Monday, May 9, 2011
Why is Obama not trying to capture more members of Al-qaeda alive so that they can be interrogated? #gwot #tcot
RRD:HT to Bill Bucko.I should add that I agree with this article for another 2 reasons.1.Obama is still seeking to gut the defense budget.
2.He declared our withdrawal date for the Afghan surge before it even began. Obama Winds Down the War on Terror | RedState http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2011/05/06/obama-winds-down-the-war-on-terror/
...."The killing of Osama bin Laden has created a series of dilemmas for the left. My colleagues have detailed the debt owed the Bush Administration which the current administration juvenilely and churlishly refuses to acknowledge . And many on my side are willing “to give the president credit” for doing his duty. According to reports bin Laden’s location has been known to the administration since March with the same degree of certainty that existed on May 1, so I fail to see what credit is really due unless we are saying that indecisiveness is a virtue. Bin Laden’s death will eventually be seen as the unofficial end of the US assault on al Qaeda. We will leave a war not won and forsake a victory that would make the world a safer place simply because Barack Obama doesn’t have the guts to prevail. What is worse, he wants to give the impression of being serious. Intelligence is the key tool in fighting any war. Technical means are valuable but the only way you can obt
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insights into the enemy’s operations and intentions is through prisoners. Taking prisoners and getting intelligence from them carries with it three implications: 1) you have a place to keep them, 2) you have a means to extract the information from them in a timely fashion, and 3) you have a plan for what to do with the prisoners when their intelligence value is exhausted. " RRD:He then cites:
Under Obama, more targeted killings than captures in counterterrorism efforts http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/13/AR20100213037... And concludes: ...."Our ability to kill or capture terrorists, roll up their networks, and interfere with their operations is being degraded by the lack of fresh information while the administration continues to act like a tee ball team, all the while talking about its “gutsy call.”... RRD:Let me chip in my own two cents here.Anyone who believes that it is "gutsy" to send men into harm's way(unless you know them, or they are your loved ones) is delusional.It may be a difficult decision,but to speak of it being "gutsy" because of the POLITICAL RISKS to the President,while men are risking being MAIMED,TORTURED and KILLED is indicative of how out of touch with reality the inside the beltway crowd is.Nor is this true just for Obama.There is a long history of this kind of sycophancy dating back to ancient times,but that does not excuse it.
2.He declared our withdrawal date for the Afghan surge before it even began. Obama Winds Down the War on Terror | RedState http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2011/05/06/obama-winds-down-the-war-on-terror/
...."The killing of Osama bin Laden has created a series of dilemmas for the left. My colleagues have detailed the debt owed the Bush Administration which the current administration juvenilely and churlishly refuses to acknowledge . And many on my side are willing “to give the president credit” for doing his duty. According to reports bin Laden’s location has been known to the administration since March with the same degree of certainty that existed on May 1, so I fail to see what credit is really due unless we are saying that indecisiveness is a virtue. Bin Laden’s death will eventually be seen as the unofficial end of the US assault on al Qaeda. We will leave a war not won and forsake a victory that would make the world a safer place simply because Barack Obama doesn’t have the guts to prevail. What is worse, he wants to give the impression of being serious. Intelligence is the key tool in fighting any war. Technical means are valuable but the only way you can obt
ain
insights into the enemy’s operations and intentions is through prisoners. Taking prisoners and getting intelligence from them carries with it three implications: 1) you have a place to keep them, 2) you have a means to extract the information from them in a timely fashion, and 3) you have a plan for what to do with the prisoners when their intelligence value is exhausted. " RRD:He then cites:
Under Obama, more targeted killings than captures in counterterrorism efforts http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/13/AR20100213037... And concludes: ...."Our ability to kill or capture terrorists, roll up their networks, and interfere with their operations is being degraded by the lack of fresh information while the administration continues to act like a tee ball team, all the while talking about its “gutsy call.”... RRD:Let me chip in my own two cents here.Anyone who believes that it is "gutsy" to send men into harm's way(unless you know them, or they are your loved ones) is delusional.It may be a difficult decision,but to speak of it being "gutsy" because of the POLITICAL RISKS to the President,while men are risking being MAIMED,TORTURED and KILLED is indicative of how out of touch with reality the inside the beltway crowd is.Nor is this true just for Obama.There is a long history of this kind of sycophancy dating back to ancient times,but that does not excuse it.
