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News/Politics 8-6-13

What’s interesting in the news today?

First a story that shows how misguided this admins policies are, and how too often, he and the govt sides with the extremists. They get special treatment, his victims get denied benefits. It’s sickening.

From NBC/Dallas/Ft.Worth  “NBC 5 Investigates has learned the accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan receives extraordinary treatment in jail while victims of the attack argue they have been forgotten and mistreated by the U.S. Army.”

“Victims of the Fort Hood massacre told NBC 5 Investigates the Army’s efforts to provide for Hasan’s needs do not match the treatment they have received since the shooting.  They feel the Army has gone the extra mile for Hasan but not for them. “

“Howard Berry said his son was constantly bothered by what he saw as a lack of consideration such as the Army denying victims of the massacre Purple Heart medals and other combat-related benefits while insisting the shooting was not an act of terrorism – a classification Fort Hood shooting victim Logan Burnett strongly disputes.”

Watch the video at the link.

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Meanwhile the White House meets with an imprisoned Muslim Brotherhood leader in Egypt.

From YahooNews  “The second-most senior U.S. diplomat has met with the imprisoned deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, according to a senior official, a sign that the United States is ramping up its attempts to mediate Egypt’s political crisis.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns traveled late Sunday night to the notorious Tora Prison, a jail in the middle of Cairo that has housed some of Egypt’s most famous prisoners, to meet with Khairat el-Shater, the official said.”

“The United States is furiously mediating between the military and Brotherhood, trying to help Egypt stabilize after the military takeover a month ago. Egypt has long been the United States’ most important Arab ally, and U.S. officials are eager to see the military avoid any steps that could lead to civil war.”

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Again, we back the wrong horse. These arms came from us. We armed the extremists.

From FoxNews  “Jihadists in Egypt’s lawless Sinai Peninsula are using U.S. weapons to carry  out attacks against the temporary government in the wake of the military’s  ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, according to the embattled nation’s Interior  Ministry.

The government office posted an official statement on its Facebook page along with images of an exploded missile that hit the third floor of a building  in the city of el-Arish last week. The post said terrorist forces targeted the  North Sinai Security Directorate office with a ballistic missile that struck the  third floor facade of the building, leaving three soldiers injured. While  attacks in the Sinai, which borders Gaza and is a haven for terrorist activity,  have become commonplace, the prospect that militants have U.S. weapons typically  fired from helicopters at their disposal is especially alarming.”

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Meanwhile, others suffering the extremist’s wrath get a cold shoulder, and no help from this admin, even as they were/are murdered in large numbers.

From TheTelegraph  “Tens of thousands Syriac Christians – members of the oldest Christian community in the world – have fled their ancestral provinces of Deir al-Zour and Hasakah in northeastern Syria, residents have said.”

“Conflict in the area, desperate economic conditions, lawlessness, and persecution by rebel groups born from the perception that Christians support the regime, remain the main reasons for why Christian families are fleeing the area.

The growing presence of radical jihadist groups, including al-Qaeda, has also seen Christians targeted.”

As in Egypt, we arm and assist the radicals, but not their victims.

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OK, Boko Haram has been accused of heinous crimes by the International Criminal Court. Good. Now what do you plan to do about it?

From ABCNews  “The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says that after a preliminary investigation she believes that acts attributed to the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram are likely crimes against humanity.

“Information available provides a reasonable basis to believe that since July 2009 Boko Haram has launched a widespread and systematic attack that has resulted in the killing of more than 1,200 Christian and Muslim civilians in different locations throughout Nigeria,” Fatou Bensouda wrote in a report issued Monday.

She said the potential crimes against humanity include murder and persecution. But she said she will only move to a full-fledged investigation after further study and depending on whether Nigerian authorities themselves are willing and able to prosecute “those who appear to bear the greatest responsibility.”

So basically nothing, because the Nigerian authorities can’t stop them or bring them to justice. They can’t do it alone.

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And baseball has finally cracked down.

From FoxSports  “Defiant till the end, Alex Rodriguez is intent on evading baseball’s most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal.”

“Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece Monday when Major League Baseball disciplined 13 players for their relationship to Biogenesis of America, a Florida anti-aging clinic accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs.”

“Others agreeing to 50-game bans included Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli and outfielder Fernando Martinez; Philadelphia pitcher Antonio Bastardo; Seattle catcher Jesus Montero; New York Mets infielder Jordany Valdespin and outfielder Cesar Puello; Houston pitcher Sergio Escalona; and free agent pitchers Fautino De Los Santos and Jordan Norberto.”

