In recent days, there have been some attempted airline hijackings. Each case has been stopped through the actions of the passengers and crew. This increase in attempted hijackings cannot be isolated. There has to be some master plan that includes hijacking planes. Yet, the Obama administration insists that there is no threat from Muslim extremists. They are more concerned with the Tea Party goers and those that want the United States to return to using the Constitution as the guide for the country. That seems entirely backwards.

Nothing that the Obama administration does makes sense on the surface. The Obama administration always reacts just exactly the opposite way that common sense would dictate. When all signs point to Muslim extremists as the threat, they worry about American Patriots. When terrorists are loose in the world, they worry about returning veterans. The Patriots and veterans are the backbone of America. They are what made America strong since 1776. They will be what keeps America strong for the next few hundred years. The Muslim extremists have said that they want to destroy America and everything she believes in. That sounds like someone that we should watch to me.

One of the attempted hijackers was an individual that the FBI was warned about a couple of years ago. The government did nothing during that time. I am assuming that there had to be a reason for the inaction, but on the surface it does not look good.

With all this evidence that the terrorists have not given up, the Obama administration still is trying to fight this war as a police action. They want our military to use the same rules to fight a war that our police departments use to capture criminals from a generally law abiding population. That is just stupid. When you fight a war, you should fight a war. You should decide you are going to win and then do what is necessary to win the war. If you want police to capture criminals, then you should get policemen to capture criminals. But our military are not trained to be police. They are trained to fight a war against an enemy that does not have the same rules of engagement that we do. They should be allowed to fight the enemy and destroy them. That would go a long way in securing our borders from foreign invaders. Getting our military to be police is a way to get more military personnel killed. It also brings disrespect for our military from other foreign countries that might have dark designs on America.

During the Civil War, President Lincoln and the North had a problem for most of the war. They tried to fight the war without involving the civilian population. That was not possible then and it is not possible now. It is especially not possible because the terrorist groups use the civilians as cover because they know we will not shoot at civilians. We do that at our own peril. During the Civil War, when President Lincoln found a general that would fight a “total war”, the north became victorious. Until then, it was pretty much of a stalemate. After the “total war” started, it was just a matter of time before the South lost. We are pretty much at that crossroads now in Afghanistan. We managed to extract ourselves from Iraq, for the most part. But, we are getting bogged down in Afghanistan because the left is putting more handcuffs on our troops than is necessary.

My guess is that things will bounce along like this for the next couple of years with nothing being accomplished. If Obama wins in 2012, we lose in Afghanistan and our troops come home with their tail between their legs. If Obama loses, the Taliban gets routed in quick order in Afghanistan and we come home victorious.  Those are the options that I see at this point near the end of 2009.

Last night, I listened to the Glenn Beck show on the internet. During one segment, he put the attack on Fox News by the White House in perspective. On his blackboard, Glenn showed all the ways that the Obama White House has tried to limit free speech. The result was a chilling thought of how far we have fallen since January.

On the Mike Gallagher show, I heard another assault on free speech by the White House that Glenn Beck did not cover last night. This is that the United States is now one of the countries supporting the proposal by the Muslim countries on a restriction on free speech because of blasphemy. If this ever gets through and adopted, we will not be able to criticize Muslim terrorists as Muslim terrorists. They would just be terrorists and the Muslim part would have to be left out. That means that the message would be incomplete and the public would be left in the dark as to the truth. But the biggest problem is that the Obama White House even agreed to a restriction on our free speech rights at all. The Constitution is quite clear about the ability of our citizens to free speech. Obama seems to ignore that when it suits him.

We have an attack on our freedoms from many locations. It is difficult to keep up with all the attacks. Sometimes I think that I would like to take a break and let others do the work for me. Then, I realize that it is part of my duty as an American citizen to be informed and to speak out about these issues. Speaking out may have a price some day, but it is a price I am willing to pay. Freedom is important to me and I will defend it to my last breath.

During the period from the late 1940’s to the 1960’s, Ronald Reagan fought for these same values against the communist incursions that were taking place. I am reading a book about how Ronald Reagan won the Cold War against the communists. In the beginning of the book, where I am, it documents these struggles. It also points out that Ronald Reagan felt that we were in a war against the communists that the general public was not aware of. It is much like the war against the Islamo-Fascist’s of today. We are in a war that many in the country deny that we are fighting. As a result, we are in danger of losing our country to the enemy by giving up the ground without a fight. Right now, Barack Obama is surrendering at every opportunity. I hope there is not enough time for him to give everything away before he either gets stopped or replaced.

Freedom of speech is crucial to the proper functioning of our Republican form of government. If there are limits on our freedom of speech or freedom of assembly, we have no chance to stop the enemies of this country from taking over.

Right now, the Congress is trying to take away our property rights as well. When our property rights are gone, the country is gone with it. If this Obamacare bill becomes law, then we have no more private property in this country. That is why the bill has to be stopped. The bill is also a terrible bill that will not solve the problem that it is supposed to solve. It will just destroy what is good and precious.

