Mid day break, 11.18.15; The Islamic Jihadists are outsmarting the Western Leaders

Why did they do this attack?  Because they knew what our response would be.  Our response is to do either of the following:

1. Pretend that it didn't happen.
2. Or, to acknowledge what happened, but respond ineffectually.  Afterwards, forget that it happened.

As with number 1, there was a story about how the 9.11 atrocity was being flushed down the memory hole.  And, since Bush won in Iraq, we elected Obama, who promptly set about negating that victory, and implementing number 1.

Bush's invasion was a mistake, but he did achieve a victory.  It was a ruinous victory, though.  It ushered in an Obama presidency.  What Bush should have done was to keep the far left marginalized.  Since Bush had initially very large popularity ratings at the beginning of the War on Terror, he had the far left marginalized by definition.  When the body bags started arriving, he began to lose that political capital.

He should have done what Carson suggested with respect to energy independence.  Yes, Bush was for clean coal, and oil production, but the increasingly unpopular war made it harder for him to advocate this type of policy.

Instead of energy independence, we get Obama, who, if he had his way, would end fracking, and put all the coal industry out of business.  We get windmills and solar panels, but these aren't going to make us energy independent.

So, after 14 years, the War on Terror still goes on.  The Islamic Jihadists attack, and we are arguing over the use of military force.  This isn't a very intelligent response.  Most likely, we may get a re-run of the Bush presidency, or another term for the far left.  Either way, and we are just sinking slowly into abject failure.

The Jihadists can use only a small amount of resources in order to make us spend ourselves under the table.  Not only that, they can exploit the divisions between the two sides and we will quarrel amongst ourselves.  If we were smart, we could reach a consensus that would defeat them for good.  Energy independence would hurt them and help us.  What's not to like?