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From Don Surber's (h/t pw's commentariat)...

1) Interrogation file of Abu Faraj al-Libi...

Not so many here in the US, but look no further than those hotbeds of already-strange religious beliefs (Pakistan and the other Islamic nations) to hear questions, denials, anger, and rage.

I can understand where they're coming from. They've had this hero, this 'Superman', who struck at the heart of the kuffar, killing thousands - which is OK for Islamicists if you are a 'good enough' Muslim and have read the Koran correctly; many clerics and Imams and other Islamic rage-zealots read and apply the Koran for purposes of mind-controlling lower beasts, and they've succeeded in capturing many simple, uneducated minds, turning them into easily-lead packs of dogs - and now, all of a sudden, some Navy Seals apply Kryptonite .223 to Usama's head? No way, they say! You are faking this! This is an elaborate Hollywood stage set, and our Usama is still in the hills, coming back to lead us again against the kuffar!

I know we got him. Just as I know George Bush did not strike against the World Trade Center on 9/11, and I know that Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii, son of a dirty socialist and a confuzzled, raging mother. Just as I know that Scott Walker had never met the Koch brothers, and those Wisconsin Democrat Senator fleebaggers wound up with bedbug bites on their cowardly asses.

So, what should we have do to quell these 'deather' beliefs? There is no 'death certificate' that these Pakistanis and other Islamicists will believe. We did leave behind women and children, at that stinking compound; 9 children are now in Pakistani police custody. Maybe they know something of the man ignominiously shot in the head, carried off in a helicopter on a ride to parts unknown, and dumped in the drink as a treat for crabs. We have photos? Please! easily doctored, you know that. They won't believe those. We have DNA samples? So? Where's the body? Oh, you buried it according to Muslim customs, eh? So you say! Why would you do that, if this man you say you shot was OUR Usama, Usul, the base of our pillar of hatred against the Western devils?

We should have paraded his corpse around every world capital. Or, had a proper 'at-sea' burial, having invited and picked up a delegation of Islamabad's best: clerics, imams, the town 'mayor', some assorted butt-hurt Pakistani military leaders, carted them to the Carl Vinson and let them watch the Feeding of the Crabs. They could go back and swear to...what, exactly? That the guy was definitely Osama bin Laden? Or just a nice waxwork created in Hollywood?

Calling Joseph Heller, code-word Catch-22. This is an emergency.

Oh, this photo from the NYT (accompanying the best story I've seen: even the NYT has to acknowledge that the information we needed to run this SpecOp originated in Guantanamo, on waterboarding slabs (thanks!, Dick Cheney, George Bush, for making this all possible!).

Barack Hussein Obama deserves credit for allowing this SpecOp to go forward. He wasn't a coward like most Democrats; pulling the plug at the last minute (are you listening, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton?); he allowed this to happen. But it happened IN SPITE of his holding office, not BECAUSE he was in office. And, if he had kept to his promises to his LeftLibProgg base, none of this would have happened: because he lied to far-left Democrats, because he stayed the course set by George Bush and Dick Cheney and Karl Rove and kept Guantanamo open, kept a strong military operation going on in Afghanistan, we were FINALLY able to get this Osama bin Bastard.

Now, BHO'll do victory laps; trying to keep all the credit for himself, to boost his 2012 re-election bid. But we know who is really behind this happy outcome.

Becoming an instant 'military hero' doesn't change anything at all: BHO's dirty socialistic beliefs are still in place in his mind, and won't be going anywhere. I won't care that he allowed this outcome come November 2012, because by then, it'll be All About the Economy, Stupid. Gas prices are too high; the Misery Index, comprised of inflation and unemployment, all of that awaits this President come November 2012. Chickens waiting to come home to roost.

So take your laps, small(est) man.

President George W. Bush, 3/20/2003:

"My fellow citizens. At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.

"On my orders, coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine Saddam Hussein's ability to wage war. These are opening stages of what will be a broad and concerted campaign.

"More than 35 countries are giving crucial support from the use of naval and air bases to help with intelligence and logistics to deployment of combat units.

"Every nation in this coalition has chosen to bear the duty and share the honour of serving in our common defense.

"To all the men and women of the United States armed forces now in the Middle East, the peace of a troubled world and the hopes of an oppressed people now depend on you. That trust is well placed.

