Old Jarhead's Political SitRep for April 29, 2013

Old Jarhead's Political SitRep for April 29, 2013

Robert A. Hall

Your one-stop-shop for political news and opinion. Please forward to friends who need to be informed. This SitRep (Military for “Situation Report”) is created by many readers who send me items for inclusion, which I would have likely missed or skipped. And I can only spend at most three hours a night pulling stuff, plus the healthcare or economic stuff that crosses my desk at work. As always, I—and you—owe them thanks and appreciation. I post articles because I think they are of interest and will stimulate thought and discussion. Doing so doesn’t mean that I necessarily agree (or disagree) with every—or any—opinion in the posted article, or that I was able to verify the information presented, which is the responsibility of the author. I try not to post things that are false, or too far a stretch, regardless of the view point, but I don’t always succeed. As always on the Net, or in the legacy media, you must read critically and with skepticism.

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Worth Reading: Boston Bomber Magistrate’s Middle Eastern Connections. By Daniel Greenfield 

http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/boston-bomber-magistrates-middle-eastern-connections/

Excerpt: As FOX News reported and Robert Spencer noted, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev stopped talking once he was prematurely read his Miranda rights. That helps the authorities establish the lone wolf narrative. Whatever else we might have learned from him is probably lost.

Worth Reading: Bush’s Warranted Rehabilitation Will Come. By Victor Davis Hanson

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/346623/bush%E2%80%99s-warranted-rehabilitation-will-come

Excerpt: Bush was honest, his tenure was without corruption, and he entered and left office with dignity, without either the Obama-like reprehensible blame gaming of his predecessor or the shameful pardons granted by Clinton.

Vietnam Sucker-Punches the US on Human Rights and Religious Freedom. By Michael Benge

http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/04/vietnam_sucker-punches_the_us_on_human_rights_and_religious_freedom.html#ixzz2Ri4Qh5vF 

Excerpt: For years, the American Embassy, the State Department, and the Senate have enabled communist Vietnam, ignoring the regime's abuses of religious freedom and human rights to allow it privileged access to U.S. and international investments, markets, and donor aid. Now, Vietnam has sucker punched the U.S. by increasing its repression. (They're Communists--it's what they do. And aiding and abetting their oppression is what liberal do. ~Bob. It's way, way more than time for our politicians to stop doing the kid glove treatment of Hanoi. They care nothing for human rights, have enormous abuses going all the time, either for suppression or for corruption. We got them into the international trade organization, gave them MFN status, and as soon as they had what they wanted they stop even the minor bits of loosening control they had played to get us to accommodate their wishes. Time to stop all that, go back to CPC status, and tell them plainly that relations will not go anywhere until they back off these horrendous abuses. Meanwhile, we need to give a break to the refugees from the abuses, and fast track them into refugee status. It's among the least things we can do. --Del)

Man Killed By Police In Raid On Wrong House
http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/04/man-killed-by-police-in-raid-on-wrong-house/#ixzz2RiS5SsWp

Excerpt: John Adams, 61, was shot and killed by police in a drug raid on the wrong house. His wife Loraine, 70, was also handcuffed and forced to the ground. (The cops claimed they yelled "police." Of course, no thugs would ever lie and yell "police" if they were just crooks looking to get in. Just ask the members of the North Side Gang in Chicago who lined up against a brick wall when the guys in police uniforms told them to. ~Bob.)

Bombers' Mosque In Boston A Factory For Terrorists
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/042513-653590-boston-bombers-attended-mosque-known-for-terrorism.htm?ref=SeeAlso#ixzz2Rfhr0WAz

Excerpt: The New York Times thinks the Boston bombers "self-radicalized" on the Web. But it didn't look at their mosque, which has churned out other terrorists, too. USA Today, on the other hand, did look at their mosque — the Islamic Society of Boston — and found "a curriculum that radicalizes people," according to a local source quoted in the paper's investigation. "Other people have been radicalized there." In fact, several ISB members and leaders have been convicted or suspected of terrorism, including: (Going on all over the country. But you don't dare say anything, because a charge of "Islamophobia" makes you an outcast, may end or career. Better to let people die. ~Bob.)

