Lee Boyland

Connecting the Dots
June 7, 2010

Someone once said that the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Perhaps a more modern analogy would be attempting to appease terrorists and religious fanatics over and over again and expecting them to change their hate to love.

We in the West believe in turning the other cheek, that goodness overcomes evil, and that kindness defeats hate and anger. This belief usually works as long as we are dealing with people from our culture. What about a culture that has opposite beliefs? A culture where kindness is a weakness, and power is the currency of respect—The Middle East?

Our president has pulled out all of the stops. He has apologized for every conceivable fault the U.S. could possibly have, to anyone who would listen. His state department even apologized to China for Arizona’s new immigration law, a law that is a diluted version of federal law. He bowed to the Saudi King, telling the Islamic world that the U.S. accepted Muslim authority.

Iran has been allowed to pursue a nuclear weapons program, while the UN debates and debates and debates. Has the UN every accomplished anything of worth? Yes, when the America led and forced them to follow. Now we have a follower as our president: An appeaser with a huge ego; a man who has trampled our Constitution into the ground, and packed our government with like-minded idiots. Perhaps idiot is too kind a word—the "T” word comes to mind.

Who is to blame? Look in the mirror. We elected the fools who populate Congress and the Executive Branch.

Before we can connect the dots, we must identify them.

China

China, our banker, is asserting itself. Meetings are being cancelled, diplomatic speak for insults. A Communist country that has openly stolen our secrets lectures us, the once bastion of capitalism, on economics and out-of-control spending. The worst part is that the Chinese are correct. Will the end of the 21st Century find China at the top of the food chain? China covets this position, while we seem to shun it.

China, Russia, Iran, Syria, the Taliban, and al Qaeda have found that they can play and intimidate Obama. Saudi Arabia is content with playing him. America’s star is falling like a meteor, and impact with the hard realities of the world is immanent.

North Korea

The nation of North Korea, a smoldering volcano on the Korean peninsula, was established at the end of WWII. Korea was divided into two nations with the Soviet Union controlling the north. Stalin appointed Kim Il-sung, know as "Great Leader” as the nations’ dictator. He was succeeded by his son, Kim Jong-il, known as "Dear Leader.” Dear Leader wants to rule a united Korea, his Korea. China supports him.

North Korea’s main exports are weapons, missiles, and nuclear technology. Its main customers include Iran, Syria, small dictatorial governments, insurgents, and terrorists. North Korea has developed and tested a nuclear weapon in defiance of the UN. Dear Leader’s most recent provocation was the sinking of the South Korean naval corvette Cheonan on March 26, 2010—an act of war. Dear Leader has thumbed his nose at the UN and the U.S., threatening that any response will cause a war with South Korea.

So far, the great UN has not been able to agree on the text of a nasty memo to Kim.

Iran

The Islamic Republic of Iran, the wellspring of radical Islam, was created by another appeaser, President Jimmy Carter. Carter allowed the radical cleric Grand Ayatollah Khomeini to take over the country, invade the sovereign soil of the United States, and take diplomats hostage. For the last two decades the West, mainly America, has allowed Iran to develop the infrastructure to produce a nuclear arsenal with delivery capabilities.

Turkey

Turkey, once the seat of the Ottoman Empire (the Caliphate), is rapidly changing from a secular democratic nation and a member of NATO to a country ruled by fundamental Islamic (Sharia) law—another Iran. Will Turkey return to its past? Ties have been strengthened with Iran. This week Turkey allowed a flotilla of six ships, the "Free Gaza” flotilla, to sail from the port of Antalya, bound for Gaza, and into the Egyptian-Israeli blockade. The flotilla’s stated purpose was to bring "humanitarian” aid to the Gaza Strip. Other such ships have been allowed to deliver their cargos, after being inspected to ensure weapons were not included as part of the aid. This time, there was a darker purpose. Five of the ships stopped and allowed inspection by Israeli naval forces—there were no problems.

