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Posted at 6:58pm on Jul. 11, 2008 Anyone here heard of Jamie Gorelick?!!
By Pentagon16
For us older guys, we remember that some woman under the Clinton regime at one time headed the Department of Justice in some kind of job, and she defended Bill during the Lewinsky "escapade."
Then, several years later all of a sudden, who do we see but Jamie Gorelick being appointed by the libs to the 9/11 Commission.
Strangely enough, it turns out that Ms. Gorelick was one of the key architects of the FBI policy whereby intelligence agencies were not able to share certain information on possible Islamic terrorists during the 1990s. Oh yeah, and this stopped the CIA and FBI and counter terror units from discussing Mohammed Atta and the other 18 hijackers.
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Posted at 7:53pm on Jul. 10, 2008 Democratic Copperheads fought for defeat in 1864- just like today...
By Pentagon16
It is amazing as a historian to see the exact same forces of 150 years ago resurface today.
Does THIS sound like anyone we know?!!
"After four years of failure...by the experience of war... we demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities.. with a view to an ultimate convention or other peaceable means to the end that peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union"
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Posted at 10:00am on Jun. 27, 2008 Future Combat System deploying to Iraq: but Obama wanted it cut..
By Pentagon16
1) Obama: "I will not weaponize space. I will cut billions of wasteful spending. I will slow the development of Future Combat Systems" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl32Y7wDVDs
2) High-Tech Combat Equipment Expedited for Use in Iraq
By Donna Borak Associated Press Friday, June 27, 2008; D04
WASHINGTON -- The Army will deliver some key technologies to ground forces in war zones three years ahead of schedule as part of its $160 billion combat modernization program led by Boeing and SAIC. Senior Army officials said Thursday that changes to the Future Combat Systems program will expedite the use of high-tech equipment, including unmanned sensors and robotics, to infantry brigades fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan by 2011. Portions of the program were expected to be used by armored units by 2014, but Army officials say the technology is needed for the current war effort.Lt. Gen. Michael A. Vane, director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, said accelerating FCS and other complementary programs will help fill in gaps created by huge demands on the infantry brigades while increasing the effectiveness and safety of U.S. soldiers. Lead contractors Boeing and SAIC said the Army's decision to accelerate the combat system technologies shows confidence in the program's progress. FCS includes 14 manned and unmanned systems linked through a secure communications network.On Wednesday, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. briefed Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on plans to restructure the program. Gates, who backed the shift, told reporters at a briefing Thursday that FCS "deserves support."Dan Goure, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute, said it appears that the Army "didn't want to repeat the same mistake" as the Air Force, which battled Gates publicly over F-22 jets made by Lockheed Martin. Gates had previously raised doubts about FCS."Clearly, this shows that Gates is in command in a way few secretaries have been of the services," Goure said. A few lawmakers lauded the Army's decision. But House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, D-Mo., and Hawaii Democrat Neil Abercrombie, chairman of the air and land subcommittee, expressed concern that the new plan "may not allow for adequate testing of the equipment due to its very tight schedule."
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Posted at 8:50pm on Jun. 22, 2008 What do we owe our beloved Union?
By Pentagon16
As a historian one can find both warning and solace from the past. I am now reading the Pulitzer Prize winning novel "Battle Cry of Freedom" by James McPherson.
When describing the rationale of those who fought for the North, it is an incredible thing to actually contemplate. In our world of 2008, can anyone honestly imagine that 145 years ago 2.2 million men would enter the service to fight a 4 year war with 760,000 KILLED IN ACTION- just to save the Union?!!
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Posted at 9:18pm on Jun. 20, 2008 No GOP 527 organizations?!!!
By Pentagon16
Jon Martin at Politico reported today there have been ZERO Republican 527s set up and there are not really any plans to set any of them up.
If this is really the case, I fear that we are pretty much doomed at this point. No way will McCain be able to win without a 527 highlighting Obama's nefarious connections, something we know the McCain campaign both will not want to do or be able to afford to do.
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Posted at 11:42am on Jun. 14, 2008 Malik Obama: Barack was raised a Muslim
By Pentagon16
The important point is here is not necessarily that Obama is a Manchurian Candidate. If anything he is a commie candidate. But that he has consistently lied about his family background for whatever reasons. On Israel Army Radio his half brother stated that Barack would be good to Israel even with his "muslim background from Kenya"..
*Malik Obama confirms his half-brother Barack grew up a Muslim*
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Posted at 9:43am on Jun. 13, 2008 Congress: Black GOP Candidate in Georgia 13
By Pentagon16
Even though I live in Maryland, I have been donating to Dr. Deborah Honeycutt running for Congress against David Scott in a district outside Atlanta.
She has raised nearly 2 million dollars this year, which seems pretty impressive.
Anyone know about this race? It would be crucial to have someone like her represent the GOP in the Congress. We at Redstate should do everything we can to help her.
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Posted at 1:16pm on Jun. 12, 2008 Hillary Clinton Supporters for John McCain
By Pentagon16
Anyone else here heard about these guys? Seem to be very patriotic Texans who do not like how Dean and the DNC railroaded Hillary and are now going to get some payback by electing McCain..
http://www.hcsfjm.com/index.html
On July 4 they are going to be sending in $5.44 per person- we should join them to make a bigger media splash..
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Posted at 7:58pm on Jun. 11, 2008 Obama is our Neville Chamberlain
By Pentagon16
So I have been reading Len Deighton's "Blood, Tears and Folly."
Does this sound like someone we know? p. 144
"Chamberlain was concerned with his personal popularity and he spoke of it frequently. The welcoming crowds he saw on his visits to Rome and Munich were reassuring to him.
