"Time for Obama to lead us or resign"

"He has put his intellect and rhetorical skills into the dishonorable service of assigning blame and fudging failure."

Michael Goodwin

. . . "That eternal truth is so obvious that it should not need to be said. Yet even after the horrific slaughter in Paris, there remains a distressing doubt about whether America’s commander in chief gets it.

"President Obama has spent the last seven years trying to avoid the world as it is. He has put his intellect and rhetorical skills into the dishonorable service of assigning blame and fudging failure. If nuances were bombs, Islamic State would have been destroyed years ago.

"He refuses to say “Islamic terrorism,” as if that would offend the peaceful Muslims who make up the vast bulk of victims. He rejects the word “war,” even as jihadists carry out bloodthirsty attacks against Americans and innocent peoples around the world.

"He shuns the mantle of global leadership that comes with the Oval Office, with an aide advancing the preposterous concept that Obama is “leading from behind.” He snubs important partners like Egypt, showers concessions on the apocalyptic mullahs of Iran, and called the Islamic State the “jayvee team” even as it was beginning to create a caliphate." . . .

Cruz: Obama ‘does not wish to defend this country’

Putin Laughs Off Obama At G20 Summit  . . . "When images of Barack Obama shaking hands with President-host Erdogan flashed across one of the many monitors placed throughout the G20 summit it proved further fodder for rebuke by the Russian strongman, who then pointed to a monitor while shaking his head at the sight of the widely smiling and seemingly passive American president."

. . .

"Just a day prior to the Paris terror attacks President Obama again said publicly that ISIS was contained. That opinion is said to have been repeated among various world leaders as they meet in Turkey, only lessening Mr. Obama’s already plummeting  significance on the world stage."

The Other Shoe Dropped at the Bataclan

The Gates of Vienna

"The first shoe hit the floor back in 2008, and it has taken seven years — far longer than the Muslims who made the threats had intended — for the other shoe to fall.

"The jihad atrocities committed in Paris last night strongly resembled those carried out in Mumbai almost exactly seven years ago. But this year’s earlier attacks in Paris (the Charlie Hebdo massacres) and Copenhagen were the same type of action on a smaller scale. And in all three the attacks targeting the native ethnic group were immediately followed by a concerted effort to hit Jewish targets and kill Jews.

"Bearing that in mind, Vlad and I waited last night for grim news to emerge from one of the Jewish neighborhoods in Paris. We expected it to happen before anyone claimed responsibility for the attacks — that would be the normal pattern. But the Islamic State announced that it was responsible for all the terror and bloodshed in the wee hours, without any Jewish targets being hit.

"Or so it seemed." . . .

Waging the War on "Terror", Vichy-Style

"Our premodern enemies have certainly got our postmodern number. Newsmen compete to warn us not of more jihadists to come or the nature of the Islamist hatred that fuels these murderers, but instead fret about Western “backlash” on the horizon, about how nativists and right-wingers may now “scapegoat” immigrants." 

Victor Davis Hanson
"A few hours before the catastrophic attack in Paris, President Obama had announced that ISIS was now “contained,” a recalibration of his earlier assessments of “on the run” and “Jayvees” from a few years back. In the hours following the attack of jihadist suicide bombers and mass murderers in Paris, the Western press talked of the “scourge of terrorism” and “extremist violence”. Who were these terrorists and generic extremists who slaughtered the innocent in Paris — anti-abortionists, Klansmen, Tea-party zealots?

"Middle Eastern websites may be crowing over the jihadist rampage and promising more to come, but this past week in the United States we were obsessed over a yuppie son of a multi-millionaire showboating his pseudo-grievances by means of a psychodramatic hunger strike at the University of Missouri and a crowd of cry-baby would-be fascists at Yale bullying a wimpy teacher over supposedly hurtful Halloween costumes. I guess that is the contemporary American version of Verdun and the Battle of the Bulge."

Islam: Time To Declare War?

. . . "What is the answer?   The free world must declare war on radical Islam, an all-out war.  But it also must work with those Muslims who say they are against violence to somehow change the Islamic teachings to eliminate the calls for violence. Our US President had the opportunity to do so when Egypt’s President Sisi called for a revision to Islamic teachings at the beginning of this year. Yet Obama has been totally quiet in response.  His devotion to Islamic change must surely be questioned given any lack of action." . . .

