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Wait–Obama Said We Haven't Been Attacked By Foreign Terrorists In Eight Years?
Townhall.com ^ | January 11, 2017 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 01/11/2017 5:51:20 AM PST by Kaslin

resident Obama mentioned in his farewell speech that no foreign terrorist organization has planned and executed an attack on the homeland.

Because of the extraordinary courage of our men and women in uniform, and the intelligence officers, law enforcement, and diplomats who support them, no foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland these past eight years

The president has been laying it on thick over the past week with this claim. On January 4, at Fort Myer in Arlington, President Obama addressed members of the military in a farewell ceremony, where he reiterated the claim that "no foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland these past eight years."

Seriously? So, Fort Hood, Orlando, the Boston marathon bombing, San Bernardino, and Chattanooga were not terrorist attacks? Washington Examiner’s T. Becket Adams listed the attacks since the beginning of Obama's presidency:

The first such attack took place on June 1, 2009, when Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad shot and killed Army Pvt. William Andrew Long and injured Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula at a military recruiting station in Little Rock, Ark. The shooter claimed later that he acted as a member of al-Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula, which operates out of Yemen.

Later that same year, on Nov. 5, 2009, Major Nidal Malik Hasan went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood in Texas, murdering 14 people. Prior to the attack, Hasan was in contact with al-Qaeda's Anwar al-Awlaki.

On April 15, 2013, the radicalized Tamerlan and Dhozkar Tsarnaev, both of whom frequented a mosque with connections to al-Qaeda, detonated two bombs at the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring more than 200.

One year later, on Oct. 23, 2014, Zale Thompson assaulted and injured two police officers in Queens, N.Y., with a hatchet. Though he was a so-called lone wolf, Thompson acted after he became self-radicalized through ISIS, al-Qaeda and al-Shabab literature.

On July 16, 2015, Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez shot and killed four U.S. Marines and one sailor at a Navy reserve facility center in Chattanooga, Tenn. FBI Director James B. Comey said later that there was no doubt that Abdulazeez was, "motivated by foreign terrorist organization propaganda."

Later, on Dec. 14, 2015, Tashfeen Malik and her husband, Syed Farook, shot and killed 14 people at a Christmas party in San Bernardino, Calif. The shooting spree left an additional 22 people with injuries. The FBI reported the two shooters had been radicalized by Islamic terrorist organizations, though the bureau has not yet determined which group most inspired the attack. ISIS has described the two terrorists as "supporters."

The Washington Post’s fact checkers gave no rating for this claim. Why? Well, they say that the president chose his words carefully. By focusing on foreign terrorist organization, the White House can duck and cover, declaring the attacks above is the work of homegrown terror, not part of a planned effort, and fueled by self-radicalization by Islamic extremists. I think the American voter isn’t going to see the difference. With the Internet, pouring the toxic ideology of Islamic extremism to influence lone wolf attacks seems to be an outreach strategy that has yielded dividends for groups like the Islamic State. And it’s not just in the United States; ISIS has struck terror into the hearts of the France, Belgium, and Germany. Yes, it’s great that a 9/11-style attack hasn’t occurred again, but to say that foreign terrorists haven’t hit us since 9/11 is a bit of a stretch.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: barackhussein0bama; denial; domesticterrorism; factcheckers; jvteam; legacy; lonewolfmem; lyingliar; obamalies; obamasfault; revisionisthistory; waronterror; washingtoncompost; worstpresidentever; wot
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1 posted on 01/11/2017 5:51:20 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Obama lied?


2 posted on 01/11/2017 5:53:19 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Jan 20, 2017 Rich white man evicts black family from public housing)
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To: Kaslin
Well, they say that the president chose his words carefully.

Depends on the meaning of the word "is".

They are still doing this crap.

And they are still getting away with it.

3 posted on 01/11/2017 5:54:30 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
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To: Kaslin
Since the bisexual Orlando jihadist voted for Obama he must've been 'merican...

#NothingToSeeHereMoveAlong

4 posted on 01/11/2017 5:56:12 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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5 posted on 01/11/2017 5:58:26 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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To: Kaslin

The entire past 8 years has been an attack on America from a foreign terrorist.


6 posted on 01/11/2017 5:59:15 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Kaslin
This turd communicated with Al Qaeda before his attack.


7 posted on 01/11/2017 6:00:14 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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To: Kaslin

The Presidency has been occupied by a foreign terrorist for eight years.


8 posted on 01/11/2017 6:00:44 AM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Kaslin

Maybe he just means we haven’t been attacked at the magnitude of 9/11? /s


9 posted on 01/11/2017 6:00:45 AM PST by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Graybeard58; Lazamataz

Must’ve been a den of lone wolves!


10 posted on 01/11/2017 6:01:00 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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To: originalbuckeye

He claims these were lone wolves with ZERO ties to foreign officially recognized card carrying terrorist organizations.

The Bullsh!ter In Chief has no explanation for WHY these same officially recognized terrorist groups took credit for the attacks and encouraged more jihadists to do more such actions or why Nidal Hassan was communicating with AQ and permitted to remain in his position WITH our government’s “hands off” policy as they KNEW in advance of his radical Islamic death threat rants.


11 posted on 01/11/2017 6:03:49 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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To: Kaslin

” no foreign terrorist organization”

Weasel words by a weasel. While I believe there have been some directly by terrorist organizations, these weasel words disqualifies all lone wolf jihadis.

They aren’t flying planes into buildings anymore. They don’t have to have an official Al-Qaeda or ISIS membership card to be a “terrorist”. You are just as dead by a sympathizer as you are from a card carrying member.

Obama is a LIAR. I don’t care if he believes his own bull or not.

Just a few more days of president MORON.


12 posted on 01/11/2017 6:04:44 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: a fool in paradise

Pack of lone wolves

Gaggle of Geese
Herd of cows
closet of queers


13 posted on 01/11/2017 6:07:37 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Macroagression melts snowflakes)
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To: bert

Coven of Democrats


14 posted on 01/11/2017 6:10:21 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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To: Graybeard58

Obama lied?

_____________

hard to believe, I know /s


15 posted on 01/11/2017 6:12:00 AM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Graybeard58

You’re surprised?


16 posted on 01/11/2017 6:13:42 AM PST by Kaslin ( Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible)
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The Boston bombers were traveling in and out of America. As far as Al Qaeda, that’s because Bush did a good job of defeating them.


17 posted on 01/11/2017 6:21:14 AM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: Graybeard58

Who died?


18 posted on 01/11/2017 6:22:56 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Kaslin
In Obama World foreign terrorists = white Nazi Christians. Non white immigrant Islamic murderers are not foreign or terrorists.
19 posted on 01/11/2017 6:24:56 AM PST by Awgie (Truth is always stranger than fiction.)
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To: Kaslin
That POS Øbama meant to say ' foreign Tourist '. .
20 posted on 01/11/2017 6:25:37 AM PST by ßuddaßudd (>> M A G A << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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