What I think about Iraq and other current events
Thursday, July 29, 2004
The Military Experience of Kerry and Bush
I am having a hard time believing that the people of America are as misinformed as they are about President Bush and Senator Kerry. I don't know if it is that the media is so good at hiding the lack of integrity of these two men or if the general public is ignorant and uninformed.
George Bush joined the National Guard so that he could get out of serving in Vietnam. There is also speculation that he missed large parts of training and was basically AWOL for large portions of his tour of Duty.
John Kerry did serve in Vietnam, but looking at his record and seeing the sheer number of his fellow Swift Boat crew members fight against his campaign brings up many issues. My understanding is that either 2, or all 3 of his Purple Hearts were really not earned. It's hard to know what to believe. I do know that when he came back from Vietnam, he claimed that our soldiers were raping and killing innocent civilians. His statements could be easily compared with the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. How many US soldiers and civilians were mistreated by their captors based on the information, claimed to be false, that John Kerry had spoken about. Considering he was in-country for only 4 months, and that no other crew member has claimed to see the atrocities that he spoke of, makes me wonder whether he was telling the truth or not.
All this brings me to the following questions:
1) How did GWB beat John McCain (a true war hero) in 2000?
2) How did John Kerry beat all the other Democratic hopefuls in the primaries?
3) Why are the American People willing to accept either one of these flawed, arrogant, elite human beings as our leader?
4) Why is it so difficult to get someone of intellingence AND integrity into the Whitehouse?
5) Is the Press really running our country by only telling us the things they want us to hear?
-Mugsy
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George Bush joined the National Guard so that he could get out of serving in Vietnam. There is also speculation that he missed large parts of training and was basically AWOL for large portions of his tour of Duty.
John Kerry did serve in Vietnam, but looking at his record and seeing the sheer number of his fellow Swift Boat crew members fight against his campaign brings up many issues. My understanding is that either 2, or all 3 of his Purple Hearts were really not earned. It's hard to know what to believe. I do know that when he came back from Vietnam, he claimed that our soldiers were raping and killing innocent civilians. His statements could be easily compared with the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. How many US soldiers and civilians were mistreated by their captors based on the information, claimed to be false, that John Kerry had spoken about. Considering he was in-country for only 4 months, and that no other crew member has claimed to see the atrocities that he spoke of, makes me wonder whether he was telling the truth or not.
All this brings me to the following questions:
1) How did GWB beat John McCain (a true war hero) in 2000?
2) How did John Kerry beat all the other Democratic hopefuls in the primaries?
3) Why are the American People willing to accept either one of these flawed, arrogant, elite human beings as our leader?
4) Why is it so difficult to get someone of intellingence AND integrity into the Whitehouse?
5) Is the Press really running our country by only telling us the things they want us to hear?
-Mugsy
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Friday, June 18, 2004
Paul Johnson beheaded in Saudi Arabia
Savages. Pure and simple. Radical Islamists need to be wiped out completely. The time is now.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Iran is massing troops on the Iraqi border
Something strange is going on here. Iran is massing troops on the Iraqi border. They are also working on Nuclear weapons. The IAEA is working on writing something up to censure Iran for their work with weapons grade nuclear material. These guys are a problem. They are taking advantage of the fact that we are busy with Iraq. If we hadn't invaded Iraq, we could have dealt with Iran and N. Korea, and finished the job in Afghanistan.
-Mugsy |
-Mugsy |
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
The New Iraqi Government wants Saddam back to be put on trial
My guess is that he'd be broken out of jail in 24 hours and back in power. Scary thought. Especially considering the number of people who have died to get rid of this guy. Another strange issue is that the Europeans don't believe in the death penalty, so they think he shouldn't be executed. How fucked up is this world? It's OK to kill hundreds of thousands, or possibly millions of people, but not OK to be executed yourself. I wonder if the Europeans felt that Hitler should have been executed? What about the Nuremburg Trials? Are they saying those murderers shouldn't have been hanged? What's the story with the Europeans?
-Mugsy |
-Mugsy |
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Animal abuse around our country
I wonder how many dogs and cats are being abused in our country. I know of two dogs that live in a house near one of my family members that aren't being fed or watered on a regular basis. I go over almost every day and give them dog cookies. Yesterday they wouldn't eat cookies, so I gave them water, and they drank from a bowl and from the hose for 10 minutes straight. They look emaciated and weak. Last night, I called the police. Those animals won't last two more weeks in the 100+ degree heat. I wonder how many poor animals are treated this way. What can be done about it? Why are people so cruel?
-Mugsy |
-Mugsy |
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
The Spanish Didn't Fight during the Al-Sadr uprising, but El Salvador did.....
El Salvadoran peacekeepers cited for heroism in Iraq
By Associated Press
Monday, May 3, 2004
NAJAF, Iraq - One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and the four soldiers still left standing were surrounded and out of ammunition. So Salvadoran Cpl. Samuel Toloza said a prayer, whipped out his switchblade knife and charged the Iraqi gunmen.
In one of the only known instances of hand-to-hand combat in the Iraq conflict, Toloza stabbed several attackers who were swarming around a comrade. The stunned assailants backed away momentarily, just as a relief column came to their rescue.
``We never considered surrender. I was trained to fight until the end,'' said the 25-year-old Toloza, one of 380 El Salvador soldiers whose heroism is being cited just as criticism is leveled against other members of the multinational force in Iraq.
Secretary of State Colin Powell said recently the Central American unit has ``gained a fantastic reputation among the coalition'' and expressed hope that they will stay beyond their scheduled departure.
Phil Kosnett, who heads the Coalition Provisional Authority in this holy Shiite city, says he owes his life to Salvadorans who repelled a well-executed insurgent attack on his three-car convoy in March. He's nominated six of them for the U.S. Army's Bronze Star medal.
``You hear this snotty phrase `coalition of the billing' for some of the smaller contingents,'' says Kosnett, referring to the apparent eagerness of some nations to charge their Iraq operations to Washington. ``The El Sals? No way. These guys are punching way above their weight. They're probably the bravest and most professional troops I've every worked with.''
The Salvadorans are eager to stress their role as peacekeepers rather than warriors, perhaps with an eye to public opinion back home. Masked protesters last week seized the cathedral in the capital of San Salvador, demanding that President-elect Tony Saca pull the troops out of Iraq.
Saca, who takes office June 1, has said he will leave the unit in Iraq until August as planned, despite the early departure of the Spanish troops under which they were serving. The other three Central American contingents - from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Honduras - have already returned home or are scheduled to do so soon.
``We didn't come here to fire a single shot. Our rifles were just part of our equipment and uniforms. But we were prepared to repel an attack,'' says Col. Hugo Omar Orellana Calidonio, a 27-year army veteran who commands the Cuscatlan Battalion.
The troops, El Salvador's first peacekeepers abroad, conducted a wide range of humanitarian missions in Najaf. They provided books, electricity, playground equipment and other supplies to destitute schools and helped farmers with irrigation works and fertilizer supplies.
