Ian, your posts, from the perspective of having "been there, lived through it" have provided many of us more of an education on Middle East affairs than either our Publik Skool or the Lying Media.
"Who cares about Iran..." Unfortunately for us and the civilized world, Iran is a pest hole of religious fanatics who hate us and are sitting on a crap ton of oil that can be readily converted to money. Money that can buy high tech weapons, fund anti-American terrorist organizations, destabilize our European allies, and create a major pain in the ass for us and the civilized world. I also note in passing that the Soviet Union ... er Russia denied asylum to one of the mullahs a couple of weeks ago. Russia has its own Islamist population, and isn't about to bring in a radical fanatic.
Came to say this as well. I was just a kid when the whole hostage crisis went on and it terrified me to watch the world news every evening and see what was going on. Asked my Mom, "Why do they hate us so much?" As a pastor's daughter, her sole response was, "Because our God is different from their God, and that's enough for them to start a war." And facts are, it has been on ongoing war, with better tech and weaponry, for basically forever. Only thing that's really changed is the "toys" that the mullahs and their "crews" make war with. Bung 'em all back to sticks and stones and see how they like fighting that way. Better yet, Old Yeller 'em all behind the woodshed, chop chop right quick. The less crazies the world has on tap, the safer I feel.
This speaks even more to my comment of yesterday regarding the ignorance of we Americans to all things Middle East. For whatever reason (skool, MSM, social media.....ad infinitum) there is no understanding of the driving forces. No, they are NOT like us...they don't think or act or perceive like us. I keep hoping that someone, anyone, will wake up and smell that coffee.
that's what I've always said. You cannot negotiate with these people; they see negotiation and willingness to compromise as weakness and they absolutely will use any concessions we offer to them against us. And it's not like we don't have ample amount of evidence of what these people can and will do - there's oh, about what - 1500 hundred years of history?
I'm sorry, but sometimes, the only way to ensure peace and prosperity is you have to meet and beat your enemies on their level. Terrorists, especially of the religious fantatical variety, don't follow Geneva conventions and they are following a religious belief that tells them what they are doing is holy and righteous. You can't reason with that; all you can do is go in an eradicate it. Remember folks - David was called a man after God's own heart, and how's the saying go? Saul has killed his thousands but David his 10s of thousands? Evil continues to live and grow and flourish because Good isn't willing to do what is necessary to defeat it so many times....
I agree. I attribute much of this squeamishness to toxic compassion. "The poor sods don't deserve being wiped off the face of the earth because they are...(pick one) human (questionable), disadvantaged, poor, starving"....ad nauseam. Of course, if humanity learned from its mistakes, we would have been golden eons ago.
I think you are being quite optimistic in your belief that (certain) federal judges will take a dispassionate look at Somalia post-Iran and say “Good enough. Remigrate those refugees”.
Probably, but in such case it is no different than we have now, and thus we lose nothing. But at least there will be chance they'll follow law, in which case we gain much.
And to the dude who thinks Walz won. Walz is standing down his rhetoric and telling his police to do their *()*ing job which IS making it easier for ICE to do theirs without Trump having to use the Insurrection Act. This means the left doesn't get to call him evil fascist overlord while a leftist judge puts in a stop motion on the Insurrection Act. ICE will still roll, lefty rioters are being rolled up along with illegals and Walz is keeping his pie hole shut. And the (majority) part of Americans who aren't soy boy rioter simps are applauding. Slow, steady, inexorable.
Push to repeal the refugee law. Once repealed, it is as if it never happened. The law over arches any bureaucratic rules. Ask me about why my VA benefits were arbitrarily denied, and why I'm fighting for them 35 years "too late". "It's always been done this way" is no excuse for a stupid law. Best solution on offer that I see.
While I agree that repealing the Refugee Act of 1980 would be best -- given legislative history I'm not sure that Congress understands that repealing laws is in their purview.
Since it was based on the UN Convention Relating to The Status of Refugees, the Democrats will treat it as Holy Writ, and well ... the Republicans are squishes.
