Romantic dinner
A man and woman were having a quiet, romantic dinner in a fine restaurant. They were gazing lovingly at each other and holding hands.
Their waitress, taking another order at a table a few steps away, suddenly noticed the man slowly sliding down his chair and under the table, but the woman acted unconcerned.
The waitress watched as the man slid all the way down his chair and out of sight under the table.
Still, the woman appeared calm and unruffled, apparently unaware her dining companion had disappeared.
The waitress went over to the table and said to the woman, "Pardon me, ma'am, but I think your husband just slid under the table."
The woman calmly looked up at her and said, "No, he didn't. He just walked in the door."
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Dawood Kahn like to elicit opinions. I gave him mine and I am sure he will respond.
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This blog is full of ideas from the mind of Dawood. Sometimes, I'm musing. Sometimes, I'm marveling. Sometimes, I'm thinking aloud. Life isn't static and neither are our opinions, feelings and beliefs. Who I am now may not be who I am a month, a year or a decade from now.
I believe that individuals can not be judged by the actions of an ethnicity, a race, a nation or any other group. People are complex constructs. None of us believe the same as all of us and all of us can not hope to encapsulate the beliefs, ideals of any one individual.
Large groups are dangerous. The Mob is dangerous. This has been known throughout the ages.
Please remember this when reading my opinion. An individual Christian or Muslim is not the same being as the Islamic World. He or she may have individual ideas about life, religion, spirituality. An individual Democrat or Republican or Tea Party member can not be treated as if he or she is the embodiment of any of those organization. Each of us is unique.
With that in mind. Please enjoy my blog. If it offends you or makes you think or merely entertains you, I will be happy for it entertains me, it offends me and it certainly makes me think and I am it's creator.
Peace and blessings to you all...Dave aka Dawood
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This blog is full of ideas from the mind of Dawood. Sometimes, I'm musing. Sometimes, I'm marveling. Sometimes, I'm thinking aloud. Life isn't static and neither are our opinions, feelings and beliefs. Who I am now may not be who I am a month, a year or a decade from now.
I believe that individuals can not be judged by the actions of an ethnicity, a race, a nation or any other group. People are complex constructs. None of us believe the same as all of us and all of us can not hope to encapsulate the beliefs, ideals of any one individual.
Large groups are dangerous. The Mob is dangerous. This has been known throughout the ages.
Please remember this when reading my opinion. An individual Christian or Muslim is not the same being as the Islamic World. He or she may have individual ideas about life, religion, spirituality. An individual Democrat or Republican or Tea Party member can not be treated as if he or she is the embodiment of any of those organization. Each of us is unique.
With that in mind. Please enjoy my blog. If it offends you or makes you think or merely entertains you, I will be happy for it entertains me, it offends me and it certainly makes me think and I am it's creator.
Peace and blessings to you all...Dave aka Dawood
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This post by my friend priompted my foregoing response:
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Did BushCo allow bin Laden to Succeed?
In Afghanistan, Middle East, Politics, Quotes, thinking out loud, Useful Information, Vietnam, War on October 29, 2011 at 7:52 am
Recently, a question was asked: “Do you really believe what you are saying or do you think FDR and Bush were begging and pleading for Japan and Bin Laden to attack us so we could enter a war? Seriously?”
On the question of Japan, undoubtedly FDR was courting an attack as justification for entering the War in Europa. Anyone who has read the history of the build up to World War II knows that FDR was looking for a way to get the American people on a war footing. Embargoes are a mother!
As for bin Laden. BushCo were strangely oblivious of bin Laden prior to 9-11. I do not put it past the Gov’t and especially one guided by the likes of Cheney and Rummy to allow an attack to occur so as to “lead” the nation to war.
Why did we NEED to go to Iraq? The answer is that we DID NOT. Yet, 9-11 and the GWOT were used as an excuse to take us into that war. They definitely “shaded the truth” to get the war that they wanted.
The Spanish American War was yet another contrived war as was the Mexican War and the Vietnam War. When one looks at the Korean War, it is a war into which we either secretly goaded North Korea or into which Truman simply blundered like a blind fool.
American spheres of influence were stated loudly to the World. South Korea lay JUUUUUUUSSSSSST outside of the line. Leading NK, China and the USSR to believe that we’d stand by and do nothing.
