Lemmings

RE: “victory” in Iraq. It’s easy to keep the lemmings in line by throwing around words like victory vs defeat, finishing the job vs surrendering when no one demands definition. All we had was a stated objective of getting rid of Saddam Hussein; the yahoos who sent us there (even though it had nothing to do with the “Global War on Terror”) believed their own BS about the Iraqis magically coming together to create a democracy when Saddam was gone so they neither required nor desired input on a real strategy. By refusing to admit they screwed up they took years to implement a real strategy to counter the insurgency they created. The “surge” was a part of the new strategy and it is politically beneficial for them to act like this increase in troops was the only factor involved with a decrease in overall violence. [Side note: The arses that screwed it up for years were well rewarded for their excellent work.]

And how about the “defeat” of Al Qaeda in Iraq (AIQ)?  AL QAEDA WASN’T IN IRAQ UNTIL YOU CREATED A CESSPOOL WHERE THEY COULD GET A FOOTHOLD AND OPERATE!

Have you seen the ads running from a purported veterans organization asking you to call Senator Obama to convince him to support a bill fronted by Droopy Dog and Howdy Doody (why is Stewart the only “journalist” wiling to ask really important questions and throw the BS flag?) “Recognizing the strategic success of the troop surge in Iraq and expressing gratitude to the members of the United States Armed Forces who made that success possible.”  That’s right, waste valuable time passing BS legislation instead of doing your jobs.

BTW, it’s interesting to note that we veterans who have decided to actually think for ourselves are apparently NOT for freedom.  I bet the people who came up with the name for this group are the same ones who came up with freedom fries.

Dear John McCain, When did you finally give up?

I’m composing a letter to John McCain asking the title question.  It’s jumbled p in my head at the moment so this is a place holder.

Just babble and hope for partial credit …

I watched both parts of the Sarah Palin interview on CBS the past two nights and couldn’t stop thinking, “She’s the kid in class who doesn’t know the answer and just babbles until she can’t think of anything else to say – maybe, just maybe there will be something that answers the question sort of in there.”  I actually read a comment from someone else about her being that kid, so I can’t take credit for the idea, but man is it accurate.  What happened to John McCain?  If he ever really was the “Maverick”, that man is long gone.

But hey: She’s folksy about it! Isn’t that cute?

Hello world!

Where to start for my first post?

Perhaps try to define what I want to achieve here?

My purpose for beginning this blog is to get some of the thoughts out of my head and onto a page.  I recently retired from the US Navy after almost 27 years.  I enlisted in 1981 and was later commissioned via the US Naval Academy.  My brain doesn’t always function linearly so I go off on tangents and forget where my train of thought was originally headed.