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.

The United States Removes North Korea From Terror List

Today is a huge day if your a citizen of North Korea. Confirmed by multiple State Department officials today Secretary Of State Condolezza Rice signed a paper removing the North Korean, communist state from the terror watch list.

This comes after years of conflict with the Northern half of the Korea. While they had agreed to an agreement months earlier to be removed, they weren't. In response to this they began rebuilding their reactor...well that seemed to get the American government moving. Not to mention reacent missile tests, and the placement of the SCUD-B missiles on the eastern half of the nation.

This created fear, and worry in Washington. While forcing the State Department and the White House to take action.

So with today's action by the State Department...we have one less 'evil' nation to worry about.
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The Perspective: Well, well. I guess that if your Kim Jong Ill today is a good day for you. The little man has finally gotten his head on straight and done the right thing. Even though it did take a stroke for him to do it.

Lets just thank God and the great people who allowed this to happen. While it took many years and many(to many really) arguments to get done, lets just be happy that it happened.

You'd think I'd have more to say, well I do.

Sure I'm glad their off the list. But I still don't trust them. When Israel says you sell weapons to terrorists, you DO sell weapons to terrorists.

I have never and will never trust the North Koreans.

If You Don't Think The Surge Worked...Fuck You

Market by market, square by square, the walls are beginning to come down. The miles of hulking blast walls, ugly but effective, were installed as a central feature of the surge of American troops to stop neighbors from killing one another.

The slow dismantling of the concrete walls is the most visible sign of a fundamental change here in the Iraqi capital. The American surge strategy, which increased the number of United States troops and contributed to stability here, is drawing to a close. And a transition is under way to the almost inevitable American drawdown in 2009.

There are now more than 148,000 United States troops in Iraq, down from the peak of around 170,000 a year ago, and President Bush has accepted the military’s recommendation to remove 8,000 more by February.

Iraqis are already taking on many of the tasks the Americans once performed, raising great hopes that the country will progress on its own but also deep fears of failure.

On Oct. 1, the Sunni-dominated Awakening Movenment, widely credited with helping restore order to neighborhoods that were among the most deadly, passed from the American to the Iraqi government payroll in Baghdad. There is deep mutual mistrust between the new employer and many of its new employees, many of whom are former insurgents.

Another element of the transition, which has attracted far less notice than the Awakening transfer, is the effort by the Iraqi Army to begin turning over neighborhoods to the paramilitary National Police. In the future, its officers, too, will leave and be replaced by regular police officers.

All three moves mark a transition to an era in which Iraq’s Shiite-dominated government seeks more control over its own military and sway over America’s.

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The Perspective: All the critics can shut the fuck up. If this doesn't go to prove that the idea of the Surge put forward by John McCain and now CENTCOM Head General David Petraeus WORKED, nothing does.

This plan has allowed the Iraqi Security Force and Iraqi Police Officers to create security and peace in the majority of Iraq. Do you hear about our men and women in uniform getting killed now?

No!! Why is this? The Surge was a success and it will and has allowed us to bring our men and women home.

If you read the process of withdraw time line agreed upon by the United States and Iraq our soldiers will leave the cities in June of 2009. We will remove ALL combat troops from Iraq by the end of 2011.

Quit complaining, quit arguing. The Iraq war is almost over and everyone who says we did this for nothing doesn't look at the big picture and is a narrow minded fool.

North Korea Preparing To Fire More Missiles

According to reports by both the United States, State Department and South Korean Intelligence Agencies North Korea is preparing to at least test fire missiles.

The comes after North Korea has begun rebuilding the cooling tower on their nuclear reactor. The real threat is that according to U.S. intelligence estimates North Korea has enough weapons grade plutonium to create about a half dozen nuclear weapons.

According to a U.S. government official I spoke to U.S. spy satellites have found at least 10 short to medium range SCUD missiles on a small inlet island.

While North Korea routinely tests short range missiles, its the current activities of North Korea with the nuclear reactor and its hatred for The United State and her allies. The missiles that it currently has prepared for launch could reach Seoul, South Korea and as far as Russia.
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The Perspective: Wow. Big problem. As we know North Korea, no matter who is truly in charge is a radical Communist state. With support from China and some from Russia, you can completely eliminate the possibility that these missiles are for China or Russia.

They would never attack their allies. But South Korea is an entire different story. As most of us know(I hope we all know that North Korea hates the South) North Korea has always felt that the area the south controls belongs to them.

According to this history, it seems logical that these missiles are for one of two things.

1.)Its just a test, nothing more, nothing less.
2.)Its for a strike against South Korea.

If it is a strike against South Korea we need to watch for troop movements by North Korea. It has been know for years, that the North would amass 250,000 troops at the DMZ and attempt to capture Seoul within 48 hours.

The sad thing, according to military strategy only one thing can be used against the North Koreans to stop them from capturing Seoul is...

Nuclear Weapons.

Lets hope its just a test.

Man In London Shot 3 Times; Claims It Was Over His Pro-Obama T-Shirt

From FOX News.com

Dube Egwuatu told the Mail he was purchasing a cell phone when a stranger started shouting racial slurs over his shirt featuring the presidential candidate’s face and the word “Believe.”

Egwuatu zipped up his jacket and headed for his car, but as he turned it on, the gunman opened the passenger side door and shot him three times, hitting him in the face, hand and shoulder.

Egwuatu managed to drive off while bleeding and call for help. A piece of metal was removed from his jaw from the attacker’s gas-powered ball-bearing pistol, the Mail reported.

“He was telling me that he was going to kill me,” Egwuatu told the Mail. “I couldn't believe it was happening — and just because I was wearing an Obama T-shirt. He was trying to make me walk somewhere quieter, saying: ‘I've got something for you,’ and ‘I'm going to kill you.’”

Local police are still looking for the gunman.

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The Perspective: Bit much huh? You know that this Presidential election is getting out of hand when someone not living in America, gets shot because he wants Obama to win the election 'across the pond'.

I'll tell you right now, as you know I'm a McCain/Palin supporter and have already voted for them Absentee. But I would never go this far. America and England are both free nations where people are allowed to express their own personal beliefs and opinions. This blog is just an example.

By no means, should anyone ever be threatened due to their own beliefs, physical attributes, or ideas. Never, ever. We as a people who over time have became more and more forgiving for peoples flaws, should stop these acts of violence against innocent people and just let this election happen.

Only 27 days left.

McCain/Palin 08!!