September 12, 2012
— Ace Sure, why would anyone think there might be some violence on 9/11?
By the way: In Bengazi, a staffer wrote (in an online gaming forum; he was an EVE player)...
"(12:54:09 PM) vile_rat: assuming we don't die tonight. We saw one of our 'police' that guard the compound taking pictures."
It seems the embassy staff knew something was coming -- why was Obama not doing something about this? Such as... evacuating the staff? Sending in Marines?
Intelligence ignored? Straight from the mouth of an embassy staffer looking right at the guy casing the compound?
On 9/11?
Additionally, the US was warned that extremists might attempt to burn down the embassy. On Monday.
According to El Fagr, they are calling for the immediate release of the Islamic jihadis who are imprisonment and in detention centers in the U.S. including Guantanamo Bay: “The group, which consists of many members from al-Qaeda, called [especially] for the quick release of the jihadi [mujahid] sheikh, Omar Abdul Rahman [the "Blind Sheikh"], whom they described as a scholar and jihadi who sacrificed his life for the Egyptian Umma, who was ignored by the Mubarak regime, and [President] Morsi is refusing to intervene on his behalf and release him, despite promising that he would. The Islamic Group has threatened to burn the U.S. Embassy in Cairo with those in it, and taking hostage those who remain [alive], unless the Blind Sheikh is immediately released.”
This explains why they had, in this case, evacuated most of the staff. What it doesn't explain is why the administration was otherwise so flat-footed -- including in Benghazi.
Libya Attack Pre-Planned, Coordinated With Muslim Brotherhood: So claims one report.
It sure does look that way.
But the important story here isn't what Obama failed to do to forestall the attacks, but what Romney said in response to his failure.
Right?
Muslim Brotherhood Calls For Worldwide Attacks: They say "protests." They mean attacks.
Tick Tock: So, some precautions were taken -- the embassy was moved to a safehouse.
Problem is, that was also compromised. Likely by our allies, the Freedom Fighters of Libya.
CNN Report On Coordinated Muslim Brotherhood Attack: Here.
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Posted by: RioBravo at September 12, 2012 08:36 AM (eEfYn)
Posted by: Canada at September 12, 2012 08:36 AM (Zs83Q)
Posted by: Stu-22 at September 12, 2012 08:37 AM (k4bdL)
Posted by: Thorvald at September 12, 2012 08:38 AM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Iblis at September 12, 2012 08:38 AM (9221z)
This whole fucking administration needs to be swept away come November. Not just replacing the heads of cabinets and depts. EVERYONE.
Posted by: EC at September 12, 2012 08:39 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: blindside at September 12, 2012 08:39 AM (3Uns6)
Not per Rush: President Reagan did the same thing during the Iran hostage situation with Carter.
Too bad, libs, that you enjoy being perceived by the world as weak. Tough patootie.
Remember this?
“Reagan Takes Oath as 40th President; Promises an ‘Era of National Renewal’–Minutes Later, 52 U.S. Hostages In Iran Fly to Freedom After 444-Day Ordeal.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, unbanned , ready to get this done at September 12, 2012 08:39 AM (baL2B)
“At at a time when we should be standing together against these senseless acts of violence, Mitt Romney offered an atrocious political response that undermines our unity in the face of threats to Americans around the world.”
Sen. Frank Lautenberg
“It is absolutely inappropriate for Romney to seize on this tragedy for political gain”
Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.)
Sure glad the Democrats aren't doing that.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 12, 2012 08:39 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Bosk at September 12, 2012 08:39 AM (n2K+4)
Posted by: steevy at September 12, 2012 08:39 AM (6o4Fb)
And knowing that we still have a year to go in Af/Pak at close to full strength: Do you thinkt hat the president should go out and support sacrilege of the muslim faith? Do you all want to loose Vietnam-style?
Posted by: Fnord at September 12, 2012 08:40 AM (dlg60)
Posted by: steevy at September 12, 2012 08:40 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Felt Wrapper at September 12, 2012 08:40 AM (ecmD4)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 12, 2012 08:40 AM (+tqYo)
Posted by: Cricket at September 12, 2012 08:40 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 12, 2012 08:41 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at September 12, 2012 08:42 AM (VGtum)
Posted by: steevy at September 12, 2012 08:42 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 12, 2012 08:42 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: Mr Pink at September 12, 2012 08:42 AM (PP+eW)
A senior U.S. official tells CNN that U.S. unmanned surveillance drones are expected to begin flying over Benghazai and other locations in eastern Libya to look for jihadi encampments and targets that may be tied to the attack on U.S. State Department personnel.
The proposal for use of drones is expected to be approved shortly by the Pentagon and the White House, CNN's Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr reported. The official said the plan is for U.S. surveillance drones to gather the intelligence and then hand it off to the Libyans to strike the targets.
"Hey, thanks for the intel. We'll get right on that *giggle*".
Posted by: The Libyans
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 12, 2012 08:42 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: jmel at September 12, 2012 08:42 AM (zcCa8)
Romney better learn from W. Flush State or your foreign policy will be sabotaged. There are too many islamo-fascist symps in that agency. Too many think America is the problem and not the solution.
Posted by: Iblis at September 12, 2012 08:42 AM (9221z)
Intelligence ignored? Straight from the mouth of an embassy staffer looking right at the guy casing the compound?
Connect the dots. In this case, the red dots of laser gunsights on the foreheads of the Muzzies.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 12, 2012 08:42 AM (oX7vY)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 12, 2012 08:42 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 12, 2012 08:42 AM (+tqYo)
Romney needs to highlight this. Even before this came out there was a story that Obama hadn't attended half of the intelligence briefings during his presidency.
There was nothing wrong with Romney's response to the situation in Egypt. Nor was there anything wrong with the press asking him about it - except for the fact that this same press will never ask the same questions of SCOAMF.
Posted by: Natasha at September 12, 2012 08:43 AM (jU5uf)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at September 12, 2012 08:43 AM (4df7R)
But the important story here isn't what Obama failed to do to forestall the attacks, but what Romney said in response to his failure.
Right?
Well, it is if you're Sing-Sing O'Brien and the rest of them.
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at September 12, 2012 08:43 AM (RD7QR)
>>according to his schedule, he never attended a single Presidential Daily Briefing during that week.
Affirmitive Action means never having to do your homework.
Posted by: Affirmative Action Jackson at September 12, 2012 08:43 AM (dwuaS)
Posted by: eureka! at September 12, 2012 08:44 AM (cTjRR)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 12, 2012 08:44 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: MJ at September 12, 2012 08:45 AM (TR60b)
Posted by: Mr Pink at September 12, 2012 08:45 AM (PP+eW)
Posted by: toby928© at September 12, 2012 08:45 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Thorvald at September 12, 2012 08:45 AM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: cicero skip at September 12, 2012 08:45 AM (3m9Uc)
Posted by: NWConservative at September 12, 2012 08:45 AM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Z Ryan at September 12, 2012 08:45 AM (tsC/8)
>>A senior U.S. official tells CNN that U.S. unmanned surveillance drones are expected to begin flying over Benghazai
Shut her down, fellas. We need to get the fuck outta here.
Posted by: Benghazai Aspirin Co. at September 12, 2012 08:45 AM (dwuaS)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 12, 2012 08:45 AM (8y9MW)
A lot of management is just looking concerned. W learned that lesson the hard way with Katrina. Was he going to fill sandbags? Was he going to do anything substantial at all? Was he and the phalanx of secret service agents going to do anything but get in the way?
All people really want sometimes is just to know that you're paying attention.
Even if he'd had briefings and been competent, it could be that there was not much he could do. Was there something the state department was waiting for Obama's OK on?
