Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god. …
– Jean Rostand
Barack Obama has a new plan for those individuals we don’t like: kill them.
Usama bin Laden has been killed. The U.S. is poised to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. And the Obama administration’s shift in counterterrorism strategy from land wars to precision strikes and raids is raising concerns that the White House has adopted a policy of targeting killings for terror suspects.
Apparently we’re not interested in capturing them any longer. Apparently we’re not interested in intel any longer. Well, OK.
It has been revealed that Iran has been shipping arms into Afghanistan and Iraq which has resulted in the deaths of American soldiers.
TEHRAN—Iran’s elite military unit, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has transferred lethal new munitions to its allies in Iraq and Afghanistan in recent months, according to senior U.S. officials, in a bid to accelerate the U.S. withdrawals from these countries.
The Revolutionary Guard has smuggled rocket-assisted exploding projectiles to its militia allies in Iraq, weapons that have already resulted in the deaths of American troops, defense officials said. They said Iranians have also given long-range rockets to the Taliban in Afghanistan, increasing the insurgents’ ability to hit U.S. and other coalition positions from a safer distance.
And it has been costly for US servicemen:
In June, 15 U.S. servicemen died in Iraq, the highest monthly casualty figure there in more than two years. The U.S. has attributed all the attacks to Shiite militias it says are are trained by the Revolutionary Guards, rather than al Qaeda or other Sunni groups that were the most lethal forces inside Iraq a few years ago.
In Afghanistan, the Pentagon has in recent months traced to Iran the Taliban’s acquisition of rockets that give its fighters roughly double the range to attack North Atlantic Treaty Organization and U.S. targets. U.S. officials said the rockets’ markings, and the location of their discovery, give them a “high degree” of confidence that they came from the Revolutionary Guard’s overseas unit, the Qods Force.
So here’s my advice for Barack Obama: make Mahmoud Ahmedinejad the next recipient of the Predator Award.
For the drone-happy Obama this seems like natural choice. Following Ahmedinejad’s “departure” Obama could focus on the Iranian power centers in Qom and target the mullahs until they come around to our way of thinking.
Obama is at war in six different venues: Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Pakistan, Libya and Somalia. American boots have hit the ground already in Somalia.
The Washington Post reported the attack on Wednesday, and on Friday, Somalia’s defense minister says that American military forces touched down to collect the bodies of the insurgents. Al-Shabab has carried out attacks on the Somali government, and while the government is calling on more American drone missions, they say they were not aware of the first drone attack.
Obama has four new wars limited involvements kinetic military actions of his own and continues to lie about them.
About Libya Obama said US involvement would be “days, not weeks.” Then Obama said the US would be moving to a “support” role.
The truth is that the US is still conducting “hundreds” of strike missions in Libya.
Air Force and Navy aircraft are still flying hundreds of strike missions over Libya despite the Obama administration’s claim that American forces are playing only a limited support role in the NATO operation.
And the targeted killings don’t stop at “suspects.” The killing plan also includes leaders of sovereign nations.
The top U.S. admiral in the NATO-led Libya war told a congressman last month that NATO is indeed trying to kill Qaddafi, Foreign Policy reports:
“House Armed Services Committee member Mike Turner (R-OH) told The Cable that U.S. Admiral Samuel Locklear, commander of the NATO Joint Operations Command in Naples, Italy, told him last month that NATO forces are actively targeting and trying to kill Qaddafi, despite the fact that the Obama administration continues to insist that ‘regime change’ is not the goal and is not authorized by the U.N. mandate authorizing the war.”
But as long as we’re interested in killing those we feel have wronged us, why not finish the job? It’s good for one’s poll numbers- at least temporarily.
A solid argument can be made for taking out the leadership in Tehran. And why not those Pakistani whiners who complained about the Bin Laden mission? Few would mind if Obama killed Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad. And of course there’s that pesky Moqtada Al Sadr. We could finally rid ourselves of Chavez and Castro.
So here is your opportunity to add to the “Who should Obama kill next?” list.
And yet there is something troubling about all this. Obama’s plan is to kill terror “suspects.” Suspects have not been proven guilty. Obama and Holder have prosecuted SEALS for giving “suspects” a fat lip but have no qualms with killing “suspects” outright without even the courtesy of a fat lip.
I’d love to hear Obama explain this one to his daughters.
DrJohn has been a health care professional for more than 30 years. In addition to clinical practice he has done extensive research and has published widely with over 70 original articles and abstracts in the peer-reviewed literature. DrJohn is well known in his field and has lectured on every continent except for Antarctica. He has been married to the same wonderful lady for over 30 years and has three kids- two sons, both of whom are attorneys and one daughter on her way into the field of education.
DrJohn was brought up with the concept that one can do well if one is prepared to work hard but nothing in life is guaranteed.
Except for liberals being foolish.