Update
General News and Comment
Tom Kratman, a retired Army LtCol, has become my favorite
living science fiction author. (I have to say "living" because I have
sat at the feet of Robert Heinlein since 8th grade-, 55 years ago.) Kratman
writes military science fiction, some set in the far future (see A Desert Called Peace) and some, as with
this book, set in the very near future. Thus, having been published in 2005,
means it is now in the near past. Never-the-less, it is still as timely as
tomorrow's headlines. Briefly, the federal government has fallen into tyranny,
with de facto suspension of freedom of the press, freedom of speech and wide
spread police powers established in federal agencies. All for the "good of
the people," of course. But one state won't go along. A State of Disobedience explores the dichotomy between government
power and freedom. This is Kratman's first published novel, but it bears all
the touches of the master: believable characterization, intricate plot twists
and heart-pounding action. History buffs will delight in picking out the many
historical allusions in the book. For my health, I need about nine hours of
sleep a night--and with A State of
Disobedience finished, I can start getting it again. I highly recommend
this novel.
Must Read: Barack Obama,
Empire Builder: Not since the 1930s and early 1940s have we
seen so many malevolent empires on the rise. By Victor Davis
Hanson
Excerpt: We are now in an equally turbulent age of rising
empires — mostly due to a new American indifference and passivity. Or, to put
it more exactly, President Obama believes that his own legacy rests with
avoiding all confrontations overseas, withdrawing as many troops as he can, and
cutting the defense budget as much as Congress will allow so as to use the
funds to address supposed inequality at home. If chaos results abroad, he can
either blame his predecessor, George W. Bush, or assume that his successor will
have to deal with what he wrought — or both. Obama is running out the clock of
his presidency on the premise of Après
moi, le déluge. ... If you assert that administration talking points come
right out of Tehran — as Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey recently did —
Obama will characterize such objections not as principled differences, but
as cynical attempts to please “donors” — a veiled reference to rich Jews whose
money, Obama apparently believes, distorts policy.
CBO: This is pretty
much as good as America
Excerpt: Although the deficits in CBO’s baseline projections
remain roughly stable as a percentage of GDP through 2018, they rise after
that. The deficit in 2025 is projected to be $1.1 trillion, or 4.0 percent of
GDP, and cumulative deficits over the 2016–2025 period are projected to total
$7.6 trillion. CBO expects that federal debt held by the public will amount to
74 percent of GDP at the end of this fiscal year—more than twice what it was at
the end of 2007 and higher than in any year since 1950 (see figure below). By
2025, in CBO’s baseline projections, federal debt rises to nearly 79 percent of
GDP.
Dangerous Fruits of
the Bowe Bergdahl Trade
Excerpt: “This is shaping up to be a titanic struggle behind
the scenes,” retired Lt. Col. Tony Schaffer told Fox
News. “Believe me, the Army here wants to do the right thing. … And the White
House, because of the political narrative, President Obama cozying up to the
parents and because he, President Obama, releas[ed] the five Taliban. … The
narrative is what the White House does not want to have come out.” (From The Patriot Post
Excerpt: If not a single policeman killed a single black
individual anywhere in the United
States for this entire year, that would not
reduce the number of black homicide victims by one percent. When the mobs of protesters
declare “Black lives matter,” does that mean ALL black lives matter – or only
the less than one percent of black lives lost in conflicts with police? - Some
people see discrimination when schools punish black students more often than
white students. But schools punish white students more often than Asian
students. Lenders turn down black applicants for loans more often than white
applicants – but they turn down whites more often than Asians. Most statistics
on such things omit Asians, rather than spoil a politically correct story.
Debunking Income
Inequality Myths
Excerpt: Income inequality may be a popular topic, but it's
also one that's largely misunderstood. Rachel DiCarlo Currie, a senior fellow
at the Independent Women's Forum, explains the state of income inequality in America and debunks some popular misconceptions
about the distribution of wealth in the United States .
To expand
opportunity, expand school choice. By Jared Meyer
Excerpt: Americans are free to choose where to live and work,
what products to buy, and which services to use. But there is one important
sphere in which Americans do not have freedom of choice—education, both primary
and secondary. State and local governments have the power to force students
into one-size-fits-all public schools, regardless of parental choice and
individual student differences. This week, January 25 to 31, is National School Choice Week. The
occasion is an opportunity to raise awareness that school choice works.
