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Point Blank
Save the SEALs
You’re for the SEALs, or you’re for the terrorists
Rep. Dan Burton, Indiana Republican, and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican, yesterday renewed a call for charges to be dropped against three Navy SEALs charged with the unspeakable crime of roughing up a terrorist.
The charges grew from circumstances surrounding the capture of Ahmed Hashim Abed, a terrorist mastermind who organized the killing, burning and mutilating of four American contractors in Fallujah, Iraq, in March 2004. Insurgents strung up the blackened remains on a box-girder bridge over the Euphrates River, a grisly event that made global headlines. Abed was brought in by the SEALs in September 2009.
Abed told Iraqi authorities that Special Operations Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew McCabe punched him in the gut. That sailor is charged with unlawfully striking Abed “in the midsection with his fist” and with lying to a Naval Criminal Investigative Service officer about the incident. Petty Officers Julio Huertas and Jonathan Keefe are charged with impeding the investigation and dereliction of duty in failing to safeguard a detainee. Trials for these two sailors are set to begin in Iraq in April, and Petty Officer 2nd Class McCabe will be tried in Norfolk in May.
The piece of crap is a terrorist. He murders. No evidence to support his claims of being ‘roughed up’. Yet some government official has that balls to CHARGE the heroes that brought him in?
Black Water Contractors
Warning! It gets graphic from here!
A Nation Unafraid
Israel WILL Strike Iran ALONE — If It Must!
“NEVER AGAIN!”
by J. D. Longstreet
I have seen the “talking heads” on TV and I have read the reports by liberal, progressive, reporters and commentators in the US and from around the world assuring their readers and viewers that Israel will not attack Iran without the United States.
There is only one thing wrong with that view. It is ALL WRONG.
Unfortunately, they are judging Israel as if Israel was one of their countries or even the US. There is a HUGE difference between the country of Israel and the European countries and even the US (under its current leadership). That difference? Israel has GUTS!
One Cockroach At A Time
Assassination works; keep it up
Killing terrorists is a necessary undertaking
Washington Times
Israel is facing uncomfortable questions regarding senior Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was found dead in a Dubai hotel room on Jan. 20. Dubai police say al-Mabhouh was assassinated, but in his chosen profession, his fate really was the result of workplace-related injuries.
Heh. I like that. “Workplace related injuries.”
Definition: as·sas·sin (? sas??n) noun
1. a member of a secret terrorist sect of Muslims of the 11th-13th cent., who killed their political enemies as a religious duty, allegedly while under the influence of hashish
2. a murderer who strikes suddenly and by surprise: now generally used of the killer of a politically important or prominent person
Plus, a little history on the word and it’s origins here.
There certainly is no reason to mourn al-Mabhouh, a longtime terrorist with a track record including arms smuggling, kidnapping and murder. Most recently, he was suspected of being a primary link between Hamas and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, both of which the United States identifies as terrorist organizations. Al-Mabhouh had survived several assassination attempts, but this time his luck ran out. Fortunes of war.
As a Christian, should I morn the loss of a murderer? Actually, I am instructed, basically, to morn the loss of his soul, because I’ve no doubt, there is much innocent blood, shed by his hand, crying out for justice. And justice is exactly what he will receive. He was sent to his maker, who IMHO, is not the same as his Creator.
The open season on terrorists is not limited to Israel. Russia has ruthlessly and effectively hunted Chechen terrorist leaders at home and abroad, such as killing rebel leader Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev in Doha, Qatar, in February 2004. In 2008, Colombia sent a team into neighboring Ecuador that took out Raul Reyes, deputy commander of the anti-government FARC guerrillas.
Terrorists are murderers. Without compunction, they slaughter innocent men, women, and children. These actions are not limited to Muslims, but they sure are at the top of the list.
The United States is the global leader in what is euphemistically called “targeted killing.” Manned and unmanned aircraft have rained death on terrorists in (at least) Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen. In his Valentine’s Day interview on “Meet the Press,” Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. bragged that the Obama administration is pursuing terrorists “with a vigor like it’s never been seen before. We’ve eliminated 12 of their top 20 people. We have taken out 100 of their associates. . . We’ve sent them underground. They are, in fact, not able to do anything remotely like they were in the past. They are on the run.”
