Obama’s ‘Shocking’ Recess Appointment
Don’t get me wrong here. I’m fine with prosecuting the terrorists we capture. But prosecution should treat them as the war criminals they are, not criminals of the drug gang variety. Cole is arguing in that 2002 op-ed for the latter, and that 9-11 was not an act of war.
Osama bin Laden issued his fatwa to kill Americans in 1996 and re-iterated it in 1998. Both of those were issued, obviously, long before anyone could claim that the Gitmo facility was “al-Qaeda’s number one recruitment tool,” and long before 9-11. While al-Qaeda’s aims have been out in full view from the 1996 fatwa, from the day of the 9-11 attacks forward, any serious person who was not steeped in leftist or other fringe ideology saw al-Qaeda for what it was: an enemy intent on destroying us to impose its radical Islamist vision everywhere they could. Many on the left (and a very few on the right) did not see al-Qaeda for what it is, and among them were Senator Barack Obama and the man who would become his attorney general, Eric Holder. Cole’s appointment is conclusive evidence that Obama and his closest advisers have learned nothing about the nature of the terrorist enemy we face, in the two years they have been in charge of conducting the war. The strong public opposition to trying 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad in civilian court in the very city he attacked has taught this administration precisely nothing. Seeing the daily intelligence on what the enemy plans and what its goals continue to be has taught them nothing. Al-Qaeda’s globe-spanning campaign of mass murder has taught them nothing. Mr. Cole joins a long train of absolutely awful appointments by this president, from Van Jones to Anita Dunn to Eric Holder to Janet Napolitano. But Mr. Cole may be the worst of the lot.
Well, the worst of the appointments. The worst of the lot remains the man who appointed them all.
“The quibble is with his judgment.”
Quibble with his judgment? Why? Obama has excellent judgment, and he’s doing an excellent job.
Of course, he sees his job as bringing the U.S. closer to a Marxist state, which requires WRECKING it first.
Those who think Obama is stupid or incompetent have no clue.
You are absolutely right.
The are no “mistakes” in what this administration is doing.
does everyone think like i, we are getting screwed big time..
‘bam is doing a heck of a job!
Think “20th hijacker in the Oval Office” and everything fits.
Bryan Preston is becoming a superstar at PJM. Thanks for unearthing this one.
Little Lenin never intended to implement the will of the people of the United States.
In fact, he never really intended to govern. He intended to RULE.
And so he does.
Didn’t we deal with that once before, a little over 200 years ago?
Obama admin still stuck on stupid. And adding fuel to the argument for an Amendment to eliminate “recess” appointments. We do have horseless carriages now, you know.
http://libertyatstake.blogspot.com
“Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive”
Obviously, we are not nuanced enough to understand what the communitarians do about Al Qaeda operatives.
If they huddle in Northeast Pakistan, we can send predator drones over their heads and…well, blow them off their shoulders.
If, however, they make their way past Napolitano’s gropefest and try to murder a few thousand more of our countrymen, they are criminals, not jihadist warriors.
Not quite sure how we would treat them if they took a ship into one of our ports, wearing uniforms and carrying an Al Qaeda flag, shouting “Death To All America”!!
Once they hit the soil, they are entitled to Miranda rights by any officer who can read them before his head is chopped off.
They are subject to arrest, of course, but they can’t be asked any questions about their background, unless they are in the act of beheading someone, because, they might simply be taking an ice cream break, from their announced intention that they would like to murder all of us.
By not carrying an Al Qaeda flag, the jihadists get a free pass once they hit the soil from Mirandanistas. You see, because the intention of total destruction of the West is nothing more than a petty crime.
I assume your use of the word “nuanced” was deliberate, and I applaud it. After all, it was Senator Kerry who, while running for president in 2004, stated that he wanted “terrorism to be treated as a law enforcement problem, not a military one”. While insisting that he was always right about everything, and that the rest of us were just too stupid to comprehend how subtle and “nuanced” his position on (fill in the blank) was.
