Category Archives: The War

Obamalot golfs, Iraq burns

But, hey, Joey Hairplugs is on the case. And if the second banana can’t solve the bungling, the Obamalots are already blaming Bush. The Iraqi “army,” meanwhile, is throwing down their American arms and beating feet in the face of 3,000 guys in pickup trucks.

There are a few things the Dems still could do, but…

“After more than five years, we’ve come to know we should expect no such leadership or strategic ambition from this President. Meantime, somebody needs to start thinking about evacuating U.S. personnel from our Embassy in Baghdad. Maybe the helicopter is already on the roof.

There better be more than one: “If the embassy is evacuated, it will leave what is perhaps one of the most lavish and expensive diplomatic facilit[ies] in history in the hands of al-Qaeda.”

While our adolescent cretin of a president golfs the rest of us should go celebrate the D-Day anniversary again. It was, after all, the last war we won—almost 60 years ago. And, wouldn’t you know it, we’ve still got troops in Germany. The Pentagon finds the living much better there, no doubt.

UPDATE:  As always when things don’t go his way, Wormtongue and his cronies blame Bush. But, when it comes to the fall of Iraq, the Worm owns it.

Paying terrorism’s bills

That’s us, the last-to-know, first-to-go American taxpayer, who is taken for a ride by every pol with an agenda. And Obamalot’s agenda is “the peace process” which isn’t a process and after decades of diddling hasn’t produced any peace.

So now it’s going to foot the bills for the terrorist group Hamas.

“…American taxpayers…will now be directly covering the salaries of thousands of card-carrying members of a terrorist organization. It’s not just Obama who will be crossing a red line by funding Hamas—he’s dragging the rest of us along with him into a political and moral swamp, in which America will combat terrorism with one hand, while paying for terror with the other.”

Which leaves only Congress to stop this appeasement madness. The fox guarding the hen house. Oh, yeah, that’ll work.

Waiting for Bowe

Amid all the cacophony about the alleged deserter the White House traded five al Queda bosses to get back, we’ve yet to hear from the man himself: Army PFC (when he was captured) now Sergeant (promoted in captivity) Bowe Bergdahl.

Wormtongue’s latest controversy arises, in part, from his Rose Garden presser welcoming home Bowe with his, ahem, eccentric parents. But it’s also due to the left’s adoration of anti-war soldiers like Bergdahl and its persistent military blindspot: “…its failure to comprehend the centrality of honor to military culture.”

I’m reminded of Marine PFC Robert Garwood who was brought home from Vietnam under a cloud of disgrace. His parents never got near the Rose Garden. His explanation of how he was captured and why other POWs thought he was a collaborator wasn’t very persuasive but at least we got his version to weigh against the others.

A military court eventually acquitted Garwood of desertion while convicting him of “communicating with the enemy” and ordered him dishonorably discharged. He later collaborated with two authors in an interesting book on his case, which remains controversial, at least in the Marine Corps.

We’re still waiting to hear from Bowe, and we should because there’s bound to be another side, his side, to this whole deal. Whether it will change any minds remains to be seen, but for now his silence is deafening.

UPDATE:  Oops, turns out ol’ Bowe, whom Obamalot contends served honorably, converted to Islam and declared himself a jihadi. Wonderful. Does Wormtongue ever tell the truth about anything?

Second verse, same as the first

“By repeating — and defending — the now-debunked claim that the video was to blame for the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, [soon-to-be Democrat Presidential candidate Shillary] Clinton risks a renewed focus on the shameful manner in which she and President Obama handled the Benghazi disaster.”

Ambassador Christopher Stevens was not available for comment.

Via Instapundit.

UPDATE: The “bloody shirt” is an old American political ploy and Shillary is trying to hang it on the GOP.

The VA scandal

I like to read the Wall Street Journal’s Best of The Web Today, which yesterday had a good rejoinder to one Democrat’s questionable concern:

“‘As troubling as some of these allegations are, this controversy presents an opportunity for the administration,’ Waldman continues. ‘This isn’t some kind of phony scandal like Benghazi: it’s a real issue with real consequences.’

“Christopher Stevens could not be reached for comment.”

These VA scandals come and go. The hospitals were not originally intended to treat all veterans exclusively but only those unable to pay for their health care. Nowadays, the pols are sending many career retirees to the VA on top of everyone else and the load, of course, is overwhelming.

Mrs. Charm always says “Go get your free hearing aids.” I never have because I can afford to buy them and don’t want to add to the problems of those veterans who can’t.

The religion of peace

Watch yourself in the Sultanate of Brunei:

“A second phase of the law, which will come into force later this year, provides for severing of limbs and flogging for property crimes. A third phase set for late 2015 will allow the justice system to sentence offenders to death by stoning for crimes including adultery and gay sex.”

For that matter, they also have a hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. You don’t suppose…

Via Michael Totten.

Trey Gowdy kicks butt

Wormtongue’s, certainly. And Princess Benghazi’s, as well. But, also, bless his heart, the dumb-dumb-we’re-all-asleep-here Democrat news media. This will be the best 3:26 you will ever spend: Sic ’em.

Via Mouth of The Brazos.

UPDATE:  The violent Left already is threatening Gowdy’s life, probably for fear he’ll expose Democrat smuggling of arms to Al Q.