Peak oil already happened. 2005. It was after Peak Oil was met the petroleum industry went into hyperdrive to drill with alternative methods that are causing earthquakes. 

Since the petroleum industry decided radical measure to obtain carbon fuels out of the ground they state there is no such thing as Peak Oil.

They are wrong. They know they are wrong. 

They also said there is no such thing as global warming and carbon dioxide could never be a toxic gas.

What the conservation community counted on was MORALITY and ETHICS. What it didn't count on was GREED. The conservation community thought all people were the same as they in realizing there were limits to Earth's carbon sinks. What they didn't expect is RUTHLESS from leaders such as Dick Cheney and Halliburton.

Basically what occurred was the petroleum industry pushing past DECENCY and the value of life. The petroleum industry values wealth over life. That was something the conservation community never thought any human being was capable of deciding. Never did the community believe the immorality of wealth would endanger the lives of all others. 

What the conservation community began about 2 decades ago was to begin to look for REAL crops that would grow regardless of drought. All the rest of the wealthy has to say is, "Thank you."

If this level of violence exists with players on a more and more frequent basis, what is the culture like within the NFL? What is happening in the locker rooms? 

Are the players getting permission from piers and/or the entitlement because of the money? It is happening too often across the league. Something is going on with the culture.

Not everyone welcomes democracy to their land.

McHale's Navy. I love this show. It provided in depth insight in very odd ways.

Iraq is a majority Shi'ite. They will not take up arms against Assad. They simply won't. The focus on IS/IS/L is legitimate for the entire region, including Iran.

The reason the focus on IS/IS/L is legitimate and I have stated this before, is because of their METHODOLOGY. The methodology of IS/IS/L is genocidal. They kill the men and inseminate the women. That is a genocidal definition according to any UN Charter. 

What John McCain wants is what caused the collapse of Iraq in the first place. Literally, the Maliki government made the decision to maintain their Shi'ite majority and continue to arm only Shi'ites because of the concern for the death of their own citizens. The Shi'ites and McCain should know this has sustained huge losses of number of their people and they will not cooperate with the killing of Shi'ites. The new Prime Minister will not move against Shi'ites, I guarantee you that.

There is absolutely no reason to arm rebels from Syria UNLESS the coalition of nations believe that is the best way to proceed. 

IS/IS/L is the danger and not Assad. Currently, there is a UN Referendum, which John McCain conveniently forgets, that demands a coalition government between the rebels and the Assad government. THAT is what the global community recognizes and McCain does not have a valid view of the world. John McCain prefers to fight a sectarian war in Syria and it will not stand. It will not stand globally or regionally.

John McCain is drawing sectarian lines between who is or isn't the most deadly force in Syria. It only goes to prove he knows nothing or less about the people of Syria.

IS/IS/L is Sunni. The Free Syrian Army is Sunni. President Assad is Alawite which is Shi'ite. Hezbollah is operating within Syria and cooperating with Assad and they are Shi'ite. There are other Shi'ite militias in Syria cooperating with Assad.

John McCain is obviously making preference between Sunni and Shi'ite and OBVIOUSLY seeking to confront Iran in regard to any support it provides the Shi'ites to stabilize Syria.

What is John McCain attempting to do annihilate the Shi'ites first which is a preference of Israel or is he willing to allow the civil war in Syria to draw it's own conclusion so the country finally stabilizes?

In my opinion, McCain wants a war with Iran and will seek to draw the USA into it at any cost.

What McCain is proposing is for the USA to rule the conflict currently in the region to an outcome demanded by the USA. That is some of the problems that will occur if the USA lends itself to a protracted war. It is why the region has to decide the path forward and the best practices within the cultural understandings of the people.

The USA does not belong in Iraq and McCain is a prime example why.

The USA never did belong in Iraq.

How does any professional sport in the USA deal with criminality?

This decision is easy. The professional sports in the USA are dependent on their sponsors and advertisers. The product manufacturers, regardless of product, don't want to be affiliated with criminality.

Nike has suspended (click here) its sponsorship deal with Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson following child abuse allegations. The Beaverton-based shoemaker issued a statement Wednesday morning that said Nike "in no way condones child abuse or domestic violence of any kind and has shared our concerns with the NFL."

The move comes the same day that the Vikings took Peterson off the team's active roster while he deals with a felony child-abuse charge in Texas....

If I may?

Imagine game day and the sports announcer believes he is seeing a diminished performance from Peterson. The announcer seeks to sympathize with what must be a difficult day for Peterson because of the criminal charges. He elaborates as to the charges and wishes Peterson the best outcome for him and his family. Then he turns to a commercial break that states, "Now, we hear from Nike. Makers of the best professional sportswear anywhere."

Who is listening to what is being said? Those repulsed by the crimes Peterson is charged with aren't going to be listening. They have already made up their minds and they aren't going to pretend to approve of his actions, nor the supportive words of the announcer.

