People tend to want to fight the war they were trained for as lieutenants. What we need is people who can visualize what the next war will be and be ready for that.
The first and most important thing to remember is airpower and seapower win NOTHING. Wars are won when the Marine or soldier with a rifle stands on a piece of ground and holds it for our country. The rest of the services are merely support units, they win nothing. Yet that young fellow cannot get there without help.
Right now there is no creditable threat that the F-15E(enhanced) cannot deal with fairly expeditiously. It will sustain more casualties than the F-22 would, but the cost of the F-22 would be better spent on airlift. The F-22 is a very capable air to air machine, we just currently have no real air to air adversaries. If we did, there will not be enough of them.
With the reduced numbers of aircraft, we must build one fighter type and build a lot of them. Thus the fighter must be multi-role like the F-4 was and the F-15E is. The F-22, if it is bought, should change to a two seat stretched multi-role version, otherwise it is useless.
There was an internal Boeing proposal to make a C-17 derivative the next manned bomber. Not a joke. It would out perform the B-52, which is apparently good enough, and cost almost nothing.
We need more sealift, much quicker than airlift when you get beyond brigade sized units, more long range airlift and more intra theather airlift.
Read Tommy Franks' book and "Boyd". It becomes clear that the first thing to do is retire everyone above O-5 and their GS/ES equivalents. While there are a few people who progress above that level on real merit, most get there because they agree with the current Chief of Staff. We have had enough of that. Yes, we have won wars, but we have not done as well as we should have. Look at all the problems Tommy Franks had getting people onboard with winning for the country instead of their rice bowl.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Projection
Definition - Projection
n 6: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
Finally a rational explanation of why liberals keep saying that Republicans "stole the election(s)", why they keep saying that Conservatives want to control "your body", why they say President Bush lied, why they are for the "poor", the "downtrodden" and the "oppressed" and Republicans and Conservatives are against all those things.
Perhaps some of the dimmer lights on the Democrat "holiday tree" actually believe what they say, it is possible, however implausible it might seem.
The facts are very clear, but there are none so blind as those who will not see, nor so deaf as those who will not hear.
Conservatives, as the word is commonly used today, believe the US Constitution being written in common English, as used in these United States, means precisely what it says. There are no hidden meanings, no living document, just plain English. English, not Spanglish or Japlish or Engrish. Conservatives believe the Constitution delineates individual rights, there are no group rights. Conservatives believe in the individual, they have problems dealing with Mexican-Americans, African-Americans and all the other special groups, because, surprise of surprises, they do not see people as part of other than Americans. Individual Americans, one of the nation's citizens, a single person, part of our One Nation Under God.
Democrats are the party of the poor, the oppressed and the downtrodden. Without a doubt. They cannot live with freedom, prosperity and individualism. The current Democratic Party is that party, because they are the ones doing the oppressing and downtrodding! Republicans are the party of the rich and the free. If you want to be poor and oppressed, vote Democrat!
Lincoln lead the country to unity and freedom, Democrats lead the Confederacy to ruin.
I know what party I belong to.
n 6: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
Finally a rational explanation of why liberals keep saying that Republicans "stole the election(s)", why they keep saying that Conservatives want to control "your body", why they say President Bush lied, why they are for the "poor", the "downtrodden" and the "oppressed" and Republicans and Conservatives are against all those things.
Perhaps some of the dimmer lights on the Democrat "holiday tree" actually believe what they say, it is possible, however implausible it might seem.
The facts are very clear, but there are none so blind as those who will not see, nor so deaf as those who will not hear.
Conservatives, as the word is commonly used today, believe the US Constitution being written in common English, as used in these United States, means precisely what it says. There are no hidden meanings, no living document, just plain English. English, not Spanglish or Japlish or Engrish. Conservatives believe the Constitution delineates individual rights, there are no group rights. Conservatives believe in the individual, they have problems dealing with Mexican-Americans, African-Americans and all the other special groups, because, surprise of surprises, they do not see people as part of other than Americans. Individual Americans, one of the nation's citizens, a single person, part of our One Nation Under God.
Democrats are the party of the poor, the oppressed and the downtrodden. Without a doubt. They cannot live with freedom, prosperity and individualism. The current Democratic Party is that party, because they are the ones doing the oppressing and downtrodding! Republicans are the party of the rich and the free. If you want to be poor and oppressed, vote Democrat!
