Self-Inflicted Defeat

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Jun 042010
 

By Janet Levy and Nidra Poller
American Thinker, June 4, 2010

The highest levels of government enforce a policy on the military which effectively prevents consideration of the enemy doctrine of jihad.

At a recent briefing on cyber-terrorism in Washington, D.C., a former Navy SEAL repeatedly apologized for any statements in his lecture that could be misconstrued as anti-Muslim. He carefully qualified every negative reference to Muslims or Islam as excluding the vast majority of “peaceful[,] law-abiding” Muslims. The level of caution displayed by a military officer who had recently returned from a tour in Iraq and had served at a high level of military intelligence was disconcerting. The former SEAL wholeheartedly — perhaps unwittingly — accepted the role of “dhimmi,” an inferior who, under the provisions of Islamic law, does not have the right to self-defense.

How could a member of an elite division of the U.S. Navy who had withstood arduous military preparation be fearful of merely offending Muslims? How does this mentality influence his effectiveness as a soldier and officer? His action in combat? Continue reading »

Our Country’s Battles

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Apr 262010
 

We have today an aging and shrinking Air Force and Navy, an Army that is overstretched, reserve forces that are far too ‘active’ in their rate of deployment, and too few dollars to rebuild and modernize.

by Gary Schmitt and William Kristol
The Weekly Standard, May 3, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 31

It is increasingly likely that the Republican party, in league with more conservative Democrats, will have a decisive say in Congress following November’s elections. The GOP could even be in the majority in the House. With this possibility in sight, the primary focus of conservatives has been the repeal of the recently enacted health care legislation. Given the magnitude of the bill and its impact on both health care and the economy, this is perfectly reasonable. But health care is not the only matter that should come under review if a new working majority of conservatives results from the upcoming elections. Equally important are the Obama administration’s plans for America’s military.

The president’s proposed budgets call for an ever-increasing piece of the federal pie to go to domestic programs and a decreasing amount to national defense. The Obama administration has already flattened out the defense budget this year, while domestic spending has exploded; in last year’s stimulus, virtually every federal program got significant additional money except defense. Continue reading »

Navy SEAL cleared of charges in terrorist beating case

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Apr 222010
 

By: Mark Hemingway
Washington Examiner, April 22, 2010

Huertas is not pictured. Just a random group of Navy SEALs.

Petty Officer 1st Class Julio Huertas was cleared of charges that he failed to prevent the beating of Ahmed Hashim Abed, an Al Qaeda terrorist who masterminded the killing of three American contractors in Iraq:

“It’s a big weight off my shoulders,” a smiling and composed Huertas said as he left the courthouse at the U.S. military’s Camp Victory on Baghdad’s western outskirts.

“Compared to all the physical activity we go through, this has been mentally more challenging.”

Huertas said he plans now to continue with his military career and “to go home and kiss my wife.”

Huertas was the first of three SEALS to face a court-martial for charges related to the abuse incident and the verdict was a major blow to the government’s case. All three SEALs could have received only a disciplinary reprimand, but insisted on a military trial to clear their names and save their careers. Continue reading »

Army Doc Who Questions Obama’s Citizenship Refuses to Go to Afghanistan

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Apr 142010
 

FoxNews, April 14, 2010

An Army doctor is under investigation after questioning on YouTube whether President Obama is U.S.-born — then disobeying orders to report for duty in Afghanistan.

Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin failed to report to Fort Campbell, Ky., on Monday, showing up instead at his old job in a clinic in the Pentagon. He was reassigned immediately to Walter Reed Army Medical Center while the investigation is under way.

Though officials in Hawaii verify that Obama was born there, so-called “birthers” claim he was born outside the U.S. and is ineligible to be president.

Lakin says he wants to see the birth certificate as proof Obama is his commander in chief and thus that the deployment order for Afghanistan is legal.

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Dysfunctional CIA, NY Times Channel Ugly Stepsisters in Effort to Smash Defense Department’s Glass Slipper

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Apr 122010
 

by Brad Thor
BigJournalism.com, April 12, 2010

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Of late, the left is full of brilliant ideas on how we should fight terrorism, er whoops, I mean “man caused disasters” or do we refer to it as countering violent extremism this week?  (I can’t seem to keep it straight.)

From Matthew Modine, who believes we should simply sit down and talk with terrorists to Barack Obama who hopes to defeat Islamic radicalism by not mentioning Islamic radicalism, there doesn’t seem to be any issue liberals can’t solve by simply waving a magic wand and applying their considerable genius.

Would that this dangerous method of thinking existed only in the realm of politics and Hollywood liberalism.  Unfortunately, an even deadlier mindset exists at the Central Intelligence Agency.

As I have chronicled over the past several weeks, an impotent CIA, which better resembles a pack of jilted, jealous teen-aged girls has been waging a despicable proxy war against the Department of Defense for hiring former military and intelligence personnel to do the job the CIA is incapable of doing in Afghanistan and Pakistan.  In the process, there have been terrible character assassinations and the leaking of classified information. Continue reading »

President Obama Needs to Prove His Constitutional Eligibility to Be Commander-in-Chief

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Apr 082010
 

By Terrence Lakin, MD
American Thinker, April 8, 2010

Last week, I entered Walter Reed Army Hospital to notify the Department of Defense that I would refuse to obey any orders from my commanding officers — including President Obama — until the president produces his original birth certificate. After nearly eighteen years of wearing the military uniform of the country I have proudly served, including overseas assignments in imminent danger/combat areas in Bosnia and Afghanistan, I felt compelled to take this step.

I made this decision from much deliberation, after lengthy consultations with many friends, family members, and colleagues, and I firmly believe that all servicemen and women, and the American public, have the right to know the truth about President Obama’s constitutional eligibility to serve as Commander-in-Chief. Continue reading »

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