Posted on 01/13/2015 7:54:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind
I’m still trying to figure out why Obama — or any high-level U. S. government official other than Eric Holder, who was in Paris but evidently had better things to do — didn’t join the nearly 4 million people who marched throughout France protesting the terror killings at #CharlieHebdo and the Hyper Cacher market. White House press secretary Josh Earnest has admitted [1] the mistake and apologized (perhaps a little wishy-washily, but we’ll give him a pass), informing us that, unfortunately, there just wasn’t enough time to arrange presidential security for the trip.
That’s interesting. Somehow there was time for security for 40 or so other world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel (arguably the most highly regarded politician on the planet at the moment and the de facto president of the EU), the UK’s David Cameron, Spain’s Mariano Rajoy and even Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu (probably a considerably bigger target than Obama these days and not exactly welcomed by France’s President Hollande, if reports are correc [2]t). Of course, the “American president” is supposedly more important but — correct me if I’m wrong — Obama was not originally so gung-ho on American exceptionalism [3], equating it with British exceptionalism and Greek exceptionalism, etc., etc. All countries, after all, feel they are exceptional.
Well, he’s changed his mind [4] on this several times, so who’s to say? And there was a game on. I’m a sports fan, too, tennis more than football (wimpy, huh?), so I understand. You’d have trouble prying me away from the Australian Open when it starts next week. (Djokovic and Nadal ain’t so wimpy.) But still, in the event of one of the biggest and ugliest terror events in recent years, if I were president, I hope I’d TiVo a couple of rounds.
Just yesterday I theorized [5] the real reason Obama didn’t go is he just couldn’t put the words “Islamic” and “terrorism” together in one sentence even if, forgive the tired image, it hit him in the face. (The exception of course being when insisting that something is NOT Islam.) He just can’t handle it after nearly fifty years of virtually non-stop anti-imperialist programming. His mind would fly apart if he had to utter the words “radical Islamic terrorism,” which French PM Valls, and any honest person, was quite willing to do.
Now I admit that was just a supposition. Just because I’ve never heard him link Islam and terror doesn’t mean in his heart of hearts he doesn’t. Though not a genius, he does have an IQ in triple digits and sees what’s right in front of his nose, I assume. He just interprets it differently. But why?
Is someone whispering in his ear?
Senator Dianne Feinstein has just informed us that, yes, there are Islamic terror sleeper cells in our midst [6] in the USA. If that’s true, I wonder why Feinstein wasted so much of her time wounding the CIA [7]during the last weeks of her tenure as Senate Intelligence Committee chair, but never mind. Could there be one of those cells in the White House?
I started this post thinking it was kind of funny. I liked the hed — “Is the White House a ‘Sleeper Cell’?” It reminded me of, um… Charlie Hebdo. But actually it’s not so funny. And it’s not impossible. We know something close already happened during the communist era (Alger Hiss), and the Israelis famously planted an agent, Eli Cohen [8], at the highest echelons of the Syrian government until he was caught via the KGB and hanged in the central square of Damascus. They say it was Cohen’s reports that were responsible for the rapid Israeli success against the Syrians in the Six-Day War.
But a “sleeper cell” in the White House? It would certainly explain Obama’s not going to France, which was a decision that hurt the USA, hurt the effort against Islamic terror and hurt the president’s already tarnished reputation into the bargain. There are so many other things that the existence of a White House “sleeper cell” would explain that I couldn’t even begin to count them. And as you know, a cell doesn’t have to be violent to be active. There are many ways to do damage.
But who would be a member of this cell? Is it one or all of them? Well that, I am sorry to say, I cannot tell you. I do not have the proper clearance. You are, however, free to guess. Who would stop you?
Not a sleeper cell. $h!thead didn’t go to Paris because he didn’t want to anger his true bosum buddies, and I don’t mean the French.
He would never go to a rally against jihadi fanaticism, because he does everything he can to promote it.
Sleeper cell? They’ve been active for quite some time.
