Wall Street Journal Slams Obama for His ‘Head-in-the-Sand Performance’ on Iran
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In a scathing editorial this weekend, The Wall Street Journal blasted President Obama’s handling of the Iran crisis, from the failure of U.S. diplomacy which has apparently only sped up the Iranian nuclear program, to Obama’s letting go unanswered Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey’s remarks that he doesn’t want to be “complicit” in an Israeli strike.
As TheBlaze reported last week, Dempsey told reporters that an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities would only delay, not likely destroy any nuclear program, adding: “I don’t want to be complicit if they [Israel] choose to do it.”
The Wall Street Journal’s editors wonder if Gen. Dempsey was speaking for himself or on President Obama’s behalf:
Barack Obama is fond of insisting that he “has Israel’s back.” Maybe he should mention that to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. […]
We don’t know what exactly Gen. Dempsey thinks American non-complicity might entail in the event of a strike. Should the Administration refuse to resupply Israel with jets and bombs, or condemn an Israeli strike at the U.N.? Nor do we know if the General was conducting freelance diplomacy or sending a signal from an Administration that feels the same way but doesn’t want to say so during a political season.
Whatever the case, the remarks were counterproductive and oddly timed, with this week‘s report by the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran’s nuclear programs haven’t been slowed in the least by U.S. or international sanctions. In fact, they are accelerating.
There are signs the Israeli government is getting ever closer to making a decision on military action. On Friday, the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot quoted Israeli Prime Minister saying at a behind-closed-doors meeting with the U.S. ambassador to Israel that “time has run out” for diplomacy. And on Sunday, Netanyahu expressed that opinion publicly and on camera during his opening remarks at the weekly cabinet meeting, where he also said the international community must set a “clear red line” for Iran.
(Related: Netanyahu Calls for Clear Red Line on Iran)
The Journal’s harsh critique takes to task the Obama administration’s approach, which appears to be ignoring or denying the documented progress of Iran’s nuclear program and the Islamic Republic’s moves to mask those efforts and bury them deep inside fortified bunkers.
Last week’s quarterly report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) showed that Iran has more than doubled the number of centrifuges in its underground Fordo bunker, raising even more suspicion that its nuclear efforts have military intent.
The Wall Street Journal editorial continues:
No wonder the Israelis are upset—at the U.S. Administration. It’s one thing to hear from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that he wants to wipe you off the map: At least it has the ring of honesty. It’s quite another to hear from President Obama that he has your back, even as his Administration tries to sell to the public a make-believe world in which Iran’s nuclear intentions are potentially peaceful, sanctions are working and diplomacy hasn’t failed after three and half years.
The irony for the Administration is that its head-in-the-sand performance is why many Israeli decision-makers believe they had better strike sooner than later. Not only is there waning confidence that Mr. Obama is prepared to take military action on his own, but there’s also a fear that a re-elected President Obama will take a much harsher line on an Israeli attack than he would before the first Tuesday in November.
The editors conclude: “Since coming to office, Obama Administration policy toward Israel has alternated between animus and incompetence. We don’t know what motivated Gen. Dempsey’s outburst, but a President who really had Israel’s back would publicly contradict it.”
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Comments (165)
davetrav
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:29pmOBAMA’S head has been in the sand for four years, WHAT’S NEW ?
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:43pmNot quite sure it’s sand, in fact I think he needs a glass belly button to see what is gong on.
Report Post »ICRedifURBlue
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:52pmHead in the sand?? …….I think he has his head up his A$$………..
Report Post »Lars Skipole
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:18pmObimbo HS his head somewhere, it’s not in the sand.
Report Post »darkknight91
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 1:32amHis head’s not in the sand. He knows exactly what he’s doing. Delay, delay, delay until Israel is backed into a corner. Lousy anti-Semitic pos.
Report Post »Whistleblower
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:41amIs President Barack Obama being blackmailed ?
http://illinoispaytoplay.com/2012/09/01/is-president-barack-obama-being-blackmailed/
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 8:12amWell the Jewish Media goes hysterical because we have not started another War for the sake of the Jewish people… I can’t believe that.. lol
Remember people the facts are clear that the Jews did 9-11… Don’t be deceived. Everyone knows they did it.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 8:48amhey its one of the few things Obama is doing right. screw Israel let them deal with their own problems and their 2-3 percent gdp debt.