It isn’t just the Obama administration that is out of touch with reality on this issue, or any other. It is the Democratic Party, and the “progressives” as a whole, irrespective of party affiliation. This is just one more example of how dangerous they are, by virtue of their delusional worldview.
It’s rather like being on a cruise ship, noticing it’s heading straight for an erupting volcanic island, and going up to the bridge to ask if anyone else has noticed.
Only to find Captain Yosemite Sam in command, with Wile E. Coyote at the helm. Each of whom believes that he is The Smartest Guy In The Room, of course.
And neither one is looking out the windscreen.
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No the worst is Eric Holder. Then there is the whole range of nut-ball czars, our stealth government, including Dr. Demento (Berwick).
Just why did the repubics confirm Eric Holder, who did pro bono cases for the GTMO detainees?
Eric Holder was a partner at the prestigious Washington D.C. law firm of Covington & Burling. He was considered one of those supposedly responsible, ethical high powered attorneys whom those in the legal profession were expected to say and did say what a great guy and excellent lawyer he is.
The truth is that a great many, possibly most, of those supposedly responsible, ethical high powered attorneys are intellectually dishonest and dreadfully mediocre.
Treating al Qaeda as a criminal organization could be made to work, if the people involved wanted to make it work. They don’t.
Just goes to show, elections have consequences….
The man at the helm can be expected to do whatever, however, to advance his agenda….
Reagan hated commies, was sworn to undermine them where ever and how ever he could….
When a democratically elected congress voted to cut funding to the Contra’s, he (expectedly) found creative ways to continue his preferred policy….I agreed with it, but I’m a partisan.
Problem is, when a “candidate” lies about WHO he is, where he stands, and what you should expect from him. Never have that problem with most republicans, you pretty much know where they stand.
But the other side? They have got to lie and scam their way to a pretend middle just to get in the door. Then they turn left hard, and were ‘shocked”
Elections have consequences…gotta be serious with yourself about who these turds really are, and vote according to reality, not your wishful fantasies.
Bryan Preston hits another home run. Why should we expect Barry to play by the very rules he and the Dems expect the Republicans to play by and keep (i.e. recess appointments). The Prez is just doing business as usual…..for him. Remember the rules don’t apply to “Him”, the “One”. He’s just pursuing the plan: collapse America as we know it, then, implement total control, while appeasing our enemies, and exercising total absolute rule. Sound familiar??? Remember Hitler??
I think we should lose what little is left of our minds and just go ahead and try terrorists in the new mosque as soon as it’s built.
That is REALLY nasty.
I like it!
Re “The president still regards al Qaeda as a mere criminal enterprise.”
Yes, and a useful one as well.
Amen Bryan! It is beyond reason that with all of the news accounts that we all see and the depth of the intel designated for the president’s eyes that Mr. Obama can’t see the danger posed by radical Islamic fundamentalists. A five year old could see the big picture. I’m left with only one conclusion…the president’s failure to acknowledge and act on the threats to our people is intentional. Despite recent appointments, signed laws, and policies forced on us by the bypassing of the legislative proccess by executive authority, I’m confident the president has the mental capacity that exceeds that of a five year old. Intent is thus the only conclusion I can draw.
Look people, the “Anointed One” makes his chess move’s and us babbling humans need to realize that the unbelieving conspiracy “heathen” understate the issues when they say that Obama is a radical. Alas, they know not the secrets we are all going to witness. The “Anointed One” is amazing (and according to Biden: he’s so brillant), and takes the people at the highly efficient Post Office and sends them right over to the Student Loan Program. The “Anointed One” knows all. Twitter messages were machine-gunned to cell phones at mach speed. Facebook and MySpace groups spread across the Internet like digital fire. YouTube videos featuring celebrities ricocheted across the globe and into college students’ in-boxes with devastating regularity. All the while, the Obama mega-money-raising engine whirred on at high speed, until the result became inevitable: an unthinking mass of young voters marched forward to elect the “Anointed One.”