More on the aftermath of the Paris shootings

Is this the ISIS killer stalking the Bataclan venue before his murderous rampage begins? Video shows mysterious figure clad in black moments before the massacre   (UK Mail)

Terrorists took over Bataclan concert hall in Paris on Friday night 

They yelled 'This is for Syria' before unleashing a hail of bullets

At least 89 people were killed in the massacre and many more wounded

Briton Nick Alexander feared to have died after he was shot by gunmen

Nottingham University students reveal they climbed over bodies to survive 

Three terrorists blew themselves up when police raided the theatre

A fourth was shot dead by police outside the concert hall  

See more of the latest news and updates on the Paris terror attacks 

Brian Williams Asks RIDICULOUS Question About How Paris Attacks Will Affect THIS

"Yes…Brian Williams really did say that. You can’t make this stuff up anymore.

Brian was concerned about how the attacks will affect the messaging of the Paris Climate Change Conference which is scheduled to begin at the end of this month. I kid you not as you can see in this video of his interview with Weather Channel managing editor Sam Champion who was in Paris for an Al Gore event.

You Won’t BELIEVE Who This Liberal Site Is Blaming for Paris Attacks – UNREAL

It’s Time to Give Jihadists the Apocalypse They Long For — and Other Thoughts About the Nightmare in Paris

"First, a multi-pronged military-style assault on civilian soft targets is exactly the kind of terrorist attack I’ve long feared. Every western capital is vulnerable to attacks like this, and the combination of open borders and thousands of European and American citizens fighting for ISIS renders all of our cities open to assault. This is likely not the last major urban attack, and we may see another soon." . . .

Now about those Muslim refugees...

Ted Cruz calls for end to Syrian refugee resettlement
"While the Obama administration is “moving to increase and accelerate the number of Syrian refugees who might be admitted into the United States,” Senator Ted Cruz is calling for an immediate halt to Syrian refugee resettlement. Half of them aren’t from Syria and most of them are colonizers, but no matter. Let’s get about the business of doing as much as we can as fast as we can to save ourselves. And this is a start. Per The Right Scoop, Cruz put out the following statement on Friday:

“America must stand with our allies against the scourge of radical Islamic terrorism. This is an evil that does not discriminate between French, German or American, Christian, Muslim or Jew, soldier, football player, or concert goer. Their only goal is to murder those who do not submit to their vicious, totalitarian ideology. Our deepest condolences go out to our French allies, and I know the government of the United States stands by to offer any assistance necessary. . . .

. . . "Let’s get going. Because 10,000 of said “refugees” (aka young, fit, fighting age, male colonizers) just arrived in New Orleans and will eventually be dispersed to 180 cities across America that coordinate with nine charities (and their affiliates) to make sure these invaders get everything they need." . . . Read more:

The names of the people responsible for the massacres in France   . . . "It's especially imperative that Republicans don't nominate someone like Jeb Bush, who calls for letting more of these potential killers in, or Marco Rubio, who says he wants more once they are "vetted," an impossibility when people are coming from a destroyed country with no records.

"I feel sorry for the French dead, but Europeans, at least a majority of them, voted for the policies that led to this by electing these leaders."

Enough Is Enough: Paris Terror Attacks Prove the Borders Have to Be Closed   "We have known for months that ISIS uses the “refugee crisis” to smuggle people into Western Europe. These individuals then form sleeper cells that are put on standby until ISIS’ leaders call on them to carry out attacks. This is basically what happened yesterday: ISIS’ sleepers laid low for a while, but acted when the order was given. As a result, around 130 innocent people were killed. In cold blood.
"Enough is enough. There’s nothing compassionate about letting hordes of so-called refugees into the West — “refugees” who don’t share our values and some of whom actually hate us and want to kill us."

Now we can all share our ignorance about the Paris Muslim radical attacks

Four Brief Video Clips Which Explain Liberals’ Views on the Paris Attack
"The blame America crowd is out in full force.

"Bill Maher blamed the ISIS attack on the US bombing in Syria. Some believe that if we bomb them there, they won’t attack us in the States. Maher says the opposite. He also said that our war over there caused the problem but actually, it was Obama leaving without a status of forces agreement that changed the course of the wars we had won, though at great cost.

"Maher thinks Iran is fighting ISIS and we only have to sit back with popcorn."

