Several years ago, I wrote of our proclivity to use the term “war” when we really mean focusing our resources to address a societal problem. Thus we have had a “war on poverty”, a “war against drugs”, a “war against inflation” and others. These are not real wars in the conventional sense; no one seriously [...]
Continue reading about Wars against terrorists cannot be won.
In a previous post, I suggested that the way to best challenge and defeat terrorists would be to use well established and experienced civilian law enforcement agencies to investigate, arrest, prosecute, and, if appropriate, punish and incarcerate those convicted through the regular judicial system. Almost ten years ago, the United States General Accounting Office [...]
Don’t look at the guy behind the curtain. Those of us of a certain age grew up with the wisdoms of the motion picture, The Wizard of Oz, and the admonition urged by the alleged Wizard not to look at or pay attention to the guy behind the curtain, a plain, regular person who, [...]
Based on history, experience and plain common sense, I can reasonably be certain of these future events. First, it seems likely that, sometime in the future, at a time when it suits them, terrorists will attack the United States and that attack will bring death and loss to civilians; Second, it is probable that, sometime [...]
Continue reading about What the future holds in store for us.
Among the things I simply do not understand are the claims and counter claims as to whether or when Speaker Pelosi or other Democrats were aware that the Bush administration had authorized or directed waterboarding and other practices constituting torture, including on traditional POW’s. Nearly everyone except the former Vice-President and his family acknowledge that [...]