I am not surprised to hear these stinking lies about our “Anointed One,” it should be apparent to anyone that this was coming down the pike. I do have a couple questions about future process steps concerning these developments? When the “Annointed One” decides to start bar-coding everyone, will we get to decide if the mark is on our hand or forehead? Allot of people will prefer the hand, (especially women of course), unless your a porn actress or something along those lines. Also, my girlfriend was wondering if the Administration will be getting fashion advice from Hollyweird or the New York City crowd? We are both agree that the Administration “Maoies” as the “Anointed One ” so lovingly calls them,will be getting uniforms similar to the SS uniforms in Germany in WW2. With big letters abreviating “Barack’s Socialists.” So shall we start calling them the BS?
Obama is not an African-American; there is nothing of America in the man. The guy is pure African Politician, thinks like an African Politician and has the agenda of the African Politician.
Watch him try for Secretary-General at the UN when the next vacancy occurs. In the meantime his sole aim is to make America ungovernable.
Read about his idol, one Nelson Mandela. And read Dreams from my Father. Then you compare what you have read with what really happened.
President Obama seems to be a good man. A great personality. We have no problems with that. However we have a great difficulties at understanding where his priorities lies.
While he thinks we are in a sort of a picnic with AlQaeda, we happen to think the opposite.
Are you saying “good man” in the same sense that Adolf Hitler was a good man? Or is it more like in the sense that Josef Stalin was a good man?
Obama’s ‘Shocking’ Recess Appointment? This isn’t shocking. It is the norm for Barry Hussein Soetoro. Why?
Barry Barack Hussein Soetoro Obama says America is one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. In an interview with France’s Canal Plus, Obama suggested that the United States might be a Muslim country. “And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. Obama said in Turkey that Americans “do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation”. Telegraph.co/UK says: UPDATE 2: a reputable survey by Pew that puts the number of Muslims in the US at 1.8 million. This would make it the 48th biggest Muslim country, after the above list plus France, Libya, Jordan, Israel, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Germany, Kuwait, Oman, Eritrea, Lebanon and Serbia and Montenegro – and just above Britain, which would be the 50th.
Next, Barry Barack Hussein Soetoro Obama Freezes Budget for Program Designed to Stop Terrorists from Getting U.S. Visas
“The visa security process is our first line of defense against terrorists and others who wish to do us harm,” Rep. Lamar Smith (Texas), the lead sponsor of the Secure Visas Act, told CNSNews.com. “But under President Obama, new Visa Security Units ground to a halt.” “If the Obama administration will not exercise its authority to develop new VSUs (Visa Security Units) at the highest risk posts identified by its own Department of Homeland Security, Congress must step in,” said Smith.
Next, Barry Barack Hussein Soetoro Obama’s Envoy “Rashad Hussain” to Islamic Bloc Admits Controversial Statements About Supporter of Terror Group.
Next, the Barry Hussein Obama’s controlled Pentagon had three Navy SEALs who faced assault charges for capturing one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq. Why?
Next, it’s John Brennan, President Obama’s national security deputy, thinks Gitmo jihadi recidivism is “not that bad.”
Next, Obama’s relationship with Anti-Israel activism people like Rob Malley (Foreign Policy Advisor). Malley is the Director of the Middle East/North Africa Program at the International Crisis Group (ICG). Malley’s Camp David propaganda has also become fodder for Palestinians, Arab rejectionists, and anti-Israel activists across the world.
Next, Obama had met the leaders of a collection of Jewish groups, ostensibly to quell their concerns about his approach towards Israel. Barely two weeks later, he gives The Medal of Freedom to Mary Robinson, an enemy of Israel AND the host and mastermind of the Durban Conference (anti-Semitic, anti-Israel). By bestowing of the Medal of Freedom on Mary Robinson it is a slap in the face to the pro-Israel community.