. . . Obama wouldn’t even call it radical Islamic terrorism, but rather, he called it “extremism”. He didn’t call Hollande because he knew he was “busy” and it was too soon “to speculate at this point in terms of who was responsible for this.”

Paris attacks: ‘It’s lazy to say France’s terrorist attacks nothing to do with Islam’, says Culture Secretary Sajid Javid

. . . "Sajid Javid, a Muslim, called on Britain’s Islamic community to contact the police if they suspect someone they know has been radicalised or may be vulnerable to the influence of hate preachers. " . . .

Paris attacks spark another wave of #hashtags deflecting attention from evil, blasphemous islam to ... a new wave of 'islamophobia' (as if fearing being detonated, shot, beheaded, stabbed or otherwise slaughtered by followers of the false prophet of islam is some sort of irrational fear)
. . . "On the political level, leaders of predominantly Muslim countries swiftly condemned the Paris attacks. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani released a statement calling the wave of explosions and gunfire "crimes against humanity."

"In the name of the Iranian people, who have themselves been victims of terrorism, I strongly condemn these crimes against humanity and offer my condolences to the grieving French people and government," Rouhani said.

"Shuja Shafi, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, released a statement Saturday calling the attacks "horrific and abhorrent" and not a representation of Islam. "This attack is being claimed by the group calling themselves ‘Islamic State’. There is nothing Islamic about such people and their actions are evil, and outside the boundaries set by our faith," Shafi said."

Paris terror attack: Syrian passport found on attacker was used to seek asylum in Greece as one Briton confirmed dead
Also at this link:
• Summary of today's events
• Attacker had passport used to claim asylum in Greece
• How the attack unfolded
• One Briton confirmed dead, "a handful" others feared killed
• 129 killed, 352 injured
• Special forces deployed on streets of Britain
• Paris attacks: What we know so far
• In pictures: Paris terror attacks
• The full story of last night

U2 website announces their cancellation
"As a result of the ongoing state of emergency across France, the U2 Paris concerts scheduled for the 14th and 15th November will not be going ahead as planned. U2 and Live Nation, along with HBO who were due to live broadcast the Saturday concert, are fully resolved to go ahead with this show at an appropriate time." . . .

Terror in Paris

Hope n' Change  "Late on Friday the 13th, nightmarish terror struck the city of Paris - reminding us all, as if we needed reminders, that in the modern world no place is safe from the insanity of Islamic radicalism."  Oops, we misspoke; we meant to say "random incidents".

. . . "This is important. One of the Paris attackers was

identified as a "Syrian refugee" based on the blood-spattered passport found amidst the shrapnel of his body after he detonated a bomb vest.

"And speaking of ironies, there was this..."

"While the horrorific events were unfolding, Obama took to the airwaves to say that terror is a bad thing and said that we'd stand with France. But will we?

"Following the Charlie Hebdo terrorist massacre in Paris earlier this year, Obama said much the same thing. But when world leaders gathered to march arm-in-arm to stand against terror, the United States president was nowhere to be seen..."

Much more at the link...

Our courageous president stands up to ISIS (Updated)

Meanwhile, let's make their thousands feel at home in our countries.


Obama statement on Paris: ‘I DON’T WANT TO SPECULATE ON WHO DID THIS’
"Obama of course, came out and said that he can’t speculate on who attacked Paris tonight, because it could be Global Warming, or the Amish, after all.
Watch below:



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More updates here.   Including this video:

Fiorina handles "stranglegate" with her usual class

Fiorina Responds to Stranglegate, Comes Out on Top

“I do take umbrage with the clear double standard that exists in the media”

"Earlier this week, Hillary Clinton cackled away comments about Carly Fiorina made during a New Hampshire town hall that, if made by any other conservative candidate, would be cause for healing circles and peace rallies all across America.

"During a Q&A on veterans’ issues, a man—who is a veteran and who claims to have been an HP employee from 1999-2005—expressed his frustration with Fiorina by saying, “every time I see [Carly Fiorina] on TV I want to reach through and strangle her.”

"Need a refresher? Here’s the video:"

“ 'I don’t take umbrage with him, I don’t even take umbrage with Mrs. Clinton. I do take umbrage with the clear double standard that exists in the media. If this had happened with a conservative candidate, the liberal media would be all over us to correct him, to apologize, and all the rest of it.