Lincoln lead the country to unity and freedom, Democrats lead the Confederacy to ruin.
I know what party I belong to.
Monday, February 21, 2005
Freedom isn't Free
Freedom isn't free. It never has been and it never will. Those who would sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither and soon have what they deserve.
We owe our freedom and prosperity to the warriors who made our country free and have kept us that way since 1776. All have given some and some gave all. All the warriors give their today for our freedom, some give a portion or even all of their tomorrows here on earth for our freedom.
We owe them.
Very few of the warriors have a sense of being owed. Seldom do warriors realize what sacrifice they are making.
There is the constant threat of death or injury. Not only in combat, but in training. For many warriors, training is more dangerous than combat.
Most warriors are young, many have young families. Not for twenty years or so after the fact, do they realize what it meant to their family to be gone. Gone for Christmas, gone for New Years, gone for Easter, gone for the birthdays, anniversaries and funerals. Gone for school plays, gone for the Big Game. Gone, so you and I can be free. Warriors spend a lot of time away from home, training, deployed, in combat, all time away from their families. Both Active, Reserve and Guard. Gone.
Warriors do what they do because that is who they are. They do it for God, Honor, Country. They do it so their families can stay free. They do it because they have a sense of debt to those who have gone before. They do it to keep the war far from our homeland.
Yes, it is an "All Volunteer Force." But, that does not mean we do not owe them for what we will not do or cannot do.
As you spend time with your family, thank the warriors, remember them in your prayers.
We owe our freedom and prosperity to the warriors who made our country free and have kept us that way since 1776. All have given some and some gave all. All the warriors give their today for our freedom, some give a portion or even all of their tomorrows here on earth for our freedom.
We owe them.
Very few of the warriors have a sense of being owed. Seldom do warriors realize what sacrifice they are making.
There is the constant threat of death or injury. Not only in combat, but in training. For many warriors, training is more dangerous than combat.
Most warriors are young, many have young families. Not for twenty years or so after the fact, do they realize what it meant to their family to be gone. Gone for Christmas, gone for New Years, gone for Easter, gone for the birthdays, anniversaries and funerals. Gone for school plays, gone for the Big Game. Gone, so you and I can be free. Warriors spend a lot of time away from home, training, deployed, in combat, all time away from their families. Both Active, Reserve and Guard. Gone.
Warriors do what they do because that is who they are. They do it for God, Honor, Country. They do it so their families can stay free. They do it because they have a sense of debt to those who have gone before. They do it to keep the war far from our homeland.
Yes, it is an "All Volunteer Force." But, that does not mean we do not owe them for what we will not do or cannot do.
As you spend time with your family, thank the warriors, remember them in your prayers.
Saturday, February 05, 2005
Nation of Laws
What sets the United States of America apart from any other nation on earth? We are a nation of laws.
But, you say not so, other nations have laws.
We are unique. Our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution recognize that our inalienable rights come from God, not man. Our Constitution ensures, or tries to at least, that those rights are in fact inalienable.
The Constitution acknowledges our rights to freedom of (not from) religion, free speech, private property, self-defense, freedom from unreasonable search and siezure. All the things we learned in school. These cannot be taken from us by the government and the government is bound to assist us when others attempt to take these from us.
No vote in Congress, no Presidential Executive Order can take these from us. We are ruled by law, not man. The Constitution means what it says. It is clearly written in common English, or more accurately, common American.
We have individual rights, there are no group rights. Citizens are citizens, not Hyphenated, not Segregated. "E plurubus unum" is the original U.S. motto, "Out of many, one." No one is to be granted rights denied another, without due process of law.
This bothers the left.
But, you say not so, other nations have laws.
We are unique. Our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution recognize that our inalienable rights come from God, not man. Our Constitution ensures, or tries to at least, that those rights are in fact inalienable.
The Constitution acknowledges our rights to freedom of (not from) religion, free speech, private property, self-defense, freedom from unreasonable search and siezure. All the things we learned in school. These cannot be taken from us by the government and the government is bound to assist us when others attempt to take these from us.
No vote in Congress, no Presidential Executive Order can take these from us. We are ruled by law, not man. The Constitution means what it says. It is clearly written in common English, or more accurately, common American.
We have individual rights, there are no group rights. Citizens are citizens, not Hyphenated, not Segregated. "E plurubus unum" is the original U.S. motto, "Out of many, one." No one is to be granted rights denied another, without due process of law.
This bothers the left.