The New Drivers of Europe 's Geopolitics | Stratfor
Excerpt: Another version, hardly heard in the early
days but far more credible today, is that the crisis is the result of Germany 's
irresponsibility. Germany ,
the fourth-largest economy in the world, exports the equivalent of about 50
percent of its gross domestic product because German consumers cannot support
its oversized industrial output. The result is that Germany survives on an export
surge. For Germany , the
European Union — with its free-trade zone, the euro and regulations in Brussels — is a means for maintaining exports. The loans German banks
made to countries such as Greece
after 2009 were designed to maintain demand for its exports. The Germans knew
the debts could not be repaid, but they wanted to kick the can down the road
and avoid dealing with the fact that their export addiction could not be
maintained. (Not buying it; Germany
was industrious and produced; Greece
wants social benefits and to consume. Yes, Germany kicked the can down the
road, but didn't hold a gun to its head. For me, it seems that Greece 's
can has hit the end of the road. The 'anti-austerity' party, while obviously
popular, is also irresponsible. --George. Popular and irresponsible--where have
we seen that before? ~Bob)
Residents want
charges for Denver
Excerpt: Early Monday morning, an officer was called to
check on a suspicious vehicle, and a colleague arrived after it was determined
the car had been reported stolen, Police Chief Robert White said. In a
statement, police said the two officers then "approached the vehicle on
foot when the driver drove the car into one of the officers." White said
both officers then opened fire. The officer hit by the car was taken to a
hospital with a leg injury. (I'm just not ok with someone driving a car into a
police officer...it obviously could kill or maim him....poor baby...I hate to
say the words but she asked for it...when someone is intent on hitting you with
2,000 lbs of steel that can kill or main, EXPECT gunfire, girlie...she drew the
weapon openly. No one has inquired if she was driving dui...this country is
nuts. We defend the criminals. No humane boundaries. The cop they kill could be
my son in law. --Susan)
Excerpt: The military honor code proscribes "I will not
lie, cheat or steal, nor tolerate those who do". Former Army private,
proven liar, proven cheat, and liberal writer Scott Thomas Beauchamp says the
military honor code is outdated. Further, his latest op-ed for the Washington
Post recommends that our American Service academies should be disbanded and not
a single tax dollar allocated to these outdated institutions. Thomas argues
that there are plenty of public universities fully capable of turning out
graduates with far better attitudes and mindsets than are turned out at the
West Point or the Air
Force Academy Iraq
back in 2005. While there, Beauchamp employed his modest writing skills to
write about how contemptible he found his fellow grunts to be. Under the byline
"Scott Thomas", Beauchamp wrote about the American Army's cruelty in
dealing with the Iraqi's....how America
was the "bad guy" and wasn't worthy of citizen support. Well, these
kind of stories was right up the alley for The New Republic, the preeminent
ultra liberal magazine, and "bible" to the Obama-Pelosi-Wasserman
Schultz crowd.
Obama Campaign Team
Arrives In Israel
Excerpt: Just days after the Obama White House accused House
Speaker John Boehner of “breaking protocol” by
inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint
session of Congress, a team of up to five Obama campaign operatives has
reportedly arrived in Israel to lead a campaign to defeat the Israeli Prime
Minister in upcoming national elections scheduled for March 17. The
anti-Netanyahu, left wing Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports a
group called “One Voice,” reportedly funded by American donors, is paying for
the Obama campaign team. That group is reportedly being led by Obama’s
2012 field director Jeremy Bird.
Scott Walker: Driving
liberals insane simply by solving problems. By Herman Cain
Excerpt: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker really drives liberals
crazy. He’s obviously far from alone in that category, of course. Just about
any high-profile person who frequently and boldly speaks the truth drives
liberals crazy. But Gov. Walker drives them crazy without really saying all
that much. He drives them crazy with action – specifically by applying solutions
that liberals insist cannot and should not be applied.
Scott Walker now a
target: Get ready for the smear., By Jennifer Rubin
Excerpt: Walker would be
smart to resist the urge to “punch down” to engage with lesser candidates or to
be pulled into the marshes of the right-wing fever swamp with Sens. Ted Cruz
(R-Tex.), former Arkansas
governor Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum and others. You can spot their attacks a
mile away.
