tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post5108726663089691556..comments2024-03-29T12:26:35.581+00:00Comments on Macro Man: UghMacro Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324967552369915949noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-60288146353144024842015-11-19T06:55:33.617+00:002015-11-19T06:55:33.617+00:00Good analysis of ISIS's reasons for the Paris ...Good analysis of ISIS's reasons for the Paris attacks. Which brings up Barcevich's alternative to our present strategy.<br /><br />http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2015/nov/16/isis-from-mumbai-to-paris/<br /><br />quote:<br />"ISIS’s message is thus clear—the group is waging an all-out deliberate war against all those countries that are lining up to fight it. Again, this is not an attempt to take down the Western order, in the way that al-Qaeda was trying to do, nor is it a reaction to the evils of Western heathens. It is a direct reaction to what is being done to ISIS by coalition forces. ISIS is trying to weaken and divide the coalition into those countries that may now act more cautiously or even pull out of the coalition, and those that will stay and will continue to be targeted by ISIS. There is already evidence that the Arab Gulf countries—including Saudi Arabia, which has the largest air force in the region—have drastically reduced their contribution to the bombing campaign in Syria."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-42870192131356214172015-11-16T02:04:56.504+00:002015-11-16T02:04:56.504+00:00Anonym 4:05 PM
Well, tell what the women and chil...Anonym 4:05 PM<br /><br />Well, tell what the women and children of Beirut did to deserve their fate? Osama bin Laden got his urge to strike at the US from there according to the video tapes captured in Afghanistan. Finger pointing is easy for both sides in a conflict as both sides have blood on their hands and feel justified, but that is of little relevance for good policy. AQ had as it's policy to strike at the far enemy (aka the West) in order for them to stop supporting the close enemy (aka the Arab dictators). If you are involved you get hurt just ask the people of Yemen who gets killed by US drone strikes. What did they do to deserved that? Again finger pointing is easy but not good policy.<br /><br />You simplify a conflict to black and white and hence you'll most likely just repeat the same errors as president Bush. <br /><br />The key is what works.<br /><br />As Barcevich argues convincingly military interventions fail. Why should a round two in Iraq plus Syria be different? Why fail again with the costs involved. France cannot alone do shit about IS in Iraq & Syria and the US just pulled out after having failed for 10 years... Do they want another decade of wasted American lives to IEDs etc. with nothing to show for it?<br /><br />Also take a look on French policy. They want to topple Assad & Co but the only people left to take over are the ones who attacked in Paris. Religious extremists. So where is the good sense in that. Arab nations are not like European ones. The regime is the state. Remove the regime and the state disappears. <br /><br />http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/regime-change-without-state-collapse-is-impossible-in-syria-landis-interviewed-by-rts-sophieco-2/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-54999606213892315892015-11-16T01:38:19.506+00:002015-11-16T01:38:19.506+00:00Can we all at least agree that the appropriate lev...Can we all at least agree that the appropriate level of immigration we should allow from the Middle East and Africa is zero?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-29933000162382169032015-11-16T00:11:40.687+00:002015-11-16T00:11:40.687+00:009/11 it was Al Qaeda WMD's, Saddam & Iraq....9/11 it was Al Qaeda WMD's, Saddam & Iraq.<br />13/11 it's Isil, refugees and Assad.<br /><br />The great political thinkers just do the same thing.<br /><br />Japan back in recession.<br /><br />EU to suffer with tourism now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-53327510467415563842015-11-15T23:03:34.035+00:002015-11-15T23:03:34.035+00:00I hear that today, France is bombing "targets...I hear that today, France is bombing "targets" in the middle-east. Shouldn't France be bombing Brussels and the Paris banlieues? After all, that's where all the terrorists are?