Category Archives: War On Terrorism

Did Administration Threaten Benghazi Whistleblowers?

Their lawyer says the O admin did (Fox News) At least four career officials at the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency have retained lawyers or are in the process of doing so, as they prepare to provide sensitive information about the Benghazi attacks to Congress, Fox News has learned. Victoria Toensing, a former […]

Boston Bombing: Boxing Coach Says Don’t Blame Boxing

One of the media narratives has been that, somehow, Tamerlan Tsarnaev went from well adjusted citizen to psychotic bomber motivated by, well, the media aren’t quite sure, could have something to do with some obscure religion, but, probably not, due to the failures of his boxing career. His coach says “nope!” (Fox News) The Boston […]

700 Retired Spec Ops Ask House To Do Full Investigation Into Benghazi

Unsurprisingly, most of the legacy media have ignored this. Now, if it was 2 people complaining about a mildly religious piece of art in a school, it would be huge news (Breitbart) Seven hundred retired Military Special Operations professionals from the organization “Special Operations Speaks” sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging members […]

Obama: $500 Million To Palestinian Authority

Sequester shmester, if this is true (via Newsbuster) (Al Arabiya) Following the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to the West Bank and Israel this week, the Palestinian Authority was granted access to almost $500 million that was frozen by U.S. Congress for months. A top U.S. official said Friday that the frozen funds have […]

Panetta Claims Obama Absent Night Of Benghazi Attacks

Just to be clear, the absence is from Panetta’s point of view. Which was, you know, the POV of the Secretary of Defense (Weekly Standard) Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testified this morning on Capitol Hill that President Barack Obama was absent the night four Americans were murdered in Benghazi on September 11, 2012: Panetta said, […]

Surprise! Paper Of Record Not Particularly Concerned With Obama Drone Strike Policy

If there’s one major media outlet those on the Left go to for news and opinion, it would be the NY Times. The same NY Times that excoriated Bush for, well, everything he did. In this case, we’re talking about going after Islamist terrorists. We all remember the hysteria regarding Abu Ghraid. The constant drumbeat […]

Leaked Memo Cites Legal Rationale For Targeted Assassination Of Americans Abroad

Let’s take a look at a few headlines, shall we? EXCLUSIVE: Justice Department memo reveals legal case for drone strikes on Americans Justice Dept. document justifies killing Americans overseas if they pose ‘imminent threat’ Memo Cites Legal Basis for Killing U.S. Citizens in Al Qaeda Official memo justifying drone strikes leaks Those are just a […]

Obligatory Al Jazeera Buys Al Gore’s Current TV

Too be honest, I wasn’t going to really bother until I ran across this NY Times piece Al Jazeera on Wednesday announced a deal to take over Current TV, the low-rated cable channel that was founded by Al Gore, a former vice president, and his business partners seven years ago. Al Jazeera plans to shut […]

Hamas Linked CAIR Tries To Reposition “Jihad” Through PR Campaign

Because apparently jihad is all sorts of soft and fuzzy bunny (Daily Caller) An Islamic-advocacy group linked to terrorism is launching a public-relations campaign to argue that jihad doesn’t mean Islamic holy war, but instead a “concerted effort … with the purpose of getting to a better place.” However, the campaign, which is being launched […]

Army Field Manual For Afghanistan Goes Dhimmi

This is life in the military under Obama and liberal apologists (WSJ) American soldiers should brace for a “social-cultural shock” when meeting Afghan soldiers and avoid potentially fatal confrontations by steering clear of subjects including women’s rights, religion and Taliban misdeeds, according to a controversial draft of a military handbook being prepared for troops heading […]

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