Gun News
Glock Commercial:
Wrong Girl
1 arrested for
robbery after armed citizen detains knife-wielding woman
Excerpt: A woman was taken into custody after her alleged
attempt at an armed robbery at an Arby’s restaurant in Vernal was foiled by a
concerned citizen who had a gun in his vehicle. According to a press release
from the Vernal Police Department, officers were dispatched to an Arby’s
restaurant at 1141 West Highway
40 to respond to reports of a robbery in progress. Dispatch personnel informed
officers that a female had a knife and had demanded money. They later added
that there was a male subject inside the restaurant with a handgun.
Armed robber shot by
northern New Mexico
Excerpt: New Mexico
State Police say an armed robber in
northern New Mexico
attempted to rob a convenience store Friday when the store owner shot him in
the leg.
Armed robber dead at
Smith Co. convenience store
Excerpt: The deceased individual was identified early this
morning by the Smith County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit by the use of
latent fingerprints. He is identified as Courvoiser Kimmetrrius Butler, 24, of Tyler . ... Smith said the
first deputy arrived at 7:44 pm. and found a black male dead on the floor
wearing a mask with a gun next to his body.
Race Card News
(Black) Sheriff
lashes out at NAACP: ‘Number one cause’ of police shootings is black single
mother homes
Excerpt: David Clarke, sheriff of Milwaukee
County in Wisconsin , asserted on Tuesday that the
NAACP was wrong to blame police for shooting black men when the problem was
homes with single mothers. A body camera recording released
last week showed an Muskogee police officer in Oklahoma fatally shoot
a fleeing suspect, Terrance Walker, who dropped and then picked up a gun as he
ran. Tulsa NAACP chapter President Pleas Thompson told
KTUL that the shooting was part of a “shoot first and ask questions
later” mentality
Obamacare/Government Healthcare News
ObamaCare: The $2
Trillion (and Counting) BIG Lie
Excerpt: $2 trillion. That’s what the Congressional Budget
Office now says ObamaCare will cost over the next decade. If that figure sounds
a bit higher than you remember in the 2009 sweep of Hope ‘n’ Change, that’s
because it’s more than double what Democrats told us it would cost. . (From
The Patriot Post www.patriotpost.us/subscribe/)
Obamacare's Medicaid
Expansion Is Nothing to Brag About. By Sally Pipes
Excerpt: At the end of last year, the Obama administration
boasted that almost 10 million people had enrolled in Medicaid since Obamacare
went into effect. “This is great news,” an
administration official exclaimed. Maybe for the White House. But not for
patients and doctors, according to several recent studies.
Nothing to see here:
Obamacare to cost $50K per person covered
Excerpt: Buried deep inside the latest CBO budget outlook
report there is some shocking (by which I mean not shocking to anyone who
has been paying attention) information on the effects of ObamaCare. You can
forget about all the promises that were made by the administration and their
Democrat allies during the debate… they were lying clearly inaccurate
in their estimates. So how bad is it? The
Daily Mail came out with the first report. "It will cost the federal
government – taxpayers, that is – $50,000 for every person who gets health insurance
under the Obamacare law, the Congressional Budget Office revealed on Monday."
Undocumented Democrat News
Exclusive: California
Excerpt: Illegal aliens may enjoy a free pass on
identity theft due to a new investigative policy at California ’s Department of Motor Vehicles
(DMV). The policy, issued last year and effective as of Jan. 1, 2015, directs
DMV investigators to overlook identity theft by applicants “who may have
attempted to obtain or been issued a license or ID card previously through
submission of false information.”
"You're Greener than Gore" News
Excerpt: Global Warming is an ideological weapon by the
environmentalists against human civilization. It is part of a broader
anti-civilization agenda by the left, which values the natural world only
because it sees it as a "primitive" antidote to the complexities of
civilization. That romanticism is the borrowed hostility of the nomad to the
farmer (and it is very telling to look at Europe and see its intellectuals
championing the virtues of Bedouin nomads over London
and Paris )
taken up by bored intellectuals, arguing against the complexity of civilization
and for the noble barbarism of the savage. Where the conservationist
values the natural world because of its beneficial impact on the human spirit
through cultivation and achievement, the Environmentalist does not truly value the
natural world, he does not love nature, he only hates civilization. (Yes, we'll
all die of heat stroke, and soon, but meanwhile, pass me that blanket, please! It's
getting to almost be funny to keep hearing the constant drone of lecture about
the horrible disaster about to befall the planet. But as the writer says,
some people have faith. --Del )
One Year Ago: New York Times Warned of End of
Snow. By Bob Allen
Excerpt: Today journalists are preparing for a blizzard,
last year they were telling us about the end of snow.
