Saturday, October 31, 2015

AFRAID OF THE NEWS

I'm almost afraid to look at a news website or listen to the news on the radio or television.  These days, the only news is bad news.  

It's China warning the United States to stay the hell out of the South China Sea.  It's I.S.I.S slaughtering more Christians while Obama turns his back on their plight.  It's another hostage being captured by Iran while their nuclear program continues unabated, but aided by the infusion of $150 billion more dollars.  It's Iraq coming under the dominance of Iran.  It's Russia's calling up of 150,000 more troops.  It's Obama, sending in a mere 50 special forces personnel to Syria, an act being called a violation of sovereignty by Assad and resulting in a not-so-veiled threat about war from Putin.  

In the first place, we have no business with 9,800 troops in Afghanistan, 50 more in Syria or having our jet aircraft making half-hearted bombing runs over I.S.I.S. positions.  We either need to get out entirely or go in with everything we've got; there can be no successful piecemeal strategy in a war, and we are in a war.  

Any day now I expect to look at the news and see that Putin has shot down one of our planes or that China has taken a potshot at one of our naval vessels.  Who knows? Even the North Korean midget might decide to lob off a missile at South Korea.  

It's time we quit pussy-footing around and time we realize that we desperately need a real president.  I think that waiting for this jackass to leave office is a horrible mistake and a very dangerous move on our part. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.   

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