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Soft on Terror (Krauthammer)
townhall.com ^ | 1/29/2010 | Krauthammer

Posted on 01/29/2010 4:19:37 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies

he real scandal surrounding the failed Christmas Day airline bombing was not the fact that a terrorist got on a plane -- that can happen to any administration, as it surely did to the Bush administration -- but what happened afterward when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was captured and came under the full control of the U.S. government.

After 50 minutes of questioning him, the Obama administration chose, reflexively and mindlessly, to give the chatty terrorist the right to remain silent. Which he immediately did, undoubtedly denying us crucial information about al-Qaeda in Yemen, which had trained, armed and dispatched him.

We have since learned that the decision to Mirandize Abdulmutallab had been made without the knowledge of or consultation with (1) the secretary of defense, (2) the secretary of homeland security, (3) the director of the FBI, (4) the director of the National Counterterrorism Center or (5) the director of national intelligence (DNI)

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To: Diogenesis
Krauthammer is dishonest for Obama, when he says this was "mindlessly" done.

As much fun as it is to blame Obama, we really cannot. The (egregious) fact is that he wasn't even informed of the incident until long after the SOB was Mirandized....

Which in a way is even more disturbing: this is an indication of the the fundamental culture of the entire Obama administration. They're dangerously naive.

They're not all pro-terrorist ... what they really are is completely and willfully blind as to the nature of the terrorist threat.

21 posted on 01/29/2010 2:11:25 PM PST by r9etb
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Next we’ll learn he is an alien-human hybrid.;-)
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We should be so lucky! That would probably be a great improvement.


22 posted on 01/29/2010 2:57:41 PM PST by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to catch sunshine in a fish net at midnight.)
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To: Jet Jaguar; Lady Jag; Slings and Arrows; maggief; Dog; BP2; Candor7; martin_fierro; ...

sigh.


23 posted on 01/29/2010 6:02:44 PM PST by bitt (One if by land, Two if by sea. Three if by CRIMINALS from Washington, D.C)
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To: bitt

I watched the CSPAN video. As each answered they where not consulted.


24 posted on 01/29/2010 6:12:36 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....)
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To: bitt

Correction needed. I watched the video as the Secretary of Homeland Security, Director of National Counterterrorism Center, and the Director of National Intelligence where asked if they where consulted. They three answered no.


25 posted on 01/29/2010 6:17:16 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies; Diogenesis; onyx
The night of the speech. Krauthammer said BO was close to or approaching “clinical denial”.

Onyx Hubby is also a psychiatrist and concurs with CK. If I can remember what she posted. Hubby said that when this type of person crack he breaks into lots of little pieces and never recovers.

Is that close Onyx?

26 posted on 01/29/2010 6:19:01 PM PST by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: hoosiermama

Yeah, when that type of person crashes, they hit the floor at full speed. He’s not available right now or I’d ask him again. I think he meant full break down. Crash and burn.


27 posted on 01/29/2010 6:30:38 PM PST by onyx (BE A MONTHLY DONOR - I AM)
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To: bitt; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
Thanks bitt.
After 50 minutes of questioning him, the Obama administration chose, reflexively and mindlessly, to give the chatty terrorist the right to remain silent. Which he immediately did, undoubtedly denying us crucial information about al-Qaeda in Yemen, which had trained, armed and dispatched him.

28 posted on 01/29/2010 7:11:15 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: bitt

Thanks for the ping!


29 posted on 01/29/2010 10:49:58 PM PST by nutmeg (Congratulations Senator-elect Scott Brown!!! Gas up the truck!!!)
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To: hoosiermama; onyx
Thx to you both!

I must admit that, watching Obama walk onto stage (any stage), I wonder if he isn't even more than a pathological narcissist.

There are times (plenty of them) when my mind tells me he's the Devil's spawn.

I know, I know...it sounds loony, but that is the first thought that pops into my imagination.

And it's not because he's a Democrat or Marxist or even a politician. It's because he reeks of dishonesty and lies. It's because there's something profoundly loathsome about the way he adores/worships himself above everything else...above his Country, the Americans people, and even his own family.

Of all people I have ever encountered, he is head and shoulders above them all in terms of pure reptilian vileness (my apologies to lizards and shakes).

More and more, when I see him on TV (and, frankly, I immediately turn the channel), I get the feeling that I am in the presence of pure evil.

Just saying...

30 posted on 01/30/2010 4:34:59 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (Barky...because he's barking mad!!!)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Have you been talking to my father, sister, best friend lately? Each of them have said similar, without knowing what the other has said.


31 posted on 01/30/2010 4:41:08 AM PST by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: hoosiermama
Yow! That's kinda scary.
32 posted on 01/30/2010 4:47:22 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (Barky...because he's barking mad!!!)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

......it’s not because he’s a Democrat or Marxist .....

He called you out...... except he twisted your words. He said we are not Bolsheviks. That is Fake but True.

You say Marxist


33 posted on 01/30/2010 4:52:16 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Tax the poor. Taxes will give them a stake in society)
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To: bert

He lied...for the millionth time!;-)


34 posted on 01/30/2010 5:05:34 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (Barky...because he's barking mad!!!)
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