Saturday, January 22, 2005
There is no God but Yahweh, and Moses is his prophet!
The liberal atheist left seems appalled at what is an obvious fact, this is a Christian country. One nation, Under God, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all. Our country offers freedom of religion, not freedom from God. There was never any intent that the country should be free from God, but rather that each of us should be free to worship our Creator as we see fit.
There is no God but Yahweh, and Moses is his prophet!
Mohammedans, Hindus, Confucians and others are welcome in our country. But, understand this is a Judeo-Christian country. Other religions are free to practice their religion, but they are not free to interfere with our practice of our religion. We are to live our religion, not hide it.
There is no “Separation of Church and State” not now, not ever. Certainly not at the time of the founding of our country. The “Establishment Clause” merely prohibits Congress from making any laws regarding the establishment of religion. This clause does not prohibit praying in school, displaying crosses on public property or any of the many other prohibitions that the ACLU finds in it.
God, Honor, Country
Words to live and die by. Islamofacists have their own beliefs. Luckily, they believe in dying for their beliefs. We feel the same way and are trying to help as many of them as possible meet their goal.
There is no God but Yahweh, and Moses is his prophet!
Mohammedans, Hindus, Confucians and others are welcome in our country. But, understand this is a Judeo-Christian country. Other religions are free to practice their religion, but they are not free to interfere with our practice of our religion. We are to live our religion, not hide it.
There is no “Separation of Church and State” not now, not ever. Certainly not at the time of the founding of our country. The “Establishment Clause” merely prohibits Congress from making any laws regarding the establishment of religion. This clause does not prohibit praying in school, displaying crosses on public property or any of the many other prohibitions that the ACLU finds in it.
God, Honor, Country
Words to live and die by. Islamofacists have their own beliefs. Luckily, they believe in dying for their beliefs. We feel the same way and are trying to help as many of them as possible meet their goal.
Thursday, January 06, 2005
Dead Man Walking
The lunatic fringe of the Democratic Party is indeed a Dead Man Walking, grasping at straws to hold himself up.
You have no further to look than Alberto Gonzalez, the nominee for Attorney General.
-He tried to push the limits of what can be done to interrogate Al Queda detainees-
The President says, "Gentlemen, we need to get intelligence from these detainees. We do not want to violate the law. Mr. Gonzalez, research this and get back to me with what can we do to these detainees without violating the law."
The fact is that most of us realize the war is not a war on terror, but a war on Islamofacism. The Baath Party was started by the National Socialist Party of Germany, who are better known by their nickname, Nazis. Most of us would be okay with Huey interrogations. Saves a lot of time and effort. We also know that we cannot surrender to them, they will cut your head off if you do. Most of us are willing to accept the challenge to fight to the death. I might point out, that it does not matter if you accept the challenge. They will fight to your death.
Seems to me Alberto Gonzalez did what the Commander in Chief asked, gave him the limits.
There is no second place winner in a gunfight. It doesn't matter how you feel about yourself, what matters is who is standing when it is over.
Fight's on, Fight's on.
You have no further to look than Alberto Gonzalez, the nominee for Attorney General.
-He tried to push the limits of what can be done to interrogate Al Queda detainees-
The President says, "Gentlemen, we need to get intelligence from these detainees. We do not want to violate the law. Mr. Gonzalez, research this and get back to me with what can we do to these detainees without violating the law."
The fact is that most of us realize the war is not a war on terror, but a war on Islamofacism. The Baath Party was started by the National Socialist Party of Germany, who are better known by their nickname, Nazis. Most of us would be okay with Huey interrogations. Saves a lot of time and effort. We also know that we cannot surrender to them, they will cut your head off if you do. Most of us are willing to accept the challenge to fight to the death. I might point out, that it does not matter if you accept the challenge. They will fight to your death.
Seems to me Alberto Gonzalez did what the Commander in Chief asked, gave him the limits.
There is no second place winner in a gunfight. It doesn't matter how you feel about yourself, what matters is who is standing when it is over.
Fight's on, Fight's on.
Monday, January 03, 2005
We will get credit?
That is the question of the day, "We will get credit?"
Who cares? We do what is right, regardless of who thinks what. We do what needs to be done. We don't ask if everyone thinks it is a good idea. If one is doing what needs to be done for the good publicity, it is not charity, it is advertising.
The tsunami receded, America was there with help.
Should we turn this over to the UN?
Shirley, you jest.