Paying the Jizya to Welfare Terrorist Tamerlan Tsarnaev. By Andrew C. McCarthy

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/346555/paying-jizya-welfare-terrorist-tamerlan-tsarnaevhttpwwwmeforumorg3468us-aid-egypt

Excerpt: According to the sheikh, Egypt must be less cooperative with the U.S. and at the same time insist for more monetary aid. If so, the sheikh believes that “America will accept; it will kiss our hands; and it will also increase its aid. And we will consider its aid as jizya, not as aid. But first we must make impositions on it.”

British traitors in high places making the UK even more unsafe

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10023002/Home-Office-fury-as-drug-dealer-immigrant-wins-right-to-stay-in-UK.html

Excerpt: Hesham Mohammed Ali won an appeal against moves by Theresa May, the Home Secretary, to deport him because of his crimes. He convinced a judge he had a “family life” which had to be respected because he had a “genuine” relationship with a British woman – despite already having two children by different women with whom he now has no contact.

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To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them. --Arthur Schopenhauer (Alas, too true. ~Bob.)

Russia caught Tamerlan Tsarnaev and mother on wiretap discussing jihad

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/27/dzhokhar-tsarnaevs-mother-terror-database-us-inves/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

Excerpt: Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after the U.S. government finally received details about the call. In another conversation, the mother of now-dead bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was recorded talking to someone in southern Russia who is under FBI investigation in an unrelated case, officials said.

Calling Islam “Islam.” By Bosch Fawstin 

http://frontpagemag.com/2013/bosch-fawstin/calling-islam-islam/

Excerpt: Imagine, if during past wars, we used terms such as “Radical Nazism,” “Extremist Shinto” and “Militant Communism.” The implication would be that there are good versions of those ideologies, which would then lead some to seek out “moderate” Nazis. Those who use terms other than “Islam” create the impression that it’s some variant of Islam that’s behind the enemy that we’re facing. A term such as “Militant Islam” is redundant, but our politicians continue praising Islam as if it were their own religion. Bush told us “Islam is peace” — after 2,996 Americans were murdered in its name. He maintained that illusion throughout his two terms, and never allowed our soldiers to defeat the enemy. And now we have Obama, who tells us, from Egypt: (The term "Islamophobia" was invented to tie us up in political correctness so we could not prevent things like the Boston Bombing. Seems to be working very well. ~Bob.)

Worth Reading: Morocco Fatwa Demands Death Sentence For Christian Converts

http://www.bosnewslife.com/28041-morocco-fatwa-demands-death-sentence-for-christian-converts

Excerpt: Christian converts in Morocco feared for their future Thursday, April 25, after the country's highest Islamic institute issued a fatwa demanding the death penalty for Muslims who renounce their religion. The Supreme Ulema Council of Morocco (CSO), a body of Islamic scholars headed by King Mohammed VI, said that Muslims who reject their faith "should be condemned to death." (Ah, Moderate Morocco under the Religion of Peace. Don't go all Islamophobic. It's their culture under Shari'a Law, and if a few Christians have to die, well, the New York Times and several federal courts have said opposing Shari'a Law here is racist. Though they don't say what "race" Muslims belong to. ~Bob.)

Worth Reading: "You treated her like a piece of meat": Yet another Muslim sex slavery case in the UK

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/04/you-treated-her-like-a-piece-of-meat-yet-another-muslim-sex-slavery-case-in-the-uk.html

Excerpt: The Qur'an commentator Maulana Bulandshahri explains the wisdom of this practice, and longs for the good old days: ... None of the injunctions pertaining to slavery have been abrogated in the Shari’ah. The reason that the Muslims of today do not have slaves is because they do not engage in Jihad (religion war). Their wars are fought by the instruction of the disbelievers (kuffar) and are halted by the same felons. The Muslim [sic] have been shackled by such treaties of the disbelievers (kuffar) whereby they cannot enslave anyone in the event of a war. Muslims have been denied a great boon whereby every home could have had a slave. May Allah grant the Muslims the ability to escape the tentacles of the enemy, remain steadfast upon the Din (religion) and engage in Jihad (religion war) according to the injunctions of Shari’ah. Amen!