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-7769506319875257212015-11-15T22:59:31.145+00:002015-11-15T22:59:31.145+00:00The intransigence of the EU to accept it has made ...The intransigence of the EU to accept it has made a monumental mistake in its mass immigration policy will be its down fall. The people will have the final say regardless of their foolishness. Nationalism and the far right are Europe's only hope now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-81837270848907798792015-11-15T22:53:19.562+00:002015-11-15T22:53:19.562+00:00all these long comments ... just ego-feeding, so b...all these long comments ... just ego-feeding, so boring. <br />lets keep it simple, short us govies like theres no tomorrow.<br />and spooze? just leave it rolling over in peace till deece fed day. <br />what about eur? lets leave it the pros: the club of rome is buying all your sell stops... lbjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-28988662741999012832015-11-15T22:05:49.170+00:002015-11-15T22:05:49.170+00:00Liberal socialists are to blame for these terror o...Liberal socialists are to blame for these terror outrages. Why? Because they have fostered the conditions that support them. Under the law, aiding & abetting carries the same punishment as perpetrating the crime.<br /><br />These liberal socialists have invited in terrorists, reduced the security forces' abilities to protect the population and endangered us all. After the terrorists have been destroyed, the liberal socialists should be removed next.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-36541513745960612122015-11-15T21:33:36.560+00:002015-11-15T21:33:36.560+00:00who gives a toss what anonymous say today, could y...who gives a toss what anonymous say today, could you please choose a name as a token of respect if you have to voice an opinion on a VERY touchy matter where some folks have been extremely hurt? Thank you<br /><br />my last FB on the 'world sorrow competition':<br /><br />"To those who chose to not taint their profile photo in bleu blanc rouge, noone really cares what you do, since noone has monopoly on sorrow. Now when 5 of you already post this week-end about how hypocrite we all are, since we did not grieve for any Kenyan student last April, or any Syrian victim those last three years let me tell you there is just no time for controversy today and let me ask you to please shut the fuck up. We mourn the ones close to us. If we had to mourn every dead every where every day the world's dynamic would come to an end. Just shut up if you want no part in this élan de solidarité pour la France. Noone needs to be reminded about world misery when they have been hit really close. You should never dare to put's someone suffering in perspective. Thank you."<br /><br />My best friend's husband is leading French airfare strikes in Syria. Second tour this year. They are taking a very big risk and naturally France became Daech most mortal enemy. France chose to go at war with them, following the US. So expect more attacks to follow.Nicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06532015745155347229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-90547547809965380192015-11-15T16:05:38.908+00:002015-11-15T16:05:38.908+00:00Anon: 3:17
Tell me what Kenya did to deserve thei...Anon: 3:17<br /><br />Tell me what Kenya did to deserve their fate.. Kenya attack: 147 dead in Garissa University...Westgate shopping mall 67 deaths and more than 175 people were reportedly wounded in the mass shooting.<br /><br />How about Nigeria.. Gwoza massacre 200-300 dead.. Gamboru attacks 300 dead..Gujba college massacre.. Gujba college massacre 50 dead<br /><br />Philippines...the bombing of Superferry 116 dead...Dos Palmas kidnappings.. Talipao massacre 21 dead mostly women and child<br /><br />"Hollande views the tragedy that has befallen Paris as a summons to yet more war. The rest of us would do well to see it as a moment to reexamine the assumptions that have enmeshed the West in a war that it cannot win and should not perpetuate."<br /><br />So just give up, await your fate and like LB stated, learn to live with it. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-64481127229337769402015-11-15T15:17:00.476+00:002015-11-15T15:17:00.476+00:00A voice of sanity with reflection upon the results...A voice of sanity with reflection upon the results various military interventions have yielded. <br /><br />https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/11/14/paris-attacks-andrew-bacevich-war-west-cannot-win/UVlV0AsL8ddnE8L5gJaTXO/story.html<br /><br />BTW do remember that France was at war with IS before the terror attacks. French air force have flown 1300 air missions against IS with 270 bombings carried out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-85735451256630239832015-11-15T14:58:16.452+00:002015-11-15T14:58:16.452+00:00I think the problem is quite simple to understand,...I think the problem is quite simple to understand, but before it can be solved it needs to be acknowledged or identified. Which those in power are either incapable of or refuse to do, because it would probably violate their prevailing world view.