Posted by: AmishDude at September 12, 2012 08:46 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Interested Party at September 12, 2012 08:46 AM (m1NGX)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 12, 2012 08:46 AM (AxE3L)
Posted by: MSM, Doing the Only Thing It's Good At at September 12, 2012 08:47 AM (VS3cJ)
If this is true regarding the events in Libya, and the administration knew the deadly danger the embassy was in and deliberately did nothing, Obama must be impeached. And then the senate must remove him from office.
Slow Joe can pimp limp his way to January 2013 by himself.
Posted by: Boots at September 12, 2012 08:47 AM (neKzn)
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at September 12, 2012 08:47 AM (RD7QR)
"The media regards Obama with the devotion that Islamists grant to the Koran. Any criticism and theyÂ’re out for blood. . . ."
Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 12, 2012 08:47 AM (zOqcv)
Posted by: New York Times Editorial Board at September 12, 2012 08:48 AM (4eNxd)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 12, 2012 08:48 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: NWConservative at September 12, 2012 08:48 AM (M1gmo)
Posted by: El Kabong at September 12, 2012 08:48 AM (VS3cJ)
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 12, 2012 08:48 AM (BAS5M)
Only a fucking idiot wouldn't have that protection ALREADY in place in such an unstable area.
QED - Obama is a fucking idiot.
Posted by: @PurpAv at September 12, 2012 08:48 AM (AqA9g)
California-born ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed in the assault, but it was not clear how or where he died. U.S. consular staff were rushed to a safe house after the initial attack, Libya's Deputy Interior Minister Wanis Al-Sharif said.
An evacuation plane with U.S. commandos units then arrived from Tripoli to evacuate them from the house.
"It was supposed to be a secret place and we were surprised the armed groups knew about it. There was shooting," Sharif said. Two U.S. personnel were killed there, he said. Two other people were killed at the main consular building and between 12 and 17 wounded.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 12, 2012 08:48 AM (PHb2k)
Posted by: toby928© at September 12, 2012 12:45 PM (evdj2)
"Fuck you right winger"??
That's the best I got.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 12, 2012 08:48 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Fnord at September 12, 2012 12:40 PM (dlg60)
Ah, emptychair worshipper. You're stung a little today. You should be. Keep on trollin'.
Posted by: 66chevelle at September 12, 2012 08:49 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: steevy at September 12, 2012 08:49 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Daniel Jeyn at September 12, 2012 08:49 AM (rBMoY)
Posted by: Cricket at September 12, 2012 08:49 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 12, 2012 08:49 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: garrett at September 12, 2012 08:49 AM (dwuaS)
Question -- What does TFG stand for?
I am having a hard time keeping up with what we call that embarrassment in DC.
Posted by: rd at September 12, 2012 08:49 AM (9sUlj)
Posted by: Mr Pink at September 12, 2012 08:49 AM (PP+eW)
Posted by: tasker at September 12, 2012 08:49 AM (r2PLg)
http://tinyurl.com/cqan5ve
Posted by: Pipe Holder at September 12, 2012 08:49 AM (VTeUD)
Posted by: garrett at September 12, 2012 08:49 AM (dwuaS)
Posted by: El Kabong at September 12, 2012 08:49 AM (VS3cJ)
It's confirmed: Vile_Rat was one of the diplomats killed yesterday. That posting on the EVE message board was probably his last.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=153054
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at September 12, 2012 08:49 AM (4df7R)
"Ah, armchair warriors. Y`all should rule the world with your perfect 20/20 hindsight. Do you seriously mean to imply that the president of the US should follow all his employees Eve online chats? Do you have any info that the embassy in any way called in the situation and asked for protection? In Cairo they evacuated, did the Libyan consulate ask for this to happen?
And knowing that we still have a year to go in Af/Pak at close to full strength: Do you thinkt hat the president should go out and support sacrilege of the muslim faith? Do you all want to loose Vietnam-style? "
I do expect the President of the United States to attend his daily security briefings -- is that too much to ask? And if it puts a dent in his nap time, couldn't he at least have made an exception for the week of the anniversary of 9/11? And, yes, he is responsible for the statements issued by the people he hires.
Posted by: Natasha at September 12, 2012 08:50 AM (jU5uf)
You know, I'm having a little trouble keeping track of who is what side here. Help me out.
The American MSM press? On the side of the Moslem Brotherhood.
Obama...the Brotherhood.
Democrats in Charlotte? The Brotherhood.
Have I got that right?
Posted by: MTF at September 12, 2012 08:50 AM (B5y+v)
Posted by: steevy at September 12, 2012 08:50 AM (6o4Fb)
>>I am having a hard time keeping up with what we call that embarrassment in DC.
It's more important that you remember what we aren't allowed to call him.
Posted by: garrett at September 12, 2012 08:50 AM (dwuaS)
76 Ok how many times does someone have to type fifty letters together before they figure out it fucks up the page format?
Posted by: Mr Pink at September 12, 2012 12:49 PM (PP+eW)
Well apparently, at least one more.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 12, 2012 08:51 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Adam at September 12, 2012 08:51 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 12, 2012 08:51 AM (AxE3L)
Posted by: osu at September 12, 2012 08:52 AM (vgMWF)
Minnesota U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison the first Muslim elected to Congress, said he was "deeply disturbed" by the riots in Libya and Egypt and called the deaths of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three others a "tragic loss.
As for the film that sparked the protests, he called it "amateurish and stupid" and not indicative of American sentiments toward Islam.
"Hateful provocateurs will always try to stir the pot, but itÂ’s up to us to remain calm and not let it boil over," Ellison said. "Now innocent public servants who dedicated their lives to building bridges between people are dead. What we need is more understanding and tolerance, not conflict and bloodshed."
So, no tagbacks?
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 12, 2012 08:52 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Ma Bell, now R squared at September 12, 2012 08:52 AM (uVuwp)
Posted by: toby928© at September 12, 2012 08:52 AM (evdj2)
What we need is more understanding and tolerance, not conflict and bloodshed."
No, what we need is a big glass parking lot where Libya used to be.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at September 12, 2012 08:53 AM (4df7R)
Oh, issue an apology and then go to a Las Vegas fundraiser. Silly me, what was I thinking?
Posted by: Ombudsman at September 12, 2012 08:53 AM (zXLtf)
Posted by: Adam at September 12, 2012 08:53 AM (/YJYi)
Just the fact that he interviewed with a guy that goes by "Pimp" makes me sick.
It's like a knighthood in the black community.
Posted by: garrett at September 12, 2012 08:53 AM (dwuaS)
Posted by: Your President at September 12, 2012 08:54 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Please at September 12, 2012 08:54 AM (Zs83Q)
Posted by: El Kabong at September 12, 2012 08:54 AM (VS3cJ)
Posted by: steevy at September 12, 2012 08:54 AM (6o4Fb)
El Kabong can blow out the margins by typing 500 characters but we can't post links...
And trolls get free range now.
#winning
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 12, 2012 08:54 AM (NRwWP)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 12, 2012 08:55 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: Adam at September 12, 2012 08:55 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: JPS at September 12, 2012 08:55 AM (j85iL)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at September 12, 2012 12:53 PM (4df7R)
I think officially it would be glass camel storage, but I yes, I agree.
Posted by: The Mega Independent at September 12, 2012 08:55 AM (V7lWY)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 12, 2012 08:56 AM (AxE3L)
Posted by: Barack Obama as Augustus at September 12, 2012 08:56 AM (4eNxd)
98 Keith Ellison is a deplorable cowardly apologist. And a slut.
Posted by: Adam at September 12, 2012 12:53 PM (/YJYi)
And we idiots in MN will re-elect that idiot, since his district includes Minneapolis.
Posted by: rd at September 12, 2012 08:56 AM (9sUlj)
Posted by: tasker at September 12, 2012 08:56 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 12, 2012 08:56 AM (8sCoq)
Nice news following the NYT recent bullshit regarding Bush's 9/11 intel. Can't wait for these dots to get connected. No, I mean I literally can't wait - it won't happen.
