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Dems know they can’t end war, but lie about it anyway

Not like we didn’t know it already, but it’s nice to see one of them actually admit it in public. Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-PA)

“I’ll tell you my impression. We really in this last election, when I say we…the Democrats, I think pushed it as far as we can to the end of the fleet, didn’t say it, but we implied it. That if we won the Congressional elections, we could stop the war. Now anybody was a good student of Government would know that wasn’t true. But you know, the temptation to want to win back the Congress, we sort of stretched the facts…and people ate it up.“

Nothing like selling out American interests and American lives for a few votes. Deny the success of the surge, exaggerate, condemn, argue against the war, attack the troops (I’m lookin’ at you, Murtha), parrot the enemy’s propaganda…for what? Votes. How much damage do they need to do to the war effort, how many American lives do they need to endanger just to get elected or re-elected?

“The ends justify the means” for the Left, good little Trotskyites that they are.

Of course, Kanjorski doesn’t speak for all Democrats. Some of them are deadly serious about dismantling American strength.

Attacking the troops in Washington, DC

Can we question their patriotism now?

Recently, there have been local incidents in which military personnel have been verbally assaulted while commuting on the Metro. Uniformed members have been approached by individuals expressing themselves as anti-government, shouting anti-war sentiments, and using racial slurs against minorities.

In one instance, a member was followed onto the platform by an individual who continued to berate her as she exited the metro station. Thus far, these incidents have occurred in the vicinity of the Reagan National Airport and Eisenhower Ave metro stations on the yellow line, however, military members should be vigilant and aware of their surroundings at all times while in mass transit.

Should you be approached by any individuals expressing anti-government/anti-war sentiments, or any other types of direct verbal assault, immediately notify your local police jurisdiction. If riding metro, exit the train at the next stop, distance yourself from the individual, and notify the Metro Transit Police Department.

For this and any other suspicious activity, NGB personnel are also asked to notify the Pentagon Command Center at (703)697-1001, and the NGB Antiterrorism/Force Protection Officer, MSgt Cyril Charity, at (703)607-2396 or (571)239-1109 (after duty hours).

You know, this doesn’t have to happen. There’s no way there weren’t any innocent bystanders when this stuff was happening, and if they didn’t speak up, shame on them.

If you see this kind of thing happening, speak up. These scumbags ought not to feel free to behave this way in public without becoming pariahs.

DNC and Obama: Quit talking about us!

I know everyone’s already talked about this, but I’d feel criminally negligent if I failed to pile on. Besides, has anyone even BOTHERED to consider the fact that Bush was in Israel and was likely also referring to the suicidal Left (cough Olmert cough) in Israel that wants to appease Hamas, Hizb’allah, and Ahmadinejad?

Nevermind that, though - Obama and the Democrats, like everyone else, obviously saw themselves in this. Truer words never spoken, if you ask me. Waaaah! The truth huuuurts!

If the shoe fits…

More shoes for fitting -

Jim Geraghty: Obama: I Won’t Negotiate With Terrorists, Just Their Sponsors

Ed Morrissey at Hot Air: I wonder where he got that idea? Oh, yeah!

Quin Hilyer at the American Spectator: Obama Accepts Guilt, With Fellow Dems’ Help

Right Truth has a whole lot more: Know what happens when you ‘assume?’

Maybe it’s time to update my Twitter icon. Heeee!

Barack Obama Ahmadinejad logo

McCain Blogger Call

I just got finished at today’s blogger call with John McCain. I take horrible notes from these things anyway, and I don’t have time at the moment to clean things up (gotta go get the little one from school) so I’ll post my raw, unedited notes ~~below the fold~~, and send you to Fausta’s blog for a much more coherent version. I’ll probably add more links (as well as links to the questioners’ sites) later.

NOTES:

Talked about this morning’s speech, what he wants America to look like after his first term in office. Aware that this depends on the good will of Congress, but he thinks these things are DOABLE and that Americans are tired of gridlock and partisan bickering.
We will have won in Iraq - Winning = Maliki govt in control, sporadic problems with terrorists, but IA will be handling the problems, will have security arrangement w/Iraq akin to Korea, post Gulf War I, etc. but troop presence is way down.
Wants to debate Obama on whether we are winning, surge is working.

