in the wrong era. Soundly refuting
liberals online since 2000. :)
| The Hill | 0 | |
| NBC DFW | Unreal: Accused Fort Hood Shooter Paid $278,000 While Awaiting Trial |
0 |
| WaPo | Fail: Protesters arrested after attempt to storm Justice Department |
0 |
| Kirsten Powers | Must-Read: How Hope and Change Gave Way to Spying on the Press |
0 |
| CNN | 0 |
Audacity of Truth
Move Along:
""The whole issue of this - of talking points, frankly, throughout this process has been a sideshow. The whole thing defies logic. And the fact that this keeps on getting churned out, frankly, has a lot to do with political motivations."
Pres. Obama on GOP demands for Benghazi answers, 5/13/2013
» Posts in the Iraq Category:
Leading from behind will lose us Iraq
**Posted by Phineas This is potentially very bad: After a week of violence in Iraq in which more than 170 Iraqis, including tribesmen, soldiers, and policemen have been killed in clashes during Sunni protests in Salahuddin province, the Awakening is preparing to take up arms against the Iraqi government. On April 24, Sheikh Ahmed Abu [...]
How the Obama administration bungled Iraq
**Posted by Phineas That’s really the only way to describe it. According to Foreign Policy, as reported by Threat Matrix, The Iraqis wanted a renewed Status of Forces Agreement that would have allowed for 10,000-20,000 US troops to remain in Iraq as a stabilizing force. Of course they did; over the course of our intervention [...]
We did the right thing
**Posted by Phineas Nine years ago today, the United States invaded Iraq at the head of a coalition including Great Britain, Australia, Poland, and other nations with the goal of toppling the regime of Saddam Hussein and, perhaps, healing the poisoned tree of Arab Middle East politics by helping foster the growth of a stable [...]
Bill Whittle: What we did right in Afghanistan and Iraq, and my qualified disagreement
**Posted by Phineas Bill Whittle returns with another episode of Afterburner, this time with his own retrospective on the ten years since the attacks of September 11th, 2001. In it, he looks at what has happened since in Afghanistan, Iraq, and America and looks at the things we got right, a needed corrective to the [...]
The high price of the Obama administration’s war on CIA interrogators
The LA Times files a disturbing report about how the CIA has “slashed” its interrogation role in light of the administration’s stifling policies on interrogation techniques (via Memeorandum): Reporting from Washington— He’s considered one of world’s most dangerous terrorism suspects, and the U.S. offered a $1-million reward for his capture in 2005. Intelligence experts say [...]
Can Julian Assange be charged under the Espionage Act?
The Associated Press reports that the DOJ and other government agencies are looking for ways to charge WikiLeaks punk Julian Assange over his leaks of massive amounts of classified and sensitive information to “news” outlets like the “Newspaper of Record”: WASHINGTON — A senior defense official says lawyers from across government agencies are studying whether [...]
“Top-down” review on sensitive data handling should include how WH handles it, too
The Associated Press reports this morning that the WH has ordered a top-down review of how various government agencies safeguard classified and sensitive information in light of yesterday’s WikiLeaks dump: WASHINGTON — Bristling over the unauthorized release of more than a quarter million classified State Department documents, the Obama White House on Monday ordered a [...]
Concord, NC says goodbye to Army Pfc. James McClamrock
Via the Concord Independent Tribune: CONCORD, N.C. — All of Concord stopped briefly Wednesday afternoon to honor a fallen soldier. PFC James McClamrock returned home from Iraq to cities that closed up shops, cleared an interstate and stood silently on the sides of the roads to pay tribute to him and his family. McClamrock, 22, [...]
Think Obama can wait til 2012 to dump Biden?
The Hill reports that Vice President Joe “Gaffetastic” Biden had some kind words for President Bush on Stephen Colbert’s show last night on the issue of Iraq: Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday night said that former President George W. Bush deserves “a lot of credit” for his handling of the initial Iraq war drawdown. [...]
Dear Mr. President: I appreciate your concerns for troop welfare, but …
In an interview this morning that aired on ABC’s Good Morning America, President Obama weighed in on the controversy surrounding the Florida church that plans to burn the Koran on 9/11: WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is exhorting a Florida minister to “listen to those better angels” and call off his plan to engage [...]
