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Pardoned White House Turkey Defects To ISIS
DuffelBlog ^ | 27NOV14 | G-Had

Posted on 11/27/2014 6:17:48 AM PST by Future Snake Eater

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senior U.S. officials are literally calling “fowl” after the Thanksgiving turkey pardoned by President Obama publicly defected to the Middle Eastern terrorist group ISIS.

Popcorn the Turkey, now calling himself Babakurn al-Turki, was pardoned from the dinner table only yesterday by President Obama in a public ceremony at the White House. Normally the pardoned bird is sent along with its competitor to live out its remaining days at Morven Park’s Turkey Hill in Leesburg, Virginia.

However, U.S. officials have now admitted that al-Turki instead hijacked an Osprey out of Andrews Air Force Base in nearby Maryland and flew like a bat out of hell to Syria.

A group of senior intelligence officials and ornithologists with birds-eye surveillance of the war-torn country have suggested he is nesting in Raqqah or across the northern border in another neighboring country.

Al-Turki, who was originally raised as an animist before converting to Islam, has already appeared in several propaganda clips and tweets for ISIS, gobbling anti-American rhetoric and leaving furious American officials grousing.

Trey Nahas, a counter-terrorism expert at the Rand Corporation, explained that al-Turki’s defection violated the cardinal rule for anyone receiving a presidential pardon, namely not to commit any further crimes.

Nahas said it was unclear if al-Turki, raised in a bubble of protected affluence in Oakwood, Ohio, became radicalized on internet forums like countless other disaffected foreigners who have flocked to ISIS, or later during his detention in the controversial poultry farm at Guantanamo Bay.

In either case, according to Nahas, the end result was the same: “the U.S. not only released a dangerous terrorist back into the wild, but it has also given ISIS something to crow about on social media.”

Calling it the classic case of the chickens come home to roast, FBI Director James Comey has admitted that al-Turki was already a known flight risk when he received his pardon. He had several suspected handlers known to support radical Islam and ISIS, although al-Turki managed to duck any formal charges.

Comey added that the FBI has launched its own investigation into the government’s handling of al-Turki prior to his release, saying it may be the canary in the coal mine for future detainee defections. However, several investigators privately told Duffel Blog that the findings would be delayed until after Black Friday to avoid ruffling the feathers of any major retailers.

While Comey said U.S. intelligence was still unsure where exactly al-Turki now stood in the ISIS pecking order, he insisted that the turkey would ultimately be more of a burden than an asset to the group.

“He’s too high profile now to operate anywhere clandestinely, he’s always going to be an albatross around their neck,” Comey explained. “I’m not exaggerating when I say his goose is cooked.”

Some critics find that hard to swallow.

Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) of the House Armed Services Committee has already demanded to know “which birdbrain in the Secret Service” allowed such a dangerous avian to be that close to the president, and said that image “should give all of us goosebumps.”

The Wall Street Journal published its own editorial complaining that Al-Turki’s defection is “just one more feather in the cap of ISIS. Not only did this bird strut around the White House like he was cock of the walk, but as soon as he’s pardoned he flies the coop to join ISIS of all groups. What was our lame duck president thinking?”

Ironically, some news reports are circulating that, after being accused by ISIS of being a double-agent for the Mossad or CIA, al-Turki may end up getting beheaded anyway.


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KEYWORDS: defect; isis; turkey
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Treachery!


1 posted on 11/27/2014 6:17:48 AM PST by Future Snake Eater
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To: Future Snake Eater

Did you see how Obama pardoned the turkey by making the sign of the cross over it, with his left hand?

He should have done it using the sign of the crescent moon.


2 posted on 11/27/2014 6:26:29 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: Future Snake Eater

Did you see how Obama pardoned the turkey by making the sign of the cross over it, with his left hand?

He should have done it using the sign of the crescent moon.


3 posted on 11/27/2014 6:26:53 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: Future Snake Eater

Next comes the american turkey beheading video


4 posted on 11/27/2014 6:32:33 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Future Snake Eater
"I won't parrot the administration's line on this, but perhaps pardoning should no longer be a cardinal rule," declared KS Rep. Blaine Finch. "Terrorist cells can be nesting anywhere, and it seems the White House has been just winging it all along."
5 posted on 11/27/2014 6:32:36 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Future Snake Eater

LOL. I’ve never seen so many bad puns in one place before.


6 posted on 11/27/2014 6:35:28 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Future Snake Eater

OMG! Pun alert! Pun alert!


7 posted on 11/27/2014 6:38:43 AM PST by winner3000
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To: Future Snake Eater

Ex-cel-lent!


8 posted on 11/27/2014 6:41:43 AM PST by moovova
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To: Future Snake Eater
Ironically, some news reports are circulating that, after being accused by ISIS of being a double-agent for the Mossad or CIA, al-Turki may end up getting beheaded anyway.

The author clearly reads Zerohedge.

9 posted on 11/27/2014 6:42:00 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Future Snake Eater

FUNNY, thanks.


10 posted on 11/27/2014 6:42:30 AM PST by kitkat (STORM HEAVEN WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY)
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To: Future Snake Eater
This is not the first bird Obama has flipped.


11 posted on 11/27/2014 6:43:25 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: moovova

oh jeez oh pete, that should be “eggs-ellent”


12 posted on 11/27/2014 6:45:59 AM PST by j. earl carter
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To: Future Snake Eater

Post of the day! That’s hilarious!


13 posted on 11/27/2014 6:56:22 AM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Future Snake Eater

What a funny site! Never read it before. Thanks!

‘Ashton Kutcher on Short List for Secretary of Defense’ LOL!


14 posted on 11/27/2014 7:04:54 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Future Snake Eater
Ha haaaa!!!

Good stuff. If Obola wants to get a few digs in at his political opponents then what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

15 posted on 11/27/2014 7:15:59 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Good one. Hits Obola right in the giblets.


16 posted on 11/27/2014 7:17:06 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Future Snake Eater

He’ll make a nice bride for someone.


17 posted on 11/27/2014 7:17:28 AM PST by McGruff (If you like your current Democracy you can keep it. Period.)
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To: Future Snake Eater
LOL!

Since you didn't label this satire (G-Had), I should get huffy and demand a Congressional inquiry over this security breakdown.

18 posted on 11/27/2014 7:20:49 AM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Now that there was funny!


19 posted on 11/27/2014 7:20:54 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Future Snake Eater

Are you sure it was popcorn. The rumour is that Popcorn murdered Mac and Cheese and was given a Pardon by the President and Popcorn asked to be flown out of the country immediately. Barack did not want any murdering turkeys around the country, so he thought it was best to ship the bird to ISIS


20 posted on 11/27/2014 7:21:43 AM PST by hondact200 (Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
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