Jennifer Rubin:
1. What is view of developments in Lebanon?
Proxy war btw US and Iran; UNSCR calling for Hez disarmament has never been enforced. BO wants to sit down with the guy who calls Israel “a stinking corpse,” WHY? What does he expect to accomplish with the state that sponsors terrorism and is responsible for the deaths of Americans?
2. Bush speech in Israel made DNC/BO go nuts
Bush said he wasn’t talking about Obama, he was talking about appeasement and there are plenty of examples to point to it. Reaction because it takes the highest degree of naivete and inexperience to think sitting down and chatting with the likes of the Iranians is going to help.

Michael Goldfarb (TWS):
What should be discussed w.r.t Iran?
Have Iran renounce intentions to “wipe israel off the map”
Get Iran to renounce ambition for nukes
Get them OUT of Iraq’s business
End state sponsorship of terrorism i.e. Hezbollah
Only then can negotiations take place - “preconditions” - Iranians can signal such intentions easily
Crocker says Iranians haven’t shown the slightest inclination to do this. What does BO expect to accomplish with these people? What do you want to talk to them about?
Chatting w/them enhances their prestige.

Jim Geraghty:
On Monday, NYT article said it’s not true that BO wants to negotiate with rogue states, how to combat these lies?
Hopefully rely on media and new media to tell the truth, and the American people knowing the difference? Plenty of examples where Obama isn’t held accountable for things he’s said and that are ON THE RECORD. Not just inconsistency, but outright contradiction

Weekly press conferences? Blogger calls too?
Will try to do them, because it’s very important to keep contact

Doug Lambert (Granite Grok):
“Doing what is doable” - sounds like what Newt’s said; have you been talking to Newt?
I’ve talked to him for years, and have listened to him on TV and read him. Would be pleased to have more conversations with him; he is a great thinker. Intends to talk to him more because he is a very smart person.
Not modeling Contract with America, nor the Reagan Revolution. Just believes in the same need for change and vision for the future.

Kate Shepard:
Climate change: not for subsidies but for nuke power?
- Problems with nuke power are our own making - goes back to Carter years, overregulation after Three Mile Island and Chernobyl ended up killing nuclear power generation; also Yucca Mountain issue
Wants to encourage research & development, including electric/battery powered cars
Unashamed and unembarrassed about support for nuke power.
Also for R&D on clean coal technology, as well as other tech.

Erin ~~Kovicka(?)~~ Kotecki -
Why announcing withdrawal timeline in 2013?
NOT a withdrawal timeline - see the speech. The withdrawal is an expected natural consequence of progress in Iraq. NOT a withdrawal timeline, and 2013 would be the end of his first term. Facts on the ground will dictate withdrawal.
Announce a date for w/d - enemy sits back and waits, then brings chaos and genocide when we’re gone and Iran moves in. Announcing date = announcing surrender.
What to do for troops?
Rec’d highest support from veterans organizations because they know he cares about not just nat’l security but their needs. Improving health care for vets, increase education benefits. GI Bill (Webb) - wrote letter to Webb about making it where it will encourage retention.

Joanne Bamberger:
Bipartisanship - what dems would you consider in your administration?
I don’t id specific posts for Democrats in my administration. I want best and brightest, and if it does happen to be a Dem, then okay.
Specifics?
No, haven’t considered it. Wants to get a VP first.
Open to D’s?
Will appoint a D if he or she is the best candidate for the position.

A post-call note from me:
Anyone here think someone from Red State or LGF or whatever would be allowed to ask questions in a hypothetical Barack Obama blogger call? FAT CHANCE. Take note of where Joanne Bamberger writes. I’m still looking for where Erin Whatever writes, but I strongly suspect she’s either a journalist or a Democrat (redundancy is redundant!), since they’re going with the meme that the 2013 speech and ad means a timetable. I saw on FNC earlier that journalists had asked McCain repeatedly today about it being a “timetable for withdrawal.” I mean, how freaking stupid and/or dishonest do you have to be to actually ask such a question? Honestly, John McCain was a whole lot more respectful in his response than I’d have been, although he did ask if the questioner had heard or read the speech.