From the internet:
In June 1950, after Secretary of State Dean Acheson declared Korea to be outside of America’s sphere of influence, the North Koreans invaded South Korea and attempted to reunify the country under communist rule. President Truman immediately declared Korea a “global police action” and attempted to drive the North Koreans out of South Korea. In fact, the United States secret larger goal in the Korean war was to defeat North Korean communism and create a unified Korea under American domination and control. Korea was supposed to be the first major effort to rollback global communism. However, communist China, feeling threatened that aggressive American actions against North Korea would be followed by American attempts to undermine Chinese communism, entered the Korean war against the United States and its South Korean ally. The Korea war quickly proved to be a deadly stalemate between the United States and communist China. Only in 1953, after President Eisenhower secretly threatened to drop atomic bombs on China, did the Chinese agree to an end to the war, leaving North and South Korea divided just as they were at the beginning of the war.
The Korean war, as many American leader later said, seem to justify America’s global crusade against Soviet communism. It convinced many Americans of the truth of the United States governments warning that the Soviet were plotting to take over the world and impose communist domination over the free world. The Korean war would further justify American creation of the “nuclear umbrella” to shield the free world from Soviet expansion. As described by Secretary of State Dean Acheson in 1949, the nuclear umbrella was the American threat to wage nuclear war against the Soviet Union if the communists threatened any country in the free world. An attack on any member of the free world, thus, would be treated as an attack against the United States, which would lead America to wage nuclear war against the aggressor.
Also, Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman: mission and power in American foreign policy By Anne Rice Pierce PG 248 (Google Books)
As well as the following:
After World War II, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. divided Korea into spheres of influence—the Soviets backed Communist-ruled North Korea and the U.S. backed the South Korean dictatorship. Both Koreas had threatened to invade the other. When U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson declared that South Korea was no longer part of the U.S. defense perimeter in Asia, the North invaded the South.
Do I think that a US President and/or the US Political and Military Leadership are capable of allowing an attack or incident to happen so as to lead us into war? Definitely. It’s been done several times.
REMEMBER THE ALAMO!
REMEMBER THE MAINE!
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!
9-11! NEVER AGAIN!
THE LUSITAINE!
FORT SUMTER! (As Lincoln stated; “The North must not be seen as the aggressor.)
The Tonkin Gulf Incident
Leaving the Koreas outside of our “sphere of influence.”
What did Madame Ambassador say to Saddam Hussein when he asked how the US would view aggression against Kuwait?
Known faulty intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq in ’03.
The War of 1812 and lust for Canada.
Hawaii, the US Marines and Dole Fruit
Gautamala and United Fruit
Nicaragua/Panama ~ We needed a Canal passage.
Pinochet ~ Nixon and Henry Kissinger
Nixon, Cambodia and Laos
Like this:
LikeBe the first to like this post. ▶ One Response - Sam Kegley's
Dawood Khan's BlogSilk Roads and Siamese Smiles The Journey so far…ArchivesRSS Feed
bin Laden, Bush, Cambodia, FDR, Japan, Laos, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, Pinochet, Remember the Alamo
Did BushCo allow bin Laden to Succeed?
In Afghanistan, Middle East, Politics, Quotes, thinking out loud, Useful Information, Vietnam, War on October 29, 2011 at 7:52 am
Recently, a question was asked: “Do you really believe what you are saying or do you think FDR and Bush were begging and pleading for Japan and Bin Laden to attack us so we could enter a war? Seriously?”
On the question of Japan, undoubtedly FDR was courting an attack as justification for entering the War in Europa. Anyone who has read the history of the build up to World War II knows that FDR was looking for a way to get the American people on a war footing. Embargoes are a mother!
As for bin Laden. BushCo were strangely oblivious of bin Laden prior to 9-11. I do not put it past the Gov’t and especially one guided by the likes of Cheney and Rummy to allow an attack to occur so as to “lead” the nation to war.
Why did we NEED to go to Iraq? The answer is that we DID NOT. Yet, 9-11 and the GWOT were used as an excuse to take us into that war. They definitely “shaded the truth” to get the war that they wanted.
The Spanish American War was yet another contrived war as was the Mexican War and the Vietnam War. When one looks at the Korean War, it is a war into which we either secretly goaded North Korea or into which Truman simply blundered like a blind fool.
American spheres of influence were stated loudly to the World. South Korea lay JUUUUUUUSSSSSST outside of the line. Leading NK, China and the USSR to believe that we’d stand by and do nothing.