Posted by: SocietyIs2Blame at September 12, 2012 08:56 AM (WLuv5)
Posted by: Lauren at September 12, 2012 08:56 AM (wsGWu)
Posted by: El Kabong at September 12, 2012 08:57 AM (VS3cJ)
Posted by: steevy at September 12, 2012 08:57 AM (6o4Fb)
Like I said, the worst is yet to come. This ain't over.
Posted by: maddogg at September 12, 2012 08:58 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Thorvald at September 12, 2012 12:45 PM (1V6Pv)
.....................................Good to know the politicians finally figure out how OPSEC works. Oh, wait.
Next thing you know they'll announce where the drones will be flying....
Posted by: Invictus at September 12, 2012 08:58 AM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 12, 2012 08:58 AM (9TTOe)
That thought is now on constant replay in my mind when I read the news. I always used to think media bias was a minor, insignificant problem. Until the last few months, I never realized how wrong I was.
Posted by: Matt S. at September 12, 2012 08:58 AM (moRRg)
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I'm sure they'd arrange an abortion of a sort if she asked.
Posted by: Methos at September 12, 2012 08:58 AM (6LvlL)
Posted by: Andy at September 12, 2012 08:58 AM (VRuDG)
Posted by: the pink not panicking about one poll formerly known as the hobbit Donna at September 12, 2012 08:58 AM (W2Z3C)
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 12, 2012 08:59 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: steevy at September 12, 2012 08:59 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Joey Biden at September 12, 2012 08:59 AM (+hPIb)
Didn't Obama do an interview with some Pimp with a Limp guy? so I guess he was focusing on that interview instead of briefings? Priorities? Just the fact that he interviewed with a guy that goes by "Pimp" makes me sick.
Posted by: osu at September 12, 2012 12:52 PM (vgMWF)
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Word has it that Barry froze up, unable to move for several minutes after he was informed of the attacks, until Valerie handed him a copy of "My Pet Scapegoat" to read.
Posted by: 66chevelle at September 12, 2012 08:59 AM (QjSgY)
Again, godspeed to those 50 Marines.
I fear for their safety as our CiC is a sucker of goat flavored cocks.
Posted by: garrett at September 12, 2012 08:59 AM (dwuaS)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 12, 2012 08:59 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 12, 2012 08:59 AM (XvHmy)
Posted by: @PurpAv at September 12, 2012 09:00 AM (AqA9g)
Machiavelli said that it is better to be feared than to be loved. With Obama, we have neither.
I don't believe Machiavelli mentioned "laughed at."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 12, 2012 09:00 AM (oX7vY)
Re "the water's edge" Romney handled it properly - he clarified his support (unnecessarily but for the hostile press, of course) and told us how he'd do things differently. Most importantly, his policy was the right one. There's a huge difference between advocating a strong American response (Romney vs. Obama, Reagan v. Carter) and kowtowing to dictators against your own country's interests (Bonoir-Ortega, Dellums-Castro, Pelosi-Assad).
Posted by: SocietyIs2Blame at September 12, 2012 09:00 AM (WLuv5)
Posted by: Havedash at September 12, 2012 09:00 AM (F0WNa)
*heaves Muslim Brotherhood under the bus with a girlish whimper*
Posted by: Barack "Genius" Obama at September 12, 2012 09:01 AM (xAtAj)
Photo: Egyptian rioters were wearing Guy Fawkes masks
It would probably take you all of 24 seconds to find someone at #O! wearing a keffiyah. The two groups are infatuated with one another.
Posted by: reason at September 12, 2012 09:01 AM (+hPIb)
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 12, 2012 09:01 AM (8sCoq)
So these murders are now "the deaths of" and "a tragic loss." Fuck Ellison and the reporter that wrote that shit.
Posted by: lowandslow at September 12, 2012 09:01 AM (GZitp)
Posted by: Invictus at September 12, 2012 12:58 PM (OQpzc)
Why yes, yes they are......
@katherinemiller: CNN: U.S. will be flying drones over eastern Libya to look for jihadist encampments
Posted by: Tami at September 12, 2012 09:02 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 12, 2012 09:03 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Mr Pink at September 12, 2012 09:03 AM (PP+eW)
Posted by: Ma Bell, now R squared at September 12, 2012 09:03 AM (uVuwp)
Posted by: maddogg at September 12, 2012 09:03 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Michelle Obama at September 12, 2012 09:03 AM (Mwakv)
Those Marines are for show. They will never be allowed to return fire if more shit happens.
Posted by: EC at September 12, 2012 09:03 AM (GQ8sn)
@katherinemiller: CNN: U.S. will be flying drones over eastern Libya to look for jihadist encampments
Damn, the whole Country is a jihadist encampment..
Posted by: the pink not panicking about one poll formerly known as the hobbit Donna at September 12, 2012 09:04 AM (W2Z3C)
>>>So these murders are now "the deaths of" and "a tragic loss." Fuck Ellison and the reporter that wrote that shit.
I approve!
Posted by: Newspeak at September 12, 2012 09:04 AM (BrQrN)
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Yes. Like a traffic accident apparently.
Posted by: RioBravo at September 12, 2012 09:04 AM (eEfYn)
Posted by: SocietyIs2Blame at September 12, 2012 09:04 AM (WLuv5)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 12, 2012 09:04 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 12, 2012 01:03 PM (9TTOe)
I think the only thing Obama thinks about is fundraising and bowling.
Posted by: Tami at September 12, 2012 09:04 AM (X6akg)
Everything I have said about this incompetent fool since 2007 has been proven correct. Sorry trolls, he was never qualified for the job.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 12, 2012 09:04 AM (G2+4T)
They have crossed the GoonSwarm
There is one corner of the world where people have kept alive, and practice daily, the true art of war. Internet spaceships in space.
All joking (or not?) aside. Benghazi must be destroyed. Today.
Posted by: Hopeless at September 12, 2012 09:04 AM (xutGe)
Posted by: Countrysquire at September 12, 2012 09:05 AM (1hLHC)
>>>So these murders are now "the deaths of" and "a tragic loss." Fuck Ellison and the reporter that wrote that shit.
I approve!
Uhh...except for the fucking part.
Posted by: Newspeak at September 12, 2012 09:05 AM (BrQrN)
I'm sick of hearing that this..."was about outrage over a video".
That's complete bullshit.
The video had been out for months.
The truth is....
"Islamist mob, using a contrived excuse of an offensive video, attacked US Embassies on 9/11 anniversary."
Posted by: wheatie at September 12, 2012 09:05 AM (LdrIf)
Posted by: MSM at September 12, 2012 09:06 AM (gC30A)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 12, 2012 09:06 AM (jucos)
Posted by: The Garbone at September 12, 2012 09:06 AM (tFtZS)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 12, 2012 09:06 AM (ojOys)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 12, 2012 01:03 PM (9TTOe)
I think that'd take a bit too much brainpower for the Choomer in Chief
Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 12, 2012 09:06 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Steven W. at September 12, 2012 09:06 AM (Nit5p)
Posted by: rd at September 12, 2012 09:06 AM (9sUlj)
Here we have the Obama administration actually knowing something could happen and doing nothing about it. Hey you tin foils who think FDR knew of Pearl Harbor, here is a real conspiracy.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 12, 2012 09:06 AM (4RZZJ)
>133 We literally need to be careful in how we take on Bengazi. We don't want to accidentally kill any of those endangered white tigers they make there... That would...that would just be bittersweet, right there.
My keyboard hasn't received spit in a long time, but that one broke the drought. Perfect.
Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at September 12, 2012 09:06 AM (SCcgT)
Posted by: navybrat at September 12, 2012 09:06 AM (urgS1)
Yup. They'll be ordered to hold fire and sit tight. The next 50 Marines will be coming next week.
