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Category: Terror War

  • Terry Stater Column

    Terry Stater has written an outstanding column entitled: The Second Casualty of War, you can find it HERE on STLToday.com
    A short excerpt: If “In war, truth is the first casualty,” the second is the image and reputation of our military. It has been under attack for 40 years. It isn’t the primary target; it is collateral damage, or a useful secondary target, in a war on the war.

    Debate on the Iraq war is legitimate. Dissent can be patriotic. But the campaign against the honor, courage and integrity of our troops isn’t just unpatriotic; it is despicable. It is treason. The honor of those who serve cannot be tarnished or stolen. It is diminished only in those who try. Those who denigrate our military often begin with, “I support the troops, but….”
    Very worthwhile reading.

  • Still Delusional After All These Years

    John F(ing) Kerry (who served in Vietnam) had this to say after a recent appearance:

    “We have put together a documented portfolio that frankly puts their lies in such a total light of absurdity and indecency, that should they ever rear their ugly heads again, we have every single ‘t’ crossed and ‘i’ dotted, and I welcome that in a sense,” “It’s a shame we weren’t able to produce all that at the time.”

    As a child, I was taught that the fastest way to defuse a lie was with the truth. How much time does it take to tell the truth, Senator?
    This fool thinks the Democratic Party will give him the nomination again. Face facts, John, you are 63 (and look 73…) and the DNC doesn’t renominate losers. They didn’t for Gore, they didn’t for Dukakis and they won’t for you. According to this story in the Boston Patriot Ledger The liberal Senator from Massachusetts went on to show his complete lack of understanding of Christianity:

    “Evangelicals care enormously about the centrality of the teachings of Jesus Christ and of the Bible,” he said. “If you lead a life and if you are involved in issues that manifest a concern for those kinds of issues, there’s no reason that one separate issue or another ought to create a wedge.”

    Uh, John, “Evangelicals” is kind of a slur the way liberals use it. One separate issue? Like say, homosexuality, and the liberal’s penchant for encouraging it? Were the Bible law, the prohibition of homosexual acts would be “Black Letter Law” as it is clearly spelled out in no uncertain terms.
    Or were you talking about abortion, John? For, while there is no biblical prohibition of that, true, the entire spirit of the Bible is counter to the ending of life out of convenience. Or maybe, the problem the good Senator has, is that little fact that bearing false witness is proscribed? Had I repeatedly lied about the troops, that one might bother me a bit too…

    Apparently, none of the Democrat candidates, not even his former running mate the Silky Pony, have asked for his endorsement. Gee, he must really be feeling the love of his party now…

    He still managed to find the time to trot out the hackneyed and, by the way, idiotic accusation that Republicans, by actually wanting to fight terrorism are exploiting the memory of 9/11. I, for one am getting very tired of that particular claim.

  • Republicans Keep Cheney Impeachment Bill Alive

    Knowing that any bill fronted by Dennis Kucinich can only make the Democrats look stupid by association, the House Republicans today stopped Democrats from killing the bill. Congressman John Shadegg (R-AZ) was credited with the idea. USA Today Blog has a play by play of the action. The Bill is H Res 333, Sponsored by little Dennis and co-sponsored by the 22 (other) biggest kooks in Washington, Sheila Jackson Lee, Maxine Waters,etc and outright traitor Jim McDermott, this bill quotes the Vice President’s comments about Saddam’s possession of WMD’s. Yeah, still singing that old song. Gee, if only Al Gore or Bill Clinton had said something about that…
    Shadegg’s plan to help the democrat’s look stupid by keeping one of their idiotic bills highlighted is just brilliant. Someone buy that man a beer!