We are a good people. We try to be kind to those who have less than ourselves. We try to be fair and honest with those that are weaker than ourselves. That gets us in trouble from time to time by putting us on the defensive in the beginning of some problems. When we wake up and decide to fight, there is no power on earth that can stop us. We need to wake up to the menace that is the Obama administration. We need to stop this administration from causing further damage to this country. Then, if we still are allowed to vote in 2010, we should vote all the Democrats and liberals out of office. That would give us a chance to reclaim the ground we have given up to this point. I know that we can do it. We have succeeded against worse odds in the past. We can succeed today. All we have to have is the will to win and the attitude that we will not be stopped. I know we can do it.

While driving to work today, I listened to Mike Broomhead on KFYI. His topic was on the hate some Muslims feel toward America. Mike received a phone call from a man who said he lived in Saudi Arabia outside of the military base. In other words, he was living in the Muslim sector of Saudi Arabia proper. His point was that we as Americans cannot understand the hate that some Muslims have for America. Mike got huffy about that point as he had been talking about it all morning, but the caller did have a point. We can say we know that Muslims hate us. We can believe that we know Muslims hate us. But until confronted by the hate, you have no idea how bad it really is.

A couple of times in my life I have been confronted by someone that truly hated me or what I stood for. No matter how much I was intellectually prepared, I was always surprised at the level of hate. I would have said that I knew that these people hated me. I would have said that I knew that they wanted me dead. But until confronted with the hate, I did not understand. I think that is the point that the caller to Mike Broomhead’s show was trying to convey.

When you put the level of hate involved in radical Islam with nuclear weapons, you have a situation that is untenable. Radical Muslims can never be allowed to get a nuclear device that works. They also can never be allowed to use the nuclear device. With Nero (Obama) fiddling while Rome (the United States) falls down around him is a sorry state to be in.

Barack Obama has telegraphed to the radical Muslims that we are the weak Americans that they thought we were by going after the people that did the interrogations while George W. Bush was President. He is doing it for a couple of reasons. The first is to get people to stop talking about Obamacare. That is working as I am not talking about how bad Obamacare is for the country. The second is to throw a bone to the far left nuts in his party. They cannot get over George W. Bush and probably never will. Feeding them the interrogators is a way of placating them at this time. It keeps them happy and on board at a time when Obama needs them to be on board.

The interrogators did nothing wrong. They deserve medals for what they did since 9/11. They do not need a witch hunt led by nut jobs on the left. The interrogators followed the rules as they understood them for the past 8 years. The Bush Justice Department decided not to prosecute them for any alleged crimes. That should have been the end of the investigations into their actions. But the left wing nut jobs have to have their red meat, so Obama delivers them up on a silver platter.

What should happen out of these investigations is this: Any investigator that recommends that an interrogator be charged with a crime should be fired for incompetence. Under the Obama administration rules for torture, my employer could be charged with torture. My work hours are such that I am required to be at work late Tuesday night and I have to be in early on Wednesday morning. According to the guidelines for sleep deprivation that the Obama administration put out, that would constitute torture? Of course that is a silly argument.

Obama is going to get us into a hole so deep that I am not sure we will be able to get out of it. He seems bent on allowing terrorists to get nuclear weapons. If they get nuclear weapons, we are in big trouble for a long time. This is especially a problem since Obama wants to reduce or eliminate military programs that are designed to keep us safe. It is going to take a very strong President to get us out of the hole, if it is even possible.

Iran held elections last week. The election was supposed to be close between the mad Mullah’s man and the challenger. After the election was held, the results were announced. The mad Mullah’s said that their mad had received 66.7% of the vote. The people that voted knew that result was wrong, so rioting started. The mad Mullah’s cracked down with violence. The situation is volatile. It could go either way. The Mullah’s will most likely prevail because they have the army. But if the rioters convince the army that they are right, the Mullah’s could be in trouble.

An interesting development has taken place in the last 24 hours; the mad Mullah’s have announced that they will review the results of the election. That is the first time that they have reversed themselves since taking power in 1979. That is a big development. Their air of infallibility has been snapped. That could be a sign of better things to come. Or it could just be a minor blip on the radar.

Iran is important because they have enormous amounts of oil. Nobody is getting their oil because of the embargo that was put on after the Mullah’s took over in 1979. The Mullah’s are also seeking to get nuclear power. They say it is so they can have nuclear power plants. Since they have more oil than almost anywhere else in the world, which would be a rather thin argument. Their real goal is undoubtedly to produce nuclear weapons. They are probably close to doing just that.

Iran has pledged to wipe Israel off of the map, if they get a chance. Since they do not border Israel their opportunity is rather limited. They cannot wage a land war as they would have to travel across other countries. That would be detected by those countries and/or Israel and stopped. An air war would be impractical as their air force is far below Israel’s in capability. Their only chance to wipe Israel off of the map would be to drop a nuclear bomb on Israel. They have the missiles to deliver the bomb. All they need is the bomb to deliver and they can make good on their promise. That is why Iran is important to the world. Bombing Israel would start a world war that could have a devastating impact.

