The Parable of America as Global Neighborhood Watch Commander

Communities Digital News ^ | July 28,2014 | Richard Cameron

[Noremac]

This is a parable inspired by and written in response to an editorial from Charles Krauthammer, sent over by a friend this afternoon.

There was a guy who had taken on the role of the head of community security, let's call him "Mr.Zimmerman" for convenience sake.  Mr. Zimmerman purposes to coordinate and spearhead an effort to methodically go through the entire neighborhood and look for suspicious activity, unlocked doors, improper security lighting, unsavory characters malingering - and to act as the first responder to possible criminal activity. 

While he is doing this, he leaves the back of his home completely unlocked and all the windows and gates wide open. The very criminal element he warns the community about and seeks to thwart, are entering Mr. Zimmerman's premises from the rear and dispersing their networks from there.

The trespassers on Zimmerman's property commit an untold number of crimes, up to and including the murders of hundreds and eventually, thousands of people. The foolish residents of the community still focus on distant activities of wrongdoers in other cities instead of recognizing their own exposure in their own neighborhood.

A certain Mr. Nobody tries to point out the dysfunctional nature of all of this, but is either ignored or thought of as hopelessly naïve.

Who does 'Mr. Zimmerman' head of community security remind you of?  I'd like to provide the key to the parable here, but my writer's agreement with the publisher only allows me to provide a preview. Check out the unfolding of the story here:

http://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/the-parable-of-the-pentagon-as-global-neighborhood-watch-patrol-22584/

[Usagi_yo]

Translation please. It hurt my brain.

[Travis McGee]

[familyop]

Criminals like Iran and its associates don’t like neighborhood watch. They’d rather we focused on domestic issues while real criminals build nukes and conquer neighbors.

[Noremac]

is locking down the border with the failed states to the South, merely a “domestic issue” for you?

Are you in a hurry to repeat Afghanistan (FAIL), Iraq (HUGE FAIL), Libya (FAIL) and stick soldiers with restrictive rules of engagement in the middle of a sectarian civil war? If Saudi Arabia has a hard on about Iran, let them get up in Iran’s grill this time around.

As for Russia, can you not see how Russians view NATO camping right on their back door? It’s VERY analogous to the Cuban Missile Crisis. We can’t afford any more of this and we certainly don’t want a Barney Fife in the form of Barack Obama wagging the dog (screwing the pooch) before his sorry, traitorous a$$ leaves office.