  • SGT Dan Powers is a Lucky Man

    CNN/DOD pic
    CNN has the fascinating story of Sgt Dan Powers of Fort Bragg’s 118th MP Company, who while investigating an explosion in a Baghdad neighborhood was stabbed in the head with a NINE INCH KNIFE. His fellow soldiers rushed him back to their base from where he was rushed to a top notch hospital in Balad. LTC Dr Teff an Army neurosurgeon, operated on Powers with a long LONG distance assist from vascular surgeon LTC Rocco Armonda who watched the procedure in real time on his laptop while pulled over to the side of a highway.
    SGT Powers was flown to Bethesda where further surgery was performed, leaving him in a drug induced coma for four long days, with doctors concerned he would awaken blind or with brain damage. Remarkably, he only had a little difficulty with balance. Now at home in North Carolina

    Powers says he still gets pretty bad headaches, but that a couple of aspirin makes them go away.

    Doctors will perform another surgery in January, Powers says he hopes to return to his job as squad leader in the spring.

    Wow! SGT Powers is a VERY lucky man.

  • President Bush Tries Again to Convince Democrats That We Are at War.

    President Bush compared Congress’ Democratic leaders Thursday with people who ignored the rise of Lenin and Hitler early in the last century, saying “the world paid a terrible price” then and risks similar consequences for inaction today.

    Bush accused Congress of stalling important pieces of the fight to prevent new terrorist attacks by: dragging out and possibly jeopardizing confirmation of Michael Mukasey as attorney general, a key part of his national security team; failing to act on a bill governing eavesdropping on terrorist suspects; and moving too slowly to approve spending measures for the Iraq war, Pentagon and veterans programs.

    “Unfortunately, on too many issues, some in Congress are behaving as if America is not at war,” Bush said during a speech at the Heritage Foundation. “This is no time for Congress to weaken the Department of Justice by denying it a strong and effective leader. … It’s no time for Congress to weaken our ability to intercept information from terrorists about potential attacks on the United States of America. And this is no time for Congress to hold back vital funding for our troops as they fight al-Qaida terrorists and radicals in Afghanistan and Iraq.”

    Sadly, they still won’t get it. It is childish, really, to not believe something, because to do so would force you to change your position on it. The Democrats, by being so enamored of polling, (kook) bloggers and mostly the vast sums of money churned up by liberal 527’s such as MoveOn.Org, have ceased any actual work in favor of the pretense of work and the idea that their ideas, (global warming, open borders, free this, free that) will make the world better. Well folks, I hate to tell you, but The Road to Hell was paved with good intentions. 9-11 came about because while Al Qaeda was at war with us, we refused to acknowledge it. Clinton’s handling of the Khobar Towers, the 93 WTC bombing and other acts of terrorism as criminal acts rather than as the acts of war that they are weakened the country. From the Church Commission to Gorelick’s wall, the democratic party has continually weakened the United States’ ability to defend ourselves and our allies. I can only hope the voters figure this out before it is too late.

  • Father of Slain Marine Wins $11MILLION from Westboro Loons

    Albert Snyder, father of slain Marine LCPL Matthew Snyder won every count of his lawsuit against the Westboro Baptist Church loons who protest at his son’s funeral in 2006. The jury awarded Mr Snyder $2.9 million for compensatory damages and a staggering $8 million in punitive damages.
    The Westboro Church is headed by Fred Phelps, who also runs the WWW.godhatesfags.com website. Some thirty thousand protests are claimed by the, largely Phelps family group.

    U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett, who had sealed the church’s financial documents, said from the bench that the compensatory damage award would already eclipse Westboro’s assets.

    Good! Hopefully these jackals will be forced into poverty, then they won’t be able to disrupt any more funerals of servicemen.

    The Baltimore Sun has the story

  • Liberty City Seven “On Path to Jihad”

    The Liberty City Seven, who are they you ask? The seven black converts to Islam from Florida who the media assured us were no threat, just “Foolish kids with pipe dreams” who couldn’t possibly blow up the buildings they wanted to.
    A government witness and noted terrorism expert testified that all seven are in the jihad phase of Islamic radicalization: (pre-radicalization, self-identification, indoctrination, and jihadization) have organized themselves as if they are a military organization, with a definite hierarchy and leadership. Is it that the Bush admin is paranoid? No, there actually are terrorists out there, the media just chooses not to tell us about them, thinking the daily foibles of Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan so much more important to report.

