Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that a UK Soldier was killed today in Afghanistan, the Soldier was from the “ 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment ”. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 359 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 315 in combat action and 44 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.

Iran and Afghanistan

Guardian: Reports that UK Special Forces have prevented Iran from supplying the Taliban of Afghanistan with long range rockets. Lets be clear here folks, Iran is a major national security threat, the Regime in Tehran wants to divert attention from its own protests by causing military problems for the US and the UK in Afghanistan. The Taliban have an end date for the US and UK to leave, they want the appearance they beat the West in the shape of the US and the UK, thus NATO can expect even more heavy attacks on soldiers over the next few years. Its time to remind Tehran that the UK can hit back hard, time to send in the SAS and the SBS to inflict heavy damage on the economy of Iran, blow up oil wells etc, just to get them to back off, or expect something more serious should they give more weapons to the Taliban.

Liberal NYT turns on Obama

The New York Times: The liberal bastion is turning on President Obama, in a blistering Editorial the NYT states the following on Obama and Libya, “…throwing out so many conflicting messages….that they are blunting any potential pressure..…. and weakening American credibility. ……..public hand-wringing has made it even worse. ”. When the old liberal giant in the shape of the New York Times is coming out against the Oval its time for President Obama to look beyond his own ego. The NYT understands that a Democratic President Jimmy Carter was bought drown by the appereance of weakness over the Iran hostages crisis. As with President Obama, Carter faced a bad economy but its was the impotence of a Super Power when faced by a crisis in the Middle East that bought down the Carter Administration and the election of Ronald Reagan. The talk out of the White House is that President thinks he is an expert on Foreign Policy, that delusion normally takes place in the second term, Obama thinks that he understands Revolutions and he is an expert on the Middle East. The President was a Law Instructor folks not a Professor, last time this blog looked he didn’t do Foreign Policy while a community organizer, Obama is allowing his own arrogance to lead his Administration over a cliff. As this blog warned once you allow Gaddafi to settle things down the chance to get rid of this mad dog terrorists would be lost, he has now using airplanes, tanks, and from reports heavy artillery to wipe out the opposition in Zawiyah in Western Libya and might have pushed the rebels out of Ras Lanuf in the East ( reports wary on control of these towns ). The West in the shape of US and UK has shown NO backbone when dealing with Gaddafi and his killing of his own people. Lets be clear, and honest here folks, the US and UK could take out Gaddafi in a week or less, air power and special forces could cut the throat of the Gaddafi regime, its just needs for the word to be given, the lack of that order shows how unfit POTUS is to be Commandering in Chief of the US Armed Forces, as with the case with Coalition PM David Cameron, he has had strong rhetoric but could not be matched by real action, the UN is pointless. Thus the West has learnt nothing from Bosnia in the 1990s, how many good Libyans will die due to the arrogance of Obama and the inexperiecne of Cameron.

Gaddafi to FIGHT No Fly Zone

Telegraph: Reports that Colonel Gaddafi has stated he will fight any No Fly Zone over Libya. At this rate he will died in his bed of old age before the West takes action, it time to for POTUS and PM Cameron to put up or shut up when it comes to Libya. Either show leadership or show cowardly weakness in the face of the enemy.

Obama, Cameron on Libya

Thus far President Obama and PM David Cameron seem to have gone to the same school as UK PM Neville Chamberlain, they are giving the impression of Appeasement when it comes to the Libyan revolt, they have allowed the Mad Dog Colonel Gaddafi back in to the game, the Gaddafi game is to call the bluff of the West, the last time he got it wrong was with Ronald Reagan, it was a costly mistake. The White House has released a read out of the conversation between POTUS and the PM, the leaders agree that, “ the common objective in Libya must be an immediate end to brutality and violence; the departure of Qadhafi from power as quickly as possible; and a transition that meets the Libyan peoples’ aspirations for freedom, dignity, and a representative government. The President and the Prime Minister agreed to press forward with planning, including at NATO, on the full spectrum of possible responses, including surveillance, humanitarian assistance, enforcement of the arms embargo, and a no fly zone. ”, thus far all we have had from the Oval and 10 Downing Street is hot air and no action and people are getting killed in the West and East of Libya. In the UK one is hearing the typical Foreign Office, that it’s a slippery slope to take action in the internal affairs of other countries, that time is needed, in other words by the time the FCO gets off its backside Gaddafi will have won and thousands of people will been slaughtered. This is the 1st real test for Obama, he did not inherit Libya, he cant blame Bush 43, if it goes wrong its down to him, no else, his ego cant match the battles on the ground. In the case of David Cameron he is getting that Blair itch to take action, even after being critical of Blair Foreign Policy. The West does not have all the time in the world, if Gaddafi with his planes, helicopters, and security forces can suppress this revolt it will be down to the feeble and cowardly inaction of the Oval and 10 Downing Street. Doing the right thing is hard, the UN is a busted flush, China and Russia will never agree to a No Fly Zone, it could be used on them later! Thus time for the successor to Ronald Reagan and Lady Thatcher to learn from these leaders and take action, history will judge them harshly should they fail.