tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post4062946785873104923..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: US Government Infested with LiarsAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-3494688840226042342019-12-12T07:52:58.269-06:002019-12-12T07:52:58.269-06:00I agree that was a dumb move. We also have to rem...I agree that was a dumb move. We also have to remember it wasn't the Taliban who attacked us.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-37330775131027921402019-12-11T21:15:59.243-06:002019-12-11T21:15:59.243-06:00Back in 2009, I had a rare opportunity to hang out...Back in 2009, I had a rare opportunity to hang out with one of Israel's first military generals when Israel returned as a nation in 1948. He gave me and some friends a perspective on the violence in the Middle East including Afghanistan. General Shimon Erem told us that President Jimmy Carter destroyed over 30 years of ground intelligence during his first 2 years of his term as President. The rise of Khomeini fueled many of the violent attacks on the Middle East nations as radical Islamists tried to conquer and subject nations to extremist Islamic control. What we are seeing right now, judging from what I got out of the private chat I had with the late General Erem back in 2009, is a violent attempt of Islamic extremists trying to retain their stranglehold on the government of Afghanistan. General Erem pointed out that after Carter got voted out, he continued to meddle in the affairs of the Middle East, interfering with dealings from President Reagan, President Bush Sr., President Clinton and President Bush Jr. Carter deliberately sabotaged Presidents Reagan and Bush Sr.'s moves dealing with issues in the Middle East, interfered with President Clinton's attempt to capture 0sama bin laden, and kept interfering with George W. Bush's dealings with the wars in the Middle East. General Erem smelled something rotten with 0bama's dealings as well, even early on into 0bama's first 9 months as President. General Erem died in late May 2012, and is probably rolling in his grave, knowing what is going on in the Middle East. From the things I learned from General Erem, I suspect Jimmy Carter did some interfering at least during 0bama's first term and has handed the baton for 0bama to continue what he started in the 80s when he passes away. However, President Trump is quite vocal about what is going on, and I suspect he is going to try to turn some screws against the regime in order to force them to get their act together. There is still plenty at play, costing Afghanis their lives at the hands of Islamic extremists.mystere's moonbat slayer clubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059909696097340275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-42476475015301194702019-12-11T13:14:10.295-06:002019-12-11T13:14:10.295-06:00All I know is John Bolton resigned mostly because ...All I know is John Bolton resigned mostly because Trump wanted to host the Taliban at Camp David on September 11th, 2019. The war on terror required a serious leader, and we got a game show host instead.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-8923437394287287502019-12-11T12:38:30.579-06:002019-12-11T12:38:30.579-06:00We’re clearly still shopping. That’s the ‘sacrific...We’re clearly still shopping. That’s the ‘sacrifice’ the public was asked for after 9/11. A useful distraction by which to engage in military, political and corporate adventurism.<br /><br />As you well know SF, if the public could glimpse the ground truth on both Iraq and Afghanistan.....they would march on DC with pitchforks and torches.<br /><br />At least.....I would hope.CIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261660740601698500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-75090697949373941302019-12-11T12:31:38.818-06:002019-12-11T12:31:38.818-06:00TC,
I understand what Franco is getting at--as Ch...TC,<br /><br />I understand what Franco is getting at--as Christians we can apply Biblical teachings to any phenomena on earth, and recourse to God is often our only recourse in a life that often makes no earthly sense. For people who believe in God, all that is a given.<br /><br />Given that, the topic of this post is our government's criminal incompetence and rotten house of lies concerning Afghanistan.<br /><br />Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-58411288761732749732019-12-11T12:29:06.852-06:002019-12-11T12:29:06.852-06:00Don't forget Bush wanting to "bomb" ...Don't forget Bush wanting to "bomb" them with "love" and food packages.<br /><br />The whole damn thing was flawed from the start.<br /><br />Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Rice should be sharing a jail cell.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-82210215820397596092019-12-11T09:49:28.830-06:002019-12-11T09:49:28.830-06:00FT wants to sing Kumbaya with Nero on the fiddle.FT wants to sing Kumbaya with Nero on the fiddle.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-84561869682295377962019-12-11T09:45:14.979-06:002019-12-11T09:45:14.979-06:00Never send soldiers to do the job of an atomic bom...Never send soldiers to do the job of an atomic bomb.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-60133522529069853252019-12-11T09:19:28.827-06:002019-12-11T09:19:28.827-06:00Ah yes, everyone is blind but you...
