Paris and Brussels bomb maker Dead - Update 3

Fox News: Reports " The shadowy terrorist believed to have made the explosives used in Tuesday's attacks in Brussels and the November massacre in Paris was one of two suicide bombers who died at Zaventem Airport, sources told Fox News. "

The worry for the EU Countries is that the Paris and Brussels attackers are part of a bigger terror cell, the US and the UK should work with the EU Countries to connect the dots and to double and triple check information in case something have been overlooked.   The borders between THE Middle East and EU need to be tighter.   There has to be a better relationship with the muslim communities, to allow for more information to come through and to deal with any problems within the community, such as the lack of jobs and career paths for they younger generation.  The West needs to get its ACT together and fast. 

The failure of Western Intel - Update 2

Daily Mail: Reports " Outrage as Turkish president reveals they arrested one of the Brussels bombers in June and deported him BACK to Belgium - and even warned authorities he was a militant  "

Lets Get Real:

The dots were not connected when it comes to the Brussels attack, the West has to be smarter, how come the writes for the Lone Gunmen  ( X Files spin -off ) and Homeland had a better insight to the minds of the terrorist than Western intelligence,  the secret nature of intelligence means that different networks are loathed to share secrets, its the nature of the job.  The political leaders must make sure that their spy chiefs have access and share information.   The Countries that make up the EU have to get their heads out of the sand, the West must strike hard and often at threats to its security.    Liberals decry the use of drones but they have no answers to security questions.   THUS time for the West, the US and EU to fight fire with fire, and destroy Daesh. 

Hillary Clinton and NATO - Election 2016

Telegraph - Live Update: Reports the following in its 7.54pm post, " Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee in American presidential election, said the Brussels attacks showed the importance of the NATO alliance, whose value has been questioned by Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner "

Lets Get Real:

The above are wise words by the prospective Democrat Nominee Hillary Clinton, it shows why this blog is supporting HRC for the Oval Office.    NATO is required as to allow its members to know if it they attacked then the members will fight as one.  The Trump argument comes down to money, well if you want to be the leader of the Western World, it costs, and the US has lead the West since the end of World War 2.   One hopes the American voters are wise and elect HRC for the Oval, a Trump or Cruz Presidency would be a disaster for the US and the West. 

The US Election - Update

Guardian - Live Blog: Reports the following in its 7.22pm post " After an anti-Trump group ran Facebook ads in Utah ahead of Tuesday’s primary that featured a nearly-nude shot of Melania Trump, the blustery candidate accused Cruz’s campaign of being behind the picture. “Lyin’ Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a GQ shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin’ Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!” Trump tweeted. Cruz responded by tweeting to Trump that the picture did not come from him and that “if you try to attack Heidi, you’re more of a coward than I thought. #classless” "

Lets Get Real:

 

How far in to the gutter can the US elections go, twittering about each others wives hitting a new low. The Republicans are making fools of themselves and helping the Democrats in the long term, the Democrats opposition research do not need to work that hard, the Republicans are giving them policy points to hit, Trump with his University, Cruz disliked by all of the Senate.  The debate should be of a higher tone, this is hardly the Kennedy vs. Nixon debates.   The Democrats on the whole have not gotten in to the gutter, good for them, who would have thought that Democrats could do this well, all they need to do now is keep the big dog under guard, no more comments about the last 8 years being bad.  The big dog is Bill Clinton, he has lost some of his political magic. 

Brussels Terror Attacks - Update

BBC News - Live Blog: Reports in its 6.51pm post the following, " A provisional update sent by the office of Belgian Health Minister Maggie De Block says 31 people are dead and 300 injured, of which 150 remain in hospital.  "

Lets Get Real:

The Belgium police and intelligence networks have to get their ACT together, there needs to be better information sharing, the EU needs the member countries to share intelligence with each other, BUT the hard fact is that the EU and its members has to deal in firm manner with the threat from Daesh.   This means tough action, no get them a lawyer when you catch a terrorist, water board them in till your happy that they have given ALL the information they have.    Daesh is a threat to Europe and the US, the leaders need to pull their heads from the sand and grow up, tough action needed and now.