A momentary breath of fresh air

[pyesetz]

"You know how much threat ISIS represents to the United States?  None.  That's how much.  Exactly none.  If there was a value less than none, then it would be that, but there's not, so none is the answer.

"You know what does represent a threat to the the United States, a bona fide danger to our continued existence as the land of the semi-free and occasionally bravish?  Acting as if every person who says they want to turn the United States into dictatorial hell hole, is capable of making the United States their bitch.  ISIS is a ragtag organization on the far side of the world, armed mostly with the discards we either sold to the last set of thugs (note: proper use of the term) who used the gear to cow their relatives, or the stuff we left sitting around because bringing the old stuff back threatened all those contracts for building new stuff.  ISIS could no more threaten the United States than Lindsey Graham could punch God in the nose.  The existential threat level is green. Or at least, it should be."

(source)

Comments

[yamamanama.livejournal.com]

Assad, Rouhani, and Nasrallah just want us to fight their war for them. That's it.

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

But where would Raytheon, GE, Boeing, et al be without permanent war? And for that, we need permanent fear, which has been running a bit low lately, given the WTC attacks were now 13 years ago.