{"id":12005,"date":"2014-01-17T07:44:39","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T13:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=12005"},"modified":"2014-01-17T07:44:39","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T13:44:39","slug":"the-two-nincompoops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/the-two-nincompoops\/","title":{"rendered":"The two nincompoops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By TED ROBERTS, the <em>SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Ted_Roberts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6836 lazyload\" title=\"Ted_Roberts\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Ted_Roberts-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6836\" title=\"Ted_Roberts\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Ted_Roberts-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>Sometimes courtesy must be discarded for efficacy of expression. Pardon my crudity, but John Kerry is an intellectual nincompoop. No, this is not an aphorism of Oscar Wilde\u2019s, but of the vast majority of American Jews or anyone at the 6th grade reading level who bothers to read the newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing subtle here. Iranian intentions and warlike behavior are well known. For example it is a fact, not an accusation, that missile components are periodically smuggled into Syria and Lebanon to be used in the next Arab-Israeli shoot-off. Meanwhile, centrifuges spin and a nuclear Iran appears clearer and clearer on the horizon while our nincompoop Secretary of State continues his waltz of appeasement.<\/p>\n<p>He dances, compromises, and pleads and incentivizes, even though we possess the overwhelming power to eliminate these Iranian thugs. The world continues to confuse psychopathic killers with politicians. All of recent history, beginning with Hitler and ending with North Korea, reveals the fallacious concept that underlies American diplomatic philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>Our nincompoop is courting an international mafia that wants Christian and Jewish blood, not just their wallets. And he continues his waltz and delicate dialogue to the tune of politics. Who\u2019ll he offend? How will it read in the New York Times? What about the democratic primaries?<\/p>\n<p>He may even consult with his sister-in-law who\u2019s president of the bridge club. He doesn\u2019t understand that he has stumbled through the portals of a Grave New World. May the lord G-d of Hosts, who swings his terrible swift sword above the galaxies, protect us.<\/p>\n<p>The nincompoop can\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Munich multiplied by ten. He makes Chamberlain look like Samson. I\u2019d like to hear some jet engines warming up in the background.<\/p>\n<p>The only consolation is nincompoop number two \u2013 the one called Putin. He\u2019s no wiser than number one. It&#8217;s Putin, who stonewalls tough sanctions &#8211; nay dribbles weapons to Iran &#8211;\u00a0 a Muslim nation, with strong ties to every terrorist group that\u2019s featured on Russian post office walls.<\/p>\n<p>Dumb? I guess so, since 23 million Muslims ring Russia and have fought for independence for 150 years with bows and arrows and spears. Would they like a nuke and could they borrow one from their Shiite Iranian neighbors?<\/p>\n<p>And yet Putin, the master diplomatist, supports Iran. Putin! You\u2019d think those years in the cellars of the KGB would yield some insight into devilitry. How smart is he? An axiom of nature, I like to believe, is that when G-d makes men evil he also makes them dumb. Who\u2019s dumber? 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