Sigh...

I am so tired of the “instant“ Internet experts, who can go from experts on climate change, to tariffs, to Iran, and military tactics, and who know better than anyone inside the military, the intelligence community, or the government what should be done and how. It was also funny how the hue and cry over Trump‘s actions last night have brought so many out of the woodwork, when no one said anything about Obama doing the same thing.

And once again, I wonder why we should be listening to anyone in professional sports, actors, are any Internet randos about what was or was not done.

None of us, nor any of them were there, we weren’t involved in the intelligence collection, analysis, or dissemination of the same.

Nor were we privy to any discussions between the US, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, or the UAE.

For what it’s worth, which is zip, 0, zilch, nothing… I think they did the right thing. Iran has been backed into a corner by Israel, and the next logical step for them was to strike out at their perceived enemies in any way shape, form or fashion they could, including dirty bombs. The ballistic missile threat(s) were mostly stopped, and the Iranian mullahs were upping the threat...

They have held a threat of nuclear bomb/missiles over the heads of Israel, the Middle East, and the US for at least 20 years. And they have been in a declared war with us since 1979, which faithful tend to “conveniently“ forget. So yes, in my home opinion, the strike was long overdue.

And my friend Tom Rogneby had some similar thoughts, HERE. And he calls out a few more that I happen to agree with...

I woke up this morning to an Internet of former immigration law experts who have evolved into law-of-war, constitutional law, and Mid East foreign policy experts. The mind boggles at what these geniuses will be tomorrow.

I need to step up my game. I’m just a guy who used to have some expertise in Eastern European culture and politics, who morphed into the digital equivelent of a car mechanic, but is currently retooling as a Dachshund caretaker and landscaper.

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Spent the weekend watching several schwanz-measuring contests. First, there was the “Who’s the Biggest Geek?” competition, followed by “Who’s Been a Geek Longer?” cagematch. Both of these were eclipsed by “Who Did the Most Cool Stuff When They Were In The Military 20 Years Ago?” scrum.

I did not participate. I was not there to help Heinlein change his typewriter ribbon, nor do I speak multiple non-human languages without a noticable accent. It goes without saying that I was never a Delta Force Scout Sniper Airborne Riverine Space Shuttle Door Gunner.

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Watching friends do well and become leaders in something is wonderful. Watching pricks who used to be dominant in their space become a footnote is almost as good.

I'm keeping my mouth shut for 72 hours, as always, to let the dust settle and wait for some truth to filter out, unlike the Dems (who, by the way, WERE notified (Schumer) prior, and Jeffries (after since he was out of touch), along with Johnson and Thune.

Sigh...