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Obama considering Biden’s Magic Ninja Plan

Pam — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:09:04 +0000

Obama considering Biden’s Magic Ninja Plan.

We have been laughing on our back channel at BLACKFIVE about the Biden plan to have our secret squirrels locate al Qaeda and then let our magic ninjas swoop in and take them out. The idea is ludicrous for many reasons, but mostly because we don’t have the will to do the dirty trickery necessary to pull it off.

Ever since we eviscerated the CIA in the Carter era and destroyed any ability to do human intelligence we have relied on electronic intercepts and satellite imagery for our weak and generally wrong “intelligence”. While those tools can be useful, absent a humint capability, they are woefully inadequate. So the idea that we could rely on them is a joke I ‘m surprised they have the stones to make. Targeted strikes by UAVs in Pakistan have been successful, but expanding that into a theater-wide, pipehitter free fire zone is not gonna happen.

If I thought for a minute that they were serious about actually resourcing this and providing the networks of spies, warlords, assassins, and shady characters with satchels of cash it would take to make it work, I might could get behind it. But does anyone see the Obama administration, which right now is thinking about prosecuting the CIA for being mean to terrorists, doing any of that? All right, get up off the floor.

Biden’s plan is a way to cut and run, while maintaining that you are doing neither. That is why it is becoming increasingly likely. I think the more we say Biden plan though, the more damage we do to it’s viability. Seriously, just say it out loud…Biden plan. It makes my brain cry out in pain.

IN 55 MINUTES, OBAMA DIDN’T MENTION IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, TROOPS, SOLDIERS — OR WAR!

Pam — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:40:19 +0000

What Obama didn’t mention

A couple of surprising words were missing from President Barack Obama’s 55-minute news conference on Wednesday: “Iraq” — and “Afghanistan.”

Also MIA: “Korea,” “Pakistan,” “soldiers,” “surge” and “war” — as well as the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.

The omissions were partly a result of the short attention span of the press, which did not ask about those topics after the president did not mention them in his opening statement.

But the silence on those subjects also provides a striking illustration of one of the singular differences between Obama and his predecessor.

6,000 WORDS

Pam — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:56:12 +0000

Obama seeks common cause with Muslim world

Obama calls for new beginning between USA, Muslims... 'ANY WORLD ORDER THAT ELEVATES ONE NATION OVER ANOTHER WILL FAIL'... 'Iran should have the right to access peaceful nuclear power if it complies with its responsibilities'... Reiterates support for Palestinian state... Admits US involvement in Iran coup in 1953... Says extremists exploit tension between Islam, West... Reaction... Iranian leader: USA 'deeply hated' in region... Says 'sweet talk' not enough for Muslims... 'Obama really buttered them up in Cairo'... US Muslims: Speech 1st step in fixing ties...

Israeli Rightists launch anti-Obama campaign; Hang posters throughout country...

BIN LADEN WARNS MUSLIMS AGAINST ALLIANCE WITH CHRISTIANS, JEWS...

PREPARE FOR A LONG WAR AGAINST INFIDELS...

Venezuela Chavez says 'Comrade' Obama more left-wing...

CLINTON IN IRAQ:”I think that these suicide bombings … are unfortunately, in a tragic way, a signal that the rejectionists fear that Iraq is going in the right direction,”

Pam — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:18:28 +0000

CLINTON SAYS IRAQ ON RIGHT TRACK – New York Post.

UPDATED: The Levin Report:INQUIRY INTO THE TREATMENT OF DETAINEES IN U.S. CUSTODY..UPDATE: Hoekstra: Capitol Hill a glass house on interrogations

Pam — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:11:49 +0000

Detainee Report Final_April 22 2009.pdf application/pdf Object.

Look how the New Yorker froths over this

UPDATE: Hoekstra: Capitol Hill a glass house on interrogations

Ex-CIA chief: Obama risks national security

Pam — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:30:53 +0000

Ex-CIA chief: Obama risks national security – CNN.com.

Michael Hayden, who served as former President Bush’s last CIA director from 2006 to 2009, said releasing the memos outlining terror interrogation methods emboldened terrorist groups such as al Qaeda.

“What we have described for our enemies in the midst of a war are the outer limits that any American would ever go to in terms of interrogating an al Qaeda terrorist. That’s very valuable information,” Hayden said during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday.”

“By taking [certain] techniques off the table, we have made it more difficult — in a whole host of circumstances I can imagine — for CIA officers to defend the nation,” he said.

But Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, and Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, said certain techniques should not have been allowed in the first place. McCaskill called them “a great recruitment tool for those who want to do harm to our country.”

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel dismissed Hayden’s assertion that releasing the memos had undermined U.S. intelligence efforts by giving al Qaeda critical new information.

“One of the reasons the president was willing to let this information out was that already the information was out,” he said on ABC’s “This Week.”

“Go get the New York Review of Books. It’s there.”

Hayden said he called several senior White House officials to express his opposition before the president released the documents. Hayden also noted that four previous CIA directors, as well as current agency director Leon Panetta, opposed the release.

As Karl Rove pointed out on O’Reilly, releasing these documents helps in the recruitment of would be jihadists. This enables the recruiters to show the recruits that the USA is weakening and nothing will happen if they are caught.

SEALS TO THE RESCUE!

Pam — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:30:39 +0000

US sea captain freed in swift firefight.

American Captain Freed as Naval Forces Kill Three Somalis... 'I'm just the byline. The heroes are the Navy, the Seals and those that have brought me home'... Pirates vow revenge against USA and France... Obama twice approved force... Crewman urges Obama to defeat sea rogues... Commander: Deaths could escalate violence...

North Korea Is In Trouble Now…Security Council Agrees On A Strongly Worded Letter

Pam — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:15:34 +0000

North Korea Is In Trouble Now…Security Council Agrees On A Strongly Worded Letter.

In yet another display of Obama’s awesomely awesome diplomatic prowess, the UN Security Council has reached an agreement on how to respond to last week’s missile launch by North Kora.

The US said it wanted a tough resolution (for what little that’s worth) but not even Obama’s bowing and scraping tour of Europe could get Russia and China to go for that. All the US and Japan got was a “Presidential Statement”.

Obama Sends Note to Chirac Pledging Friendship, Working Relationship..No Wonder Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez called Obama “a poor ignoramus” who “should read and study a little to understand reality.”

Pam — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:50:36 +0000

Just a major problem with this little note:

US President Barack Obama has indirectly praised former French president Jacques Chirac’s fierce opposition to the US-led invasion of Iraq, the online edition of the daily Le Figaro reported on Thursday.

In a letter described by Chirac as ‘very nice,’ Obama wrote, ‘I am certain that we will be able to work together, in the coming four years, in a spirit of peace and friendship to build a safer world.’

The use of the word ‘peace’ was taken to be an indirect reference to Chirac’s stance against the US intervention in Iraq, which Obama had also opposed as senator.

No Pasaran has more on the bizarre letter to Chirac.

Barack Obama does not seem to know that in May 2007, French voters elected Nicolas Sarkozy to the French presidency, to succeed Jacques Chirac who had been president for twelve years.

No wonder Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez called Obama “a poor ignoramus” who “should read and study a little to understand reality.”

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Khamenei rejects Obama: “If you are right that change has come, where is that change?”

Pam — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:33:08 +0000

Khamenei holds the last word on major policy decisions, and how Iran ultimately responds to any concrete U.S. effort to engage the country will depend largely on his say.