Report Post »mbriz
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:24pmThe WSJ has lost all credibility since Rupert Murdoch bought it.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:28pmWhy? Give proof.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:38pm“On May 2, 2007, News Corp. made an unsolicited takeover bid for Dow Jones, ”
Gigot has been chief editor since 2000. Before now it has been Gigot who except for people inside the beltway, read the WSJ, or watch the Sunday shows.
I don’t think their reporting or editorial position have changed ion the last 15 years & yet all the sudden they seem like opposition to TPTB & voila they are bad.
***
Time Machine 1993. I had been listening to Rush Limbaugh for a few years. The left did not know who he was, then all the sudden Rush was the Devil incarnate to the left.
There is nothing new under the sun.
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:40pmTo the contrary! If you were informed, you would know that the WSJ is the LARGEST circulation newspaper in the United States, and the ONLY major newspaper to have INCREASED its circulation during the Obama presidency. While newspapers both large and small have consistently shown contracting circulation and readership, the Wall St Journal has INCREASED its readership. That is NOT the sign of lost credibility. The evidence proves your wrong!
Report Post »WindyDualism
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 10:18pmJerk
Report Post »What if His name was Murdochowitz. Murdochstein. Then you woul be foaming at the mouth.
kevway45
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:54pmObama never intended to help Israel, just buying time for Iran to get ready. Two evil men hating Israel, God forgive our country I know we are about to be judged.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:06pmLook, Israel is a nation the size of New Jersey. It is not a world power, not a mover and shaker, and worth even less in resources… yet it dominates our press. Why? What more proof does one require to see the harmful, overwhelming, and asymmetric influence Jews have on our society and its policies.
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:44pmOnly a “Jerk” would equate size or raw resources with significance!
I’m not Jewish, but I recognize that the Jews, and the Bible they have given us, were the seedbed of civilization. Without them, not only would the United States be the next target, but God would not support us either!
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:50pmHey The_Jerk, is your copy and paste function broken? You keep copying the same comment over and over again with very little of anything new or original. What a waste of digital memory!
I’ll say this for you; you chose the right name for yourself!
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:27pm..Just because a person has a Hebrew name..does not one a “Jew” make..The ones like the Rothschilds..Rahm Immanuel..Cass Sustein..Elena Kegan etc. are not Jews..although Rothschilds are said to be from the Tribe of Dan and head up the un Federal Reserve..They.. and the afore mentioned are Zionists..not Jews..Judaism is a religion..Zionism is a religion..but that is religion is Communism..The paradox of why “Jews” are liberals..why they have corrupted our country.control the media..and have us in neverending war and pick our Presidents can be understood by grasping this concept.. This is the Communist Zionists
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJy4gSG8Q3w
These are the Jews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNLJY-x1ssc
The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:45pmSbenard, it’s called the dissemination of information that our media suppresses or omits.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:51pmSbenard: “I’m not Jewish, but I recognize that the Jews, and the Bible they have given us, were the seedbed of civilization.”
Shows how little you know. Much of the Old Testament came from Sumerian and Egyptian culture. Abraham was Sumerian, not Jewish. He later became a Hebrew.
Report Post »Fact is, the Old Testament is an incessant story of war and genocide. The Old Testament is about a people focused on ethnic purity, a people of exclusion. Hence, the reason for a New Testament, a universal testament, an inclusive testament. If you read John Chapter 8, you’ll see how Christ felt about your Old Testament people.
kevway45
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:05pmTo the _jerk
Let’s break your comment down, there’s so much to cover. You did get one thing right. Israel is a small nation about the size of New Jersey. I would like to make a note that Israel has had many Nobel Prize winners that have earned the prize for their work to better man kind, unlike that fact that President Obama was GIVEN ONE FOR WHAT HE MIGHT DO.
Israel is small nation that has taken a barren desert and made it bloom again. It is a major exporter of fruit and vegetables to Europe, and a small nation that will be a “mover and shaker” of the world energy crisis, which we all will see very soon. Yes it is a small nation and there is much more to be said.
The rest of your comment will need to be looked from a Christian point of view. I’m assuming your not, so I will explain the best as I can.
Report Post »Get a bible (KJV) and read about Israel in the last days, open your eyes. Everything you talked about is there and how Israel will dominate the world scene toward the end. How the world will turn against Israel and how God will deal with the world. IT’S GOING BY THE BOOK, step by step.