Posted by: EC at September 12, 2012 09:06 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: SocietyIs2Blame at September 12, 2012 09:07 AM (WLuv5)
Posted by: Ed Anger at September 12, 2012 09:07 AM (tOkJB)
Sandra Fluke is conflicted. She is generally on the side of the
brotherhood, but they won't pay for her birth control, so she isn't
sure.
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I'm sure they'd arrange an abortion of a sort if she asked.
Posted by: Methos at September 12, 2012 12:58 PM (6LvlL)
An abortion? No, I don't think so. But they'd probably be willing to put off stoning her to death until she'd given birth. Then they'd stone the baby, too.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at September 12, 2012 09:07 AM (4df7R)
Jones, and in the rioter embassy pic there were also writing on the walls similar to oakland ows signs
i think i saw those pics at redstate.
Posted by: willow at September 12, 2012 09:07 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 12, 2012 09:07 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: MSM at September 12, 2012 09:08 AM (gC30A)
No, I want their non religion destroyed, their countries burned to the ground, their people all killed, and the remaining ones forced to work on porn sets wiping off dicks in between takes. I call that a good start
Posted by: Berserker at September 12, 2012 09:08 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: SocietyIs2Blame at September 12, 2012 09:08 AM (WLuv5)
TLAM's.
Posted by: EC at September 12, 2012 09:08 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: JPS at September 12, 2012 09:08 AM (j85iL)
Posted by: steevy at September 12, 2012 09:08 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 12, 2012 09:08 AM (XvHmy)
Every freakin thing the left accuses Republicans of...everything...are the things they themselves are doing or have done. Period!
Posted by: Havedash at September 12, 2012 09:09 AM (F0WNa)
Posted by: maddogg at September 12, 2012 09:09 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Honey Badger at September 12, 2012 09:09 AM (uAcgi)
I disagree.
This is a reasoned, calculated response by the JEF (TFG) to further his goal of returning America to membership in the world of nations. He wants America to be one of many, not the leader of the free world.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 12, 2012 09:09 AM (2b4yb)
Posted by: @PurpAv at September 12, 2012 09:09 AM (AqA9g)
"It was "the work of roughly 20 militants, prepared for a military assault," the think tank said, noting that rocket-propelled grenade launchers do not normally appear at peaceful protests, and that there were no other protests against the film elsewhere in Libya."
Grenade launchers don't normally appear at peaceful protests? Huh? I did not know that.
"A grenade attack created a fire in the U.S. consulate building in Benghazi, which created a very complicated and complex situation for those inside, according to a senior U.S. official familiar with the details of what happened."
Complicated AND complex. Fires are known to be complicated and complex... Got it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 12, 2012 09:09 AM (NRwWP)
"As Instapundit put it (infinitely better than I ever could):
"The media regards Obama with the devotion that Islamists grant to the Koran. Any criticism and theyÂ’re out for blood. . . .""
Journoislam. The Religion of Press.
Posted by: reason at September 12, 2012 09:09 AM (kZVsz)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 12, 2012 09:10 AM (XvHmy)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 12, 2012 09:10 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 12, 2012 09:10 AM (G/zuv)
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Boy, good thing we have journalists!
Posted by: mediumheadboy at September 12, 2012 09:10 AM (aHR5E)
All I could think of when hearing about this was Archduke Ferdinand. And the SCOAMF APOLOGIZED? That was his first reaction?
November can't come fast enough. We won't last another 4 years with this feckless, infantile, whinging, cringing MF in office.
Kudos to Romney for his response. Based on the hysteria in the peanut gallery dubbed the media, his response was perfect, because they're attacking him for it.
Posted by: Biblio Still Misses Breitbart at September 12, 2012 09:10 AM (7o8VY)
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I think that decision is already a done deal.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 12, 2012 09:10 AM (C8hzL)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 12, 2012 01:09 PM (2b4yb)
agree.
Posted by: willow at September 12, 2012 09:10 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Hopeless at September 12, 2012 09:11 AM (xutGe)
What the fuck did the US Ambassador have to do with "sacrilege of the Muslim faith ?" Typical terrorist logic - a movie was produced in your country so every American official or citizen is now a target ?
Something to keep in mind the next time someone says Islam forbids killing innocents. They just move the goalposts as to who's "innocent" and whack a wholly uninvolved person.
Posted by: SocietyIs2Blame at September 12, 2012 09:11 AM (WLuv5)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 12, 2012 09:11 AM (4RZZJ)
"rocket-propelled grenade launchers do not normally appear at peaceful protests"
Neither do serial-rapist homeless grifters...but ya know...
Posted by: #OWS! at September 12, 2012 09:11 AM (kZVsz)
Posted by: Ed Anger at September 12, 2012 09:11 AM (tOkJB)
Posted by: piggy nooner at September 12, 2012 09:11 AM (vDl/w)
Too expensive, and we don't need the accuracy.
In this case I believe that collective punishment is in order.
We have B-52s and lots of regular, boring 500 lb. bombs.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 12, 2012 09:11 AM (2b4yb)
Posted by: NortonPete at September 12, 2012 09:11 AM (8zxoH)
Ellison is a toad. F- you and your 14th century, backassward, misogynist, racists, homophobic cult. This wasn't an accident. It's not a passive tragedy that just happened to these Americans. This was a deliberate cold-blooded, cruel murder by followers of a so-called religion that condones -- nay -- outright encourages these horrid acts.
Posted by: Natasha at September 12, 2012 09:11 AM (jU5uf)
Posted by: tasker at September 12, 2012 09:12 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: JPS at September 12, 2012 09:12 AM (j85iL)
Posted by: maddogg at September 12, 2012 09:12 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 12, 2012 09:12 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: Ma Bell, now R squared at September 12, 2012 09:12 AM (uVuwp)
Posted by: Honey Badger at September 12, 2012 09:12 AM (uAcgi)
You really think TFG will tell his Marine generals they can give the order to go loud if something else happens? He wants to avoid confrontation at all costs, so those Marines are pretty much fucked if the next mob starts loosing volleys at them. I hope to god that some Marine in charge on the ground will risk a court martial and give the order to return fire.
Posted by: EC at September 12, 2012 09:12 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: The Postal Service Once Known as the British Navy at September 12, 2012 09:13 AM (WLuv5)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 12, 2012 09:13 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 12, 2012 09:13 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: Ed Anger at September 12, 2012 09:13 AM (tOkJB)
Posted by: tasker at September 12, 2012 09:13 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 12, 2012 09:13 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: @PurpAv at September 12, 2012 01:09 PM (AqA9g)
yes, it would seem more of our own being put at risk.
I know they're good, but against a thousand or so?
Posted by: willow at September 12, 2012 09:13 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: El Miguel at September 12, 2012 09:14 AM (bIFL0)
Posted by: tasker at September 12, 2012 09:14 AM (r2PLg)
133 We literally need to be careful in how we take on Bengazi. We don't want to accidentally kill any of those endangered white tigers they make there... That would...that would just be bittersweet, right there.
Posted by: Joey Biden
This one wins the internets.
Pitch perfect. Too bad we have such a tragedy here, or it would be worth far more than a grim chuckle. I hate to see myself inching back into the "glass carpet" camp, but what the fucking fuck, really.
Posted by: imp at September 12, 2012 09:14 AM (UaxA0)
Posted by: Some lib in the media tomorrow at September 12, 2012 09:14 AM (R18D0)
Yes ... yes we are!
Posted by: The MBM at September 12, 2012 09:14 AM (wwsoB)
207 More Guy Fawkes masks in Cairo
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And one of those guys in a mask....is wearing a Press Pass?
Wtf?
Posted by: wheatie at September 12, 2012 09:15 AM (LdrIf)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 12, 2012 09:15 AM (jucos)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 12, 2012 01:10 PM (XvHmy)
Rolling Barrage of 5" and 16" shells moving from East to West. They can destroy anything in that town. If it comes to that.
