Bloodthirsty Liberal

No, that’s not some sort of necrophilic come on, it’s how military people talk:

Had Obama said this just one time and corrected it afterward in his remarks, then I’d have bet that some helpful staffer had loaded the Teleprompter with an incorrect phonetic spelling. However, after the first time “corpsemen” came out of his mouth, any speaker with even a passing knowledge of the military would have realized that the word had been mispronounced. After the second one, it should have been obvious. Instead, Obama went for the hat trick.

It’s no biggie, at least not like having an aunt living here illegally (in public housing, no less), having ignored two deportation orders, and who illegally (as a foreign national) contributed to your campaign—especially after you (factually incorrectly) berated the Supreme Court live on national TV when they had no way to respond.

If something like that ever happened, that would be a bigger deal, and would, I’m sure, get great coverage in the mainstream media.

Especially if they thought she was faking (or at least exaggerating) a disability.

And lest I seem cruel and heartless to a poor old lady, let me show you her in a moment of candid, honest, unrehearsed, vulnerability (and… action!)

It’s just a pity she doesn’t have any family to support her, no one who came into some money ($1.4 million) recently, and could see that she lives out her days comfortably and peacefully in a Nairobi condo.

Farrakhan… Hasan… Al Jazeera…: this can’t possibly go well:

Interviewer: … To what extent might this incident affect the Muslims in the U.S. and make them targets of persecution?”

[…]

Louis Farrakhan: “As you know, since 9/11, in America and in other parts of the world, those anti-Islamic forces have stepped up their efforts to make Muslims… to cause the Muslims to be looked at as uncivilized, savage, or wicked people. This is an attempt by anti-Islamic forces, and some members of the Jewish community, and some members of the Christian community, who have united to condemn Islam and to speak ill of our Prophet Muhammad, and to even go so far as to say that the Muslims worship the devil.

[…]

“This recent unfortunate event, which took place at the Fort Hood base in Texas, has only added fuel to the fire. On behalf of all the Muslims in the Muslim world, we are saddened by the loss of these 13 American soldiers and the 30 others who were wounded in the incident. No human being would be pleased to see that kind of slaughter, coming from a fellow officer in the U.S. Army.

“However, we have to look at Major Nidal Hasan. What happened to him? What kind of stress was he under? What kind of insults had he borne?

[…]

“When there are Muslims who love America, and who join the armed forces to protect America, and to serve the interests of America, and then America, unfortunately, under the falsehoods of the George W. Bush administration, launches attacks against Iraq and against Afghanistan, and now, those soldiers are killing Muslims… So when they go to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the kind of hatred that is built up in the American forces, when they call the Muslims ‘ragheads’ and ‘desert niggers,’ and then, in the Abu Ghreib prison, Muslim women were raped, and Muslim men were sodomized… All this affects Muslims serving in the army. So when you are being insulted by your superior officers or by your fellow soldiers, at some point, a person might break. Unfortunately, I believe this is what happened to Captain [sic] Nidal Hasan.”

Don’t forget being buried with pig entrails, Lou. Didn’t we do that, too, or did we miss a trick? I even have it on good authority that one sergeant at Guantanamo once urinated while thinking of a Koran. That’s one hell of an insult to be borne, a whole lot of stress to be under.

But thanks for your kind words on “this unfortunate event”. We’ll never forget them.

Dogs say it all:

And who can forget this one we linked to about a year ago? (I watch it every couple of months, and bawl like a little kid every time. But then, so does the butch soldier in the clip, god bless him.)

Next time a plane full of brave soldiers who gave the last full measure of devotion returns home, let’s not send a stiff mannequin and a squadron of photographers to snap him at a bogus salute. Let’s send their dogs. That’s thanks, and that’s devotion.

I tell ya, those Muslims, man, they got it tough (via BOTW):

Corrections
Published: November 11, 2009

An article on Monday about difficulties for Muslims serving in the American armed forces described incorrectly the background of Michael A. Monsoor, a member of the Navy Seals. Mr. Monsoor was a Christian of Lebanese and Irish descent, not a Muslim. The article also described incorrectly the act that earned him a Medal of Honor. It was for falling on a grenade and saving at least three team members — not for pulling a team member to safety. (Saving a team member in an earlier incident earned him a Silver Star.)

How’s a Muslim going to fall on a grenade to save his team members, or pull a wounded comrade to safety with these Christians cutting in front of him all the time?