If, on the other hand, we had been allowed to take them out, one by one, many innocent lives could have been saved. Not to mention the numerical cost. One bullet, a really good sniper….BAM! Problem solved!
Some argue that it is useless to target terrorist leaders because there is always another waiting in the wings. Experience, however, has demonstrated that there are substantial benefits in taking out leaders. It disrupts networks, hampers operations and may deter others considering careers as violent extremists. The effects can be dramatic. When Abu Musab Zarqawi was liquidated by an air strike in June 2006, it was the beginning of the end for al Qaeda in Iraq.
Useless? That’s about the dumbest thing I’ve heard, and there have been a LOT of really stupid statements made in recent years. You want to kill the cockroaches. Do you squash one, in hopes it will make the rest of them go away? No, you keep squashing them, until each and every one of them are nothing more than a messy spot to be wiped up with a paper towel. In the meantime, you do NOT stomp on your pet’s head while taking out the roaches! Take out the head, every time it pops up, no matter where it is! You set off a bug bomb in your house, are you going to leave your critters in there? Of course not! Same with this scum. Don’t kill the innocent. Slaughter the evil!
Whoever was behind al-Mabhouh’s killing may draw some lessons about tradecraft and covering their tracks more effectively. But they successfully eliminated an important terrorist and threat to peace, and for that they deserve thanks.
Ditto! One cockroach at a time!
The Great Prognosticator
Joestradamus: Biden Predicts Large-Scale Terror Attack on U.S. ‘Unlikely’
Vice President Joe Biden made his latest eyebrow-furrowing prediction Wednesday night, declaring confidently that another Sept. 11-size terror attack is “unlikely” in the U.S., despite signs that Al Qaeda and and other terrorist groups are actively planning more attacks.
Top intelligence officials told congressional lawmakers early this month that the terror network can be expected to try another attack in the next three to six months. But Biden, interviewed on CNN, downplayed the risk.
“Look, let me put it this way. The idea of there being a massive attack in the United States like 9/11 is unlikely, in my view,” the vice president said.
And if I’m not mistaken, there weren’t too many folks who could ever have conceived what happened on September 11, 2001, that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. It’s amazing that anyone ever lets this guy even open his mouth, much less speak!
But Biden may have a long way to go before he can call himself a true Joestradamus.
He admitted in an interview last July that the administration had been way off in its estimates of how the stimulus package would affect the unemployment rate, having “misread how bad the economy was.”
Personal opinion, if Biden says it, consider the opposite to be more accurate.
Now the veep is making economic predictions again, saying late last month that the U.S. should start to see a net increase in job creation on a monthly basis, starting in the spring.
From what I heard of the ‘predictions’ on the radio this afternoon, I don’t think 95,000 jobs are going to take care of the 125,000 needed.
Biden on Wednesday did not rule out the possibility of a terror attack in the U.S. — he said a future terror attack might take an unfamiliar form.
Well, considering that “profiling” is a no no, and many are coming into this country, who do NOT want to assimilate, and Iran is working real hard to get nukes, well, yeah….it might be a different form. But like I said many times in the past, if we can’t profile, isn’t that an open door for the possibility? Remember the Crotch Bomber? If that plane had come down on Detroit, many more than those on board could have died.
Dear Mr Biden:
Demanding to Survive
Israeli Warships en Route to The Persian Gulf?
Will Nuclear Weapons Be Used Against Iran?
by J. D. Longstreet
Just a snippet:
Obama’s lack of support for Israel is another mistake, a HUGE mistake on his part. The American people, generally speaking, support Israel. We tend to always pull for the underdog, especially if that underdog is a democracy. Remember, the US was the first nation to recognize the State of Israel as a new state. We have supported Israel, to one degree or another, ever since — right up until Obama.
