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Fast and Furious Falling Apart
American Thinker ^ | 6/21/2012 | Russ Vaughn

Posted on 06/20/2012 11:29:56 PM PDT by Nachum

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To: Nachum
"When BATF agents first blew the whistle on what is now known as Operation Fast and Furious, the rationale offered by DoJ for such an evidently foolish operation was that it was designed to allow BATF to track and prosecute the leaders of the Mexican drug cartels."

Foolish operation? The truth is probably that the enemy-Left O-regime wanted to put arms in the hands of leftist terrorists and other scum seeking to enter the US illegally.

21 posted on 06/21/2012 3:15:18 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Nachum

Ping


22 posted on 06/21/2012 3:18:28 AM PDT by Sivad (NorCal Red Turf)
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To: Nachum

Excellent article that every American should read.


23 posted on 06/21/2012 3:56:55 AM PDT by GnL
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To: Nachum
“Interesting theory. Chicago as the incubator for the liberal anti-gun program.”

How's that working out for the people of Chicago...?

They're quickly passing Detroit as one of the most dangerous cities on earth for gun violence!

24 posted on 06/21/2012 4:04:35 AM PDT by RavenATB ("Destroy the family and you destroy the country!" ~Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Nachum
Therefore, DoJ was patently misrepresenting its motive. Why?

It's what the left has done for decades. They're always selling their power grabs as "for the children" or what-have-you. And too many simps fall for it.

25 posted on 06/21/2012 4:07:35 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Nachum

Great article. The MSM this morning is framing this as a Republican witch hunt. It’s unbelievable that they will not report this fair and honestly. They pose it as “is it this or is it that”. Even Greta. For heaven’s sake, if the damn thing walks like a duck ...


26 posted on 06/21/2012 4:28:04 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: catfish1957

Sad isn’t it

And no way around that fact for the majority of the Sheeple get their views as dictated by the MSM


27 posted on 06/21/2012 4:33:59 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: Nachum

Investigate Hillary Clinton and Janet Napolitano as well. To let guns “walk” across the border hits their individual territories big time too.

This whole administration is rotten to the absolute core.


28 posted on 06/21/2012 4:40:11 AM PDT by bergmeid
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To: precisionshootist

“That word is TREASON.

Holder must be prosecuted and if the evidence also shows Obama was involved (which he almost certainly was) he must be impeached.”

I believe treason is a capital crime too, so lets not just stop at impeachment. Unfortunately, what they did is not Treason as Mexico is not a stated enemy of the US nor are we at war with them.


29 posted on 06/21/2012 4:52:27 AM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: bronxville

“I haven’t heard any evidence that the guns of F&F were ever meant to be “TRACKED” to the upper levels of cartel organizations”

Of course not, the same Cartel members whom are already wanted for Murder, Torture, let alone drug running. To think they would simply be arrested for receiving guns is folly.


30 posted on 06/21/2012 5:04:02 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: Nachum

Why do I hear no one say this:

Fast & Furious was a scam which included the government of a foreigh country to subvert the Constituion. The goal was to subvert the Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment.

The Obama open mike incident with Russian President Medvedev shows that Obama IS absolutely willing to work with a foreign government to work against the interests and safety of the American People.

Will Romney prosecute Obama Administration people on these charges? We already know that the Weeper of the House will do nothing that upsets the media. Cowards, almost all of them.s


31 posted on 06/21/2012 5:04:46 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (.Are they stupid, malicious or evil?)
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To: Nachum
So let me get this straight, our President's AG was illegally supplying Mexican drug lords with automatic weapons without the knowledge of any Mexican officials and people on both sides of the border have been killed with these weapons?

Damn, this is way more impressive than Iran-Contra!

32 posted on 06/21/2012 5:15:50 AM PDT by GBA (To understand what is happening to America and why, read The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn)
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...handed off to Holder who is left trapped and holding the bag.

Uh Uh. By invoking executive privilege, Obama has tied the Office of the President directly to the operation. If he had no knowledge of the operation, he couldn't claim that.

33 posted on 06/21/2012 5:18:38 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: Nachum

Liberals accused Ronald Reagan and the CIA of introducing crack cocaine into urban areas on purpose.

Senator John Kerry led a committee investigation of this.

In the black community, many still blame Reagan and the CIA for crack babies and the destruction of the black family.

Fast & Furious is one million times more severe and there is no interest from liberals.


34 posted on 06/21/2012 5:22:29 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
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To: Nachum

Keep in mind that we only know of a few murders because the firearms were left at the scene.

Since there are thousands of firearms from this program in the hands of the most brutal criminals in North America, there are probably hundreds of Americans who have been killed.

Every murder near the border should be linked to Fast & Furious.


35 posted on 06/21/2012 5:24:30 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
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To: Nachum

Excellent article.


36 posted on 06/21/2012 5:27:34 AM PDT by rusty millet
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37 posted on 06/21/2012 5:47:43 AM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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Bump


38 posted on 06/21/2012 5:49:08 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: bronxville
The plan was aimed at disrupting gun trafficking between the United States and Mexico.

Maybe that's what they said, but without any way to track the guns into Mexico, that wasn't going to work. The guns in the aborted Wide Receiver operation had GPS trackers in them, but the batteries gave out too soon for the units to be effective. That is why the operation under Bush was halted.

Fast and Furious is one of several operations which had no chance of succeeding at anything but delivering guns into the hands of the cartels (and other criminals) which could be traced to American gun dealers. That the operation was to provide the data to support subverting our RKBA is the only reason for the operation which makes sense, especially considering the 90% figure had been seriously debunked.

39 posted on 06/21/2012 5:54:38 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: Jabba the Nutt
—We already know that the Weeper of the House will do nothing that upsets the media. Cowards, almost all of them—

It is infuriating for me to imagine how this would be handled if the repubs were the perps. The dems and their media lap dogs would shut down everything. New 24 hour cable news shows would appear.

It is an depressing reminder of how weak repubs remain.

They have Holder (and possibly Obama) with the blood still dripping from their fingers, but are too timid and cowardly to bring them to justice.

40 posted on 06/21/2012 5:59:13 AM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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