From the internet:
In June 1950, after Secretary of State Dean Acheson declared Korea to be outside of America’s sphere of influence, the North Koreans invaded South Korea and attempted to reunify the country under communist rule. President Truman immediately declared Korea a “global police action” and attempted to drive the North Koreans out of South Korea. In fact, the United States secret larger goal in the Korean war was to defeat North Korean communism and create a unified Korea under American domination and control. Korea was supposed to be the first major effort to rollback global communism. However, communist China, feeling threatened that aggressive American actions against North Korea would be followed by American attempts to undermine Chinese communism, entered the Korean war against the United States and its South Korean ally. The Korea war quickly proved to be a deadly stalemate between the United States and communist China. Only in 1953, after President Eisenhower secretly threatened to drop atomic bombs on China, did the Chinese agree to an end to the war, leaving North and South Korea divided just as they were at the beginning of the war.
The Korean war, as many American leader later said, seem to justify America’s global crusade against Soviet communism. It convinced many Americans of the truth of the United States governments warning that the Soviet were plotting to take over the world and impose communist domination over the free world. The Korean war would further justify American creation of the “nuclear umbrella” to shield the free world from Soviet expansion. As described by Secretary of State Dean Acheson in 1949, the nuclear umbrella was the American threat to wage nuclear war against the Soviet Union if the communists threatened any country in the free world. An attack on any member of the free world, thus, would be treated as an attack against the United States, which would lead America to wage nuclear war against the aggressor.
Also, Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman: mission and power in American foreign policy By Anne Rice Pierce PG 248 (Google Books)
As well as the following:
After World War II, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. divided Korea into spheres of influence—the Soviets backed Communist-ruled North Korea and the U.S. backed the South Korean dictatorship. Both Koreas had threatened to invade the other. When U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson declared that South Korea was no longer part of the U.S. defense perimeter in Asia, the North invaded the South.
Do I think that a US President and/or the US Political and Military Leadership are capable of allowing an attack or incident to happen so as to lead us into war? Definitely. It’s been done several times.
REMEMBER THE ALAMO!
REMEMBER THE MAINE!
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!
9-11! NEVER AGAIN!
THE LUSITAINE!
FORT SUMTER! (As Lincoln stated; “The North must not be seen as the aggressor.)
The Tonkin Gulf Incident
Leaving the Koreas outside of our “sphere of influence.”
What did Madame Ambassador say to Saddam Hussein when he asked how the US would view aggression against Kuwait?
Known faulty intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq in ’03.
The War of 1812 and lust for Canada.
Hawaii, the US Marines and Dole Fruit
Gautamala and United Fruit
Nicaragua/Panama ~ We needed a Canal passage.
Pinochet ~ Nixon and Henry Kissinger
Nixon, Cambodia and Laos
Like this:
LikeBe the first to like this post. ▶ One Response - Sam Kegley's
Response to my good American friend in Afghanistan
Dave Kaelin aka Dawood Kahn is my good friend in Afghanistan. He is a civilian for the US Army and is teaching Afghanistans ways of maintaining civil law. He has called himsel a "Blue Heretic" as a fellow Kentucky fan. A heretic would proclaim no one religious belief and might search among the many. I believe he still has awe for our Almighty God, in spite of his own strong opinions which he might declare otherwise. His recent piece in his blog led me to this response ansd I will present it afterwards for any of my readers perspective who care to read:
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Cannot disagree with you more, good friend!
The progressives or leftists have been goading America toward dictatorship/socialism throughout the twentieth century and into this twenty-first century. Yours is a distorted presentation in this instance.
The world has not known a successful endeavor such as the American Republic before. But it has been written that no democracy succeeds more than a couple of hundred years. When the politicians discover that they can keep shoving dollars into their pockets here and there without full public scrutiny, you bet the selfish such will. As such this country is thought to be ripe for picking by the islamic terrorists, or at least they think so. Our supposed representatives are representing themselves to the extent that the American citizen has been forgotten. These are rich Cats. Now George Soros and his ilk, of which I hope my good friend Dawood Kahn doesn’t become a lackey, would like to destroy capitalism.
Most of this nation believes in a higher being, but not one who encourages “killing the infidels”. In fact even our liberal media polings show that eighty-six per cent of our citizens are God believers. The ACLU and strong mafia-connected union leaders (selfish power seekers) sought more and more for themselves and have not a thing to make us proud.
Come on Dave! You have a rich history of life in seeing how the Middle East operates. Is it a haven for anything?
Leading leftist reps all agreed that Hussein had WMD and supported the Iraqui invasion until they made it Bush’s war.
This United States of America has many faults. Roosevelt did not care for the checks and balances of the American government and he wanted to stack the supreme court with more numbers, kind of like gerry-mandering a branch with appointees he could control.