``Our country came out of a similar situation as in Iraq 12 years ago, so people in El Salvador can understand what is happening here,'' said Calidonio, referring to a civil war between the U.S.-backed government and leftist guerrillas that left some 75,000 dead. The military was held responsible for widespread abuses.
``We came here to help and we were helping. Our relationship with the people was excellent. They were happy with what we were doing,'' Calidonio says.
Then came April 4, when armed followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr seized virtual control of the city and staged attacks on two camps - Baker and Golf - adjacent bases on the fringes of Najaf occupied by the Salvadoran and Spanish units.
When Toloza and 16 other soldiers arrived that morning at a low-walled compound of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps, about 1.2 miles from their camp, they found its 350 occupants had melted away and themselves trapped by al-Sadr's al-Mahdi militia.
Lt. Col. Francisco Flores, the battalion's operations officer, said the surrounded soldiers held their fire for nearly half an hour, fearful of inflicting civilian casualties, even as 10 of their number were wounded by rocket-propelled grenades and bullets from assault rifles and machine guns.
After several hours of combat, the besieged unit ran out of ammunition, having come with only 300 rounds for each of their M-16 rifles. Pvt. Natividad Mendez, Toloza's friend for three years, lay dead, riddled by two bullets probably fired by a sniper. Two more were wounded as the close-quarters fighting intensified.
``I thought, `This is the end.' But at the same time I asked the Lord to protect and save me,'' Toloza recalled.
The wounded were placed on a truck while Toloza and the three other soldiers moved on the ground, trying to make their way back to the base. They were soon confronted with al-Sadr's fighters, about 10 of whom tried to seize one of the soldiers.
``My immediate reaction was that I had to defend my friend, and the only thing I had in my hands was a knife,'' Toloza said.
As reinforcements arrived to save Toloza's unit, the two camps were under attack, with the El Salvadorans and a small U.S. contingent of soldiers and civilian security personnel trying to protect the perimeter and retake an adjoining seven-story hospital captured by the insurgents.
The Spanish didn't fight, and only after a long delay agreed to send out their armored vehicles to help evacuate the wounded. Flores says he cannot question the Spanish decisions that day, but with a slightly sardonic smile adds that they ``could have helped us sooner.''
U.S. troops have now replaced the Spanish. Salvadoran officers, many of whom were trained at military schools in the United States, say they're pleased to be working with the Americans.
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By Associated Press
Monday, May 3, 2004
NAJAF, Iraq - One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and the four soldiers still left standing were surrounded and out of ammunition. So Salvadoran Cpl. Samuel Toloza said a prayer, whipped out his switchblade knife and charged the Iraqi gunmen.
In one of the only known instances of hand-to-hand combat in the Iraq conflict, Toloza stabbed several attackers who were swarming around a comrade. The stunned assailants backed away momentarily, just as a relief column came to their rescue.
``We never considered surrender. I was trained to fight until the end,'' said the 25-year-old Toloza, one of 380 El Salvador soldiers whose heroism is being cited just as criticism is leveled against other members of the multinational force in Iraq.
Secretary of State Colin Powell said recently the Central American unit has ``gained a fantastic reputation among the coalition'' and expressed hope that they will stay beyond their scheduled departure.
Phil Kosnett, who heads the Coalition Provisional Authority in this holy Shiite city, says he owes his life to Salvadorans who repelled a well-executed insurgent attack on his three-car convoy in March. He's nominated six of them for the U.S. Army's Bronze Star medal.
``You hear this snotty phrase `coalition of the billing' for some of the smaller contingents,'' says Kosnett, referring to the apparent eagerness of some nations to charge their Iraq operations to Washington. ``The El Sals? No way. These guys are punching way above their weight. They're probably the bravest and most professional troops I've every worked with.''
The Salvadorans are eager to stress their role as peacekeepers rather than warriors, perhaps with an eye to public opinion back home. Masked protesters last week seized the cathedral in the capital of San Salvador, demanding that President-elect Tony Saca pull the troops out of Iraq.
Saca, who takes office June 1, has said he will leave the unit in Iraq until August as planned, despite the early departure of the Spanish troops under which they were serving. The other three Central American contingents - from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Honduras - have already returned home or are scheduled to do so soon.
``We didn't come here to fire a single shot. Our rifles were just part of our equipment and uniforms. But we were prepared to repel an attack,'' says Col. Hugo Omar Orellana Calidonio, a 27-year army veteran who commands the Cuscatlan Battalion.
The troops, El Salvador's first peacekeepers abroad, conducted a wide range of humanitarian missions in Najaf. They provided books, electricity, playground equipment and other supplies to destitute schools and helped farmers with irrigation works and fertilizer supplies.
``Our country came out of a similar situation as in Iraq 12 years ago, so people in El Salvador can understand what is happening here,'' said Calidonio, referring to a civil war between the U.S.-backed government and leftist guerrillas that left some 75,000 dead. The military was held responsible for widespread abuses.
``We came here to help and we were helping. Our relationship with the people was excellent. They were happy with what we were doing,'' Calidonio says.
Then came April 4, when armed followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr seized virtual control of the city and staged attacks on two camps - Baker and Golf - adjacent bases on the fringes of Najaf occupied by the Salvadoran and Spanish units.
When Toloza and 16 other soldiers arrived that morning at a low-walled compound of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps, about 1.2 miles from their camp, they found its 350 occupants had melted away and themselves trapped by al-Sadr's al-Mahdi militia.
Lt. Col. Francisco Flores, the battalion's operations officer, said the surrounded soldiers held their fire for nearly half an hour, fearful of inflicting civilian casualties, even as 10 of their number were wounded by rocket-propelled grenades and bullets from assault rifles and machine guns.
After several hours of combat, the besieged unit ran out of ammunition, having come with only 300 rounds for each of their M-16 rifles. Pvt. Natividad Mendez, Toloza's friend for three years, lay dead, riddled by two bullets probably fired by a sniper. Two more were wounded as the close-quarters fighting intensified.
``I thought, `This is the end.' But at the same time I asked the Lord to protect and save me,'' Toloza recalled.
The wounded were placed on a truck while Toloza and the three other soldiers moved on the ground, trying to make their way back to the base. They were soon confronted with al-Sadr's fighters, about 10 of whom tried to seize one of the soldiers.
``My immediate reaction was that I had to defend my friend, and the only thing I had in my hands was a knife,'' Toloza said.
As reinforcements arrived to save Toloza's unit, the two camps were under attack, with the El Salvadorans and a small U.S. contingent of soldiers and civilian security personnel trying to protect the perimeter and retake an adjoining seven-story hospital captured by the insurgents.
The Spanish didn't fight, and only after a long delay agreed to send out their armored vehicles to help evacuate the wounded. Flores says he cannot question the Spanish decisions that day, but with a slightly sardonic smile adds that they ``could have helped us sooner.''
