Rift widens between Obama, U.S. military over strategy to fight Islamic State

Bokbluster  

"In 2008 President Obama offered this self evaluation.

“I think that I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I’ll tell you right now that I’m gonna think I’m a better political director than my political director.”

"Anything You Can Do, I Can do Better

"Last week The Washington Post said the president doesn’t work well with others in the military. Mark Theissen, also in the Post, said Obama ignored his top general when he pulled all troops out of Iraq – allowing ISIS to move in – and he’s still ignoring him."

Politico; 10 quotes that [maybe] haunt President Obama

Rift widens between Obama, U.S. military* over strategy to fight Islamic State   "Flashes of disagreement over how to fight the Islamic State are mounting between President Obama and U.S. military leaders, the latest sign of strain in what often has been an awkward and uneasy relationship.

"Even as the administration has received congressional backing for its strategy, with the Senate voting Thursday to approve a plan to arm and train Syrian rebels, a series of military leaders have criticized the president’s approach against the Islamic State militant group.

"Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, who served under Obama until last year, became the latest high-profile skeptic on Thursday, telling the House Intelligence Committee that a blanket prohibition on ground combat was tying the military’s hands. “Half-hearted or tentative efforts, or airstrikes alone, can backfire on us and actually strengthen our foes’ credibility,” he said. “We may not wish to reassure our enemies in advance that they will not see American boots on the ground.' ”

Would You Follow President Obama Into Battle?   ... "On September 18, 2014, the New York Times reported “that requests to use the [American] advisers to call in airstrikes to provide tactical advice [support] on the battlefield to Iraqi units would need to be approved by the president on a case-by-case basis.”

Known to this president as "my military"

Watch: at the first battlefield setback they will become "Bush's military".

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6. Obama said the military was “My military”.

Obama’s Salute to Marines – Most Degrading They're his military. He can salute them any way he chooses.

"The White House actually posted a video of the President, with coffee type cup in his right hand, saluting the Marines as he departs Marine One...because no one in the White House believes that anything is wrong with that."   Blackfive

thegatewaypundit  

Confederacy of Dunces? From the president on down, they are in resolute denial about radical Islam.

Victor Davis Hanson  "The military effort against the Islamic State hinges on a successful threefold approach involving intelligence, homeland security, and diplomacy. Unfortunately, the Obama administration does not have much past history in these areas to warrant confidence."  Full article...

VDH on Where Is Obama’s ‘Broad Coalition’?  "For now, most allies are sitting tight and waiting for preemptive, unilateral U.S. action. If we begin defeating the Islamic State, they may eventually join in on the kill; if not, they won’t.

"That is a terrible way to wage coalition warfare, but we are reaping what we have sown."

 

 

White House Fence Jumper was out on bail

Legal Insurrection
 

... "According to CBS News, friends of Gonzalez believe that if he had jumped the fence with the intent to harm, he would have brought something more deadly than a three-inch knife.

Jerry Murphy, whose mother was married to Gonzalez for several years, said Gonzalez suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and that he needs treatment, not to be treated like a criminal.
He said Gonzalez has been driving around the country and living out of his truck for the past couple of years, and that he always carries his knife.
“I know he’s got heavy artillery, you know? He’s got all kinds of weapons and he was trained to use them,” Murphy said. “I believe if he wanted to make a scene or cause problems, he very well could have. But it’s clear that he didn’t.”
Officials have said Gonzalez was awarded a medal for his service in Iraq and retired due to disability.

 Secret service criticised after White House intruder prompts evacuation

White House intruder Omar Gonzalez had a knife, attorney's office reveals
If the knife as folded in his pocket and not being brandished, it would be logical to think he was unarmed, But how would they not assume he did not have a bomb strapped under his shirt?
 ... "It said Gonzalez went through the north doors and got inside the mansion.

“ 'After he was apprehended, Omar Gonzalez told United States Secret Service Agent Lee Smart that he was concerned that the atmosphere was collapsing and [he] needed to get the information to the president of the United States so that he could get the word out to the people,” the affidavit said.

"The Secret Service increased security around the White House after Friday’s incident, which represented one of the most significant breaches since Obama became president and raised questions about the security procedures at the White House.

"Gonzalez, 42, from Texas, climbed the fence, ran across the lawn and made it inside the front doors of the White House before being apprehended. "

Not falling for that one again

By  William A. Jacobson at Legal Insurrection    "Actually, I didn’t fall for it the first time."

 

 

"From reader Xmas: Seen in Worcester, MA  "I thought you guys would like this.' "

Top 10 Outrageous Maxine Waters Quotes

allrightmagazine / Erin Bonsteel cartoon

Human Events  ...
"10.   Liar, thief:   For those liberals who decry harsh conservative attacks on President Obama, let’s hearken back to 2005 and listen to Waters’ comments on President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney:   “The President is a liar.   Dick Cheney, the chief architect of the Big Lie, is not only a liar, he is a thief.' ”
 

There Are 7 Types of English Surnames — Which One Is Yours?

Ancestry.com  "Many of us have surnames passed down to us from ancestors in England. Last names weren’t widely used until after the Norman conquest in 1066, but as the country’s population grew, people found it necessary to be more specific when they were talking about somebody else. Thus arose descriptions like Thomas the Baker, Norman son of Richard, Henry the Whitehead, Elizabeth of the Field, and Joan of York that, ultimately, led to many of our current surnames."
...
"Wondering whether your family name is English? Try plugging your surname into the Ancestry.com Last Names Meanings and Origins widget. Type in the surname “Duffield,” and you’ll see it’s English, a “habitational name from places in Derbyshire and East Yorkshire, so named from Old English Dufe ‘dove’ + feld ‘open country.' "

Virtual Reality

 

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With the Rise of Radical Islam, Multiculturalism is a Spent Force

Some cultures are indeed better than others.

