Target the Terrorists, Worry About Assad Later
It’s disturbing that for some of my congressional colleagues and other government officials, even as ISIS makes known its imminent plan to attack the American homeland, we must relegate these terrorists to secondary status. First, they say, we must rid Syria of the odious dictator Assad. With that mass murderer out of the way, then we may turn to checking ISIS off the list. This fails to grasp the emergency at hand. It betrays a failure of strategic thinking.
No, I’m sorry, but our number one enemy is not Assad. It is ISIS – better known in the Middle East as Daesh – and we must immediately focus on these enemies of our civilization, partnering with whoever shares an interest in extinguishing these marauders. French President Francois Hollande understands the urgency if many of Washington’s talking heads do not.
Forget Assad for now. Target the terrorists who are training their killing machine on us.
Yes, that means not just forgetting Assad, but laying aside worries about Putin. Russia’s jets have been pounding ISIS strongholds for days. That’s a good thing. Why do American decision-makers nitpick the less-than-perfect Russians while Russians kill those who would kill us? (Dana Rohrabacher)
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First Tulsi Gabbard and now Dana Rohrabacher. Perhaps everyone on Capital Hill should take up surfing. These two surfers are making more sense lately than anyone else inhabiting the D.C. swampland.
Dana is the only Congressman I’ve met since I was a kid. Even though I only talked with him a few times, I could see he is an honorable, stand up guy. Among the many momentos he has on display in his office, hang the surfboards used by Dana and his bride on their honeymoon. Yes, he has the soul of a surfer. Some describe him as bat shit crazy. So what. I’ve been accused of the same. I’m firmly convinced a little bat shit crazy is good for the soul. I don’t agree with all his stances, but again, so what. Those differences only make conversation while quaffing ales in a pub lively and stimulating.
Dana demonstrated an active interest in Afghanistan since the late eighties. He made many trips over there meeting with the northern warlords like Massoud and Dostan. He championed the policy of supporting the mujahideen against the Soviets. After 9/11 he advised the White House to send a small group of men to work with the Northern Alliance warlords to overthrow the Taliban and take on Al Qaeda. Late he distributed Major Gant’s “One Tribe at a Time” and championed his approach rather than the Administration’s half assed surge.
Both Dana and Tulsi need to take on their largely clueless congressional colleagues and slap some sense into them. We should help them any way we can. That would be knarly, dude.
TTG