Now, let's just imagine on the field are two of the four NFL players involved in criminality. Now, how is the field looking? The entire dialogue has been tainted by the criminal content of their private lives. The conversation is suppose to be about the sport, the players, their athletic contribution to the sport and the appreciation of the fans. 

It is wrong. It is simply wrong to have criminal content in a national sport. It is even worse if the fans and/or the sponsors are disrespected by the power of the NFL to try to marginalize their importance to the sport.

I do believe professional sports need to temper their reaction somewhat and have rules to governor professionals when they run into legal problems. No person is perfect and there is going to be brush burns here and there. Certainly a parking violation is nothing to get involved in, but, is it important to respond to "Death by Auto?" 

The path forward for professional sports should not be as confusing as it is today. It should not be on a case by case basis. It needs to be addressed by the owners in conference with the NFL. Certainly lawyers for these folks can chime in for a legal perspective and when suspension will actually prove to be a liability for the owners, their organizations and the NFL. 

To simply provide a quick example. When a police officer is involved with questionable outcomes while at work, they are put on a paid suspension. That translates differently with professional sports figures as they are paid a whole lot more. But, certainly a portion of their pay can be provided while their charges are investigated to the final adjudication. 

The League has to have a clear mission as well and focus on that mission in order to carry out the By-Laws that will be adopted concerning criminality with a player. The fans will know where their heroes fall on the line of being a 'great person' as well as a great player.

I don't envy anyone involved. I wish them all well. 

Today's Editorial

I did not know that part of the job description for POTUS was cheerleader for the US military.

Evidently President Obama has been drinking a new brand of tea, because, the USA isn't the ONLY country in the world with the capacity it now has. Albeit, it is the most expensive damn military, but, it isn't all that unique. As a matter of fact the Chinese have a brand, spanking new aircraft carrier that has a launch pad that will send jets sky bound as if attempting to reach the moon. The Chinese cannot say they have a flat top, because it isn't.

It never surprises me how much air the USA military blows joy up the pant leg of the Commander and Chief. They are dedicated beyond belief to the power they hold. No doubt in my mind. They are so dedicated they conduct illegal and immoral wars into the Middle East to benefit Halliburton.

How many Americans today would expect our military to re-enter a war zone even though people of the country had no regard for it?

Now many hands on that.

How many Americans want all the troops home rather than overseeing disaster after disaster? Make no mistake the Iraq invasion and subsequent war that lasted 8 plus years was an abject disaster.

Okay, okay put your hands down.

How many Americans would like the rest of the world to be self-sufficient so we are not the only military to be deployed when asked?

Yep, same as the previous question.

I am tired of the ASKING. I am especially tired of the lousy circumstances the Republican War Mongers continue to put us in while supported by the world's most expensive media services.

President Obama can pet all the troops on the head forever as far as I am concerned and give them a big cheer for their service to our country. But, send them into harms way when the country itself can't muster enough support to maintain it's borders? 

I don't think so !!!!

We don't belong in Iraq.

We never did.

Troops Out Now!

The definitive answer to "Why Bengazi" is at the link below.

The US consulate (click here) in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi is seen here on fire after gunmen attacked the compound, clashing with security forces. An American staff member was killed, according to Libyan security forces. Tuesday night's protest followed violent scenes outside the US embassy in Egypt. The violence is in response to an unspecified American film protesters say is blasphemous

The attack was related to the film released by Nakoula (the Filmmaker, aka Yousef). It is the simple truth. There was no warning and intelligence doesn't happen in a half hour. 

Mark Basseley Youssef had been arrested on probation violations. In Egypt  Nakoula, several Coptic Christians and Terry Jones were sentenced to death in absentia for defaming Islam. That occurred on November 28, 2012. 

It is obvious with this evidence from the scene at the Bengazi consulate and the sentencing order in Egypt what occurred the night of September 11, 2001. Everything else is politicking at the cost of the American taxpayer and carries no brevity to the attack. There is nothing anyone could have done and there was no prior warning. There may have been requests for added security in Libya, but, the cut to State Department funding played a role in those decisions.

The evidence as to the facts regarding the attack are all a matter of public record at this point. There is nothing the first investigation found either.

September 26, 2014

LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — A Cerritos man (click here) behind an anti-Muslim film that officials blamed for violence in parts of the Middle East was released from federal custody Thursday morning.

Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman Ed Ross said 56-year-old Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is scheduled for release on Thursday from a halfway house in Southern California, where he’s been held since May.

Police have confirmed Nakoula will be released to Pastor Wiley Drake of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, according to CBS2’s Michelle Gile.

Nakoula, whose name in court files is Mark Basseley Youssef, was sentenced in November to a year in federal prison for using false names in violation of a probation order on a bank fraud case. That case was not related to the film....

