tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066062120776667625.post5793772491934664010..comments2024-03-29T00:16:51.148-07:00Comments on American Politics: Hey Tough Guys, You Happy With Obama Now?Twinsdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768095454310182677noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066062120776667625.post-8891056534314912732015-07-30T07:30:40.455-07:002015-07-30T07:30:40.455-07:00Well, that does actually make it clear and this is...Well, that does actually make it clear and this is why the endless bitching of people like Graham, McCain (at times) and the entire lot of those in the Republican bothers me so much. The reality is that the infighting between countries there is not something the United States is ever going to solve. Some seem to have magical thinking about this and believe that if we just continuously topple people we don't like, everything will be cool and the locals will forever quiver in fear at the prospect of America showing up.<br /><br />Prior to Republicans losing their F'ing minds about the time Clinton became POTUS, I believe there was an acknowledgement that we were going to have to occasionally make uncomfortable alliances that would subsequently dissolve. The perpetual need to keep one upping each other in denouncement of Obama is not helping anything because eventually, a Republican will be POTUS again. If they win office with an assumed promise that they will kick the ass of anyone who even gives us a dirty look, they won't have much room to work.Max Yasgurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02816449822816423030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066062120776667625.post-204767357393560732015-07-29T10:27:06.645-07:002015-07-29T10:27:06.645-07:00What happens when Syria goes up for grabs? More i...What happens when Syria goes up for grabs? More infighting of course. The <br />Turks are attacking the Kurds and ISIS today while the Kurds are attacking ISIS who is attacking Syria who is attacking ISIS and the "Rebels" whoever they are. Is that perfectly clear?Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957066214035948958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066062120776667625.post-39711810086666719582015-07-29T07:32:32.081-07:002015-07-29T07:32:32.081-07:00However, we used to actually believe in diplomacy....However, we used to actually believe in diplomacy. Today we have only appeasers and "people who know what it takes" to stay safe.Max Yasgurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02816449822816423030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066062120776667625.post-84213852418586471092015-07-28T20:16:38.635-07:002015-07-28T20:16:38.635-07:00I remember a 60 Minutes interview with Qadaffi fro...I remember a 60 Minutes interview with Qadaffi from the 80s. I was young, a teen, but it made an impression on me. At one point in the interview, Qadaffi had said something like, "You call me a madman but you have no idea what I have do deal with. The people here are crazy and need to be ruled this way. You should be thanking me. I'm holding this place together." I thought at the time, "Wow. I guess there is no such thing as being a little megalomaniacal." I think Saddam Hussien had made some similar statements a few years later in Time or Newsweek. <br /><br />Fast forward to today. Qadaffi's gone, we so brilliantly took out Hussien. The whole ME is about to explode in a crazy-ass, fanatical, sectarian Islamic jihad.<br /><br />Maybe those guys had a point. <br /><br />Maybe a couple of old-school, brutal, secular dictators in the region would balance things out. Maybe we could use a couple Saddam Hussiens in the region. He certainly kept Iran in check in the 80s. <br />pfunky2222https://www.blogger.com/profile/06154819668869707995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066062120776667625.post-6321398226219488212015-07-28T19:38:31.155-07:002015-07-28T19:38:31.155-07:00Pick a place, anyplace and we have a perpetual pro...Pick a place, anyplace and we have a perpetual problem dealing with it.<br /><br />Libya<br />Ukraine<br />Africa<br />SE Asia.<br />China<br /><br />loumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04882146154150499756noreply@blogger.com