Category Archives: War On Terrorism

NY Times: Congress Can Stop The Privacy Abuse

The question is, will Mr. Obama and his team go along with any plans to stop the over-broad fishnet surveillance of the US citizenry? Here’s the Times’ editorial board Over the last three years, several measures were introduced in Congress that would have helped reduce or eliminate the abuses of communications surveillance revealed this week. […]

Chris Matthews: “President Should Do Whatever It Takes To Stop Terrorism”

I was flabbergasted when I heard this the first time Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Boiling it down: “I try to ask in matters like this a simple question: if we are hit, and it comes out that the president had the ability and authority to take action […]

Sigh: Now A Warmist Blames The War On Terror For Climate Change

Warmists really can’t help themselves, blaming everything for “climate change” (and everything that happens on climate change). Here’s another wacko (via Climate Depot) (Pakistan Today…or, is that, as (NMP) Obama says “Pock-eeeeeee-stan”?) Former Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) director general (DG) Qamaruz Zaman Chaudhry on Thursday said climate change was on the rise due to war […]

In “Squirrel!” Speech, Obama Urges End To Global War On Terrorism

Not that he really it calls it that. If you remember, his administration changed it to “overseas contingency” early on. And while the NY Times says that this “was the most important statement on counterterrorism policy since the 2001 attacks, a momentous turning point in post-9/11 America”, there are two issues, the first being that […]

Strange: Most Media Spent Little Time On Benghazi Hearings

Well, you’ve already been treated to the E-trade baby and his shocked face, so I’ll spare you (MRC) Wednesday’s congressional hearings on the September 11 terrorists attacks in Benghazi provided a stark contrast between Fox News Channel and MSNBC. From the time the whistleblower testimony began at 11:36am through their conclusion after 5pm, FNC devoted […]

Saudi Arabia Warned US About Tamerlan Tsarnaev

As Obama is defending those responsible for keeping the US as safe as they can from terrorists, his pleas seem rather weak in the face of more information, in the form of an exclusive from the UK Daily Mail…..isn’t it funny that we have to get so much of our information on these types of […]

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 […]

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