UPDATE: The Saudis now deny that they tipped off U.S. officials — the Daily Mail link below now leads to an updated story denying the one excerpted in this post. So add this to yet another of the murky, contradictory elements of the story of the Boston Marathon jihad bombing. Will we ever know the […]
Obama moving toward sending lethal weapons to Syrian jihadis
“Nowhere in rebel-controlled Syria is there a secular fighting force to speak of” — New York Times, April 28, 2013 “Obama moving toward sending lethal arms to Syrian rebels, officials say,” by Karen DeYoung for the Washington Post, April 30: President Obama is preparing to send lethal weaponry to the Syrian opposition and has taken […]
Robert Spencer: The ones we must blame for Boston
In FrontPage this morning, j’accuse: Barack Obama promised Tuesday that he would be taking lessons from the Boston Marathon jihad bombing: “When an event like this happens, we want to review every step that was taken, we want to leave no stone unturned, we want to see if there is in fact additional protocols and […]
Obama on Russian warnings about Boston jihad bomber: “It’s not as if the FBI did nothing”
And never fear: Clueless Clapper, who thinks the Muslim Brotherhood is “largely secular,” is on the case. “Obama defends FBI amid review of Tsarnaev intelligence in Marathon bombing,” by Matt Viser and Bryan Bender for the Boston Globe, April 30: WASHINGTON — President Obama said Tuesday that the administration is investigating how counterterrorism authorities handled […]
“Moderate” Abbas: “Palestinians” who murder Jews cannot be punished
“Of course, Israel cannot be expected to negotiate with anyone who is dedicated to its destruction. But while I know you have had differences with the Palestinian Authority, I believe that you do have a true partner in President Abbas…” — Barack Obama, March 21, 2013 “As far as I am concerned, there is no […]
Lawyer: Obama administration officials threatened whistle-blowers on Benghazi
Telling the truth is a career-ender in the Obama Administration. “Obama administration officials threatened whistle-blowers on Benghazi, lawyer says,” by James Rosen for FoxNews.com, April 29: At least four career officials at the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency have retained lawyers or are in the process of doing so, as they prepare to […]
Robert Spencer: AP Scrubs “˜Muslim” from Obama’s Self-Referential Joke
In FrontPage this morning, I discuss yet more mainstream media bias: Warner Todd Huston reported at Breitbart Monday that “in some of its reports on Saturday night’s White House Correspondents Dinner (WHCD), the Associated Press failed to include one of President Obama’s own gags.” Obama said: “These days I look in the mirror and have to […]
The words Obama banned — on The Glazov Gang
On this week’s episode of the world’s premier talking head program, Jamie had the honor of being joined by actor Dwight Schultz, (DwightSchultzFansite.nl), Ann-Marie Murrell, the National Director of PolitiChicks.tv, and Nonie Darwish, the author of The Devil We Don’t Know. The Gang’s topic was The Words Banned By Obama, and discussion focused on how […]
AP omits “Muslim” from Obama White House Correspondents Dinner joke
Why? Did they think it had too much of a ring of truth? Why did some editors at AP or at the publications that picked up the AP story think it necessary to run interference for Obama on this point? By mocking the idea that he is a Muslim (and a Socialist), Obama is trying […]
CIA has given Afghanistan’s Karzai tens of millions of taxpayer dollars in bags of cash with no accountability
But just look what it has bought us: a stable, peaceful, prosperous Afghanistan that is a fully functioning secular republic with equal rights for women and non-Muslims — our foremost and most reliable ally in Central Asia. “With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in Afghanistan,” by Matthew Rosenberg for the New York Times, April […]