U.S. troops have now replaced the Spanish. Salvadoran officers, many of whom were trained at military schools in the United States, say they're pleased to be working with the Americans.
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After reading this article, do you still think that Iraq was more of a clear and present danger than N. Korea??????
N. Korea puts long-range missile on the market
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
LONDON – North Korea has begun offering its Taepo Dong-2 long-range missile for sale to several nations in the Middle East.
Western intelligence sources said the most likely client to purchase the Taepong-2 is Iran. The sources said Teheran has been negotiating with Pyongyang for the purchase of the Taepo Dong-2 for Iran's first intercontinental ballistic missile as well as a space launcher.
On Tuesday, the South Korean daily Chosun Ilbo reported that North Korea was constructing two underground bases for the Taepo Dong-2. Quoting a South Korean intelligence official, the newspaper said Pyongyang has completed 80 percent of the work on the bases in a development that signaled the imminent deployment of the Taepo Dong-2.
The main source of North Korea's hard currency has been missile sales, primarily to the Middle East. Pyongyang's leading clients have been identified as Egypt, Iran, Libya, Pakistan, Syria and Yemen, Middle East Newsline reported.
The Taepo Dong-2 is estimated to have a range of more than 4,000 kilometers. U.S. officials said the missile's range could be extended to 6,500 kilometers, which would enable any Taepo Dong-2 fired by North Korea to land in the United States.
"Iran wants an ICBM and China and North Korea are already helping in the development of engines," a senior intelligence source said. "North Korea could eventually reach a deal to sell the Taepo Dong-2 to Iran."
The sources said that in 2003 North Korea discussed the Taepo Dong-2 with Libya and Syria. But they said neither country pursued the issue.
The sources said Iran was also considering the Taepo Dong-2 as the basis for Iran's Shihab-5 missile program. The Shihab-5 was meant to have a range of 5,500 kilometers. The sources said Iran has been completing development of an extended-range Shihab-3 missile, also termed Shihab-4, with a range of about 2,000 kilometers.
"U.S. intelligence satellites have spotted about 10 new ballistic missiles and mobile launching pads kept at the two places," the South Korean intelligence official was quoted as saying.
The intelligence sources said North Korea was developing a long-range Taepo Dong with a range of 6,000 kilometers. In 1998, North Korea launched the Taepo Dong-1 missile with an estimated range of more than 2,000 kilometers.
The Western intelligence sources said the United States has tried to stop North Korean missile and weapons of mass destruction exports through the Proliferation Security Initiative. But the sources said the multi-national PSI has not affected North Korean air transports of missiles to Middle East clients.
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SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
LONDON – North Korea has begun offering its Taepo Dong-2 long-range missile for sale to several nations in the Middle East.
Western intelligence sources said the most likely client to purchase the Taepong-2 is Iran. The sources said Teheran has been negotiating with Pyongyang for the purchase of the Taepo Dong-2 for Iran's first intercontinental ballistic missile as well as a space launcher.
On Tuesday, the South Korean daily Chosun Ilbo reported that North Korea was constructing two underground bases for the Taepo Dong-2. Quoting a South Korean intelligence official, the newspaper said Pyongyang has completed 80 percent of the work on the bases in a development that signaled the imminent deployment of the Taepo Dong-2.
The main source of North Korea's hard currency has been missile sales, primarily to the Middle East. Pyongyang's leading clients have been identified as Egypt, Iran, Libya, Pakistan, Syria and Yemen, Middle East Newsline reported.
The Taepo Dong-2 is estimated to have a range of more than 4,000 kilometers. U.S. officials said the missile's range could be extended to 6,500 kilometers, which would enable any Taepo Dong-2 fired by North Korea to land in the United States.
"Iran wants an ICBM and China and North Korea are already helping in the development of engines," a senior intelligence source said. "North Korea could eventually reach a deal to sell the Taepo Dong-2 to Iran."
The sources said that in 2003 North Korea discussed the Taepo Dong-2 with Libya and Syria. But they said neither country pursued the issue.
The sources said Iran was also considering the Taepo Dong-2 as the basis for Iran's Shihab-5 missile program. The Shihab-5 was meant to have a range of 5,500 kilometers. The sources said Iran has been completing development of an extended-range Shihab-3 missile, also termed Shihab-4, with a range of about 2,000 kilometers.
"U.S. intelligence satellites have spotted about 10 new ballistic missiles and mobile launching pads kept at the two places," the South Korean intelligence official was quoted as saying.
The intelligence sources said North Korea was developing a long-range Taepo Dong with a range of 6,000 kilometers. In 1998, North Korea launched the Taepo Dong-1 missile with an estimated range of more than 2,000 kilometers.
The Western intelligence sources said the United States has tried to stop North Korean missile and weapons of mass destruction exports through the Proliferation Security Initiative. But the sources said the multi-national PSI has not affected North Korean air transports of missiles to Middle East clients.
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Why I won't vote for George W. Bush......
1) Too much religion has been brought into government
2) The deficit is out of control and if not fixed soon, we will be like the fall of the Roman Empire.
3) I fucking hate John Ashcroft. How can this guy get away with having a prayer meeting, with his employees, every morning in his office at the Justice Department? Ever heard of separation of church and state?
4) Afghanistan was necessary, but we don't have enough troops there to protect them and successfully complete the mission
5) Iraq was unneccessary and our men and women are being killed for no good reason except that Saddam tried to kill GWB's Daddy. Who doesn't have weapons of mass destruction at this point? Again, as in Afghanistan, we don't have enough troops to successfully complete the mission and to keep our soldiers as safe as possible.
6) While we are wasting time in Iraq, Iran, Syria and North Korea are getting out of control.
7) We had real sympathy from all civilized countries after 9/11. Bush has managed to lose that by going into Iraq and snubbing his nose at the League of Nations, er, I mean, the United Nations (what's the difference at this point) |
2) The deficit is out of control and if not fixed soon, we will be like the fall of the Roman Empire.
3) I fucking hate John Ashcroft. How can this guy get away with having a prayer meeting, with his employees, every morning in his office at the Justice Department? Ever heard of separation of church and state?
4) Afghanistan was necessary, but we don't have enough troops there to protect them and successfully complete the mission
5) Iraq was unneccessary and our men and women are being killed for no good reason except that Saddam tried to kill GWB's Daddy. Who doesn't have weapons of mass destruction at this point? Again, as in Afghanistan, we don't have enough troops to successfully complete the mission and to keep our soldiers as safe as possible.
6) While we are wasting time in Iraq, Iran, Syria and North Korea are getting out of control.
7) We had real sympathy from all civilized countries after 9/11. Bush has managed to lose that by going into Iraq and snubbing his nose at the League of Nations, er, I mean, the United Nations (what's the difference at this point) |
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Colin Powell Wants out......