Iraq is no longer the place for USA policy.

This is from the publication "Red State." It outlines all the religious reasons why the country has to back into Iraq as it did in 2003.

June 24, 2014
By Fred Dardick

George Bush had much bigger plans for Iraq (click here) than simply killing Saddam Hussein, securing his WMDs and handing over control of the oil rich nation to whatever remained of the Ba’ath Party once hostilities ended. Some might consider him naive, but Bush believed that a modern Iraq, one that respected minority and woman’s rights, one ruled by the rule of law rather than the rule of the mullahs, could act as a catalyst in the Muslim world bringing Judeo-Christian values and justice to hundreds of millions who lived their lives in Islamist chains....

The presence of the USA in the Middle East is not a workable solution for anyone. Much of the USA policy centers around Israel. That is a big mistake as Israel is becoming more and more a country that commits human rights abuses, including the taking of Palestinian lands.

I should not have to recite over and over how the face of the Middle East is not going to change. The people of this region of the world are born into their identity through deep religious ties. The only aspect of religion that is out of step with any modern day society is the extremists' Sharia Law. Most of the people in the Middle East practice a mainstream religion as well as embrace modern times and the benefits that brings. I don't care how much the right wing wants to set goals that estrange religion into a corner of a citizen's reality, the Middle East will always find religion as a dividing line.

There is a great deal of arrogance by the USA to ever believe it can influence the religious content in the Middle East. That is a call to war. The USA's right wing has not learned that yet? The evangelizing Christians of the USA can't get their heads around the fact the demographics aren't going to change as if the global savior had arisen at sunrise? That is problem for the USA.

September 17, 2014
By David Kirkpatrick

...Another 18-year-old fighter agreed. (click here)

“We receive orders and carry out attacks immediately,” he said, insisting that their militia commanders had been given authority by Iraqi security officials. That free hand has helped make Asaib Ahl al-Haq the largest and most formidable of the Iranian-backed Shiite militias that now dominate Baghdad.

Once a leading killer of U.S. troops, the militia is spearheading the fight against the Sunni extremists of the Islamic State. That means Asaib Ahl al-Haq and the U.S. military are now fighting on the same side, though each insists they will not work together.

But the power and autonomy of Asaib Ahl al-Haq and other Shiite militias also pose a central challenge to the creation of a more just and less sectarian Iraqi government. President Barack Obama has said that the new U.S. military offensive depends on such an inclusive Iraqi government, to undercut the appeal of the Sunni extremists and avoid U.S. entanglement in a sectarian war....

Currently, there is no central Iraqi military. There just isn't. Those willing to take up arms and fight for control of land are militias. There is no central command in Iraq. NONE.

The most recent assessment of the Iraqi military by the American military personnel is there is no Iraqi military. There are groups of soldiers, some loyal to others and some loyal to the idea of Iraq. That isn't fairy tale it is the actual assessment of the USA's military personnel. 

Now all of a sudden the USA arrives in Baghdad and the scenery changes. Right? The State Department and USA military has brought fairy dust for the entire of Iraq to put all the pieces of Humpty-Dumpty together again. 

AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN !

Dempsey: “My view at this point is that this coalition is the appropriate way forward. I believe that will prove true,” Dempsey said. “But if it fails to be true, and if there are threats to the United States, then I, of course, would go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of U.S. military ground forces.”

There is no buts. There is no threat to the USA today regardless of how the media propagandizes local law in Syria with beheadings. There is no threat to the USA. Not to say anyone isn't trying, but, that has been the case since September 11, 2001.

See, Dempsey knows in 90 days there will no progress made in Iraq. He'll give his report that Iraq is still not cohesive ENOUGH to rely on their own military simply because there are militias that take orders from Ayatollahs and not generals or commanders. Dempsey already knows this. Like I said WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE.

The entire DESPERATE claims to a war strategy is BOGUS. It has no validity in that reality and quite frankly, if the McCain arm of the USA expects to find ? moderate ? jihadists in Syria that will be NICE to the USA in the future he is the master of fairy dust.

So, all said and done, the only methodolgy that will actually work is fairy dust and I demand to know where the factory is located. Iraq? Or China?

The ONLY country with a clue is Saudi Arabia and they expect the change will take up to ten years. That is the reality and it is time to allow the region autonomy to develop their own answers.

But.

But.

But, what about Israel?

We don't belong in Iraq.

We never did.

This graph illustrates what is occurring under the Robert's Court Citizen United decison.

This graph (click here) should shock us, though it might not come as a surprise to many: in elections for the United States Congress, the candidates who are able to raise more money win more than 90% of the time.

The vast majority of these donations comes from a vanishingly small percentage of the American public — Just .13% of the population contributed $200 or more to candidates in the last election cycle.