The sixth ship, the Mavi Marmara, owned by the IHH (The Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief), carried 600 passengers bent on a violent confrontation: Islamic extremists with terrorist ties, "peace” agitators, and assorted other radicals, all prepared for violence. Women and children were included, a typical terrorist tactic. The "passengers” on the Mavi Marmara, were armed and ready to attack the Israeli boarding party. The first man who came down the rope from a helicopter was attacked before he set foot on the ship’s deck.

The Israeli boarding party—note, it was an inspection party armed with paintball guns and side arms—it was not a raiding party of SEALS as reported by the typically uninformed news media. Two Israeli sailors were shot, and several injured. Finally, side arms (pistols) were used in self-defense.

The overpaid, empty suits at the UN, unable or afraid to criticize Dear Leader for an act of war, wasted no time in condemning Israel for doing what they were entitled to do—inspect a ship for illegal arms. It only took twenty-four hours for the empty suit in the oval office to order the empty dress in the state department to pile-on with the rest of the UN empty suits and dresses. The current administration has sent a clear message to the Muslim world: Israel is on their own, and the Muslim sharks smell blood in the water.

Israel

Some will tell you Israel is the source of Middle East hate. Baloney! Israel is the only true democracy in the Middle East. Hours after Israel was created by the UN, it was attacked by Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Liberation Army. No one, including America, came to her defense, and yet the Jews won. Israel, populated by Jews from all over the globe, turned the barren desert into a thriving nation that excels in technology, medicine, agriculture, and human rights. Does Israel have nuclear weapons? I don’t know the answer, but I’ll give you any odds you want that they do have them.

Has Israel threatened to wipe Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, or Syria off the map? No, but Iran, the PLO, Hamas, and Hezbollah have and continue to threaten to wipe Israel off the map. Now Turkey appears to be joining the pack of hyenas.

Has Israel fired rockets and missiles into civilian areas of Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, or Jordan? No, but over 7,000 rockets have been fired into Israel. Two years ago Israel invaded Lebanon to stop the rocket attacks, and was immediately condemned for protecting their citizens from being murdered.

Connecting the dots

Iran and North Korea have joint nuclear and missile development programs. Iranian scientists were reported to have been at North Korea’s nuclear test. Both Iran and North Korea have backed down our president and the UN. North Korea has just committed an act of war, and the UN can’t even agree to send them a nasty memo. Iran is openly supplying its creation, Hezbollah, with assorted weapons, including missiles and rockets. Iran trains fighters, and supplies the Taliban with IEDs. Our president has done everything but apologize to Iran for causing them this inconvenience.

China, quietly securing mineral and energy sources, is building up its military and industrial base, while watching America spin in endless circles, chasing its tail. Whenever the opportunity presents itself, they stick a pin in America’s rear end, usually by blocking any meaningful action by the UN.

Connecting the final dots brings us back to the Middle East and Israel. Israel’s neighbors must accept Israel’s right to exist. Some do not, and until they do, seeking peace is an exercise in futility. Does Obama not realize that by not supporting Israel, he is giving a green light for her enemies to attack her? After our secretary of state condemned Israel for boarding the Mavi Marmara, Turkey wasted no time in declaring that if the U.S. or UN doesn’t punish Israel for (legally) boarding a the Mavi Marmara to conduct an inspection.

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced at a rally that Hamas is not a terrorist organization, and condemned Israel for "slaughtering” a 19-year old on the Mavi Marmara. He neglected to tell us if the young man was assaulting an Israeli sailor when he was shot. Like our president, attorney general, and secretary of homeland security, who did not bother to read the Arizona immigration law before condemning it, Erdogan could not have read the Hamas charter and still made such an outlandish statement. Perhaps one can assume that 21st Century leaders do not need to have their minds confused by the facts. Turkey has allowed another ship, the Rachel Chorrie, to sail on June 4th with the announced intention of breaking through the Egyptian-Israeli blockade. Does Turkey want to start a war with Israel? Does Erdogan understand that doing so could mean the end of Turkey?

What will happen if Israel is attacked by Turkey, and/or Iran, and/or Syria while the U.S. watches from the sideline?

The answer may be a regional nuclear war. Iran would not push this hard, if it hadn’t developed its own nuclear weapon or even weapons. If reports are true, Israel must be considered to be a major nuclear power, one capable of annihilating the entire Middle East.