Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Conservative commentary on the Navy Yard shooter

Thirteen killed at Navy Shipyard by a crazy person (and William Jefferson Clinton)  .... "President Clinton?
"In 1993, Clinton issued an order banning guns from US military bases.
"Excepting military police and troops shooting under supervision at practice ranges, no person (regardless of rank) is today allowed to carry any weapon (including standard service pistols) onto any US military base or to keep any weapon, even stored securely, in his office or personal quarters.
"Prior to that order, officers of certain ranks were required to wear side arms."....
Political Cartoons by Steve Breen
DC Mayor blames sequester for Navy Yard shooting   "Oh, for heaven's sake. Shut up. Just - shut up, will you?"

Drive-Bys Uncomfortable with Obama's Partisan Attacks in Midst of DC Shooting   "The president yesterday, when he went to start selling all the great lies he's telling about his economy went up within, what, hours of this tragedy and acknowledged it in an almost perfunctory way, and then began an onslaught, a partisan onslaught against his best friends in Washington, the Republicans."  Rush Limbaugh 

Gun Control’s Dead End "So resolved, let us lay down this marker: Those claiming that yesterday’s abomination demonstrates the need for stricter gun control are lying, or else they are ignorant, and, either way, they should be ashamed of themselves. It does no such thing."

Strategy, Ideology and the Close of the Syrian Crisis

STRATFOR  "It is said that when famed Austrian diplomat Klemens von Metternich heard of the death of the Turkish ambassador, he said, "I wonder what he meant by that?" True or not, serious or a joke, it points out a problem of diplomacy. In searching for the meaning behind every gesture, diplomats start to regard every action merely as a gesture. In the past month, the president of the United States treated the act of bombing Syria as a gesture intended to convey meaning rather than as a military action intended to achieve some specific end. This is the key to understanding the tale that unfolded over the past month."   Read more.
 
"The Obama administration is sending its highest-ranking speaker yet to keynote J Street’s conference in Washington.
"The group has been branded a “pro-peace” alternative to pro-Israel groups such as AIPAC, the ADL and the American Jewish Committee. Alan Dershowitz once said “J Street has done more damage to Israel than any American organization.' ”