"I thought when we elected a black president, we were going to get a black president. You know, this [BP oil spill] is where I want a real black president. I want him in a meeting with the BP CEOs, you know, where he lifts up his shirt where you can see the gun in his pants. That's -- (in black man voice) we've got a 'motherfu**ing problem here?' Shoot somebody in the foot."
- Bill Maher - more of "The Left Just Can't Leave Race Alone" drama (courtesy of current.com) 05/29/2010
Ten of 17 Afghan military deserters who walked away from a training program on a U.S. Air Force base in Texas remain at large, sources close to the situation told Fox News on Friday, and seven of the men have been accounted for. The 17 deserters went AWOL from Lackland Air Force Base, where foreign military officers who are training to become pilots are taught English, according to a “Be-on-the-Lookout” BOLO bulletin issued on Wednesda
The Obama administration has failed to keep congressional intelligence officials in the loop on the investigation into the botched Times Square bombing, as required by law, the top Democrat and Republican on the Senate intelligence committee charged in a letter this week.
“Having to fight over access to counterterrorism information is not productive and ultimately makes us less secure,” wrote Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein and Vice Chairman Christopher S. “Kit” Bond in a letter to President Obama on Thursday.
During questioning before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, a visibly nervous Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. tried valiantly not to utter the expression “radical Islam.” The twisting began when Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, asked whether the men behind three recent terrorist incidents – the Fort Hood massacre, the Christmas Day bombing attempt and the Time Square bombing attempt – “might have been incited to take the actions that they did because of radical Islam.”
Mr. Holder said there are a “variety of reasons” why people commit terror attacks. That can be true, but in these cases there was one reason: radical Islam. The attorney general said you have to look at each case individually. That’s fine, but when that is done, one comes face to face with radical Islam every time. He said that of the variety of reasons people might commit terror, “some of them are potentially religious.” Yes, like radical Islam. When pressed, what Mr. Holder would finally allow is, “I certainly think that it’s possible that people who espouse a radical version of Islam have had an ability to have an impact on people like [Times Square bomber Faisal] Shahzad.”
The media’s reaction to the Faisal Shahzad story was quite telling. It began with many clamoring for the idea that the would-be bomber had to be a rightwing nutjob. It ended with many drawing a curiously sympathetic picture of an enemy of everything we believe in.As the narrative went, Shahzad fell on tough times due to the recession and grew ever more insular. So he picked up the Koran and devoted himself to Islam, and then up and left for Pakistan to train with al-Qaeda. Surely this is the natural reaction to being short the month’s mortgage payment. I find it more plausible that it was the plight of the New York Mets that drove him to attempt to blow up a car bomb in Times Square.
Isn’t it great watching the Attorney General squirm in his seat as he dances around the words “Radical Islam” as if was trying out for next years Dancing with the Stars?
Somehow I have my doubt that if any or all of these kooky Islamist attacks where in fact done by 40-something white males he would refrain from using words like “right wing extremist” or “Tea Baggers”.
This in my opinion shows just how cowardly the current administration is and leaves little doubt why our enemy, Radical Islam, has attacked us three times in the past six months. Not to mention the fact that this cowardice must surely embolden Radical Islam.
Luck and ineptness by the Islamists saved us from two of the three attacks. One must wonder how long that luck will last. And maybe just maybe the current administration needs to step up to the plate and handle this mess.
Thanks Mr. Holder for showing just how gutless and ineffective this administration is – you do us all a service.
Wouldn’t it be grand if the Obama administration cared more about policing our borders than about policing our refrigerators? How about fixing our deportation system instead of fixing our junk-food diets?First Lady Michelle Obama argued this week that obesity is a “national security” issue. But her husband allows far greater threats to go unabated. The FBI’s arrests of two Boston-area men tied to the Times Square bombing attempt — both held on immigration violations — underscore the continuing homeland security lapses.
When I first heard of the possibility of a medal for “courageous restraint”, I wondered when I would get mine. God only knows how many times I had to restrain myself from telling off that one “Joe” who always stood in front of me at the PX or the chow hall.
Anyone who has served knows the guy. The guy who tells the unbelievable war stories. The ones that start out with ” It was me, my .50 cal, and a couple hundred rounds”. The guy who never shuts up and makes an already long and excruciating wait even more so. Anyone deserves a medal for sitting through that and either not calling B/S or not decking the blowhard.
Sadly the medal is in fact not for that. Instead there has been discussions in the military circle about awarding the aforementioned medal for “holding fire to save civilian lives”.
First off, do the leaders of the military honestly feel as if our troops are a blood thirsty lot hell bent on killing and maiming civilians at the drop of a hat. Seriously, we are not the bad guys. I am sure most if not all civilian casualties taken are caused by some crazy Islamist hanging out in a crowd of “innocents”. I’ll also state that most troops would rather not engage said kook while these civilians are present. But given the circumstances and the enemy we are fighting our troops have very little choice but to sometimes fight in crowds.
Next don’t those proposing this understand that the ROE as it stands is stifling enough. Now they want to reward soldiers for “holding fire to save civilian lives”. I as many would say limiting collateral damage is important for the mission. But the idea of rewarding combat troops in such a way seems a bit off. This award seems more fitting for a police or peace keeping force. Not a force designed for war.
Finally, I agree 100% with this Veterans of Foreign Wars Spokesman when he states:
A spokesman for the 2.2 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars, the nation’s largest group of combat veterans, thinks the award would cause confusion among the ranks and send a bad signal.
“The self-protections built into the rules of engagement are clear, and the decision to return fire must be made instantly based on training and the threat,” said Joe Davis, a spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. “The enemy already hides among noncombatants, and targets them, too. The creation of such an award will only embolden their actions and put more American and noncombatant lives in jeopardy. Let’s not rush to create something that no one wants to present posthumously.”
I wonder how many leaders are prepared to give this award posthumously?
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During questioning before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, a visibly nervous Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. tried valiantly not to utter the expression “radical Islam.” The twisting began when Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, asked whether the men behind three recent terrorist incidents – the Fort Hood massacre, the Christmas Day bombing attempt and the Time Square bombing attempt – “might have been incited to take the actions that they did because of radical Islam.”
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