The American Culture

 

"Multiculturalism is a product of relativism; the only way you can believe that all cultures are equally valid and good is if you believe that all values are relative, that there is no objective right or wrong or good or bad. Of course even the most hard core relativist can’t live such a philosophy consistently, but that doesn’t stop them from believing it anyway. Most people with a modicum of common sense realize that some cultures are better than others, but this doesn’t apply to the West’s cultural elite. For them it isn’t only relativism that makes them think such an absurd notion, but an animosity to the West, and mostly to America. The political class in the West bought this silliness for decades, but there is something about radical Muslims beheading people on camera that concentrates the mind.

 

"Libertarian Walter Williams tells us multiculturalism is now failing, but why some otherwise intelligent people would buy it:" ...   More...

Multiculturalism and Islam   "Muslims destroying a university may come as a shock to many professors in the West today, for it flies in the face of the multiculturalism they profess. It is too ironic to imagine multiculturalists supporting the very culture that would destroy them."  Read more: 

 

multiculturalaustralia.edu.au

2011; Netherlands abandoning multiculturalism   "The new integration policy will place more demands on immigrants. For example, immigrants will be required to learn the Dutch language, and the government will take a tougher approach to immigrants to ignore Dutch values or disobey Dutch law."

How Soon We Forget the Veteran Who Attacked the White House

The story behind Friday's intrusion: a VA system failing millions like Omar J. Gonzalez.

By Ron Fournier   "September 22, 2014 When a deranged man jumps a 9-foot fence and storms into the White House, the most obvious questions involve security—and so these were among Monday's headlines: "The Secret Service Considers Bigger White House Buffer" (The Washington Post) and "White House May Check Tourists Blocks Away" (The New York Times).

"Beware of the most obvious. The most important angles often lurk below the surface. What struck me about Day 3 coverage of the White House breach was how the intruder had all but been erased from the stories.

 

"His name is Omar J. Gonzalez. He is a decorated Iraq war veteran from Texas, a sniper who was badly wounded by a homemade bomb.  He suffers posttraumatic-stress disorder, his family says. For two years, Gonzales has been homeless and living alone in the wild and in campgrounds. What happened to him? What happens to men and women like him when they return home from war?" ...

The Hillary Letters; Hillary Clinton, Saul Alinsky correspondence revealed

Alana Goodman 
 "NOTE: READ THE HILLARY CLINTON-SAUL ALINSKY LETTERS HERE."
  

 

"Previously unpublished correspondence between Hillary Clinton and the late left-wing organizer Saul Alinsky reveals new details about her relationship with the controversial Chicago activist and shed light on her early ideological development.

"Clinton met with Alinsky several times in 1968 while writing a Wellesley college thesis about his theory of community organizing.

"Clinton’s relationship with Alinsky, and her support for his philosophy, continued for several years after she entered Yale law school in 1969, two letters obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show.

"The letters obtained by the Free Beacon are part of the archives for the Industrial Areas Foundation, a training center for community organizers founded by Alinsky, which are housed at the University of Texas at Austin.

"The letters also suggest that Alinsky, who died in 1972, had a deeper influence on Clinton’s early political views than previously known.' ...

 

 

Muslims Launch Powerful Social Media Campaign Against ISIS With #NotInMyName

Mashable    "The extremist group the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) has made effective use of social media to spread propaganda, releasing gory videos on YouTube and launching hashtag campaigns to threaten the United States.

"Now Muslims around the world are fighting back — using the hashtag #NotInMyName to remind the world that ISIS does not represent their religion."
 

 

"The campaign was launched on September 10 by the London-based organization Active Change Foundation with the video embedded at the top of the post."

Sayed Umaar @UmaarKazmi Follow

Another disgusting threat from the un-Islamic State #NotInMyName. We all call for Alan Henning's prompt release.

 

"The murder of an innocent man has no justification in any religion or walk of life," Hanif Qadir, the founder of the Active Change Foundation, told the Mirror, referring to the beheading of David Haines, a British aid worker killed by ISIS fighters on Sept. 13. "These terrorists ISIS are not true Muslims, they do not practice the true teachings of Islam; peace, mercy and compassion and they are the enemy of all mankind.”

"The social media campaign has since then gained steam with more than 14,000 tweets in the last 7 days."

We have wondered for years if Muslims would do what you are doing, fearing there was not a single Muslim that hated the acts of radical Islamists. May our Creator keep you safe and cause your numbers to grow. TD

A Marxist Mistake? AFL-CIO Pushes Get Out The Vote For Mid-Terms Under Soviet-Style Symbol

"Communism, once banned, appears to leave its mark on America's oldest labor federation"

RedState  ... "Nearly two decades later, as Republicans, Democrats and Independents gear up for this fall’s mid-term elections, the special interest group—indirectly funded by union members’ dues—has launched a “get out the vote” page with a symbol that is eerily reminiscent(sp) of the Soviet-era hammer and sickle."

 

"Earlier this month, the AFL-CIO launched a website entitled MyVotMyRight.org which, when clicked on, takes union members to a page on the the AFL-CIO’s website.

"Once there, union members are told that My Vote, My Right is the “AFL-CIO’s voter protection and education program” and a “non-partisan” effort.

"However, as visitors look at the logo in the upper right of the page, they may be surprised to see a symbol that, while one could argue is ‘merely’ a check mark wrapped in a blue hand, appears strikingly similar to the symbol of the former Soviet union—except, instead of the yellow hammer and sickle on a red background, a red hammer is wrapped by a blue hand and the star has the Obama campaign symbol within it.

Here is a screenshot of the page: