Mark Steyn: Easy to see why Tehran endorses Hagel

Orange County Register  "Carl Levin, the Democrat chair, stepped in to contain further damage. "We do have a position on containment, and that is we do not favor containment," he clarified. "I just wanted to clarify the clarify."

 "Containment? Prevention? What difference does it make?
Could happen to anyone. I well remember when Neville Chamberlain landed at Heston Aerodrome in 1938 and announced the latest breakthrough in appeasement: "I have here a piece of paper from Herr Hitler." Two minutes later, he announced, "I have here a second piece of paper from my staffer saying that I misspoke." "Who can forget Churchill's stirring words in the House of Commons? "If, indeed, it is the case that I said, 'We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall never surrender!,' then I misspoke. I meant to say that we're keeping the situation under review and remain committed to exploring all options."

 "It's easy to make mistakes when you're as expert in all the nuances of Iranian affairs as Chuck Hagel. After he'd hailed Iran's "elected, legitimate government," it fell to another Democrat, Kirsten Gillibrand, to prompt Hagel to walk it back. Okay, delete "elected" and "legitimate": "What I meant to say, should have said, is that it's recognizable." "

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/walt-handelsman-1.812005

 

Leno Turns Obama-Clinton 60 Minutes Segment Into Cialis Commercial

Newsbusters  "As NewsBusters reported, CBS's 60 Minutes did an absolutely gushing and fawning segment with President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this past Sunday.
"It was so bad that Jay Leno and Company turned it into a Cialis commercial on NBC's Tonight Show Thursday (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):"

 

Afghanistan Declared Gun-Free Zone

The Duffel Blog

In multiple cities Afghans celebrated their new gun-free state by using old rifles to club several people to death.

“After over thirty years of senseless violence, I think it’s time we say no to big guns and the firearms industry that promotes them,” a tearful and visibly-tired Karzai told a crowd of Afghan legislators at the presidential palace in Kabul.
"Under the new government-approved policy, no one will be allowed to carry any type of firearm or ranged weapon in Afghanistan.  Swords and knives are still permissible, as long as the owner possesses a Class-III license available at most government offices."
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"Surprisingly, Karzai’s decision has also been praised by his opponents in the Taliban."
Via Bookworm Room

I can't get this song out of my head!

Posted by Laughing Wolf at Blackfive   "Stop the Cavalry" (1980) by Jona Lewie, who appeared to be a one-hit wonder.

 Please help me get this song out of my head!

Obama green light for Israel to strike Iranian-Syrian-Hizballah military links. Be prepared for anti-Israel press, both Muslim and Western

DEBKAfile  "The air raid over the Jamraya military complex near Damascus Wednesday, Jan. 30, attributed to Israel by Western sources was Israeli’s first assault on the Syrian-Hizballah military compact forged between Bashar Assad and Hassan Nasrallah.
"That was the real strategic import of the operation, which took place with the approval of US President Barack Obama, debkafile’s military sources report.

honestreporting.com

"In every other respect, it was a surgical strike on a well-defined target, comparable to Israel’s attack in September 2007 on the nuclear reactor North Korea was building at El Kabir in northern Syria. The object then was to sever the Syrian-Iranian-North Korean nuclear link before it took physical shape and began turning out plutonium for Iran’s nuclear program.
"After its destruction, Tehran and Pyongyang decided to cut Syria out of their nuclear plans because its proximity to Israel made any nuclear site an easy mark."
The anti-Israel cartoonists are having their usual field day, See if you can find a cartoon about Arab rockets being fired into Israeli cities anywhere.

The above cartoon is from this article: Cementing Hate on Holocaust Memorial Day
"A hideous looking PM Benjamin Netanyahu caricature builds a wall cemented with blood, crushing Palestinians including women and children.
"Israel’s security barrier (of which the vast majority is a fence and not a wall) is meant to protect Israeli civilians against Palestinian terrorism. In any case, the imagery of this cartoon amounts to a blood libel on a day when the millions of victims of the Holocaust are remembered."  This is nothing new.

This sets me off on a related tangent with posts that actually could stand alone: the demonization of Israel whenever they defend themselves. TD

DEMONIZING ISRAEL - IN CARTOONS  ..."a lecture by a renowned professor on the techniques of dehumanizing jews and on their methods of psychological warfare and preparation for the annihilation of Israel."

Legal Immigrant’s Must-See Testimony Against Gun Control

Legal immigrant and American by choice, Henson Ong made a fantastic case against gun control at the Gun Violence Prevention Public Hearing in Hartford, CT.  

 Yes, I know. The thought of those small, terrorized children being sprayed with gunfire made me sick of guns and I wished they all would disappear from the face of the earth. But they are here in their hundreds of millions and they will always be in the hands of those looking for helpless human prey. Nothing would have kept those evil people from using those guns and I just regret that none of the adult victims had been armed.

That would make America like the wild west, you say? Shed your obtuseness for a minute and you will see that we are there now and ask yourself what is left for us to do? Do you find yourself looking up more often when a door opens in a public place? Do men with bulky clothes make you suspicious? Do you sometimes look for where you might hide in case of a gunfire incident?

Listen in this video to Mr. Ong and see what reasoned, cogent argument you would make against his words.

I can tell you that the arguments against gun ownership I see on Facebook are little more than "right-wing gun nuts", or "F--k off!". The Tunnel Dweller
 

Via ConservativeVideos.com with a hat tip to Tom Williams at Oregon Military Veterans, Family and Supporters

Photo below is from Pete Simmering, Depoe Bay, OR