Time To Crush ISIS

woolseyRobert James Woolsey, former Director of Central Intelligence, on CNN about the insane truck killer in France:

“We are not going to win just by getting more and more vigilant, or even improving our intelligence, and so forth. We’ve got to destroy ISIS. Bin Laden said it very well once, oddly enough, he said people see a strong horse and a weak horse, and I like the strong horse better. We’ve got to be the strong horse. We’ve got to win not only in Syria and Iraq, we’ve got to crush ISIS in the West.”

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Author: craigcrawford

Trail Mix Host. Lapsed journalist, author & retired pundit happily promoting nothing but the truth for Social Security checks.

48 thoughts on “Time To Crush ISIS”

  1. but is she seen as a strong horse or an old nag?

    from the atlantic:

    More Americans believe Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump is likely to achieve several key national objectives, the latest Allstate/Atlantic Media Heartland Monitor Poll has found.

    When asked which candidate would work effectively with other countries, with Congress, and with state and local governments to achieve their objectives, more than 50 percent of respondents favored Clinton over Trump. They also pegged Clinton as more likely to “bring the country together” and to “convince the two parties to cooperate more than they have in recent years” by margins of more than 15 percentage points. In promoting partnerships between the public and private sectors, however, Clinton led by only three points.

     

    bink, you asked last night “So, who exactly will vote for him?  The hooligans at those rallies?  Hooligans don’t vote.”  if the hillary supporters thinking she’s inevitable don’t get out and vote, it only takes a few hooligans who do for him to win. add that to the true believers and we’re stuck (or to use legal terminology, we’re f**ked).

  4. Clinton’s Room to Grow
    E.J.Dionne

     Still, there is reason to believe that Clinton, like Bush and her husband, has an opportunity to win over new sympathizers, especially since voters have revised their judgments in her favor before. Her favorable ratings in the Gallup poll reached as high as 67 percent in late December 1998, and 66 percent in May 2012.
         In principle, of course, Trump can also improve his ratings, and may well do so at next week’s Republican convention. But Clinton almost certainly has more room to grow than Trump does, given her past high marks and the fact that even at her lowest points this year, Clinton’s favorability still has outpaced Trump’s in most surveys.

  6. so our presidential choice boils down to either a nag or an ass?

    horsefeathers!  she is a proven thoroughbred (but he’s still an ass).

     

  7. usa today:

    In her first interview in the past eight years on Fox News’s O’Reilly Factor program, Clinton also called for an intelligence surge between the U.S. and its closest allies and “strong, tough diplomacy.”

    “We’ve got to do more to understand that this is a war against these terrorist groups, the radical jihadist groups,” Clinton told O’Reilly.

    Clinton responded after an attack that killed more than 80 people Thursday night after a truck filled with grenades and weapons plowed through throngs of people in the resort town.

    “As we take territory back from ISIS forces they will try to engage in other terrorist attacks,” said Clinton.

    from salon: Donald Trump says ‘this is war’ after attack in Nice, France
    Trump says to fight the Islamic State, which he calls a “cancer,” NATO should be used “for a purpose”

  9. Hmm, so the Repugs want to ‘test’ all Muslims. If that’s the case, count me as a Muslim. All freedom loving people are invited to join me in countering rampant Republicanism.

  11. Bink,I don’t disagree with you about the incident yesterday re: the TDF, this time the motorcycle wasn’t at fault – short of mowing down spectators it had not choice but to brake – but for years now there have been incidents with them and complaints from the teams about bot h media and official motorcycles interfering with the riders.  In some cases the issue was crowds – they are always an issue in the mountains both with and without barriers.  There have also been issues with team cars in the past, but it seems the teams and tour have gotten that resolved.  My point is that the tour management needs to set clear guidelines and consider how to manage the crowds in the constricted place – particularly near summits and narrow roadways that are accessible to them.

    Tony, Newt says “test every Muslim?” By monitoring the internet and mosques?  Really?  That should do it, right?  Moron.

  12. craig, hold your tongue! he’s no where near the oglala Lakota in the history books…. isn’t even worth cleaning up after crazy horse’s horse.

  13. Trump 1, DNC dump Trump 0.

    CLEVELAND — Republicans responsible for setting the party’s presidential nomination rules on Thursday overwhelmingly rejected attempts to formally unbind delegates to next week’s convention, effectively ending any serious attempt to rob Donald Trump of the GOP presidential nomination.

