Several years ago I was invited to attend a “Golden Gloves” competition as a spectator. I was reluctant to go, because I am not a big fan of boxing and I expected mediocre performers. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that it was a lot of fun. What made it interesting is that fighters would participate in several bouts trying to get into the finals. We became familiar with some of the guys and watched their careers develop, or not develop, over the course of the day. One guy, we nicknamed “Slick” was dressed to the hilt. He had a colorful shirt that matched his shorts and even had matching tassels on his shoes. He danced around the ring, obviously considering himself to be the next Mohammed Ali. He looked unbeatable. In same same division was a big Polish kid with zero boxing skills. He could barely move and he had no clue how to defend himself. he would just wade into the punches, with his head turned sideways to deflect the blows. Then, when he got close to the other guy he would pummel his opponent with wild roundhouse punches. Even a near miss was terrifying. If he accidentallly hit someone, they went down and stayed down. We called him “Stash.” Stash and Slick met in the semi-finals. At first Slick came out with an attitude. He was dancing, jawing and jabbing. Then Stash hit him. All of a suddent Slick realized that he could get hurt. The attitude disappeared and Slick became very anxious to just survive the bout. He was running backward around the ring, as fast as he could go, while Stash stalked him like a clumsy but crazed serial killer. It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Unfortunately it reminds me of the Obama administration response to the latest incident in the war on terror.
The Associate Press is reporting that the decision to issue the terror warning and shut down our embassies was based on an intercept of a message from ak-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri. The following report is from the telegraph UK:
If this is accurate, releasing this information will do grave harm to national security. Al-Qaida was able to bring this country to its knees without firing a shot. Al-Qaida obviously learned an important lesson from Benghazi. They learned that this President is weak and that the United States has become an easy target. The following article from McClatchy explains how security experts are viewing this action:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/08/06/198681/broad-us-terror-alert-mystifies.html#.UgIpedXD8dV
This sure looks like another TSA solution. Rather than going after the guys who really matter, the TSA is groping young girls and grandmothers while ignoring the Muslim looking male muttering allahu akbar. Now, Obama shut down all our embassies and went on vacation. By taking this action he probably thinks he avoids blame if there is another attack. In the meantime we are providing our enemies with a copy of our play book that they will almost certainly use to attack us in the future.
I can’t help reflecting on a famouse line from Franklin Delano Roosevelts first inaugaral address. He said that the “Only Thing we Have to Fear is Fear itself.” Well welcome to “Fear Itself.”
TDM