Begging your pardon for a few days being out of action here --
The news has, in a fashion, been all over the place the past few days. The careening nature of world events is one reason your Musical Patriot has been led to seek refuge in a mental and emotional cottage of reflective relaxation. Or, in any event, it becomes a good time to tend to other issues such as family matters.
But now it is time to come back to reality, as it were, and see what the new season of autumn is bringing us. The most serious issue is the ISIS-ISIL vs. America conundrum. The newspaper says today the tide has turned, and so forth and so on. It is all so dreary, repetitive, and reminiscent of so many wars in the past. Most all seem to begin with great gusto accompanied by stern statements of resolve from the President and other leaders.
Of course, this by no means is meant to minimize the threat of what we may call the "ISIS of evil." Whatever the intent, the ISIS group is brutal, maniacal, and actually not all that successful. Here is a clue to the situation: If one looks on a map, one sees this Al Qaeda redux hasn't really won that much land, although the land it has won is important.
Thus the conundrum I spoke of earlier. But aren't conundrums what we pay millions if not billions of dollars a year to unravel? And don't we pay money to keep things and groups like this from developing in the first place? Just asking, as they say.
Along with the drum-beats of war we need to hear another beat: the beating of footsteps to the doorsteps of our legislators. "What exactly do you have in mind, Sir?" and "When will this end, Madam?" and "How is it that this war will permanently solve this problem?"
Just asking.
-- The Musical Patriot
The news has, in a fashion, been all over the place the past few days. The careening nature of world events is one reason your Musical Patriot has been led to seek refuge in a mental and emotional cottage of reflective relaxation. Or, in any event, it becomes a good time to tend to other issues such as family matters.
But now it is time to come back to reality, as it were, and see what the new season of autumn is bringing us. The most serious issue is the ISIS-ISIL vs. America conundrum. The newspaper says today the tide has turned, and so forth and so on. It is all so dreary, repetitive, and reminiscent of so many wars in the past. Most all seem to begin with great gusto accompanied by stern statements of resolve from the President and other leaders.
Of course, this by no means is meant to minimize the threat of what we may call the "ISIS of evil." Whatever the intent, the ISIS group is brutal, maniacal, and actually not all that successful. Here is a clue to the situation: If one looks on a map, one sees this Al Qaeda redux hasn't really won that much land, although the land it has won is important.
Thus the conundrum I spoke of earlier. But aren't conundrums what we pay millions if not billions of dollars a year to unravel? And don't we pay money to keep things and groups like this from developing in the first place? Just asking, as they say.
Along with the drum-beats of war we need to hear another beat: the beating of footsteps to the doorsteps of our legislators. "What exactly do you have in mind, Sir?" and "When will this end, Madam?" and "How is it that this war will permanently solve this problem?"
Just asking.
-- The Musical Patriot
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