Saturday, September 22, 2012

Krauthammer erupts over Cairo unrest, ‘al-Qaidastan developing in Libya’ [VIDEO]


Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer said Thursday that although the State Department has backtracked on an apology the U.S. Embassy in Cairo issued in the middle of an attack on its compound, there’s still a lot wrong with the tack Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration are taking on Egypt.
On Thursday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Krauthammer said that apology and the subsequent about-face suggests that foreign policy in the Obama administration may still be in a state of disarray.
“It looks as if the administration has no idea what it thinks about what has just happened,” Krauthammer said. “We had that statement coming out of the embassy in Cairo, which was a disgraceful apology. And Romney attacks it, and then the White House hasn’t said anything. But after the Romney attack, the State Department denies it or disavows it, the White House does. And then of course everybody jumps on Romney because he criticized it. He was absolutely right in attacking it.”
Recalling Clinton’s remarks on Thursday, Krauthammer criticized her for engaging in the debate over American-style free speech in the first place, instead of taking a hard line with heads of state where violent protests and armed attacks are threatening U.S. diplomatic stations.
“And now when we heard from Secretary of State Clinton, she basically repeated the apology,” Krauthammer continued. “‘I oppose all this. We don’t have sympathy with– We deplore– I find it disgusting.’ Why are we — and then she has that line, I thought the worst line in the clip that you showed was this, where she said, ‘There are different views around the world about the outer limits of free speech.’ Why is she engaging in a disquisition on free speech with the mob? The implication here is that perhaps the mob is right, that we ought to be suppressing anything that offends Islam. This is a nation that when somebody puts a crucifix in bottle of urine it ends up in a museum. We allow all kinds of expression. But perhaps we ought to make an exception in the case of Islam. This is absurd.”
“She ought to be speaking to the heads of state, to the State Department equivalents in other states and say, ‘You speak with your mob, and you talk to them and you defend our embassies.’ I find this is a return to the sentiment of the embassy statement two days ago. I think they are totally in meltdown over at the State Department.”
The broader meaning, Krauthammer said as a live feed played from Cairo, is that Obama’s policy in the Middle East has fallen completely apart.



Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/14/krauthammer-erupts-over-cairo-unrest-al-qaidastan-developing-in-libya-video/#ixzz27CIhyVW2

IDF soldier: Netanel insisted on serving as a fighter'

Family of Corporal Netanel Yahalomi learns of his death in Egypt border attack several hours before Shabbat. 'He died so we could live,' says his sister. 'He refused to let us know where he served so that we wouldn't worry'
Noam (Dabul) Dvir
Published: 09.21.12, 19:09 / Israel News

The family of Corporal Netanel Yahalomi, who was killed in a terror attack on the IsraelEgypt border Friday afternoon, lives in the religious community of Nof Ayalon. The family members received the tragic news several hours before Shabbat, when the community rabbi and IDF representatives arrived at their house.

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"Netanel was born in Bnei Brak, and then we moved to Nof Ayalon," said his father, Shmuel Yahalomi. "He was a Torah student at the Mitzpe Yeriho Yeshiva. "He insisted on serving in a combat unit and joined the Artillery Corps, where I also served."


The father added that Netanel used to study Torah even during his vacations.

אביו ואחיו של רב"ט יהלומי ז"ל. צולם ביום חול (צילום: גיל יוחנן)
Corporal Yahalomi's father and siblings (Photo: Gil Yohanan)

"נתנאל נלחם ונהרג עבור הארץ". עם המשפחה 

'Netanel fought and was killed for this land.' Yahalomi family

יהלומי ז"ל עם אמו. "בורא עולם ייתן לנו כוח להתמודד" 

Netanel with his mother. 'God will give us the power to cope'

Relatives and friends broke into tears as they entered the Yahalomi house on Friday afternoon. Netanel's sister, Avital, said: "He went to defend the State and land. That is what he fought and was killed for. He died so we could live here. It was not an unnecessary death. God will give us the power to cope."


Corporal Yahalomi was survived by his parents and five siblings. His family spoke of an uncompromising person who fought for justice. "He was a smart and successful guy, and helped everyone in whichever way he could."