He even remarked that Mussolini did not seem jealous at being welcomed less warmly than Chamberlain and the British party.
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Posted at 1:25pm on Jun. 7, 2008 Good Ad linking Rezko and Obama
By Pentagon16
I don't know why the RNC is not linking their ads as they come out to sites like this one. If no one sees what they are producing it really won't matter will it?!
They should have a person who simply goes and posts up their ads on every right and moderate blog in the country.. How hard would that be?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_duAgLWSVY&NR=1
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Posted at 1:05pm on Jun. 7, 2008 Obama versus McCain: Strategy for Iraq
By Pentagon16
The Kagans know their foreign policy- and are experts in Iraq in particular. Read this awesome in depth reporting on the different policies put out by our country's two potential Commander in Chiefs.
McCain developed the strategy that has won in Iraq- the one we have been diligently pursuing for a year now and which has destroyed Al Qaeda in the heart of the Arab Middle East. And every day this strategy is rolling up Iranian influence throughout southern Iraq.
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Posted at 5:29pm on Jun. 1, 2008 When the Washington Post admits we are winning in Iraq..
By Pentagon16
Does this mean the rivers are about to start running with chocolate and all houses will henceforth be made out of gingerbread?
The Iraqi Upturn
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/31/AR200805...
Don't look now, but the U.S.-backed government and army may be winning the war. WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL Sunday, June 1, 2008; B06 THERE'S BEEN a relative lull in news coverage and debate about Iraq in recent weeks -- which is odd, because May could turn out to have been one of the most important months of the war. While Washington's attention has been fixed elsewhere, military analysts have watched with astonishment as the Iraqi government and army have gained control for the first time of the port city of Basra and the sprawling Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, routing the Shiite militias that have ruled them for years and sending key militants scurrying to Iran. At the same time, Iraqi and U.S. forces have pushed forward with a long-promised offensive in Mosul, the last urban refuge of al-Qaeda. So many of its leaders have now been captured or killed that U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, renowned for his cautious assessments, said that the terrorists have "never been closer to defeat than they are now." Iraq passed a turning point last fall when the U.S. counterinsurgency campaign launched in early 2007 produced a dramatic drop in violence and quelled the incipient sectarian war between Sunnis and Shiites. Now, another tipping point may be near, one that sees the Iraqi government and army restoring order in almost all of the country, dispersing both rival militias and the Iranian-trained "special groups" that have used them as cover to wage war against Americans. It is -- of course -- too early to celebrate; though now in disarray, the Mahdi Army of Moqtada al-Sadr could still regroup, and Iran will almost certainly seek to stir up new violence before the U.S. and Iraqi elections this fall. Still, the rapidly improving conditions should allow U.S. commanders to make some welcome adjustments -- and it ought to mandate an already-overdue rethinking by the "this-war-is-lost" caucus in Washington, including Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).Gen. David H. Petraeus signaled one adjustment in recent testimony to Congress, saying that he would probably recommend troop reductions in the fall going beyond the ongoing pullback of the five "surge" brigades deployed last year. Gen. Petraeus pointed out that attacks in Iraq hit a four-year low in mid-May and that Iraqi forces were finally taking the lead in combat and on multiple fronts at once -- something that was inconceivable a year ago. As a result the Iraqi government of Nouri al-Maliki now has "unparalleled" public support, as Gen. Petraeus put it, and U.S. casualties are dropping sharply. Eighteen American soldiers died in May, the lowest total of the war and an 86 percent drop from the 126 who died in May 2007. If the positive trends continue, proponents of withdrawing most U.S. troops, such as Mr. Obama, might be able to responsibly carry out further pullouts next year. Still, the likely Democratic nominee needs a plan for Iraq based on sustaining an improving situation, rather than abandoning a failed enterprise. That will mean tying withdrawals to the evolution of the Iraqi army and government, rather than an arbitrary timetable; Iraq's 2009 elections will be crucial. It also should mean providing enough troops and air power to continue backing up Iraqi army operations such as those in Basra and Sadr City. When Mr. Obama floated his strategy for Iraq last year, the United States appeared doomed to defeat. Now he needs a plan for success.
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Posted at 9:41am on May 23, 2008 Vets For Freedom Smacks Obama around
By Pentagon16
Good for them! Obama has never met with General Petraeus one on one, has not been to Iraq in over 2.5 years, and refused to meet with the Vets for Freedom when they came to his office even though he was in Washington.
Check out their new video ad- OORAH..
http://www.vetsforfreedom.org/multimedia/details.aspx?id=278
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Posted at 1:44pm on May 21, 2008 Obama's flip flops on Iran..
By Pentagon16
I have been extremely upset over the missed opportunity we have had to demolish Obama over the "Iran Issue."
We are focusing on him meeting with Achmedinijad- as if it is simply a battle between Obama's "diplomatic" approach and Bush Three's "endless war" approach..
What we are NOT succeeding in doing is demonstrating the inanity and incompetence of Obama's own campaign. This would be even more damaging to his candidacy. The fact that one day they say one thing, then we find a video, and so the next day they are forced to say the OPPOSITE thing. The Weekly Standard are doing a great job in following Obama's tortured path:
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Posted at 10:31am on May 7, 2008 No White Men in 21 states?!
By Pentagon16
Can someone explain this quotation from Politico:
"Clinton has won white men in 13 states. Obama has won white men in 10 states. At Obama’s high point, following his victory in Wisconsin, he had won the white male vote in three consecutive Democratic contests."
Uh, that makes 23 states. Yet 44 states and territories have voted. What happened to the White men who live in those states? Did
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