I had exactly the same reaction to this drivel of nonsense spewed by Tony Blair as quoted by Daily Pundit. Was actually puzzled why Wretchard would think it worthwhile enough to post then realized he must be alerting us to the continuing idiocy of our “strongest” ally. This same “ally” who probably forced upon us all the wisdom of going to the United Nations prior to taking down one of the most notorious Terrorist sponsors and enablers in the ME, Saddam Hussein. No doubt that President Bush should have told Blair to take a walk but I don’t think that President Bush had a clear picture of our “problem”. I still don’t think he does.
Matter of fact I am starting to believe that I vastly overestimated President Bush’s ability to lead us in this war based on a couple of speeches given shortly after 9/11. Instead of taking him at his word I should have simply understood those speeches for what they were, an attempt to mollify us into believing he had things under control. He does not.
Daily Pundit : Poverty? Climate change? Peace between Israel and a non-existent Palestine, after Barak? I’m sorry, but this blather from Tony Blair is pure, unadulterated, euro-tranzi bullshit, and if we follow this tainted “advice,” we will lose. Britain is already mostly lost. The only reason Bush cleaves so tightly to Blair is that, without him, America will have to face the brutal truth of the early 21st century: We are the world’s hyperpower, and we are totally, entirely alone.
We can see that instead of being under control the Middle East is spinning rapidly into disaster of biblical proportions. Iran a country that has been killing Americans since 1983 is still killing Americans even after being labeled as one of the Axis of Evil Nations. Some say that we are over extended and while I am not sure this to be the case how can it be that while this country faces actual war our defense spending lingers as a percentage of GDP under that of pacifist Clinton? Is the threat not dangerous enough for us to spend at least as much as Clinton did during most of his Presidency?
Lets simply note that military spending as a percentage of GDP has not shown any great increase, indeed it remains at or near the lowest level it achieved during President Clinton’s term. The facts show the story of a nation unwilling to dedicate the same percentage of funds towards its own defense as it did when a substantially more rational enemy was faced across the Rubicon . (1990=5.6, 1991=5.0, 1992=5.2, 1993=4.8, 1994=4.3, 1995=4.0, 1996=3.7, 1997=3.5, 1998=3.3, 1999=3.3) Defense spending in 2003 remained at 3.3% of GDP a level that marked the lowest point of the Clinton years.
What we need now isn’t some New Age drivel as spewed by intellectuals infatuated with ideas spawned from classrooms long since irrelevant. What we need now are politicians who are cut from the same cloth as FDR and Lincoln. Politicians who understand that killing the will of the nations that threaten us and deposing their leaders is what wins wars. What wins wars isn’t sitting around the campfire singing kumbaya worrying about how their fathers left them and their mothers hated them. What wins wars is making the mothers of those who attack us weep for their losses. What wins wars is a President who doesn’t spend trillions on prescription drug benefits while spending less on the only legitimate expenditure, defense.
Pierre Legrand’s prescription drug for winning this war in 10 “easy” steps (he says tongue firmly in cheek).
- Increase defense spending to 10% of GDP
- Fire the entire intelligence apparatus, we won’t miss them and it will increase security by preventing the infiltration of our government through our agencies. Which has traditionally been the way our intelligence has been compromised.
- Rehire those in our intelligence agencies whose resumes show they actually accomplish something.
- Establish a policy that demands success instead of rule following
- Make it a policy that if a major terrorist attack is successfully carried out against our nation those resulting in the deaths of thousands that everyone involved be it oversight in the House and Senate and those at the top of the Agencies will be expected to submit letters of resignation pending investigations. It is obscene that no one paid for 9/11 with at least their jobs.
- Immediately demand that Iran cease all terrorist activities.
- Put troops on the ground in the fight against Hezballah, this is our fight and those bastards have already provoked us by murdering 241 Marines in 83. Their continued threats constitute a clear and present danger to this nation.
- Station ships near enough to Iran to make the point that there is no free ride. Any sort of provocations against these ships will be dealt with gravely.
- Make it clear that our war is not with the general populace of Iran and Syria but also make it crystal clear that we will not hesitate to do everything in our power to bring down their countries should provocative acts continue.
- Find and fire those in our Government who still believe that sending signals amounts to anything more than a acting like some cheap poser trying to impress teenage girls at the corner store.
Now obviously this is unrealistic. After all firing government workers is more impossible than cutting spending and cutting spending has never happened. What about a policy that demands success instead of rule following…muahaha…yea sure like Bureaucrats know anything but rule following. Ok so it is a dream but you have to admit it is the sort of sensible dream we should be starting from, not this nightmare we are descending into.
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