His sister Avital noted that Netanel had refused to tell the family where he served. "It was important to him to keep it secret and he didn't want us to worry either."











IDF soldier killed in terrorist attack on Egypt border


And please don’t be fooled by the MorsiBusters… !!!
An Israeli soldier was killed and another was lightly to moderately injured when terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula opened fire on an IDF patrol in the Mount Sagi area, on the Israel-Egypt border, at around noon Friday. Heavy exchanges of fire ensued, during which the terrorists were killed.

One of the terrorist reportedly detonated himself in the attack. The three terrorists were reported killed.
An initial investigation showed that the terrorists entered into Israel through an area where there is no security fence and that they were heavily armed.

Large IDF forces converged on the location of the firefight, in the Har Harif area, and engaged the terrorists until they were eliminated.

“A very large terror attack was prevented,” said IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai. “The terrorists apparently intended to infiltrate the territory of the state of Israel. They were found with explosive belts, vests and guns.” According to Voice of Israel government-sponsored radio, he said the terrorists intended to blow themselves up amidst soldiers.

Brig. Gen. Mordechai said it was not known yet which terror group carried out the attack. He added that the IDF is certain that no other terrorists are on the loose inside Israel. The section of the border where the incident occurred is the last one in which the seurity fence has not been completed. Construction there is expected to end later this year.

“They opened fire toward IDF troops that were guarding the workers (building the security fence) in that area. Another force that was nearby… rushed to the area and targeted those three terrorists,” said military spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Avital Leibovich, according to AFP. ”A very big terror attack was thwarted by the response of these soldiers.”

The IDF is holding a situation assessment following the attack.

In Egypt, a security source and witnesses reported hearing an explosion followed by heavy gunfire.
Border security incidents have increased over the past 18 months as a wave of lawlessness has gripped the Sinai since the overthrow of veteran Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.

On August 5, Islamist militants staged a bloody ambush on an Egyptian security post, killing 16 border police before crashing an armored vehicle and a truck through the Israeli border fence where they were killed by troops.

Six weeks earlier, at least three militants had on June 18 sneaked across the border from Sinai and ambushed two cars carrying Israeli construction workers, killing one and sparking a firefight with the army in which two ofthe gunmen died. The third fled back to Egypt.

The most serious incident for the Jewish state took place in August 2011, when another group of gunmen from Sinai infiltrated southern Israel and staged a series of ambushes that killed eight Israelis.
Israel has accused Gaza-based militants of using the Sinai as a launching pad for cross-border attacks and has demanded that Egypt crack down on Islamist elements in the lawless peninsula.
In a bid to prevent such attacks, as well as the entry of illegal immigrants from Africa, Israel has been working on the construction of a massive steel barrier along its border with the Sinai.
Gil Ronen with AFP
Arutz Sheva


Bee's note:


IDF soldier killed in terrorist attack on Egypt border
אלוף פיקוד הדרום טל רוסו בזירת הפיגוע (צילום: באדיבות דובר צה"ל)


Souther Command Chief Tal Russo at scene of attack (Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Office)




New Ad Implies Obama Is Cozy With Muslim Brotherhood


Sep 20, 2012



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DQkSFU75LC0

The conservative advocacy group Let Freedom Ring released an ad Thursday to run in key swing states depicting President Barack Obama as a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer.

The group was planning on airing the ads next month, but shifted course after Muslims attacked the Egyptian embassy and killed four Americans in Libya, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Egypt's new president, Mohammed Morsi, belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood, considered a terrorist organization by some. The Brotherhood denies such claims.

Let Freedom Ring President Colin Hanna says Obama's response to the incidents illustrated his naïvete´ on foreign affairs.

"After our embassies were stormed, President Obama's administration offered apologies while the Muslim Brotherhood stood by as we were attacked," Hanna says. "Instead of confronting our enemies such as the Muslim Brotherhood, Obama kowtows to them."

The one-minute ad is part of a $7 million online campaign, which is being launched in Wisconsin, Virginia, and Pennsylvania with less than 50 days until the election.