We would suggest the Obama Regime get real — and get real fast — because there is another player in all this – Russia. Russia will almost certainly be involved in any fight between Israel and Iran. They will be in the fray on the side of Iran. Russia has a very real interest in Iran as a countermeasure to what they see as U.S. Mideast dominance.
No matter how one interprets the latest news about the Israeli Missile Boat maneuvers, one thing is certain: Israel is preparing to strike Iran and destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities. That is a given. It is also a given that no matter what Obama thinks about Israel, the US WILL be involved in the fight against Iran and Russia.
Read the whole post here.
If you have been paying close attention, you’ll know that little weasel in the leisure suit has been making big noises about destroying Israel, and pushing the rest of the world to the brink so he can pave the way for the mahdi. My understanding is that this guy, whoever, or whatever he might be, is the equivalent to the Christians anti-Christ. We don’t much cotton to the idea of bowing 5 times to Mecca, or having our heads whacked off if we don’t fall in line with the Muslim idea of governance.
While Israel may not see these moves by Iran in the same way Christians do, they are quite well aware that the weasel is dead serious about Israel being ‘eliminated from the pages of history.’ There’s some controversy over this statement, but to me, he IS pretty much saying ‘wiped off the map‘. Either way, he isn’t fond of Israel, or Jews, and has stated so on numerous occasions.
If Obama, and his cronies up there in D.C., don’t snap out of their stupor, we’re going to end up in a real ‘War to End All Wars”! Instead of running around the world apologizing to everyone, he should now be apologizing to Israel, for his lack of support against those who would see her destroyed. Contrary to what he would like to believe, not everyone thinks he’s some brilliant negotiator. He’s make the U.S. look weak to her enemies, and they are many. Russia is not our friend. China is not our friend. Muslim dominated countries are not our friends. Israel IS!
Amateur Hour
Is USA Today Serving the Goals of Al-Qaeda?
The Foundry
Yesterday, USA Today ran an editorial on the Obama administration’s handling of terrorism, writing: “Officials’ handling of Christmas Day attack looks like amateur hour.” Graciously given the space to respond to this charge, Obama administration Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan replied: “Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda.”
Got that? The Obama administration considers any criticism of its national security policies, even from as benign a source as USA Today, as serving “the goals of al-Qaeda.” And the problems with Brennan’s letter don’t end there:
Not Gonna Go Away
Force Captures Taliban Leader, Seizes Weapons
A combined Afghan and international security force captured a Taliban leader and seized multiple weapons in Afghanistan yesterday, military officials reported.
The force searched a series of compounds around the village of Saleh Kheyl in Ghazni province’s Jaghatu district after intelligence confirmed militant activity there. The force captured a Taliban sub-commander and another insurgent responsible for conducting homemade-bomb attacks and ambushes against Afghan and international troops. The force also found multiple weapons.
Now, I don’t know about you, but I get the impression that the Taliban is chuckling at Karzai after he asked them to give up murdering innocent people. And if memory serves, he was also offering them a seat at the governing table. Wonder how well that’s gonna work out for him?
The Dotless
Obama won’t connect terror dots
When a man is apprehended with a cache of weapons, body armor, a map of a military installation and jihadist personal effects, the natural response of most Americans is to assume the situation is terrorist-related. The Obama administration says otherwise.
Lloyd R. Woodson was arrested Jan. 25 in rural New Jersey. He had been observed behaving strangely, wearing military-style fatigues and a bulletproof vest. He had a weapon modified to fire .50-caliber rounds from beneath his jacket. He had a hotel room full of weapons and ammunition. Despite all these warning signs, the immediate response from the government was that this was “not a terrorism thing.”
Bureaucratic lack of concern raises a critical question: If this is not the behavior of a terrorist, what is?
Let’s see. The murder at the Arkansas recruiting center wasn’t terrorism. The murders at Ft. Hood wasn’t terrorism. The attempted murder of 300 people by the Crotch Bomber on a plane Christmas Day wasn’t terrorism. But returning vets and pro-life advocates are ‘potential terrorists? Perhaps someone should give the Obama administration one of those ‘connect the dot’ coloring books, and let them practice CONNECTING THE FREAKIN’ DOTS!
