The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

What's the answer to destroying ISIS? According to the National Fraternal Order of Police, armed off-duty cops at football games. Here is a portion of the letter the police union sent to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell earlier this month regarding the matter: "The terrorist attacks and threats of attacks from organizations like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are selecting targets based on the amount of death and injury they can inflict - mass murder and casualty events. Well-attended venues and areas are being deliberately targeted by the radical killers who do not intend or expect to survive the assault. Law enforcement, even when working actively with highly trained and skilled security professionals, cannot be certain that all threats will be detected and neutralized." Lovely, because more guns solves everything, right? More guns equals less gun violence; more bullets fired equals less killed by fired bullets; more guns at football games equals less...

While I can understand President Obama not wanting to be seen as a war president or a hypocrite, he and his administration's we're-not-putting-boots-on-the-ground-in-Syria dance has become quite the spectacle, and the longer they keep up the dance number, the more facepalm-worthy it's going to be. This past Friday, the White House announced they'd be sending less than 50 Special Operation forces to Syria to help combat ISIL (the artist formerly known as ISIS), yes, on the ground, and perhaps wearing boots. This came after the president had long stated we weren't going to put boots on the ground in Syria. Like I said, I can understand how the president doesn't want to be seen as a warmonger or a hypocrite, but instead of doing this crazy dance which will likely make at least one person in his administration fall flat on their face, why not just be honest and say, "I know I had said we weren't going to put boots on the ground in Syria, but unfortunate...