The Biggest Rant Yet....

O.k guys hopefully you've got some time to blow today...your going to need it. Why? Because today I've got a shitload of things to talk about and I will be going into detail with all of them. So sit back relax and enjoy.







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All In The Perspective: Al Anbar Provence, home to Purple Heart Boulevard, what was the biggest strong hold for Al Qaeda and home of the biggest and bloodiest battle of the entire war. Fallujah.

But ladies and gentlemen...Al Anbar is secure and its not do to any fucking agreement(we'll talk about that later) its due to the Surge of Troops sent to Iraq that got the fucking job done. No longer must the men and women of Al Anbar Iraq live in fear of death and attacks upon their home. They live peacefully...and they are thankful.

When 'The Surge' began we sent 8,000 marines into Al Anbar and hit the enemy where it hurt, on their land. In their strongholds. In areas that they believed were safe...damn did we ever prove them wrong. Safe was the last thing that Al Anbar was.

We hit them hard, from the ground, air and sea. It was Al Anbar's own Shock and Awe. 4 years later and Marine General John Kelly says that Anbar is safe, secure and won't ever return to the way it was before. The people who live in Anbar wouldn't let it happen. Again the people...not military force. Sounds pretty good don't you think?

With the number down from 8,000 to 3,000 and all Marine forces due to be gone by November 14th...all is well. To quote the General Kelly..."We are winning this thing, we'll turn out the lights when we leave."

So folks? Who's the bad guy now? Sure as fuck not the ones who made this surge happen. Thanks David.

Remember THE SURGE WORKED!!
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I can see the headlines now.

All U.S. Troops Out Of Iraq: War Was A Success says 44th President of The United States
Democracy In The Middle East Achieved
Democracy In Middle East Works
Democracy In Middle East Success
U.S. Influence In Middle East Success
Iraq Oil Profits Soar: Government Thanks United States
War Is Over: Troops Leave

These are the headlines of January 1st 2012 if the agreement that Iraq and the U.S. have been working on for almost a year.

If accepted by the Iraq government all U.S. troops will begin working out of bases outside of cities in June of 2009. Up until 2011 Iraq would have limited control over the actions of U.S. forces in terms of state, and city laws. For example.

If a U.S. soldier raped a Iraqi women he would be tried in an Iraqi court not in America.

But then we've got Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr (Mew-ta-da-al-saud-r) who is completely against the agreement. He believes that the United States should leave Iraq now and believes that Iraq can take care of its self.

Well Mr. al-Sadr let me tell you something you stupid fuck. Not yet asshole they can't. While the Iraq Security Force has made huge strides they aren't quite up to the level of effectiveness that our men and women in uniform are. They still need our help.

They lead roughly 75% of all assaults in Iraq now. The other 25% still are led by the United States. Until then...we will remain. The agreement will allow us to train the final 125,000 or so troops that will be needed in the Iraqi Security Force so they can lead all the assaults.

So this guy...can just shut the fuck up and let the Iraqi government do their job and the U.S. do ours. Hell, he doesn't even live in Iraq now...hes over in Iran.(Kinda fishy to me...)
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I've got to touch on Afghanistan and Pakistan real quick. Today the Pakistan army killed 60 insurgents in the Northwest region of the nation.

Great job guys...keep it up otherwise we'll come in and do the job for you. And you wouldn't want that.

Joe "The Plumber"

No news today, just wanted to say a few words about my fellow Ohioan.
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The Perspective: So, we all watched the third and final debate right? Who do you think won? Was it Johnny McCain or Barack Obama? Neither of the politicians won the debate...it was an Ohioan.

Joe "The Plumber"

When the whole debate is about you and your name is mentioned nearly 20 times you know you hit a nerve with both the candidates. So whats his back story? Its pretty simple...

Joe is an average American who just wants to own the business he has worked 12 hours a day, 6 days and week for over 12 years. So he asked Mr. Obama...will you raising taxes on small business kill my dream of owning my business?

Mr.Obama was struck dead...flat, speechless. He finally answered the question with his "I'll give 95% of Americans a tax cut who make less than 250,000 a year." Rhetoric.

So who is is my buddy Joe voting for? He won't say but if you look at his question I'd say hes leaning toward Johnny McCain.(my opinion)

But the best thing...Joe isn't a PLUMBER!! Hes a plumber in training...haha right?

But in all seriousness Joe is an example of why its so hard to choose a person to vote for this election. If you look at records...Obama will raise taxes McCain won't. But then he says that he'll lower taxes...what is the truth. Thats all Joe wanted to know.