Just Lower Your
Standard of Living
Excerpt: To highlight his hypocrisy, he made the comments
after having flown his wife, children and two nannies on a private jet (just
one of about 1,700) to the climate confab in Davos, Switzerland.
But we’re the ones who need to tighten our belts. By the way, Greene
is a Democrat who ran for the Florida Senate seat currently held by Marco
Rubio. (From The Patriot Post www.patriotpost.us/subscribe/)
Religion of Peace News
Worth Reading
Excerpt: Dr Vrbova was born in Slovakia of bourgeois Jewish
parentage, speaking German at home and Slovak at school. Her father was a
businessman who trusted to the fundamental goodness of his neighbours and
fellow citizens, and in the protection of the law, refusing to emigrate despite
all the signs of trouble to come, until it was too late. (One of his employees,
whom he had always treated well, joyfully took over his business without a
qualm when the opportunity arose as result of anti-semitic legislation, and of
course ran it into the ground, just as the new African owners did when Idi Amin
confiscated Indian-owned businesses in Uganda .) The last occasion Dr
Vrbova saw her father was in Budapest ,
whither the family had fled because of the comparatively mild regime of Admiral
Horthy. But Horthy was replaced by Hitler because he was not anti-semitic
enough, and the subsequent regime grew much more murderous. The last time Dr
Vrbova saw her father, he said to her, 'You must forgive me that I have always
made the wrong decisions, and brought you into danger. (Life and its hatred are
filled with irony. The tragic history of the Jews in Europe
is characterized by a Jewish minority that wanted nothing more than to live in
peace, fully acquiescing to, if not enthusiastically, supporting, the
dominant political and social culture. Never have the Jews desired or tried to
Judaize a Christian country. Despite being compliant subjects of the prevailing
order, every European country at one time or another has persecuted, demonized,
suppressed, restricted, impoverished, expropriated property from, exiled or
murdered its Jews. One would think that now, after complicity or tolerance of
the Holocaust, Europeans would regard Jews who are willing to live in Europe as assimilated, loyal citizens. European Jews
want nothing more than to be part of a European culture while maintaining their
religion as a matter of private practice. At the same time, Europeans, fearing
the masses of aggressive Muslim imperialists who reject assimilating into
Western culture, are helpless in defending their societies and their persons
from jihadist terrorism. It may be that by standing for nothing more than 5
week vacations, Christian Europe is tacitly agreeing to a slow but accelerating
suicide. By allowing "no-go zones" and by not standing up for their
Jewish citizens, France and England ,
especially, are showing their internal jihadists that there are no real
obstacles to Islamicizing their countries. Will we soon be seeing masses of
European Christians applying for asylum in the United States fearing persecution
by sharia-run Euro-caliphates? Cordially, Larry Greenberg.)
Excerpt: A terrorist by any other name still kills. “I believe that political correctness can be
a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my
generation who went to war against fascism.” – P. D. James. When we stop
defining the world around us truthfully, and begin to create substitutions, and
use redirections to avoid potential offense, we are blunting the edges of
reality. ... Kafala says that “we know what political violence is, we know what
murder, bombings and shootings are and we describe them,” but “terrorism” is
too “value-laden.” In English, Kafala is saying that we can describe murder,
and political violence because it’s not charged, but we cannot use “terrorism”
to describe terrorism because it may ascribe certain values to the murderers.
What values? Islamic values. And once again, that’s not allowed, because
terrorists are not related to any religion (as we have heard ad nauseum from
countless government officials), despite the great majority of the world’s
terrorists claiming Islam as their faith. Let’s be straight here: there are
peaceful Muslims, and there are radical Muslims. These radical Muslims commit
the overwhelming majority of violent terroristic acts around the world. (It's
"value-laden" the way "Nazi" is value -laden, because there
are values involved--horrible ones. I hate euphemisms. We have even tried to
take the meaning out of death, using "passed away" or "passed,"
as though the fellow went to the store and will be right back. I have prepared
an obit notice for my mailing list in case the lung transplant goes south. In
it I tell people they can say I croaked, bought the farm, went west, have a
mole for a mailman, went toes up or am taking a dirt nap, but please don't say
I "passed away.": Dishonest language leads to dishonest people. ~Bob)
Internal Emails
Show Al Jazeera English Banning Use of Terms ‘Terrorist,’ ‘Militant,’
‘Islamist.’ By Brendan Bordelon
Excerpt: Shortly after news broke of a deadly January
27 attack by Islamic terrorists on a hotel in Libya ’s capital, Al Jazeera English
executive Carlos van Meek shot out an email to his employees. “All: We manage
our words carefully around here,” the network’s head of output wrote to staff
at the Doha-based news channel’s New York and Washington, D.C. newsrooms.
