So now you have a group, Isis, that is too extreme for al Qaeda, taking city after city as the Iraqi military are throwing their guns down and surrendering. Most of this is because these towns are made up of mostly Sunnis which means no one is willing to fight for or lay down their lives for the current Shias government, which has made it clear, they don’t care about the Sunnis.
So America and the Western World are caught in a dilemma, do they send troops back in, do they strike from the air, or do they do nothing?
They have to do something. And it will probably be striking by air. But who and where do they strike?
Well maybe one of the strikes should be the capital to get those fools out who have gone against U.S. wishes by not including the Sunnis and all other opposing groups in the government and most of all not treating them as equals. But in all honesty, they don’t know who to strike because they don’t really know where the Isis is. They blend into the countryside and cities they invade very well. It’s not like war in the old days when there was one group of soldiers facing off against another group. There are no front theses days, other than the vast majority of the fighting that is happening the Middle East.
My solution remains the same. Go door to door in this country and others and give the residents weapons to defend themselves, and then allow them to make the decisions as to what is in their best interest. The reason terrorists can so easily take over a city, town, or area is the same reason thugs, and hoodlums are able to take over Black communities. They have guns and the residents don’t.
We have far too many problems in this country to get caught up in another senseless war where hundreds will die or be crippled, and even more mentally jacked up and for what? Definitely not for Democracy, because there is none in Iraq or the Middle East.
Farewell to Coach Chuck Noll
Chuck Noll is not only the man who turned the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise around from a bumbling losing organization to the winningest team in the NFL with four Super Bowl rings. How did they win? Not enough credit is given to Noll for the Steelers transitioning from an almost lily White team to a predominately Black team on the playing field. Yes Bill Nunn Jr. and the Steelers front office selected the talent, but it was Noll who had to have been open to all these Black players coming into the locker room. He most likely had final say.
He could have fought it, but I strongly believe that when he accepted the job of head coach that he knew which direction the Steelers were headed for the future and helped lead by example. He didn’t do a lot of talking but his actions spoke louder than words. Remember not only did he field a team that got darker as the years passed, he was the man who made a young Tony Dungy the youngest assistant coach in the league and later one of the youngest defensive coordinators in the NFL, as well as one of the first Blacks. There have been many Black coaches come from this decision, which includes Mike Tomlin.
Coach Chuck Noll will be missed.
(Ulish Carter is the managing editor of the New Pittsburgh Courier.)
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