No, not in Mexico.
In Pakistan:
Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, has told U.S. officials the next two weeks are critical to determining whether the Pakistani government will survive, FOX News has learned.
“The Pakistanis have run out of excuses” and are “finally getting serious” about combating the threat from Taliban and Al Qaeda extremists operating out of Northwest Pakistan, the general added.
But Petraeus also said wearily that “we’ve heard it all before” from the Pakistanis and he is looking to see concrete action by the government to destroy the Taliban in the next two weeks before determining the United States’ next course of action, which is presently set on propping up the Pakistani government and military with counterinsurgency training and foreign aid.
I believe Tom Clancy has already written about this.
Well Lex, he’s already called the shot correctly on the idea of using commercial aircraft to ram Govt bldgs, differing only in the structure (Congress) race (Japanese) and source of motivation. Life often DOES imitate art….. Another such previous eerily predictive artistic effort that comes to mind is the pre-9/11 April 2000 movie, “Rules of Engagement” starring Samuel Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones depicting Marines wrongly accused of murder of Arabs (Yeman) by PC higher-ups. Haditha, anyone?
So–Stand by for a ram! BOHICA! Only a matter of which city…
I should have added: ESPECIALLY now that Obama and friends are in control…
The real question being what the United States, Israel, and India are likely to do about it. India in particular.
All of the factors that exist in the world todaycontribute to what is known as a “Perfect Storm”.
However, this time it isn’t a fishing boat that’s at stake… it’s all of us, our future. The only question remaining is: “What’s going to happen next?”
Too scary to think about! I believe I’ll get on my Harley and ride for awhile. You know, that good old “Live Free, Ride Free” spirit.
Lately I’ve been feeling very powerless–looking at the possibilities that may be lining up and believing nothing I am capable of will make a bit of difference. I’ve never felt more at the mercy of others than I do these days…
See, in Illinois you can make just about any campaign promises you care to. It doesn’t matter, because you only have to keep your promises to the party bosses. You don’t have to keep your promises to the peasants, and the bosses of the two parties work together in one Combine to keep their members in line.
But in national politics there’s no unified command structure, no Combine. There’s no one to control people like Pelosi and Reid. You can’t just up and ignore your promises and do something like decide to keep Gitmo open. So now you’re between a rock and a hard place. Don’t let them go and you’ve got the left up your rear. Let them go and the peasants will revolt.
This should be interesting. Check it out, Toto. You’re not in Cook County any more.
FbL,
Hang in there! There is nothing new under the sun and we’ve been here before many many times. I lived in Germany when they built the Wall and trust me, I slept through it. It was a complete yawn. Same thing for the Cuban Missile Crisis. A complete snoozefest as far as I was concerned. My insouciance could perhaps be explained by the fact that I was born in Germany in January of 1961 but I like to think of myself as an optimist.
The line up today doesn’t really feature any existential threats despite the hype.
Curtis,
I lived in Washington, DC during the Cuban Missle Crisis. I was just a kid but the pucker factor was evident in my observations of the adults there on my street . That and the air raid drills in my elementary school. Maybe diaper/underwear changing was in order but no yawning.
Secondly, don’t kid yourself, there are plenty of swarthy bad guys already in this country with the will if not yet the means, to blow stuff up. I suspect that is coming.
With the lax attitude of this administration and wet noodle will of the majority of the electorate, I don’t have a warm and fuzzy just like FBL. Maybe FBL you should change your name to CPL for “Cold and Prickly Lioness?”
Dust
Hey Lex! In case you haven’t noticed as yet’ your email is hosed up big time.