I should note that I’ve seen talk around the moonbatosphere lately that a good tactic for them would be to drive a wedge between the angry conservatives and John McCain. CLEARLY, Bamberger was desperately trying to get McCain to commit to naming a Democrat to his cabinet, but he didn’t bite. Too bad, Joanne - you FAIL.

~~Now to track down the Timetable for Withdrawal Genius. If you were in on the Blogger Call and caught her name, please let me know.~~

UPDATE: BUSTED. Big time.
(Also updated to add links to other questioners.)

General Petraeus Recommended for CENTCOM Chief

If anyone’s deserving of a promotion, it’s General David Petraeus.

Army Gen. David Petraeus has been asked to take over the U.S. military’s Central Command, which oversees combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Associated Press.
…
Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno is expected to take command of coalition forces in Iraq, according to CNN and AP.

CNN has streaming live coverage (so does Fox News) of the press conference, and of course it’s on teevee right now.

More at Hot Air for the moment. Abu Muqawama says the real story, buried by CNN, is that LTG Odierno is headed back to Iraq to replace Petraeus. I’ll be waiting for insider commentary in the comments there, and at the Small Wars Journal and Blackfive.

Kossacks Can’t Read!

ZOMG, BUSH AUTHORIZED TORTURE!!11!

FAIL.

What’s important now we have at least ONE signed memo which establishes George W. Bush as the executive authority making final decisions in the NSC process which established a United States run torture regime; the document shown at the bottom of this post.

Wow, the President is the authority who makes final decisions in the NSC? Stunning news!!! Not.

Here’s the shocking document (PDF) that has all the Kossacks in an uproar. Please take note of items 3 through 5, but read it all thoroughly and tell me–where does he “authorize torture?”

Click the thumbnails to see full-size.

Libs are absurd, hysterical, lying idiots. It must suck having your entire worldview based on lies and fallacy.

(Also not news: Diggtards can’t read, either.)

A note about the Blogads

Okay, I admit I sold out. There’s an ad ~~up there~~ scheduled for tomorrow that says “Support Troop Withdrawal.” To hell with that group. I took their money because it’s money in my pocket rather than in some moonbat’s pocket–or worse, supporting the candidacy of some miserable defeatist like Obama, Murtha, or John F’n Kerry. Besides, I need the money more than the average latte liberal does.

Anyway, I apologize for having that stupid thing–if I could change the headline, I would. Of course, I do support troop withdrawal–WHEN IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN ARE STABLE, and not a minute before then. I’m thankful that Veterans for America “supports the troops,” but they’re unapologetically partisan and their stance on the war reflects it. According to them, the surge has failed. I guess you know what that means–run away! Whatever. Thanks for the money, VFA (formerly Vietnam Veterans of America), but you’re wrong.

The other ads? Click ‘em! The more you click, the better my stats look and I can charge more money for ads. Please?

What I Learned on my Trip

I am back from the OEF theater of operations and I have learned a few things. One, the troop morale is high everywhere I visited. I was at a few different sites in Afghanistan, one in Kuwait, one in Qatar and then Manas, in the old Soviet Union. I didn’t see any despondent troops, and the majority were very upbeat.
I also gained a love for Qatar Airlines. Their service was awesome.
Finally, I learned that women from India and Pakistan can not sit still. I felt I was surrounded by professional mall walkers during both of my long flights. All in all it was a worthwhile trip, and I am more upbeat than ever on our chances for success.

John McCain in Iraq

Via Matt Lewis at Townhall.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton and the nutroots are still pushing the “hundred year war” fallacy about Iraq. The McCain campaign responds:

“At a time when Senator Clinton knows that American and allied forces are making real progress in Iraq, it is unfortunate that she would look to score political points by mischaracterizing Senator McCain’s statement with intellectually dishonest attacks. The differences between Senator McCain’s position, that we must win this war, and Senator Clinton’s position, withdrawal and de facto surrender on day one, are important enough to have an honest debate over. It would be the height of irresponsibility to stick with campaign promises to the left-wing of the Democratic Party and proceed with withdrawal regardless of what the situation is on the ground in Iraq in January 2009. The point that Senator McCain was making was one about American troop presence versus American combat presence. He was speaking of a post-war scenario, not a hundred year war, when he suggested that the American people could support maintaining a military presence in Iraq should the Iraqi and U.S. governments determine it to be in their mutual interest, just as the U.S. and German, Japanese, and South Korean governments did after conflicts. One would suspect Senator Clinton is aware that American troops have been present peacefully in Germany and Japan for more than six decades. The American people deserve more than blatant mischaracterizations, and we invite Senator Clinton to participate with us in an honest debate.”