<br /><br />When liberty and freedom meets a authoritarian religion or other influential force, the latter will continue to expand at the expense of the former. Strong triumphs weak. Now it would be perfectly fine if the authoritarian religion doesn't want freedom, but unfortunately it wants that no one else have them either. To counter this and in order to maintain liberty and freedom, the status of the religion in relation to the state and society would need to be maintained clearly at a minimum. To not discriminate, this should affect all religions. Clear boundaries are needed. If you give a finger to a lion, then you might loose a hand and the problem will grow, naturally. You need to set limits to not raise a spoiled brat. <br /><br />In fact, it's not even a religion, it's a complete set consisting a political system, educational system and a way of life. It will install itself in pieces and the old system will get trampled. This is what most people don't seem to get. Because it's part of personal freedom to practice a religion, right? Wrong. You might get the wonderful, liberal multicultural society which will last until it doesn't, because of the afore mentioned reason. Well if it gains popularity then it's all fine and well, but that means people living in the West are going to take a huge leap back in to the Middle Ages and reincarnation of Inquisition type events.<br /><br />The other problem relating more directly to terrorism is that it's not just a "terrorist group" attack or infiltration we're talking about. It's about an infiltration of a sick idea which potentially has a favorable basis to grow due to demographics. Here's where flawed EU policies have contributed a bunch. No control of borders means no control over who's rushing through the door, so there's no idea of their intentions nor history. Now there's potentially thousands of recruiters for this so called idea in Germany alone and that's where the acute problem lies. Don't want to pin it entirely on the EU, but it really seems to be a major issue if you look at the so called leadership. Libbies call it populism and xenophobism or whatever, but facts always override terms like that. Look at Merkel, Cameron, Hollande or Juncker. That bunch doesn't care what's happening. If they don't care, it means their subordinates won't get proper tools or authority to best deal with the problem which is on an upward trajectory.<br /><br />Specifically in this case the first step would be to get rid of those extremist imams and recruiters etc. which now get to do their thing rather openly. It might sound repetitive to boredom to blame the EU about everything but facts prevail. Years of ineptitude to set limits and rules extending to the future has and will continue to make things worse. <br /><br />Schengen won't work as long as it doesn't have water tight external borders. The alternative is chaos spreading and reaching more physical boundaries in the ability to house migrants. If the outside pressure isn't reduced, it will brake down through a domino type effect, where one domino exerts more pressure on the remaining ones standing, thus forcing them to act as the next domino. Essentially as a result of flows having fewer and fewer places to go.hipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934536233703452719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-84521866245244019492015-11-15T14:04:06.355+00:002015-11-15T14:04:06.355+00:00LB "Parisians will learn to live with this, p...LB "Parisians will learn to live with this, perhaps for a decade or more."<br /><br />The Parisians agree with you. This was a anti Islam protest in Paris following the slaughter of Parisians. The Parisians mock the protesters and cheer when a protester is arrested<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY5xHCa3PkU&feature=youtu.be<br /><br />Maybe if they hit the Northeast or California they will run into armed Americans. Personally, I would let them have New Jersey on north, nothing good has come from that part of the country in 220 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-90743437050791114502015-11-15T13:08:03.069+00:002015-11-15T13:08:03.069+00:00Anon 2.11