We must care about everything that can effect our lives here, so it follows we must care about Iran and social unraveling in Minnesota as well. Anyone who doesn't see this either suffers tunnel vision or is just plain naive.
Hah, Jack. "...social unraveling in Minnesota"? I see it as "socialist knitting of a keffiyeh in Minnesota to use as a garrote". Toe-may-toe, tah-mah-toe.
Again Again you make so much sense. However were does it say that we cant have an intelligent domestic policy & an intelligent foreign policy? The problem is we had nothing for 4 years or more counting Obama.
I still think we need to send the USS Constitution on a bad-will tour of HOA. Back her up with another naval antique, say the USS Wisconsin (well-known for having temper tantrums backed up by sixteen-inch naval rifles). Cheers from bloody cold Virginia.
not to mention the meddling done in South America and here in our own United States that Iran is doing. And too, I'm all for cutting off another ally of China, especially a rabid wolf on a leash that Iran has been. I'd say rabid hyena, but I think I'll reserve that descriptor for Pakistan.
I somehow skipped over this in my email queue, so my comment is a few days late. But, Ian, the flag is on the wrong shoulder (though it's in the right direction), and tell that damned fox to keep his effin' finger off the effin' trigger! :)
Not sure I understand. People seem to be saying that we can't give up in MN. Agreed. Basic. But we can't give up in other important spots either. And unfortunately what I meant to say was under Biden we had nothing, and Obama was actively damaging things. So we have a Pres. who doesn't seem to forget things or to let them grow worse. Perfect no. best since Reagan, yes. And even Reagan didn't have the mess he's inherited. Not arguing probably just amplifying.
Ian, your posts, from the perspective of having "been there, lived through it" have provided many of us more of an education on Middle East affairs than either our Publik Skool or the Lying Media.
"Who cares about Iran..." Unfortunately for us and the civilized world, Iran is a pest hole of religious fanatics who hate us and are sitting on a crap ton of oil that can be readily converted to money. Money that can buy high tech weapons, fund anti-American terrorist organizations, destabilize our European allies, and create a major pain in the ass for us and the civilized world. I also note in passing that the Soviet Union ... er Russia denied asylum to one of the mullahs a couple of weeks ago. Russia has its own Islamist population, and isn't about to bring in a radical fanatic.
Came to say this as well. I was just a kid when the whole hostage crisis went on and it terrified me to watch the world news every evening and see what was going on. Asked my Mom, "Why do they hate us so much?" As a pastor's daughter, her sole response was, "Because our God is different from their God, and that's enough for them to start a war." And facts are, it has been on ongoing war, with better tech and weaponry, for basically forever. Only thing that's really changed is the "toys" that the mullahs and their "crews" make war with. Bung 'em all back to sticks and stones and see how they like fighting that way. Better yet, Old Yeller 'em all behind the woodshed, chop chop right quick. The less crazies the world has on tap, the safer I feel.
Interesting that they learned something from Lenin. Wouldn't have expected it, myself.
This speaks even more to my comment of yesterday regarding the ignorance of we Americans to all things Middle East. For whatever reason (skool, MSM, social media.....ad infinitum) there is no understanding of the driving forces. No, they are NOT like us...they don't think or act or perceive like us. I keep hoping that someone, anyone, will wake up and smell that coffee.
that's what I've always said. You cannot negotiate with these people; they see negotiation and willingness to compromise as weakness and they absolutely will use any concessions we offer to them against us. And it's not like we don't have ample amount of evidence of what these people can and will do - there's oh, about what - 1500 hundred years of history?
I'm sorry, but sometimes, the only way to ensure peace and prosperity is you have to meet and beat your enemies on their level. Terrorists, especially of the religious fantatical variety, don't follow Geneva conventions and they are following a religious belief that tells them what they are doing is holy and righteous. You can't reason with that; all you can do is go in an eradicate it. Remember folks - David was called a man after God's own heart, and how's the saying go? Saul has killed his thousands but David his 10s of thousands? Evil continues to live and grow and flourish because Good isn't willing to do what is necessary to defeat it so many times....
