Category Archives: Don Rumsfeld

Who Runs US Government?

Posted on April 20, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Once upon a time in the history of the United States of America when we  had an army or navy or air force which supposedly conducted our military efforts. There were generals and admirals and a Chief of Staff to help coordinate all military efforts. That was then, then there is today. Under the administration of the great military leader, George Bush, things sort of changed. After all, Vice President Dick Cheney had received seven draft deferments during the Vietnam war since, as  he put it, “I had better things to do.” George Bush spent the war in a nice place in Georgia or Texas since dad really did not want to get him killed. These were the men who created a new armed force–the CIA!

President Hamid Karzai is not among the great military leaders of our time, but even he understands there can not be several armies wandering around Afghanistan fighting the same enemy. His National Directorate of Security, (NDS) works with the CIA and its special army of 3,000 to fight the
Taliban. No one  knows who is in charge, welcome to the modern American armed forces.

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Forgotten People

Posted on April 16, 2013 by | Leave a comment

The brave men who led the American government in 2003 sent young men and women into battle and within a few days after the collapse of the regime of Saddam Hussein they encouraged the military to hire local Iraqis who would serve the cause of freedom as interpreters of drivers or staff. Never for a moment was any thought of what it means to work for foreigners in your own nation when there are rebel forces bent on killing anyone who was a collaborator with the infidel enemy. American troops have  left Iraq, and shortly American and  NATO forces will soon leave the weary land of Afghanistan. But, what do they leave behind?

Thousands of Afghans, like thousands of Iraqis, worked for the occupiers and soon they will be left alone in their own land. For many, who hate the West, these men and women have no protection against the violence that will emerge. It is important for the United States to immediately offer visas to anyone who worked for the US armed forces. If they do not get a visa, then Death awaits, not only them, but their families!

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US DID Torture

Posted on April 16, 2013 by | Leave a comment

UPon becoming president of the United States of America in 2009, Barack Obama decided not to authorize an investigation of abuse of human rights during the administration of George Bush. Obama did not want to “look back” and believed it was “divisive” to have evidence emerge that former President Bush and the Gold Dust twins-Cheney and Rumsfeld–did anything bad. A new report by the Constitution Project, a non-partisan thinktank claims the Bush administraton tortured prisoners. “In the course of the nation’s many previouis conflicts, there is little doubt that some US personnel committed brutal acts against captives..but there is  no evidencethat had ever before been the kind of  considered and detailed discussions that occurred after September 1, directly involving a president and his top advisors on the wisdom, and propriety and legality of inflicting pain and torment on some detainees in our custody.

Sorry, President Obama you are the moral leader of this nation and you allowed torture and brutality to  go unpunished. In refusing to act, you DID support those who violated our Constitution and international agreements.

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Clown Time In Italy

Posted on April 15, 2013 by | Leave a comment

I am an inhabitant of the United States of America in the year 2013 so I hestiate making any saracastic remarks concerning political leaders in other nations. I live in a nation in which the Republican party insists that if one reduces taxes it results in more jobs for all and enables the government to balance its budget. So, why is it suprising that Italians believe a skirt chasing incompetent like Silvio Berlusconi who led Italy into an economic disaster is now the man who will bring prosperity to the land? Latest polls show that his coalition would receive 30% of the vote if an election were held right now. Of course, his numbers just barely exceed those of the Five Star Movement which is headed by an ex-clown.

Perhaps, we can make a deal. We Americans will take one clown in exchange for a hundred clowns in the House of Representatives who belong to the clowns known as the Tea Party. Heck, we will even throw in a  guy who chops wood in Texas.

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Democracy In Iraq

Posted on April 15, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Ten years ago the Gold Dust triplets-Bush/Cheney/ Rumsfeld created a war that had nothing to do with American foreign interests by invading the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. There were Weapons of Mass Destruction pointed at Washington D.C and New York City so what else could the men of wisdom do but invade a country that was already suffering from economic disaster? America got a war.Of course, since the end of WWII the US rarely has been without a war. We invaded, we “won” and we settled down to ten years of brutal conflict with an enemy that eventually included people we had come to liberate from tyranny.

American troops left Iraq last year since “victory” had been achieved. Yesterday, attacks throughout Iraq left 27 people dead and over a hundred wounded in the peaceful land of Iraq. Most experts believe al-Qaida is growing stronger and has now linked up with its allies in Syria.Oh, there will be an election this coming weekend and instead of having Saddam as the leader, the people of Iraq can have another incompetent known as Prime Minister Maliki. Ah, the benefits of having a democracy.