Another indignity suffered by “Muslims serving in the American armed forces”. They don’t get no respect. It’s enough to make anybody go Hasan.

My legs are positively twitching to jump to conclusions:

U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.

It is not known whether the intelligence agencies informed the Army that one of its officers was seeking to connect with suspected al Qaeda figures, the officials said.

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A fellow Army doctor who studied with Hasan, Val Finell, told ABC News, “We would frequently say he was a Muslim first and an American second. And that came out in just about everything he did at the University.

Finell said he and other Army doctors complained to superiors about Hasan’s statements.

“And we questioned how somebody could take an oath of office…be an officer in the military and swear allegiance to the constitution and to defend America against all enemies, foreign and domestic and have that type of conflict,” Finell told ABC News.

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Hasan … told a neighbor on the morning of the murders after handing her a Koran: “I’m going to do good work for God.”

Hasan should be very proud. I know somebody is:

Meanwhile, the imam with whom Hasan associated — with his own ties to the 9/11 terrorists — has issued a statement calling Hasan a “hero,” a “man of conscience” ….

But let’s not rush to judgement.

We were warned that political correctness would be the death of us. For 13 members of the US military, it was.

Ralph Peters, again, on the “Allahu Akhbar” shooter at Fort Hood—and a certain commander-in-chief’s disgracefully disengaged reaction:

In the wake of the terrorist strike on our soldiers at Fort Hood, one individual’s still missing in action: Our commander in chief. The massacre’s 51 casualties, including 13 dead, were insufficient to drag President Obama away from the White House Happy Hour.

We just saw the worst terror attack on America since 9/11. And Obama couldn’t adjust his schedule to support our grieving troops.

Instead, we got his subtle defense of the perp: Unwilling to use the word “terror,” let alone the phrase “Islamist terror,” Obama warned us not to “rush to judgment.”

A Muslim fanatic, known to the FBI as a fan of suicide bombers and to colleagues as an opponent of our government, coolly buys weapons, heads to a military facilityhe knows will be packed with unsuspecting soldiers, waits for the crowd to thicken, then shouts, “Allah is great!” and guns down 51 patriots, calmly reloading among the dead and dying.

But don’t rush to judgment.

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What’s next? The White House is going to bring heavy pressure on the FBI, through Attorney General Eric Holder, to play down investigative results confirming that Maj. Nidal Hasan was motivated by his Muslim beliefs.

Instead, we’ll hear even more about the “harassment” Hasan suffered as the media toe the line laid down by the vile lead editorial in Saturday’s New York Times and how this calculating terrorist contracted PTSD from his patients.

Let me kill the harassment myth right now: Political correctness rules in today’s Army. We even protect our enemies these days. Had any soldier harassed Hasan because of his Islamist nuttiness, that soldier would’ve disappeared faster than a Franklin on a Times Square sidewalk.

Any snarky remarks directed toward Hasan — if there were any — would’ve come in reaction to his railing against our government, our military’s mission and the monstrous injustice that, after grabbing an education in psychiatry worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from our military, he might have had to do his duty.

Far from being harassed himself, this creep was allowed to harass the soldiers he treated for stress disorders. According to colleagues, Hasan not only argued with his patients about our wars, but preached Islam to those under his care.

Thank God somebody in government has the stones to call an Islamist an extremist:

Sen. Joe Lieberman announced Sunday that he intends to lead a congressional investigation into the mass shooting at Fort Hood, saying the attack could qualify as a “terrorist act” rooted in Islamic radicalism — the worst since 9/11.

The Independent Democrat, who chairs the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, said there were “strong warning signs” that the alleged gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was an “Islamist extremist.”

“If that is true, the murder of these 13 people was a terrorist act and, in fact, it was the most destructive terrorist act to be committed on American soil since 9/11,” Lieberman told “Fox News Sunday.”

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Lieberman said that if Hasan were showing warning signs, “The U.S. Army has to have zero tolerance. He should have been gone.”

Alas, the U.S. Army is trending more towards Peters’ depiction than Lieberman’s:

In interviews Sunday, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey urged the public not to rush to conclusions about Hasan’s motives with an investigation underway. He described reports about early warning signs as “speculation” based on anecdotes.

Sometimes an Allahu is just an Akhbar, is that it? When the army tells us to be all we can be, I would hope they don’t intend homicidal Muslim terrorist as a laudable goal.

