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I agree, but my main point is that for Boehner to complain that Obama's not doing anything, when he brought the troops home from a pointless, Bush instigated, war in Iraq, is just moronic.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Well, I see Boehner's point in that if we have men there and we've already shed blood we should stay a few extra years and make sure it is stable. The problem with that approach is I don't see stability as an option when it comes to tribal religious fanatics/racists that enjoy killing each other.
It isn't that they've not had a chance for democracy - it's that they've no foundation to even begin to understand it and, perhaps more accurately, they don't want it.
We should open our borders to immigrants from these places so that enlightened decent folks can leave.
Let the kids who want to ride around in old pickup trucks with 50 caliber machine guns mounted on the back shoot each other in the head while rescuing those who'd like to join the rest of humanity in the 21st century.
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MehGerbil wrote: enlightened decent folks
MehGerbil wrote: the kids who want to ride around in old pickup trucks with 50 caliber machine guns mounted on the back
Trouble is telling the difference: the latter just get out of the truck, put on the shades and blend in with the former.
Or the latter convert the former (gawd knows how) and they are willing to become the latter.
I don't see a solution, until the people who are providing the fertile soil in which these fanatics are growing so happily wise up and stop it themselves. Any attempt to help them do it seems to just feed the animosity, and make the problem worse.
There are times when I do agree with DD on his assessment of religions... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I sort of agree... Except we DOBN'T have men there. Obama made it an election point to get the US out of Iraq, and he did.
Boehner seems to be saying that we should go back because of unrest.. but there will ALWAYS be unrest.
Time to wash our hands of this place.
My .02
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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MehGerbil wrote: We should open our borders to immigrants from these places so that enlightened decent folks can leave.
LOL, I love a good joke
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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MehGerbil wrote: we should stay a few extra years and make sure it is stable.
Not going to happen.
That requires "winning the hearts and minds" and you should remember how well that worked in Vietnam.
It didn't.
Best guess I've heard so far is that Iraq will disintegrate into sectarian segments forming new countries. Which unfortunately means part of Iraq may become Iran.
I'll stop now before it becomes a rant about "Bring'em on" George and the idiocy of fracturing a country enough to become ripe for takeover by elements we should have finished off in Afghanistan.
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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People of the Middle East don't have the same phlsophy that westerners do, so any presence on our part for any reason in that region is completely pointless. They're not interested in the democrative process, they don't have "christian values" (whatever that means), and they're not interested in our version of liberty and equality. Trying to talk them out of their religion-based belief system is a WASTE OF TIME, and is essentially insulting to them. If we hadn't started arming them, they would still be throwing rocks at each other instead of flying airplanes into buildings.
In essence, we're just as much at fault for the current state of affairs as the sand people are.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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They're all morons! I could say more but it wouldn't even be fit for the soapbox so I'll just keep quiet.
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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At what point are we going to admit that Al Qaeda works for us?
To destroy a middle eastern government only to be surprised that Al Qaeda moves in and takes over once we leave works the fist time it happens but to be surprised after it's happened a dozen times is getting to be a bit ridiculous.
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If I can't watch 'em, why browse *about* them?!!
OK, now that I got the sarcASStic statement out of the way...
 Nice App!
I'm still confounded why they didn't include my home-grown wedding video in that list...
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Actually there are a few of them that might be in the public domain by now (e.g. Charlie Chaplin). I considered including those for full viewing, but I'd either need to provision streaming services or bundle large files with the app.
It would be great if Amazon, Netflix, etc. provided a video-on-demand API, say for $1/movie that I could integrate.
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Can you tell what newspaper is that - I do not want to buy it accidentally
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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For the Grauniad, that's nothing!
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They fixed it in the online version, so you better keep your printed one (if any) - it would be priceless in a few years...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: it would be priceless worthless in a few years...
ftfy
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Quote: it would be worthless in a few years...
It is now.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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That's really bad for a supposedly national (i.e. all Britain) paper.
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Just a taste of what that is about to come if Scotland becomes independent perhaps? 
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Well it does say "Don't" call it the Glasgow miracle. Maybe the article goes on to say "call it the Edinburgh miracle" 
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A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest.
After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and sadly said, "I'm sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has passed away."
The distressed woman wailed, "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead," replied the vet..
"How can you be so sure?" she protested. "I mean you haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something."
The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room. He returned a few minutes later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.
The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out of the room. A few minutes later he returned with a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.
The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck."
The vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman..
The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150!" she cried, "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead!"
The vet shrugged, "I'm sorry. If you had just taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20, but with the
Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it's now $150."
PS. I will get my coat now.
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