Prophets:
Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi
You can also skip to the end of the book, Revelation and see how the story ends if you like to save time.
Have a great day Mr. Jerk
The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:33pmkevway45, first of all Nobel Prize winners are political choices. Those who control the money and the publishing, control who the winners will be, i.e., the outcome. This is why Jews became the big winners during the 20th century, and not before. They held a huge advantage in publishing and grants.
As for your religious zealotry, your kind has been around predicting outcome, Revelations, for centuries. Your at the end of that long line of wrongheaded predictors.
Report Post »Alina.D
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:38pmKevway45.. could have not said it better! Jerk can hiperventilate all he wants.. The plan is already laid down in the Bible. Jerk needs to save his breath because its really useless.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:45pmAlina.D, if you really believe in what you say, then why waste your breath. Sounds more propagandist to me.
Report Post »Alina.D
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:55pmI am just disappointed with my country for not standing with the country that is in a way the source of our blessings. Thats all.. I am not worried for Israel, because Israel has the creator of the universe as its defender.
Report Post »kevway45
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 9:10pmJerk
Report Post »If you’re right, well all be ok, if not it will be a hot time in the old town tonight. We say what we say because we love and care about people and want them to see the truth. Everyone will live with there own choices at the end, good or bad. God bless you jerk.
The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 9:20pmAlina.D/Kevway, it’s one thing to be worried about Israel, and another to fight wars for Israel, give weapons and weapons systems to Israel, and billions of our tax dollars to Israel. Those are all in the secular world. The problem is when people blend their religious beliefs into the secular world, many times bastardizing the religion for purpose.
Report Post »God doesn’t ask us to all of the above. Infallible men do. Men who use your religion as a weapon.
tzion
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 10:15pm@jerk
Do you even read what other people write? Do you even try to compare your views to the facts on the ground? Clearly you don‘t because if you did you wouldn’t think Israel was insignificant. Where was the cell phone invented? It wasn’t in the US.
Israel is a major player in the fields of electronics, medicine, and defense. Size is irrelevant. A country less than half the size of Texas once controlled territories, amounting to several times its own landmass, all over the world. Israel’s economy outshines the rest of the Middle East put together even though it is one of the only countries not to have oil. Israel has become as much an innovator as the US has been throughout its long history.
Report Post »WindyDualism
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 10:23pmJerkyboy is all about Jew bashing. He lives for it. And no, he doesn’t read a single opposing post to his rants. Cut. Paste. Add belligerent and some sites from the skinheads and nazis, add water: jerky post.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 8:14amsbenard: Israel is a curse upon mankind. The most evil diabolical people to ever walk the earth.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 8:17amThere’s so much group think on Israel and the Jews that it is sickening.. I hate group think!!
Report Post »Kshirley245
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:50pmNope and Change does what he does best……NOTHING!
Report Post »starman70
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:59pmI see they are sculpting a sand statur of Obama for the DNC. HOW FITTING!
P.S. The rain almost eradicated it.
Report Post »Eastinfection
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:48pmThe first three posts are chronologically out of order. Were they originally replies to something that got deleted?
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:50pmThere are responses out of chronological order, too.
Report Post »bankerpapaw
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:40pmObama doesn’t have his head in the sand. He knows exactly what he’s doing. He will totally turn his
Report Post »back on Israel if he is reelected.
The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:53pm“… totally turn his back on Israel if he is reelected.”
So what. If Israel disappeared tomorrow nothing would change for America, except it would save more of its money and more American lives, and be involved in far fewer wars.
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:08pm@THE_JERK
Report Post »It’s clear why you call yourself the jerk.
The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:22pmBehindBlueEyes, could it be because I can refute fiction and fundamentalist beliefs.
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:54pm@The Jerk,
Uh, NO! You FAILED at that! But don’t let reality stop you. Is ignorance really bliss?
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:53pmSbenard, don’t just say it, prove it. Show me the fiction.
Report Post »mjrossit
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:32pmI’m a conservative and will be voting for Romney and Ryan for a variety of reasons. Romney and Ryan need to stay on their game though. If you’re tired of Obama blaming Bush all the time and want him to accept responsibility, then our conservative leaders need to be the shining example, even when it comes to things that are trivial. Keep their feet to the flames, otherwise corruption will never end.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:38pmConservatives do not support or go to war unless attacked, or a viable threat to it’s security is seen. None of this exists at this time. Religious zealots, on both sides, want to fight their holy wars.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:46pmIf Israel disappeared tomorrow, nothing would change for Americans. This is all pro-war, pro-Israeli, hype.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:13pmThe_Jerk
If Israel disappeared tomorrow, nothing would change for Americans. This is all pro-war, pro-Israeli, hype.
