Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Wag the Dog! Wag the Dog!

  • The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali — if investigators can find the Al Qaeda-linked group responsible for the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya.

    But officials say the administration, with weeks until the presidential election, is weighing whether the short-term payoff of exacting retribution on Al Qaeda is worth the risk that such strikes could elevate the group's profile in the region, alienate governments the U.S. needs to fight it in the future and do little to slow the growing terror threat in North Africa.


    Details on the administration's position and on its search for a possible target were provided by three current and one former administration official, as well as an analyst who was approached by the White House for help. All four spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the high-level debates publicly.
Funny how they've been silent about the slaughter of the Ambassador to Libya, lying that it was a "reaction" to a YouTube video instead of a terrorist attack, but now it's all about showing the Middle East we mean business.

Thoughts and prayers to all of our military serving overseas.

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19 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Killin' bad guys makes for great presidential P.R.

Look for someone, somewhere in a hot, dry place to die in the next few days, at the behest of our Commander-in-Chief.

"Look at me! I've killed almost as many as George Bush did!"

10/16/2012 12:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Clinton takes responsibility for Libya embassy attack

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/16/hillary-clinton-responsibility-embassy-attack

While the President retains ultimate responsibility, he can't possibly know every detail of everything going on. Hillary Clinton falling on her sword is the right thing for her to do, much more than Attorney General Holder did for the "Fast & Furious" debacle that got a CBP officer killed.

The next step in taking ownership of the error is to tell us how she will fix it. Now's the time for Clinton to drive the sword all the way through and leave office.

Holder needs to go too, but that's clearly never going to happen.

rb

10/16/2012 12:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thoughts and prayers indeed. When ObaMAO realized that he can't beat Romney without a teleprompter, knew he had to start a war.

Ah, the Nobel peace prize winner who has killed more with drone strikes than any other winner of that prize is now going to start a war to get votes.

10/16/2012 12:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gee, maybe they can all pose for another "Bin Laden photo".

10/16/2012 01:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This guy knew the risks when he took the job! Are we to risk the lives of more men for another half assed foreign state? His security were mercenaries, not U.S. soldiers. It makes us look weak and fearful to react to every small flare-up.

10/16/2012 05:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They handled what happened in Libya and Egypt as if they were spinning and lying about Chicago beach wildings.

They also remember that Clinton's failure to kill some Muslims after the USS Cole was attacked in 2000 probably cost Gore the election.

Expect the bombs to drop before the 3rd debate.

10/16/2012 05:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe because all this was "the reaction" to a movie, they can make a movie about our reaction. Show lybia blowing up with some CGI. ABC, NBC, CBS, WGN, CNN and MSNBC would carry it as NEWS.

10/16/2012 07:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

sparklefarts - I love it

10/16/2012 07:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
This guy knew the risks when he took the job! Are we to risk the lives of more men for another half assed foreign state? His security were mercenaries, not U.S. soldiers. It makes us look weak and fearful to react to every small flare-up.

10/16/2012 05:30:00 A

True.

10/16/2012 08:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let no crisis go to waste, eh, Rahm?

10/16/2012 09:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Mt Greenwood Hillbilly said...

"I'm Barack Obama, and I've fired more missiles than any previous Nobel Peace Prize Winner."

10/16/2012 10:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now Hillary is taking "Full Responsibility". Unfortunately for us this is a ploy that has emerged as part of the policy for public officials who make major blunders. It is a tactic that "defuses" controversial situations. Remember when Janet Reno took full responsibility for Waco? Nobdy is ever prosecuted, nobody is ever demoted. It is just a ploy to turn down the Heat and allow the politicians to walk away from the mess they had left behind.

10/16/2012 10:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OK folks lets call it like it is... When Reagan did it in 83 before an election (Grenada) everyone was all fucking patriotic and flag waving. Not one American could find Grenada on a map prior to October 1983, most still can't! Nor can they articulate the reason why we were there.

He (Reagan) was also responsible for the deaths of 241 American servicemen, 220 Marines, 18 Sailors and 3 Army soldiers, because he as COMMANDER IN CHIEF did not allow the Marines to arm themselves! And went against the recommendation of his secretary of defense who was against sending Marines there in the first place.

1989 Panama, Bush administration invades Panama, A sovereign nation to capture it leader, Manuel Noriega who was tried on eight counts of drug trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering...really? Talk about an act of war? We can't get felony charges on Pookie but we can invade a sovereign Nation to serve a federal warrant?

1993 Battle of Mogadishu (Clinton) due to Slick Willie's decision to not have Armored support in Somalia , 19 Army Rangers lost their lives.

All these Military actions/decisions were done for political self preservation! All but one occured in OCTOBER?
Democrat, Republican... they are all the same. Fuck Obama! giving away all my shit! Fuck Romney, Millionaire who has nothing in common with 99% of Americans he wants to represent? We are doomed!

OCTOBER NATIONAL WAG THE DOG MONTH!

10/16/2012 04:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"...slaughter of the Ambassador to Libya, lying that it was a "reaction" to a YouTube video instead of a terrorist attack..."

There was indeed a huge street reaction to that video -- which seems to be of extremely questionable provenance -- but apparently the Benghazi attack was far more than people yelling and hurling stones. We are hearing now that "there was no crowd at this unmarked and low-key location" prior to the attack.

Remember when Clinton felt obliged to shoot off some rockets at Afghanistan? He announced it in the middle of a visit to some kindergarten to add to the drama.

Whole thing stinks...

10/16/2012 04:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There is an elephant in this room.

10/16/2012 04:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thoughts and prayers to all DSS Agents serving abroad...

10/16/2012 07:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No mention of the 10Libyans who were killed defending the Ambassador. This is political theatre @ it's very worst

10/16/2012 11:44:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Democrat, Republican... they are all the same. Fuck Obama! giving away all my shit! Fuck Romney, Millionaire who has nothing in common with 99% of Americans he wants to represent?"

--10/16/2012 04:40:00 PM


The only difference I have been able to see is that Obama makes a pretense of caring about ordinary people and Romney makes none whatsoever.

"Middle class" to both of them is "$250,000 per year," what Michelle made in her go-to-luncheons job at the University of Chicago.

They both keep addressing a "middle class" that is being forced out of existence. They get away with it because no one wants to say that they are "working poor."

Enjoy the bogus "recovery," with all of the planted stories -- unemployment is down by a whopping .2%, "we're starting more apartment buildings"* to fool you into thinking things are getting better so you'll open your wallet for Halloween (formerly "autumn") and Winter Festival (formerly "Christmas") shopping.

After the election, and after the holiday buy-it season...look out.


* Renters beware -- current apartment construction is done with an eye to throwing the renters out and selling off the units in Condo Boom II if the economy turns around -- which seems doubtful.

10/17/2012 02:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Remember when Janet Reno took full responsibility for Waco? Nobdy is ever prosecuted, nobody is ever demoted..."

--10/16/2012 10:22:00 AM


...AND EVERYBODY CONTINUES TO GET PAID.

Look at the lateral move Weis just made. Look at Andy Shaw's footwork. Etc.

Government/NGO/media/business doesn't matter. All these people are together in one big Rolodex of mutual...well, hand-washing.

WHAT DID DR. GARY SLUTKIN DO WITH THE MILLION DOLARS THE CITY GAVE CEASEFIRE?

>vast silence<

See?

10/17/2012 02:19:00 PM  

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