    A vote came quickly Thursday night as part of a day-long marathon session of the Republican National Convention’s rules committee, which sets the rules of the meetings and how the party will pick its nominee in 2020.

    The rejection of the “unbinding” proposal was so overwhelming that committee leaders opted not to record the tally. Trump supporters on the committee quickly exercised procedural tactics to effectively kill any attempt to revive the issue — and to codify that delegates are indeed bound to vote for the results of state caucuses and primaries.

    Paul Manafort, the chairman of the Trump campaign, heralded the win,tweetingthat an insurrection was “crushed.”

    Looks like I was right in rejecting the prediction I heard yesterday and before from Blue that the pugns would not nominate drumpf.

  14. Christian science monitor:

    Clinton test drives Kaine as VP: What it says about her judgment (+video)

    Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, who will campaign with Clinton today, is not flashy. But he’s well respected by his colleagues and brings a wealth of governing experience.

     

     

  18. American Muslims and Muslims in America
    Quick, memorize the Apostles and Nicene Creeds in prep for the upcoming Tests!

  19. Hello from the road.  Back to being opinionated next Monday.  in the meant I me, Nice criminal seems to be another passed off young man French/tunesian assimilated in French society not some agent of organized terrorism.  maybe we Are trying to solve the wrong problem.  Once more governments are finding out you can’t have both guns and butter.  Why do they keep pickings?

  20. My kindle really does a number on spelling.  Use your imaginations when in doubt about the meaning g.

  21. Jamie, not to worry. it’s always a pleasure to read you even if a bit jumbled. surprised that kindles could be used for email let alone correct spelling errors. tho’t they were only good for reading books.  my my what’ll they come up with next, mr. wizard?

  22. When I was a young person in Cleveland, people joked about the Police not being able to turn-off their patrol cars at shift change–they were so old that they would never get them to restart.

    Not so the horses which were always a calming presence when window shopping along Euclid Avenue, or when leaving the stadium after a ball game.

    Cleveland in the post-War years was an exciting place to be. Although, in school, we were expected to know all about our suburban city, we also knew the history and happenings of Cleveland itself.

    I have been a supporter of The City Club of Cleveland for years. Take a look at their site.

     

  23. flatus, how will they (gopers) square what newt proposes with their love of pence’s so-called religious freedom act?

    la times:

    An Indiana law that caused an uproar when it was passed in 2015 is certain to be back in the spotlight if Gov. Mike Pence is Donald Trump’s pick to be his running mate.

    Pence signed legislation last year that allowed residents and businesses to ignore state laws that conflict with their religious beliefs, which was immediately criticized by opponents as legal permission to discriminate against gays. Pence and allies described it as protecting the exercise of religion. But corporations and the gay community railed against the law, and Pence ultimately signed a revised version that explicitly prohibited businesses from denying services to anyone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.

    [….]

    Some conservatives, though, say Pence’s signing of the amended law represented a betrayal.

    “What Pence did to us last year on religious liberty is the worst back-stab I’ve ever witnessed, and that’s saying something given the state of today’s GOP,” said Steve Deace, a conservative Iowa radio host who supported Sen. Ted Cruz in the Republican primary. “He not only caved, but his so-called fix actually made the issue worse.”

  24. Patd

    My kindle reads books, goes shopping, surfs the web, and when plugged in for power can watch movies and TV broadcasts.  It’s basically a computer on the go if I ever learn to type on this keyboard.

  25. Roanoke times:

    “Estamos listos para Hillary,” Kaine told the enthusiastic crowd, translating in English that Clinton’s supporters are “ready for Hillary.”

    “Hillary’s ready for Virginia. Hillary’s ready to be president. Hillary’s ready to be our leader,” Kaine said.

    “Hillary’s ready to make history — and that’s why we’re ready for Hillary.”

     

  26. Pat,

    When the Supreme Court ruled on a related issue, it showed scant sympathy for religious interests in their business interface with non-zealots. If someone is able to get his Act before the Court, I think they will be toasted as well.

  27. well the voice of the twit is heard in the land.  according to cnn drumpf announced pence vp via twitter and went on to tweet that full announcement will be tomorrow.

  28. (ABC News) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tweeted that he has selected Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate.

    His vice presidential announcement was initially slated to take place this morning at a news conference in New York City, but that was postponed out of respect for Thursday’s attack in Nice, France.