“So I’d like to bring to your attention some key words that have a tendency of
tripping us up.” In an email obtained by National Review Online, van
Meek warned the network’s journalists against the use of terms
including “terrorist,” “militant,” “Islamist” and “jihad.” “One person’s
terrorist is another person’s freedom fighter,” the Al Jazeera executive
wrote. (The media has more whores than a Las
Vegas convention. ~Bob)
Excerpt: The former vice chief of staff of the Army warned
the Senate Armed Services Committee today that al-Qaeda has “grown fourfold in
the last five years.”
“AQ and its affiliates exceeds Iran in beginning to dominate
multiple countries,” retired four-star Gen. Jack Keane testified. Using a term
that the Obama administration now eschews, Keane called radical Islam “the
major security challenge of our generation.” “Radical Islam, as I’m defining it
for today’s discussion, consists of three distinct movements who share a
radical fundamentalist ideology, use jihad or terror to achieve objectives that
compete with each other for influence and power,” he said. (But nobody still in
service can do this. Still, it's a good thing that this general has come out
and called it out like it is. Maybe a few people will take notice. Nobody in
the Administration, of course, but increasing understanding in the nation is
important for the future. --Del )
Saudi Arabia’s New
King Helped Fund Radical Terrorist Groups: Monarch tied to anti-Semitic Muslim clerics,
funding of jihad. By Adam Kredo
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/saudi-arabias-new-king-helped-fund-radical-terror-groups/
Excerpt: King Salman, Saudi Arabia’s newly crowned monarch, has a controversial history of helping to fund radical terror groups and has maintained ties with several anti-Semitic Muslim clerics known for advocating radical positions, according to reports and regional experts. Salman, previously the country’s defense minister and deputy prime minister, was crowned king last week after his half-brother King Abdullah died at the age of 90. While Abdullah served as a closeU.S. ally and was
considered a reformer by many, Saudi
Arabia has long been criticized by human
rights activists for its treatment of women and its enforcement of a strict
interpretation of Islamic law.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/saudi-arabias-new-king-helped-fund-radical-terror-groups/
Excerpt: King Salman, Saudi Arabia’s newly crowned monarch, has a controversial history of helping to fund radical terror groups and has maintained ties with several anti-Semitic Muslim clerics known for advocating radical positions, according to reports and regional experts. Salman, previously the country’s defense minister and deputy prime minister, was crowned king last week after his half-brother King Abdullah died at the age of 90. While Abdullah served as a close
The Claim that
Awarding Purple Hearts to Hasan’s Victims Would Prejudice His Murder Trial Is
Ridiculous
Excerpt: What fact do you suppose is better known: (a) that
Nidal Hasan has been incarcerated since he killed 13 American soldiers and
wounded several others while screaming, "Allahu Akbar!" in the 2009 Fort Hood
massacre, or (b) that his victims were denied Purple Heart medals by the U.S.
government? Obviously, by leaps and bounds, the answer is (a). And for this
reason, among several others, it is patently disgraceful that the Obama
administration and its minions in the hyper-politically correct Pentagon brass
are denying those soldiers shot by Hasan the military honors they are due -
long overdue, actually - from having been wounded by an enemy operative in a
wartime terrorist attack
Interesting: Obama Arrives in Saudi Arabia to Pay
Respects to King’s Family
Excerpt (buried in the story): Since his coronation last week, Salman has given no
public indication of whether he will depart from the policies of his
predecessor on any major international issue. But analysts say the new king
shares his predecessor’s frustration with what many Saudis consider a lack of
American leadership in the Middle East under
Mr. Obama.
About time: Egyptian Is Convicted of Genital
Mutilation
Excerpt: A court on Monday handed down what officials said
was Egypt’s first criminal
conviction for the practice of female
genital mutilation, sentencing a doctor to more than two years of hard
labor for committing manslaughter while performing the procedure on a
13-year-old girl. (A very high proportion of Egyptian girls and women have been
"cut." But I think two years is harsh. Personally, I'd let him go.