That what ALL of us want to know. I'm tired of the bullshit that is said on the campaign trail. We need to just sit down and tell the truth...I mean come the fuck on guys.

So what do you think about Joe "The Plumber"?

Oil Falls Below $70 A Barrel

News: From FOX Business

A broad commodities selloff hit the markets on Thursday, with oil and gold both declining notably.

Oil plummeted to a 14-month low under the $70 level on Thursday after the government reported a bigger-than-expected jump in crude inventories.

The benchmark oil contract was recently trading lower by $5.93 at $68.61 a barrel. Oil is now trading more than 50% off its midsummer high.

The Energy Information Administration said crude stocks jumped by 5.6 million barrels last week, which comes in well above the 3.1 million barrel increase analysts expected.

“The crude stock increase was a big surprise,” said Ritterbusch & Associates president Jim Ritterbusch. “It was enough to tilt the scales lower.”

Gasoline stocks also soared, rising by seven million barrels last week, more than double the increase analysts had expected.

“The increase in gasoline stocks … was an even bigger surprise,” Ritterbusch said.

Wholesale gasoline futures plummeted about 16-cents to $1.63 per gallon as a result. The rapid reduction in gasoline prices on the wholesale level are slowly chipping away at retail gasoline prices.

Regular retail gasoline hit $3.084 per gallon on average nationwide, according to the AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report. This is about 25% below its July 17 high of $4.11 per gallon. The $3.00 mark holds a certain level of psychological significance for drivers buying retail gas, according to analysts.

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The Perspective: Do you remember when all the media could talk about was oil and the price of gas? Well get ready...there going to start talking about it again.

But this time its for a good reason.

14 months ago oil was at a record high of $147 a barrel. AAA's national average for gasoline was nearly $3.50 a gallon. Everybody wanted to drill, drill, drill.

But now look. Just 14 months later oil is off 50%!! in price. The National average for gasoline si down to $3.08 a gallon. No one is really bitching about the price of gas or the price of oil.

But why in God's name did this just suddenly happen? Its pretty simple really.

The American people finally stopped being oil hungry. This nation uses nearly 22 million barrels of oil a day. And we import nearly 65% of all the oil we use. We send over $700 billion a year to countries that don't like us, and whose oil profits are supporting terrorism...just so we can drive our precious SUV's.

So what did we do? We wised the fuck up. We decided to trade in those gas guzzlers and get ourselves a compact car...or even God forbid a Hybrid!!

Fuck OPEC, fuck Saudi Arabia and King Abdullah. We'll use our own fucking oil, drive better cars. And overall stick it to your fucking ass.

Sure, a bad economy helps, but every time a new oil report comes out it says the same thing.

Supplies are up, demand is down...so the price falls. For now that is.

OPEC will be meeting next month to decide if they should lower their production and their exports to places like the United States...just so they can raise the price of oil back to that $100 mark.

This is just one reason(of many) that we need to drill offshore for.(we won't get into that argument for now.)

To me OPEC can go fuck themselves...we'll just keeping using less oil. And then lets see what they do. $1.50 for gas anyone? I'm all for it.

Fuckin' Terrorists

For the news on this one, I'm just going to give you some bulleted story highlights.

New Evidence Of Iranian Influence In Iraq:

• Senior U.S. official: Intelligence shows Iran may be behind recent attacks in Iraq
  
• Official: Iraqi general said Iran paid him to derail a pending troop agreement
  
• Source says general was arrested a few weeks ago at the Iranian border
  
• Info underscores generals' view it's too soon for a major additional U.S. drawdown

Top Al Qaeda Officer Killed:

• Abu Qaswarah killed during an operation in Mosul on October 5
  
• He was second-in-command to al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri
  
• Coalition forces tracked him down inside a building in the northern Iraqi city
  
• U.S. military described Abu Qaswarah as a "charismatic" leader

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The Perspective: O.K we've got a few things to talk about today. Lets begin with the Iran issue.

Iran: These guys just don't ever quit. As I've mentioned before on numerous occasions Iran is a problem.

Shortly after the Iraq war began, Iran began sending Armor Piercing IED's across the border and supported the insurgents that were and are fighting against our men and women in Iraq. Now this.

To bribe an Iraqi General so terrorists can get weapons that are from Iran and use them against our soldiers is outrageous. Something needs to be done with Iran, and it needs to be done now.

Iran's plan is pretty simple. Supply the terrorists with equipment that can reorganize and allow attacks to begin. This is why we can't have a 'time line of withdraw' if we do , the terrorists will just wait, and then attack once we leave..Vietnam anyone?