Report Post »***
I applaud you on your temerity to carryout the Big Lie technique. You spiritual father Goebbels would be very proud of you.
The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:24pmWalkabout, my temerity is telling the truth. Notice that you have not taken issue with it.
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:28pmWatch out for Dempsey, he’s an Obama worshiper.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:39pmZionist worshipers are the problem.
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:21pmHis head is somewhere but I think it is in another part of his own anatomy instead of the sand.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:32pmObama cares nothing for Israel; as it one time was a part of the British mandate following WW1, and to be divided into two nation states: one of Palestine and one of Israel. The day after they declared their independance, as provided for under the auspiciouses of the United Nation, the original two state plan went the way of the wind; what would have been Palestine became part of Jordan.
Obamas anti-colonial mindset thus sees Israel as a mistake that needs to be recitified; simply by letting it be annhilated. Obama is a coward to the core.
Report Post »MotoLeo2
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:34pmYou got that
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:36pmIsrael‘s interests are not America’s interests. If you guys want a fight, go. Keep real Americans home.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:19pmRight. So what did they say in Iowa? Obama Sux. Yeah, that’s it.
Report Post »TurboCat
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 3:34amHey Jerk: Why do you always assume that any mention of Israel by any poster automatically means we all want “boots on the ground in their war?” Aren‘t you being very presumptuous when you assume that you know what is in anyone’s heart or mind? We are having a conversation here, but you are absolutely obsessed with your own point of view. Relax! Dude! Get some help! Try ex-lax!
Report Post »zoro51
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:11pmevita obama cares NOT for isreal thusly like king saul obamas already removed n gone.. the next president will stand wiht isreal not play games n be a mockery to isreal… not to worry god NOT ALLAH but the REAL GOD shall defend isreal.. obama FAILS on all accounts… for obamas murdering muslums held thier prayer at the dem convention RIGHT THERE shows how obama feels towards the usa n isreal.. a SLAP in the face… IMPEACH N REMOVE OBAMA NOW
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:08pmAll Zionism. All day. Every day. Propaganda to get a war. They did it to Iraq. Now they’re doing it to Iran. Too much Jewish influence in our media.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/white-man-s-burden-1.14110
Report Post »WindyDualism
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:19pmAll Jew hate. All the time. That is why you are The-JewJerk. Why post on anything remotely non-Jewish? Hamas needs your zeal and zest. Ayatollah beckons you-why fight it? Go, stop those billions of Jews threatening to wipe all of Islam from the map. Pos ring any bells?
Report Post »DarkJello
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:29pmPropaganda? Is Iran building nuclear reactors or not? What makes you think they won’t continue to kill americans, jews, or anyone else that gets in the way of their rise to further power? Will the world be safer once they have nukes? Do you live in a cave?
Answers please and gracias.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:33pmConsider the source: Ari Shavit
Having misinterpreted the gist of a posters ideals in the past I frequently check a posters previous 10 comments to see where they are coming from. The point is there a healthy (depends on your point of view) leftists polity in Israel. So I would have to check this writers prognostication of his previous opinion pieces (& how they panned out) & his stands on various issues. Just because I dislike a person;s stands on various issues does not mean I won;t consider what they say. For instance I listen to Juan Williams. I do it in order that I not become a Kool Aid drinker.
It is not surprising that they are neo-cons. It was predicted long ago. Did you get the memo? Did you read the memo?
“If you are young, and not liberal, then you don’t have a heart. If you are old, and not conservative, then you don’t have a brain.” -Churchill
I have heard about Kristol for the last 2 decades, but he hasn’t affected my thinking. I have know about Krauthammer since Foxnews has been on in the mid to late 90s. They didn’t affect my support for going to Iraq or supporting Bush. After our pilots being shot at or painted on radar, after I inspectors our held up for hours & sometimes days, I don’t have a good feeling that Iraq was following the Cease Fire Agreement they signed in 1991. Point is Kristol & Krauthammer were irrelevant for me supporting Bush & the Iraq War.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:34pmYadiya, tell that to all of these Jews, who agree with me and not you.
http://www.jewsagainstzionism.com/index.cfm
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:41pmDarkjello: ” Is Iran building nuclear reactors or not?”
