So, it was a big day for Donald Trump. Ted Cruz was a gentleman and let Sarah know there are no bad feelings.
It will all fall into line now. There is a new leadership for the Republicans and they are all mavericks.
Sarah Palin needs to go home to her son and get him good help. He is screaming out for help. There is an article in the New York Times that maps out a tragedy the USA has to defeat within the hearts and minds of their soldiers.
By Nicholas Kulishi and Christopher Drew
...His executive officer (click here) noticed that the commander’s Sig Sauer pistol was out on his desk that night, Dec. 21, 2012, where he had never seen it before. By the time Commander Price went back to his room, the photograph of his 9-year-old daughter was gone from his desk. In his trouser pocket was a report on the recent death of an Afghan girl in an explosion near an American base.
When Commander Price, the 42-year-old leader of SEAL Team 4, did not appear for a meeting the next morning with an Afghan general, his men searched in the mess hall, in the showers and finally along the row of berths called the Green Mile. In his room, they found him lying in his sleeping bag, the pistol in his hand, a pool of blood beneath the bed....
I don't care how well trained they are or how well oriented they are to their responsibilities, our best are dying at their own hand.
Their initial training is short, they are tossed into combat within weeks of their last home visit and when they enter combat they are carrying their hometown values with them. It is destroying them.
This thing the military calls "Urban Combat" is crazy. The American soldier is about defeating an enemy with advanced weaponry. Their expertise is not about patrolling the streets because their government can't find enough good men to maintain the peace. There is no war in Afghanistan that the USA has a role within and that is demonstrated by the attacks on a hospital. This is crazy. The American soldier can defeat anyone, but, combat patrols to end a deadly cultural existence is not their forte and not their responsibility. And don't tell me these militants cling to ancient religions that are something no one can do anything about. Bullshit!
The communities in Afghanistan are some of the worst sources of the international drug trade. That has absolutely nothing to do with morality. They are some of the incredible capitalists in the world accompanied by violence. The troops need to come home and NOW!
