France and IS - The New War on Terror

Telegraph: Reports " France considers expanding air strikes to Syria..France carries out more airstrikes against Islamic State (Isil) and says it is considering extending its attacks to Syria after beheading of French tourist "

Lets Get Real:

This blog sometimes makes fun of the French, who does not, but on terror and taking action the Middle East the French can be proud of their government,  they have not had endless discussions about doing the right thing, they just did it, one could only have wished that the French had taken this action during the 2nd Gulf War, in that time period they froze the UN and thus Bush 43 and Tony Blair could not get UN sanction for the War, the left will never forgive Blair for that, as there was no WMD in Iraq the War of 2003 is seen as a criminal action by some of the left.   One wonders will the French at a later date place ground troops in Iraq and Syria, an air campaign will not destroy IS, it will need ground forces to take and hold land.    Thus one can expect the US, UK and France to carry that load, the Kurds and the Iraqi Army will not be able to take the big towns, while the US and the UK have a history in Iraq.    

IS Update - New War on Terror

Guardian: Reports " Major terrorist attack is ‘inevitable’ as Isis fighters return, say EU officials...EU’s 28 governments are said to be struggling to respond to threat of Islamist fighters coming back from Iraq and Syria "

Lets Get Real:

Thus the EU has to get real when it comes to terrorism, it has to allow the security services to act to protect the peoples of the EU, this means that personal freedoms will have to take a backseat for a while.   If another 9/11 or 7/7 happens in Europe the people will not care if EU countries had a hard choice to make, they will want their leaders to come down had on the terrorist threat.   This might shock some people, but the EU and EU Countries should bring back the death penalty for treason.   The terrorists have to know that if they take an active part in a event then they will face the 100% sanction of the State.   The EU has to get over the fact that the good old days are over, its time for 100% security, time for action, time for Western intelligence to have its eyes and ears open, they have to be right 100% of the time, 99% will not do this time.

Holder OUT as Attorney General - 2nd Term Blues

BBC News: Reports " US Attorney General Eric Holder is to announce his resignation, White House officials have confirmed. "

Lets Get Real:

This has come out of nowhere, so far as this blog can recall there were no rumours that Holder was going, it might be the cynical political hack in the dark soul of this political blog but WHY?.    Attorney General Holder was Obama's RFK, protected the Oval at all costs, even if that bought critics down on his head, it can be wearing being Attorney General, but just to leave, Fox News states that " Holder has "no immediate plans" after leaving the post.   The choice of successor will bring the Party arguments front and centre, the Democrats have the votes in the Senate to confirm any new successor, but they might not have after the Mid term elections. That could be the reason for the resignation, Holder does not fancy being grilled by a Republican controlled Senate.