Day: May 19, 2014

Always A WTF Moment

It is no secret that I am not a strong supporter of Obama but he is a damn sight better than the two alternatives…….I have question his motives on a bunch of issues and especially on some of his choices for advisers……..However I was a supporter of Hagel when it was announced that he was to be the new secretary of state…….not because of his qualifications or anything so mundane…..I was a supporter because we both served in the 9th Infantry division in the Mekong delta, Vietnam………I know the type of person it took to serve in that Hell hole.

A quick change of course……..last week there was a story being reported and of course the MSM missed it completely….it was about our very close friend Israel……..the story goes……..

The Obama administration views Israel as one of the top spying threats facing its intelligence services, leaked documents reveal.

A secret budget request obtained byThe Washington Post from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden lumps Israel alongside U.S. foes Iran and Cuba as “key targets” for U.S. counterintelligence efforts. The document suggests Israel does not believe U.S. assurances that its interests are aligned with Israel’s on crucial issues such as Iran and peace talks with the Palestinians.

“To further safeguard our classified networks, we continue to strengthen insider threat detection capabilities across the Community,” reads the FY 2013 congressional budget justification for intelligence programs. “In addition, we are investing in target surveillance and offensive CI [counterintelligence] against key targets, such as China, Russia, Iran, Israel, Pakistan and Cuba.”

Okay, Israel is heavily spying on its friend and ally, the US……but why?  But is the story true?

The State Department declined to refute reports that Israel regularly spies on the United States, and has for decades, after claims of expansive intelligence activity surfaced in the press last week.

Asked by The Jerusalem Post to confirm or contextualize the allegations, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki only said that Israel and the US work to foster a healthy relationship between their intelligence communities.

“We don’t comment on intelligence matters,” Psaki said. “We have a close intelligence partnership with Israel, and value our cooperation with them in this field because it serves our mutual interests.”

And then came the comment from Chuck Hagel, sec of state…………

Asked about growing reports of enormous levels of Israeli spying inside the United States, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel insisted he had “heard of that report” but was unaware of the details.

Though stories of Israeli spying are a constant, Newsweek recently broke the news of Israeli espionage at levels far beyond any previously suggested. Israeli officials have insisted the story is entirely a plot to harm US relations.

The Newsweek report quoted a number of anonymous officials who insisted that the surveillance was “unrivaled and unseemly,” but that many were afraid of being labeled anti-Semites if they spoke out publicly.

Hagel seemed reluctant to even touch the subject, and spent the bulk of today’s visit to Tel Aviv playing up record levels of US military aid to Israel and the “strong bond” the two militaries enjoy.

Once again……too many people are afraid of Israel……I say….Screw them!  If they are spying that hard on us then put a STOP TO IT!

Personally, I do NOT care if we hurt their feelings.  They have NO problem screwing over the very country that gave them their international recognition……and so much more.  They owe us….not the other way around!

There comes a time when the truth needs to be told………and the truth is Israel needs to be held accountable for their actions…..ALL their actions!

The MSM is ignoring this bit of info…..however there is one network that was working on this story months before the small one of today leaked out……FOX News did a series on this subject…………………http://www.rense.com/general31/fnews.htm …………read it for yourselves…………then tell me what you think the deal is and why?

Yep, it would seem that FOX got the jump on everybody………another WTF!

 

Condemning ‘The Aggression We Ourselves Will Not Practice’ « Antiwar.com Blog

I have often criticized people for there condemnation of another country for actions they take aimed at the intervention into another country.  We as a country have condemned so many others for their aggression toward their neighbors…..that it is getting ridiculous…..we condemned Syria…..and Russia…..and well just pick a region and we have condemned some one for some actions……but are we so squeaky clean to do with with a clear conscious….

 

Condemning ‘The Aggression We Ourselves Will Not Practice’ « Antiwar.com Blog.

John Boy Does It Again

A new week begins……I normally try to have a topic for each day’s posts……giving my readers as much info as possible on the subject……we all need to know what is what and what our policies and actions could create……….this week the President will be spotlighting foreign policy…..so I guess I will take the lead and post on some of the more embarrassing points of our foreign policy………just sit back, grab some popcorn and be prepared to be dazzled……..after all….that is why I am here!

Today I will step out of my typical posting style and give my readers a hodge-podge day……..

First will be a post on John McCain…..American’s hawkish darling……..this was going into my Babbling buffoons series but it is just too typical and deserves its own post…….

Our fave hawk in Congress back in 2008 when Russia invaded Georgia (the country not the state)……McCain made a very profound statement…..”In the 21st century nations do not invade other nations.”………a moronic statement considering our recent invasion of Iraq for no other reason than a string of lies……after that and all the criticism he took for such a bonehead statement you would think that he would be more careful when pushing his interventionist agenda…..but you would be wrong……….

McCain has issued a statement concerning the kidnap girls in nigeria and what needs to be done………

……………..he would like to see U.S. troops sent to Nigera to rescue the girls, whether the Nigerian government gives permission or not.

“If they knew where they were, I certainly would send in U.S. troops to rescue them, in a New York minute I would, without permission of the host country,” McCain told The Daily Beast. “I wouldn’t be waiting for some kind of permission from some guy named Goodluck Jonathan.”

McCain said that if he were president, he would be prepositioning U.S. special forces to be prepared to enter Nigeria and rescue the girls.

“I would not be involved in the niceties of getting the Nigerian government to agree, because if we did rescue these people, there would be nothing but gratitude from the Nigerian government, such as it is,” he told The Daily Beast…..

You can see why I call John McCain America’s hawkish darling………he would put US troops into harms way at every turn if it we up to McCain solely…..thank God it is not.

McCain is a dinosaur………his old fart thinking is outta step in a 21st century world………please someone advise him to either allow rational people to speak on foreign policy or shut the hell up!  if he cannot do either of those options then maybe it is time for him to retire and spend his days drinking his wife’s beer.