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Friday, November 27, 2015
Saturday, November 21, 2015
When the going gets tough...
Hillary today:
"As I said this week, America must wage and win an immediate battle against ISIS, al Qaeda, and other terrorist networks, as well as a generational struggle against radical jihadism," Clinton added. "We face a choice between fear and resolve. Anita's murder should deepen our resolve. America must lead the world to meet this threat."Hillary in 2011, as Secretary of State:
“In Iraq, almost 100,000 troops have come home and civilians are poised to keep the peace. In Afghanistan, integrated military and civilian surges have helped set the stage for our diplomatic surge to support Afghan-led reconciliation that can end the conflict and put al Qaeda on the run. We have imposed the toughest sanctions yet to rein in Iran’s nuclear ambitions.”So now Hillary talks tough about how we need to steel up and beat the terrorists, the same terrorists her policies were supposed to put on the run. But she knows Americans have short memories, and she knows liberal journalists aren't about to do any reminding.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Paris
The following line in this CNN report sums up the UTTER FAILURE of our western leadership (emphasis added):
This is a very sad night for western civilization. And make no mistake, that's what this was--an attack on western civilization. Paris is symbolic and the targets were symbolic. Let's hope the response is appropriate.
Scores were killed in the coordinated attacks late Friday, leaving a nation in mourning and the world in shock. CNN will update this story as information comes in:How could any thinking, informed person consider this attack 'shocking' in any manner? If anyone is shocked then the politicians are to blame for bamboozling them into a false sense of security by pretending these Islamic terrorists are 'on the run' or 'contained' or 'JV' or just some 'deadenders'.
This is a very sad night for western civilization. And make no mistake, that's what this was--an attack on western civilization. Paris is symbolic and the targets were symbolic. Let's hope the response is appropriate.
Sunday, November 08, 2015
If it was a bomb...
The determination of what brought down Metrojet 7K-9268 has not yet been made, but everyone has seen the leaks coming from western intelligence pointing to a bomb. So let's assume for a moment it was a bomb.
And let's assume it was planted by an operator on behalf of ISIS, due to the Russian connection.
Who might be the mastermind? We know AQ has some good bombmakers. AQAP's al-Asiri is notorious and a highly sought after drone target. We know of bombmakers in the Khorasan Group in Syria (otherwise known as Core AQ). One was reportedly just killed. But we haven't heard of many bombmaker geniuses populating the ranks of ISIS.
What about this guy? He's a little old, yes, but passing knowledge would be his main contribution. He's a long-time resident of Iraq, still wanted years after creating a bomb that was placed on a Pan Am 747 flying to Honolulu in 1982. At the time he was also working on a plot to bomb multiple aircraft before the plot was fortunately foiled. This was years before the Yousef/KSM "Bojinka" plot was uncovered. The Saddam government likely knew about this activity and looked the other way meaning they sanctioned it, for what it's worth.
Ironically, ISIS is filled with ex-Saddamists. Al-Umari is a Sunni loyalist, no doubt. Many of the ex-Saddamists have taught their jihadist partners a few tricks of their former terror trade, which has resulted in a new, improved terrorist army featuring many of the same enemies Saddam had. The only difference is the new group wears religious hats and dons beards.
So it sounds reasonable to assume he might be working with them now if he's still active in the game. At any rate, the United States has put up 5 million bucks in an effort to get this old man off the Arab streets, so they must have a good reason.
MORE 11/9/15
One thing to note. It's a bit strange how quickly and adamantly that "unnamed US security officials" have declared this a bomb. Here's yet another story. Even in the story the officials claim they are not directly involved in the investigation. Others say they have terrorist chatter in the NSA intercepts, but that's something they will never release due to security. Compare all that to the other mysterious aircraft crashes over the past 20 years, wherein officials went out of their way to deny terrorism was even possible. Obviously a political component needs to be suspected. This still could have been a mechanical issue.
And let's assume it was planted by an operator on behalf of ISIS, due to the Russian connection.
Who might be the mastermind? We know AQ has some good bombmakers. AQAP's al-Asiri is notorious and a highly sought after drone target. We know of bombmakers in the Khorasan Group in Syria (otherwise known as Core AQ). One was reportedly just killed. But we haven't heard of many bombmaker geniuses populating the ranks of ISIS.
Ironically, ISIS is filled with ex-Saddamists. Al-Umari is a Sunni loyalist, no doubt. Many of the ex-Saddamists have taught their jihadist partners a few tricks of their former terror trade, which has resulted in a new, improved terrorist army featuring many of the same enemies Saddam had. The only difference is the new group wears religious hats and dons beards.
So it sounds reasonable to assume he might be working with them now if he's still active in the game. At any rate, the United States has put up 5 million bucks in an effort to get this old man off the Arab streets, so they must have a good reason.
MORE 11/9/15
One thing to note. It's a bit strange how quickly and adamantly that "unnamed US security officials" have declared this a bomb. Here's yet another story. Even in the story the officials claim they are not directly involved in the investigation. Others say they have terrorist chatter in the NSA intercepts, but that's something they will never release due to security. Compare all that to the other mysterious aircraft crashes over the past 20 years, wherein officials went out of their way to deny terrorism was even possible. Obviously a political component needs to be suspected. This still could have been a mechanical issue.
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