Well, not all of him...~Bob)
Exclusive: ISIS
Gaining Ground in Syria ,
Despite U.S.
Excerpt: American jets are pounding Syria . But ISIS is taking key terrain—and putting more and more
people under its black banners. ISIS continues to gain substantial ground in Syria , despite
nearly 800 airstrikes in the American-led campaign to break its grip there.
Worth Reading : Obama’s Confused
Iraqi Policy: U.S.
air, aid, and advisers in Iraq
are currently furthering Iran ’s
interests, not America
Excerpt: Today in Iraq , American advisers stay in
safe shelters, while Iranian soldiers and generals fight
alongside Shia militias and Iraqi soldiers on the front lines. Our
bombing supports Iranian-directed movements on the ground. This bizarre
situation bring into question American policy goals. Are the administration’s
actions ad hoc and poorly thought out, or is there a hidden, more foreboding
agenda? In the State of the Union address, President Obama said that “in Iraq and Syria , American leadership —
including our military power — is stopping ISIL’s advance.” Actually, America is following Iranian leadership inside Iraq .
The Prosecutor Who
Was About to Deliver a Scathing Report Accusing Argentine President Kirchner of
Covering up an Iranian Terrorist Attack Was Killed to Hurt Kirchner's Political
Viability, Opines Kircher
Excerpt: That prosecutor turned up dead with a pointblank
range shot from a .22 in the middle of his forehead. "Suicide," the
official investigators claimed. "Murder," the entire rest of the
nation whispered. "A conspiracy to create a political headache for me,"
President Kirchner said. She's a Hugo Chavez protégé with, get this, a history
of extra-legal action and poor-me
conspiracy theories.
WaPo Editorial: An independent probe must investigate
a prosecutor’s death in Argentina
Excerpt: In fact, Mr. Nisman appears to have compiled
considerable evidence that Ms. Kirchner and several other top officials
attempted to strike a deal between 2011 and 2013 under which Iran would supply
Argentina with oil in exchange for food, and Ms. Kirchner’s government would
seek the removal from an Interpol arrest list of eight Iranians wanted in
connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
Both the charges and the prosecutor’s death call out for an independent,
internationally-backed investigation.
The stakes of the case extend well beyond Argentina . Mr.
Nisman has alleged that senior Iranian officials were involved in planning or
approving the community center bombing. Mr. Nisman has alleged that senior Iranian officials were involved in
planning or approving the community center bombing. According, Mr.
Nisman said he had testimony that now-president Hassan Rouhani was one of the
members of a committee that signed off on the attack.
Islamists Establish
Sharia Tribunal in Texas
Excerpt: America ,
you can't say you have not been warned. The very ideology and law that is
prevalent in the Middle East and that condemned Mariam
Ibrahim to death for marrying a Christian man is being
established in the State of Texas !
Keep in mind that this is exactly where Obama's former
Homeland Security adviser and Muslim Brotherhood
supporter Mohammed Elibiary went to after he
left Washington. (Whatever happened to," Don't Mess With Texas "? --JB)
Obama's War: Islamic State's 'province' claims
responsibility for attack on hotel in Tripoli
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/01/islamic_state_provin.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LongWarJournalSiteWide+%28The+Long+War+Journal+%28Site-Wide%29%29
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/01/islamic_state_provin.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LongWarJournalSiteWide+%28The+Long+War+Journal+%28Site-Wide%29%29
Excerpt: Gunmen stormed the Corinthia hotel in Tripoli early this morning, killing at least five
foreigners and three guards, according to initial reports. Foreign
government officials, including those serving as diplomats, and tourists have
frequented the hotel in the past, making it an attractive target for jihadists.
The terrorists responsible for the raid reportedly met resistance from security
forces. As of this writing, however, the siege was not over. (The fruits of
Obama's unauthorized, lead-from-behind war. ~Bob)
*****
Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam Veteran who served five
terms in the Massachusetts State Senate. He is the author of The Coming Collapse of the American Republic.
http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Collapse-American-Republic-prevent/dp/1461122538/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304815980&sr=1-5
For a free PDF of Collapse, e-mail him at tartanmarine(at)gmail.com. Hall’s
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