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George Rebane

I wonder if our UN ambassador Susan Rice will now resign after being told to go on five talk shows last Sunday and make a fool of herself.  Team Obama sure hung her out to dry.  The cause of last week’s murderous Benghazi consulate attack has again revealed how ineffective and feckless this administration is in doing its constitutionally mandated job.

After three days of ridicule, compounded by interviews and hearings, the administration today casually flipped and said it was “self-evident that it was a terrorist attack”.  I mused that it might have been a spontaneous outpouring of rage from Benghazi residents after getting word from Cairo about the denigrating video – see ‘Blazing skirt hits airwaves’.  But it was hard to pull together the part about all the RPG launchers and machine guns in the picnic baskets.

ObamaFlagSo the evidence now comes pouring in that this was a carefully planned attack by al Qaeda terrorists in Libya to coincide with the 9/11 anniversary.  And that Obama was just absolutely off-base and out of touch when he lit into Romney saying what the world already knew about that incident.  And even today Obama continued stonewalling on the Latino Univision interview about how pissed the Muslims really were about that video.  Moreover, in her wisdom Hillary ran an apology ad on Pakistani TV today to apologize for the video, distance the administration from it, but mainly to draw more attention to the anti-Muslim video and hope that the demonstrations continue.

But it all makes sense again and Occam will rest in peace when we consider the objectives of obamunism.  No matter that the attack was terrorism carried out by a resurgent al Qaeda that was supposed to by now be on its butt, the important thing is to keep the demonstrations going about the video.  The sheeple will quickly forget the instigating events and focus on the evening news of Islam in riot about the video.  Should things slow down a little prematurely, Hillary will run a couple more apology ads in Muslim countries, and the Big O will go on another TV interview and point out all those millions hating the US, not because of anything that he did(n’t) do, but because of that damn video.  The lamestream will, of course, fall in line and we’re off in a new misdirection with a significant flock of sheeple in tow.  Sweet.

[29sep12 update]  The Obama administration is now in complete disarray as to what it is putting out from all corners of its mouth (here).  Today one part of it finally admits that the Benghazi assault was an organized terrorist attack, planned before the video riots, by an al Qaeda (in the Maghreb) unit that is doing quite well in large swaths of Africa.  This gives lie to the claim that al Qaeda is on the run.

At the same time, the big O himself is still bamboozling along with his number one blazing skirt (Rice is number two) claiming the information is still “evolving”.  All this while the FBI’s forensic team assigned to investigate the attack has yet to set its foot in Libya for reasons cited as the country being ‘too dangerous’.  What happened to our ability to fly the FBI in with a Seal team for security.  Time is of essence since much of forensic evidence if frangible.  If they wait too much longer, we’ll be reduced to investigating the incident from perusal of history books.  But that again may be part of the playbook of an administration that does not want to find much of anything in that consulate compound.

In any case, we should never forget that the whole world knew within 24 hours that his was a very successful planned terrorist attack that our administration has been trying to dissemble since it happened.  Only Romney had the guts to call a spade a spade, and let the international community know that America was not filled with naifs.

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73 responses to “Blazing Skirt continued (updated 29sep12)”

  1. Paul Emery Avatar

    And guns for hostages with an embargoed country (Iran) was OK?

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  2. David King Avatar

    Todd, don’t forget about George H. W. Bush flying back from a secret meeting at the Hotel Crillion in Paris on the SR71…Vroom! 🙂
    http://dmc.members.sonic.net/sentinel/usa3.html

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  3. Michael Anderson Avatar

    Paul, criminal conspiracy doesn’t count if you believe in God and Country. If your intentions are true, then everything is legal. It’s only a crime if your enemy does it.
    See how simple that is? And once America is reduced to a single conservative party, everything is going to be a lot simpler.

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  4. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Wasn’t your hero Chris Dodd getting it on with that commie babe from Nicaragua? Yep, and guess who was banging the battle in our government for the commies? You lis are only outraged when it is a conservative trying to save the country from your ilk. You just love the cocktail parties the leftwingnuts throw so you can rub elbows woth the rich and famous libs. What a hoot! Sean Penn and Danny Glover are probably your house guests. Only libs could call saving freedom and act of lawlessness.

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  5. Paul Emery Avatar

    What are you talking about? You are amazing. Certainly you in no way are a conservative in that you do not in any remote way support the Constitution.

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  6. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Of course I support the Constitution. Why are you being dense about the black ops. You support Obama’s drones right? How about Gitmo, some say it is unconstitutional and you support the detention of the terrorist there, right?

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  7. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Oh, and please answer my questions in the post with Danny Glover. You never answer ours.

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  8. Steven Frisch Avatar

    Yes….I do think that Paul likes cocktail parties!

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  9. Paul Emery Avatar

    No way I support drones. 90% of the people killed are innocent bystanders. No I don’t support Gitmo. Obama said he was going to close it and I hold him accountable.
    Danny Glover? Who cares. That’s your problem.

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  10. David King Avatar

    How about Obama’s hit list for Americans outside the U.S. Is that ok? Are you down with that?

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  11. David King Avatar

    “Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will”
    “Nothing else in Mr. Obama’s first term has baffled liberal supporters and confounded conservative critics alike as his aggressive counterterrorism record. His actions have often remained inscrutable, obscured by awkward secrecy rules, polarized political commentary and the president’s own deep reserve.”
    Are you guys baffled?
    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html?pagewanted=all&_moc.semityn.www

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  12. Paul Emery Avatar

    Nope No hit list.

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  13. David King Avatar

    So, you’re voting for Obama and his “Kill list” anyway?
    Of course when voting, you have balance Obama’s “Kill list” with Romney’s dog on the car thing. Right?

