Fort Hood

For some time now I have been waiting for a terrorist act on US soil. I think it finally showed up. Now that our leadershit is busy apologizing for us to all the available tyrants and despots, I expect there will be more - the natural result of appeasement and attempts to stall off a confrontation that only gets worse when delayed. Think what you will of George Bush, his actions kept the terrorists offshore - and now that the anti-Bush is in place, the terrorists are assured that if they act the only thing they'll reap will be more apologies and "understanding."

Make no mistake - the Islamic terrorists have only one plan - the elimination of anyone who finds Sharia law to be anything less than ideal. Ladies, get used to being cattle again, because that's how they like it. They are not interested in compromise, and their understanding of understanding is not agreeing to disagree, but capitulation.

One of the things that frightens these folks so about us is that we are a pretty tolerant bunch - they don't understand that folks who have disagreements do not have to kill one another over them. They feel that one of our strengths - the willingness to learn about others and adapt - is a huge weakness, because in the process of thinking there are folks who might be swayed to a point of view other than that with which they grew up - in short, they fear folks who think their own thoughts and are guided by them. They'd rather be surrounded by folks who don't think at all but do what they're told.

In that regard, they have a lot in common with Nancy Pelosi, although she'd be the first to go if they were in charge because, as you know, she is a mere woman, and woman can't be educated and are suitable only to keep the house, do what their husbands decree, make babies and take abuse.

I am no fan of warfare, but I believe that sometimes it is the only thing that works - appeasement only delays it (read the history of the World Wars for a set of good examples of this) but absent a regime change in the recalcitrant nation, appeasement eventually results in devaluing of the mores of the nation doing the appeasing, or its subjugation.

I am also slowly coming around to the belief that one of the qualifications for higher office ought to be prior military service. Most of our leaders today have no understanding of the military, and are inclined to treat it as if it were a gang of thugs, stupid at best. This is not the case and we have been proving since the war in Viet Nam that when the military is run by dithering civilians, people die unnecessarily. We are about to prove it again in Afghanistan - the President dithers, the generals are left holding the bag - insufficient resources, no direction yields dead soldiers who did not need to die. This is unconscionable unless you subscribe to the belief that the military is composed of folks better left out of the breeding pool.

Enough. In summary, I think Fort Hood is only the beginning. I'd like to be wrong. I think our Commander in Chief is in over his head, and innocent soldiers will die. I think that Congress has no credibility at all because they won't subscribe to the health plan they are going to try to force on all of us and won't make their plan available to all of us. I also find it stupid that they will fine us and jail us for not taking their "Health Plan" which will cost more and deliver less than I paid for years buying my own private health insurance.

And, if anyone cares, I did serve. I am a Viet Nam era vet who served four years in the Air Force Security Service.

Have a nice day.