This is not a UN effort, funded by us, the US, with credit taken, as well as the cream off the top, by the UN.
We will do our part, we will help those in need, our friends and the rest.
Let the UN and Coffeeboy dig in to their pockets. He has plenty of loot from Iraq. Let him fund the UN aid.
America leads the way. Either follow or get out of the way.
Who cares? We do what is right, regardless of who thinks what. We do what needs to be done. We don't ask if everyone thinks it is a good idea. If one is doing what needs to be done for the good publicity, it is not charity, it is advertising.
The tsunami receded, America was there with help.
Should we turn this over to the UN?
Shirley, you jest.
This is not a UN effort, funded by us, the US, with credit taken, as well as the cream off the top, by the UN.
We will do our part, we will help those in need, our friends and the rest.
Let the UN and Coffeeboy dig in to their pockets. He has plenty of loot from Iraq. Let him fund the UN aid.
America leads the way. Either follow or get out of the way.
Friday, December 31, 2004
No! I won't do whatever I want. You can't make me!
It does not matter what conservatives do, even it is what liberals suggested two minutes before, it isn't right.
As soon as it is clear East Asia has been hit by a devasting tsunami, the United States commits to sending 35 million dollars in aid, more than anyone in the world, the European Union taken as a group included. Stingy, slow, not enough, too little, too late. Three days, three days mind you, later the initial assessment team reports back. The aid is increased to 350 million dollars.
Yeah, but … We gave 13 billion in aid to the Southern United States after the latest hurricane.
Has anyone noticed, from a government standpoint, East Asia has not been our friend, let alone part of our own country. We are doing more than twice the rest of the world combined to help our enemy who is in need. Christianity in action.
Why don't the muslims in East Asia ask Osama bin Laden for help? He is their friend!
We are doing what we are doing because it is right. We don't really care what or if the Frogs or the Krauts have a problem with it.
As soon as it is clear East Asia has been hit by a devasting tsunami, the United States commits to sending 35 million dollars in aid, more than anyone in the world, the European Union taken as a group included. Stingy, slow, not enough, too little, too late. Three days, three days mind you, later the initial assessment team reports back. The aid is increased to 350 million dollars.
Yeah, but … We gave 13 billion in aid to the Southern United States after the latest hurricane.
Has anyone noticed, from a government standpoint, East Asia has not been our friend, let alone part of our own country. We are doing more than twice the rest of the world combined to help our enemy who is in need. Christianity in action.
Why don't the muslims in East Asia ask Osama bin Laden for help? He is their friend!
We are doing what we are doing because it is right. We don't really care what or if the Frogs or the Krauts have a problem with it.
Saturday, December 25, 2004
Donald Rumsfield
The critics say Don Rumsfield is out of touch, he has no idea what is happening, everything is his fault, we should be doing this or doing that.
Don Rumsfield spent Christmas in Iraq. He is not on "Season Break" or whatever Congress calls it now. He does not get leave. The fellow did his part for the country as a Naval Aviator in the fifties. He doesn't have to be doing this. He is the Secretary of Defense, the Chief War Fighter in our system because he is good at it. He is doing it for our country.
How may of those critics who looked down their noses at his auto-pen signatures have sent letters, signed or otherwise, to the families of those who have given their lives and part of their family for our country? How many of them have been down to Walter Reed, without news cameras, to check on the boys and girls who have been wounded?
Our country needs to be free in a safe world. Without warriors there is no freedom or safety. Don Rumsfield is a warrior.
Don Rumsfield spent Christmas in Iraq. He is not on "Season Break" or whatever Congress calls it now. He does not get leave. The fellow did his part for the country as a Naval Aviator in the fifties. He doesn't have to be doing this. He is the Secretary of Defense, the Chief War Fighter in our system because he is good at it. He is doing it for our country.
How may of those critics who looked down their noses at his auto-pen signatures have sent letters, signed or otherwise, to the families of those who have given their lives and part of their family for our country? How many of them have been down to Walter Reed, without news cameras, to check on the boys and girls who have been wounded?
Our country needs to be free in a safe world. Without warriors there is no freedom or safety. Don Rumsfield is a warrior.
Christmas 2004
In the United States 77 percent of all adults identify themselves as "Christian."
Merry Christmas, not just any holiday, Happy Holidays, but MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Today the celebrate the birth of our LORD and SAVIOR. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotton Son to the end that all that believe in Him might not perish, but have evelasting life."