The online ad doggedly attacks Obama for inviting the Muslim Brotherhood to the White House and supporting it financially. It blames Obama for the rise of anti-American riots across the Middle East, and also blasts the Obama administration for giving Egypt $1.5 billion in foreign aid.

The ad, which is filled with images of rioters, questions why Obama would reach out to Egypt's leaders when they "sought to renew long-severed ties with Iran" and destroy Israel.

"The Muslim Brotherhood's top leaders even write about taking over America," the ad's narrator says against the backdrop of eerie drum music. 

During his time in the White House, Obama's approval rating on foreign affairs has remained steady. During the recent turmoil in the Middle East, however, Obama's approval rating has fallen five points.

The ad buy comes just two months before the election and could have major impacts on the president in swing states where a Gallup poll shows a tight race between Obama and Romney.

Hanna says he hopes the ads will give voters pause on casting a ballot for Obama.

"One of our convictions is that the perception of weakness is actually provocative and invites attacks," Hanna says. "Obama isn't keeping us safe."

Obama and Muslim Brotherhood: IF It Looks Like A ‘Cozy’ Relationship…It Is One ...

IF It Looks Like A ‘Cozy’ Relationship…It Is One…Barack HUSSEIN Obama & His Fealty To The Muslim Brotherhood Mafia…Addendum To: Coming Full Circle…The Planned Empowerment Of The Muslim Mafia…Under The Guidance Of Barack HUSSEIN Obama…Commentary By Adina Kutnicki

This blogger is far removed from the advertising industry. Never waded into its purview.
In fact, living across the world, from events swirling around the electoral battle in the U.S., it would seem unlikely that yours truly would be as in sync with the following report as she is.
Think again.

‘New Ad Implies Obama Is Cozy With Muslim Brotherhood’ -

The conservative advocacy group Let Freedom Ring released an ad Thursday to run in key swing states depicting President Barack Obama as a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer.
The group was planning on airing the ads next month, but shifted course after Muslims attacked the Egyptian embassy and killed four Americans in Libya, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Egypt’s new president, Mohammed Morsi, belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood, considered a terrorist organization by some. The Brotherhood denies such claims.
Let Freedom Ring President Colin Hanna says Obama’s response to the incidents illustrated his naïvete´ on foreign affairs.
“After our embassies were stormed, President Obama’s administration offered apologies while the Muslim Brotherhood stood by as we were attacked,” Hanna says. “Instead of confronting our enemies such as the Muslim Brotherhood, Obama kowtows to them.”
The one-minute ad is part of a $7 million online campaign, which is being launched in Wisconsin, Virginia, and Pennsylvania with less than 50 days until the election.
The online ad doggedly attacks Obama for inviting the Muslim Brotherhood to the White House and supporting it financially. It blames Obama for the rise of anti-American riots across the Middle East, and also blasts the Obama administration for giving Egypt $1.5 billion in foreign aid.
The ad, which is filled with images of rioters, questions why Obama would reach out to Egypt’s leaders when they “sought to renew long-severed ties with Iran” and destroy Israel.
“The Muslim Brotherhood’s top leaders even write about taking over America,” the ad’s narrator says against the backdrop of eerie drum music.
During his time in the White House, Obama’s approval rating on foreign affairs has remained steady. During the recent turmoil in the Middle East, however, Obama’s approval rating has fallen five points.
The ad buy comes just two months before the election and could have major impacts on the president in swing states where a Gallup poll shows a tight race between Obama and Romney.
Hanna says he hopes the ads will give voters pause on casting a ballot for Obama.
“One of our convictions is that the perception of weakness is actually provocative and invites attacks,” Hanna says. “Obama isn’t keeping us safe.”
Those who refuse to connect the dots fall into two categories: the perennially dense, and the willfully malevolent. The first grouping will carry on as if there is nothing amiss, and will continue to defend the indefensible in zombie-like fashion. Poor dears, they are clueless.
On the other hand, the second grouping have the Islamist-in-Chief’s back, regardless of the anti-American juggernauts instituted under his watch. Their main mission has nothing to do with substantive and weighty matters, but constitutes advertising the flaws of those who oppose the reign of Barack HUSSEIN Obama. Painting his opponents as right wing knuckle draggers, infused with racist leanings, simply incapable of giving the POTUS the benefit of the doubt, is the only quiver in their arsenal. 
Do they really want to go down that road? 