Powell Wants Out
I don't blame him. I wish we had other choices than Bush, Kerry and Nader. How about a Powell/McCain ticket? Now that ticket I'd vote for! |
I don't blame him. I wish we had other choices than Bush, Kerry and Nader. How about a Powell/McCain ticket? Now that ticket I'd vote for! |
Saturday, May 01, 2004
A friend of mine sent this to me today. I thought it was worth posting.......
You probably missed it in the rush of news last week, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American.
So an Australian dentist wrote the following to let everyone know what an American is, so they would know when they found one. (Good on ya, mate!!!!)
An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani, or Afghan. An American may also be a Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as
native Americans.
An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses. An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.
An American is from the most prosperous land in the history of the world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God given right of each person the pursuit of happiness.
An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need. When Afghanistan was overrun by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country.!
As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan.
Americans welcome the best, the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best athletes. But they also welcome the least. The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty, welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America. Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001 earning a better life for their families. I've been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 other countries, cultures, andfirst languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.
So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and every odthirsty tyrant in the history of the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself.
Because Americans are not a particular people f rom a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.
Author unknown ..........Pass this around the World.
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So an Australian dentist wrote the following to let everyone know what an American is, so they would know when they found one. (Good on ya, mate!!!!)
An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani, or Afghan. An American may also be a Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as
native Americans.
An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses. An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.
An American is from the most prosperous land in the history of the world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God given right of each person the pursuit of happiness.
An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need. When Afghanistan was overrun by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country.!
As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan.
Americans welcome the best, the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best athletes. But they also welcome the least. The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty, welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America. Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001 earning a better life for their families. I've been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 other countries, cultures, andfirst languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.
So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and every odthirsty tyrant in the history of the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself.
Because Americans are not a particular people f rom a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.
Author unknown ..........Pass this around the World.
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Thursday, April 29, 2004
I sent an e-mail to Rene Gonzalez, the graduate student that wrote the article on Pat Tillman
If you'd like to send an e-mail to Rene Gonzalez, his e-mail is: rene@student.umass.edu
Here's what I sent him verbatim:
Mr. Gonzalez,
I have just completed reading an article on cnnsi.com regarding your column on Pat Tillman. I must say that considering you are a Doctorate student in Political Science, you are a deep disappointment. This man gave up the life of celebrity and ease to sleep in the mud, risk his life, and pay the ultimate price for our country. It shames me to know that there are people in our country who are as ignorant as you, sir.
I recommend you get your head on straight and think very hard about what this fine man, and all the other fine men and women who were wounded or killed in defense of our country have done. Let me make one more thing clear to you. I am not a right wing conservative. I am a level headed ordinary American. I did not think that invading Iraq was a wise decision. It's fine that you have contempt for our government, but it is disgraceful and insulting that you can't think clearly enough to save that contempt for the people that are deserving of it. Pat Tillman is deserving of nothing short of our country's gratitude and respect. He should be honored as a brave man, as all our military should for defending our country in a time of need.
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Here's what I sent him verbatim:
Mr. Gonzalez,
I have just completed reading an article on cnnsi.com regarding your column on Pat Tillman. I must say that considering you are a Doctorate student in Political Science, you are a deep disappointment. This man gave up the life of celebrity and ease to sleep in the mud, risk his life, and pay the ultimate price for our country. It shames me to know that there are people in our country who are as ignorant as you, sir.
I recommend you get your head on straight and think very hard about what this fine man, and all the other fine men and women who were wounded or killed in defense of our country have done. Let me make one more thing clear to you. I am not a right wing conservative. I am a level headed ordinary American. I did not think that invading Iraq was a wise decision. It's fine that you have contempt for our government, but it is disgraceful and insulting that you can't think clearly enough to save that contempt for the people that are deserving of it. Pat Tillman is deserving of nothing short of our country's gratitude and respect. He should be honored as a brave man, as all our military should for defending our country in a time of need.
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What an absolute disgrace. This editor of the UMass newspaper makes me sick to my stomache......
Pat Tillman was brave and righteous in life and now in death. He is truly a hero in my eyes. This graduate student, Rene Gonzalez from the University of Massachusetts, needs to be taken out to the woodshed and taught a valuable lesson about freedom. This man has no clue to what life is all about. He's a shithead and I'd like to see him face the family and friends of Pat Tillman as well as the majority of Americans that honor and appreciate what he's done for our country. I personally would like to kick his ass.
A disgraceful graduate student from UMass trashes Pat Tillman |
A disgraceful graduate student from UMass trashes Pat Tillman |
This is a very touching story about the journey home of a fallen Marine.........
Thanks to my friend Randy for making me aware of this heartfelt story. I have to admit, it got me pretty choked up.
Read on - PFC Chance Phelps' journey home |
Read on - PFC Chance Phelps' journey home |
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Another troubling story about lack of armored protection.......
Lack of Armor is accounting for more troops being wounded or killed
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Spain has pulled all Combat troops from Iraq........
Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero from Spain has told his Parliament that all Spanish "peacekeeping" troops are now out of Iraq. So, if you are unable to keep the peace, you should withdraw? Nice message to send to all the terrorists out there that Spain has no resolve.
Honduras and the Dominican Republic are next. I sure hope they don't need any help in the very near future.
-Mugsy |
Honduras and the Dominican Republic are next. I sure hope they don't need any help in the very near future.
-Mugsy |
Why I won't vote for John F. Kerry............
I've been following the issues of the Kerry campaign for a while now. I'm originally from Massachusetts, so I've known a bit about him for some time. There are two things that this man has done that force me to not consider him for President.
1) He wrote a book in 1971 called "The New Soldier" which was against the Vietnam War. The cover of the book has an American flag upside down and is mocking the fine Marines who raised our flag on Iwo Jima during WWII.
2) Kerry helped organize a rally where Vietnam veterans, including himself, threw their war medals over the whitehouse gate onto the lawn. Mysteriously, his war medals hang in his Senate office in Washington today. In a 1971 interview that I heard on the radio yesterday, he claimed to have thrown all the medals that belonged to him, between 5 and 9 (how do you not know how many medals you've earned?) over the WH gate. Now, he is claiming to have only thrown his ribbons, not the medals themselves. He also states that he threw over two medals of other vets who had asked him to. One was supposedly a Vietnam vet and one was a WWII vet. Any way you cook this guy up, he's a liar. I'm looking for a man of integrity in the Whitehouse. I don't believe anyone could claim that John F Kerry is a man of integrity.
Yes, everyone knows that he flip flops on the issues. What troubles me most is that he doesn't tell the truth and gets nasty when he's caught in a lie. I won't vote for him.
Oh yeah, one more interesting thing. The New Soldier is not available anywhere for purchase. I've seen one copy on Ebay for sale for $700. That's a pretty good deal considering in 1971 the book cost $3.95. I'd like to ask Senator Kerry why I can't buy his book. Is there something in that book that he's trying to hide (besides the disrespectful cover?)
