But timing is everything.... :)
There was also a report some decade or two ago that the pervasive use of acetylsalicylic acid would, after about ten or twenty generations, cause infertility to anyone whose ancestors ever used it, too... :)))))

Almost everyone I've known who has eaten bananas has died. Of course they were in their 70s & 80s, but play it safe, stay away from bananas.

I once picked up our cat by the ears... and the cat died...

About 15 years later... of cancer and old age...
And its ears were fine when he died...

As 'logical' as anthropogenic global warming...

Can't argue.

The problem with relying on the typical Middle Easterner to make an alliance 'doable' is their work ethic... or lack thereof... They want to fight a little in the morning after breakfast & prayers... then go pray for a while in the afternoon, and pretty much leave the front and go home in the afternoon/evening. The Jihadis have a lot more resolve than that, so they tend to keep winning.

There was no reason that the Iraqi army should have struggled with American arms/equipment/artillery, but they did, they probably never fired a shop and just walked home.

For the most part, culturally, all of them are like that. If we're not willing to be constantly at war "for them", it may as well resolve itself whether or not we like the outcome.

Thanks for the history lesson.
LBJ was the consummate politician that gave politicians a bad name. Plus, the bastard picked up his beagles by the ears.

Since welfare is unsustainable, it's time for a homestead act 2.0, in which each welfare family gets 40 acres of government land (there's plenty of it available), adequate training in agriculture, some equipment, a basic house, and a 5 year sunset, after which the welfare recipients are on their own. Any aid they get after that will be private charity, with the government forever out of the charity business. As for foreign affairs, especially the mideast debacle, arm the Kurds, Christians, Yazidis, Israelis, Jordanians and Egyptians to the teeth, create an alliance around that grouping, and call it a day, with American boots on the ground only coming into play if a force large enough to defeat them attacks them. Get Japan and Korea to work together on their mutual security, with the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand and others joining in, again, with American boots on the ground only in the case of a major assault. As for the rest of the world, only work with those who are ready, willing and able to implement a capitalist, democratic/republican type of system; ignore the rest. Let our prosperity and freedom be the drawing card, and nothing else.

JFK had a hand in it as well.
Don't get me started.

The values she taught you are gold. She wasn't the only one fooled by Nixon.. And by the way, all the "terrible" stuff attributed to Tricky Dick pales in comparison to the outright traitorous horrors imposed on us by Obama and Hillary.

Y'know, I don't think I ever thought much about that before... Thanks, Herb!

Mom taught me to save money, stay out of debt and pay off my home mortgage as quickly as possible... Not exactly "Lib Material," there, I'd say...

On the other hand, one time I muttered "Nixon is a crook!" and she chastised me, saying "How can you Say That... He's Our President!"

I replied, "Yes, he IS our current President, AND he IS a crook."

She confused the office with the office-holder. Even in my blossoming teen years I could differentiate between the two concepts.

She must have met a lot of libs.

I have to give Putin credit that he is smarter Obama. Instead of using the word: disassembled, Disemboweled would be better. I'm beginning to wonder whether Obama's credentials are for real. Like the College or University he went to or if he really was a Rhoades Scholar. Maybe he has been smoking the Maryjane cigarettes.
I bet Putin out maneuvered Obama real good!
Now, I wonder if the Chinese used Sun Su strategies to play on Obama.

As I stopped saying "Follow the Money" some years ago...

Follow The Power To Control Others... [the money comes automatically after that.]

:)

and even my mom used to remind me...
"The road to hell is paved with 'good intentions.' "

Thanks, mom!

Robbing Peter and paying Paul will ALWAYS get the wholehearted support of "Pauls" everywhere.

Hence: inevitable decay into welfare state as long as everyone's vote is equal.

Wiggys... the chess/checkers comparison seems very fitting.

Although O has his own nefarious goals, and they can work at checkers-level, so to speak, the chess master plays a longer, deeper game.

If the choice is only between two dictatorships, why
can't we just stay out of it? If a country attacks us
(or any ally such as Israel), that is one thing. But
we need to get rid of this welfare state, have a good
economy, treat our military forces right, and make ourselves strong.

I see a lot of reference to Americans playing checkers, while the Russians are playing chess. I don't consider checkers a quintessential American game so much as poker. I think Reagan understood the principles of poker very well, and it kept the Russian chess players off balance. Maybe we should look to see which candidates are seasoned poker players?

I understood you. I guess they will be writing of 0 as he is as great an attrocity bestowed on the nation as can be.

I'll 2nd that.

You misunderstand me. The libs will say that his good intentions offset the results of his policies and they defend him even as they wander through the results of his failures. They seem to think that intentions are what counts and not results. Under that kind of thinking, you can write off the greatest of atrocities.

As Nock observes, it is not always profitable to aim towards the Remnant, but it sure is a hell of a lot more fun!