Brain Rot

I think the Army is making me stupid. Really. I may be losing the capability for independent thought and simple reasoning capacity. I don't think my brain rot is the fault of my superiors. I think it is due to the level of entertainment available to the average soldier. Pornography and video games have minimal brain growth potential. It also doesn't help that soldiers massacre their brain cells with massive doses of alcohol. Do I even have to mention, the soldiers favorite playmate, the drinky girl? It isn't anybody's fault that I can pinpoint really. The things I mentioned are just what is popular.
The second thing I want to touch on is sexual harassment. Not that I am getting sexually harassed, with as few women as there are in 2ID I rather welcome any and all sexual advances - at the very least I can laugh about them later. The Army has recently had some unwanted publicity involving sexual harassment, but the issue isn't anywhere near as simple as the headlines might lead you to believe. For instance, I believe there are far more women misbehaving than men simply because men are confused and scared by the issue. Honestly, if any woman had been treated by a man the way women have treated me, they would have likely filed sexual harassment cases with the Inspector General already. Granted, since I am male I tend to think that it is wonderful that women take an intense enough interest in me to pat my buttocks and touch my genitalia. Women are more likely to be offended when someone actually does touch them inappropriately. The biggest problem I have seen in cases of alleged sexual misconduct in the military is that inconsistent behavior by the woman makes it difficult to prosecute. The heart of the matter is that military women engage in sexual activity and don't want to look like sluts when many are, in fact, sluts (I mean this in the most salutary and benign way possible). Men in the military should know better but most are testosterone driven individuals who aren't about to let a little thing like good sense get in the way of great sex. And there lies the rub.

Legalized Narcotics

You thought I was finished? When I write a political rant you can be sure I always have more to say. I just watched the movie "Traffic" on DVD and you know what pisses me off? It's all very well and good to criticize a government initiative as futile - i.e. the "War on Drugs" and the "War on Terrorism". Yet the critics answers as to what we should do instead border on ludicrous. The critics of the "War on Terror" suggest that we essentially just lay down and die. The critics of the "War on Drugs" suggest that we legalize narcotics.
Suppose for a minute that we did smoke crack and we were seriously considering legalizing popular controlled substances. Is there any realistic way the United States could effectively regulate production and sales? What are the unintended consequences? Alcohol and cigarettes are already legalized controlled substances sold in the United States and honestly the negative impact of both is significant. Are we prepared to treat the addicts if we allow cheap, easily available, and worst of all legal narcotics on the street? Who in good conscience sell these products? What are you thinking?

Why can't People See this?

Believe it or not, the fate of the free world hangs in the balance as we speak. Terrorism has touched our lives in ways we could never have imagined September 10th 2001. Terrorists have shown us that nothing is sacred and nothing is safe. Many have characterized the current situation as being "at war". Our enemy is amorphous and scattered. They have no formal chain of command - no head to cut off. The only intelligible communication they attempt to make is the language of violence - They open their mouths and mayhem pours out.
Given the situation, I amazed that their are people so foolish as to suggest we should capitulate to their demands. People who want to bring our troops back from Iraq, who want to blame the policies of the United States for inciting men to terrorism, who believe that there was no justification for military forces to attack Iraq, and who believe there is no reason for them to be there now. I'd like to ask: "What the f**k are you thinking?"
Whether are not Saddam Hussein had any connection with terrorists before his regime was toppled like so many stacks of so many cards, there are terrorists in Iraq now and they want us gone. What we are doing to them is effective. The US Army is hitting them where it hurts. Really. Leaving would allow them to declare victory just like they did in Mogadishu, Somalia. Leaving now would cost innocent lives (their is no more cliche phrase than the phrase "innocent lives" but well for lack of a better one) in the future. The election of a government in Spain that does not support the war in Iraq is dangerous. It's capitulation. People will die.
Why can't people see this?