So what? Does Israel have nukes? Do we have nukes? Does Pakistan have nukes? Does India have nukes? How far do you want to go?
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:44pmWalkabout, one can dismiss anyone using your illogic of ‘consider the source.’ These men were quoted. Ari Shavit is a Jew living in Israel, up close and personal. He’s a better source than you or me.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:52pmAri Shavit is a Jew living in Israel, up close and personal. He’s a better source than you or me.
Report Post »***
No he is not. There were Jews that loaded other Jews onto cattle cars. The mind is a very pliable thing when one is a coward.
The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:58pmWalkabout: “No he is not. There were Jews that loaded other Jews onto cattle cars. The mind is a very pliable thing when one is a coward.”
Don’t think that he was writing back then. Yours is hyperbole to the extreme, if possible. Difference between you and Ari is that he interviewed the respondents. You did not. Who’s more believable?
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:11pmThe_Jerk
Of course he wasn’t alive back then. But craven people of yesteryear are like craven people of today
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:28pm“Of course he wasn’t alive back then. But craven people of yesteryear are like craven people of today”
Exactly! Zionism is the craven. They worked with Nazis. They made deals with Nazis. Zionism is today’s Nazism.
http://www.jewsagainstzionism.com/antisemitism/nazisupport.cfm
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:59pm“Haaretz describes itself as broadly liberal on domestic issues and international affairs.[27] Other describe it alternatively as liberal, centre-left, left-wing, or even hard left, According to the BBC it has a moderate stance on foreign policy and security issues” -wiki
I already have this bookmarked along with Ynet & 7 Israel News.
Now that I have read 1/2 of the actual opinion piece I realize the guy is an idiot
For example.
“They tend to read reality in terms of the failure of the 1930s (Munich) versus the success of the 1980s (the fall of the Berlin Wall). ”
A prerequisite for the Berlin war to come down is for there to have been a Berlin Wall. There was a wall because of us so called “War Mongers” would not hand over West Berlin to the tender mercies of the communists under threat of war. That is we were ready to fight & shed blood. Berlin Airlift? Does it ring a bell however faintly? Or do you leftists reinvent yourselves as neo-leftists & greens & you were never for the Soviet Union & never marched in Nuclear Freeze marches in the west at the Soviet behest.
Again I say Ari Shavit is an idiot. It is not his fault poor blighter he was brought up as one no doubt.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:58pmWalkabout, you calling someone an idiot does not make them an idiot. You harm yourself and your credibility. Fact is, the Berlin Wall was a failure of the Roosevelt administration, and his plan for post-war Europe. But, this is way off topic.
Report Post »kevway45
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:09pmMr. Jerk you have allot of anger built up inside you need to let it go so you can see clearly
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:35pmKevway45, actually I have a lot of love for ‘all’ of mankind, not a select few.
Report Post »Moozmom
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:08pmWhy are you surprised that a muslim arab “elected” as president in America would side with the enemy? He is the enemy. And he just happens to be steering this ship called the USA into the iceburg. Little time is left to right its course and I don’t really know if the course can be righted in time. At least Romney is an American with standard American values. Obama and his wife are hate filled individuals.
Report Post »kalli
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:23pmRight on Moosmom! Romney is not, nor has he ever been a narcissist like the liar-in-chief. You never hear Romney constantly use “I” like the liar-in-chief uses it. If people did any background checking on Romney’s history, there are more stories of his charitable giving than you can imagine, not just monetarily, but of himself. Romney is a man who knows God is his Master first, who leads with sensibility and has outstanding character, love for his fellow man, love for his country, and love for his family. It is no wonder he’s received blessings from above. I read the following article this morning and could not fight the tears. Romney is the man this country needs:
Report Post »http://godfatherpolitics.com/6868/the-story-that-could-win-mitt-romney-the-presidency/
MotoLeo2
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:37pmLook at the prayer they are going to perform at the beginning of the progressive/liberal/socialist/democratic convention…
Report Post »That will certainly be a convention that CLOSELY resembles the bar scene in Star Wars.