Our salvation, our greatness as a country and our prosperity has come from acting on true faith in God, not from our government.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas, not just any holiday, Happy Holidays, but MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Today the celebrate the birth of our LORD and SAVIOR. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotton Son to the end that all that believe in Him might not perish, but have evelasting life."
Our salvation, our greatness as a country and our prosperity has come from acting on true faith in God, not from our government.
Merry Christmas.
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Perseverance - Are we tired yet?
Perseverance - The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun.
A couple of items in the news - 19 US military personnel killed in a homicide bombing in a mess tent. Three US Marines killed by IED explosion.
A few items not in the news - Iraqis are signing up to run for office in a free election, Iraqis are signing up to vote in a free election. There are more people with power and water than ever before in Iraq. There are far less people dying than ever before in Iraq. The only people being tortured are being tortured by Islamofacists; just like the old days. There are more boys AND girls in school than ever before.
Fact - We are at war with Islamofacism, not terrorism. Terrorism is the means the Islamofacists use to fight their war.
Fact - Our military fought in Viet Nam for over 6,000 days. Miltarily, we won every day. Our people got tired of the war and we left. We did not lose that war, but our civilian government left.
Fact - The Islamofacists would rather die than get tired of war. We would rather they died, also.
Fact - We cannot get tired of this war. We must win.
Fact - The mainstream press is doing their best to propagandize every minute setback to tire the American people.
Fact - Each American casualty is one American too many to die.
Fact - We are at WAR.
Fact - People die in wars.
Fact - No one ever won a war by dying for their country, they won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country - Ask George Patton.
Fact - 19 people is a lot of people.
Fact - Since 9-11 less Americans have died in Afganistan AND Iraq than in 15 minutes on Iwo Jima.
Quit whining and start shooting.
Fight's on, Fight's on.
A couple of items in the news - 19 US military personnel killed in a homicide bombing in a mess tent. Three US Marines killed by IED explosion.
A few items not in the news - Iraqis are signing up to run for office in a free election, Iraqis are signing up to vote in a free election. There are more people with power and water than ever before in Iraq. There are far less people dying than ever before in Iraq. The only people being tortured are being tortured by Islamofacists; just like the old days. There are more boys AND girls in school than ever before.
Fact - We are at war with Islamofacism, not terrorism. Terrorism is the means the Islamofacists use to fight their war.
Fact - Our military fought in Viet Nam for over 6,000 days. Miltarily, we won every day. Our people got tired of the war and we left. We did not lose that war, but our civilian government left.
Fact - The Islamofacists would rather die than get tired of war. We would rather they died, also.
Fact - We cannot get tired of this war. We must win.
Fact - The mainstream press is doing their best to propagandize every minute setback to tire the American people.
Fact - Each American casualty is one American too many to die.
Fact - We are at WAR.
Fact - People die in wars.
Fact - No one ever won a war by dying for their country, they won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country - Ask George Patton.
Fact - 19 people is a lot of people.
Fact - Since 9-11 less Americans have died in Afganistan AND Iraq than in 15 minutes on Iwo Jima.
Quit whining and start shooting.
Fight's on, Fight's on.
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
War or Peace
No one fights the man who is willing and able to fight.
Our country has only been attacked when we were perceived as weak, either in hardware or willingness to fight. Look back to Pearl Harbor. The Japanese government was convinced we were soft, we would not fight. Look to 9-11. The Islamofacists were convinced we were soft, we would not fight. We would cower at their strength. Afterall, we did nothing after the Lebanon bombing, we did nothing after the first World Trade Center bombing.
We did nothing.
They failed to consider we had done something. We elected a man as President. A man who meant what he said.
We have an excellent opportunity to send many of those who wish our country evil to meet their maker. Iraq is a target rich environment.
Fight's on, Fight's on!
Our country has only been attacked when we were perceived as weak, either in hardware or willingness to fight. Look back to Pearl Harbor. The Japanese government was convinced we were soft, we would not fight. Look to 9-11. The Islamofacists were convinced we were soft, we would not fight. We would cower at their strength. Afterall, we did nothing after the Lebanon bombing, we did nothing after the first World Trade Center bombing.
We did nothing.
They failed to consider we had done something. We elected a man as President. A man who meant what he said.
We have an excellent opportunity to send many of those who wish our country evil to meet their maker. Iraq is a target rich environment.
Fight's on, Fight's on!
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