I have a question that goes way beyond the scope of this topic and goes to strategy and mentality. If Putin, Russia, and Tehran can take bold moves and freeze us, why are we not thinking of making bold moves that can put them in a bind? I don’t have any answers to my own question, because I don’t have the information that would suggest what a good gamble and bold move would be.

It seems for a very long time, well before 9/11, we have been stuck in a reactive mode to what those evil nations are doing. They seem to have a long range plan. Putin IS a better chess player than Bush. The Mullahs getting help with their nuclear weapons’ program and Putin also putting together this plan for Central Asian dominance and his moves to solidify his ownership of Europe.

Why aren’t we bold and why are we not doing something that THEY have to react to? In making your enemy react you make them prone to mistakes and being boxed in to a corner. Why in the hell are we not up the curve on that?