  29. Breaking news is to announce a tweet? As tweets go, it’s important info (VP pick) even if we already knew.  Announced by tweet. Kinda feel bad for the guy.

  30. Fans of pizza are ready to eat pizza.  That’s pretty much what Kaine said.  Weak.

    Pizza is ready to be eaten. Pizza 2016!

  31. Back in 2003 when Rick was working for HP….  he and a group of fellow workers were awarded an all expenses paid week long trip to Monaco.  Everyone could take one guest…  so of course Rick took me.  Our home base was a swanky hotel in downtown Monte Carlo…  but we had many choices of bus guided tours to France and Italy.  On one such tour we went to the medieval artist colony of St Paul de Vence in France.  On our way there, we passed what looked like a huge slum.  Our tour guide told us it was where Muslims from Northern Africa lived.  She said they were guest workers brought in to do all the stuff the French didn’t want to do.  We were told they were not allowed to have French citizenship even if they were born there.  She said in her opinion, it was a time bomb waiting to go off.

    I guess we’re lucky that all our Catholic Hispanic migrants aren’t radicalized…

    ps…  we also took a tour of Nice and were walking on that promenade….  what a beautiful spot for such an ugly thing to happen…

  32. renee, yes such a beautiful place for such ugliness to occur.

    btw, speaking of ugly, i bought my 1st bikini in nice not too far from there… a far off time in a far off place.  🙂

  33. That Indiana law – the revised one – served one very important purpose for the state of Indiana – it kept them from being sued after SCOTUS ruled that equal protection protects same sex couples who wish to marry. So-called religious freedom laws that are written as broadly as what I suspect the initial law signed by Pence was would never withstand a constitutional challenge on the basis of violating equal protections if the defense was exercise of religious freedom. It would be a “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” (applied to the states) case against the 14th amendment’s “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” (Italicized portion is applicable).  There ain’t nothing in the constitution that gives the states the right to abridge the privileges or immunities of its citizens, passing laws that in effect deny equal protection to its citizens in the name of religious freedom. Would have loved to be a fly on the wall in the meetings that led to the Pence about face.

  35. After decades of preaching the values of ignorance, hate and fear, the GOP have found the perfect team to exemplify all three

  36. Renee

    “I guess we’re lucky that all our Catholic Hispanic migrants aren’t radicalized…”

    Daughter Sue’s group at school includes a significant number of Latin American and Southeast Asian immigrants. When she makes home visits, many of the parents are unable to communicate in English. Sue does her best with Spanish, and, in addition to ASL, she is fluent in the sign language that is the lingua franca of refugee populations.

    From her description of less-than-subsistence living conditions experienced by many of the families, the immigration status of some, and the frustration she sees in the faces of many, I question whether these people, as a group, are experiencing the ‘American Dream’.

    Could these people become radicalized? Your guess is as good as mine; I don’t discount the possibility if…

  37. Blue, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.  And there’s no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and unicorns don’t exist.  It’s over. You have 4 stages of grief left to process through – you’re still stuck on denial.

  40.  

    “we’ve got to crush ISIS in the West.”

    Spoken like true punditry

    lol, You might as well try to crush the fog. I don’t suppose he had a surefire method for fog crushing.

     

    Jack

     

  41. His vice presidential announcement was initially slated to take place this morning at a news conference in New York City, but that was postponed out of respect for Thursday’s attack in Nice, France.

    Lying bulltwitter ! Deadbeat donald pulled the news conference because the Nice atrocity trumpled all over his event. The ‘news’ creeps would have broken from Nice coverage just long enough to say, And, in other news, donald trump chose a running mate. Now, back to France where Cholmondley Flapjowls is interviewing Jacque Q. Public.

  43. Ya know the term great white hope is an apt description for Trump.

    Find some semi competent white fighter, give him some  “hasbeen/wannabe” opponents to build his record, then set him up for one shot at the big time.

    The real goal for the promoters and others involved isn’t winning but to separate racist whites from their money. Nothing like a good white hope to attract the sucker bets.

    BTW I ran across this article about the origin of the term “Great White Hope”  It goes back to the early 1900’s after Jack Johnson won the  heavyweight boxing title.

     

    Jack

  45. Yup, this pitch to crush isis is really strong horsetwit.

    She was only a stable boy’s daughter,

    but all the horsemen knew her.

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