Dead As a Doornail
Saddam’s Notorious Cousin, ‘Chemical Ali,’ Executed
Saddam Hussein’s notorious cousin “Chemical Ali” was executed Monday, Iraq’s government spokesman said.
Hassan al-Majid was convicted Sunday, Jan. 17, of crimes against humanity, receiving a death sentence for his involvement in a poison gas attack on Halabja — one of several hanging over him.
Families of victims in court cheered when the judge handed down the guilty verdict against Ali Hassan al-Majid in a trial for one of the worst poisonous gas attacks against civilians.
He had received three previous death sentences for atrocities committed during Saddam’s rule, particularly in the government’s campaigns against the Shiites and Kurds in the 1980s and 1990s.
Perhaps I’m just a sick, demented, human being, but wouldn’t it be nice if he could have been hung for each death sentence. I know many don’t believe this was a necessary war, but at least it gave the Iraqis the chance to bring justice for the murder of so many of their fellow countrymen.
LARGE Pile
Christmas Day Terror Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
A Nigerian man pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he tried to blow up a packed U.S. Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab said little during a federal court hearing that lasted less than five minutes. The 23-year-old, who wore a white T-shirt, tennis shoes and light olive pants, said “yes” in English when asked if understood the charges against him.
Authorities say Abdulmutallab was traveling from Amsterdam when he tried to destroy the Northwest Airlines plane carrying nearly 300 people by injecting chemicals into a package of explosives concealed in his underwear. The failed attack caused popping sounds and flames that passengers and crew rushed to extinguish.
A grand jury indicted Abdulmutallab on six charges earlier this week. The most severe carries up to life in prison — the attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.
When I heard about this earlier, I was so angry, I was close to spitting nails. “Not guilty”??? Really??? Sorry, I don’t think this piece of al-Qaeda crap should be breathing, much less pleading to ANYTHING. This wasn’t an attempted robbery of the corner C-store, this was a freakin’ ACT OF TERROR! When are those morons in Washington going to get the BIG picture and stop sucking up to the trash? Why isn’t he charged with that? Why isn’t this scum sitting his sorry ass in hell with the rest of his jihadis brothers? Or at least Gitmo! As for that ‘not guilty’?
Call ‘Em What They Are!
They Just Can’t Help Themselves
Well, they could, they just won’t. I’m fairly sure that most people with 2 brain cells to rub together has figured out by now that the lame stream alphabets, ABC, NBC, and CBS, are no longer news organizations, but schills for the ONE’s administration. If you want real news, you’ll have to look elsewhere. True journalists are a dying breed, and unfortunately, there don’t seem to be too many to take their place. The evening “news” is no longer news, it’s gushing opinion.
ABC’s Sawyer Hails Obama: ‘Buck Stops Here’ an ‘Echo of Another Young President’
Two quick items from Thursday’s World News. ABC anchor Diane Sawyer heard “an echo of another young President in another time” in President Obama’s “the buck stops here” taking of responsibility for the failed Christmas Day terrorist plot as George Stephanopoulos explained her reference: “John Kennedy after the Bay of Pigs….The President took responsibility, his popularity shot up. The White House is calculating with the President taking personal responsibility, they can put this behind them.”
Yes, Kennedy took responsibility for the Bay of Pigs. He also cut taxes, and set some goals that wouldn’t destroy the country. When I look back, I see a Democrat they way they use to be……gasp…..conservative! Oh, and in case Mzzzzzzzzzz Sawyer wasn’t aware, it was Harry Truman who said “The buck stops here.” Most grownups do take responsibility for their actions. Since he’s not a grownup, the only ’shock’ I heard from Obama in his teleprompter reading was him taking responsibility…..for a change!
Minutes later, after a report on cold weather, Sawyer considered it evidence of “climate change.” She asked Sam Champion, a global warming devotee: “We’ve all been unnerved about talk about climate change. Is this one of those strange events that signals to you, even you, this is something brand new?” From Chicago, Champion, citing the “cold snap” in North America, Asia and Northern Europe, concurred “it certainly is a question that needs to be looked into.”