Friday, September 21, 2012

Obama And Hillary Apologize For Free Speech On Pakistani TV



Bee's Note:
The most offensive video is NOT the one made by a film maker in California - it is the one made by Obama and Hillary in the amount of $70,000, to apologize to the Pakistan Islamic people.  This video is the most damaging video created to-date, by our White House and Secy of State Clinton.  They have apologized to our enemies while our troops are still in the battlefields.  They apologize to the very people who hid bin-Laden for over 5 years!  They apologize for every American liberty of free speech under the First Amendment.  Their apology undermines the deaths of 4 Americans who were murdered on 9/11 in Libya.  How disgusting!  How typical of this administration! Obama's 4 year apology tour to Islam must stop!!  If he wishes to be the "Missionary-in-Chief to all things Islam", he will have the rest of his life to do so, after November's elections.  

Here's the video that should be the response to Islam ... play it again and again!

A word to rioting Muslims



Hey Obama .....check out this map!



White House advisor honors Ayatollah Khomeini

ISRAEL MATZAV
by Carl in Jerusalem


Just when you thought that the White House's groveling to the most militant Islamists couldn't possibly get worse, we find out that US Department of Homeland Security advisor Mohamed Elibiary spoke at a tribute to the founder of the 'Islamic revolution' in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeiniin 2004 (Hat Tip: MFS - The Other News).
It has come to our attention that in December 2004, Mr. Elibiary spoke at a tribute to Ayatollah Khomeini titled “A Tribute To The Great Islamic Visionary” sponsored by the Metroplex Organization of Muslims in North Texas in Irving, TX. When the event was criticized in an editorial carried by a local newspaper, Mr. Elibiary offered the following explanation claiming that he hadn’t realized that “the event honored Imam Khomeini”: 
I have been asked whether, if I had realized before I spoke that the event honored Imam Khomeini, I would have left immediately. I don’t know. My activism, which is designed to bring Muslims into the mainstream, calls upon me not to cede any territory to radical views without presenting a moderating counterpoint. I have learned that, to his supporters, Imam Khomeini is not the hostage crisis, or the one who hated America as the “Great Satan,” but a liberator from the shah’s hated dictatorship. As Natan Sharansky correctly points out in his book The Case for Democracy, people flock to promises of freedom, because all human beings desire to be free. I have been asked what I would say to someone who believes that there is no good reason to attend a tribute to Imam Khomeini. If their concerns revolved around the American experience of him, I would say that I echo their feelings. But if anyone wishes to learn about their opponent, they must listen, or they’ll remain ignorant and make mistakes that cost them in their struggle to defend their values and views. Just because I listen to Osama bin Laden’s tapes and agree that the West routinely insults Muslim dignity, that doesn’t make me al-Qaeda. By listening I gain a better understanding of a philosophy I wish to counter. Just because I agree with Che Guevara that nonregulated capitalism is exploitive of the poorest in a society, that doesn’t make me a communist – just one who sees the benefit of Teddy Roosevelt’s crusade against business monopolies.
It is to at all clear to the GMBDR how Mr. Elibiary could have failed to recognize that the event was a tribute to Khomeini given the name of the event and the associated flyer. It is also not clear why Mr. Elibiary agreed to share a podium with Mohammad Asi given what his own characterization of Mr. Asi:
Imam Mohammad Asi, who also spoke at the MOMIN event, is more troubling than Khomeini, in my opinion, because his views are a direct threat, not just a historical one, to our American way of life. He does believe that America is the “Great Satan” and opposes the reformers in Iran who are calling for a dialogue between Islam and the West. He sees “Zionist Jews” as controlling the entire world (outside Iran, of course) and strongly ridicules full political participation by Western Muslims. I don’t know what to say about all this other than that it’s diametrically opposed to the views of the invited speakers – Imam Kavakci, Iyas Maleh and myself. Mohammad Asi’s beliefs run counter to the very existence of our organizations, decades of activism, everything we said and saw from the leadership at the MOMIN Center.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:44 PM








