Obama Quits Afghanistan

"Bringing Bergdahl home was useful for closing Gitmo and winding down the war."

Victor Davis Hanson

 

... "The president wants to quit the war, whether Afghanistan is subsequently lost to the Taliban or not. He wishes to close Guantanamo, as he promised in 2008, regardless of a law that demands congressional approval to release detainees, and despite the dangers incurred by the release of terrorists. Bringing Bergdahl home is part of sporadic negotiations with the Taliban about easing Americans out of the war, and also useful for closing down Guantanamo.

 

"Obama is wagering that the public does not care all that much whether Bergdahl is a deserter. Or whether the administration has negotiated with terrorists such as the Haqqani network or the Taliban. Or whether the released Taliban militants will soon return to fight in Afghanistan.

 

"Obama is also betting that Americans are sick of Afghanistan, and don’t really care how American soldiers leave or what they leave behind, as long as they all leave.

 

"We saw that in Iraq in 2011, and we are seeing it again as a backdrop to the Bergdahl swap." 

 

Is it just me, or do we see Barack Obama simply referred to as "Obama" and not as "President Obama"

The Hubris and Incompetence of Barack Obama

Blackfive

 

"Leadership is hard.  Harry Truman wasn’t the best president ever, but at least he knew his job.

"When it came time to decide in 1945 after the Potsdam Declaration, "Bomb or No bomb," he made the call and did the right thing, which was a very hard thing.  When General MacArthur and he began to have significant differences of opinion on policy and operational conduct, he did the hard thing and relieved MacArthur.  In both of these cases, he dealt with extraordinary pressures and demands and through it all, still made a decision.

"Contrast that with what comes from the Occupant in Chief; lots and lots of "I just learned about this the same time you did" followed generally by "It was/wasn't a youtube video"  "It was (insert policy maker/leaders' name here) decision"  followed closely by not doing anything of significance or involving competence and then pivoting to solving the student loan crisis." 
This next is going to hurt:

My guess is that Barack is going to say he learned about all of this Al-Qaeda movement from the media.  At least, that will be his excuse.  Might be a good one, since he doesn't attend his daily briefings. 

Ouch. Told you so.
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Obama Versus America

Power Line  ... "So where was the media outrage when President Obama chewed gum during the D-Day ceremony in Normandy last week?  It seems to have been confined to the Washington Times and the Twitterverse.   E.J. Dionne was on hand to argue that it was probably Nicorette, so it’s
okay—Obama is still struggling nobly to break his cigarette habit.  No disrespect intended!  (But really—can anyone imagine Ronald Reagan, or either Bush, chewing gum at a memorial service for our armed forces?)

"I doubt this was entirely an accident or uncontrollable impulse on Obama’s part.  It fits with his general contempt for—and rejection of—America’s traditions.  He never does this quite openly.  It is always through subtle little gestures, like bowing to foreign potentates.  Occasionally he gives out more significant markers." ... Full article.

Priorities

Legal Insurrection

Cartoonist A.F.Branco
 

Will America Ever Be Forgiven For Slavery?

Question, please:  If we today are guilty of the slave trade of two centuries ago, and today's African-Americans deserve reparations for that, then aren't today's Democrats guilty of the Ku Klux Klan's violence? The Tunnel Dweller

Patricia L. Dickson ... "I have listened to the counter arguments presented by my fellow black Americans as to which slave owners where the worst (although there is no way to prove any of it) and I have come to this conclusion. In the words of Hillary Rodham Clinton, “what difference, at this point, does it make?” Does it not matter that an estimated 700,000 lives were lost fighting the Civil War to end slavery? What can Liberals and race baiters hope to gain by constantly throwing slavery in the midst of every discussion?  Finally, if a Holy God can forgive sinful man for his past sins, how is it that sinful man can never forgive other sinful men for past sins?  Will America every be forgiven for its role in slavery?  Patricia's corner

 

Unsung heroes flew to Libya for Benghazi survivors, victims (Updated)

First Benghazi whistleblower emerges   "President Obama is poised to reap a whirlwind of consequences for his conduct of the war on terror. Iraq is falling into the hands of the enemy President Bush had defeated on the battlefield. The fact that the Obama administration lied to the American people about the Benghazi attack in order to smooth his re-election makes his failures in conducting the affairs of state not merely a matter of incompetence or honest mistakes but actual venality."
"A new report makes these consequences closer to reality."

The untold story of Maj. Eric Stahl and his US Air Force crew.
"What's up with that video?"
"I have no idea"
The attackers used State Department cell phones to take orders from higher-ups. We hear the description of how both the American bodies were loaded on their plane and how the attackers got on their escape plane.

US spy agencies heard Benghazi attackers using State Dept. cell phones to call terrorist leaders   ... "The disclosure is important because it adds to the body of evidence establishing that senior U.S. officials in the Obama administration knew early on that Benghazi was a terrorist attack, and not a spontaneous protest over an anti-Islam video that had gone awry, as the administration claimed for several weeks after the attacks." ...