I agree. I attribute much of this squeamishness to toxic compassion. "The poor sods don't deserve being wiped off the face of the earth because they are...(pick one) human (questionable), disadvantaged, poor, starving"....ad nauseam. Of course, if humanity learned from its mistakes, we would have been golden eons ago.
"toxic compassion". Nice turn of phrase, Traci.
I think you are being quite optimistic in your belief that (certain) federal judges will take a dispassionate look at Somalia post-Iran and say “Good enough. Remigrate those refugees”.
Probably, but in such case it is no different than we have now, and thus we lose nothing. But at least there will be chance they'll follow law, in which case we gain much.
And to the dude who thinks Walz won. Walz is standing down his rhetoric and telling his police to do their *()*ing job which IS making it easier for ICE to do theirs without Trump having to use the Insurrection Act. This means the left doesn't get to call him evil fascist overlord while a leftist judge puts in a stop motion on the Insurrection Act. ICE will still roll, lefty rioters are being rolled up along with illegals and Walz is keeping his pie hole shut. And the (majority) part of Americans who aren't soy boy rioter simps are applauding. Slow, steady, inexorable.
It seems the federal judges are our own mullahs.
They are more arrogant.
Push to repeal the refugee law. Once repealed, it is as if it never happened. The law over arches any bureaucratic rules. Ask me about why my VA benefits were arbitrarily denied, and why I'm fighting for them 35 years "too late". "It's always been done this way" is no excuse for a stupid law. Best solution on offer that I see.
While I agree that repealing the Refugee Act of 1980 would be best -- given legislative history I'm not sure that Congress understands that repealing laws is in their purview.
Since it was based on the UN Convention Relating to The Status of Refugees, the Democrats will treat it as Holy Writ, and well ... the Republicans are squishes.
Well then I guess it's up to us to educate them, with a "clue-by-four" if necessary. 😀
We must care about everything that can effect our lives here, so it follows we must care about Iran and social unraveling in Minnesota as well. Anyone who doesn't see this either suffers tunnel vision or is just plain naive.
Thanks for a great piece.
Hah, Jack. "...social unraveling in Minnesota"? I see it as "socialist knitting of a keffiyeh in Minnesota to use as a garrote". Toe-may-toe, tah-mah-toe.
Again Again you make so much sense. However were does it say that we cant have an intelligent domestic policy & an intelligent foreign policy? The problem is we had nothing for 4 years or more counting Obama.
Where? In the DNC talking points?
Amen, Dawg!
I, for one, am darn tired of moslems yelling " death to America", then acting on it.
Great points/lecture, Ian.
I still think we need to send the USS Constitution on a bad-will tour of HOA. Back her up with another naval antique, say the USS Wisconsin (well-known for having temper tantrums backed up by sixteen-inch naval rifles). Cheers from bloody cold Virginia.
not to mention the meddling done in South America and here in our own United States that Iran is doing. And too, I'm all for cutting off another ally of China, especially a rabid wolf on a leash that Iran has been. I'd say rabid hyena, but I think I'll reserve that descriptor for Pakistan.
I think it's time to revoke the Refugee act and only accept vetted refugees.
I am tired of being nice to people, only to be stabbed in the back by criminals.
It should be that refugees flee to the nearest country and we set up camps for them there.
Not invite them into the house and give them free shit.
If someone stole from you, you should be able to kick them out and banish them.
Like civilized countries used to do.
I somehow skipped over this in my email queue, so my comment is a few days late. But, Ian, the flag is on the wrong shoulder (though it's in the right direction), and tell that damned fox to keep his effin' finger off the effin' trigger! :)
Not sure I understand. People seem to be saying that we can't give up in MN. Agreed. Basic. But we can't give up in other important spots either. And unfortunately what I meant to say was under Biden we had nothing, and Obama was actively damaging things. So we have a Pres. who doesn't seem to forget things or to let them grow worse. Perfect no. best since Reagan, yes. And even Reagan didn't have the mess he's inherited. Not arguing probably just amplifying.