Ah yes, everyone is blind but you...<br /><br />Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-89764650309427487052019-12-11T08:59:42.667-06:002019-12-11T08:59:42.667-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-67958837308093585812019-12-11T08:36:11.069-06:002019-12-11T08:36:11.069-06:00Wasteful spending and half-baked ideas: U.S. offic...<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/wasteful-spending-and-half-baked-ideas-us-officials-reveal-how-massive-rebuilding-projects-in-afghanistan-backfired/ar-BBXYeRI?ocid=ientp" rel="nofollow">Wasteful spending and half-baked ideas: U.S. officials reveal how massive rebuilding projects in Afghanistan backfired</a><br /><br /><i>Since 2001, Washington has spent more on nation-building in Afghanistan than in any country ever, allocating $133 billion for reconstruction, aid programs and the Afghan security forces. <br /><br />Adjusted for inflation, that is more than the United States spent in Western Europe with the Marshall Plan after World War II. <br /><br />Instead of bringing stability and peace, they said, the United States inadvertently built a corrupt, dysfunctional Afghan government that remains dependent on U.S. military power for its survival. Assuming it does not collapse, U.S. officials have said it will need billions more dollars in aid annually, for decades. </i><br /><br />I say, let it collapse.<br /><br />Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-73510776135724106912019-12-11T07:40:23.605-06:002019-12-11T07:40:23.605-06:00Lovely, but what does it have to do with the TOPIC...Lovely, but what does it have to do with the TOPIC?<br /><br />You delete people at your blog for doing stuff like this.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-4104030387420417372019-12-11T07:39:07.103-06:002019-12-11T07:39:07.103-06:00It accords with what I have seen with my own eyes ...It accords with what I have seen with my own eyes and heard from other sources.<br /><br />I don't just blindly gobble stuff up. I use my own experience and my light of reason.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-89119167372051561172019-12-11T07:37:39.065-06:002019-12-11T07:37:39.065-06:00CI, I know, and I agree. I saw if first-hand. I h...CI, I know, and I agree. I saw if first-hand. I have said many times the US Army should have gotten some kind of big award for its job on the ground in Iraq. We had E-5's acting as Sheriff, Captains and Justice of the Peace, and overall, a force on the ground doing the impossible in service to an incoherent policy cooked up and pushed by people who should be in jail for what they did.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-69697205257511851502019-12-11T07:27:46.345-06:002019-12-11T07:27:46.345-06:00SF - It’s also worth mentioning that part of the p...SF - It’s also worth mentioning that part of the problem is the ‘in err’ goal of trying to turn majority Islamic and underdeveloped nations into even facades of western liberal democracies. This burden, on the ground, has been borne largely by our military forces.CIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261660740601698500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-64565575464552690302019-12-11T06:54:04.708-06:002019-12-11T06:54:04.708-06:00"Paths of Glory"?"Paths of Glory"?Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-60444473318402305162019-12-11T06:52:24.825-06:002019-12-11T06:52:24.825-06:00"In normal times, this would call for congres..."In normal times, this would call for congressional hearings."<br />No, it's "Impeach! Impeach! Impeach!"Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-64357792858819100372019-12-11T06:10:34.252-06:002019-12-11T06:10:34.252-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-16885717706188647162019-12-11T06:02:20.576-06:002019-12-11T06:02:20.576-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-2825129801634145012019-12-11T05:56:38.904-06:002019-12-11T05:56:38.904-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-63624691242839813022019-12-11T05:52:44.414-06:002019-12-11T05:52:44.414-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-73908470458119058992019-12-11T01:14:42.054-06:002019-12-11T01:14:42.054-06:00I don't know. Seems to me we're exactly wh...I don't know. Seems to me we're exactly where we should be after nearly eleven years of Obama-Trump wanting to abandon the front lines.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-69998843999780721042019-12-10T18:57:42.721-06:002019-12-10T18:57:42.721-06:00Yep; I respect Gen. Mattis for the same reasons [a...Yep; I respect Gen. Mattis for the same reasons [aside from previous honors].CIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261660740601698500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-52089557749762741752019-12-10T17:05:22.433-06:002019-12-10T17:05:22.433-06:00Rummy should be awarded the McNamera Trophy... fro...Rummy should be awarded the McNamera Trophy... from behind bars.<br /><br />All we're doing to the terrorists is red teaming them, and creating more of them.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-17047835169672264112019-12-10T16:52:55.479-06:002019-12-10T16:52:55.479-06:00I wish I could find the exact quote but I recall R...I wish I could find the exact quote but I recall Rumsfeld saying very early on that the "global war on terrorism" would not be quick and easy, and would take upwards of 75 years to end. I'd like to find that quote and its context. Not even a third of the way into a 75 year hypothetical commitment, are we on time or off track?(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.com