Next, George Soros a man who has made clear his goal is to break the close bonds between America and Israel; a man who has also been a key financial backer of President Obama’s; Soros is a funder of the ICG through his Open Society Institute; Other members of the Board include Zbigniew Brzezinski (whose anti-Israel credentials are impeccable) and Wesley Clark (who called US support for Israel during the Hezbollah War a “serious mistake”.
Next, Daniel Kurtzer another State Department official, blamed the Israeli response to terror attacks for “the radicalization of those Palestinians to violence”. He does not characterize the perpetrators as terrorists but as “guerillas”. accepts a false premise: that the Palestinian problem is the core of the conflict in the Middle East.
Next, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Georgetown University says it covered over the monogram “IHS”–symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ—because it was inscribed on a pediment on the stage where President Obama spoke at the university on Tuesday and the White House had asked Georgetown to cover up all signs and symbols there.
Next, Obama administration official, speaking to a group of reporters, characterized the Fort Hood shooting as “an act of terrorism,” the first time an administration official has used that term in describing the massacre. Asked repeatedly about the relationship between Hasan and extremists in Yemen, the administration official declined to make that direct link.
Next, Barry Barak Hussein Soetoro Obama has consistently shown himself to be a liberal elitist who looks down on “ordinary” Americans. Asked while campaigning for the Pennsylvania primary to explain why small-town Democrats did not support him, Obama replied “it’s not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” When Obama made this remark he was alluding to small-town people who had experienced long periods of joblessness. In response to predictable outrage when his remarks were unexpectedly publicized, Obama did not recant his statement but instead replied, I “didn’t say it as well as I should have.”
Next, Martin Indyk, a former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and current foreign policy advisor to Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, continued the Administration’s arrogant handling of our ally. He told Israel Army Radio that the tiny nation needs to fall in line with American foreign policy or suffer the consequences. Among other threats, he said, “If you need the United States, then you need to take account of America’s interests.” He said that Mr. Netanyahu has a very simple choice: “Take on the President of the United States, or take on his right wing.” Indyk knows that if Netanyahu heeds the President’s demands, the right wing parties in his fragile coalition will walk. If they walk, the Israeli government will collapse — which is precisely what Obama and Clinton want. That way, Netanyahu will be forced to accept the Kadima party into his coalition and give the chronic appeaser, Tzipi Livni, a major role in the government. Goodbye, Israeli sovereignty. Hello, national suicide.
Next, Arab-American Activist Says Barry Barak Hussein Obama Hiding Anti-Israel Stance / 16 Adar Bet 5768, 23 March 08 10:03by Gil Ronen (IsraelNN.com) Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama is currently hiding his anti-Israel views in order to get elected, according to a well-known anti-Israel activist. The activist, Ali Abunimah, claimed to know Obama well and to have met him on numerous occasions at pro-Palestinian events in Chicago. In an article he penned for the anti-Israeli website Electronic Intifada, Abunimah wrote: “The last time I spoke to Obama was in the winter of 2004 at a gathering in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. He was in the midst of a primary campaign to secure the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat he now occupies. But at that time polls showed him trailing. “As he came in from the cold and took off his coat, I went up to greet him. He responded warmly, and volunteered, ‘Hey, I’m sorry I haven’t said more about Palestine right now, but we are in a tough primary race. I’m hoping when things calm down I can be more up front.’ He referred to my activism, including columns I was contributing to the The Chicago Tribune critical of Israeli and US policy [and said:] ‘Keep up the good work!”
