Goldilocks, the Moebus War and flush toilets

Submitted by Michael S (United States), Feb 12, 2015 at 06:02

"Goldilocks" indeed. That imagery comes from a children's fiction. It's interesting that, in trying to explain difficult-to-understand phenomena, our revered academicians fall back on such things. They could have just as easily called this a "God" universe, in which everything seems to be the work of an all-wise creator; but they do not do this. Golly, I wonder why ;-)

In passing, while we're on the subject of scientific puzzles, have you noticed that US President Obama has just formally asked Congress for authorization to start the Moebus War? I just coined that name, referring to the Moebus strip, an object that has only one side: If you were to begin drawing a line one one apparent "side" of the strip, and continue along the strip, you would find yourself drawing on the opposite "side". So it is, that Mr. Obama, who just 17 months ago was trying to get Congress's permission to attack our "enemy" Bashar al-Assad of Syria, now is asking that same body for permission to attack HIS enemy, Da'esh ("ISIL").

Let me see if I can come up with an alignment of nations:

SIDE ONE (The White Hats, Led by Uncle Sam):

1. The United States
2. The Kurds, especially the YPG and YPJ of Syria
3. Bashar al-Assad, who would like to coordinate air strikes with the Yanks because we are both going after the same targets
4. Iran, whose Revolutionary Guards are the mainstay of the Iraqi army against ISIL
5. the Iraqi Army
6. China and Russia, who support Iran
7. Libya Dawn (the Tripoli faction), which is fighting the Tobruk faction
8. the Muslim Brotherhood, which opposes Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and supports Libya Dawn
9. Gaza (armed and allied with Iran)
10. Turkey (chief ally of the Muslim Brotherhood)
11. the Houthis of Yemen, considered to be pawns of Iran

SIDE TWO (The Black Hats, Led by Calif Baghdadi):

1. ISIL (The Islamic State)
2. Turkey (sworn enemies of the YPG and YPJ)
3. Saudi Arabia and allies, sworn enemies of the Iranians
4. Egypt, a dependency of Saudi Arabia, at war with Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood
5. Libia (the Tobruk faction), ditto
6. Israel (at war with Gaza and Hamas)
7. Al Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula, at war with the Houthis

I'd better quit there -- this is like a sudoku puzzle that has gone terribly wrong. I already have Turkey on both "sides", so this whole lineup is turning into a mess.

It was bad enough, when Obama was just getting involved with lip service and limp-handed action. Now he wants Americans to sent their children and parents to fight and die for the Moebus cause, and he seems to have bipartisan backing in Congress!

I wonder if Guadalcanal will be a safe haven from this madness. Do they have flush toilets there yet?

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