What is it good for?

WAR! Good God…

Well, you know the words.  War is an awful thing.  Necessary at times, unfortunately, but horrible.

Still, though, I miss the “good old days” when war had meaning.  Not some fight for ideology fought by arm-chair generals sipping cocktails.  But, a nasty, no-holds-barred event when the victor came away with some old-fashioned “spoils of war.”

Used to be, when a leader sent his young people to give their lives they collectively came back with something.  We were conquerors… not messengers of democracy to people who know nothing of it.  War was fought for land and resources.  If you had to go through the horrors of war, you could be assured that if you won, you won more than some political points for the next U.N. meeting.  You took the country.  You filled up your trucks with booty.  You didn’t have to worry about the Geneva Conventions (which only apply to the West, right?)  You didn’t have to worry about whether you had permission to shoot at your enemy.  You blasted them, subjugated their population, took their stuff, and hoisted your flag on their lands.

That’s what should have happened in Iraq… we should’ve went in there and taken over everything.  A McDonald’s on every corner.  Not send our young people to die for some fleeting Iraqi democracy that will never exist – nor do they want.

Contrary to popular, leftist beliefs, the Iraq war is not being fought for oil…  one need only look at the price of a gallon of gas right now to dispell that idiotic belief.  The Iraq War is being fought over ideology.  As much as the politicians deny that this is a war against Islam; that is exactly what it is.  (Not that I think that is necessarily a bad thing.)  And, that’s what our enemy thinks regardless of what western politicians claim.  I would much rather the U.S. have fought the war for oil.  Because, right now, our good soldiers are dying for absolutely nothing.  At least, nothing they can put in a truck and take home with them.

War is dirty.  You can’t fight a war being “nice” to your enemy.  Collateral damage?  Please.  The children of our enemies grow up to be our enemies.  Did we worry about collateral damage during the world wars?  Nope.  If we had, we all be speaking a mix of German and Japanese right now.

So, what is war good for?  Right now, absolutely nothing.  (Say it again…)

But, it didn’t used to be that way.  And if Western Civilization plans on sticking around, we’d better remember how to fight a proper war.  Otherwise, start brushing up on the Quran.

Obama and the Church

I’ve been following all the rot about Barack Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright lately.  I must admit, that I find it hard to dismiss the fact that Obama named this hate-monger as his “mentor” and that he has been attending Wright’s church for 20 years.  I especially find it hard to dismiss it since Obama first claimed to have never heard Wright say the things that he has been criticised for only to flip-flop a couple of days later and say that he did hear him say such things but didn’t agree with them.

Of course, once the eye of the media began to focus on the things going on at this “church”, they conveniently sanitized their web site.

All of that aside for a moment… am I the only one wondering how come this church’s non-profit status hasn’t been challenged?  I was under the impression that it was against the law for a non-profit to preach politics from the pulpit?  I heard Wright raking the Clintons over the coals in one tirade.  And, then read an article that claims that “African-American political life is centered around churches…”

Excuse me?  I’ve read of conservative churches that get threatened over non-profit status if the pastor so much as whispers the suggestion that one candidate is better than another.

I really don’t give a rat’s ass what Obama’s mentor says or believes.  He is a hate-mongering fruit-cake.  The real story here is the political activism that is apparently rampant in black churches.  Let’s hear more about that.

Honestly, I think the stipulation that non-profits can’t get involved in politics is bullshit.  But, either enforce it evenly – or not at all.