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| The Winning(?) Smile |
The sun is
setting on the presidency of Barack Obama. The “Hope and change” era has come and
gone. ISIS has murdered, beheaded, burnt and slaughtered countless men, women
and children and still occupies pockets of Syria ,
Iraq , West
Africa and elsewhere. Their numbers have increased with the
promise of the ‘value package’: a pay
cheque, a gun and a woman. Their ideology is totally scrambled but somehow it’s
enough to inspire morons around the world to commit cowardly acts of mayhem –
suicide bombings; nightclub patron massacres; marketplace bombings etc etc.
They really don’t care who they kill. Obama has permitted Putin to invade the
Ukraine while their military was on parade in Kiev; bomb the hell out of Aleppo
in a wicked little deal with the maniacal Bashar Al-Assad regime and with his thumbs screwed into his ears, wagging his fingers at Obama at every turn, gloating. Putin has identified Obama
as a pussy and is crossing that ‘red line’ repeatedly and with riotous
nonchalance.
About two years ago, I suggested in this e-zine
a simple plan to resolve the ISIS crisis: In concert with civilized European
countries, Declare War on ISIS and their
confederate organizations. Simultaneously (so no one country would be targeted
for revenge). With intelligence provided
by drones and CIA agents on the ground, ten or so countries could then mobilize the
ground forces in such overwhelming numbers as to wipe these bastards off the face of the
earth. No refugee crisis would have
evolved. Nobody drowning in the Mediterranean
or dying on marathon hikes out of the country. Obama, much pleased with his glorious
speechifying and Hollywood handsomeness,
fumbled, dithered and procrastinated. The whole time the murderous thug, Putin,
was having and still is having a grand time selling his brand (himself) to his
people. The Russians are buying it and willing to suck up the sanctions.
The other strategy to defeat terrorist
organizations is to outlaw the hosting on the internet any such messages which
would provoke violence. Crash their internet outreach. And then: the media
should never publish pictures of i.e. the Orlando
In this writer’s view, all of this should
have been implemented years ago during Obama’s first tenure. He will retire
with that million dollar smile and the ghastly legacy of millions of innocents
dead and a totally destabilized Syria and Iraq
The United Nations allows the Russian
ambassador to veto any just reciprocation to this ongoing slaughter in Syria.
This makes the Council a joke, an embarrassment and its uselessness exposed by the
lack of will on the part of civilized countries to do anything. Saudi Arabia is quietly playing their chess game on both
sides of the table as are other countries who could bring to bear their
military might and make the significant changes that are screaming desperately
to be made. Just listen to the bloodied children wailing after their homes and
family have been bombed all to hell.
We have gone to war for a lot less.
The only positive aspects of Obama’s
legacy are the Affordable Care Act (which needs serious reconstruction) and
thanks to his wife, Michelle, the prevention of Donald Trump from becoming
president. Not much for eight years.
With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau riding
high in the popularity poll, why couldn’t he prevail now upon these countries
and instigate this aggressive but sensible plan? He needs to find his military pants. Enough
smiling, folks. Roll up your sleeves, man up and do the right thing. Annihilate
ISIS . Obama has until January. Pick up the phone, Justin.