This leaves our elected leaders disproportionately sensitive to the interests of a tiny handful of elites, at the expense of everyone else. A systematic review of 1,779 recent policy outcomes by researchers and Princeton and Northwestern Universities found that:

When the preferences of economic elites and the stands of organized interest groups are controlled for, the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy....

Out of over 235 million adults over 18 qualified to vote without voter ID, only 0.13% provides campaign donations of $200 or more. That means the elections in the USA are lost to bought and paid for candidates. 

To begin every office in the government needs to have term limits. 

But, primarily the burden on the citizens unable to donate only less than $200 or less is tremendous. The donations of $199 is a sacrifice they are making to save their country from exploitation of the elite class. It places an incredible burden on the majority of Americans to participate and retain control of their government.

The other aspect of this that no one addresses is the enormous insult to political ethics this reality presents. While there are class struggles to have favorable candidates compete with policies that benefit the Middle Class and Working Poor, what sincerely is a problem is the ethics of the situation. If a candidate is willing to pander to big money donors and special interests what does that say as a candidate for office and their loyalty to the voters. 

I find the lack of ethics in accepting large elite donations more than a reason to bring up these candidates as unfit for office. 

Why is anyone going to Syria? That is just asking to be a hostage.

September 15, 2014

By SAM MARSDEN and DAVID WILLIAMS and ANDY DOLAN and JAMES TOZER FOR THE DAILY MAIL and SAM WEBB and RICHARD SPILLETT FOR MAILONLINE

ISIS were 'tipped off' (click here) about British hostage Alan Henning's aid mission to Syria and seized him just half an hour after he entered the country, it has emerged. 

Father-of-two Mr Henning, from Eccles, Salford, travelled to the war-torn region with charity workers in December but was kidnapped and now faces execution at the hands of terrorist 'Jihadi John'.

Security services are investigating whether ISIS fighters were tipped off about the convoy by corrupt local officials or an insider after it emerged the British taxi driver was seized just 30 minutes after he entered Syria....

It is 2014, does the USA know what it's Defense Advanced Research Project Agency doing?

The MIT cheetah-bot in Killian Court

September 16, 2014
By Jessica Orwig

DARPA's (click here) made all types of robots, from "Big Dog" to "Wild Cat," and soft robots to flying robots. Their latest creepy invention is a robotic "cheetah" that can run, bound, and jump obstacles in its path all while running on a quiet electric motor, giving the robot its stealthy cat-like quality....

Just when Americans are as threatened by the reality of drones flying in Homeland Skies, comes Star Wars. No, not the Reagan Star Wars, the Darth Vader Star Wars.

September 15, 2014
By Eric Mack

Prepare yourself for a future filled (click here) with real-life pew pew! The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working with Lockheed Martin to test "a new beam control turret... to give 360-degree coverage for high-energy laser weapons operating on military aircraft."

In other words, it stuck a primitive (by rebel standards) "Star Wars"-style laser cannon on a fighter jet and flew it over Michigan eight times.

"These initial flight tests validate the performance of our ABC turret design," Lockheed's Doug Graham said. in a release....

The USA is actually attempting to perfect a laser to destroy. A laser. Shot from a jet. It could even be mounted on a jet that can fly at near light speed.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 15, 2014 – Lockheed Martin (click here) [NYSE: LMT], in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the University of Notre Dame, has demonstrated the airworthiness of a new beam control turret being developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and AFRL to give 360-degree coverage for high-energy laser weapons operating on military aircraft. A research aircraft equipped with the Aero-adaptive Aero-optic Beam Control (ABC) turret conducted eight flights in Michigan....

At any point in time does the military industrial complex of the USA see human flesh as anything besides an enemy?

Jesus Christ! 

A laser! 

Why!

When non-proliferation treaties are signed and IBM treaties are signed, the citizens of the USA find comfort in knowing some of the worst instruments of war are now out of reach of their military. This so called advancement in military science is a travesty to this country when Americans want nothing more than peace and the elimination of the hatred that develops into war. 

There needs to be a United Nations convention to limit the 'invasive' nature of war. The USA has drones and uses them to hunt human beings. It is removing the human component to war and substituting machines that treat the so called enemy as an ant hill.

The USA runs rescue missions all the time. The question is not whether a downed pilot would be rescued. The question is would a downed pilot be alive?

August 20, 2014
By Tom Vanden Brook

Washington — U.S. ground troops (click here) attempted but failed to rescue several American hostages in Syria, the Pentagon announced Wednesday.

"This operation involved air and ground components and was focused on a particular captor network within" territory controlled by the militant group Islamic State, Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said in a statement. "Unfortunately, the mission was not successful because the hostages were not present at the targeted location."

The rescue attempt involved U.S. special operations forces who killed several militants during the raid, according to a Defense Department official briefed on the rescue attempt but not authorized to speak about details on the record. One U.S. pilot suffered minor wounds during the mission....

