A One Plank Platform, Please!

 by G. Murphy Donovan (January 2012)

“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans Hofmann

Making promises that can not possibly be kept may be the fatal flaw of all social democracies. America is no exception. Continuing to fund programs, at home and abroad, that clearly have failed, is a subordinate defect. Rational nations can not finance social salvation and foreign policy fiascos for very long.

difference without a distinction.

nation building.” If soldiers and Marines are needed for the war against global ignorance, they might logically begin across the Potomac River in the District of Columbia, at once America’s worst and most expensive school system.

Republicans should not harbor any illusions either about flag officers or Intelligence bureaucrats inside the beltway, the folks who define national security threats and associated spending priorities. The tradition of an apolitical brass and objective Intelligence officers walked the plank after 9/11. Take the recent politically correct apologetics of the Army Chief of Staff, the Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs, the Director of CIA, and the Director of Central Intelligence. Atop the Intelligence Community, Jim Clapper, still sees the primary threat to America as Russia or China.

victory” anymore because they can’t bring themselves to name the enemy anymore.

Anti-Israeli (nee anti-Semitic) sentiment among left leaning politicians and academics in the West.

Eurabia” paradigm, the great game has already been won by Islam in Europe – with passive irredentism and active terror.

haaram for the zealots. If the Ummah has not been able to repair its racial, tribal, and religious fissures in 1,400 years, English speaking apostates and naïve infidels are unlikely to make a difference that matters.

clash of civilizations” may become “kinetic.” So be it! Such a clash may be inevitable anyway and state-to-state conflict simplifies the targeting problem. Israel, Europe, and America know how to fight conventional wars; no nations have had more practice. We need to gift the war on terror to that celebrated “moderate” Muslim majority – with a caveat; solve the problem – or else!

Pakistanis have been working both sides of the street for decades.

hate mongers. Even Islamist sentiment among American Muslims is significant in spite of efforts to soft-pedal the problem. These dynamics need to change.

G. Murphy Donovan is a former Intelligence officer who writes frequently about politics and national security.

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