Friday - August 07, 2009

Bribes Not Bullets? Or just more bullshit?

It’s official. The U.S. is no longer engaged in a “war on terrorism.” Neither is it fighting “jihadists” or in a “global war.”

President Obama’s top homeland security and counterterrorism official took all three terms off the table of acceptable words inside the White House during a speech Thursday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.

“The President does not describe this as a ‘war on terrorism,’” said John Brennan, head of the White House homeland security office, who outlined a “new way of seeing” the fight against terrorism.

The only terminology that Mr. Brennan said the administration is using is that the U.S. is “at war with al Qaeda.”

“We are at war with al Qaeda,” he said. “We are at war with its violent extremist allies who seek to carry on al Qaeda’s murderous agenda.”

Mr. Brennan’s speech was aimed at outlining ways in which the Obama administration intends to undermine the “upstream” factors that create an environment in which terrorists are bred.

The president’s adviser talked about increasing aid to foreign governments for building up their militaries and social and democratic institutions, but provided few details about how the White House will do that.

And, since you aren’t bringing the troops home, as you promised during your campaign, and you continue many of Bush’s anti-terrorism policies, just who the heck do you think you are fooling with this linguistic nuance bullshit? Many of the lands where “radical Islam” flourishes have plenty of money. Plenty of our money. And it’s a known fact that, just like Osama bin Laden, many of the terrorist leaders come from well educated and financially well off backgrounds. So throwing more money at those countries won’t do a bit of good. ( although “throw more money at it” seems to be a universal Democrat solution to all problems ) And just where do you think this money is coming from anyway? The magic money tree has been stripped of every last leaf.


“Upstream factors”? What a crock. Typical leftist nose dribble. You mean their poverty, squalor, lack of education, poor diet, and rampant disease? That’s caused by the tyranny of their own government and the laziness of their own people. It’s certainly not caused by billions of dollars pouring in from the rest of the world. Maybe you’re talking about their lack of any compassion for everyone not exactly like themselves, their perpetual anger, and their never ending sense of victimhood that rationalizes everything? Sounds like White Guilt. ‘scuse me, but we’re now the post-racial society. White Guilt don’t play here anymore. “Upstream factors” my ass. Invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert the population to Christianity by force. Or else just gas the fuckers and save us a whole bunch of cash. Like the pirates in Somalia, who are also terrorists by definition, you could kill these zeroes by the millions and the civilized world would not give one little shit. Not one.


But please stop with the bullshit. Our boys are still in the sand, still fighting the same deranged and unwashed freaks. Any place on the globe that they rise up. So it is a Global War. And the enemy are Terrorists. Granted, “Global War on Terror” was a silly name that came down from our last President, who was a terrible speaker. But his “strategery” works. And the concept is just. And not every fundamental islamic group who turns to terror tactics is associated with AQ, though you will never be able to prove otherwise. After all, I seem to recall that “al Qaida” simply means “the list”. We are at war with jihad, because in the real world, today, “jihad” means violent action against the West. Not some navel gazing, patchoulli sniffing, inward journey of self-revelation. It means killing people. People like me and mine. So let’s call a spade a spade. We’re in a war against a religion, like it or not. Because that religion is in a war against us. And in English, well, I do believe that’s called a Crusade. You’re all afraid of that word. I’m not. And while I never was thrilled with the name “war on terror”, it fit well enough. This latest “nuance” is stupid. A waste of time. And probably dangerous to boot, since al Qaida is not the only terrorist supercell that is working against us.

Posted by Drew458     on 08/07/2009 at 12:19 PM   
Filed Under: • Democrats-Liberals-Moonbat Leftists • War On Terror •  
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