One might ask where the USA special ops received their information AND how did the rebels holding the journalists KNOW the USA special ops were coming?

Happenstance? No. If Dempsey accepts the explanation of happenstance, then his intelligence sucks and/or he has leaks he can't stop. Either way, any general accepting happenstance as a reality for our military, then he damn well better not deploy them!

One of the problems the USA always runs into, including in Afghanistan, are insiders that inform the rebels/Taliban (Green on Blue Attacks). There is no way of securing American forces in any of the current venues.

Where is the outrage of the US Senate now? Where is the investigation? Nowhere? I am not surprised.

"...immigrates coming to the USA is the lowest in the past four years..."

Mexican President Felipe Calderon (click here for video - thank you) speaks to the "Early Show" anchors about the drug war, labor and immigration, and the ongoing partnership between Mexico and the U.S.

April 28, 2013
By Mollie Reilly

...Former President George W. Bush (click here) rejected a request from former Mexican President Felipe Calderon to use armed drones to curb the growing influence of drug cartels, the Washington Post reported Saturday.

In a story examining the United States' role in the intelligence war against Mexico's drug cartels, the Post's Dana Priest detail show Calderon reached out to Bush for help ahead of his 2006 inauguration. Bush agreed to commit U.S. resources to help with the growing problem, launching the $1.9 billion Merida Initiative to combat the violence resulting from the drug trade.

However, Bush reportedly drew the line at providing Calderon with armed drones to carry out strikes on the cartels....

December 21, 2011

By William Booth

In the dead of night, (click here) from a trailer humming with surveillance monitors, a pilot for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency was remotely flying a Predator drone more than 1,000 miles away.

From an altitude of 15,000 feet, over the desert ranchlands of Arizona, the drone’s all-seeing eyeball swiveled and powerful night-vision infrared cameras zeroed in on a pickup truck rattling along a washboard road.

“Hey, where’s that guy going?” the mission controller asked the drone’s camera operator, who toggled his joystick, glued to the monitors like a teenager with a Christmas morning Xbox....

August 29, 2014

By Elisa Foley

WASHINGTON -- National Guard troops (click here) deployed to the border in Texas are visiting a food bank because they can't afford food and gas ahead of their Sept. 5 payday, according to a report Friday by local station Action 4 News and a state senator.

Action 4 News reported that a Rio Grande Valley food bank had been contacted about 50 Texas National Guard troops who needed assistance. The troops are reimbursed for their meals, but pay for them upfront, stretching the finances of some troops who were called to southern Texas earlier this month to address an increase in unaccompanied minors crossing the border illegally.

State Rep. René O. Oliveira, a Democrat, called the situation "heartbreaking," and offered to buy meals for troops serving near his district in Brownsville, Texas.

"These brave men and women have apparently been sent on a mission without accommodating for their most basic needs," he said in a statement. "We need to find immediate solutions for these hungry soldiers."...

August 24, 2014

By Jeremy Schwartz

...According to spokeswoman (click here) Lt. Col. Joanne MacGregor, a “proactive” family assistance coordinator “contacted the Rio Grande Valley food bank to see what resources were potentially available.”

The Guard said it had identified 50 service members who, because of their early August start date, weren’t going to be paid until Sept. 5.

None of those 50 troops have notified leaders that they had used the food bank, officials said.

According to the Guard, troops receive one meal while on duty, plus a $32 per diem food reimbursement that is included in their paychecks....

September 16, 2014

By Brieanna Lee

...The Perryman Group, (click here) an economic analysis firm based in Waco, Texas, studied past deployments of National Guard troops along the southern Texas border to project the potential economic impact of the 1,000 troops Perry ordered there in July. For each year the National Guard troops remain along the border, the group said, businesses in Texas’s Lower Rio Grande Valley would lose $541.9 million in gross product and 7,830 jobs. On a wider scale, the state of Texas would lose 8,680 jobs and $650 million in gross product per year....

So let me get this right.

Fox (click here) has a new way to scare its old white audience: Not just drug mules but terrorists are coming up from Mexico.

It is anyone guess as to how much money US has been spent on Southern Border security, but, there are IS/IS/L militants coming across the border like water through a sieve.

....Richard: You referred in your opening statement to the cost of the fence. (click here)

Jacobs: It is impossible to pin down exactly, but there are some estimates. In a 2007 study the non-partisan Congressional Research Office pegged the bill to construct and maintain (for 25 years) a 700 mile fence to be $49 billion. This is the same type of double fences contemplated in today’s bill. That was six years ago…..materials and labor prices have increased and then there is my “law of government”……..things always take longer and cost more, usually much more, than they tell us. So what’s the cost today….you pick a number....

