Health Care Reform: Keepin' It Stealth!

  Earlier this year we canceled the F-22 Raptor program which is the most advanced stealth fighter and the only 5th generation fighter in the world.  Why?  Because it was too expensive!  God forbid we keep our nation safe with the latest and most advanced military technology in the world.  There are more important things like all the people dying in the streets because of our horrific health care system.

  Late Saturday night the House passed the Health Care Reform Act.  This is the latest in stealth technology since it cost much more than the Raptor program and nobody even saw it!  Remember when Pelosi said the final version of the bill would be posted online for 72 hours so Americans could view it?  Well in typical liberal fashion she quickly took that back and made sure a vote would get done on Saturday night after a mere 200 or so amendments were also added to the bill.  So just like a stealth fighter, we heard about it but never got to see it before the bombs were already dropped.  Keep in mind that this bill was another emergency that needs to be passed right away or millions would continue to suffer!  Just like that stimulus bill that would keep the unemployment rate below 8.5%...

  Last week there was a horrible shooting at Fort Hood in Texas.  An Army Officer who just happened to be Muslim decided it would be a good idea to start killing soldiers that were about to deploy to Afghanistan.  He was scheduled to deploy as well but since 2001 has spoken out and been an advocate against both wars.  Its also been reported that he has tried to contact Al Qaeda so he could join the great ranks of those holy warriors of Islam.  Political correctness needs to stop now.  We face a clearly defined enemy and that is  Islamic terrorists.  I once observed two Middle Eastern men wearing dark sunglasses and acting strange in a security line at an airport.  Between them and myself was an old woman who was barely able to walk with her cane.  These men passed through the checkpoint without question or even a second look and the probably 70 or older year old woman was taken aside and searched.  This occurred in 2003 so I can only imagine how much less attention would be paid to a suspicious person now for fear of someone crying race profiling.

  President Obama seemed to be a bit upset that the attack at Fort Hood happened since when he was speaking at a Native American Council meeting it took him an entire 5 minutes into his speech before any mention of the tragedy at Fort Hood.  He was too busy introducing people, thanking people and then the expression of disgust that he had to stop something on his busy agenda to mention a tragedy.  Then again why would he care about the men and women in uniform, hes left them hanging in Afghanistan for months while he plays.

Afghanistan: Obama's Vietnam

  Now the title may be misleading and some of you are saying to yourselves "Afghanistan is nothing like Vietnam, we lost so many more troops in that war" and to a degree you are right.  We haven't lost 50k plus soldiers in Afghanistan and I certainly hope the total of both there and Iraq never come close to that number.  Mr. Nobel Prize has done one thing to turn this war around in Afghanistan and ONE thing only; dictate a war from Washington ignoring commanders on the ground in the combat zone.  He was in Florida last week pleading with troops to be patient while he makes the decision weather or not to listen to his General's suggestions for a strategy and troop increase.  Frankly I felt bad for those men and women in uniform that had to listen to him make more excuses for his incompetence.  Find me one Marine or just about any service member that doesn't want to just get the job done and defeat our enemies by any means necessary.

  I'd say the vast majority of my generation knows little or nothing about the Vietnam war other than a lot of people died or they're parents got really stoned.  What they don't know is that we were there cleaning up after the French.  They certainly don't know the main reason so many troops died was because Washington told the Military where they could and couldn't strike, contrary to the recommendations of the Commanders in theater.  Now Mr. Obama finds himself at the helm of another toy, our military.  He is second guessing Commanders, some of which HE appointed.  In the meantime, unbeknown to him; there is no Pause button in war.  People die, insurgents gain ground and the forward progress we were making is gradually erased on a daily basis.

  Long Binh and Bien Hoa were battles fought during 1968 in Vietnam are forgotten in today's modern school of warfare but should serve as a lesson.  Outnumbered and outgunned the U.S. troops were able to win those battles because their Commanders allowed them to fight a war properly without politicians being involved.  They raided churches, holy sites and used massive tear gas attacks to flush out the enemy.  Troops were allowed to destroy the enemy at any cost and win what is today referred to as the first Tet Offensive.

  Our current military doctrine and rules of engagement now reflect a more politically correct stance.  Places of worship are strictly off limits and the famous order "do not fire until fired upon" no longer hold true.  This administration has taken the ROE's to a whole new level by basically only allowing troops to engage an enemy once permission has been obtained through almost the entire chain of command unless otherwise specified.  The call for reinforcements has up until this point been ignored by the White House.  Of all the negative effects Obama's change has brought to our beloved America, this is the most troubling.  Shame on you Mr. President for yet again disrespecting the men and women in uniform that fight for the very freedom which you abuse.