Al Qaeda: Well, it just keeps getting worse for Al Qaeda. It seems that everyday something goes wrong for them. Just look at what has happened recently.

1.) Osama will no long in charge.
2.) Association with the Taliban has been severed.
3.) The U.S. is constantly attacking and eliminating their terror camps and their volunteers.

But this is a GOOD thing. While it will take decades to stop Al Qaeda, if that even happens(unlikely it ever will) each blow we hit them with is a very small step toward victory. So lets just wait and see what happens. And as usual.

Keep it up boys...HOOAH!!

Syria and Lebanon Friends?

Today Syria finally recognized Lebanon as a nation and plans to place a embassy in the nation and Lebanon plans to do the same.

The move by President Bashar Assad — a long-standing demand of the West and Lebanese politicians opposed to Syria's influence in the country — ends six decades of nonrecognition of its neighbor's sovereignty. The two countries have not had formal diplomatic ties since both gained independence from France in the 1940s.

In August, Lebanon and Syria agreed to establish ties and demarcate their contentious border. That landmark agreement, which came during an official visit by Lebanon's president to Damascus, and Assad's formal decree Tuesday, also mark a final break in Syria's longtime dominance over its smaller neighbor.

Damascus had controlled Lebanon for 30 years before it was forced to withdraw troops in 2005.

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The Perspective: Well if you look at this development from the Wests point of view its a great thing.

Finally, this known supporter of terrorism and hater of Israel has done what the west has asked them to do. Even though it took them over 3 years.

From the Israels point of view its good and bad. First the good.

Good: This will allow Israel to create better relations with Syria and Lebanon and attempt to create peaceful borders. Will it happen? Yes. Soon? No. But it will happen, it has to happen for other world events to happen.(again...read Ezekiel)

Bad: This is also a serious issue. Syria has supplied weapons to Lebanon after Russia supplied them. This could also create military issues with Lebanon and Syria as a combined force to be used against Israel.

Most of the weapons Lebanon's terrorist group Hezbollah used against Israel in 2006 were supplied by Russia to Syria, that were then given to the terror group. This is the issue. Allowing Syria to have closer relations with the Lebanese government is not the issue. Its allowing Syria to have closer relations with the terrorists in Lebanon.

Take this for what you will....its good and bad. But in my opinion more good than bad. Lets just wait and see.

Pentagon Official: More Than 100 Insurgents Killed In Combat Against NATO Forces

According to a Pentagon official I spoke to, today in Southern Afghanistan near Lashkar Gah the capital of the Helmand Province more than 100 Taliban Insurgents were killed in the area.

These Taliban forces were killed in two separate attacks in the area. The NATO forces that are tasked with defending the area of Lashkar Gah are from England. According to the official I spoke to in the first clash 61 militants were recovered and it is estimated that near 20 other militants were taken out of the area by the Taliban.

In another clash later in the day 43 more bodies were recovered again in the Lashkar Gah area, this time farther out in the outskirts of the city. In this second battle in Helmand province, Afghan and international troops retook the Nad Ali district center — which had been held by militants — during a three-day fight. That battle, which also involved airstrikes, ended Saturday.

I was told that no Afghan Police/Military, or NATO members were killed or injured in the fight.

Lashkar Gah is of key importance because Helmand province is the largest drug producing area in the world and the region alone accounts for more than half of Afghanistan's production of opium poppies. More than 90 percent of the world's opium is produced in Afghanistan and up to $100 million of the trade's profits are used to finance the Taliban insurgency.

According to the AP more than 4,700 people, who are mostly militants have died in the area this year.
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The Perspective: Alright, lets admit it. Iraq is mostly secure and its due to The Surge as we talked about a few days ago. I know what Afghanistan can be like. An idea like The Surge won't work in the mountainous regions of Afghanistan. So what will? Keep reading.

To achieve success in Afghanistan we need to send more troops in the area.(thats a no brainer) but we can't send the amount of troops we have in Iraq over to Afghanistan. The type of combat in Afghanistan is a complete 360.
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In Iraq you have suicide bombers and mostly unconventional warfare. In Afghanistan you have unconventional warfare, but mostly you have conventional warfare in the mountains.

The men fighting against us and our allies are trained soldiers and warriors of the Taliban. Not randomly recruited bombers that are used in Iraq.

We must send in forces such as the Rangers and Special Forces to up root the Taliban forces in Afghanistan and not to mention sending forces into Pakistan is a must. Without removing the terror training camps in Pakistan, success in Afghanistan will never happen.

Lets hope that the next president can do the right thing, and allow us to succeed in both Iraq and Afghanistan.