What is puzzling is how these women think that they will remain in positions of influence and power when the caliphate takes over. They're already too old to be used as sex slaves or breeders (and who'd want them anyway?) and they will not willingly submit to a role cleaning the bathrooms. Useful idiots, among the first purged.
Silly Frenchies. Don’t they know that Al Qaeda is on the run and Obama has eliminated the terrorist problem? He told us so.
Nowadays there are much more important priorities, such as income inequality and police murdering black men.
Really, those French are so retro.
“”Does it bother anyone that the State Department says they are not after Islam because there are other Terrorists groups out there””
You touched a nerve there. Yes, it does bother me. I’m still fuming from watching this last night:
I sent the link out in emails this morning and watched it again - more smoke coming out my ears. I was screaming for Martha to ask her - what other groups? She’s the only one who has asked (that I have seen) and of course, there wasn’t an intelligent reply. Harf said “there are other groups out there.” After watching this video again, I get the feeling that Harf was saying and will no doubt fall back on if it comes back to bite her - that the terror groups all represent something different IN ISLAM..or she wouldn’t have mentioned Boko Haram in her answer.
Sean Hannity let the chance go by on his show later to ask the same question. They all got the same memo and that’s all they know - “there are other extremist groups”.... You could see at the WH press briefing yesterday when Earnest came up with the same dumb reply that not a single reporter asked him “what are they?” They let Ed Henry ask the questions and then sit there as tho’ they aren’t even interested in the subject.
I did hear one guy answer with “Timothy McVeigh” this morning. And of course, the commentator didn’t ask which religion/cause McVeigh was promoting! Poor idiots - have to go back 20 years to come up with a name and even then it doesn’t have anything to do with their argument.
I wonder if Egypt’s president will attend the so-called gathering next month at the behest of the jerk who is supposed to know what he is doing and sadly doesn’t have a clue. How about Bibi? OR will it be a gathering of pro-Islamic leaders; the ones who will meet in TX this weekend to discuss how they can counter islamaphobia in the US. I sure hope there is a crowd to welcome them to TX....
“”too old to be used as sex slaves or breeders (and who’d want them anyway””
Aren’t they what would be called 2 baggers?
House sleeper cell activated ...
No. It was activated the dafter the Sultan was sworn in.
“”Wish they could have tied her down on who these non-Islamic terrorist are.””
I wish someone would tie her down PERIOD - along with the other teeny bopper from the state department, Psaki. It sure shows how much thought is put into moving idiots into slots in this administration.
“”listen as U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York September 23, 2010. “”
They sure have sour pusses watching their hero - why the long faces? Where are the smiles?
“”Wish they could have tied her down on who these non-Islamic terrorist are.””
Forgot - did you hear Harf make reference to obozo’s speech at West point regarding terrorism? I wonder what she’s talking about. The latest speech he gave there was about climate change...The arrogance of that person is beyond tolerance.
Yes. Next question?
3 Blind Mice
It used to be politicians worked very hard on their lies. This administration is so sure of the MSM they just mail it in.
Starstruck, I agree with what you said.
I want to know what part of “Obama promising to side with the Muslims if things turn bad” no one else understood. It was right out in front, like a big red flag. It was Nationally Self Inflicted upon us all.
Although I heard him loud and clear. No one listens to an old woman.
Obama was born and raised a Muslim. As an adult he joined an Afro-centric church which allows those Muslim roots to continue. Do you see Christianity from Reverend Jesse or Reverend Al? Reverend Wright was of the same ilk. Obama is what he is. The "Dreams of His Father" against colonialism and world powers continue with him. He is now in the position as head of a world power to bring it down. He has 2 more years to accomplish this task.
The thing about being an old woman or old man is our perspective about how things were then as compared to now. You can read about the 40s, 50s and 60s but if you didn't experience it you won't be able to grasp exactly the way things were. And for us who did, we only participated in a small part of it.
BTT!
Can anyone PLEASE find the e-mail from Allen that Mike Gallagher read on his radio show this morning titled “It Was You” about all that Obama has done FOR the Muslims.....it was UNBELEIVABLE and would make the SIDEBAR here on FR!!!!
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