“Climate change”? Yeah….it’s called winter ya dumb broad! It happens all the time! Some winters are more cold than others. Some summers are hotter than others. It’s a fact, and there’s not a damn thing anyone can do about it! Honestly, I wish these people would get a freakin’ clue! We do NOT control the weather! We never have. We never will!
J.D. Has A Plan
The Inevitable War With Iran
by J. D. Longstreet
A war with Iran is “a given.” It is as some say: “a “fait accompli.” Just exactly who the combatant nations will be remains to be seen, however. My crystal ball is a bit cloudy in that area of prophecy.
We are fairly sure Israel will be one of the combatants and even though the US protests that it does not want a fight with Iran, I don’t see how it can be avoided. Even if the current US Presidential Administration will not assist Israel in a war with Iran the Obama Regime WILL assist Saudi Arabia!
We never seem to learn, here in the “good ole USA.” We still insist on getting more people killed on both sides of a conflict than is necessary to settle the dispute. That is especially true when we have the misfortune to have a liberal/socialist/communist/progressive in the White House and those with the same political philosophy control the national legislature.
Failure of Leadership
The System is Failing
The Foundry
This past weekend the American public learned that not only was the Obama administration briefed about the bombing technique attempted on Flight 253, not only did the United States have information that a Nigerian was being prepared for a terrorist attack by al Qaeda in Yemen, but our government also knew that an “Umar Farouk” was involved.
Following these revelations, the Obama administration again took to the Sunday shows to defend their national security record. Last week Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano tried to convince Americans that “the system worked”. She failed. This Sunday, Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan did admit that the system failed on Christmas Day but still insisted: “Every other day the system has worked this year….The system is working.”
But It’s Not “Terror” Related
Man threatening Jews taken off flight
An airline passenger in Miami proclaimed “I want to kill all the Jews” before police forced him off a Detroit-bound plane, authorities said Thursday.
All the crazies headed to Detroit?
Mansor Mohammad Asad, 43, of Ohio, was arrested Wednesday night, according to a police department statement. Asad was charged with threats against a public servant, disorderly conduct and resisting an officer without violence.
Sounds like he threatened more than just a ‘public servant’.
FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela said there were no indications the disturbance was related to terrorism. The bureau was initially brought in to look into the incident but is no longer involved in the investigation. She said the FBI is treating the disruption as a matter for local authorities.
Well, yes, treat threats against an entire people as a local crime. If a Jew had stood up and shouted, “I want to kill all the Muslims”, that would be a whole ‘nuther ball of wax, wouldn’t it.
The disturbance forced a taxiing Northwest Airlines flight to turn around at Miami International Airport, according to a news release. Witnesses told investigators who boarded the plane that Asad was loud, disruptive and claimed to be Palestinian.
Northwest Airlines: The preferred airline of Islamonazis! 
Officers didn’t find any weapons or explosives on Asad, who was reportedly agitated and aggressive at times, according to an arrest affidavit. Authorities used a stun gun to subdue Asad on the jet bridge after he charged at an officer with fists clenched. He also chanted in a foreign language and threatened officers during a search.
Gee. Wonder what that ‘foreign language’ could have been? Hmmm….
“I’m not afraid of you cops, I’ve gotten in fights with cops in Ohio and broke their arms in three places,” he said, according to the affidavit. “I’ve broken skulls too!”
The affidavit noted that alcohol didn’t appear to be a factor during the incident.
Some folks don’t need alcohol to make them nuts! It’s bred into them and it just comes naturally.
The Transportation Security Administration says three of Asad’s companions were also taken off the plane and questioned. The plane departed after a search.
Were they let back on the plane? Or did they have to find another means of transportation to Detroit? Seems to me that the fruitcakes don’t need to blow up planes anymore. They can just cause a ruckus, get charged with some piddly thing, and disrupt the U.S. transportation system quite well. How many planes were delayed? I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if these sorts of “incidents” started happening on a regular basis.