Next, ever wonder why our “lame-stream” press never has any further news about the White House gate-crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi? Party Crashers’ had a five-year relationship with Obama before State Dinner, why didn’t the White House just say so? This is why: Obama Met Gatecrashers in 2005: According to Discover the Networks, ATFP’s former vice president is Rashid Khalidi, the Columbia University Middle East Studies professor and militant Palestinian rights activist. Khalidi cites the late Edward Said as his major influence, and according to the entry cited, “As with Said before him, Khalidi’s involvement with the Palestinian cause goes beyond mere support.” And, “Khalidi so strongly identified with the aims of the PLO, which was designated as a terrorist group by the State Department during Khalidi’s affiliation with it in the 1980s, that he repeatedly referred to himself as ‘we’ when expounding on the PLO’s agenda.” Also, according to Campus Watch, ATFP remains in full support of Kha lidi, for example, during charges of academic misconduct in 2005, at the time of Senator Barack Obama’s meeting with Tareq Salahi.
Next, Barry Barak Hussein Soetoro Obama wants to be president of these 57 United States? / May 9, 2008 | 1:42 pm Ah, Oregon. The beautiful Northwest. Rain. Trees. Clouds. Rain. Friendly territory for Sen. Barry Barack Hussen Obama, the leading contender for the Democratic Party’s long-disputed presidential nomination. Illinois Senator and leading Democratic presidential candidate Obama speaking to a friendly crowd.”It is wonderful to be back in Oregon,” Obama said. “Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it.” Coincidently, comprising 57 states, the Organization of the Islamic Conference is the second-largest intergovernmental institution in the world after the UN. It is a unique body. A political organization, it pursues a religious mission. The charter of the OIC makes clear that it exists, not only to promote the economic and humanitarian goals of member states, but also to “defend” and “disseminate” Islam itself.
Next, Unemployment in America is hovering at just below 10 percent, so President Barry Barack Hussein Obama hosts a “Summit on Entrepreneurship” in Washington, D.C., in an effort to boost economic development … in Muslim nations? The president thinks more U.S. investment in Muslim lands and exchange programs that will bring Muslim women to America so they can work as interns will enhance U.S. prosperity and, thus, change Muslim attitudes about the United States. Egypt receives about $2 billion of American taxpayer dollars every year, yet it still votes against American interests at the U.N. 79 percent of the time. Jordan, a “moderate” Muslim nation, receives nearly $200 million annually in U.S. foreign aid, but votes against America at the U.N. 71 percent of the time. Pakistan votes 75 percent of the time against the U.S. at the U.N. while pocketing nearly $7 million annually in foreign aid (in addition to the money it gets to supposedly fight al-Qaida). Since 2007, U.S. foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority and to PA-controlled (nongovernmental organizations) reached nearly $2 billion, in addition to $3.7 billion contributed by the U.S. to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Next, Barry Barack Hussein Obama Tries to Eradicate Radical Islam / April 9, 2010. The Obama administration has just announced its intent to ban all words that allude to Islam from important national security documents. Put differently, the Obama administration has just announced its intent to ban all knowledge and context necessary to confront and defeat radical Islam (news much welcomed by Islamist organizations like CAIR).
Next, From Sunday’s 07 Sept. 2008 11:48:04 EST, Televised “Meet the Press” THE THEN Senator Obama was asked about his stance on the American Flag. General Bill Ginn’ USAF (ret.) asked Barry Barak Hussen Obama to explain WHY he doesn’t follow protocol when the National Anthem is played. The General stated to Obama that according to the United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171…During rendition of the national anthem, when the flag is displayed, all present (except those in uniform) are expected to stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. Or, at the very least, “Stand and Face It”. ‘Senator’ Obama replied: “As I’ve said about the flag pin, I don’t want to be perceived as taking sides”. “There are a lot of people in the world to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression..” “The anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all that sort of thing.”
Anyone see a pattern developing here?
The worst of Obamas appointments would have to be to SCOTUS, Kagan and Sotomayer. Political appointments can be changed by a new President. Kagan and Sotomayer are on the court for life.
To Mark V: Yes, exactly as you put it. You got the right idea. This man is a double talker, a master of taqqiya. The tragedy as we see it, is that our country is going to pay a heavy price for the mistake we all made at the past’s voting boot.