-Mugsy |
1) He wrote a book in 1971 called "The New Soldier" which was against the Vietnam War. The cover of the book has an American flag upside down and is mocking the fine Marines who raised our flag on Iwo Jima during WWII.
2) Kerry helped organize a rally where Vietnam veterans, including himself, threw their war medals over the whitehouse gate onto the lawn. Mysteriously, his war medals hang in his Senate office in Washington today. In a 1971 interview that I heard on the radio yesterday, he claimed to have thrown all the medals that belonged to him, between 5 and 9 (how do you not know how many medals you've earned?) over the WH gate. Now, he is claiming to have only thrown his ribbons, not the medals themselves. He also states that he threw over two medals of other vets who had asked him to. One was supposedly a Vietnam vet and one was a WWII vet. Any way you cook this guy up, he's a liar. I'm looking for a man of integrity in the Whitehouse. I don't believe anyone could claim that John F Kerry is a man of integrity.
Yes, everyone knows that he flip flops on the issues. What troubles me most is that he doesn't tell the truth and gets nasty when he's caught in a lie. I won't vote for him.
Oh yeah, one more interesting thing. The New Soldier is not available anywhere for purchase. I've seen one copy on Ebay for sale for $700. That's a pretty good deal considering in 1971 the book cost $3.95. I'd like to ask Senator Kerry why I can't buy his book. Is there something in that book that he's trying to hide (besides the disrespectful cover?)
-Mugsy |
Friday, April 23, 2004
Former Arizona Cardinal Football player Pat Tillman killed in Afghanistan....
Pat Tillman killed in Afghanistan firefight
Very depressing news. It makes me think that more bad things are going on in Afghanistan than we know about if the one famous guy that's there is killed in a firefight. I haven't heard of any US Military firefights in Afghanistan for weeks if not months.
I think we are being kept out in the cold. It's time for the Bush Administration and the Pentagon to stop holding back the truth and give honest assessments of what is actually going on in Afghanistan and Iraq. The American people can handle whatever the Pentagon has to tell them as long as it's the truth.
-Mugsy |
Very depressing news. It makes me think that more bad things are going on in Afghanistan than we know about if the one famous guy that's there is killed in a firefight. I haven't heard of any US Military firefights in Afghanistan for weeks if not months.
I think we are being kept out in the cold. It's time for the Bush Administration and the Pentagon to stop holding back the truth and give honest assessments of what is actually going on in Afghanistan and Iraq. The American people can handle whatever the Pentagon has to tell them as long as it's the truth.
-Mugsy |
Thursday, April 22, 2004
An article from the Panama City New Herald Executive Director.......
Up Against Fanaticism
By Phil Lucas, Executive Editor, Panama City New Herald
If straight talk of savagery offends you, if you believe in ethnic and gender diversity but not diversity of thought, or if you think there is an acceptable gray area between good and evil, then turn to the funny pages, and take the children, too. This piece is not for you.
We published pictures Thursday of burnt American corpses hanging from an Iraqi bridge behind a mob of grinning Muslims. Some readers didn't like it.
Mothers said it frightened their children. A woman who works with Muslim physicians thought it might offend or endanger them.
Well, we sure don't want to frighten, offend or endanger anybody, do we? That's just too much diversity to handle. I mean, somebody might get hurt.
We could fill the newspaper every morning with mobs of fanatical Muslims. They can't get along with their neighbors on much of the
planet: France, Chechnya, Bosnia, Indonesia, Spain, Morocco, India,
Tunisia, Somalia, etc. etc. etc. Can anybody name three ongoing world conflicts in which Muslims are not involved? Today, where there is war, there are fanatical Muslims.
We might quibble about who started what conflicts, but look at the sheer number of them. One thing is sure. Muslim killers started the one we are in now when they slaughtered more that 3,000 people, including fellow Muslims, in New York City.
Madeleine Albright, the former secretary of state and feckless appeaser who helped get us into this mess, said last week Muslims still resent the Crusades. Well, Madam Albright, ifWesterners were not such a forgiving people, we might resent them, too.
Let's recap the Crusades. Muslims invaded Europe, and when they reached sufficient numbers, they imposed their intolerant religion upon Westerners by force. Christian monarchs drove them back and took the battle to their homeland. The fight lasted a couple of centuries, and we bottled them up for 1,000 years.
Now, a millennium later, Muslims have expanded forth again. Ask France. Ask England. Ask Manhattan. Two-and-a-half years ago fanatical Muslims laid siege to us. We woke up to the obvious. Our president announced it would be a very long war, then took the battle to the Islamic homeland. Sound Familiar?
Let's consider the concept of a "long war." Last time it was 200 years, give or take. Anybody catch Lord of the Rings? You know, the good part, the part that wasn't fiction, the part that drew us to the books and movies because it was the truest part: the titanic struggle between good and evil, between freedom and enslavement, between the individual and the state, between the celebration of life and the worshipping of death.
That's the fight we are in, and it never ends. It just has peaks and valleys.
There may be a silent majority of peaceful Muslims - some live here - but that did not save 3,000 people in the World Trade Center, the million gassed and butchered in the Middle East, the tens of thousands slain in Eastern Europe and Asia, the hundreds blown to bits in the West Bank and Spain, or the four Americans shot, burned and hung like sausage over the Euphrates as a fanatical minority of Muslims did the joyful dance of death.
Maybe we are so tolerant, we are so bent on "diversity," we are so nonjudgmental, we are so wrapped up in our six-packs and ballgames that our brains have drained to our bulbous behinds. Maybe we're so addled on Ritalin we wouldn't know which end of a gun to hold. Maybe we need a new drug advertised on TV every three minutes, one that would help us grow a backbone.
It doesn't take a Darwin to figure out that in this world the smartest, the fastest, the strongest, and the most committed always win. No exceptions.
Look at your spouse and children. Look at yourself in the mirror. Then look at the pictures from the paper last Thursday. You better look at them. Those are the people out to kill you.
Who do you think will win? You? Or them? Think you can take your ball and go home and they will leave you alone? Read a little history. Start with last week, last month, last year, and every other year back for half a century. Then go back a thousand years. Nobody hides from this fight.
Like it or not, that's the way it was and that's the way it is.
But many Americans don't get it.
That's why we published those pictures.
If they jarred you off the sofa, if they offended you, if they
scared your children and sent you into a rage at mass murderers or
heartless editors, then I say, it's a start.
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By Phil Lucas, Executive Editor, Panama City New Herald
If straight talk of savagery offends you, if you believe in ethnic and gender diversity but not diversity of thought, or if you think there is an acceptable gray area between good and evil, then turn to the funny pages, and take the children, too. This piece is not for you.
We published pictures Thursday of burnt American corpses hanging from an Iraqi bridge behind a mob of grinning Muslims. Some readers didn't like it.
Mothers said it frightened their children. A woman who works with Muslim physicians thought it might offend or endanger them.
Well, we sure don't want to frighten, offend or endanger anybody, do we? That's just too much diversity to handle. I mean, somebody might get hurt.
