Attention Deficit Disorder in Washington
Yesterday, the British took the lead in interrupting a final-stage terrorist plan to mix chemicals in-flight over the Atlantic, and blow up 10 aircraft. We lucked out, but this illustrates a few scary things.
Like, war will never be the same. Remember how wars used to be fought...guys would dress up in the team's uniform, grab guns and go out and fight. At least you would know who the bad guy was.
Seems like Washington has forgotten the Revolutionary war. The British would march together in a pack, stand there and shoot directly at the guys in front of them. Naturally the guys in the front row would drop like flies, and then the next row would replace them...kinda like shark's teeth.
As history says, the British lost the war with us. We had a bunch of guys who would hide along the trail and pick them off from the front, side, and back. We didn't play by the rules and they didn't stand a chance. Chalk one up for the good guys.
Those days have returned with Muslim terrorists. The guy, woman, or child standing next to you could be the enemy planning on cutting your throat or blowing your family off the planet...and smile doing it.
So what does the USA do if one of your friendly neighbors lights off a nuke? Who do we go after?
The answer is "We won't do much, if anything". Who do we blame? All we might know after the big bang, is that scientists might suggest the radioactive ashes might have an origin of some area. No court in the land would convict someone based on that loose and surmised info.
Yet when do we learn that war will never be the same, because we are fighting ghostly shadows of widespread ethnic hate, carried out at an individual level. We are too concerned with making sure captives have fresh bedsheets and dinner at 5pm, instead of looking at this war straight in the eye. This is WW3 bust we are acting like it is only a misbehaving child who needs a time-out.
Washington has forgotten that in this time and era, we are the equivalent of the British who back in the 1700's fought according to "gentleman's rules"...and got slaughtered acting that way.
Lastly, our out-of-date approach to this enemy was illustrated yesterday. How long have we been making explosives? So why hasn't Homeland Security thought of all the ways someone could blow up a plane? Why is mixing a bomb with liquids such a surprise to us? Who is asleep at the switch? What other ways can a bomb be placed on a jet that our leaders haven't thought of? Homeland Security said they "reverse-engineer" the bombs...what? So now we are learning bombs 101 from a bunch of 14th century tribesmen?
Sad...Dangerously sad.
Like, war will never be the same. Remember how wars used to be fought...guys would dress up in the team's uniform, grab guns and go out and fight. At least you would know who the bad guy was.
Seems like Washington has forgotten the Revolutionary war. The British would march together in a pack, stand there and shoot directly at the guys in front of them. Naturally the guys in the front row would drop like flies, and then the next row would replace them...kinda like shark's teeth.
As history says, the British lost the war with us. We had a bunch of guys who would hide along the trail and pick them off from the front, side, and back. We didn't play by the rules and they didn't stand a chance. Chalk one up for the good guys.
Those days have returned with Muslim terrorists. The guy, woman, or child standing next to you could be the enemy planning on cutting your throat or blowing your family off the planet...and smile doing it.
So what does the USA do if one of your friendly neighbors lights off a nuke? Who do we go after?
The answer is "We won't do much, if anything". Who do we blame? All we might know after the big bang, is that scientists might suggest the radioactive ashes might have an origin of some area. No court in the land would convict someone based on that loose and surmised info.
Yet when do we learn that war will never be the same, because we are fighting ghostly shadows of widespread ethnic hate, carried out at an individual level. We are too concerned with making sure captives have fresh bedsheets and dinner at 5pm, instead of looking at this war straight in the eye. This is WW3 bust we are acting like it is only a misbehaving child who needs a time-out.
Washington has forgotten that in this time and era, we are the equivalent of the British who back in the 1700's fought according to "gentleman's rules"...and got slaughtered acting that way.
Lastly, our out-of-date approach to this enemy was illustrated yesterday. How long have we been making explosives? So why hasn't Homeland Security thought of all the ways someone could blow up a plane? Why is mixing a bomb with liquids such a surprise to us? Who is asleep at the switch? What other ways can a bomb be placed on a jet that our leaders haven't thought of? Homeland Security said they "reverse-engineer" the bombs...what? So now we are learning bombs 101 from a bunch of 14th century tribesmen?
Sad...Dangerously sad.
