Wednesday, October 23, 2013

When Democrats run foreign policy

Obama ‘Impatient’ and ‘Disengaged’  The New York Times and Hurriyet
on White House's incoherent and opaque Syria policy.
 "Perhaps with the prospect of cutting a deal with Iran, Obama is loath to upset Tehran by committing any resources to toppling an ally in whom they’ve invested money, manpower and weapons."...

Mark Steyn: American Ineffectualism  "On CBS, Bashar Assad called the U.S. government “a social-media administration.” He’s got a better writer than Obama, too. America is in danger of being the first great power to be laughed off the world stage. When the president’s an irrelevant narcissist and his secretary of state’s a vainglorious buffoon, Marco Rubio shouldn’t be telling the world don’t worry, the other party’s a joke, too."

Our Standing in the Middle East Hits Rock Bottom  "Saudi Arabia lives in perpetual fear of its neighbor across the Gulf, Iran... Despite all this, and despite a longstanding alliance with the United States, today the Saudis found it necessary to break off diplomatic relations with us, due to our confused and lackadaisical response to the Syrian Civil War."

Report: Obama Regime Purging Military of Commanders They Don’t Agree With…

Weasel Zippers   "So far this year alone nine top ranking military commanders have been fired by the Obama administration."

Full article at The Blaze:
“ 'Obama will not purge a civilian or political appointee because they have bought into Obama’s ideology,” Vallely said. “The White House protects their own. That’s why they stalled on the investigation into fast and furious, Benghazi and Obamacare. He’s intentionally weakening and gutting our military, Pentagon and reducing us as a superpower, and anyone in the ranks who disagrees or speaks out is being purged.' ”
"A Pentagon official who asked to remain nameless because they were not authorized to speak on the matter said even “young officers, down through the ranks have been told not to talk about Obama or the politics of the White House. They are purging everyone and if you want to keep your job — just keep your mouth shut.

One such: Gen. Carter Hamm, Army
Served as head of the United States African Command during the bloodshed in Benghazi, Libya when four American citizens, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens and two retired Navy Seals, were murdered by militants on Sept. 11, 2012. Senior military officials told TheBlaze Hamm was extremely critical of the Obama administration, including when reinforcements were not sent to help the U.S. citizens under attack in Benghazi. Hamm “resigned and retired” in April 2013.

Is this the proper American Muslim response to jihad in America?

By Pamela Geller at American Thinker   "They cite the Quran, chapter and verse.  Muslims worldwide continue the 1,400-year-old war to impose Islam across the world -- all citing the same Islamic texts and teachings.
"There is a problem in Islam.

"So what is the response of the Muslim community?

"On the same day that Hassan Abu Omar Ghannoum was arrested, the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California issued a statement: "We share the collective concern for the safety of our communities and security of our nation."  However, it went on to say: "We ask that law enforcement officials and members of the media refrain from assuming that the alleged criminal's wrongful conduct, if any, was a product of his self-proclaimed faith or associations with members of the southern California Muslim community.' "
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"Why isn't the Muslim community trying to reform Islam?  Why aren't Muslim groups shutting down mosques that teach and preach jihad?...."  Via Lucianne

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Man in the White House

Robert Spencer  "When the State Department announced early in October that it was cutting hundreds of millions in military and other aid to Egypt, it was yet another manifestation of Barack Obama’s unstinting support for the Muslim Brotherhood, a support that has already thrown Egypt back into the Russian orbit. The aid cut was essentially giving the Egyptian people a choice between Muslim Brotherhood rule and economic collapse. Nothing else could have been expected from Obama, who has been a Brotherhood man from the beginning."  Via Lucianne. 

 

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The Arab News Reports: Faulty website shaming Obama/ Irony Alert!

Arab News   "US presidents are used to deference and barking orders, not wiping egg from their faces.
"So it was unpalatable for Barack Obama to go on television Monday and admit glaring failures in the rollout of the health care law that bears his name."
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"The idea that government can work is also at the center of Obama’s political creed, and is a driving motivator of his ideological clash with Republicans. So any evidence to the contrary is inconvenient to say the least. But the faulty debut of the Healthcare.gov website is spurring questions over Obama’s
competence in implementing a law he wagered his presidency to pass three years ago, but which has yet to deliver a political payoff."

IRONY ALERT! Letterman writer: Obama 'too competent' to make jokes about
It's not because he's black and it's not because we're afraid. It's just that he's, just so far, just a little too damn competent and we ain't used to that. [multiple panelists say "yeah."] 
Ineptness of Obama leaves America staggering  "The ineptitude is painful to watch. The arrogance is truly suffocating. And the coolness that was once Mr. Obama’s hallmark has turned into brittle anger that he barely conceals."