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Anything for that Iran deal: How Obama threw national security (and troops' lives) out the window
American Thinker ^ | July 11, 2018 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 07/11/2018 12:54:43 PM PDT by detective

n a major story that came and went, President Obama shut down a major drug operation run by Hezb'allah because he didn't want to upset Iran's mullahs and endanger his Iran deal. Seems the Iran deal was considerably more important to his "legacy" than any concern about drug-dealing, the opioid epidemic, or just the idea of putting terrorists who finance themselves through the global drug trade out of business.

Politico did the story about how Obama shut down Project Cassandra, so it should have gotten attention, yet it didn't. The whole thing recalls something security expert Rachel Ehrenfeld memorably told me in the wake of 9-11 many years ago: "All terrorism is narco-terrorism." For Obama, all national security was about protecting his "legacy."

Turns out that wasn't the only drug operation Obama shut down.

Politico's investigative reporter, Josh Meyer, has uncovered another load of mischief around drugs and "legacy"-making from Team Obama. Turns out the Obama administration shut down a similar operation targeted at the Taliban, not as directly as he did the Hezb'allah drug-dealing operation, but through failing to issue permissions and permits, effectively killing it off in the same passive-aggressive way Obama's IRS minions killed off the Tea Party. A full plan, called Operation Reciprocity, was in place to shut down the Taliban, same way President Bush and President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia shut down the FARC Marxist narco-terrorists, yet nothing came of it, because of Obama.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


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This is an excellent article.

It links to the previous Josh Meyer article and other articles.

The article and links document some of the treason and sabotage by the Obama administration.

Obama and his administration were truly evil.

1 posted on 07/11/2018 12:54:43 PM PDT by detective
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To: detective

Where is Obama these days? Seems to lyin’ low, so to speak.


2 posted on 07/11/2018 12:58:56 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Steely Tom
Where is Obama these days?

Isn't he busy preparing for his Netflix gig?

I wonder if this is a straight business deal, plausibly worth $60 million to Netflix in terms of viewer attention, or a disguised payoff for ... well, who knows, and by whom?

3 posted on 07/11/2018 1:02:08 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: detective
"fundamentally transform America"

Obama admits his goal was to DESTROY America as the Constitution and divine providence envisioned it.

4 posted on 07/11/2018 1:02:20 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: G Larry

Of course. And he did a lot of damage.

And there are still idiots that support him to this day. SMH


5 posted on 07/11/2018 1:04:12 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
I wonder if this is a straight business deal, plausibly worth $60 million to Netflix in terms of viewer attention, or a disguised payoff for ... well, who knows, and by whom?

I assume that is the case.

I have no idea about the "by whom," but there's no denying that Netflix became gigantic during his presidency, and there are countless, endless ways he could have tipped the balance in their favor without anyone knowing.

6 posted on 07/11/2018 1:04:36 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: detective

There were very good reasons for the founders to exclude the children of foreign nationals from being President.
Natural born citizens are naturally citizens because they have only one nationality.


7 posted on 07/11/2018 1:10:01 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Steely Tom

You mean on the “down low”?


8 posted on 07/11/2018 1:13:42 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Lurkinanloomin

You are obssesed with birther issues. Do you post anything not related to natural born citizen requirements?


9 posted on 07/11/2018 1:15:39 PM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: Steely Tom

Nearest bath house.....


10 posted on 07/11/2018 1:17:09 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: subterfuge

I don’t want it to happen again.
Once was more than enough to convince me that the founders were correct.


11 posted on 07/11/2018 1:18:01 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: detective

Barack Obama was, and is, a self appointed agent of militant Islam.

In a different, more sane time, back before Political Correctness and leftist insanity prevailed, he would never have been elected.

And anyone engaging in the treasonous behavior we saw from him would have been tried and convicted of treason.


12 posted on 07/11/2018 1:19:18 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Liberalism is the philosophy of sniveling brats. - P.J. ORourke)
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To: G Larry

His whole adult life bears living testimony of his hatred for us & our way of life.


13 posted on 07/11/2018 1:27:04 PM PDT by Ohioan
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To: detective

Not a word in the corrupt media about bammy and Project Cassandra. They are complicit.


14 posted on 07/11/2018 1:28:42 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Liberalism, like insanity, is the denial of reality.)
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To: detective

Am I missing something here? I thought Obama did not shut down the Hezbollah drug ring to protect the Iran Deal.

Am I wrong?


15 posted on 07/11/2018 1:36:02 PM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives. Do nothing and we lose.)
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To: Steely Tom

Maybe this is payback for Obama’s support of Net Neutrality?


16 posted on 07/11/2018 1:36:27 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: joshua c

You are correct.


17 posted on 07/11/2018 1:41:12 PM PDT by deadrock
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To: detective
Given a choice between advancing the cause of radical Islam and anything else, Obama always ... always ... came down on the side of radical Islam. I believe he'd have turned over the SEALS who shot Osama to be tried for war crimes in Pakistan if the Iranian's had thought to ask them. Anything to get them what they wanted.

Some people say Obama was a musim. I don't know that but I do know that if he was a dedicated, devout, and radical muslim he would have done virtually nothing different than he did with regards to his policy on all matters and nations Islamic.

18 posted on 07/11/2018 1:42:55 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
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To: dhs12345
Maybe this is payback for Obama’s support of Net Neutrality?

There ya go. Yup.

Except I thought Net Neutrality didn't happen. Maybe I'm behind the curve on that one.

Usually payoffs don't happen if the favor didn't get done.

19 posted on 07/11/2018 1:57:21 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Steely Tom

It was repealed under Trump.


20 posted on 07/11/2018 2:05:52 PM PDT by dhs12345
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