I was just a kid during WW II. I, my family and friends considered him a hero because he was so excellent a fireside orator. I do credit him with being a war leader along with Winston Churchill in keeping our families from learning the goose-step or working rice for the Japanese Emperor.
Hitler thought his Germany, with all of its genious and his own misguided control could take the whole world. The Japanese thought they could put a lot of rice paddies between the Pacific and the Mississippi River and we were looking weak militarily. I was a witness to great strides of patriotism for this country. Factories converted quickly to war goods from civilian goods to help our troops. Moms went to work to replace the soldiers who left the factories. We had a united and greater cause and we quickly debveloped superior fighting forces with the English and other allies who undrstood the causes.
Dave, I am a Tea Party guy, as in the Boston Harbor when the British were overtaxing and otherwise attempting to make us part of their empire, Americans said no! The Revolutionary War led to our independence and we exceeded even the economic imperialism of Britain.
You and I know too many hard working and loyal citizens of this country who will literally fight to defend the good that is here. You are far too mentally sharp to be duped.
Please don’t give me that speil. I have never bought into your claim of being a heretic and I certainly do not believe in the current group of progressives who would let us become a dictatorship under thes current “orator only”. He moves his mouth smoothly but doesn’t say a thing of value except to his leftist ilk, which is hardly good American creed. America is far from perfect, but it is still worhty of fitting Ronald Reagan’s “Ctiy on a Hill” description.
God, please bless my good friend, Dave Kaelin.
Sam Kegley … aka SamKat
Reply
SamKat
29 October 2011 at 12pm
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Cannot disagree with you more, good friend!
The progressives or leftists have been goading America toward dictatorship/socialism throughout the twentieth century and into this twenty-first century. Yours is a distorted presentation in this instance.
The world has not known a successful endeavor such as the American Republic before. But it has been written that no democracy succeeds more than a couple of hundred years. When the politicians discover that they can keep shoving dollars into their pockets here and there without full public scrutiny, you bet the selfish such will. As such this country is thought to be ripe for picking by the islamic terrorists, or at least they think so. Our supposed representatives are representing themselves to the extent that the American citizen has been forgotten. These are rich Cats. Now George Soros and his ilk, of which I hope my good friend Dawood Kahn doesn’t become a lackey, would like to destroy capitalism.
Most of this nation believes in a higher being, but not one who encourages “killing the infidels”. In fact even our liberal media polings show that eighty-six per cent of our citizens are God believers. The ACLU and strong mafia-connected union leaders (selfish power seekers) sought more and more for themselves and have not a thing to make us proud.
Come on Dave! You have a rich history of life in seeing how the Middle East operates. Is it a haven for anything?
Leading leftist reps all agreed that Hussein had WMD and supported the Iraqui invasion until they made it Bush’s war.
This United States of America has many faults. Roosevelt did not care for the checks and balances of the American government and he wanted to stack the supreme court with more numbers, kind of like gerry-mandering a branch with appointees he could control.
I was just a kid during WW II. I, my family and friends considered him a hero because he was so excellent a fireside orator. I do credit him with being a war leader along with Winston Churchill in keeping our families from learning the goose-step or working rice for the Japanese Emperor.
Hitler thought his Germany, with all of its genious and his own misguided control could take the whole world. The Japanese thought they could put a lot of rice paddies between the Pacific and the Mississippi River and we were looking weak militarily. I was a witness to great strides of patriotism for this country. Factories converted quickly to war goods from civilian goods to help our troops. Moms went to work to replace the soldiers who left the factories. We had a united and greater cause and we quickly debveloped superior fighting forces with the English and other allies who undrstood the causes.
Dave, I am a Tea Party guy, as in the Boston Harbor when the British were overtaxing and otherwise attempting to make us part of their empire, Americans said no! The Revolutionary War led to our independence and we exceeded even the economic imperialism of Britain.
You and I know too many hard working and loyal citizens of this country who will literally fight to defend the good that is here. You are far too mentally sharp to be duped.
Please don’t give me that speil. I have never bought into your claim of being a heretic and I certainly do not believe in the current group of progressives who would let us become a dictatorship under thes current “orator only”. He moves his mouth smoothly but doesn’t say a thing of value except to his leftist ilk, which is hardly good American creed. America is far from perfect, but it is still worhty of fitting Ronald Reagan’s “Ctiy on a Hill” description.
God, please bless my good friend, Dave Kaelin.
Sam Kegley … aka SamKat
Reply
SamKat
29 October 2011 at 12pm
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