Posted by: rd at September 12, 2012 09:15 AM (9sUlj)
Hmm. Ambassador killed. I was just outside a few minutes ago and I see the flags aren't at half mast. What's up with that?
Posted by: Anachronda at September 12, 2012 09:15 AM (FzhYM)
In Egypt the government of new President Mohammed Mursi also condemned the violence but called on Washington to take action against the film's makers.
"What happened at the U.S. embassy in Cairo is regrettable and rejected by all Egyptian people and cannot be justified, especially if we consider that the people who produced this low film have no relation to the (U.S.) government," Prime Minister Hisham Kandil said, reading out a statement.
"We ask the American government to take a firm position toward this film's producers within the framework of international charters that criminalise acts that stir strife on the basis of race, colour or religion."
You know, I'd say "what charter would that be El Mudflap", but God knows what Obama signed when we weren't looking....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 12, 2012 09:15 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 12, 2012 09:15 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: Ed Anger at September 12, 2012 09:15 AM (tOkJB)
225, can we get a link to Tunisian embassy being stormed?
And, let's be honest, it's 2012, even Tunis has webcams. What are the odds we can find a live webcam feed that isn't secured?
Posted by: Hopeless at September 12, 2012 09:15 AM (xutGe)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 12, 2012 09:15 AM (X3lox)
I say we go full speed ahead with domestic drilling and fracking to become energy independent, and then get the fuck out of the middle east. Close the embassies and bring our people home. And immediately cancel all foreign aid. Every damned dime.
Let those animals slaughter each other like swine. And if they fuck with us in any way well, rubble dont make trouble. Unleash the Arsenal of Democracy- no boots on the ground- and hit them so hard they won't recover for a generation.
Posted by: Ombudsman at September 12, 2012 09:15 AM (zXLtf)
Posted by: Ma Bell, now R squared at September 12, 2012 09:16 AM (uVuwp)
Posted by: Dobby at September 12, 2012 09:16 AM (62yHA)
Posted by: Approximately Half of the Voters at September 12, 2012 09:16 AM (znT2j)
Posted by: Ed Anger at September 12, 2012 01:11 PM (tOkJB)
hmm, alright, but why would it be on an egyption embassy wall?
was ayes ther recently? ( i kid sorta)
Posted by: willow at September 12, 2012 09:16 AM (TomZ9)
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai denounced the film in statements that made no mention of attacks on U.S. diplomats.
"Desecration is not part of the freedom of expression, but a criminal act that has now badly affected the righteous sentiments of 1.5 billion Muslims all over the globe," a statement from Karzai's office said.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 12, 2012 09:16 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 12, 2012 09:17 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 12, 2012 01:06 PM (jucos)
Yes, but November can't come soon enough either for the tens of millions of moochers who will vote for the candidate that promises them free shit, paid for by Someone Else
Adlai Stevenson was once told 'you have the vote of every thinking person,' to which he replied, 'not enough- we need a majority!'
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 12, 2012 09:17 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 12, 2012 01:15 PM (jucos)
At the very least, they could load them onto some old-fashioned trebuchets and launch them at Tripoli and Bengazi.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at September 12, 2012 09:17 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Berserker at September 12, 2012 01:08 PM (FMbng
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 12, 2012 09:17 AM (mblRd)
Posted by: @PurpAv at September 12, 2012 09:17 AM (AqA9g)
Posted by: Adam at September 12, 2012 09:18 AM (/YJYi)
Dean Clancy (@DeanClancy) September 12, 2012
Posted by: The MBM at September 12, 2012 09:18 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 12, 2012 09:18 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 12, 2012 09:18 AM (XvHmy)
Posted by: Thorvald at September 12, 2012 09:18 AM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Max Power at September 12, 2012 09:18 AM (q177U)
Posted by: the pink not panicking about one poll formerly known as the hobbit Donna at September 12, 2012 09:18 AM (W2Z3C)
Posted by: Dan at September 12, 2012 09:18 AM (/7gN/)
They can easily do it if prepared.
Claymores, .30 and .50 MGs, mortars, anti-personnel mines, etc.
But it would be a slaughter. It can't possibly be done without huge loss of life, and that will never be ordered.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 12, 2012 09:19 AM (2b4yb)
Posted by: maddogg at September 12, 2012 01:12 PM (OlN4e)
Fixed.
Posted by: Ombudsman at September 12, 2012 09:19 AM (zXLtf)
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That's a great idea. Aren't their batteries full of mercury and shit like that?
Posted by: mediumheadboy at September 12, 2012 09:19 AM (aHR5E)
Posted by: Max Power at September 12, 2012 09:20 AM (q177U)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at September 12, 2012 01:19 PM (aHR5E) /i]
If they're not, who says we can't add some? Really fuck up the water and soil supply for the poor dear little scumbags.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at September 12, 2012 09:20 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: steevy at September 12, 2012 09:20 AM (6o4Fb)
..... still empty.
Posted by: the chair at September 12, 2012 01:20 PM (C8hzL)
But in Vegas baby!
Posted by: the pink not panicking about one poll formerly known as the hobbit Donna at September 12, 2012 09:20 AM (W2Z3C)
Posted by: Anachronda at September 12, 2012 01:15 PM (FzhYM)
Valerie Jarrett is still at lunch; Obama's tweeting with the Kardashians; and Joe Biden is making those little square potholders we all remember from summer camp
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 12, 2012 09:21 AM (8sCoq)
***
That's what I've been saying all along.
Posted by: Gerg = Tard, yeah so? at September 12, 2012 09:21 AM (aHR5E)
BREAKING---- PROTESTS BREAK OUT IN SUDAN, KUWAIT AND MOROCCO http://t.co/lhLZzZAv via @gatewaypundit
Posted by: kbdabear at September 12, 2012 09:21 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: the sphinx of giza at September 12, 2012 09:22 AM (vDl/w)
Posted by: MSM at September 12, 2012 09:22 AM (z63Tr)
If I remember correctly, the Japanese had just bombed F*ck-all out of Pearl Harbor, and we still had the restraint to not shoot their Embassy Staff on sight.
And the Current Choomer-in Chief takes time out of his busy schedule to talk about the Tragic death of four Americans, just prior to heading to Las Vegas for a campaign visit?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 12, 2012 09:22 AM (0Oj6R)
Posted by: Sheriff Joe at September 12, 2012 09:22 AM (ah92U)
Posted by: Ed Anger at September 12, 2012 09:23 AM (tOkJB)
http://tinyurl.com/3e4nbez
Posted by: Buzzsaw at September 12, 2012 09:23 AM (tf9Ne)
I'm good with a small tactical nuke in the 5-10kt range. Airburst about 7,000 MSL to minimize fallout.
Along with the leaflets, drop tubes of 5,000,000 SPF sun screen. I think they'll get the message.
Posted by: @PurpAv at September 12, 2012 09:23 AM (AqA9g)
No, trolls were making hash of the Drew thread.
Trolls are totally cool now. Yay, trolls!
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 12, 2012 09:23 AM (NRwWP)
Posted by: the sphinx of giza at September 12, 2012 01:22 PM (vDl/w)
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..... bitch, please
Posted by: Suez Canal and the Aswan Dam at September 12, 2012 09:23 AM (C8hzL)
Posted by: joeindc44 will boo your chosen deity on TV some day too at September 12, 2012 09:23 AM (QxSug)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 12, 2012 09:24 AM (XvHmy)
Posted by: the pink not panicking
Hey pink, my husband called me foaming at the mouth about how Romney was going to lose because of how hard the media is slamming him, I told hubby to turn off the TV before he gives himself a heart attack. I don't want to/can't believe the American people won't see Obama as Carter after this -- if Obama gets reelected after this America deserves what it gets.
Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at September 12, 2012 09:24 AM (8kq7+)
Posted by: Buffalobob at September 12, 2012 09:24 AM (MkzY8)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 12, 2012 09:24 AM (G/zuv)
Whereas no garbage pile of conservative politicians remain undefiled for long,
Whereas no internet pr0n will soil his computer monitor screen again,
Whereas movie reviews will be under 1000 words,
Whereas pudding cups are interchangeable with athletic supports,
Let it be known that the SCOAMF will hereby be addressed as TFG from this moment on.
Posted by: EC at September 12, 2012 09:25 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: kbdabear at September 12, 2012 01:21 PM (wwsoB)
admit it, ddn't we know this was all a likely scenario when arab spring first broke out?
Posted by: willow at September 12, 2012 09:25 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone reactionary at September 12, 2012 09:25 AM (I2LwF)
"At the very least, they could load them onto some old-fashioned trebuchets and launch them at Tripoli and Bengazi."
You can fit eight of 'em into a C-5's belly, give or take...
Just unhitch the tether, point the nose up, and let gravity (and inevitability) take care of the rest.
Posted by: reason at September 12, 2012 09:25 AM (kZVsz)
We may be facing the very real possibility of losing several embassies if Obama is unwilling (or unable) to order the use of lethal force.
And this starts putting us in very serious and dangerous waters.
Will the Marine Generals permit their own sons in honor, their own right hands, to die because Obama orders them not to defend themselves? Will they give those young men orders to defend themselves despite what TFG orders?
What would Chesty Puller do?
Posted by: Hopeless at September 12, 2012 09:25 AM (xutGe)
BREAKING---- PROTESTS BREAK OUT IN SUDAN, KUWAIT AND MOROCCO via @gatewaypundit
I Romney had just kept his big yap shut and genuflected to our holiness Obama!
Honest to God the morning news in Austin called the attackers "Right Wing Extremists"
Posted by: Obama the Heel at September 12, 2012 09:25 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Joey Biden at September 12, 2012 09:25 AM (jucos)
Posted by: Sven10077 at September 12, 2012 09:25 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Doc at September 12, 2012 09:25 AM (VXtkW)
absolutely....and he spiked the XL deal to hurt our allies...we can make do at HIGH cost with our hemispheric production.
Posted by: Sven10077 at September 12, 2012 09:26 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: MFM at September 12, 2012 09:27 AM (jucos)
Posted by: maddogg at September 12, 2012 01:12 PM (OlN4e)
It means green ships and supporting gay rights
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 12, 2012 09:27 AM (1Jaio)
https://twitter.com/AceofSpadesHQ
Posted by: @PurpAv at September 12, 2012 09:27 AM (AqA9g)
Posted by: sTevo at September 12, 2012 09:27 AM (SmvGH)
Posted by: reason at September 12, 2012 09:27 AM (kZVsz)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 12, 2012 09:27 AM (mblRd)
Posted by: Prez B0 at September 12, 2012 09:28 AM (VXtkW)
Posted by: Sven10077 at September 12, 2012 09:28 AM (LRFds)
The Ayatollah Khomeini got Reagan elected President
fast-forward to this week's events...
?
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 12, 2012 09:28 AM (8sCoq)
sudan, Kuwait, Morocco
Posted by: Sven10077 at September 12, 2012 01:25 PM (LRFds)
Have no fear. Prezzy No Briefings is on top of this. Right after the Vegas fund raiser and Letterdouche and....
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 12, 2012 09:29 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Hopeless at September 12, 2012 01:25 PM
Order his marines to kill anything breathing, then roll tanks on the white house lawn and blow that islamic communist traitorous domestic enemy fuck out of the oval office.
Posted by: Berserker at September 12, 2012 09:29 AM (FMbng)
Sudan, Kuwait, Morocco
Posted by:Sven10077 at September 12, 2012 01:25 PM (LRFds)
That's gonna fuck up that two o'clock tee time
Posted by: Beto at September 12, 2012 09:29 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Lauren at September 12, 2012 09:29 AM (wsGWu)
Posted by: MJ at September 12, 2012 09:29 AM (TR60b)
aww the media is infuriated that Romney speaks against Obama's foreign policy comment?
cries,, they were so outraged when the Dems and their demontrators wer undermining our military the presdient over the last decade?
can the american people see this is crazy? the media have their masks off as cheerleaders for on policial party? can't they see this?
Posted by: willow at September 12, 2012 09:29 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Ed Anger at September 12, 2012 09:29 AM (tOkJB)
I am trying not to get banned but "yeah"...
it's on on Twatter so if you have an account get to work gang...
Posted by: Sven10077@svenJolafson at September 12, 2012 09:29 AM (LRFds)
sudan, Kuwait, Morocco
It's on.
maybe TFG will be asked about this on Letterman
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 12, 2012 09:30 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at September 12, 2012 09:30 AM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, still angry at September 12, 2012 09:30 AM (Ho2rs)
So they left our people to die, with no support, no QRF and ROE's that basically only allowed them to shoot when it was a "holy shit I am going to die and don't give a fuck about the ROE" moment.
Thanks Obama and Hillary.
Posted by: Exile at September 12, 2012 09:30 AM (GGCsk)
"Honest to God the morning news in Austin called the attackers "Right Wing Extremists""
Kneejerk reaction. They went on the air with only the knowledge that somewhere, stuff got set on fire.
Fire -> blaze -> The Blaze -> Glenn Beck -> RWE.
And now, let's check in on traffic!
Posted by: reason at September 12, 2012 09:30 AM (kZVsz)
Posted by: Sven10077@svenJolafson at September 12, 2012 09:30 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: tasker at September 12, 2012 09:30 AM (r2PLg)
Wheatie, not sure if its a press pass. It would be even worse if it was a worker ID for the US embassy in Cairo.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 12, 2012 09:30 AM (4RZZJ)
>>Ace is up, he pounding away on Twitter like a viking at the moment.
I thought Twitter was ne'Pron and net'Pron was Twitter?
Posted by: garrett at September 12, 2012 09:30 AM (dwuaS)
Indeed 322. So, tomorrow after Friday prayers, shit gets real. Will marines be ordered to be slaughtered like fattened calves and not return fire?
Shit will be getting v. v. real tomorrow after Friday prayers.
Posted by: Hopeless at September 12, 2012 09:30 AM (xutGe)
Posted by: Sven10077@svenJolafson at September 12, 2012 09:31 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: reason at September 12, 2012 01:27 PM (kZVsz)
Get on it, DoD! You wasted our money on buying up Volts, so now you can put them to some frigging use. Hell, fill 'em up with some shrapnel while you're at it. A neo-Bouncing Betty, but without the bounce and a whole hell of a lot more Betty.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at September 12, 2012 09:31 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: spongeworthy at September 12, 2012 09:31 AM (r5w1L)
Posted by: Hans Gruber at September 12, 2012 09:32 AM (2rJxN)
Posted by: willow at September 12, 2012 01:13 PM (TomZ9)
I read a book about Blackwater that one of my family members had given me which by and large was trying to make a case about how awful they are. One chapter was trying to make a point about an incident where Blackwater broke the chain of command by issuing orders to marines at a diplomatic site.Almost certainly bullshit that.
What the author missed in trying to make that point was the story he told of two Blackwater guys and a half dozen marines holding the fort against a mob of thousands. Apparently the Sadr guys just kept coming in waves.
That may well be bullshit, too, but it was pretty clear the author wasn't trying to talk up the martial prowess of anyone involved.
Posted by: Methos at September 12, 2012 09:32 AM (6LvlL)
Willow, if they can't see it, I'll hate my fellow Americans more than the camel jockeys.
Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at September 12, 2012 09:32 AM (8kq7+)
Posted by: Max Power at September 12, 2012 09:32 AM (q177U)
"No, I want their non religion destroyed, their countries burned to the ground, their people all killed, and the remaining ones forced to work on porn sets wiping off dicks in between takes." seems to perfectly sum up the current republican approach to foreign policy. Way to go to woo independents.
