Let's turn New Orleans into another chapter in the Forever War-says Continetti Bill Kristol. (We have questions for you, Matthew Billy at the end of this post).
After all the usual bromides, he gets to the propaganda, proclaiming that Bush, Obama, and Trump 'crushed' ISIS in--what he would call--a brilliant display of gunboat diplomacy. Lots of gunboats. And tens of thousands of US casualties plus several hundred billion dollars spent wasted.
Then:
...America forgot this lesson. Our leaders reduced commitments in Iraq and Syria. Federal law enforcement shifted its attention to domestic extremism and white nationalism. Worst of all, President Biden beat a hasty retreat from Afghanistan that left 13 U.S. servicemen killed, U.S. citizens and visa-holders stranded, Afghan allies abandoned, the Afghan people in hock to a jihadist militia that calls itself a government, and Afghanistan's ungoverned spaces in the hands of ISIS....
It is noteworthy that Continetti Kristol did not use quotation marks around 'domestic extremism' and 'white nationalism.' For some reason, he won't define either of those terms, either. Does he mean "Roman Catholics"? "Moms against porno in kindergarten"? "Americans who think America is their primary global interest, not some s**t-hole country"?
Wouldn't serve his purpose to get all technical there, would it?
However, he provides a convenient list of Crusades on which to send our children and grandchildren. Oddly, neither he nor the actual writer, Kristol, has volunteered to join the US Armed Forces. And don't hold your breath waiting for either of them to graduate from BCT.
...The jihadist worldview exemplified by ISIS has not been vanquished. On the contrary: It is resurgent. There was a terrible attack in Moscow last April, and last month's Christmas market attack in Germany killed four women and a nine-year-old boy. Radical Islamism is growing in and fuels violence throughout Africa. ISIS rages in Syria and Iraq as its Sunni compatriots in Hamas fight to the death in Gaza. Shiite radicals in Hezbollah and among the Houthis sow terror at the direction of their Iranian masters. Above all, ISIS has embedded in Afghanistan, where its leaders issue communiques to an international following, plot against the West, and attack both the Taliban government and neighboring Pakistan. ...
The Forever War Party never shuts up, does it?
Here's a couple of questions that Continetti Kristol doesn't answer:
After 'crushing' ISIS in three Presidencies, how come it showed up again? Maybe it was not 'crushed'? Maybe, since it is a religion like Judaism and Christianity, it cannot be 'crushed'? Do you recall that the Catholics "crushed" Islam a few hundred years ago, Matthew--at Vienna, in Spain, and at Lepanto? Do you recall that they liberated Jerusalem, too? (Looking for a "thank you," Billy....) That didn't really work permanently, did it?
Here's another question: why is it our business what happens in Germany, Syria, Gaza, and Afghanistan, Billy-Matthew? Granted, the CIA has taken out most of their governments, leaving them prostate before ISIS, but.........oh..........wait.........it was OUR CIA and State Department which paved the way for more ISIS bloodletting........?????
Maybe you should direct your pen at the real culprits, Matthew Billy.