Glock31
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:04pmlook, our foreigner in chief won’t even get his own half brothers back, why in the hell would Israel think he would get theirs
Report Post »justangry
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:39pmAnyone know who wrote the editorial? I clicked the link, but there was nothing but a few sentences with a “to continue to read, subscribe”, and I really don’t have any interest in subscribing to the WSJ.
Report Post »WindyDualism
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:58pmWhy widen and expand when isolationism is so cool and Indy. Watch out for the splinters on that fence.
Report Post »kalli
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:09pmPaul A. Gigot is Editor.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:11pmMore pro-war propaganda. Never ends. Just like the Old Testament, which is why we needed a New.
Report Post »kalli
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:13pmI should have added the Deputy Editors of the WSJ as it says “editors” above: Dan Henninger, Bret Stephens, James Freeman.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:15pmLove that photo of Bibi measuring up a minor league piece of apologizing excrement like Barry.
Report Post »christos
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:21pm…And +JESUS+GOD+ said “who ever isn’t against us is for us” this man/child is against U.S. Israel Britain,,,Practicing Christians,Jewish,to name a few.
Report Post »WATER-THE-TREE
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:32pmBammy did nothing when the people of Iran wanted to overthrow the mullahs because he will not harm one of his own, he is a muslim, he is the one who changed his name from barry to barak hussein, just like cassius clay did, Muslim in the white house, how stupid to have voted for him the first time, INSANE to do it a second time!
Report Post »WATER-THE-TREE
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:36pmThis is true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuEhhPbAAdA
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:45pmDuring their brutally suppressed protests in 2009, Iranian freedom fighters sent the White House an urgent memo calling for help. Under Obama, America ignored it.
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/022812-602609-obama-ignored-iran-freedom-fighters-in-2009.htm
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:46pm“criticized U.S. President Barack Obama for maintaining that the difference between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi “may not be as great as has been advertised” -wiki
So you see Obama had an “out” for sitting on his hands & doing jack squat to help Democracy protesters in Iran.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:48pmGreen Revolution, Green Wave, Sea of Green or Persian Awakening
“During the election protests, more than 4000 were arrested and nearly 70 were killed (with some sources, including Mohsen Kadivar, citing hundreds of killed), some while being held in prison”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%932010_Iranian_election_protests
AND Obama did jack squat!
Report Post »christos
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:18pm…You can not expect him to turn his back on his friends/Iran.
Report Post »DarkJello
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:41pmHe believes in progress for others, but not America.
It is bizarre that so many will vote for him. Sign of the times, IMO.
Report Post »RaydocX
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:13pmMaybe Israel needs to look to true democracies… Nations where awareness of danger from outsiders is clear… India, taiwan, south Korea, to protect them all from their bullies, since our commander in chief is unwilling to live up to our commitments to them.
Report Post »Totally Domestic
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:12pmFace the facts: Obama is just stalling giving the little mad man time to finish his bomb project.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:31pmIt is the way I see it.
The only other thing I could see is that military action would lead to casualties & he does not want to have to bear the responsibility or hurt his re-election chances
Report Post »WATER-THE-TREE
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:37pmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuEhhPbAAdA
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:01pmWATER-THE-TREE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuEhhPbAAdA
Nice video
Report Post »Totally Domestic
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 9:15pmThanks! So just like the little mad man!!!
Report Post »GlennaBeckski
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:10pmContrary to what Obama has said, I believe we still are a Judeo-Christian nation. In the most simplistic of terms.. I think we’re supposed to have “our brothers” back.
Report Post »Totally Domestic
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:09pmJohn Bolton should have spoken at the GOP convention instead of Jeb Bush.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:37pmDid you see Bolton disrespecting that veteran in that clip with John Stossel? He lost what little respect I had for him. I’d actually prefer he retire never to heard from again.
Report Post »Eastinfection
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:55pm@JUST ANGRY: I saw that. It was disgraceful. Not quite as disrespectful as Barbara Boxer, but close. The kid was talking about policy and Boltin redirected the culpability to the individual soldiers. You know, the ones who get court marshaled for disobeying orders. Total crap.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:34pm@East, He certainly seems to share the Kissenger mentality on how he views our servicemen. Anyone that “supports the troops” is ignorant of this or will distance themselves from this monster.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:49pmI watched the link. John Bolton did not disrespect the guy who said he was a soldier. Nor did I hear of any war crimes in the exchange.
