Here comes more proof that the Republicans believe in ideology before people: The California Republican Party has approved a measure reprimanding six GOP lawmakers who voted for the largest tax increase in state history. The measure to deny the six party funding for the 2010 election was approved Sunday by delegates during the party’s convention […]
Following the news the other day of a former Gitmo detainee now heading al Qaeda’s Yemen group, now we have a report of two more former detainees showing up in an al Qaeda video: Two men released from the US “war on terror” prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have appeared in a video posted on […]
For years we on the left have been saying that George W. Bush was a valuable asset to al Qaeda. His policies and tone alone provided a great tool for al Qaeda to use when it comes to recruiting. Now the terrorist group is facing a new challenge: With Obama, al-Qaeda faces an entirely new […]
The talk today will be this: The emergence of a former Guantánamo Bay detainee as the deputy leader of Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch has underscored the potential complications in carrying out the executive order President Obama signed Thursday that the detention center be shut down within a year. The militant, Said Ali al-Shihri, is suspected […]
This makes such perfect sense: “Obama’s election has taken the wind out of al Qaeda’s sails in much of the Islamic world because it demonstrates America’s renewed commitment to multiculturalism, human rights, and international law. It also proves to many that democracy can work and overcome ethnic, sectarian, or racial barriers. “Obama’s commitment to withdraw […]
Then that image may not be around today. Here is the irony of all ironies being reported by the London Times: Barack Obama is warned to beware of a ‘huge threat’ from al-Qaeda Security officials fear a ‘spectacular’ during the transition period Now let’s rewind to the summer of 2001 when Bush was handed a […]
It seems like it was only two weeks ago we heard how Iraq was the “central front in the war on terrorism”. Oh wait – it was! That’s what John McCain and Sarah Palin told us, while trying to paint Obama as dangerous threat who didn’t understand the wars we are in. Well now we […]
Remember this? Well it turns out Bush really doesn’t understand sovereignty. A new report in the NYTimes says that Rumsfeld and Bush issued a secret order allowing the military to strike al Qaeda anywhere in the world.
If you ask the racist right they say its Barack Obama, but someone disagrees with that – al Qaeda. They are endorsing John McCain.
Here is an interview Campbell Brown had yesterday with McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds. Campbell wouldn’t let Bounds try to spin the question on Palin’s national security, and Brown actually did a good job: Now the McCain campaign is canceling McCain’s appearance on Larry King tonight because of that interview. If McCain and Palin can’t stand […]