"The enemies you confront will come to know your skill and bravery. The people you liberate will witness the honorable and decent spirit of the American military.

"In this conflict America faces an enemy that has no regard for conventions of war or rules of morality.

"Saddam Hussein has placed Iraqi troops and equipment in civilian areas, attempting to use innocent men, women and children as shields for his own military. A final atrocity against his people.

"I want Americans and all the world to know that coalition forces will make every effort to spare innocent civilians from harm.

"A campaign on the harsh terrain of the nation as large as California could be longer and more difficult than some predict and helping Iraqis achieve a united, stable and free country will require our sustained commitment.

"We come to Iraq with respect for its citizens, for their great civilization and for the religious faiths they practice.

"We have no ambition in Iraq except to remove a threat and restore control of that country to its own people.

"I know that the families of our military are praying that all those who serve will return safely and soon.

"Millions of Americans are praying with you for the safety of your loved ones and for the protection of the innocent.

"For your sacrifice you have the gratitude and respect of the American people and you can know that our forces will be coming home as soon as their work is done.

"Our nation enters this conflict reluctantly, yet our purpose is sure. The people of the United States and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder.

"We will meet that threat now with our army, air force, navy, coastguard and marines so that we do not have to meet it later with armies of firefighters and police and doctors on the streets of our cities.

"Now that conflict has come, the only way to limit its duration is to apply decisive force and I assure you this will not be a campaign of half measures and we will accept no outcome but victory.

"My fellow citizens, the dangers to our country and the world will be overcome. We will pass through this time of peril and carry on the work of peace. We will defend our freedom. We will bring freedom to others and we will prevail.

"May God bless our country and all who defend her."

He seemed a bit nervous last night; as if someone would question him on his early role in the Democrat's protest of the Iraq war. As a junior senator from Illinois, opposing the surge of troops in Iraq; that very surge that effectively won the war, and vaulted General Petraeus to the forefront as a decisive strategist. Can we ever forget BHO's and the Democrat's divisive hatreds? Looking into Obama's eyes, I felt I could see his hidden fears. Allow me to remind you:

Barack Hussein Obama joined Senate Democrats in opposing the surge.

Mr. Bush's disfavor in Washington owes more to his greatest success. Simply put, there are those who will never forgive Mr. Bush for not losing a war they had all declared unwinnable.

Here in the afterglow of the turnaround led by Gen. David Petraeus, it's easy to forget what the smart set was saying two years ago -- and how categorical they all were in their certainty. The president was a simpleton, it was agreed. Didn't he know that Iraq was a civil war, and the only answer was to get out as fast as we could?

The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee -- the man who will be sworn in as vice president today -- didn't limit himself to his own opinion. Days before the president announced the surge, Joe Biden suggested to the Washington Post he knew the president's people had also concluded the war was lost. They were, he said, just trying to "keep it from totally collapsing" until they could "hand it off to the next guy."

For his part, on the night Mr. Bush announced the surge, Barack Obama said he was "not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq are going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse."

Three months after that, before the surge had even started, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pronounced the war in Iraq "lost." These and similar comments, moreover, were amplified by a media echo chamber even more absolute in its sense of hopelessness about Iraq and its contempt for the president. [emboldenings mine -ed.]

Barack Obama at Senate Sleepover

Here's some truth for Democrats and our squirmy, flinching lefty trolls. Show me one Tea Party with anywhere near the levels of hatreds like these, commonplace during the protests against George Bush that sprang up (and were mostly ignored by those crying loudest today) over the eight years of President George Bush's administration (where there were adults). Show me one Tea Party that's featured a noose, or a guillotine, used against Obama. Can you imagine the immediate outrage by the MSM and the Left?

Mike Gallagher, responding to Frank Rich's NYT Sunday column...

The Tea Party is simply a thing of beauty. Never have I seen such an outpouring of patriotism and good cheer and optimism all in one place as the Tea Party rallies that I’ve been honored to attend.
...

This is a view of the Tea Party that Frank Rich doesn’t want to acknowledge. The Left will be drawn to the most extreme posters and the inescapable occasional angry sound bite on the evening news to make their case that we’re all just a bunch of angry crazies.

