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the iraq decision

bush felt that the raid on iraq would yield similar results. it did and it didn't. retrieved intel indicated oil deals AND where the WMDs are. problem is that they are in syria and it's "chip" country that we can't make the commitment to raid.

another problem with raiding syria is that our troops are spread too thin globally.

the US can't gamble that we go into syria and iran might erupt, or north korea heats up.

this is why bush is moving troops around in a more mobile execution format. this is to send a message to the world that we may be thin right now, but we are agile.

the afghanistan skirmish

the raid on afghanistan yielded the draft books which were invaluable for intimate knowledge of the terrorists. it yielded names, addresses phone numbers - most of which weren't in service. however, the contact information is what has led the CIA/NSA/FBI to successfully track these terrorists around the globe.

the problem arises trying to track the IP addresses of those virtual websites which host terror information. some are located in "high risk" areas. other sites are updated from public internet cafes around the world.

luckily though, monitoring groups have sprung up in the USA who feed information they find to the US government for almost little to no cost.

election day

a few weeks ago i postulated to my father that, in my opinion, america's most vulnerable time in the near future will be november 2nd.

we will have tens of thousands of polling places open throughout the day without security. even if the US posted a guard at each one - if a car bomb explodes, and it doesn't have to be big, it would definitely discourage pollers around the area, and those people farther west, from voting.

Polling places in large cities are gatherings of individuals in an unstructured enviroment. there people mulling around and at peak hours - early morning, lunch time and after work - the best way to invoke terror would be to hit a few. these polling places are sitting ducks. my father disagrees.. time will tell.

This maybe why a few democrats have requested United Nations oversight of the elections. Actually, the UN might just take over Florida, which is STILL such a mess. Just today (8-22-4) in the New York Daily News there is an article on residents of New York who are double registered in Florida. This speaks volumes about Jeb Bush..

Naming this war

Perhaps we'll name this terror war "The Muddy Revolution".

Muddy, because the various outcomes won't be well known. Either the U.S. intelligence community will keep information quiet, or the public will see results without explanations. The two recent explosions at Duke power, outside of Houston, TX are perfect examples.

Revolution because, these terrorists aren't just arabic, but they are also disgruntled americans. i put Terry Nichols and Tim McVeigh in that group.

The Mid East War

It's important to remember that "Gulf War 2" is part of a larger war.

This "occupation" fits nicely into a larger historic picture.

Between the 12th and 14th centuries the Vatican waged the the Crusades. These were 3 major wars over a period of a few hundred years. Realisitically, even though blogger didn't exist, i think it's an easy guess that battles didn't take place everyday for this long period of time. As a matter of fact, i'd even venture to say that those wars, like those "wars" described in Athens and Sparta, could have also been described as smaller battles in a larger era of war.

Today's state of the globe is similar to those times. Better to see the radical Islamic war starting in 1979 and continuing into the forseeable future. Now that we have history's crutch, we can look back through the 90's into the 80's and to 1979, when President Jimmy Carter (not Jim, or James, but Jimmy) and see when this country was held at bay for 444 days.

Remember the American hostages which President Reagan tried indirectly to rescue.

The bombings which started in the 80s, then WTC 93, Oklahoma 95, TWA Flt 800 (yes, i consider this terror), the embassy bombings in africa, and finally the WTC 01. Many incidents involve bombs, and the SAME TYPE OF BOMBS, both here and in the Mid East. HOW CAN YOU IGNORE THESE FACTS???

You can't, which is why we are in what will be known in the future as a much larger war. These may be the "end times" but they won't end quickly - this will be drawn out for a while. Get used to it.

America has fought many short wars in her short history. They've all had endings. Results. Winners and losers. Clear answers.

America is in it's first historical war, where armies and movements are only relavent to battles. GW1 and GW2 (as declared ended in may '03) *may* be considered battles in a larger war when history is written. In the meantime, America will have these "terror incidents" - tiny, in respect to the traditional definition of war.

What does this mean to the relativeness of each candidate in the 2004 election?
The answer to this is: Not much. As long as 2 of 3 arms of the national government dedicate adequate supplies to keep the peoples of America safe, life should return to normal - a New Normal - but normal. In essence, when Bill Clinton speaks of the traditional democratic values in his convention speech, this is the correct focus.

When Kerry speaks of his (4 months!!) experience in Vietnam the question becomes - will this be valid in coming years to what we now should call "America's 25 year war"? the answer is a resounding "No". I was sorry to see that Kerry's convention speech was entirely based off his four months in battle rather than the policies which bill focused on - and I'm no fan of Bill, except he governs well in the smaller scale of the word.

Bush would do himself well not to make this convention about the war - only partly - in reference to this nation's security. This is what Pearl Harbor was about.

First Rumination

here is a perfect example of how a relatively small set of statements indicate a larger uglier picture. i monitor hugh hewitt's blog. sometimes i listen to his radio show. since john kerry has said he was in cambodia during christmas hugh has made it a cornerstone of his blog and show. never mind it's been about 3 weeks and the news has been SLOW.

now his hard work is starting to pay off. today's blog at hughhewitt.com points to another blogger on this network who is a navy seal. he gives several good reasons why kerry might never have travelled to cambodia. kerry has attached his travels to cambodia as ferry help to a cia agent. this agent even gave his hat to kerry who carries it around in a false bottomed briefcase. this story reported in the washington times on it's front page in june of last year.

the story is a story. some speculate kerry moved the date to imply nixon was directing an illegal (or un-sensitive) war. then the time has been moved to january. now, in an important development, the blogger at http://froggyruminations.blogspot.com/ explains why in simple terms less than likely kerry skippered the cia man to his destination.

i urge you to read the blogger and hughhewitt.com's 2:35p and 1:50p entries for august 16th.

implications here are that kerry, who is already rumoured to suffer from ptsd (post traumatic stress disorder), is lying. if so, this is VERY serious, as he isn't even in office yet - where we all know lying under oath is considered a badge of honor (right william?)... ;)

put your thinking cap on.

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What we have to do is recognize there is a problem. Define the problem (though that's a bit like chasing a rabbit). Suggest solutions and finally implement them. All this work prior to some elected official, or terrorist pushing the button and destroying what our forefathers have built.

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