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  14. Paul Emery Avatar

    Nope, I’m not voting for Obama. I’m going third party.

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  15. billy T Avatar

    Iran-Contra? Why not bring up Juan Corona why you are at it. Heard convicted ax murderer Larry Singleton was also charged with selling arms to the contras. So was Jeffery Dahmer.
    Can’t we look at this Libya thing in and of itself? The Ambassador was hunted down hours after and miles from the mobs in the streets. He was chased to the safe house after leaving the Consultant, that after leaving Tripoli. Big booms, big fires, big Humvee go boom and burn. Ambassador is dragged through the streets. Al Jadee TV says it was planned for 9/11 as revenge for Osama (Arab porn collector) Bin Lying’s death. What does Iran-Contra have to do with Libya or Ms.(I did not touch Janet Reno that way) Rice? Oh, yeah, it was about a California made video. One of California’s exports got them ahabs all in a tizzy.
    We believe in free speech and tolerance of others’ views here….guess that is why the Feds arrested the film makers. Hmmmm. Bet there are 30 high school film makers right now producing sequels.
    We got a mess on our hands over in that forsaken part of the planet as usual. But, you can’t paint it all with a broad brush. Libya has no strong or dominate political parties. Gaddafi planned it that way. Egypt is controlled by the peace lubbing Muslum Brotherhood. Syria is our friend per Hillary just one year ago. Guess she forgot to say Syria is Iran’s puppet state. Jordan was OK and so was Lebanon until the PLO moved in there and trashed the best and most modern city in the region, Beirut. Then there is tiny Israel.
    BTW, Nicaragua is welcoming American tourists and has the oldest standing Spanish Colonial buildings in Central America. Miles of unspoiled beaches and many wonderful eco-systems. Great place for nature lovers and cheap food. Sandinista know like the Yankee dollar.

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  16. Earl Crabb Avatar

    Northern Ireland? Juan Corona? You forgot Clay Otis Smith, Billy T. The dimestore preacher who moved into his house and later his wife’s bed told him to go to the river and kill the hippies. The tinfoil they put on the windowsills to keep the demons out didn’t work as advertised, so only hippie blood would appease God.
    He took a sickle and cut through a swath of campsites, killed a couple and wounded some others, none of them hippies. The foothills were terrorized for months, until they caught up with him in Brownsville, Texas.
    And what would a Republican President do when all this democracy broke out in the Middle East? Would they have propped up Khadafy Duck and Hosni? Would they have thrown their support into one faction or other? Tough questions, indeed.

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  17. billy T Avatar

    Sounds like Clay Otis Smith needed a hug. Bad food in Brownsville and the guards are mean. They need a big hug as well.

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  18. Ryan Mount Avatar

    We don’t want Democracy in the Middle East or anywhere else for that matter. We prefer despots and dictators. They’re easier to buy off and they can do the dirty work of controlling their angry masses.
    It’s in America’s interests to keep the rest of the world in a state of fear. The problem is when one of these jerk-offs decides to give us the middle finger. Iran comes to mind. Then we are forced to treat them like mini-me versions of the former Soviet Union and threaten them, at least in private or via insinuation, that we will happily melt their entire country into nuclear-made glass if they decide to do something stupid. Sure they might get off the first strike. The first one.

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  19. George Rebane Avatar

    RyanM 620pm – Not while Obama is president.

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  20. Gregory Avatar

    “We don’t want Democracy in the Middle East or anywhere else for that matter. We prefer despots and dictators. They’re easier to buy off and they can do the dirty work of controlling their angry masses.
    It’s in America’s interests to keep the rest of the world in a state of fear.”

    Ryan, that’s one of the most inane posts I’ve ever seen from you. Channeling one of your old profs at Humboldt State? Confusing populist demagogues with democratic ones? One could at least make a superficial case for that during the Cold War realpolitik days, but even that has evaporated. The US would much prefer a Turkish style democracy in all of the currently undemocratic middle east, but that isn’t easy, and won’t be happening.
    This is dated but still applicable:
    http://www.meforum.org/216/why-turkey-is-the-only-muslim-democracy

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  21. Ryan Mount Avatar

    I’ll grant the cold war-ish-ness of the statement, but I see little evidence anywhere of the USA encouraging real democracies; anything that would resembling anything in the West which I regard as faulty, but certainly better than say Saudi Arabia. The United States does not, perhaps for good reason*, trust the populations of developing countries to “democratize.”
    There are exceptions, of course. Israel comes to mind who would have withered on the vine without Harry Truman. I grant Turkey is a more moderate muslim Democracy, unless you are a Kurd. But generally speaking, we hand-pick a government that suits our needs or we prop-up despots particularly in Africa and and Middle East, but also in Asia.
    Obama is a failure in both propping up American interests and encouraging Democratic reforms. Maybe that’s a good thing, now that I think of it. I just wish it was cheaper.
    And what I would like foreign policy hawks to admit, is that is true. Just like I’d like Progressives to admit that they have [maybe some if not a lot of] contempt for personal liberty, for comparison sake. You can’t, for example, develop Democracy at the end of a gun and then expect the populations to embrace us, as a figure of speech. I dunno, maybe you can, but I’d like to see evidence of that first.
    *People are dumb and swayed by magical promises.

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  22. George Rebane Avatar

    re RyanM & Gregory on promoting third world democracies. George Friedman of Stratfor is very clear in his assessment of our post-WW2 geo-strategic policy – to maintain hegemony the US needs to keep the ‘world’s pot’ simmering so as to foil any concrete efforts to coagulate forces against us. And that sometimes means placing marginally stable despots in power who can be told to rattle their sword (which we give them) against other tin pots who may not be in our stable. In this we may have to fight a directionless ‘war’ that ends with no clear objective achieved, most certainly not a classic victory.

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