As he released terrorists to return to the field of battle, Mr. Obama was simultaneously withdrawing American forces from Iraq and Afghanistan. He calls this policy “ending wars.” Most reasonable people recognize this approach as losing wars.
Source: WSJ Op-ed: Dangers Rise as America Retreats – Liz Cheney for U.S. Congress | CheneyForWyoming.com
Nonetheless, on that September day 15 years ago, Americans knew that unlike prior provocations that often went unanswered, these attacks could not be ignored or brushed aside. And they were not, certainly not by President George W. Bush. Taliban and al-Qaida were driven from power in Afghanistan in a brilliant military campaign. No due process rights were afforded on the Afghan battlefield, nor should they have been, any more than enemy combatants received U.S. constitutional protections in any other war we have fought. It was war, not law-enforcement, we were conducting, and rightly so.
Source: Exclusive to the Trib: The immutable lessons of 9/11 | TribLIVE
If even the EU can’t hold together, the notion of the Middle East becoming the good citizens of some global government is a fairy tale told by diplomats while tucking each other into bed in five-star hotels at international conferences.
Filmmaker, actor and outspoken Donald Trump detractor Rob Reiner says it is impossible to level with the Republican presidential nominee’s bigoted supporters, who are “mostly white males who don’t have college degrees.”
Translation: They haven’t been properly indoctrinated in the sewer that is what passes for Leftist ‘thought’.
Source: Generation Meathead | The Z Blog
The only thing we need to know about the rest of the world is “What’d y’all fuck up this time and who do we need to kill to fix it?”
These kegs, often called ‘beer bombs,’ were standard wooden kegs with a specially-designed nose cone and attachments for transport under the wing of the Spitfire. Though they carried less beer, it arrived tasting like it just came out of the tap at the pub, chilled by the altitude of the flight over the channel.
Source: This is how British pilots made beer runs for troops in Normandy during World War II
At a recent stop in Worcester, Massachusetts, this week, Kiss brought its roadie for the day onstage, along with other members of the military past and present, and led the entire arena in the Pledge of Allegiance, something the band has done before. However, this one had a bit of a special message to a particular NFL player — a not-so-subtle knock to the recent shenanigans by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, lead singer Paul Stanley said:
“You should remember, patriotism is always cool. Loving your country is always cool. Standing up, respecting and honoring our military is always cool. So, to show some respect between pick-throwing, we’re going to put our right hands over our hearts and why don’t we say the Pledge of Allegiance.”
“Being who belongs to the cult of non-virility”
“Classical ignoramus”
“Fragrant man swine”
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has clamped down on students who challenge the orthodoxy regarding manmade global warming.
Seems they’re losing the argument. The closing of the American mind is alive and well at U of Colorado.
Source: University of Colorado Bans Free Inquiry of Students Questioning Global Warming