    Miami Herald Story

  • The discussion over waterboarding is tortuous

    Evan Perez in the Wall Street Journal reports that Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey won’t go on the record as condemning waterboarding until he has the facts – like a judge should say in public;

    Though the support of several important senators is on the line, Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey declined to say if he considers an interrogation technique that simulates drowning to be torture and therefore illegal, though he called the procedure “repugnant.”

    In a letter responding to questions from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mr. Mukasey promised to review the interrogation methods used by the government to ensure they comply with the law, adding that if he finds anything illegal he would “rescind or correct any legal opinion of the Department of Justice that supports use of the technique.”

    A White House official defended the response provided by Mr. Mukasey because “he has not been briefed on classified programs. He’s a judge — and as any good judge knows, you need to have facts to make determinations.”

    Of course, this has sent the Left into hyperspace. The Washington Post reports Congressional reaction in Mukasey Losing Democrats’ Backing;

    The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has so far refused to schedule a vote on Mukasey’s nomination. All four Democratic senators running for president said before the release of Mukasey’s letter yesterday evening that they will vote against him because of his handling of the waterboarding issue.

    Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), the Democratic front-runner, said yesterday that “we cannot send a signal that the next attorney general in any way condones torture or believes that the president is unconstrained by law.” Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Del.), a member of the Judiciary panel, issued similar statements.

    Technorati will lead you to one-line posts like “If it’s repugnant, it’s torture,…” and “Looks like torture to me.” Deep thoughts all. I think that sucking the brains out of a child who is 3/4 birthed is repugnant, too, but I’m pretty sure the Left wouldn’t let me call it torture. Watching The View or Keith Olberman “looks” like torture to me.

    Trolling the “my brother waterboarded me” post at the Democratic Underground yesterday, I stumbled over this nugget;

    PearliePoo2 Donating Member (258 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-29-07 06:58 AM
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    9. The line coming from the admin
    is that it’s a little “head dunking”
    Bullshit
    Apparently heart attacks DO happen and the victim is revived (sometimes) only to be subjected to it again and again.
    I think read that the head is inclined down and arms and legs are strapped tight.

    I’d be interested to learn where this particular member got the information that torturees have actually had heart attacks while being waterboarded – I’m pretty certain there’s no information available to the public that would support that contention. Reviving a person from a heart attack should be so easy that a potentially valuable asset can go through the process repeatedly – completely immature. It’s probably more of a fantasy he/she had during a bout of the Bush Derangement Syndrome – or saw in a movie once. 

    I’m not sure what, exactly the Left is trying to accomplish by even having this discussion. I’d like to think they’re just blinded by their own guilt-ridden consciences, but unfortunately, that’s probably not the answer.

    The answer is probably closer to the fact that waterboarding is a painless way to extract information from recalcitrant thugs who want to kill, or facilitate the killing, of innocent people – it works, and it’s leading us to victory over the blood-drenched thugs. That’s as good a reason as any for the Left to call for ending it. They haven’t had many victories against the people who are fighting and winning this war, so I guess they’re happy when they can score little victories that hamstring that thin red line that stands between us and the thugs.

    I’d like to know what the Left considers acceptable by the Bush Administration to extract information that saves American lives from hardcases. A stern expression? Witholding their daily ration of lowfat mocca latte? Making them read the Washington Times instead of the Washington Post?

    Just as in every other discussion we have with the Left, we can be sure their answer to the question would begin with “I don’t know, but….” They’ve got plenty of ideas about what the Bush administration CAN’T do, but none that are helpful.

    I predicted two months ago that President Bush will finish his term without an actual fulltime Attorney General because the Left will make it too hard for him to get one through the advice and consent process. That prediction is coming true.