The allies occupied Germany at the end of WW2. Werewolf had a brief existence. Teenage boys shot & killed American soldiers. Were they justified? Or were they brainwashed?
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:18pmThe thing I miss about Iraq was listening to all the stories form guys coming back from patrol of how they bodybagged people. You know inno9cent people. Those were good.
the best ones were when platoons of soldiers who patrolled with & slept in the same barracks as Iraqi patrols would have the brass balls to say he dude lets go body bag your brother or sister. Those were the days yesirree.
I think this guy who said he is from the 3rd ranger battalion needs to be checked out. Do we even have name?
Report Post »Totally Domestic
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 9:33pmSTOP your LIES about John Bolton!
Report Post »That weasel looked like Rat Boy, probably wasn’t even a vet.
WAKEUPUSA2012
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:06pmThe WSJ is a tool of the CIA and sate controlled propagada. If Israel feels they need to start a war with Iran, fine, but dont drag the US into it. We already have wars going on. And im guessing the persians are going to fight alot harder than Iraq ever did. Israel has one of the best armys in the world, they are tuff, they have the technology, they dont need us. All you people who are just praying for war with Iran need to get a grip. Iran will never overthrow Israel, atleast not until the end times, if that is Iran at all.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:32pmWere you born stupid or are you just working hard at it.
Report Post »When not if Israel bombs Iran – The Us will be in it – Iran has already said it will send missles onto US area bases! I just hope Bibi does not give this traitor administration a heads up
Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:49pmI second that. WAKEUPUSA2012 is a fool.
Report Post »WAKEUPUSA2012
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:00pmBlessed are the peacemakers.
Report Post »WAKEUPUSA2012
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:08pmTo hell with the warmogers. I bet neither one of you would be doing any fighting. Punks. You think war with muslims is so cool? You think we should dictate to the world? You think being a stoog for jp morgan goldman scahs and halliburton is going to keep this country being the greatest on earth? HELL NO. We will get back ten fold what we put out, and we deserve it. You wallow in your ignorance. You want to be lied to on a mass scale. I hoestly take pitty on your simple minded ass.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:37pmWhen you are out tilling your fields & a war party approaches, damned are those who do not wield arms to protect their kin & neighbors.
There are probably many of your type in peat moss bogs put there by ancient Celts & Germans disgusted with cowards.
Report Post »WAKEUPUSA2012
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:02pmYou think it makes you a man to send young men and women off to die? For the bankers! No, you are the coward, you want the boogey man, you want to be scared of anything you dont understand, or anything that you have been conditioned against. You chicken hawks got some stones when its calling for war like, but you aint no where in the fight. Its the young men and women you love to hate that fight. You wanna talk about how Obama didnt do anything when the gree revolution hit Iran, wha about BUSH who had a offer from Iran that it would drop all this war mongering and agree to all of the US and Israels demands right before their last election, BUSH said NO, cause he knew to justify all this out of control military industerial complex, we would have to have a boogey man, you fake republicans talk out both ends, and you are a minion walkabout nothing more than a usefull idiot.
http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2012/07/18/bush-blocked-iran-nuclear-deal/
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:30pmBetter hope that your community doesn’t have to implement a Hot Trod policy. We would never hear from you again.
Report Post »WAKEUPUSA2012
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:58pmWalkabout
From your own logic (or lack there of) Iran hasent invaded anyone, there is no army at the edges of our fields, they have not bombed anyone, just a bunch of talk on BOTH sides. Start calling for the start of ww3, when Iran actually does something to warrent it. Moron. Im 22 years old, Ill fight any foreign army invading my country, and I wont need to col to tell me too. When this all hits the fan, and you neocons find out, “the war on terror” was really for the average AmeriKan citizen, dont say nobody warned you.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:02pmLOL … after the DNC makes a statue of BHO out of SAND … LOL … let the freak show begin .. otherwise called the DNC Convention.
Report Post »bannedfromCNN
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:01pmA question to ponder – How does Soetoro ‘lead from behind’ if his head is firmly up his hinter regions?
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 3:54pmIf Israel feels threatened, let Israel take them out – and let Israel deal with the consequences.
I dont understand what the problem is
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 3:59pmThe apparent problem to you Soy, may well be the various treaties we have with Israel, and the fact that this nation considers them an ally. Just not the Admin.