You lost me as soon as you felt it neces...Anon 2.11<br />You lost me as soon as you felt it necessary to express your opinion with "a beg to". This is the kind of submissive posturing that get you creamed in a fight, and this is a fight! Quoting Bush just confirms you do not understand my point ,because neither Bush did the job that needed doing. They thought 'winning' was to leave this region more or less intact. For clarity I would bomb the entire region back into the prehistoric age. Ironically to get there they don't have as far to travel has most.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-57347872532512736422015-11-15T04:34:02.112+00:002015-11-15T04:34:02.112+00:00Mass shootings in civil society, sadly, it's u...Mass shootings in civil society, sadly, it's unlikely to be the last time this sort of thing occurs. <br /><br />In terms of market effect, I wonder if there will be any on the Euro or oil. Dollar Long appears to very popular now and one wonders whether anything could be trigger a short covering rally. If not next week, then certainly after Draghi announces whatever he does in early December. <br /><br />Interesting comment from Lagarde appears to make IMF decision on Yuan in SDR at the end of the month a high probability. One presumes the Chinese would make a decision to break the peg an inconspicuous period (? 2 months) after this. It will be interesting whether SDR will affect CNY or not. Conceivably they might use this to squeeze shorts, but this would make the magnitude of any peg break appear larger so why would they? SDR demand is via CB swaps, the SDR decision might actually bring shorts out of the woodwork to lay on their full positions. That said, there is a risk of a move to squeeze the other way, which is why there could be some waiting short interest until after the Nov 30 decision. <br />Boogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-49406563055702809972015-11-14T23:30:45.869+00:002015-11-14T23:30:45.869+00:00If the regulators were serious they'd look at ...If the regulators were serious they'd look at the worst case of misselling that's been going on for centuries. <br /><br />- selling the belief that people will be rewarded in heaven for carrying out the commands of others now.<br /><br />Pick a religion... all guilty. Polemichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985506596290073453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-76507335120366679352015-11-14T21:39:11.006+00:002015-11-14T21:39:11.006+00:00Plus sa change. Its been going on forever. Tragic ...Plus sa change. Its been going on forever. Tragic for those involved, but the numbers are smallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-74418282865586061272015-11-14T20:19:12.643+00:002015-11-14T20:19:12.643+00:00LB: "You can't lock up every Algerian, Tu...LB: "You can't lock up every Algerian, Tunisian and Moroccan in Paris, any more than the UK was able to intern every Irishman in London."<br /><br />Europe is weak, aging rapidly and unstable. They are in the early stages of their own demise. They can not even get together a solve their financial crisis nor the brazenness of the Russians. <br /><br />The people of France should not delivering flowers and lighting candles. They should be lining up to purchase weapons. <br /><br />We are past the point where this can be resolved by "locking up" any one.<br /><br />What you fail to understand is that these people are capable of almost anything. They are not constrained. They have no rules of engagement. They have their our own way of dealing with enemy combatants. They have told you that their goal is to destroy you, along with everyone else in the West and every Muslim who refuses to accept their version of Islam.<br /><br />This will get worse than you could ever imagine.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-62132862217995707792015-11-14T18:45:14.825+00:002015-11-14T18:45:14.825+00:00LB lived through the IRA bombing campaign in Londo...LB lived through the IRA bombing campaign in London in the 1980s and was close by when the Harrods bomb exploded on December 17, 1983. In those dark days, despite the prevailing ethos of Keep Calm and Carry On, Londoners lived in constant risk of the car bomb and the grenade tossed in the rubbish bin, and the only truly safe place was probably in a pub in Holloway with a Guinness in hand. France, especially Paris, is likewise a sitting duck for Islamic terror b/c of the integrated nature of its population. You can't lock up every Algerian, Tunisian and Moroccan in Paris, any more than the UK was able to intern every Irishman in London. This is the nature of modern multi-cultural societies. Even the modern security state will have difficulty doing battle with lone wolf terrorists and sleeper cells. Parisians will learn to live with this, perhaps for a decade or more.Leftbacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-6360575304490053582015-11-14T16:48:46.191+00:002015-11-14T16:48:46.191+00:00Nico G and Anon 1:03pm
