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Obama Halts Prosecution of Planner of USS Cole Bombing

You can’t make this stuff up….

The Washington Post, no less, is reporting this.

I guess Obama gets to do this if he wants to… but the DoD and ALL SERVING MILITARY PERSONNEL ought to take a new look at their CINC and his halting the judicial prosecution of a man who planned the attack that killed 17 and wounded 39 serving US Navy personnel.

Now if you recall, the Left insists that we treat terrorism as a criminal, rather than a military, issue…. and now we refuse to prosecute those the Left insists are criminals?

Am I on Candid Camera?

The military inculcates a[…]

How about a sane approach to the Mosque?

America, and the West in general (in fact, it’s part of the foundation of the West) is extraordinarily tolerant of religious practices. Our Liberal wings all believe in the relative equality of cultures and equal outcomes.

So - how about this:

Saudi Arabia is the home of Islam - Mecca, Medina and all that. The Muslim world views NYC as the financial and power center of the West. The Muslim wanting to build the mosque says he is doing so with the goal of religious outreach and interfaith understanding.

So… in keeping with that concept: We build a large Christian church in Mecca[…]

The Wisdom of “Star Trek” — Life Imitating Art?

The 1960’s TV series “Star Trek” might be classified as “art” by some, so I’m going to go with it to make a serious point.

Here is the plot summary for a 1967 Star Trek episode titled: “A Taste of Armageddon”:

On a mission to establish diplomatic relations, Kirk and Spock beam down to the planet to learn that its inhabitants have been at war with a neighboring planet for over 500 years. They can find no damage however and no evidence of destruction. They soon learn that the war is essentially a war game where each planet attacks the other in a[…]

Disgusting Shari’a and Saudi Islam

While the rest of the world struggles forward in the 21^st Century, the Saudi brand of Islam remains - willfully, stubbornly, revoltingly - rooted in the 7^th.

Here is an article on a sentence handed down in the Saudi “judicial” system. Technically speaking, of course, the court finds guilt and the victim, or the victim’s family, decides the sentence. This is a technicality. With the government allowing the victim to select any kind of punishment, the government remains responsible for any selection made.

The concept that governments are there to protect the rights , freedoms and liberties  of - to say nothing of not[…]

The Future of the World According to Progressives

If this doesn’t scare you, either you aren’t paying any attention at all, you have no children, or you are among the enemy.

Here are the opening paragraphs of this linked commentary on the article written by a professor @ SUNY (linked below):

To the contemporary conservative, progressive ideology is often murky and incomprehensible.  It is very difficult for some on the right to understand the apparently illogical and unrealistic machinations of the radical leftist mindset.  Their political objectives, if achieved, inevitably lead to further demands for concessions toward an ever-greater ideological purity.

Something even darker and more malevolent is happening, however.  The various[…]

Brett Stephens: Containment cannot work with Iran

Brett Stephens, a deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page and the author of the paper’s Global View, a weekly column, has published in Commentary a very important article regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran and the feasibility of a policy of containment should they achieve the status of a nuclear power. He doubts the ability of Iran to be contained, and of the West to persevere through that containment even if Iran chose to allow itself to be contained. You should read it.

In response to his column, the below post. It is long.

Mr. Stephens’ article is an excellent - and necessary article.[…]

Maybe the Brits Will Tell Obama Where to get Off?

So today, The One has promised us, he will meet with the CEO of BP and “inform him that he will…”

Where on earth does Obama come up with the idea that he gets to “inform” a foreign national how that national will behave in international waters while running his business?

Did I miss something - like barack’s coronation - while sleeping?

This idiot actually thinks he is some kind of a king or something.

Newsflash, obama - not only are you NOT a king, you are an idiot and less and less of the world has any use for you as the days[…]

Who is Protecting America and our Allies?

So here’s a question for you.

The primary Constitutional duty of our military is to defend the Constitution - and the nation. In a sane world, America’s military is allowed to do this through deterrence. Deterrence, of course, works with sane opponents, not insane ones.

What is a working definition of “insane” on the current world stage? Any nation whose residents strap bombs on themselves or their subjects or their children in the name of some absolutely barbaric Middle-Age totalitarian, despotic “religion,” is a working definition of geopolitical insanity.

Given that America has for nearly 200 years told nations of the Eastern Hemisphere[…]

Understanding Obama - a View from Abroad

June 10, 2010

The Man Who Would Be King

By Steve McCann

Over the heads of some of the sycophants in the mainstream media there appears to be the proverbial light bulb turning on. After sixteen months of the Obama presidency, questions are being asked about not only his competency, but what motivates this putative savior.

The current President of the United States, acting in a way that would make Nero proud, continues to fiddle while not only the United States burns, but the rest of the world begins to spin out of control. The economy and the financial future of the country are in[…]

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