And they will do their best to do what Rich did in the New York Times and try to play their ultimate trump card: that the Tea Party doesn’t like black people.

They are obsessed with the notion that criticism of President Obama just stems from bigots who can’t get over the fact that a black man is in the Oval Office.

Let’s face it: it’s all they’ve got. It’s the best they can do. They cannot dispute the numbers crunched by the Congressional Budget Office. They can’t pretend to ignore the legion of medical doctors who are angry and frightened and disgusted by what Obama Care will do to their practices. They know that government cannot possibly expect to rack up obscene spending and hope for a decreasing deficit.

Indonesian students think the O!ne should stay at home.

Sharoncobb.com: Tennessee Trooper Sends White Pride Email To 787 State Employees

This one, this Miss Sharon Cobb, is a piece of work in progressivism. A 'seasoned journalist' (MSNBC counts for that?) who spends time pushing the proggly agenda every chance she gets. Sharon, Missy, your using the term 'journalist' is a slap in the face to any remaining real journalists who try to deliver the news without slant. You, Missy, are leftist first, journalist second (or third); please don't pretend otherwise.

I left a comment on Missy's post, that one decrying Tennessee law enforcement and anyone who isn't 'Progressive' enough for her delicate sensibilities. (Oh, she's 'threatening' to move away from Tennessee~!)

Oh. Don't go. )

There's a huge difference between the two sides (you 'progressive' sorts, and my real American Conservative types) that you seem insulated from. NTTAWWT for the most part, but occasionally your ignorance shines. In this post criticizing critics of your dirty socialist prezzidint, for example.

We, Real Americans, criticize BHO for his shallow vapidity (photo op, anyone? bow, baby, bow!), for his embrace of socialism (sorry, 'progressivism') and for his seeming unconcern for what's happening in Afghanistan (troop morale is down, likely because BHO is indecisive about troop levels and, serially he ignores them: when was the last time BHO went to Afghanistan on a morale-building visit? Uhhhh, second thought, maybe he should stay home; his presence might have effects opposite what he desires). President Bush spent much time concerned with the troops and their morale; BHO, not so much. Let's see what happens Thanksgiving. Will BHO go?

It's strange to hear anything from your (progressive) side attesting to support for the troops. It's as if you've forced yourselves to pay attention, dragging yourselves away from the plights of the inner city kitties or hi-lighting the latest outrage from some e-mailing idiot (that's useful for it's broad-brush effect, huh?).

Carry on, then. Oh, I hear San Francisco is majorly 'progressive'. Enjoy~!

An interesting interactive available on WSJ shows 'balances of power' in Iran's Islamic theocracy. This screen shot doesn't do the interactive justice. I've captured the ultimate fountainhead of power in Iran, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the current so-called "Supreme Leader" (who succeeded Ayatollah (Imam) Ruhollah Khomeini, the originator of Iran's Islamic Revolution), from whom all real power flows.

Supposedly Ayatollah Khamenei's power is 'checked' by an "Assembly of Experts", a council comprised of 86 Clerics elected by the citizenry. But candidates to the "Assembly of Experts" must be vetted by the "Guardian Council". Half of the members of the "Guardian Council" are appointed directly by Ayatollah Khamenei, the other half appointed by the "Head of the Judiciary", who is also appointed by... Ayatollah Khamenei. Oh, the judiciary is based soley on Shi'a Islamic law; sharia law. There is no room for dissent to Shi'a Islamic law. Ayatollah Khamenei's power flows from Shi'a Islamic law. He is the ultimate theocrat (compare to, say, the Pope, who is a figurehead with no real power).

So, there's not much real power parceled out to anyone, unless that power is influenced by Ayatollah (Shi'a Islamic Law) Kahmenei.

This new, nascent Iranian revolution, if it occurs, would have to undo this Islamic form of government to be successful, really successful. We would have to see Ayatollah Kahmenei deposed, and Islamic Law diminished.

Oh. Remember this?

I am absolutely confident that we made the right decision. And not only that, I'm absolutely confident that the actions we took in Iraq are influencing reformers and freedom lovers in the greater Middle East. And I believe that you're going to see the rise of democracy in many countries in the broader Middle East, which will lay the foundation for peace.

Monday 4 July 2005
President George W. Bush