I disagree completely with...Nico G and Anon 1:03pm<br /><br />I disagree completely with your view. Perhaps you can explain all the Islamic murderous rampages all over the world since 1981:<br /><br />List of Islamist terrorist attacks<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Islamist_terrorist_attacks<br />Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, the Philippines, China, ...what did those people do to deserve their fate?<br /><br />In the meantime, Islamic terrorists f*** with us while we pretend western powers meekly accede and view the slaughter of Christians and Yazidis and other innocents in a far away distant drug ladened stupor.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-64160312168507285332015-11-14T16:18:11.801+00:002015-11-14T16:18:11.801+00:00PS: i forgot to add, for option one, that if we pu...PS: i forgot to add, for option one, that if we pull out of the region it would be greatly regarded if we also stop selling them WEAPONS<br /><br />France is the second arm merchant in the world after the US. Logically France today is the immediate target of Daech, the US being a bit harder to reach.Nicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06532015745155347229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-57432169066215073412015-11-14T15:44:06.581+00:002015-11-14T15:44:06.581+00:00i am with anon 1:03 PM
Sunni and Shia have killed...i am with anon 1:03 PM<br /><br />Sunni and Shia have killed each other for almost 1400 years, when Americans were still Apaches and Comanches and Brits and French were busy almost exclusively hating each other.<br /><br />Arabs had noone to blame for their mess but themselves until the USA and Europe (to a lesser extent) started to mess with the region. Now it's all too easy to blame everything on the usurpators<br /><br />so today we (the West) have to choose between two routes:<br /><br />- we either completely pull from the region, stop the cascading effect, let them rape and kill each other, and aim at finding the missing oil somewhere else<br /><br />- we go all nuke and nasty. Cheney had established it would take 17 warheads to wipe out the Iraki National Guard back in those days (cf. Bush senior new autobiography), i trust they have updated and extended their guesstimate to the entire region. If not they can get the figure from the Russians who are plenty ready to go nasty and do not give a flying fuck about 'pretending' to be nice and caring to the world.<br /><br />who knows perhaps they'll do the dirty work for the West while Americans and Europeans look the other way.<br /><br />In conclusion: if you nuke every known stronghold of extremism, the Arabic states will think twice before renewing their hospitality to such troublemakers. If it was not already an international law, to make harboring extremists completely illegal then it will briskly become one de facto and they will be avoided like plague.<br /><br />very dangerous times.Nicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06532015745155347229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-11032513559727966932015-11-14T14:11:16.282+00:002015-11-14T14:11:16.282+00:00Anonymous
November 14, 2015 at 1:03 PM
Beg to di...Anonymous <br />November 14, 2015 at 1:03 PM<br /><br />Beg to disagree. IS would never have exist had President Bush with the support of Congress not sent in the troops in Iraq.<br /><br />When you make decisions that your enemies respond to in this fashion they are probably not very good.<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4103137.stm<br /><br />quote:<br />"Targeting America in Iraq in terms of economy and losses in life is a golden and unique opportunity. Do not waste it only to regret it later."<br /><br />The result was a highly effective force of jihadis which swamped the Syrian army. And yes, you do become highly effective at combat if you fight the US army. Else you end up dead.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-529799897596776772015-11-14T13:03:05.467+00:002015-11-14T13:03:05.467+00:00"what bad choices can yield for a crop."..."what bad choices can yield for a crop."<br />As far as I am concerned the only bad choice is the one Western politicians keep refusing to make. That is, if you are in a fight to the death with extremists then be prepared to be even more extreme than them if you really want to win.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-11356021496055146702015-11-14T12:12:26.808+00:002015-11-14T12:12:26.808+00:00Nico G
I see the Paris attacks like 9/11. It is t...Nico G<br /><br />I see the Paris attacks like 9/11. It is to draw out a responds from France which benefits whoever planned it. Counterattacks against Muslims could get a nasty spiral of violence going in France. Or France could be sucked into the civil wars in Syria and Iraq.<br /><br />President Bush showed what bad choices can yield for a crop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com