Newsflash: the media is biased, this isn’t anything new, and we just have to deal with it unfortunately… It’s not gonna rattle me.”

"O’Reilly pointed out an incident earlier this month in which the MSM took great umbrage with Fiorina’s apparently inadequate response to a man who made a drive-by claim that President Obama is a Muslim…"

O’Reilly pointed out an incident earlier this month in which the MSM took

great umbrage with Fiorina’s apparently inadequate response to a man who made a drive-by claim that President Obama is a Muslim…

Who knew there were Muslims capable of violence?

Breaking: Idiot 'shocked' by Paris attacks   . . . "If there is such a thing as poetic justice, its gavel is going to come down very hard on all those national leaders who, in the name of political correctness (or worse), are currently importing massive populations of poor, unassimilated Muslims into their nations. "

When seconds counted...  "It was Friday evening, and I was listening to a survivor of the Bataclan Theater terrorist attack in Paris describe how it took place.  The attackers wisely seized the high ground, the balconies, where they were able to fire down into the masses of people packed into the overcrowded main floor.  According to this witness, the terrorists were able to continually fire their weapons randomly into their helpless victims for ten to fifteen minutes before the police assault finally took them down." . . .
. . .
"The growing body count as of this writing is 120 slaughtered in the Bataclan.  We'll never know how much that body count could have been reduced if the foolish French allowed their citizens to go armed.  Their imprudent gun control laws contributed to unnecessary carnage.

"Once again, when seconds counted, the police were just too many minutes away."
Emphasis added, TD

'They are cutting us down one by one...dead bodies everywhere': Jihadist gunmen slaughter concert-goers before detonating suicide belts when police storm the venue

"Terrorists slaughtered ‘everyone one by one’ at a theatre in Paris in just one of a series of horrifying attacks across the capital that have killed up to 150 people.

"An injured hostage held captive during a rock concert at the Bataclan theatre, was able to update his status on social media where he said: 'There are survivors inside. They are cutting down all the world. One by one.’

"Benjamin Cazenoves added in another post: ‘Alive. Just cuts... Carnage... Dead bodies everywhere.’" . . .

The American rock band Eagles of Death Metal had been playing when men armed with Kalashnikovs are said to have stormed into the hall and began firing Above, a photo from the Bataclan before the attack

. . . "Islamic State supporters celebrated the attacks using the Twitter hashtag Paris in Flames or Paris on Fire.

"One militant, Abu Asad, tweeted: ‘Allahu Akbar.’ Another said: ‘There is no God but Allah, praise be to Allah.’"

Obama on Paris: "Muslim", "Syria". "Allahu Akbar" not mentioned

This man is a scourge to the police everywhere, but Islamic terrorists get a pass.

Maggies Notebook

"Roughly 70,000 spectators were packed into the stadium watching France play Germany when the crack of the explosion split the air. The explosion was loud enough to be heard inside the stadium, over the roaring of the fans, video of the match shows.

"Hollande, who attended the game, was quickly ushered out of the stadium.

"At least four people were killed in the explosions. A police union official said there were two suicide attacks and a bombing.

Soon, the violence spread through the city.

"Around 100 people were held hostage inside the Bataclan concert hall, watching California band Eagles of Death Metal as attackers opened fire on the crowd, authorities said. The popular nightspot, initially packed with more than 1,000 people, was turned into a deathtrap after attackers hurled explosives at their captives.

"Reports put the number of dead at the concert at 112." . . .

Paris attacks:At least 153 killed in Paris gunfire and explosions

CNN   "On a night when thousands of Paris residents and tourists were reveling and fans were enjoying a soccer match between France and world champion Germany, horror struck in an unprecedented manner. Terrorists -- some with AK-47s, some reportedly with bombs strapped to them -- attacked sites throughout the French capital and at the stadium where the soccer match was underway.

"Scores were killed in the coordinated attacks late Friday, leaving a nation in mourning and the world in shock. CNN will update this story as information comes in:" . . .

. . . "There is great alarm over the apparent methodology and likely planning that would have been needed to pull off such a series of attacks, one U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN. The attacks resembled tactics that have been used by a number of terror groups -- including al Qaeda's focus on mass casualties and visibility, and the small, tactical nature of attacks that are more the hallmark of ISIS and its acolytes. It is still not clear who is responsible."