Mom wore a burka to go undercover in Egypt and take back her son, 12, who was kidnapped by his father and forced to live as a Muslim
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2314690/Kalli-Atteya-wore-burka-undercover-Egypt-son-12-kidnapped-father-forced-live-Muslim.html

Excerpt: A mother dressed up in a burka and flew to Egypt to take back her son who had been kidnapped by his father and forced to live as a Muslim. Kalli Atteya, from Pennsylvania, put on the traditional Muslim clothing as a disguise so she could wait until 12-year-old Niko got off the school bus in the city of Alexandria. She then grabbed his arm and moved him towards a waiting motorized cart with the words: ‘Get in.’

Council worker, 48, jailed after being found with hate rants by convicted terrorists
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2315394/Hackney-council-worker-Khalid-Baqa-jailed-352-discs-terrorist-material-beheadings.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Excerpt: A council worker who was found with 352 computer discs containing terrorist material, including footage of executions and the 9/11 attacks, was today jailed for two years. London Borough of Hackney revenue officer Khalid Baqa, 48, also used his work computer to watch the footage and trawl Islamic websites. He stashed the discs - which contained 26 hours of speeches by the hate preacher Anwar al-Awlaki - in his car and his children’s bedroom.

Sharia in action in Iran: 850,000 female children are married

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/04/sharia-in-action-in-iran-850000-girls-under-age-10-are-married.html

Excerpt: "The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with 'Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death)." -- Bukhari 7.62.88 Muslims take this seriously and imitate Muhammad in this. Article 1041 of the Civil Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran states that girls can be engaged before the age of nine, and married at nine: "Marriage before puberty (nine full lunar years for girls) is prohibited. Marriage contracted before reaching puberty with the permission of the guardian is valid provided that the interests of the ward are duly observed." The Ayatollah Khomeini himself married a ten-year-old girl when he was twenty-eight. 

"East Is East...West is West"

http://justcommonsense-lostinamerica.blogspot.com/2013/04/east-is-eastwest-is-west.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMoXTa+%28Lost+in+America%29

Excerpt: "East is East..and West is West..and never the twain shall meet" Eleven years ago, having returned home from living and working in the Middle East for a decade, I sat watching TV and seeing American troops invade Iraq. I turned to my wife and said "what the hell is Bush doing?" We were already well into the quagmire of Afghanistan and were now "doubling down" by invading Iraq! A decade of living in the region had proven to me that you can't democratize a Muslim culture. I knew Bush had access to diplomats who surely told him the same thing. So why were we getting so deeply involved? Why were we not just going after the Taliban and Al Quada, doing a quick hit, then getting the hell out? Ten years later we finally left Iraq, after spending a trillion dollars and sacrificing American lives and Iraq is as troublesome as it was before we went in. They pal around with Iran and have no special gratitude for America. The same tired story in Afghanistan. More lives and more national treasure, and only to prop up a corrupt Muslim regime. ("But there is neither East nor West, nor border, nor breed, nor birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the Earth." If memory still serves. ~Bob.)

Creating Monsters: Terrorism, Welfare and “Celebrating Diversity.” By Derek Hunter 

http://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2013/04/28/creating-monsters-terrorism-welfare-and-celebrating-diversity-n1580530?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

Excerpt: They came to this country legally…and got on welfare. Why was a family that literally brought nothing to the table allowed to immigrate? I haven’t seen an answer yet, but I suspect asking the question will be called “bigoted.” As would asking why we should legalize millions of unskilled workers when we have too many of them already. In the days since the Boston terrorist attack, we’ve learned the Tsarnaev family – except for Uncle Ruslan – is exactly the type of people a functional immigration system should be designed to keep out. It’s not, and despite all the lip-service being paid by advocates, the “reform” making its way through the U.S. Senate won’t do anything about it either.

Fisker: Free to Make Flashy Cars in Finland. By Marita Noon 

http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/maritanoon/2013/04/28/fisker-free-to-make-flashy-cars-in-finland-n1580841?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

Excerpt: With nearly a year’s worth of exclusive reporting on Obama’s green-energy crony-corruption scandal, you might think we’ve covered them all—but the hits just keep on coming. This week Fisker is in the news due to its failure to meet a Monday payment on their Department of Energy (DOE) loan, with $10 million due, and Wednesday’s House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing: “Green Energy Oversight: Examining the Department of Energy’s Bad Bet on Fisker Automotive.” Along with researcher Christine Lakatos, who writes The Green Corruption Files, I’ve addressed Fisker before.