New blog on #Objectivist music #aynrand #teaparty #objectivism #tcot
RRD:I don't know the creator of this blog,so I am not endorsing his future writings,but he seems interesting & sincere,so feel free to check him out.
The Objectivist Music Blog: 05/07/11 http://objectivistmusic.blogspot.com/2011_05_07_archive.html
The Objectivist Music Blog: 05/07/11 http://objectivistmusic.blogspot.com/2011_05_07_archive.html
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Life imitates Atlas Shrugged:Using a Government induced shortage to attack the suppliers of the commodity #teaparty #atlasshrugged
RRD:Today I will begin a series of, pieces,in which I will be publishing excerpts from Atlas Shrugged(within the guidelines of fair use) that I regard as particularly relevant to our time.
All the page number's are from the current paperback version. This one is on the Government's habit of crippling a industry,& then condemning it for it's failure to produce. A conversation between Ken Danagger,a coal magnate,& Hank Rearden a steel industrialist,and the inventor of a revolutionary new metal called Rearden Metal.The scene takes place after the country has moved to coal once the Government essentially destroyed the oil industry.It is also a crime to prefer one client over another for a good or service.Hence customers who were farsighted enough to order Rearden Metal are made to wait,while mediocrities who scorned it get "their fair share",as determined by the state.The penalty for violating this law is ten years in jail,unless "permission" is sought from the bureaucrats.
"Danagger had explained that half of his original order would be sufficient to brace such tunnels as would cave in,if he delayed the bracing much longer,and to recondition the mines of the Confederated Coal Company,gone bankrupt,which he had purchased three weeks ago."....
..."The newspapers are yelling that coal is now the most crucial commodity in the country.They are also yelling that the coal operators are profiteering in the oil shortage.One gang in Washington is yelling that I am expanding too much and something should be done to stop me,because I am becoming a monopoly.Another gang in Washington is yelling that I am not expanding enough and something should be done to let the government seize my mines,because I am greedy for profits and unwilling to satisfy the public's need of fuel.At my present rate of profit,this Confederated Coal property will bring back the money I spent on it--in forty-seven years.I have no children.I bought it,because there's one customer I don't dare leave without coal--and that's Taggart Transcontinental.I keep thinking of what would happen if the railroads collapsed."
He had stopped,then added,"I don't know why I still care about that,but I do.Those people in Washington don't seem to have a clear picture of what that would be like.I have.".... pg.355-356
All the page number's are from the current paperback version. This one is on the Government's habit of crippling a industry,& then condemning it for it's failure to produce. A conversation between Ken Danagger,a coal magnate,& Hank Rearden a steel industrialist,and the inventor of a revolutionary new metal called Rearden Metal.The scene takes place after the country has moved to coal once the Government essentially destroyed the oil industry.It is also a crime to prefer one client over another for a good or service.Hence customers who were farsighted enough to order Rearden Metal are made to wait,while mediocrities who scorned it get "their fair share",as determined by the state.The penalty for violating this law is ten years in jail,unless "permission" is sought from the bureaucrats.
"Danagger had explained that half of his original order would be sufficient to brace such tunnels as would cave in,if he delayed the bracing much longer,and to recondition the mines of the Confederated Coal Company,gone bankrupt,which he had purchased three weeks ago."....
..."The newspapers are yelling that coal is now the most crucial commodity in the country.They are also yelling that the coal operators are profiteering in the oil shortage.One gang in Washington is yelling that I am expanding too much and something should be done to stop me,because I am becoming a monopoly.Another gang in Washington is yelling that I am not expanding enough and something should be done to let the government seize my mines,because I am greedy for profits and unwilling to satisfy the public's need of fuel.At my present rate of profit,this Confederated Coal property will bring back the money I spent on it--in forty-seven years.I have no children.I bought it,because there's one customer I don't dare leave without coal--and that's Taggart Transcontinental.I keep thinking of what would happen if the railroads collapsed."
He had stopped,then added,"I don't know why I still care about that,but I do.Those people in Washington don't seem to have a clear picture of what that would be like.I have.".... pg.355-356
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