Posted on 09/12/2014 5:26:48 AM PDT by NOBO2012
Q. When is a war not a war?
A. When it is a “fairly significant counter-terrorist operation” (according to Jean Carré) rather than a “war per se” (according to Josh Earnest); when our State Department rejects the “notion” of us engaging in a “war” on terrorism” (according to Marie Harf) and when the Commander in Chief says that the group calling itself the “Islamic State” is neither Islamic…nor a state; ipso fatso, we can’t declare war on it.
And while we’re at it, perhaps someone can get to the bottom of this mystery too: who forgot to order the White House yard crew to cut the grass on the South Lawn for yesterday’s moment of silence on the National Day of Remembrance and Service?
Ankle high grass is really more appropriate for putting a herd out to pasture.
It’s not like 9-11 occurs on a different day every year. Although I suppose the crew may have assumed that the “remembrance” part had diminished in importance now that 9-11 is really more about “giving back.” By putting playground equipment together, or something:
President Barack Obama uses a ratchet wrench as he helps build a playground while participating in a service project at the Inspired Teaching School, a high-performing public charter school in northeast Washington, DC, to commemorate the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance:
Don’t strain yourself, BO! We’ve still got a “fairly significant counter-terrorist operation” to execute when you’re done here.
“KaBOOM! is the national non-profit dedicated to the bold goal of bringing balanced and active play into the daily lives of all children, particularly those growing up in poverty in America. Since 1996, KaBOOM! has collaborated with partners to build, open or improve nearly 16,000 playgrounds, engaged more than one million volunteers and served 7.4 million children.”
“KaBoom!” - really? You couldn’t find a less appropriately named non-profit to promote for our “September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance?”
I leave it up to you kids to sort this out, as I am going to be busy today getting the MOTUS Twilight Nocturne Lounge ready for this evening’s special event. Whoever used it last apparently left it not only in a mess, butt in serious need of restocking.
See you tonight: Happy Hour begins promptly at 5:00 EDT.
Posted from: Michelle Obama’s Mirror
Read Bernard Fall.
I’m going to agree with Kerry, but I can’t imagine Kerry stating why this is not a war: Our opponent is a gang of terrorists, not an army. Armies wear uniforms. The Russian separatists are an army; that is a war.
This description is also in the Urban Dictionary as another definition of "Cluster F#ck".
CAUTION: Quoting Kerry and Barry is considered a 'vicious personal attack' in modern punditry.
Are things being broken and people killed?
An army is not defined as a bunch of uniforms.
An army is defined as being a large group of people able and willing to use violence to accomplish a political objective.
Our opponents are an army, the Army of Islam. We are in a war. It doesn't matter to them if we refuse to realize it.
Q. When is a war not a war?A.
For America anytime its military is used after World War II.
We have not fought a war since then. Oh we have used the military but we limited their actions, held them back, handcuffed them, gave then silly and senseless rules of engagement etc..
It reminds me of when this admin admitted that Russian troops were in Ukraine “engaging” Ukraine troops “with casualties” but did not use the word “invasion”
Picture this:
* You face a large group of people who are well armed
* They are politically motivated, going into areas and establishing de facto governments
* They have uniforms and a flag and call themselves a state
* They have stated that their ultimate goal is to control the world, one nation at a time
* They kill people as they want, celebrate the killing and put it on TV
* They tell you that they want to kill you.
If you don’t consider yourself at war with them you are a fool and you are going to suffer very badly.
1) John Kerry is nuanced. 2)John Kerry was in Vietnam.
You misunderstand me.
When you fight an army, you don’t kill prisoners. You send statesmen to seek a peace. And you are bound by international law. You recognize you will likely have to kill or be killed, but you can also respect that the individuals you fight are fighting for their families, their nation and their honor, no matter how vile their leaders’ politics are.
When you fight terrorists, you execute prisoners as criminals. You fight until their utter destruction, with no negotiation. And you are a God-damned fool if you restrain yourself by international laws which you know they will not respect. You owe them not one stitch of respect, and when you kill them, you know their widows and children should rejoice with you.
The War Department has been the Department of Defense for a while now, and we haven’t declared war in the same constitutional way as we did in WWII, since.
Hey, iconoclast- answer the posted replies.
So, you are a shim? You silly child.
Answer, the posted replies- from any of your topic posts.
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