Bring Back the Cold War

In the BBC today there is an article on Russian president Vladimir Putin’s goverment and their repression of free speech. According to the report “outspoken journalists” have been murdered and there hasn’t been any investigation. There are also concerns of police brutality towards protestors.

From the sound of the reports Putin is bringing back cold war era Russia. Part of me thinks that this might keep things simple in the future, lets bring back the fallout drills, nuclear missle tests, and Red scares. Fighting wars is much simpler the good guys carry M-16’s and go to church and listen to rock’n roll and the bad guys carry Ak-47’s, hate puppies and freedom.

“You have got to be running out of Bad Guys”

As character John McClain said in the latest Die Hard installment “You have got to be running out of bad guys by now. What is there some hot line you call…”

Looking at the latest on the war on terror I couldn’t help but think that. According to the BBC Another top al Qaeda official got zapped in Afghanistan. Abu Laith al-Libi can be added to the list of “evil-doers” that have been whacked as a result of America’s military actions.

Hooray! another terrorist went to meet the prophet (peace be upon him) .

Yet this latest leader is just one more in a long list of targets that have been eliminated. This leaves me to wonder, just how effective is this action seems to me to be rather like trapping mice kill one and they keep coming, kill another and they still eat you out of house and home.

I don’t claim to know the answers but I think this announcement is more of a propaganda scheme for both sides, pro-taliban and al-qaeda have rallied Libis’ death as a martyrdom and G.W. just adds another notch on his pistol justifying the cause so more men die in the field or are separated from their homes.

My opinion these terrorist leaders are not worth the sacrifice that has been given. These guys just keep coming back we need a new plan.