Paper tigers

If we needed any further proof that Bush/Cheney have destroyed whatever authority the U.S. had in world affairs, along with our credibility, this Russian/Georgian conflict should remove all doubt. McCain and Cheney can bluster and threaten and lie all they want about what is happening in Georgia, but they will be unable to do anything whatsoever about it. They say Russia should be punished for their aggression and pay no attention whatsoever to the U.S. and Georgian role in this dispute. So who is going to punish them? Certainly not the U.S., nor will NATO or the United Nations do anything. First of all the Russians can just point to Iraq as an example of true aggression and we have no moral authority to tell Russia what they can do, especially on their own borders (where we have been meddling for years). Second, our failure in Iraq has exposed us for the Paper Tiger we have become under the miserable policies of Bush/Cheney. Third, Bush/Cheney are lame ducks. No one is going to pay any attention to them anyway. Fourth, our inability to curb Iran’s nuclear activities (which are perfectly legal) makes it clear that we are largely impotent at the moment. Fifth, our inability to capture Osama bin Laden is hardly an example of our power and ability. In short, we are finished when it comes to being the “only superpower left.” Our military superiority (which may be exaggerated in the first place) has proven to be pretty much useless and seems to have been offset by our lack of brainpower. McCain and the neocons cling to the belief that our military offers solutions to all problems everywhere, even thought that has become increasingly called into question. McCain can claim victory in Iraq and boast that he knows how to win wars but the reality is quite different. This is partly because we insist on starting “wars” that simply cannot be “won.” The war on drugs is the best case in point, as was our much touted war on poverty. The Iraq war is no different. It cannot be won, and it should have been obvious from the beginning. Now we are insisting on continuing our war in Afghanistan which most certainly can never be won. Why do we persist in such obvious stupidity? We may be about to start another war that will not and cannot be won. If we attack Iran, or allow Israel to do so we will only have proven my point once again. Military power is useless in the absence of brainpower. When you believe you are going to make people love you by attacking and brutalizing them I should think Iraq has taught us a serious lesson (remember how we were going to be greeted as liberators by happy people throwing flowers at our troops). Some might conclude this is merely idiocy. I suspect it is more than merely idiocy, it also has an element of madness to it.

Still another bear attack. This one in Tennessee where a bear attacked an eight year old boy playing in a creek. There was apparently no obvious reason for this attack. When the boy managed to scare the young bear away it soon returned and attacked his father as well. Fortunately neither the boy or his father were seriously injured. As the bear weighed only 86 pounds I conclude it must have been young. But why did it choose to attack such an innocent target? Perhaps it trained in Afghanistan and it just hates us for our freedoms (like stealing its food and territory).

LKBIQ:
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Mark Twain