There are young people in the USA because of President Obama's protection of the dreamers that have traveled to the southern fence to visit with their relatives. But, the relatives can't get across the into the USA. There are innumerable Border Patrol and National Guard at this point, but, terrorists are able to cross the border. 

There is a Mexican President intent on ending the drug cartels terrorizing reign over his country with the assistance of the USA and yet there are many border crossings. There are tunnels closed and semi-submarines spotted by the US Coast Guard. 

Yet absolutely nothing has stopped the very tricky IS/IS/L. Wow. FOX offers no concrete evidence except the speculation of the new substitute for the celebrity Joe Arpaio, in Sheriff Gary Painter.

If Sheriff Painter wants to be invited to speak at fund raisers as his pier Arpaio he is going to have to do better than that. He needs to catch one. I would think a lawman would know that, but, in the Land of FOX nothing matters except the defaming of the USA to bring terror to it's viewers. Yes, defaming the USA. I can't imagine a media service that defames the USA in more anti-American rants than FOX. This is just one example.

Besides all the government services at work at the southern border of the USA, the Rio Grande has been receiving nothing but rain. This begins today on September 16, 2014. If you don't believe me than look it up yourself. 

With chronic rain at the Rio Grande I would not expect anyone crossing anytime soon. Do the American people ever think for themselves? Ever?

Currently the Rio Grande is nearing flood stage. 

The current level of the Rio Grande is 8.7 feet with a flow rate of about 5 KCFS (Thousands of Cubic Feet Per Second). Sheriff Painter should attempt to swim the Rio Grande from one bank to another and demonstrate exactly where and how anyone made it across. At least it would be some PROOF to the possibility.

You can take your generational war and shove it right up you ass.

The Bush Betrayal by James Bovard 
Page 287 - 288

"Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) urged the Bush Administration to "start realistically exploring" the draft to help fight "a generational war" against terrorism."

The instinct of people in warning of global heating is correct. The ice isn't simply a block of rock in the sea, it is a thermostat for Earth.

People understand the loss of Earth's thermostat is not only sad, but, is actually extremely tragic.

We don't belong in Iraq.

We never did.

How do you think about Iran? I know how I think about it.

After the implosion of the Soviet Union, which was a good thing, the USA was the remaining superpower. That goes back a ways before China started its military hardware build up and Russia sought to try to rebuild. But, the view of the USA being the sole superpower in the world, was viewed differently by those seeking peace globally and the Neocons.

Most people in the world, including that of NATO saw a victory for peace when the USSR fell. But, there were those within the borders of the USA, not the majority of people by any means, that saw something different. The Neocons saw power. 

To the Neocons, "...interests of the USA..." had only one meaning and that was invasion of sovereign nations including that of nuclear military capacity. That is where the self-righteous found the reason to enter Iraq causing all the destruction in the region. 

In China and Russia there were those that viewed the exclusivity of the USA in having incredible destructive capacity as a global threat. The two countries signed the Friendship Agreement of 2000. So China and Russia are now the global superpowers that can defeat the USA. During the Bush administration Russia and China were very interested in building alliances throughout the world, including South America and near border countries in the Caribbean.

When the USA picks and chooses its friends it does so in anticipation of a global strategy. 

There were no American hostages that were met with death during the Iran Hostage Crisis that occurred within the Carter Administration. The hostages were there to insure the USA would not do something stupid like calling a war with Iran. It is now decades later and the USA hasn't changed it's position on Iran. It is time to do that and stop treating Iran as a hostage between two regions of USA occupation.

Afghanistan if to be occupied by the USA would be its foothold into Asia. There is a reason why these wars have lasted as long as they have and why, still today, are more fluid than sovereign. The Neocons haven't finished their global war yet. Remember? "The global war on terror," even when the US Supreme Court and the Iran Study Group stated there is no such thing as a war on terror.

The Taliban are back in Afghanistan. Where is Abdullah Abdullah when you need him?

September 15, 2014

By Masoud Popalzai, Holly Yan, and Josh Levs

...Two were U.S. military personnel, (click here) and the third was Polish, a U.S. defense official said.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing targeting a convoy of foreign forces in the Afghan capital, the militant group's spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said....

The Taliban are finite in number. We learned that when they left Pakistan to return to Afghanistan. A well lead Afghan military can protect their land from the Taliban extremists. Afghanistan should maintain a strong military alliance with a well founded Pakistan and India military to coordinate efforts when necessary on their borders. India frequently finds itself involved with Jammu and Kashmir. Understanding that and it's impact on the sovereign stability of Pakistan is important.

This is the challenge to the region which will ultimately include Iran, China and former Soviet countries.

The map to the right is the tribal lands and the greatest threat to the region. It is a known region that creates instability and armed conflict.

The USA chronically dismisses entire countries in a regional strategy to end extremists and secure citizens, such as Iran. That is indescribably stupid.

