Post-Father's Day stuff

So I decided I am going to write in the blog once every other week. I think If I can do that, then people will stop harassing me...sigh. It has been a very eventful week, and to cap it all off I had a good Father's Day. I got some thing for my fire pit, and I went shooting with my youngest. I will post pictures. I do want to rant for a second. I know that isn't in my nature, but please indulge me this time. A historical thing is happening in the country of Iran. Iran has been an enemy of the US since 1979. When Islamic, Marxist and communist revolutionaries, stormed the US Embassy and seized it, as well as took US hostages, it started a chain of events that has come to a head this weekend. Since that fateful day those many decades ago, the country has been ruled by the religious authoritarian mullahs and their iron fist hold on the country, which used to be pro-western culture and European ideals. Since then the country has been a thorn in the US side. They sponsor terrorism around the world, and kill US troops in Iraq by proxy through training and distributing weapons to terrorists and criminal in that country. The face of Iran has been this slimy suave character, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He has taunted and pointed fingers at us, and been taken into the bossum of every US hating liberal in our country. Well Iran had an election between this man and his opposition. Ahmadinejad won the election, but the opposition declared voting fraud, and the country tumbled into chaos. There are riots in the streets and the people rising up to declare freedom from the oppression. They are standing for something and wanting to be democratic and free. The French President, Sarkozy, has said he stands behind them, and the German Chancellor, Merkel, says she sides with the freedom loving people, but our President Obama, wants to stay out of it. He is willing to deal with whoever winds up the President of Iran (a hollow job anyway, the real power is with the Ayatollahs) The message we are sending is so loud and clear to the middle east and the world. We will lay down with anyone as long as they play nice. North Korea, a couple of weeks ago, after a warning from the UN did another nuclear test and successful accomplished it. The also have been testing ICBM capabilities and have a missile ready to launch over 4000 miles. The UN issued and stronger resolution to have a ship search and seizure of North Korean vessels carrying weapons out of the country. The day it started, the NK merchant ship left for Myanmar, loaded with suspected weapons. Now it has been confirmed and our destroyer, USS John S. McCain watches from afar as the NK thumb their noses at us, and know we will not do anything because we fear the North Koreans. My country has become a paper tiger, and does not care for what is good and right in the world anymore. We used to believe in truth, justice and the American way. Now it is how much can we get away with things. God help us all.

I know this has not been cheery, but I don't feel cheery, I feel sad. It is hard serving for 20 years, to watch as your country continue to lose status and power, and not by anyone else, but by our own people. It is what happens when we do not pay attention to history.