We could fill the newspaper every morning with mobs of fanatical Muslims. They can't get along with their neighbors on much of the
planet: France, Chechnya, Bosnia, Indonesia, Spain, Morocco, India,
Tunisia, Somalia, etc. etc. etc. Can anybody name three ongoing world conflicts in which Muslims are not involved? Today, where there is war, there are fanatical Muslims.
We might quibble about who started what conflicts, but look at the sheer number of them. One thing is sure. Muslim killers started the one we are in now when they slaughtered more that 3,000 people, including fellow Muslims, in New York City.
Madeleine Albright, the former secretary of state and feckless appeaser who helped get us into this mess, said last week Muslims still resent the Crusades. Well, Madam Albright, ifWesterners were not such a forgiving people, we might resent them, too.
Let's recap the Crusades. Muslims invaded Europe, and when they reached sufficient numbers, they imposed their intolerant religion upon Westerners by force. Christian monarchs drove them back and took the battle to their homeland. The fight lasted a couple of centuries, and we bottled them up for 1,000 years.
Now, a millennium later, Muslims have expanded forth again. Ask France. Ask England. Ask Manhattan. Two-and-a-half years ago fanatical Muslims laid siege to us. We woke up to the obvious. Our president announced it would be a very long war, then took the battle to the Islamic homeland. Sound Familiar?
Let's consider the concept of a "long war." Last time it was 200 years, give or take. Anybody catch Lord of the Rings? You know, the good part, the part that wasn't fiction, the part that drew us to the books and movies because it was the truest part: the titanic struggle between good and evil, between freedom and enslavement, between the individual and the state, between the celebration of life and the worshipping of death.
That's the fight we are in, and it never ends. It just has peaks and valleys.
There may be a silent majority of peaceful Muslims - some live here - but that did not save 3,000 people in the World Trade Center, the million gassed and butchered in the Middle East, the tens of thousands slain in Eastern Europe and Asia, the hundreds blown to bits in the West Bank and Spain, or the four Americans shot, burned and hung like sausage over the Euphrates as a fanatical minority of Muslims did the joyful dance of death.
Maybe we are so tolerant, we are so bent on "diversity," we are so nonjudgmental, we are so wrapped up in our six-packs and ballgames that our brains have drained to our bulbous behinds. Maybe we're so addled on Ritalin we wouldn't know which end of a gun to hold. Maybe we need a new drug advertised on TV every three minutes, one that would help us grow a backbone.
It doesn't take a Darwin to figure out that in this world the smartest, the fastest, the strongest, and the most committed always win. No exceptions.
Look at your spouse and children. Look at yourself in the mirror. Then look at the pictures from the paper last Thursday. You better look at them. Those are the people out to kill you.
Who do you think will win? You? Or them? Think you can take your ball and go home and they will leave you alone? Read a little history. Start with last week, last month, last year, and every other year back for half a century. Then go back a thousand years. Nobody hides from this fight.
Like it or not, that's the way it was and that's the way it is.
But many Americans don't get it.
That's why we published those pictures.
If they jarred you off the sofa, if they offended you, if they
scared your children and sent you into a rage at mass murderers or
heartless editors, then I say, it's a start.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Mubarrak says Arabs hate the US more than ever....
Hmmm. The feeling is mutual ;')=)?
Link to Mubarrak article:
Arabs hate US more than ever |
Link to Mubarrak article:
Arabs hate US more than ever |
Monday, April 19, 2004
All Troops from Spain and Honduras leaving Iraq
Well, this may be the beginning of a long list of governments pulling their troops out of Iraq.
The problem that I have with the President of Spain is that he was going to pull his troops out in June if the UN didn't take over. If my calculations are correct, it's not June, is it?
As far as Honduras goes, a few hundred troops doesn't really help the coalition all that much. I'm sorry to see them go, but what can you do.
Do governments think when they send their soldiers to a hostile environment that they won't get shot at? I have to assume that in Honduras' situation, they were pressured by our administration to send troops to be another country in the YES column. I wonder if aid from our country will slow down to Honduras now.
Looks like things in Fallujah and Najaf have quieted down. I wonder what our government is going to do about Al Sadr. After you've said that you are going to arrest or kill him, how can you change that position and let him live freely in Iraq?
-Mugsy |
The problem that I have with the President of Spain is that he was going to pull his troops out in June if the UN didn't take over. If my calculations are correct, it's not June, is it?
As far as Honduras goes, a few hundred troops doesn't really help the coalition all that much. I'm sorry to see them go, but what can you do.
Do governments think when they send their soldiers to a hostile environment that they won't get shot at? I have to assume that in Honduras' situation, they were pressured by our administration to send troops to be another country in the YES column. I wonder if aid from our country will slow down to Honduras now.
Looks like things in Fallujah and Najaf have quieted down. I wonder what our government is going to do about Al Sadr. After you've said that you are going to arrest or kill him, how can you change that position and let him live freely in Iraq?
-Mugsy |
Sunday, April 18, 2004
Why Michael Moore is a disgrace...
From one of his postings:
The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not "insurgents" or "terrorists" or "The Enemy." They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow -- and they will win.
Michael Moore is truly a shithead. If he doesn't like it here, he's free to leave. I'll help him pack his bags. I'm not for the war either, but this guy is disgraceful. Minutemen???? He makes me sick. Sounds like he's happy when an Iraqi kills an American Soldier.
The beauty of being an American is the freedom to say what you like. Michael Moore has the right to voice his opinion, just as I have my right to say that I think he's a shithead.
-Mugsy |
The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not "insurgents" or "terrorists" or "The Enemy." They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow -- and they will win.
Michael Moore is truly a shithead. If he doesn't like it here, he's free to leave. I'll help him pack his bags. I'm not for the war either, but this guy is disgraceful. Minutemen???? He makes me sick. Sounds like he's happy when an Iraqi kills an American Soldier.
The beauty of being an American is the freedom to say what you like. Michael Moore has the right to voice his opinion, just as I have my right to say that I think he's a shithead.
-Mugsy |
Spain is pulling their troops out ASAP
Well, the new man in charge in Spain is pulling his troops out (1,300 troops, or #7 in troop strength according to my earlier post.) One less ally in the war on terror. It's amazing to me that the Spaniards would cut and run. When we are attacked on our native soil, we get mad and demand justice and payback. The Spaniards get scared, shit their pants, elect a Socialist government, run like hell and pray that the bad guys will leave them alone now. Good luck to them when more attacks from Islamic Fundamentalists come.
Should we help them WHEN this happens? I'm not so sure. If they turn their back on us, why should we consider them to be friends? I believe that is an inherent problem in Europe. The Europeans appear to be afraid of conflict. Maybe that's why Hitler had the run that he had. Instead of attempting to appease the bad guy, why don't you blow his fucking head off in the beginning. We all know who the bad guys are, they aren't trying to fool anyone.