Obama pretends not to get it (video included)

A black Islamic flag is flying over the U.S. embassy in Tunisia

ALMOST MIDNIGHT IN THE WEST

Bill Warner, Director, Center for the Study of Political Islam
You Can Never Awaken a Man Who Is Pretending to be Asleep
The White House and media response to the events in the US embassies in Egypt and Libya can be characterized by the fact they speak like they have never seen Sharia mob justice before in their lives. Or, at least, you would think that from the knowledge and wisdom they display in their analysis.
For the last 11 years since 9/11, we have watched the same events unroll in the Islamic world and the same response come from our so-called leaders in the government, media, schools and the pulpits. The establishment view: Those Muslims are extremists, not real Muslims. We should be careful not to offend the religion of peace. When Muslims are offended by movies, Koran burnings and Mohammed cartoons, it is our fault.
The clue phone is ringing, pick it up. Here are the clues:
The murder of intellectuals and artists who criticize Mohammed is Sunna. Sunna is the perfect example of Mohammed’s life. When Mohammed captured Mecca, he first prayed, then he destroyed all religious art and then he issued death warrants for the artists and intellectuals who had opposed him. There are only two new facts in the Koran, a derivative work. The first new fact is that Mohammed is the prophet of Allah, and the second new truth is that if you don’t believe he is prophet of Allah, you can be killed.
Violence is what brings Islam success. In Mohammed’s life, he preached the religion of Islam for 13 years and garnered 150 new followers. When he went to Medina and became a politician and a warlord, when he died every Arab was a Muslim. Jihad violence was what made Islam successful. If Mohammed practice jihad, Muslims must use the technique of jihad.
Hello establishment experts, the black flag is not an Al Qaeda flag. The black flag with the Shahada, “There is no god, but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet” and the swords goes back to the Golden Age of Islam in Baghdad in the 9th century. (The establishment professors never tell you about this jihad aspect of the Islamic Golden Age.) This jihad flag is ancient.
Current news is that Ambassador Stevens was raped before he was killed. If so, then this is pure jihad doctrine. The rules for rape of captured Kafirs (unbelievers) are Sunna. At the conquest of the Jews in Khaybar, the Hadith are explicit that captured Kafirs can be raped.
The mob is a manifestation of the Sharia and the umma (the Islamic community). Notice that when a fatwa is issued, such as the famous fatwa by Khomeini against Salmon Rushdie for his artistic work The Satanic Verses, the fatwa is not to be fulfilled by the Islamic police. No, the murder is to be carried by any member of the umma. This is vigilante justice, Sharia justice, mob justice. Pay attention to how often Muslims riot to make political gain.
The shortest hadith is: war is deceit. So here come all of the “good” Muslims to explain how the murder and riots are not real Islam. And they are so upset about what Arabs are doing at the US embassies. But, they still can tell us that Islam is the religion of peace, without a single trace of irony.
The idea that we should not blaspheme Islam, Mohammed or Allah is pure Sharia and the position of the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation). It seems that none of the establishment experts have the foggiest idea of what Sharia blasphemy entails. Not believing that Mohammed is the prophet of Allah, that a woman is a second class citizen, that jihad is part of Islam is all blasphemy. Critical thought is blasphemy. The Golden Rule is blasphemy. Any well-founded religion can survive blasphemy, except Islam, and that is the reason it is forbidden. But the worst part of this travesty is the refrain from Obama and Hillary that we should subvert our freedom of speech to the demands of the Sharia. The Sharia is Allah’s law and our Constitution is a document of ignorance to be removed from the world. So say the imams and Obama and Hillary.
And now for the last tired response from the apologists: those violent people are an extremist fringe. NO! The mobs are main-line Islam.
You can awaken a man who is asleep, but you will never awaken a man who is pretending to be asleep. That is the reason that we find our experts in the government, media, education and the pulpits to be such dhimmis. They have refused to learn a single thing about Islamic doctrine and history since 9/11. But, cheer up! When the dhimmis write about the beauty of Islam and how the Kafirs are wrong, read the comments. You will find that the common man knows far, far more about Islam than the experts. The higher you go, the less they know.
Bill Warner gets it. It is Almost Midnight in the West. Don’t drink the Kool-Aid.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

