com/4blog/video/trms-stop_booking_yahoos_on_iraq-140620.jpg 512 288] Yesterday on ABC’s ThisWeek, Bill […]
August 25, 2014
Posted in: Middle East, National Security, Politics, rewriting history, Terrorism, War
Is ISIS Really a Threat to the U.S.? The argument(s) for staying out of Iraq’s Civil War.
By now, you’ve already heard the “catastrophic”, “world-is-coming-to-an-end” news that a terrorist group “too extreme for alQaeda” (“too extreme” for a group that dive-bombed hijacked planes into buildings? Doubtful.) is slowly taking over Iraq, with Iraqi soldiers so afraid, they’re “stripping off their uniforms and running for their lives”. And… of course… a conga-line of Republicans taking to […]
June 16, 2014
Posted in: Middle East, myth busting, National Security, Terrorism, War
Right Suddenly Outraged By A “Deserter” After Electing One President
First off, let’s get a few facts straight. I am NOT defending Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, nor am I excusing him going AWOL (and let’s be clear, he’s NOT a “deserter”, you’re only AWOL the first 30 days, and he was captured long before then.) Second, it seems that the GOP would now have us put every American POW on trial […]
June 9, 2014
Posted in: National Security, Partisanship, Politics, Rants, Right-Wing Insanity, Scandals, Terrorism, War
About Those “Terrorists” We Exchanged…
Yesterday (June 1st), President Obama agreed to release five Taliban fighters in exchange for one American soldier, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who had been held prisoner for over five years. The tiny nation of Qatar was used as an intermediary to avoid direct contact/negotiations between Washington and The Taliban. Qatar also agreed to hold the five men […]
June 2, 2014
Posted in: Middle East, myth busting, National Security, rewriting history
Putin Response to Snowden on Domestic Spying Sounds Awfully Familiar
(Just a quick observation as I type this up Easter Evening.) Pseudo-patriot Edward Snowden made an appearance on Russian TV last Thursday and given the opportunity to ask President Putin what I’m certain he believed was an uncomfortable question about domestic spying. He flopped, of course. But all I could think about was how Putin’s response […]
April 21, 2014
Posted in: National Security, Politics, Rants, Right-wing Facism, Seems Obvious to Me, Unconstitutional
Ukraine in Chaos. Could Syria Become a Proxy War?
Ukraine exploded in violence last week. At the same time, a chemical gas attack against rebels may or may not have been committed by Syria (we must consider the possibility that some psychotic and/or desperate rebel faction/individual released a homemade chemical weapon against their own people in order to draw the U.S. into the Syrian conflict (now […]
April 14, 2014
Posted in: Middle East, National Security, Predictions, Right-Wing Insanity, War
These people are dangerous, and they’re costing lives
As I predicted last Monday, this was a bad week. Mom passed away Friday morning as I sat at her hospital bedside, holding her hand for 61 minutes after they switched off the ventilator and I slowly watched my mother’s heart rate fall to zero. It was agonizing, and a trauma I hope none of my readers ever have to […]
April 7, 2014
Posted in: fake scandals, Middle East, myth busting, National Security, Politics, Scandals, Terrorism
Guest Op/Ed – Ukraine Crisis: Lessons Obama Should Learn
Recent events in Crimea carry political consequences in the United States, calling the Obama administration to action in response to Vladimir Putin’s show of strength in the region. Already fettered by friction due to Edward Snowden being granted asylum by Russia last year, and noted diplomatic discord between Obama and Putin since they have shared […]
March 17, 2014
Posted in: fake scandals, Guest Blogger, National Security, Politics, rewriting history, War
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