I thought it was fishy when the Pentagon claimed that it had lost 25% of its territory, and noted at the time that we had been hearing about the Islamic State losing for months. Then days after the announcement about the Islamic State losing territory, we heard that it was besieging Ramadi, a key city […]
Afghan Colonel was paid $250,000 to kill US personnel, Pentagon coverup ensued
Speaking of the Pentagon being not quite forthright about inconvenient matters: “BOMBSHELL: Afghan Colonel Was Paid $250,000 to Kill US Air Force Personnel, Pentagon Cover-Up Ensued,” by Patrick Poole, PJ Media, April 15, 2015: A bombshell revelation has emerged in the incident responsible for the greatest US Air Force loss of life during the War […]
Pentagon says Islamic State has lost 25% of its territory
This is welcome news, but we have heard this song before, as the Pentagon wants to play up the success of the Obama airstrikes, and the media wants to prop up Obama. So this is what we have been hearing: Has ISIS peaked? Terror group suffers setbacks in Iraq, CNN, November 14, 2014 ISIS Is […]
Obama’s revenge: US declassifies report on Israel’s nuclear program
Shameful. The obvious implication here is that Israel has a nuclear program, so why shouldn’t Iran? But Israel has never had crowds marching in Tel Aviv screaming, “Death to Iran!” Israeli leaders have never declared that Iran had no right to exist and would soon be destroyed. Israel does not menace its neighbors with constant […]
Pentagon loses track of $500 million in weapons, equipment given to Yemen
There are “fears that the weaponry, aircraft and equipment is at risk of being seized by Iranian-backed rebels or al-Qaeda, according to U.S. officials.” Combine this with the weapons Obama gave to “moderate rebels” in Syria that are now being used by the Islamic State, and the U.S. has provided weapons to a significant segment […]
Jordan furious over Pentagon leak on secret anti-Islamic State training camp
“Either the official made a mistake or is deliberately leaking information to put the administration’s plans for Syria in a better light in an attempt to defuse criticism that the administration has bungled efforts to aid Syrian rebels” — in other words, playing politics yet again instead of dealing with the jihad threat in any […]