The leaders in this region need to find their best footing to protect borders and move past the lack of policy by the USA. Early in the "W" White House, President Karzai attempted a conference with Iran and the USA to provide stability to the country. It was "W" that refused the conference. Afghanistan has a very long border with Iran and cannot exist without sound policy between the two countries.

The reason "W" refused the conference was because of his priority to assist the next war into the region. The USA divides these regions into good guys and bad guys. That is not the case and the fact of the matter is Afghanistan should have strong policy to govern borders with both Pakistan and Iran.

Before 2001 the USA had a policy against torture, jailing that employs poor human conditions, child labor and environmental standards. The USA was not in the habit of disturbing sovereign stability so much as crafting policy and USA assistance that brought about change to the people.

As usual Senator Inhofe's speech from the Senate chamber is "W"rong.

Considering the Bush family is making family portraits with candidates for office Inhofe would lie to suit Republican cronies and priorities.

George W. Bush had clear warnings from both the FBI and CIA regarding al Qaeda. The FBI was tracking Moussaoui and the CIA in a PDB reported "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US." The facts were available and never once did the Executive Branch of the "W" administration care to put the facts together to determine and prevent the attacks of 9/11/01.

The truth of September 11, 2001 was that while the Senate Intelligence Committee was taking the announcement by the CIA seriously in realizing the attacks would happen within three months, then Vice President Cheney wasn't concerned and stated they would not be reviewing the CIA priorities for six months. In that the Executive Branch of the USA provided a path of danger to the citizens of the USA. End of discussion. The facts are clear and the outcomes more than noteworthy.

The Republicans continue to advance their priorities in face of the facts and it begins with Inhofe. Continuing the "W" administration through President Obama's presidency and into the political campaign of 2016 is a strategy. September 11, 2001 is 15 years ago, nearly a generation of time. The rest of the world has moved on, but, since the loss of the Executive Branch in 2008 by the Republicans they have done nothing but act as a place holder. The Republicans have refused to allow the USA to move beyond that day and it is time it stopped.

We have been here before.

There is no clear indication to whom is being trained and whom isnot. The Syrian rebels trained will only serve to go their own way once they are introduced to the mix in Syria. 

The default setting with Iraq and Syria is to back the Bush dogma.

Paris: President Fuad Masum of Iraq (click here) urged world powers on Monday to take the fight against Islamist militants who have occupied much of his country to neighbouring Syria.

“We must not allow them to have sanctuaries,” Masum said at the opening of an international conference on helping Iraq respond to the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil). “We must pursue them wherever they are.”

The more than a dozen nations that participated in the conference later issued a statement pledging their support for the new Iraqi government in its fight against Isil, including military assistance.

But no fresh pledges of military aid were announced, and the statement did not commit any of the nations to take military action inside Syria.

We never worried when the former Soviet Union imploded, why Iraq?

Why?

Because Iraq is the next best strategy for elections in the USA by the Republicans.

ISTANBUL: Turkey (click here) would welcome exiled leaders of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood who have come under pressure to leave Qatar, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
A Brotherhood official said on Saturday that several members of the group were relocating after Qatar came under enormous pressure from other Gulf Arab states to cut support for the Islamist group.
“If they make any request to come to Turkey, we will review their request,” Erdogan was told reporters on his plane back from an official trip to Qatar late on Monday.
“If there are any reasons that would prevent them from coming to Turkey, they would be assessed. And if there aren’t any obstacles, they would be granted the ease that is granted to everyone,” he said.

The Arab League takes a stand to eliminate danger to their countries and Turkey provides a safe haven for the Brotherhood. Well, that is a new wrinkle in any plans. If Turkey welcomes the Brotherhood, why not PKK?

The war on the so-called Islamic State (IS) (click here) and other terrorist organizations should continue for 10 years, said Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal on Monday. 
Addressing a conference on Iraq, Prince Saud cautioned world leaders that the threat posed by IS has transcended the boundaries of Iraq and Syria. “We see that the planned structure to fight IS should continue for at least 10 years to eradicate this hateful phenomenon.” 
The chief Saudi diplomat explained: “It has become a danger, threatening everybody, and as such, should be jointly confronted.” 

The USA is not on the same page as the Arab League, nor would it seem their own allies, especially Turkey.

The Council of Ministers (click here) has prioritized housing, jobs and an increased standard of living for citizens in its 10th Five-Year Development Plan from 2015 to 2020.
The 24-point plan approved at its meeting on Monday, includes efforts to preserve Islamic values and teachings, promote national unity and consolidate the Kingdom’s identity, said Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja after the Cabinet meeting.
The plan aims to strengthen the Kingdom’s economy and promote its growth, stability and competitiveness. “It also aims to enhance institutional reforms, support civil institutions and raise the efficiency and productivity of state agencies and their employees,” Khoja said.