It was a massacre, it was slaughter, it was butchery—I suspect maybe it was even jihad.

But it was not a tragedy.

Authorities raided the apartment of suspected shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan early Friday in a search for clues, as another victim died from injuries suffered during the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base.

Hasan was on a ventilator and unconscious in a hospital after being shot four times during the shootings at the Army’s sprawling Fort Hood, post officials said. In the early chaos after the shootings, authorities believed they had killed him, only to discover later that he had survived.

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Before Thursday’s shooting, Hasan reportedly gave away all of his furniture along with copies of the Koran to neighbors, KXXV-TV reported.

Authorities have not ruled out that Hasan was acting on behalf of some unidentified radical group, a senior U.S. official in Washington said. He would not say whether any evidence had come to light to support that theory.

The motive for the shooting wasn’t clear, but Hasan was apparently set to deploy soon, and had expressed some anger about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said generals at Fort Hood told her that Hasan was about to deploy overseas.

Retired Army Col. Terry Lee, who said he worked with Hasan, told Fox News that Hasan had hoped President Barack Obama would pull troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq. Hasan got into frequent arguments with others in the military who supported the wars, Lee said, and had tried hard to prevent his pending deployment.

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Federal law enforcement officials told the Associated Press that Hasan had come to their attention at least six months ago because of Internet postings that discussed homicide bombings and other threats. The officials said they are still trying to confirm that he was the author.

One of the Web postings that authorities reviewed is a blog that equates homicide bombers with a soldier throwing himself on a grenade to save the lives of his comrades.

“To say that this soldier committed suicide is inappropriate. Its more appropriate to say he is a brave hero that sacrificed his life for a more noble cause,” said the Internet posting. “Scholars have paralled (sic) this to suicide bombers whose intention, by sacrificing their lives, is to help save Muslims by killing enemy soldiers.”

American, born and raised, who went berserk under the great president Barack Hussein Obama. Draw your own conclusions.

So who’s a bigger schmuck: President Barack Obama, or CNN?

Listening to Obama pleasure the sensibilities of the gay community, while CNN gives him a tongue bath—well, I’m a tolerant fellow, but I feel like calling the vice squad on the whole pack of perverts (and I’m very much excluding the gay community):

“For nearly 30 years, you’ve advocated for those without a voice,” Obama said during his address at the dinner for the Human Rights Campaign. “Despite the progress we’ve made, there are still laws to change and hearts to open.”

Obama’s speech came as gay rights activists continued to lose patience over the lack of change to key issues for the gay community — including the Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. It comes on the eve of a major gays-rights rally in Washington.

“This fight continues now and I’m here with the simple message: I’m here with you in that fight,” Obama told the applauding crowd.

The Human Rights Campaign issued a statement praising the speech, saying it was a “historic night when we felt the full embrace and commitment of the president of the United States. It’s simply unprecedented.”

Obama called for the repeal of the ban on gays in the military — the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

“We should not be punishing patriotic Americans who have stepped forward to serve this country,” he said. “I’m working with the Pentagon, its leadership and the members of the House and Senate on ending this policy, legislation that has been introduced in the House to make this happen, I will end ‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’ That’s my commitment to you.”

The soaring rhetoric, the moral certainty! Oh rapture, oh swoon!

Who does he think he is, the illegitimate love child of Rock Hudson and Judy Garland? Reading the CNN account (between dry heaves), you’d thing Queer Nation had been taken in by the Illinoisan Lothario.

Nuh-uh:

“He repeated his promises that he’s made to us before, but he did not indicate when he would accomplish these goals and we’ve been waiting for a while now,” said Jones, national co-chair of a major gay-rights rally scheduled for Sunday on the National Mall.

Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network said he was encouraged to hear Obama’s pledge but added “an opportunity was missed tonight.” He said his group “was disappointed the president did not lay out a timeline and specifics for repeal.”

These ain’t your swishy gays, Mr. President. The action they want is federal, not fellatial. If they haven’t had enough of your empty rhetoric, I have. Either put up, or shut up.

And I’m a little annoyed by the “hearts to open” language. This is our nation’s military and security we’re talking about. Listen to your generals, get the lay of the land (so to speak), then issue your order. It is their duty to follow it.

Here, let me show you how it’s done:

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin. This policy shall be put into effect as rapidly as possible, having due regard to the time required to effectuate any necessary changes without impairing efficiency or morale.