IS OBAMA’S REVISED AMERICAN FLAG AN ENDORSEMENT OF ATTACK ON LIBYA EMBASSY, MUSLIM UPRISING AGAINST U.S.?

PAT DOLLARD

obama-for-america

Today, a few days after the start of the Muslim intifada against America that began on September 11, Obama tweeted out his new version of the American Flag. It features his dictator-like logo (dictators, not Presidents, are renowned for their personal symbols) replacing the flag’s field of stars. It also features the traditional stripes replaced by an almost exact replica of the now world-infamous photo of bloody hand streaks left by U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and his team as they were dragged to their death by Al Qaeda terrorists – - the leader of whom Team Obama themselves not long ago referred to as an “ally”. Five streaks, just like from five fingers. Is this flag a telegraphed threat, code for the future like “fundamentally transform America” was? Is he flaunting to our faces his Islamist/Muslim Brotherhood intents? Why make a new American flag anyway, and why it announce it, looking like this, days after the start of a Muslim war on America – - again, featuring an exact reproduction of one of the war’s most horrific and well-known opening images? All just the ugliest and most unfortunate of coincidences? Regardless, timing, as they say, is everything, and Team Obama should remove this hideous ‘accidental’ reproduction of our murdered ambassador’s bloody hand print from both sale and memory immediately, and forever. Check it out:
Photo and first notice credit to: @ChicGrl427

New Obama flag which just went on sale today

Wall of U.S. compound in Benghazi after killing, featuring clawing, streaking bloody handprints of Ambassador Stevens and team

IDF Reserve Units Called Up North ...

adina kutnicki
SEPTEMBE 20, 2012

IDF Reserve Units Called Up North….Sans Notice…What Does This Mean? 

How many ways can one say/spell pre-emptive strike?
While war games can only be executed in full view – unless one travels to another planet – some exercises are more than they appear.
This is one such time. ALL markers are leading in one direction, most especially the call up of (certain) IDF reserve units without notice! Anyone familiar with reserve duty in Israel knows this – each soldier is given several weeks notice to prepare for REGULAR reserve duty. In other words; the little postcard arrives, telling this one, or that one, where/when to report for duty. 
That’s IDF protocol.
So, aside from the unusual amount of supply truck convoys – plus regional events – what else is needed to point to an upcoming war?
Nothing.
As to the timing – only those who need to know do.  And, that is a good thing! But common sense intuits that it is a matter of a few short weeks away.
In other words, PM Netanyahu is due home, from the UN confab, at the end of the month. The U.S. led gulf exercises will conclude September 27. And, rainy season is not far off.
Do the math.
‘Israeli Surprise Drill On The North’ – DEBKAfiles Intelligence -
“Israeli reservists drafted at no notice, Air Force, Central Command and other IDF units were flown to Israel’s northern Golan border early Wednesday, Sept. 19, for a surprise exercise called by Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz under the codename “National Asset.”
However, over the last weekend, witnesses reported heavy traffic of convoys of tank and APC carriers and military vehicles with emergency store markings heading north, just days after the IDF completed a large-scale war game on Israel’s Syrian and Lebanese borders simulating a Hizballah attack.
Since early September, therefore, the Israeli Defense Forces have been in the midst of preparations which have the appearance of readiness for a real war rather than an exercise. Those preparations peaked Wednesday under a codename which signified its goal: the defense of national assets.
Another sign of an impending conflict was provided by US diplomats who Monday began destroying classified documents and sensitive equipment at the Beirut embassy. As Islamist anti-US violence raged across Arab and Muslim countries, the State Department said this was a precautionary measure, without naming any specific threat. The trashing of embassy documents usually signifies preparations to evacuate an US embassy at short notice. It would be imperative in a war situation to keep them out of Hizballah hands.
The official IDF announcement described the exercise as focusing on fire power under the command of chief Artillery Commander, Brig. Gen. Ro’i Riftin and due to end Wednesday night. The rapid deployment of military strength on this scale for a live-fire drill is required practice for an army facing the onset of war aggression.
In the Persian Gulf, the US is leading 25 West European and Arab nations in a gigantic 12-day war game in the Straits of Hormuz which began Sunday, Sept 16. It includes a large-scale minesweeping drill to simulate the breaching of the Strait of Hormuz against Iranian efforts to block oil passage through the strategic waterway. The exercise – entirely by simulated measures – will also drill operations for destroying Iranian naval, air and missile bases in the Persian Gulf area and countering Iranian speedboats aiming to sabotage naval vessels and oil tankers.
Among the participants are the UK, France, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The United States has deployed three aircraft carriers with aerial strike forces. Military sources estimate that when the war game ends on Sept 27, these forces will not disperse but stay on hand in the event of Israel attacking Iran’s nuclear program.
As the exhibition of colossal Western might got underway opposite Iranian shores, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted on his official website as saying: Iran will never bend to Western pressure The Islamic Republic, he told a military audience, “makes its decisions solely based on the interests of its people and the country, even if all of the world’s powers get angry at its decisions.”
It “does not accept the demands of any superpower,” he added.
The Ayatollah also accused “Western and Zionist media” of fabricating reports on the biting effects of economic sanctions, hinting that the Iranian economy was not suffering.”
To those who believe in a higher power – all prayers are welcome!