Posted by: Fnord at September 12, 2012 09:33 AM (dlg60)
"This whole fucking administration needs to be swept away come November. Not just replacing the heads of cabinets and depts. EVERYONE."
See? I knew you'd call! Now where did I put those co-ordinates?
Posted by: SMOD at September 12, 2012 09:33 AM (JYBAr)
I gotta say, though, this has pretty well killed the "Obama is the foreign policy president" line that the left was pushing so hard yesterday.
I predicted Obama would be Jimmy Carter II, but I didn't think it would be this literal.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at September 12, 2012 09:33 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 12, 2012 09:33 AM (4RZZJ)
fgs Israel is really going to have to watch their six.
cannot trust this administrtion at all to do the right thing.
Posted by: willow at September 12, 2012 09:34 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Craig Poe at September 12, 2012 09:34 AM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Sven10077@svenJolafson at September 12, 2012 09:34 AM (LRFds)
Don't remind me of Reagan's one big foreign policy fail. That was so infuriating.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at September 12, 2012 09:35 AM (r4wIV)
.....Why would anyone think there might be violence on 9/11?
Because the number '11' is significant to Islamists.
It's why they chose the date of 9/11...in the first place.
So...to not beef up security, at all of our Embassies in the Mideast, on the 11 Year Anniversary of 9/11......is willfully stupid.
I remember thinking last week, 'I wonder what they have planned'.
And I am not paid to think about things like this.
We're supposed to have experts, who do nothing else, than think about this stuff.
Posted by: wheatie at September 12, 2012 09:35 AM (LdrIf)
THAT FUCKING GUY.
Posted by: mediumheadboy at September 12, 2012 01:16 PM (aHR5E)
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Hell, I still don't what JEF stands for...
Jizz-Eating F...F...Faker?
Posted by: 66chevelle at September 12, 2012 09:35 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 12, 2012 09:36 AM (9TTOe)
Neither do I
Posted by: kbdabear at September 12, 2012 09:36 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 12, 2012 09:36 AM (mblRd)
They'll be told to hold fire. Can't have dead Libyans. It'll cause more attacks.
*eyeroll*
Posted by: EC at September 12, 2012 09:37 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 12, 2012 09:37 AM (XvHmy)
Posted by: sgt chesty pullerton xiii raising his leg and pissing on photo of the C-in-C at September 12, 2012 09:37 AM (vDl/w)
well as we all know honor killings and traditional American Christian families are all forms of the same fundamentalist opreshun.
Posted by: Andrew Sullivan explains it all at September 12, 2012 01:34 PM (60GaT)
Even Bret Baier used the term "ultra-conservatives" yesterday. I reject that term out of hand.
Posted by: Craig Poe at September 12, 2012 09:37 AM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at September 12, 2012 09:37 AM (bmHOj)
"think he'll go on letterman or meet with Bibi?"
If there was a conservative late-night talk show host, this would happen, without advance notice to Barry.
*cue up stream from alternate universe* Our first guest tonight on Late Night with Dennis Miller is...actually two guests! They didn't have time to meet this week because of my show, so hey, let's sit back and enjoy a little multi-tasking! Ladies and Gentlemen, Benjamen Netanyahu and President Barack Obama!!!
*crowd cheers*
Wow. Barry, I've gotta say, I don't think I've seen a more awkward expression than just now. It's like the first time Strom Thurmond got his reuben on marble-rye!
Posted by: reason at September 12, 2012 09:37 AM (kZVsz)
Posted by: backhoe at September 12, 2012 09:38 AM (ULH4o)
Posted by: Sven10077@svenJolafson at September 12, 2012 09:38 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 12, 2012 09:38 AM (9TTOe)
Heh...reminds me of that scene from Aliens where the n00b lieutenant tells his troops not to use their weapons.
"We can't have any firing in there. I want rifles slung. And no grenades!"
Posted by: EC at September 12, 2012 09:38 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Hopeless at September 12, 2012 01:25 PM
Doesn't matter when you have Pud Puller in the White House.
Posted by: Ombudsman at September 12, 2012 09:39 AM (zXLtf)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 12, 2012 09:39 AM (4RZZJ)
I got banned within 18 hours in under 45 tweets for thumping VanJones and BarackObama....plus all of NBCNews...no cursing, but I made a few enemies
Posted by: Sven10077@svenJolafson at September 12, 2012 09:39 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Honey Badger the Dense Rethuglican Nazi Bastard at September 12, 2012 09:40 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 12, 2012 09:41 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 12, 2012 09:41 AM (4RZZJ)
Posted by: Honey Badger the Dense Rethuglican Nazi Bastard at September 12, 2012 09:41 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 12, 2012 09:41 AM (XvHmy)
Posted by: Sven10077@svenJolafson at September 12, 2012 09:42 AM (LRFds)
ground, their people all killed, and the remaining ones forced to work
on porn sets wiping off dicks in between takes." seems to perfectly sum up the current republican approach to foreign policy. Way to go to woo independents.
Posted by: Fnord at September 12, 2012 01:33 PM (
No motherfucker, its how you destroy a fucking race of barbarians that stepped through a time portal from the 7th century into the modern world, and can't deal with a 21st century earth. How many innocent people have to die on this planet at the hands of knuckle dragging primitive scumbags to appease motherfuckers like you, whose cocks are nothing more than flaps to cover your pussies. I watched people die for 40 years at the hands of the religion of the perpetually offended because homos like YOU do every fucking thing imaginable to protect these scumbags instead of wiping them off the face of the earth, so fuck you.
Posted by: Berserker at September 12, 2012 09:43 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: Honey Badger the Dense Rethuglican Nazi Bastard at September 12, 2012 09:44 AM (GvYeG)
Jones @ 329:
maybe TFG will be asked about this on Letterman
Only if JEF can work it into his planned 'Top Ten' routine.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 12, 2012 09:45 AM (L7hol)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 12, 2012 09:46 AM (XvHmy)
Gee, may be Obama's to blame for rubbing "I killed Osama" in their faces.
Posted by: Craig Poe at September 12, 2012 09:46 AM (BVkEs)
Intelligence briefing or not, it doesn't take that much of a brain to know that this was going to be the final outcome with the muzzie brotherhood taking power in much of the ME. These embassies should have had security beefed up or the whole embassy pulled out long before this happened.
I can't help but feel this was planned. Either directly or indirectly.
This is one of this regimes squirrels that's turning into an 800lb gorilla.
Posted by: Soona at September 12, 2012 09:46 AM (Meipq)
"Way to go to woo independents."
Your cocoonery is astounding.
Go! Run some polls! Come back and tell us just how few independents wouldn't mind seeing a little splodey-splodey on the TV right now with the words "EGYPT" or "LIBYA" in the upper left corner of the frame?
Go! Run some polls! Tell me how many people think that what we need right now to solve all this is more whimpering and pologizing for our shameful sense of "free speech" over here.
GO! TELL US!
Posted by: reason at September 12, 2012 09:47 AM (kZVsz)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at September 12, 2012 09:47 AM (/HAwh)
Posted by: SFGoth at September 12, 2012 09:47 AM (dZ756)
Gee, may be Obama's to blame for rubbing "I killed Osama" in their faces.
Weapons free. Fire when ready.
Posted by: Any Sane President at September 12, 2012 09:48 AM (g+iEL)
"Armenia??? Aren't they a predominantly Christian people?! "
No, no no...they're those people with the pale hair and the pink eyes...
Posted by: Joey Biden at September 12, 2012 09:49 AM (kZVsz)
Libya Attack Pre-Planned, Coordinated With Muslim Brotherhood: So claims one report. It sure does look that way. -- ace
What? Conspiracy? "no such thing" coming home to roast.
Posted by: Reynolds Wrap at September 12, 2012 09:49 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at September 12, 2012 09:50 AM (UOYbf)
"Armenia??? Aren't they a predominantly Christian people?! "
My bad. Sorry. Jill just corrected me. They're the people who need to take iron supplements.