Our illustrious President is busy pretending that nothing is happening in the Middle East. He goes to Cairo and talks to moderate Muslims. Moderate Muslims might exist in large numbers, but they are ineffective as a group. They are easily intimidated and ruled by small numbers of Islamo-Fascists. That means that even though there may be large numbers of moderate Muslims, they effectively are radical Muslims when taken as groups in their countries. There are no Muslim Democracies, except for Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraq and Afghanistan are Democracies only because we imposed democratic rule. The other countries are despotic at best.

The people rioting in Iran need the support of America. Barack Obama needs to speak out in their support. So far, he has remained silent. The entire administration has said nothing about Iran. It would seem that Iran does not exist as far as our administration is concerned. I am not sure that even with our support the rioters could pull off the overthrow of the Mullah’s, but we have to try. If we can get Iran in the hands of someone who actually cares if he lives or dies would be a real plus. Right now, the Mullah’s do not care whether the world ends or not. That makes them truly scary. Hitler and Stalin were scary people, but they both did not want to die. These Mullah’s do not care and that makes them truly scary.

America needs to support those who seek to achieve the goal of independence from tyranny. Unfortunately, our country is sprinting down the path toward tyranny faster than I ever thought possible. Pretty soon, we may be the ones rioting and hoping that some other country sees our plight. Let’s not lose sight of the goal of independence from tyranny. That is what our Founders did and that is what we should also do. I support that goal from the bottom of my heart and with every fiber of my being. I support freedom wherever I find it.

This fighting between Israel and Hamas has really been going on longer than the 10 days that the press is reporting. Hamas has been lobbing rockets into Israel for months, almost since Israel gave up the Gaza strip to the Palestine Authority. These rockets land anywhere and kill civilians. Of course, there was no outcry from the Muslim countries over these atrocities. There was no outcry from the rest of the world over the atrocities. Even the Palestine Authority got tired of the rockets and asked Israel to attack Hamas over a month ago. Of course, when Israel attacked the Palestine Authority had to denounce Israel.

Who is right and who is wrong in this conflict is clear. Israel is a sovereign nation. They have a border that is officially recognized by the United Nations and most of the civilized world. Muslim countries do not recognize Israel or their right to exist. Israel has a right to be able to protect their citizens in their homes. They should not be subject to terrorist attacks of any kind. Israel has the right to search out and destroy any and all ability to commit terror inside Israel.

Hamas knows that it does not have the full support of the people in Gaza. To keep the people under their control, they have captured and tortured people that they suspect are not supporters. Hamas has shot the captured people in the legs and broken arms, hands and legs. This terror campaign keeps the population from turning on Hamas as long as Hamas is considered a power in the area. Once they are taken out of power by any means, the retribution will be swift and just as hard. These are Muslims we are dealing with. They believe that if you broke my arm, you should lose yours. If Israel is successful in getting Hamas out of power in areas, they will have many informants who will turn in Hamas people.

Israel started their ground campaign on Sunday and I have not heard much on what is happening. I have heard Hamas complaining about civilians being killed. Those reports are exactly what Hamas wants reported. They hide their ammunition in civilian houses and Mosques. They fire their rockets from civilian areas. By doing that, it makes it less likely that Israel will strike back for fear of killing civilians. Once Israel decided that they were going to rid Gaza of Hamas, civilian causalities were certain. Hamas is counting on that to stop Israel from finishing off Hamas.

In all wars, there are civilian causalities. Soldiers are trained to not kill civilians. That is real difficult when the enemy they are fighting dresses like civilians and hides in civilian areas. In that case, civilians are sometimes killed in error. If you have shots coming at you from building A, you fire back into building A to stop those shots from coming. If the people firing the shots have civilians as hostages, the hostages could very easily be killed. Also, if the leaders of Hamas hold a meeting, they do it in civilian areas. That way if they get bombed, civilians will be killed. If civilians get killed Hamas can claim that Israel targeted civilians. They can even bring in television cameras and show the civilians, after cleaning out the Hamas information. This has been successful in Iraq, why not in Gaza as well. The news people want to believe the worst about America and Israel, so Hamas and Al Qaeda gives them what they want. The news media laps it up and serves it to the American and Israeli public to sway the public against the military. That strategy is working in America against our soldiers in Iraq, just like it did against our soldiers in Vietnam. The media hopes to pull it off again in Israel. Their problem is Gaza is so much smaller than Iraq or Vietnam; the time frame is so much shorter for them to be successful. Also, Israeli public opinion for the Army is so much higher than in America. They may not be successful this time.

Our new fearless leader has, in his usual bold manner, taken a decisive stand not to stand anywhere. My biggest fear is what will happen when Obama takes over on January 20? Where does Obama stand? Does he stand with freedom and liberty or with thugs? Only time will tell on that one.