Quagmire

Quagmire, noun, quag· mire | \ˈkwag-ˌmī(-ə)r

1 : soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot

2 : a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position : predicament

            Today’s word sums up both the geopolitical and military positions we (mostly our politicians) have driven us to.

            On the home front, we have chosen a Congress that seems intent, at least if we listen to the voices pushed by a bias media, of rendering bills of impeachment for “high crimes and misdemeanors” for a President they don’t like.  Looking at how Ms. Pelosi ran the house when she was last its Speaker I’m guessing those bills won’t take so very long to write.  But like the impeachment of Bill Clinton, it seems unlikely he will be convicted and removed by the Senate so at the end of the day it is really just political drama that will remove any possibility of productive governing.

            What we see in Europe, France in particular, is a groundswell uprising rejecting the globalist propositions the political elite have crafted to move us towards a one-world government mostly paid for on the backs of the working class.  President Trump was vilified for his decision to vacate our involvement in the Paris Climate agreement.  What France is going through today is a direct result of that agreement.

            Militarily, we are engaged in a war without end.  Jihadist terror organizations will exist as long as there are violent proponents who want to be in power but are not.  The question for the nation is both a simple and complex one.  We are in a war we cannot win, is it in our national interest to continue to fight or do we let the world burn around us?  If we chose the latter what are the likely national consequences for what has historically been a Judeo-Christian society?

            What is most complex about ending this war is how we do so “gracefully” so as to seem like we are making a sound military decision from a position of strength.  I think we probably lost that option some ten or so years ago after we overthrew the Iraq regime and then left, leaving Iraq to the Iranians.  I am sure others can disagree and suggest, just as they did in the 1960s if we just sent more troops we could make the other side seek a peaceful resolution.  You can color me skeptical.

            For those who reject the idea of “slippery slopes,” you can always choose the mess of quagmires.