When the Europeans flee, it makes the bad guys even stronger. If Americans have to solve this problem ourselves, we will, but it will be very unfortunate. Those Europeans that aren't helping should be aware, that when they are overrun by the Islamic Fundamentalists, and according to reports, they are being outbred (another Islamic strategy), they shouldn't come to the US for help. Let's face it, they'll beg for help and we'll help them and they know it.
According to the Brookings Institute:
Today, the Muslim birth rate in Europe is three times higher than the non-Muslim one. If current trends continue, the Muslim population of Europe will nearly double by 2015, while the non-Muslim population will shrink by 3.5 percent.
I don't know about you, but that scares the shit out of me.
Let me add one more thing. That Italian private security guard who was executed the other day.... He was an extremely brave man. A hero in my eyes. When those savages put a cover over his head and had a gun in his face, he attempted to pull that cover off and said, "I'll show you how an Italian dies." Then they killed him. He should be an example to every free man and woman for his bravery and defiance. I would have been proud to have called him my friend. I'll go one step further to say that I have a bit more faith in the human race because of this one man's actions in his last moments of life. I hope he rests in peace.
-Mugsy |
Should we help them WHEN this happens? I'm not so sure. If they turn their back on us, why should we consider them to be friends? I believe that is an inherent problem in Europe. The Europeans appear to be afraid of conflict. Maybe that's why Hitler had the run that he had. Instead of attempting to appease the bad guy, why don't you blow his fucking head off in the beginning. We all know who the bad guys are, they aren't trying to fool anyone.
When the Europeans flee, it makes the bad guys even stronger. If Americans have to solve this problem ourselves, we will, but it will be very unfortunate. Those Europeans that aren't helping should be aware, that when they are overrun by the Islamic Fundamentalists, and according to reports, they are being outbred (another Islamic strategy), they shouldn't come to the US for help. Let's face it, they'll beg for help and we'll help them and they know it.
According to the Brookings Institute:
Today, the Muslim birth rate in Europe is three times higher than the non-Muslim one. If current trends continue, the Muslim population of Europe will nearly double by 2015, while the non-Muslim population will shrink by 3.5 percent.
I don't know about you, but that scares the shit out of me.
Let me add one more thing. That Italian private security guard who was executed the other day.... He was an extremely brave man. A hero in my eyes. When those savages put a cover over his head and had a gun in his face, he attempted to pull that cover off and said, "I'll show you how an Italian dies." Then they killed him. He should be an example to every free man and woman for his bravery and defiance. I would have been proud to have called him my friend. I'll go one step further to say that I have a bit more faith in the human race because of this one man's actions in his last moments of life. I hope he rests in peace.
-Mugsy |
Saturday, April 17, 2004
Hammas Leader (now former leader) Rantisi Dead
Looks like the Israelis are serious about the top Hammas leadership. Second dead Hammas leader in a month. Now, if they could only do this to Arafat, I'd be happy. The IDF is a good example of what we should be doing in Iraq to Al Sadr...
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Friday, April 16, 2004
Oliver North - Back in Iraq
Here's an article written by Oliver North who's back in Iraq.
Oliver North - Back in Iraq |
Oliver North - Back in Iraq |
How to deal with Sadr and the savages in Fallujah...
OK, I'm ready for round 2. Here's what I think about Al Sadr...
First off, I read conflicting reports that Al Sadr is either 23 or 30. Sounds like he's a Cuban baseball player pitching in the big leagues ;')=)?
But seriously, this guy is nothing more than a puppet for Iran. We all know what Iran is all about. If you don't know, here's a refresher for you:
Islamic Fundamentalists stormed the US Embassy in 1979 and kept 52 Americans working at the Embassy hostage for 444 days.
I've read on many blog sites that Iranian and Syrian troops, er, I mean terrorists, are in Iraq fomenting the uprising. Now, what do you do with Syria and Iran? Well, Iran is also building a heavy water nuclear (or nucular if you are GWB) power plant that will be capable of making one nuclear bomb each year. Yeah, that's what I want to see, an Islamic Fundamentalist country with Nuclear weapons. Did I mention that the first rule of Islam is to destroy or convert the infidels?
Sorry, got off topic. Back to Al Sadr. This guy and his family have a history of violence. He is a radical Shiite Cleric. Sadr City, AKA Saddam City is reported to be the ghetto of Baghdad. Now, I thought Baghdad itself was a shithole, so imagine the shithole of all shitholes. Al Sadr is feeding on the poor, uneducated, barbaric, violent Shiite youth. These people only understand violence. Superior firepower is the only way to stop these guys and make them an example for other power hungry, democracy hating barbarians. These guys don't care about being free, it's nothing more than bullshit to them. I do feel badly for the innocent people in Fallujah, if there are any, that are being used as human shields by the Al Mahdi terrorists.
Now about Fallujah. I've been reading that the enemy in Fallujah consists of Sunni Militias, Fedayeen, Al Qaeda, former prisoners from Saddam's reign, and former Iraqi soldiers (Special Republican Guard, Republican Guard...). I think this is the perfect opportunity to get rid of a large group of undesirable types in one place. When will we have the chance again to wipe out such a large concentration of bad guys? To me, it's not that bad of an idea to have the radicals go to Iraq rather than the US. If our troops are ready for them, and I believe they are, we can really kick the crap out of Violent Islamic Fundamentalism and Al Qaeda (one in the same?) concurrently. I really hate to see our guys wounded and killed and I still think going into Iraq was the wrong move, but now that we are there, if we leave, all those cockroaches will come out of the woodwork and use Iraq to plan attacks on the US. I wish we had a big can of RAID that we could spray on the entire area, that would fix them good.
As far as Syria goes, same problem. Brutal savages that need to be put down.
Why is it that the Mesopotamian Valley was where the first signs of civilization developed and those people haven't advanced since then?
Wanna know more about the ancient Mesopotamian Valley? Take a look here:
Ancient Mesopotamia
or here:
Mesopotamian History
Lots of conflict in their past....lots of conflict in their present...lots of conflict in their future?
-Mugsy |
First off, I read conflicting reports that Al Sadr is either 23 or 30. Sounds like he's a Cuban baseball player pitching in the big leagues ;')=)?
But seriously, this guy is nothing more than a puppet for Iran. We all know what Iran is all about. If you don't know, here's a refresher for you:
Islamic Fundamentalists stormed the US Embassy in 1979 and kept 52 Americans working at the Embassy hostage for 444 days.
I've read on many blog sites that Iranian and Syrian troops, er, I mean terrorists, are in Iraq fomenting the uprising. Now, what do you do with Syria and Iran? Well, Iran is also building a heavy water nuclear (or nucular if you are GWB) power plant that will be capable of making one nuclear bomb each year. Yeah, that's what I want to see, an Islamic Fundamentalist country with Nuclear weapons. Did I mention that the first rule of Islam is to destroy or convert the infidels?
