The people you mentioned are already being closely monitored. They are even more closely scrutinized than Islamic groups are.

You mean White & Christian like Tim McVeigh? Yeah, I agree. We should keep an eye on those traitors.

Any attempt to use deploy nuclear weapons against China would likely result in a nuclear retaliation by Russia. As it stands right now, the US would be unlikely to prevail in such a situation.

In a conventional war with China, China’s huge numbers would likely overwhelm any qualitative edge the Americans might have. So, right now the US has no reasonable credible military deterrent to Russia or China.

This can be changed. The Americans and hopefully the Western European nations can build up their military capabilities. There is still time but time grows short. Also, the Americans should upgrade their nuclear arsenal. It would also be helpful if the British, the French, and other Western European powers would expand and upgrade their nuclear arsenals as well.

In addition to this, Israel acts as a buffer between the Western world and Islamic terrorists. Steps should be taken to bolster Israel’s military capabilities.

I have briefly discussed some of the military steps we can take to preserve the survival of our civilization. None of what I have discussed necessarily means invading anyone. These things mainly involve bolstering our defenses.

Some non military steps that should be taken are the Americans should aggressively develop more of their own oil and gas resources and build more refineries. Also, more nuclear power plants should be built. The Western Europeans should aggressively develop all of the natural resources they have. In summary, there needs to be an aggressive attempt to lessen our dependence on Russia and the Middle East for our energy supplies. As we lessen our dependence on Russia and the Middle East for our energy supplies this will give us some leverage when negotiating.

Also, the US and other free nations should place a moratorium on immigration from Muslim countries and the mosques should be closely monitored. We know the profile for a terrorists. It seems foolish not to closely monitor these people.

Don’t you have a whole bunch of nuclear weapons sitting in silos and subs?

The first two of these options would mark them for life for what they are, and would prevent them from having many opportunities later on. I for one, would not hire someone who would run from his duty to the nation, and every firm I ever worked for or with had the same policy. I respect deferments that are logical and beneficial in the long run for the nation, such as to go to medical school or a critical job, but not those given by political influence. I also respect the objectors if they are sincere and not trumped up.

As for the rest, they get selected, drafted, trained, and sent where needed. If they are demonstrably bad soldiers, they get a courts martial for their lack of military discipline.
It is up to them.

To say that we should not ever have a draft because a large number of the youth would not serve is simply ludicrous. Perhaps it is those who won’t serve that we should give a ticket to Toronto after their penalty has been served and recorded here in yellow ink for all posterity.

By the way - everyone knows I’m not really Rick Moran. You can tell from the fact that the above are comments from an idiot, not a smart guy like Rick.

I can’t help it if I wet my pants over Rick. I love him and want to have him - in a manly sort of way, of course. I love him so much I pretend I’m him.

Gotta go - my mom is knocking on my door wondering if I’m playing with myself again - thinking about Rick, of course.

Who gets their fanny kicked hiding behind a blog? Besides, I know that I sure as hell wouldn’t go to Iraq. Heck, I don’t even use my real name in these comments! I’m so pathetic, I pretend I’m Rick Moran because if he knew who I was, he might come and beat me up. And since I really am pretty much of a coward, I figure if I use Rick’s name, no one will be able to tell that I’ve had a 3rd grade education and still wear training diapers.

I might put forth that you’re both right and wrong about “getting our fannies kicked.” It’s true that militarily, we have not, are not, and cannot lose in a military sense, but insurgencies and civil wars operate on a different plane and are not ultimately decided by simple combat operations. One could argue combat operations are secondary to concepts like population control and protection, information & media ops, etc. The surge was precisely designed to address the former, and as for the latter we are most certainly getting our fannies kicked among the constituencies that count.

Perhaps if you can name one engagement where al-Qaeda or the insurgents have come out on top, I would revise that assessment. Plus, we’re killing 10 of theirs for very one of ours. To say that we’re getting our “fannies kicked” is demonstrably false.

I agree with your assessment otherwise. Previous commanders didn’t have a clue - nor did the suits in the Pentagon or their military counterparts. Petreaus has evidently been able to apply what he learned and make adjustments. The results speak for themselves.