The Window of History

The old adage..."history repeats itself but with a different set of characters" is true. Good example...World War I...then World War II...another example...Viet Nam .. now Iraq (same tactics being used in Iraq that were used in Vietnam).

Also true in history is that she will always open her window of opportunity but she will also close it tight and fast if action is not taken. Example...Hitler. The world had the opportunity to stop him but didnt. In fact...America was indifferent even after all of Europe was aflame. Fifty percent said stay out of it...Fifty percent said we have to get involved (sound familiar?). Well....we didnt get involved early enough and the rest is history.

So with that said...think about this: We knew Saddam Hussein had WMD as I have said. We also knew he was madman. He had invaded Iran, Iraq ...gassed Kurds..women, children and men. Any forward thinking person would also know if this freak wasnt taken down, we would rue the day.

For 30 years, I heard about Peace in the Middle East and somehow this has always been equated to Palestinians and Jews. Yet Iraq was paying 25K to anyone's family who would become a homocide bomber; Iran is supplying Hamas and the numerous other freakish named groups weapons....so how in the hell will you ever get peace in the Middle East if you dont address the real problem! The answer is...you dont. As I said, for 30 years the fashionable peace in the Middle East talks between the now dead (good riddance) Arafat and the many Jewish leaders continued ad naseum. Results? More dead women and children on both sides of the fence. Why? Putting a bandaid on an a cut artery.

Now, along comes a President who doesnt believe in bandaids but rather real surgery. He knows history and her window. He knows her window is open since 9/11 occurred. He also knows everyone else knows Saddam Hussein is seeking Nukes and it is only a matter of time before he gets them. Remember, he almost had them in the 80's but Isarel took out his reactors.

So..knowing all of this what does one do? Ignore it like we did in WWII? What was that outcome....50 million dead, 6 million Jews exterminated.....suffering beyond comprehension. Ignoring this current madman could result in a nuclear war in a matter of five years at the latest.

As President, you also know you cant go to the American people and get them to understand this. Hell, we are a microwave society. You think Joe six pack thinks about 5 years out? I mean prior to 9/11...did Joe six pack believe we could be attacked on our soil? Did anyone? Hell no!

But as President you know he has WMD and you know that Joe Six pack can understand that. So history opens her window. Sell it now as a WMD threat and take this madman out or do nothing and let History close her window face nuclear war within five years. Choices, choices....hmmmm.... I'll go with taking the madman out now.

Some call this American Imperialism. Some call this the Bush Doctrine. Some say we never had a first strike foreign policy. I say this: We never faced the threat we face today so call it what you want. I call it forward thinking and when our children are grown and there is still some semblance of peace in the world. Then, maybe, they will thank our generation for having the guts to perform surgery when needed!

Why We Died

I was gun-ho for the war in Iraq. And for good reason obviously. No, I never fully bought the WMD reason. Of course Iraq had WMD...jesus...we GAVE it to him to fight Iran back in the 80's!! No, rather I knew history had opened her window and if Hussein wasnt taken down now, within 5 years we would be dealing with a nuclear problem. One much more serious than North Korea...one where this manic would not even blink about lobbing a nuke at Israel or Kuwait or Saudi...hell if he had the range..even at London. Hussein was a madman that no political leader prior was willing to deal with in finality. Until George W Bush.

Hate or love him...I dont care. The point is, he did what no other political leader (either Republican or Democrat) would do before...take out a madman. Tonight (Iraq's today) as I watched millions of Iraqi's go to the polls to vote, AND go to vote under threat of death, I now understand why our Soldiers died. I throw up a prayer to them and thank them...they may have changed the world and we dont even know it yet.

You, too, might throw up a thank you to the Soliders who died so those of us here today saw History march forward in a positive way.

Iraq Voting

So Iraq elections are underway. All the naysayers aside...it seems to be going well all things considered. I see this going two ways...one is alot of voting occurs and the naysayers will spin this to be somehow a bad thing or voting is less than expected by whomever and the naysayers are giddly and say ... see...didnt we tell you?

Either way...the naysayers are always naysayers so dont listen to them. If you are paying attention to what is going on in your world, then you are living through history. History that will be in your children's and grandchildren's books. By the way, you already did live through history when Afghanistan went to the polls but the American Media didnt report it because they want you to stay dumb.

So...stop listening to the so-called TV news, get online and read. Form your own damn opinion rather than having the American Media tell you what to think. Grow up.