Category Archives: The War

Israel BDS opposed by UTexas student assembly

Posted on May 3, 2015 | 2 comments

Earlier this spring, a Palestinian student group at the University of Texas tried to get the school’s student assembly to urge the university to sell stock it owns in five corporations the group claimed “facilitate in the oppression of the Palestinian people by the State of Israel.”

The group wanted UT to join the University of California whose student government voted 11-1 in February in favor of the Israel BDS (boycott, divest, & sanctions) movement. Instead, “after weeks of contentious debate,” according to the Daily Texan student newspaper, the UT assembly voted 23-11 against the idea.

Not that approval would have had any practical effect as the university investors have long said they don’t use political or social issues in their decisions. Likewise the California board of regents opposes such consideration and will ignore the UC vote. But a BDS victory at UT, as did the victory at UC, could have had large political implications.

The accused corporations at UT: Alstom, Cemex, Hewlett-Packard, Proctor & Gamble, and United Technologies.

Via The Jewish Outlook.

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Low Army morale is understandable

Posted on April 17, 2015 | 3 comments

How could any army thrive in an increasingly anti-military culture such as ours? One that cares more for diversity and sexual-assault programs than winning wars.

The part that isn’t understandable is how the Army still sustains itself on volunteers. The volunteers, particularly in the combat arms of infantry, artillery and armor, must be seeking something other than martial respect. Could it be, in the abysmal Democrat economy, something as pathetic as the old “three hots and a cot?”

The American army hasn’t won a war of any significance since the Japanese surrendered in 1945. Not that it couldn’t. But the pols undercut it every time.

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Is it good for the Jews?

Posted on April 7, 2015 | 1 comment

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That’s the old question Jews have always ask about national or international developments. Because, like all ethnic groups and, in some ways, more than any other, they have a large stake in them. I think Bibi’s lobbying for a better deal with Iran is very good for the Jews—and all the rest of the world as well.

“‘I think the alternatives are not either this bad deal or war. I think there’s a third alternative. And that is standing firm, ratcheting up the pressure, until you get a better deal,’ the Israeli Prime Minister told CNN’s ‘State of the Union’. ‘A better deal would roll back Iran’s vast nuclear infrastructure and require Iran to stop its aggression in the region, its terror worldwide, and its calls and actions to annihilate the state of Israel.'”

After all, Iran just gave tens of millions to Hamas so it can replace its terror tunnels and terror rockets.

It’s good for the Jews to have a tough Jew talking tough about the enemies of the Jews. And in this case the enemies of all who don’t want a nuclear missile to come calling. Just like the Coptic Christians fighting back against ISIS. It’s less risky than keeping mum, walking small and making nice with scum like the Mullahs and clowns like our Barry Hussein who’ll make a deal at any price.

Via Fox News and PJMedia.

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Frog journalists show stupid, or venal

Posted on April 6, 2015 | 3 comments

Stupid at the very least. Venal, if it was done on purpose. Alerting, that is, the jihadists who took over a Paris kosher grocery in January to the hiding place of seven of its Jewish patrons.

“As the drama was unfolding Jan. 9, the French news channel BFMTV reported live that there was a woman hiding from jihadist gunman Amedy Coulibaly in the refrigerated area of the Hyper Cacher supermarket in the midst of France’s days-long terror spree, which included the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices….

“Though the reporter pointed to one hiding hostage, there were seven people, including a 3-year-old child and a 1-month-old baby, hiding in the store’s cold room.”

Patrick Klugman, a lawyer representing the survivors, said the news channel ‘lacked the most basic precautions’ and endangered the hidden patrons.

Sacre Bleu!

The station, which has apologized rather belatedly, is now the subject of a criminal complaint by the survivors to the Paris police. Gig them frogs!

Via Instapundit.

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Abetting terrorism

Posted on April 3, 2015 | Comments Off on Abetting terrorism

“I’d be curious to know,” says commenter Jim Alex at Instapundit, “how much these women were ‘encouraged’ to do this by whatever agency arrested them. It seems the only plots the feds bust these days are the ones they create, recruit, and plan.”

Me, too. The prosecutor just happens to be Loretta Lynch, Barry Hussein’s stalled nominee for Eric Holder’s replacement. We now have a pattern of the feds encouraging and abetting wouldbe-terrorists. Except when it comes to the real thing. They didn’t catch the Boston marathon bombers until it was too late.

Via Instapundit.

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Bibi: Bomber of hospitals, mosques & schools

Posted on March 26, 2015 | 1 comment

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Barry Hussein’s hometown newspaper, The Chicago Tribune, doesn’t like Bibi either. Or the IDF. Or Israel. I suppose we should be grateful their lying cartoonist Joe Fournier didn’t draw Bibi a hook nose.

Via United With Israel

UPDATE:  And the beat goes on: Pentagon discloses details of Israel’s nuke weapons program. Will any country ever trust us with their secrets again?

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The “treasonous” GOP letter

Posted on March 15, 2015 | 1 comment

J.D. over at Mouth of the Brazos, has a fine rebuttal to the Democrat cries of treason, especially considering their inane celebration of a real traitor in Bowe Bergdahl:

“Obviously, the thought behind the letter was to hopefully sabotage yet another extra-Constitutional act from obama before it is too late to act. He and his party have promulgated several errors in judgment upon an unwilling American majority, and he now proposes to make this dangerous commitment on behalf of the United States against the will of the elected representatives of the people…

“The only problem with this letter is that it was signed by only 47 Senators. It should have been 100. At least 54.”

Oh, aye. Read. It. All.

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