I wonder if Hillary Clinton–and Barack Obama–are ever going to be willing to have an honest debate about Iraq, and fully acknowledge that we are making progress in Iraq. Saturday’s Washington Post carried a column from “boots on the ground” saying just that; will they deny the facts, or are facts too inconvenient for their partisan narrative? (I think we know the answer to that question.)

On Iraq, there is really no doubt who has been right since the very beginning. Don’t we at least owe those who have sacrificed so much–and still do–a Commander in Chief who will lead them well and honor their service and sacrifices?

UPDATE: More, from Beth at Blue Star Chronicles–McCain Was for The Surge Before the Surge was Cool.

Adam Gadahn / Azzam the American–DEAD (?)

Please please please please please God, please let this be true!!!

From what I hear, though, very little of Gadahn is left to recover. A little bit of Gadahn here, a little bit of Gadahn there. The NEFA report also goes on to cite a Dawn story that a mass funeral was held for 12 foreigners two days after the missile attack that killed al-Libi. The implication is that what little remained of Gadahn and the others is now in a nearby mass grave.

Too bad, because I’d rather his rotting corpse be right here in the US, so we Americans would get the honor of destroying what’s left of him and pissing on his grave. Maybe take that dead shit on a US tour so everyone would get to do the honors. I think Hell just got a little uglier with that POS there.

God, I hope this report is true. If it is, Bush should declare a national holiday.

Drop Drudge

Endangering the lives of British troops for a sensational scoop about Prince Harry (about which the mainstream media had surprisingly kept quiet) is taking sensationalism too far. Way too far. It’s hardly different from the New York Slimes exposing secrets to the enemy.

The British people are furious with Channel 4’s Jon Snow for saying “thank God for Drudge,” and many have decided to boycott Snow and Channel 4. Why stop there? Matt Drudge was the one to spill the beans, after all.

Jeff Quinton is urging others:

Since Drudge really isn’t that necessary anymore for news, and his scoops are few and far between anymore, why not drop Drudge? Remove his link from your website, de-link him from your blog and don’t link to him. If you care about letting him know that you’ve done it and why, send a message to drudge@drudgereport.com, otherwise just pull any links to him. Let us know if you’ve gone along with this plan in the comments below.

Count me in.

Dump Drudge. He’s well past his prime, and breaking this story just shows his desperation. Who needs him?

all action, no talk

I’m not a huge Royalist - I’m a republican in every sense of the word - but I have
nothing but admiration for Prince Harry:

LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, has been secretly serving as a combat soldier on the front lines in Afghanistan for 2-1/2 months, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.

He didn’t have to go - far from it, the MOD has been trying to keep him out of combat since he graduated Sandhurst - and when he did go, he went in secret.

Of course Prince Andrew piloted helicopters on combat missions during the Falklands war, but that is qualitatively different from having one’s boots on the ground, so to speak.

Good for him.

Gold Star mom Debbie Lee slams the Berkeley City Council

Go get ‘em, sister.

Debbie Lee is the mother of Marc Alan Lee, the first Navy SEAL killed in Iraq. More about her here.

Screw Berkeley. They should secede.

Making Simon Cry

Sorry I didn’t make AI tonight, I was doing Jawa Radio.

Simon would have a field day.

But, Simon’s a fucking jackass, too.

America is at the mall

“Life goes on” for us, while others sacrifice everything.

“It’s kind of hard to explain” how it feels to be part of a small segment of the U.S. population that is “bearing the brunt of the responsibilities” from today’s conflicts, Jackson said as he waited for his flight at Dulles International Airport. “It doesn’t affect society at large in the slightest. Life just goes on, and a lot of people . . . are more concerned about the price of gas than about soldiers fighting and dying,” said Jackson, who has lost several comrades in the wars.

Just go read that, and thank God for those men and women, for they allow you to carry on in complacency. We owe them the very best.

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