Terrorism and the American left

Putting politics aside (since that was a Fox broadcast), I think both issues are important - it's not an either-or kind of thing. Gun control in Chicago is just as important as it is in Sandy Hook or Orlando. I don't think the right to bear arms is unlimited or allows being equipped as well and the nation's military - if it does then let's start the sale of F-16's and tanks to civilians (as an aside, 2nd amendment was intended for a different set of circumstances than what we have today). So, I think we need measures to separate those who may be prone to do what happened in Sandy Hook, Orlando or in similar circumstances from weapons, especially the automatic ones. I also don't see the need for a fully automatic AR-15 for any civilian purpose.

As for the war against ISIS, every President who goes into one gets criticized simply because its difficult. War is messy and its hard to get the bad guys to do what you think they are going to do. Presidents 41 and 43 made mistakes. FDR made mistakes. If you were President you would make mistakes. Regardless of politics, I assume each President is listening to the military and civilian advisors and making the best judgment based on the information provided.

So, lets put this into perspective. In this age of a constant barrage of information and politics, its the pundits who are making money for the sake of extreme arguments. The end effect is a critically divided public. America really hasn't changed as greatly as both sides will have you think. Yes, we have a terrorist threat, but we've had that for decades (remember the Red Brigade in Europe during the cold war?).

We just need to get a grip. We really don't have all stupid people in the CIA or FBI or other agencies trying to protect us. We really do have smart people trying to win the war in the Mideast as best they can. We do have people that have guns that shouldn't which we need to fix. We ned to fix that for the right reasons and not based on politics or a pundit's commentary. I wonder how I would feel if it were my child shot and killed because an unstable shooter had access to a weapon that some (NRA?) think is okay to have regardless of reason.

That's my rant for the day. Just my humble opinion.

Let's see the AG attempts to redact Muslim references to ISIS, Congressman Clyburn pushes the gun control agenda, claiming ISIS is not the problem... Seems to me the left would love nothing more than to have us ignore a clear and present danger in Syria and Iraq, simply to push more gun control.

Well, I know that my credibility is going to be diminished for say it, but I agree with O'Reilly on this one. Hey, the man can't be wrong all the time, can he? One of the reasons you'll find non-Democrats going off the rails at times is that they don't have a narrative to spin. Democrats live by the narrative. It reminds me of a scene from Churchill's meeting with Stalin while they were attempting to resolve the question of Poland and it's borders when the Nazi's had been defeated. Britain's Poles wanted Soviet Russia to recognize a portion of the Ukraine as belonging to Poland. Stalin's Poles wanted the border that Stalin wanted. Churchill complained that he had no real control over his Poles who constantly squabbled while Stalin's appeared well-rehearsed. He also mentioned that Stalin smiled at him after his Poles delivered well-scripted arguments favoring Stalin's position, as if he were a school teacher beaming with pride at his student's recitations. That's how Democrats come across...