Carter's Grandson: Family Honor Caused Him to Leak Romney Video


Grandson of former president Jimmy Carter said he helped leak a secretly recorded video that has become most recent setback for Romney.
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By Rachel Hirshfeld
First Publish: 9/19/2012, 11:32 AM
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

Former President of the United State of America, Jimmy Carter, visits at the Arab neighborhood of Si
Former President of the United State of America, Jimmy Carter, visits at the Arab neighborhood of Si
Israel news photo: Flash 90
The grandson of former president Jimmy Carter told NBC News that he was motivated by Republican attacks on his grandfather's foreign policy record to help leak a secretly recorded video that has become the most recent setback for the Mitt Romney campaign.

The video, which was originally provided to the liberal magazine Mother Jones, shows Romney telling wealthy donors that “47%” of the country “who are dependent on government” and “who believe they are victims” will vote for Obama no matter.

While Romney was attempting to argue that his campaign strategy must be to focus on swaying “the 5 to 10% in the center that are independents,” his words prompted the Obama camp to accuse the GOP presidential candidate of being opposed to half the electorate.

James Carter IV, who is 35 and unemployed, said he helped persuade the person who filmed the May 17 fundraiser in Boca Raton, Florida, to leak the video to the press. Carter described himself as a “partisan Democrat” devoted to getting president Obama reelected.

“It gets under my skin — mostly the weakness on the foreign policy stuff," Carter told NBC. "I just think it's ridiculous. I don’t like criticism of my family."

While Jimmy Carter is notorious for his blatant anti-Israel stance, Romney is seen as a staunch supporter of the Jewish state.

Former President Carter recently addressed the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, despite opposition from the Republican Jewish Coalition as well as the National Jewish Democratic Council and many others.

Among the countless examples of President Carter’s viciously anti-Israel sentiments, his 2007 book, titled “Peace Not Apartheid,” contains numerous falsehoods about Israel, including the insinuation in its title that Israel resembles the apartheid regime of South Africa.

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Bee's note:
James Carter IV - you did not fall far from the apple tree!  However, your grandfather, President Carter, should be ashamed of your actions and, your excuse that you do not appreciate criticism of your family is nothing but a lame excuse for your deception to justify a betrayal of those who trusted you. The good that came out of this is the fact that Romney was not harmed; he spoke the truth and the video may be the best aid in helping him become the next president.