Opinion

The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba was lost because freedom-loving Cubans were sent into battle with the promise of air support, which our country decided at the last minute not to provide. The result was catastrophic. As a result, decades later we are still trying to pick up the pieces in dealing with Cuba (which we lost as a result of military incompetence). United States air power is the single most important element in our international policy. We just lost another country (Afghanistan) because of withholding such power.

A growing number of school districts, counties and cities have defied Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order banning mask mandates, as COVID-19 cases continue to spike due to the delta variant and a low rate of vaccination among Texans.

Some things never change. Sad to say. Twenty years ago, I was butting heads with the same people I’m butting heads with now. Twenty years ago, they were in favor of invading Afghanistan (2001) and then Iraq (2003). Stupid. Now, they’re opposed to the COVID vaccines, facemasks, and the right of public school districts to mandate masks this upcoming school term. More stupid. Only difference is, they’re 20 years older, and now they have kids who parrot their idiocy. The demented gene pool lives on while poor people in Afghanistan are dying, much like the Vietnamese did when we abandoned them in 1973.