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11 thoughts on “News/Politics 8-6-13”

  1. Rush is rporting that Valerie Jarrett was the person who gave the “stand down” order in the Bengazi attack. I forgot who he says the source is. A website he didn’t mention again. It should be on Drudge soon, if true.

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  4. Chas, It is interesting to discover who makes certain “calls” in the White House. I remember Rosalyn Carter sitting in on cabinet meeting and Jimmy deciding who got to play tennis on the White House courts.

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  5. This is it.

    And such a report is entirely believable, given that Jarrett nixed the raid on Bin Laden three separate times.

    Valerie Jarrett, Commander in Chief

    Confidential sources close to Conservative Report have confirmed that Valerie Jarrett was the key decision-maker for the administration, the night of the Benghazi terrorist attack on 9/11/2012.
    At approximately 5 PM Washington time, reports came in through secure-channels that Special Mission Benghazi was under attack. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey summoned the President, and briefed him on the crisis, face to face.

    Subsequent to that brief meeting, President Obama proceeded to the White House to dine in his living quarters.

    After supper, Barack Obama had a telephone conference scheduled with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… As that meeting drew to a close, Ms. Jarrett, who is also the Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, went from the living quarters to the White House Situation Room, where the attack in Benghazi was being monitored by Dempsey, Panetta and other top-ranking officials.

    Whether she was instructed by the President to go there, or if she went of her own volition, is only known by the President and herself.

    http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2013/08/bombshell-report-valerie-jarrett-gave.html

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  6. To call Mt Hood an act of terrorism would force the Army to give out Purple Hearts and combat pay/benefits. I’m not surprised the Army is doing this …. armies have been shortchanging enlisted men since the Pharaohs. Its nauseating and exploitative but I highly doubt this has anything to do with who ever is president. Thus, official policy is to call it a workplace incident i.e. going postal. In one way, I like this since it negates any attempt by the shooter to link this act to a higher calling …. just call it a criminal act.

    Egypt — makes sense to talk to the Muslim Brotherhood. Egypt is a US “client” state and stability is needed and thus compromise is in the making. Hopefully Morsi getting spanked by the military beat some sense into these people.

    Not surprised to see US weapons used by both sides of the dispute in Egypt. The US has been providing arms to Egypt since the Camp David peace accords. As part of the Camp David accords, the US promised military and foreign aid to Egypt and they are still getting it. You can blame it on Carter for agreeing to it and Reagan for implementing it but not Obama or Bush.

    Syria — for the most part, the Christians did back Assad (Sr) who they viewed as a secular Arab nationalist. I would think they became disillusioned by the time Assad Jr came to power but that’s conjecture. Alawites and Christians supported Assad much longer then other Syrians. The religious nature of the rebel coalition comes mostly from foreign fighters, who are fighting against an Arab secular alternative to their vision of religious rule, not Syrians themselves. Its also a multi-faceted dispute since Iranian backed Hezbollah has chosen to insert themselves in and thus as Lebanon was once a proxy war for Arab factions elsewhere, Syria has become a proxy war for Lebanese factions some of whom support the rebels, some who support certain parts of the rebel alliance and then others like Hezbollah who support Assad.

    Nigeria — the ICC defers to national sovereignty when possible. If there is a breakdown in civil authority or its a multi-state war/terrorist act then it may supersede sovereignty. The Bush administration was quite adamant about this as they would not allow any soldiers to be charged with war crimes and tried in the Hague. The same principle is being applied here. Personally I think we should ignore sovereignty in cases of war crimes but I doubt any US administration will ever agree to that.

    baseball — a joke. A-rod has already made millions. His stats continue to stand. If A-rod only gets a season why is Pete Rose still ineligible for the Hall of Fame. Rose who never bet against himself did far less to harm the game of baseball than any player who took steroids. Steroids killed interest in baseball over a decade ago and it still has yet to recover. If baseball is serious ban them for life and make them ineligible for the hall of fame. (Then again I don’t watch baseball so my opinion is just random)

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  8. What do they mean by friendly? If they mean the enthusiasm of service people, a lot can depend on how much they want your money or how tired they are of tourists. If they mean the wiliness of the average person to talk to you, a lot can depend on the crime rate. If the city has a high crime rate engaging a stranger might not be too smart. Also manners are different in different cultures. I’ve known Northerners who thought Southern politeness was sneaky and dishonest and their blunt honesty comes off rude and arrogant to us and that’s just inside one country. Some culture don’t want strangers talking to them and others consider it rude when they don’t.

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