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Fire Next Time

Posted on April 11, 2013 by | Leave a comment

It is now ten years since the great American military genius, George Bush, sent US forces into Iraq in order to get rid of the bad man, Saddam Hussein. In the process, al-Qaeda rapidly expanded into an important rebel group in Iraq since Saddam had never allowed them into his country. It is now apparent that al-Qaeda in Iraq and its followers in Syria are joining forces. They have formed the Islamic States in Iraq and the Levant. To make matters worse, Jabhat al-Nusra, a militant  group will soon  join along with al-Qaeda and attempt to take over Syria once they have gotten rid of President Bashar al-Assad. This is simply further evidence of the stupidity of Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld policies in the Middle East.

Reality is that America must proceed slowly and carefully to ensure that a democratic group emerges in Syria. Oh, for the good old days when George made clear to all that he knew what he was doing!

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Manning And Bin Laden

Posted on April 11, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Ten years ago President Bush decided to launch an invasion of Iraq in order to end terrorism. OK, so al-Qaeda went from an organization of a few thousand to an organization with branches in Syria, Algeria, Mali, Pakistan and other places on this globe. We now know who really was responsible for this incredible growth of al-Qaeda–BRADLEY MANNING! The slightly built Bradley Manning is a PFC in the Army who is responsible for allowing the world to learn what American diplomats thought about life and people. Col. Denise Lind, who heads the court martial trial of Manning will allow a member of Special Forces who helped to kill Osama bin Laden to testify. The Special Forces soldier will reveal that someone got copies of Manning’s materials and gave them to Osama bin Laden.

In other words, it was Manning who helped al-Qaeda to grow from a few thousand members to a multi-national gang of murderers. Yes, let us blame Manning, the evil genius behind Osama bin Laden.

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Iraq Redeux

Posted on April 9, 2013 by | Leave a comment

We are coming to the tenth anniversary of American troops entering  Baghdad in 2003 and overthrowing the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. John Howard was Prime Minister of Australia in 2003 and warmly supported the war in Iraq. Today, ten years later, he claims disbanding the Iraq army in 2003 “was a mistake” and getting rid of anyone who belonged to the Baath party “went too far.”Howard went on “the post invasion conflict, especially between Sunnis and Shiites..did more damage.. to the credibility o f the coaliton operation in Iraq than the failure to find stockpiles of WMD.”

Like his buddy George Bush, the prime minister continues to insist invading Iraq was the right thing to do. He went on to argue that Arab Spring was an outcome of the Iraq war. Dream on, John, dream on.

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Did “Surge” Actually Succeed?

Posted on April 9, 2013 by | Leave a comment

During the recent confirmation hearing for Chuck Hagel his former friend and now foes, Senator John McCain demanded an answer to the question as to whether Hagel would now admit his opposition to the famous “surge”led by General David Petraeus was wrong. Hagel refused to give a yes or no answer. Senator McCain now has an answer to his question. Eight years AFTER the surge, car bombs rocked the city of Baghdad. Nine bombers, including suicide insurgents, blasted away leaving anywhere from 31 to 50 dead and overt 150 wounded. Terrorism never halted despite the “surge” which allegedly halted violence in the capital.

John McCain was wrong about the  surge just as he has been wrong regarding violence in the Middle East. In reality, the surge did produce an immediate benefit of REDUCING violence due to efforts of Sunni Awakening Councils which  dealt with al-Qaeda. After Prime Minister Maliki took power he refused to work with Sunni leaders and this led to renewed violence. Sorry, Senator McCain, it was NOT Petraeus who led to reduced violence, it was the Awakening Councils!

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Sorcery-New Guinea-Washington?

Posted on April 9, 2013 by | Leave a comment

A teacher in Bougainville, Papua, New Guinea was accused of using sorcery to kill another teacher and then beheaded for this horrible crime. This is the second person accused and then killed because they engaged in sorcery. I wonder if  this punishment should be inflicted upon  those in America who engage in sorcery. Of course, that would result in mass killing of hundreds of important Republican officials who spend their days and nights honing their sorcery skills.

1. George Bush and  his buddies who invented Weapons of Mass Destruction which never existed but he was able to get quite a few people  killed in the process.

2. Paul Ryan who can reduce our deficit and at the same time reduce taxes  on the wealthy. Paul, never go to New Guinea-they know how to handle those engaged in sorcery.

3. Mitt Romney, who opposes a health care plan  that is similar to one he proposed, but according to Mitt, what was the same is really different. Sorcerer, First Class.

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