Shogun to the Rescue

The Japanese, who inhabit one of the safest countries in the world, have been brutally reminded that the world is a dangerous place.  In a shock to a country that can feel insulated from distant geopolitical problems, two of its own have reportedly been killed by Islamic radicals in Syria, the latest apparently beheaded in a video posted online this weekend by militant websites.

"Expect the unexpected", as an individual and as a country.  Times have changed and all of us need to adapt, the world must form an international anti-terror force directed towards ISIS.  Perhaps Japan can train a elite special operations unit to be collectively added to many other nations combat strike forces.  I suspect that in Japan there are organizations that have kept the ninja/samurai traditions and training alive  They probably work for the Yakuza.  What if a select group of those individuals join the Japanese army and were allowed to train with the Navy SEALs, trading knowledge and tactics?

The beheading of the Japanese journalist should have acted as a wake up call for the world to act against ISIS, yet we are contuining to pussy foot around dealing with this group. It looks like almost every other day there is a new video of ISIS beheading someone or acting up with other forms of barbarism. How much longer are we going to allow for this joke of a state to keep going this way?

Until the world resorts to fighting fire with fire this war with ISIS will never end.  We need to put our morals aside.  We need to do ethnic cleansing of the entire region.  If anyone has ties with ISIS of any kind or promotes ISIS they should be killed on site.  ISIS is doing the same to us.  I am sure this is going to get a few thumbs down; the truth hurts.

The First Lady is an American Sniper

First Lady Michelle Obama urged Hollywood to give a more accurate portrayal of veterans and defended the Oscar-nominated "American Sniper," which has received criticism for its depiction of war.

In the last 100 years every war America has been involved in was manufactured even World War II, but that was something we needed to be in.  I will never fault anyone for going to war for what they believe is right.  I just wish people would think things through before being so eager to go to war.  The powers that control us always have an agenda whether it is money, power, resources, or politics they use our people like sheep to the slaughter.  Troops come back broken.

Chris Kyle was a man who volunteered to protect and defend his country. Only a small fraction of the population does so.  He was trained and placed into a combat situation by his country.  Now any combat soldier, sailor, or marine is expected to kill the enemy, which Kyle did in an extraordinary and efficient way.  He did it saving the lives of a great number of his fellow service men and women. For this he is condemned?

Where do these condemners come from?  Surely they can't call themselves Americans. They condemn a man for bearing a burden they would not touch.

Ventura the Hero - NOT!!!!

"AmericanSniper" is tops at the box office but don't expect to see former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura lining up at a theater for it.  Ventura, a former Navy SEAL, won $1.8 million in a defamation lawsuit last year against the estate of the late Chris Kyle, the SEAL protagonist of the movie, which has sparked debate over whether snipers should be considered heroes.  Ventura said Wednesday he won't see the film partly because Kyle is no hero to him.

It is a movie, not a documentary so everyone lighten up.  If you don't want to see it, then don't.

It is based on an actual story, but as all movies of this like they do not claim to be factual and irrefutable.  Poetic license as usual.  I don't really think anyone stood on the bow of the Titanic or you can get 20 shots out of a revolver like the westerns.  It was made to make money and it is apparently doing that.

I am more inclined to believe Kyle than Ventura.  Kyle is not the experienced liar that Ventura is. After careers as a professional wrestler and a politician, Ventura has lying perfected as an art form.  The "honorable" thing for Ventura to have done, after Kyle was killed, would have been to have accepted the fact that his lawsuit against Kyle's wife and children was dishonorable in and of itself, drop the whole matter and asked her what she needed from him to help look out for the kids.