Posted by: Joey Biden at September 12, 2012 09:50 AM (kZVsz)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 12, 2012 09:51 AM (Ac/yG)
THE. FRENCH.
Think about that.
Posted by: @PurpAv at September 12, 2012 09:51 AM (AqA9g)
Posted by: cynder ella at September 12, 2012 09:52 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Marybeth at September 12, 2012 09:52 AM (Ks0w4)
Posted by: GIFhadi at September 12, 2012 09:53 AM (kZVsz)
391
"Obama, we are all Osama" chanting terrorist thugs
Gee, may be Obama's to blame for rubbing "I killed Osama" in their faces.
Weapons free. Fire when ready.
Posted by: Any Sane President at September 12, 2012 01:48 PM (g+iEL)
Wow, a Rush caller just made the same point. Nailed it.
Posted by: Craig Poe at September 12, 2012 09:54 AM (BVkEs)
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.Proverbs 26:12
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 12, 2012 09:54 AM (4RZZJ)
Posted by: cynder ella at September 12, 2012 09:54 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 12, 2012 01:45 PM (L7hol)
------------------------------------------
"Top Ten Reasons to Burn a US Embassy" I dare you, Letterman.
Posted by: 66chevelle at September 12, 2012 09:55 AM (QjSgY)
All those embassies are on alert...
the list is growing Barack "Sands of benghazi" Obama used our ALCMs to help- AQ west this is their gratitude
Posted by: Sven10077@svenJolafson at September 12, 2012 09:55 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 12, 2012 09:56 AM (4RZZJ)
Posted by: typical zero hedge commenter at September 12, 2012 09:58 AM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Honey Badger the Dense Rethuglican Nazi Bastard at September 12, 2012 09:58 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: Lewis B. Puller, COL. USMC at September 12, 2012 09:59 AM (/HAwh)
Posted by: cynder ella at September 12, 2012 10:02 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Dumb Ass Liberal Media at September 12, 2012 10:02 AM (48wze)
Posted by: Fnord at September 12, 2012 12:40 PM (dlg60)
That was one of the stupidest comments I have seen on the internet.
No, Obama is not expected to follow the EVE forums. Is it your honest contention that the employees facing that situation limited their communications to online gaming forums? The fact that it was posted on an EVE forum gives us the public a sense of what information government did have. Obama's failure to receive intelligence briefings was negligent. Whether that negligence led to what happened, we don't yet know. We do know they didn't do anything to stop what happened.
Posted by: Crispian at September 12, 2012 10:03 AM (uBMtY)
"How many innocent people have to die on this planet at the hands of knuckle dragging primitive scumbags to appease motherfuckers like you, whose cocks are nothing more than flaps to cover your pussies. "
Berserker Newsletter. Lifetime subscription, please.
Oh and fuck you and all who think like you, Fnord. Friggin' useless pussyflap. Your tolerance of the intolerable gets good people killed.
Posted by: Jaws at September 12, 2012 10:04 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: Dumb Ass Liberal Media at September 12, 2012 10:04 AM (48wze)
And he wonders why the "minions" are not fainting and swooning at his feet this time around?
TIME TO VOTE CHOOMER OUT OF OFFICE!
Posted by: Mjölnir, the banhammer from the gates of Hell at September 12, 2012 10:06 AM (Jls4P)
Posted by: Dumb Ass Liberal Media at September 12, 2012 10:07 AM (48wze)
How does this shit happen and we get all of these facts out so quickly afterwards and this JEF isn't being crucified by every person who has access to a camera or microphone?
What the hell has this country come to? We obviously know something is going to happen, yet we do fuck-all-of-nothing to prevent it. Then Commander Bow's-a-lot's first reaction is to apologize. This right after bragging about how awesome he is on foreign policy. And then he and his lap dog media buddies try to turn this into an attack on Romney!
These useless liberal, commie, muslim loving, apologists we have running things right now should all be arrested.
I bet we have 100+ drones flying over the US right now but we couldn't have managed to get a couple over our embassies for 9/11?
If this POS steals this election, I'm moving my family to Ireland
Posted by: ballofhate at September 12, 2012 10:08 AM (AREf/)
Posted by: Dumb Ass Liberal Media at September 12, 2012 10:09 AM (48wze)
Posted by: Dumb Ass Liberal Media at September 12, 2012 10:10 AM (48wze)
I didn't read through all the comments but that EVE Online player name is Sean Smith also known as Vile Rat in the game. He was one of the 4 who died in that attack.
Also, the more this President, this Administration, and the Media run their collectives mouths the more disgusted I get.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT ROMNEY YOU MEDIA FUCKS!
This whole ordeal sickens me.
A country is only as good as it actions. We failed to stand behind our a US Ambassador and his staff, and they are fucking dead as a result.
I'm ashamed, and horrified.
RIP to the fallen, I know you're going to a better place.
Posted by: IgnatiusHood at September 12, 2012 10:11 AM (llptT)
10. Downtown real estate for another mosque is so hard to come by.
9. We have no bread, and our circus is a camel with diarrhea.
8. When it's time to rebuild, we're shovel-ready.
7. They're like Tootsie Pops: Hard on the outside, soft in the middle.
6. We don't have Chik-Fil-A here.
Posted by: 66chevelle at September 12, 2012 10:12 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: cynder ella at September 12, 2012 10:14 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Andy at September 12, 2012 12:58 PM (VRuDG)
Kinda like when they released the turkeys from the helicopter and Les Nesman was shocked they couldn't fly.
Posted by: Jaimo at September 12, 2012 10:18 AM (9U1OG)
Allah be praised, he said they could fly!
Posted by: Arthur Carlson al-Hajj at September 12, 2012 10:25 AM (e0xKF)
//General Manly Throw McMomJeans CO of the 69th Course Assault Grp hero of Hole 19
Posted by: Sven10077@svenJolafson at September 12, 2012 10:25 AM (LRFds)
And he is too much of an arrogant jackass to think they were lying to him.
Posted by: pj at September 12, 2012 10:31 AM (DQHjw)
Posted by: ballofhate at September 12, 2012 10:35 AM (AREf/)
...
Not all that glitters is gold.
During his own administration (beyond what he inherited from FDR's death), Truman dragged the under dressed US Military troops into Korea to play the UN/NATO domino theory game, and fired MacArthur for promoting an aggressive war plan that included an exit strategy. The CinC would not permit arguing against his fallacy before tragedy played out at our horrible experience.
Truman lost re-election because Ike promised Americans the exit strategy, removing US support from the UN directed war, to "end" the Korean War and to direct our tax dollars towards modernizing the US infrastructure of highways, utilities and energy resources that included "clean nuclear energy" alongside drilling US oil reserves.
Who else remembers the Ike administration's newsreels shown in public school classrooms, of a smiling illustration of a nuclear power plant while the all-knowing voice assured safety?
I'd rather take Ike's lead than what Truman's party has ironically advanced, Marxists ruling the USA, destabilizing the world through global revolutions. Don't designate the Taft and Goldwater Republican contingency of grass roots as unpatriotic idiots today "deserving no vote" within the Republican Party that usurped party convention rules, converted into Pelosi-Reid "Shared Values" of lawlessness to permeate the GOP from above.
Ike kept his campaign pledge. Ike stopped the US involvement supporting the UN Korean War with a cease fire that empowers South Korea as a sovereign nation. That was then, this is now. And Mitt is no Ike. But the 2012 ballot? May Obama's unprecedented mold be electorally removed from power and never return.
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Kind of sort of makes the case that you shouldn't be able to run for office while holding an office. Neither Obama or McCain would likely be running for President in 08 with such a rule. Nor would the Senate be lead by some clown who can't put forth a budget, etc, etc.
Historically, Jefferson made a similar argument, way back when...
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