Report Post »richauthor
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:12pmWe (the U.S.) have two lead-pipe cinches for allies: England and Israel. Without a strong ally in the Middle East (Israel), there would be an instant Caliphate created, and it would grow to such a strength as to be prohibitively dangerous for every nation bordering the Mediterranean. Muslims already have a firm toe hold in France and Denmark and other european nations as well as a long history of aggressive behavior in the Middle East. With Iran as the nuclear catalyst and chief arms and terror supplier, the Caliphate could easily start what ultimately might be World War III.
It is imperative that all free nations back Israel with its defense against Muslim hegemony… specifically Iranian’s nuclear ambitions. The future of the free world depends upon it.
Report Post »randy
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:16pmJust Soy Burger showing his IQ again.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:32pmrichauthor
Very good post, put soybomb is still hemming & hawing & scratching his head.
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:43pmso we should fight Iran so Israel doesnt? So far, nobody has said what the alternative includes
Report Post »justangry
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:49pm@Soy, I read an article I guess about a week ago that claimed Israel really doesn’t have the offensive capabilities to do it themselves. If that’s the case, I really wish he’d stop the rhetoric. If he does go it alone, missiles will rain down on our boys in the region. I’m really getting tired of hearing the sabre rattling from both sides.
Report Post »WindyDualism
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:56pmTofu
Report Post »You would stand idly by while one true ally goes against hordes? Not a prospective neighbor of mine.
Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:08pmsoybomb315_II
so we should fight Iran so Israel doesnt? So far, nobody has said what the alternative includes
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There are only 4 choices. (1) Befriend them, (2) Fight, (3) Flight or (4) off yourself.
#1 Is not happening in this case . You can try to befriend someone, but is they rip your head off your are not friends.
#2 You actually have to study military science history & your opponent if you want to pull this one off with minimal casualties. You also have to watch out for politicians that want to scrimp & do this on a shoe string so that in the end you have high casualties & waste money.
#3. It is kind of hard to flee from someone in a small world. It gets smaller every day. Paying tribute so you can get your act together sometimes works. But you have the whole problem with Quislings willing to snitch on you. Or they might assume you will stop tribute one day & so build up their military courtesy of the tribute & take fewer loses when they do go after you.
#4 Be my guest. Especially if you belong to Population Network (rebranding of ‘Zero Population Growth’ (ZPG) fanatics who want you to “off” your offspring).
I like option #1, but it ain’t happening. I like option 1(b) also Respect or “live & let live”. But this is not happening either. We are just going to dance in the ring until one or the other let’s our guard down.
We are stuck with option #2.
We get rid of the mullahs &Ayatollahs via a de_NATSI-fication process then we can
Report Post »GlennaBeckski
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:14pm@RICHAUTHOR ~~ U can forget England… they’re so rife with extreme Islamists, London is now known as Londonistan.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:21pmSOY, I genuinely hope that you are wrong on that assessment and that neither of us go to war. Granted, we have to keep an open eye on Iran, and I do anything but trust them. But, I do not want to see another war.
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:30pmallright then. but considering how Washington DC fights wars since 1960′s, i dont think it will be the slam dunk you guys pretend it will be. Our corrupt leaders like to tie the hands of the military and nation-build afterwards
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:55pmsoybomb315_II
Report Post »but considering how Washington DC fights wars since 1960′s, i dont think it will be the slam dunk you guys pretend it will be. Our corrupt leaders like to tie the hands of the military and nation-build afterwards
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Now that I believe almost 100%. It doesn’t take 100% of them to tie up our troops. A sizable minority of 30 to 40% in congress can make life HeII for troops trying to nation build.
Exrepublisheep
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:56pmThe Wall Street Journal is owned my Rupert Murdoch. It’s an opinion rag, not a legitimate source of news anymore.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:13pmArthur Ochs Sulzberger, of the New York Times, any better?
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:21pmI guess unlike PMSNBC? ABC? NBC? CBS? CNN? Al Jazerra? You prefer HuffPo?
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:08pmRobert L. Bartley served as Chief editor form 1972 to 2000 Gigot has served since then. I have not seen a change in editorials.
But I suppose the WSJ is like Rush Limbaugh. It is Rush or WSJ who until it is Rush & WSJ must be gone form the media landscape. I have seen this movie before.
I don’t agree with everything the editorial board writes. They are for open borders for labor. I believe that would depress labor prices in the U.S. for a generation. Somehow with a record like that the left & the illegal immigration activists still have not found them.
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