h/t peterj
Baby Boomers
How America Lost Its Four Great Generals
…it is hard to imagine the Civil War having been won without Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan–or World War II without Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, Arnold, LeMay, Nimitz, Halsey, and all the other senior generals and admirals.
Likewise it is hard to imagine the War on Terror having been waged without four-star commanders such as David Petraeus, Stanley McChrystal, John Allen, and James Mattis.
Syrian “Rebels” With AS 50 Sniper Rifles
Who knows where they found them.
h/t Adrian
Those Moderate Muslims!
Those Moderate Muslims!
Islamic hard-liners stormed a mosque in suburban Cairo, turning it into torture chamber for Christians who had been demonstrating against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood in the latest case of violent persecution that experts fear will only get worse.
Such stories have become increasingly common as tensions between Egypt’s Muslims and Copts mount, but in the latest case, mosque officials corroborated much of the account and even filed a police report. Demonstrators, some of whom were Muslim, say they were taken from the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in suburban Cairo to a nearby mosque on Friday and tortured for hours by hard-line militia members.
h/t EBD
Lebanon’s Pro-Hezbollah Government Collapses
Analysis from Michael Totten;
Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Since Hezbollah picked the prime minister, is it any great loss that he’s gone?
Actually, maybe it is.
CAIR Could Not Be Reached For Comment
A story you’ll never see on the CBC;
The man who shot up an Aurora, Colo., movie theater during a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” last summer has reportedly converted to Islam and prays up to five times a day.
A prison source say the beard James Holmes sported in court last months represents his new-found faith. The source said Mr. Holmes has turned Muslim as a way of justifying his horrific crimes on July 20 which left 12 people dead and 58 people wounded, the Daily Mail reports.
h/t TimR
Those Moderate Muslims!
Of course they did; Muslim Brotherhood denounces UN “End Violence Against Women” report.
More Pavilions At Folkfest
A letter of support from Ontario’s labour minister appears in the latest edition of a book on Islam which condones men physically punishing their wives.
The letter from Liberal Yasir Naqvi appears in the reviews section of Islam: Balancing Life and Beyond.
The book says it is within the tenants of Islam to “lightly” strike your spouse if she exhibits “serious moral misconduct.”
Naqvi congratulates author Suhail Kapoor on the release of the new edition.
“I admire your drive to reach out to the public and promote values of tolerance, understanding and respect,” Naqvi said in the letter.
The North is Ready to Blow
Lebanese citizens in that region are already killing each other. The only reason their part of the country hasn’t yet turned into a war zone is because they’re killing each other on the other side of the border, which lies a mere handful of miles from where they reside. They’re crossing into Syria to shoot at each other before hunkering down in an unnerving balance of terror when they return home.
Baby Boomers
Now, be sure to blow up the candles…
Bin Laden is Dead And Ambassador Stephens Is Dead
US military report showing drop in Taliban attacks found to be incorrect
h/t Maz2
What We Really Need Is Democracy
With a jihadist thugocracy to vote for;
Obama’s New Libya Update: American and Three Others Arrested in Benghazi for Preaching Christianity
They face the death penalty.
In Today’s Broad Strata News
The suspects accused of providing support to the group include: San Diego cab driver Basaaly Saeed Moalin, 36; Anaheim-based cab driver Nasiri Taalil Mohamud, 37; Issa Doreh, 56, an employee at a money transmitting business that was allegedly the conduit for sending the funds to the organization; and Mohamed Mohamed Mohamud, 40, the imam at a mosque frequented by San Diego’s immigrant Somali community.
h/t Electric Avenue
This Is My Brother Mohammed, And This Is My Other Brother Mohammed
More Pavilions At Folkfest
Another good reason to wear a burqa to the bank: Muslim groups are calling for a separate student loan system because the interest due to be charged will conflict with rules of Sharia law.
Benghazi: “Do you care whether four Americans died?”
Ripped From A Law And Order Script
According to the affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint, on November 30, 2012, Llaneza met with a man who led him to believe he was connected with the Taliban and the mujahidin in Afghanistan. In reality, this man was an undercover FBI agent. At this initial meeting, Llaneza proposed conducting a car-bomb attack against a bank in the San Francisco Bay Area. He proposed structuring the attack to make it appear that the responsible party was an umbrella organization for a loose collection of anti-government militias and their sympathizers. Llaneza’s stated goal was to trigger a governmental crackdown, which he expected would trigger a right-wing counter-response against the government followed by, he hoped, civil war.
I trust they ruled out any connections to Homeland Security.
Shergar
On the thirtieth anniversary of Shergar’s disappearance and destruction at the hands of the IRA.