Saudi Arabia has always insured its national security to it's citizens. The Kingdom has it's own terrorist watch list and acts on it to remove these dangerous people from their society. There are arrests every year that remove dangerous people from the streets of the kingdom. It is this strategy that works the best and the Saudis have it mastered. I am sure King Abdullah will be sharing that domestic policy with the other nations participating in the regional strategy against extremists.

Saudi Arabia has five year plans for improvements within it's infrastructure and its society. It is only correct the Saudis would seek to institute protections for the kingdom over 5 year increments.

More than 30 international television channels (click here) will participate in a major awareness campaign to educate Muslims globally on the danger posed by the Islamic State terrorist organization that has taken over swaths of land in Iraq and Syria and killed hundreds of innocent people.
Islamic scholars from Saudi Arabia, Europe and other countries will take part in the weeklong campaign, which will be launched in Riyadh on Sept. 18, to caution the public against extremism and how terrorist organizations distort Islamic teachings.
Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja said criminal organizations in the Arab world posed a major threat to Islam. “They are the first enemy of Islam,” he said in a Twitter message.

The Saudi King is brilliant. King Abdullah is also the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. He has dedicated his life to his people and the faith that binds them. I am not at all surprised to have the Saudi Kingdom turn it's ability in communication with people to that of promoting the faith as it should be worshiped.

It is a fact the Islamic State (IS/IS/L) has mastered communication with people outside their own territory to garner a greater impact. They use mass media to recruit fighters as reinforcements while promising them riches they can only dream of having. The Islamic State is by far the most sophisticated group of killers assembled to date according to the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. The Saudis will control that wayward influence and undo whatever damage has been done. 

Saudi Arabia is not under direct threat from the Islamic State because it has An Albar as a neighbor and to date An Albar still stands autonomously.

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia and nine other Arab states (click here)Arab states agreed Thursday to join a coordinated military campaign against Islamic State militants who have seized parts of Iraq and Syria to try to create a jihadist hub at the heart of the Arab world.

“The participating states agreed to do their share in the comprehensive fight” against IS, said a statement at the conclusion of a meeting between US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Arab counterparts.

In addition to Saudi Arabia, the other Arab states are Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Although Turkey was represented in the meeting, it was not mentioned in the final communique and a Turkish government official said Ankara has refused to take part in combat against the militants....

All these nations are stable sovereign authorities to protect their people in the best way possible. They understand the territory far better than any Western authority could hope to understand. I trust them to decide their future path of protection of their countries that is obviously different than that proposed by the USA.

The BEST venue OPEN to the USA is to support these autonomous nations and offer TRAINING to their military soldiers NOT rebels in Syria.

In training soldiers/units in sovereign nations it provides them with a far stronger military with capabilities to remove extremists from the lands of the region. I would never believe a rebel group and it's words of praise to the USA as McCain chronically does and creates more problems rather than solves them.

Iraq is too fluid a circumstance to back any more training of soldiers within the borders of the former Iraq. While the Arab League welcomes the new Prime Minister of Iraq, the country cannot promise a stable situation to empower it's military to protect it's borders yet expect them to remove extremists in Syria.

The USA had to put boots on the ground in order to have any Iraqi forces to fight for a collective country. The USA demanded a new Baghdad government in order to direct the Iraqi military to act as a unit. That is not a stable sovereign country.

By bringing the sovereign nations of the region together with promises to help with training and other needs there will be limits on the extremists in Syria and otherwise. It is not the USA purview to protect these countries from further degradation as noted in the former Iraq. The USA can only seek intelligence to assist these nations. It is up to them to protect their borders and end extremism within their countries. They have a direct and quite frankly personal interest to protect and act together. Building this "authority to cooperate" is where the USA's interests should exist. Supporting humanitarian measures to Syria and ending the flow of weapons to Syria will bring about the best outcomes.

Jordan currently and proudly supports massive numbers of Syrian refugees. Jordan needs not only the military support of the USA for the region, but, also humanitarian support for the refugee camps.

August 30, 2014
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (click here) 
called them weapons of mass destruction - small arms are responsible for the majority of violent deaths worldwide. The German army is now trying to limit their proliferation....

Backing rebel forces in Syria is extremely dangerous and it should be denied by the USA Congress. 

The fight against extremists in the region belongs to it's leaders. Americans are not welcome in the region as they only have caused greater problems with the invasion of Iraq. Every leader in the region is aware of the foolish priorities of the USA in occupation of these lands. The reason the leaders haven't moved to protect their countries up to now is because the USA chronically dominates the lands with it's own priorities. The entire region has a wealth of leadership that understands their people and can prove guidance and potential military intervention where needed. I think the USA successfully brought alarm to the region and now it is time for their leaders to actually lead and not simply considered a figure head by the USA.