President Harry Truman, 61 years ago. But then he was hung like a Clydesdale, not a chipmunk.

You Democrats have been making promises you can’t keep to the gay community for seventeen years now. God knows what the see in you—but then they worshipped Joan Crawford, too.

Has President Obama named that tune?

Back in October 2007, ABC News reported that the Pentagon had asked Congress for $88 million in the emergency Iraq/Afghanistan war funding request to develop a gargantuan bunker-busting bomb called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP). It’s a 30,000-pound bomb designed to hit targets buried 200 feet below ground. Back then, the Pentagon cited an “urgent operational need” for the new weapon.

Now the Pentagon is shifting spending from other programs to fast forward the development and procurement of the Massive Ordnance Penetrator. The Pentagon comptroller sent a request to shift the funds to the House and Senate Appropriations and Armed Services Committees over the summer.

The comptroller said the Pentagon planned to spend $19.1 million to procure four of the bombs, $28.3 million to accelerate the bomb’s “development and testing”, and $21 million to accelerate the integration of the bomb onto B-2 stealth bombers.

The notification was tucked inside a 93-page “reprogramming” request that included a couple hundred other more mundane items.

Why now? The notification says simply, “The Department has an Urgent Operational Need (UON) for the capability to strike hard and deeply buried targets in high threat environments. The MOP is the weapon of choice to meet the requirements of the UON.” It further states that the request is endorsed by Pacific Command (which has responsibility over North Korea) and Central Command (which has responsibility over Iran).

I’ll believe it when I see it, but I’ll be the first to stand up and applaud if it happens.

I feel like we’re watching a train wreck in slow motion, powerless to do anything about it. Will we take out Iran’s Manhattan Project? Will Israel? Will anyone? Ahmorey Amsterdamejad may be ignorant about the Holocaust, but he’s learned the lessons of appeasement very well.

I almost used this title last week, but I didn’t know then then what I know now:

According to sources close to the administration, Gen McChrystal shocked and angered presidential advisers with the bluntness of a speech given in London last week.

The next day he was summoned to an awkward 25-minute face-to-face meeting on board Air Force One on the tarmac in Copenhagen, where the president had arrived to tout Chicago’s unsuccessful Olympic bid. …

An adviser to the administration said: “People aren’t sure whether McChrystal is being naïve or an upstart. To my mind he doesn’t seem ready for this Washington hard-ball and is just speaking his mind too plainly.”

Because, you know, the military has all the time in the world to speak obliquely. And “naïve” is just the word to describe the commanding officer in the Afghan theater.

These people are unbelievable.

The generals have to speak plainly because the Obama administration isn’t paying attention (via Jules Crittenden):

But we need to be realistic in recognising that the campaign will require a sustained, substantial commitment. Many tough tasks loom before us — including resolution of the way ahead after the recent election, which obviously has been marred by allegations of fraud. The challenges in Afghanistan clearly are significant. But the stakes are high. And, while the situation unquestionably is, as General McChrystal has observed, serious, the mission is, as he has affirmed, still doable. In truth, it is, I think, accurate to observe that, as in Iraq in 2007, everything in Afghanistan is hard, and it is hard all the time.

That was General David Petraeus, two and a half weeks ago, well before President Obama’s infatuation with the Olympic flame.

Regular readers will know that I’m not convinced Afghanistan is worth a damn, let alone the life of a single American. But I do expect the President, after nine months in office (during which time he completely rehabilitated America’s standing in the world—or so he boasted to the UN), to come up with a strategy—an opinion, even.

Which he seems in no hurry to do.

While this goes on:

An Afghan policeman on patrol with U.S. soldiers opened fire on the Americans, killing two of them before fleeing, officials said Saturday, raising questions about discipline in the ranks of the Afghan forces and possible infiltration by insurgents.

Hark, is that the echo of Vietnam (nam-nam-nam) I hear?

PS: Spoke too soon. President Obama may not have an opinion himself, but he’s looking for one he likes:

Two officials say President Obama is hosting a bipartisan, bicameral meeting with congressional leaders on the war in Afghanistan Tuesday afternoon, marking his first major bipartisan conclave on the issue in some time. Committee chairs and ranking members of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees will be on hand, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Democratic Sens. John Kerry and Carl Levin and Republican Sens. Richard Lugar and John McCain, among others.

Pelosi, Reid, Kerry, and Levin? What, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg weren’t available?