Speeding toward Gomorrah

http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/26/speeding-toward-gomorrah/#ixzz2RlkcBVAM

Excerpt: ….They argue that in an unsuccessful abortion, where the child is born alive, a woman’s right to a dead baby must be preserved. As the left’s Orwellian overlords assure us, this isn’t murder, it’s “health care.” ….And with the help of their media disciples, they will continue to assure us, as they redefine depravity downward, that any behavior which brings personal pleasure, fulfillment or empowerment — unless, as Deborah Kerr added, “it’s unkind or violent” — people have a civil right to express and a moral right to celebrate.

Worth Reading: Many Openings at State Agency Go to Those With Ties to Cuomo

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/nyregion/many-openings-at-state-agency-go-to-those-with-ties-to-cuomo.html?hp&_r=0

Excerpt: The next month, the agency hired 23-year-old Andrew Moelis, a University of Pennsylvania graduate, for another new position, strategic planning associate, at a salary of $75,000 a year. Shortly before Mr. Moelis’s first day of work, his father, Ron Moelis, a prominent real estate developer, gave $25,000 to Mr. Cuomo’s re-election campaign, according to the records. (Show me your shocked face. ~Bob.)

Worried parents force cancellation of Payton-Brooks baseball game

http://www.suntimes.com/19764048-761/worried-parents-force-cancellation-of-payton-brooks-baseball-game.html

Excerpt: A baseball game between two Chicago public high schools was canceled Saturday when some parents from a North Side school refused to let their children travel to the South Side for the game, saying they were worried about the safety of their kids.

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Atlantic asks: 'Why is a conservative rocker [Kid Rock] one of the few to lower ticket prices so that fans of lesser means can attend?'

Departing French Envoy Has Frank Words on Afghanistan

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/world/asia/bernard-bajolet-leaving-afghanistan-has-his-say.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

Excerpt: It is always hard to gauge what diplomats really think unless one of their cables ends up on WikiLeaks, but every once in a while, the barriers fall and a bit of truth slips into public view.

What Does the White Man Owe Blacks? By Wayne Dupree

http://newsninja2012.com/what-does-the-white-man-owe-blacks/#axzz2PV1BIlBr

Black writer. ~Bob. Excerpt: No one can completely understand the current position of the American Negro (sometimes referred to as African American). Liberal Blacks in America can't deny the fact that they have become the "Professional Victim" here in 2012. This is mainly attributed to the preaching of victimization that has been pounded into the brains of Liberal Blacks by Paternalistic White Liberal law makers, charlatans, crooks and thieves left over by the Civil Rights movement in addition to a conclave of ignorant and bafoonish Black clergy beholden to the Democratic Party. 

National Journal: DC Never More Out Of Touch Than During White House Correspondents Dinner

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/04/27/National-Journal-DC-Never-More-Out-of-Touch-Than-During-WHCD

Excerpt: Ron Fournier at the National Journal blistered Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner, where celebrities and the permanent political class members -- and the reporters who are supposed to keep them accountable -- wine and dine the weekend away, oblivious to the stark realities outside the Washington "Boomtown" bubble. The publication wrote Washington, "never looks more out of touch than it will this weekend, when movie stars, music moguls, media mavens and their advertisers" gallivant around Washington, D.C., which NBC newsman Tom Brokaw compared to Versailles.

"In Defense of a Good Guy with A Gun." By Brian Castner, The Daily Beast.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/27/in-defense-of-a-good-guy-with-a-gun.html

Excerpt: In the aftermath of the Newtown school shooting and Boston attacks, Iraq war vet Brian Castner considers his own experience of returning from war and arming himself to protect his family. He speaks to gun expert David Grossman about why we need “sheepdogs” in schools to defend students, the power of violent video games, and profiling for aggression A refreshing answer to the many "guns are bad" diatribes so often delivered by individuals who do not know the difference between a magazine and a clip, between a muzzle and a trigger.