Sorry, got off topic. Back to Al Sadr. This guy and his family have a history of violence. He is a radical Shiite Cleric. Sadr City, AKA Saddam City is reported to be the ghetto of Baghdad. Now, I thought Baghdad itself was a shithole, so imagine the shithole of all shitholes. Al Sadr is feeding on the poor, uneducated, barbaric, violent Shiite youth. These people only understand violence. Superior firepower is the only way to stop these guys and make them an example for other power hungry, democracy hating barbarians. These guys don't care about being free, it's nothing more than bullshit to them. I do feel badly for the innocent people in Fallujah, if there are any, that are being used as human shields by the Al Mahdi terrorists.
Now about Fallujah. I've been reading that the enemy in Fallujah consists of Sunni Militias, Fedayeen, Al Qaeda, former prisoners from Saddam's reign, and former Iraqi soldiers (Special Republican Guard, Republican Guard...). I think this is the perfect opportunity to get rid of a large group of undesirable types in one place. When will we have the chance again to wipe out such a large concentration of bad guys? To me, it's not that bad of an idea to have the radicals go to Iraq rather than the US. If our troops are ready for them, and I believe they are, we can really kick the crap out of Violent Islamic Fundamentalism and Al Qaeda (one in the same?) concurrently. I really hate to see our guys wounded and killed and I still think going into Iraq was the wrong move, but now that we are there, if we leave, all those cockroaches will come out of the woodwork and use Iraq to plan attacks on the US. I wish we had a big can of RAID that we could spray on the entire area, that would fix them good.
As far as Syria goes, same problem. Brutal savages that need to be put down.
Why is it that the Mesopotamian Valley was where the first signs of civilization developed and those people haven't advanced since then?
Wanna know more about the ancient Mesopotamian Valley? Take a look here:
Ancient Mesopotamia
or here:
Mesopotamian History
Lots of conflict in their past....lots of conflict in their present...lots of conflict in their future?
-Mugsy |
I've been reading quite a bit lately about the war in Iraq, Islamic Fundamentalism and various other things such as how our European friends feel.
Let me start out by saying that I think invading Iraq was not a good idea. We weren't done in Afghanistan. You'd think that Bush would learn from past history. Opening up a second front is very rarely a good idea. That being said, we are in the war now and I firmly believe in the Powell Doctrine of overwhelming military superiority when forced into conflict. We obviously don't have enough boots on the ground to keep our troops and supply lines safe. I think Bush should have had Powell as the Secretary of Defense and Rumsfeld, or someone else as the Secretary of State.
Anyway, back to facts here. Portugal has just stated that they may have to remove their troops from Iraq if it gets any more dangerous. Are you kidding me? And to top it off, this country has a whopping 128 National Guard troops in country. Let me ask you a rhetorical question... Does Portugal think that their troops are in Iraq to be Ambassadors or something? Of course their troops are at risk. Why do countries like Portugal send troops anyway? Is it because Bush has begged them to back the Coalition of the Willing? If you ask me, 128 Portugese troops are worthless and should be sent back home. Let's look at the number of troops being supplied by each country in the Coalition of the Willing:
Iraq Troop numbers March 2004
1 USA 130,000
2 Private Security 15,000 (I added this one myself)
3 United Kingdom 9,000
4 Italy 3,000
5 Poland 2,460
6 Ukraine 1,600
7 Spain 1,300
8 Netherlands 1,100
9 Australia 800
10 Romania 700
11 Bulgaria 480
12 Thailand 440
13 Denmark 420
14 Honduras 368
15 El Salvador 361
16 Dominican Republic 302
17 Hungary 300
18 Japan 240
19 Norway 179
20 Mongolia 160
21 Azerbaijan 150
22 Portugal 128
23 Latvia 120
24 Lithuania 118
25 Slovakia 102
26 Czech Republic 80
27 Philippines 80
28 Albania 70
29 Georgia 70
30 New Zealand 61
31 Moldova 50
32 Macedonia 37
33 Estonia 31
34 Canada 31
35 Kazakhstan 25
Sources: The Australian, 17th March 2004. SBS World Guide, ninth edition, 2001.
I could probably scare up some friends and be number 30 or so on the list. Out of 34 countries, only 7 countries, including the US, have sent more than 1,000 troops. Maybe that's just a political thing, but I can't believe that militarily 80 soldiers from the Philippines are going to help provide security and rebuild Iraq all that much.
Anyway, I've got a lot to say about Iraq, Islam, Europe, John Kerry, George Bush... Stay tuned, I'll be writing more very shortly...
-Mugsy |
Let me start out by saying that I think invading Iraq was not a good idea. We weren't done in Afghanistan. You'd think that Bush would learn from past history. Opening up a second front is very rarely a good idea. That being said, we are in the war now and I firmly believe in the Powell Doctrine of overwhelming military superiority when forced into conflict. We obviously don't have enough boots on the ground to keep our troops and supply lines safe. I think Bush should have had Powell as the Secretary of Defense and Rumsfeld, or someone else as the Secretary of State.
Anyway, back to facts here. Portugal has just stated that they may have to remove their troops from Iraq if it gets any more dangerous. Are you kidding me? And to top it off, this country has a whopping 128 National Guard troops in country. Let me ask you a rhetorical question... Does Portugal think that their troops are in Iraq to be Ambassadors or something? Of course their troops are at risk. Why do countries like Portugal send troops anyway? Is it because Bush has begged them to back the Coalition of the Willing? If you ask me, 128 Portugese troops are worthless and should be sent back home. Let's look at the number of troops being supplied by each country in the Coalition of the Willing:
Iraq Troop numbers March 2004
1 USA 130,000
2 Private Security 15,000 (I added this one myself)
3 United Kingdom 9,000
4 Italy 3,000
5 Poland 2,460
6 Ukraine 1,600
7 Spain 1,300
8 Netherlands 1,100
9 Australia 800
10 Romania 700
11 Bulgaria 480
12 Thailand 440
13 Denmark 420
14 Honduras 368
15 El Salvador 361
16 Dominican Republic 302
17 Hungary 300
18 Japan 240
19 Norway 179
20 Mongolia 160
21 Azerbaijan 150
22 Portugal 128
23 Latvia 120
24 Lithuania 118
25 Slovakia 102
26 Czech Republic 80
27 Philippines 80
28 Albania 70
29 Georgia 70
30 New Zealand 61
31 Moldova 50
32 Macedonia 37
33 Estonia 31
34 Canada 31
35 Kazakhstan 25
Sources: The Australian, 17th March 2004. SBS World Guide, ninth edition, 2001.
I could probably scare up some friends and be number 30 or so on the list. Out of 34 countries, only 7 countries, including the US, have sent more than 1,000 troops. Maybe that's just a political thing, but I can't believe that militarily 80 soldiers from the Philippines are going to help provide security and rebuild Iraq all that much.
Anyway, I've got a lot to say about Iraq, Islam, Europe, John Kerry, George Bush... Stay tuned, I'll be writing more very shortly...
-Mugsy |
