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Military justice takes a long winter’s nap
Let me venture atop my soapbox and rail about the Obama administration once again. Today’s topic raising my ire, assuredly one that should have been resolved months ago: an Army decision on Bowe Bergdahl , the US solider who deserted his Army post in Afghanistan. This White House, staffed by far-left ideologues, partisan flunkies, Clinton administration retreads and even campaign workers with no qualifications whatsoever, relies on creating “narratives” rather than following the rule of law. This President, our fearless leader from behind, abdicated his oath of office years ago, yet he still gets a free pass, because the gutless Republicans in Congress fear the backlash that would ensue from impeaching the “first black President of the United States”.
Where the Obama adminstration reliance on “narratives” originated follows a clear historical trajectory from the Clinton spin machine, where the Clinton administration weathered turbulent seas of scandals, both personal and official, by spinning (lying). The Clinton propagandists, Carville, Begala and Stephanopoulos (now heading a major news network), proved that if you repeat a lie often enough and loud enough, it will drown out the TRUTH, where it may wash up on shore at some later date, a mere unnoticed pebble on the beach.
Moving on, to something borrowed, something blue, the Obama administration, crafted a 2.0 version of spin, their illustrious “narratives”, in lieu of crafting serious policy or relying on principles and upholding the Constitution of the United States. Reports have been swirling for months now, alleging the Obama administration pressured the Defense Department to sit on the completed Bergdahl court martial investigation.
Last summer, I wrote extensively about the national security threat that is THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. They released high-level Taliban prisoners for Bergdahl, then tried to portray Bergdahl as an American war hero. When that stink bomb blew up in their face, instead of admitting their mistake, they rewrote their narrative, using their official offices for massive propaganda efforts directed at the American public. Susan Rice, the President’s National Security Advisor, went on national TV and proclaimed that Bergdahl served with “honor and distinction”, knowing full well that Bergdahl’s status swirled with controversy over allegations he deserted his post. When called on that LIE, she doubled down on the lie.
Now to the present, FOX News has a report by LTC Bill Cowan (ret.), a frequent military analyst there. He writes:
“In White House terms, not charging Bergdahl means that he was indeed worth the trade for the Taliban Five. But charging him on any level means that releasing the five Taliban was an error of monstrous proportions, one the administration will never be able to explain away satisfactorily.
Watch for the announcement, in all likelihood on a Friday afternoon. If Bergdahl is charged, the administration will hope it’s old news by Monday. If he’s not charged, it will be big news for a long time to come.”
Expect many more rewrites to this administration’s Bergdahl melodrama. It wasn’t enough for President Obama to fundamentally transform America. He’s working on dismantling the US Armed Forces too. When soldiers who served honorably end up being cast as psychopaths and liars by a spokeswoman for our State Department (Marie Harf), while a deserter like Bergdahl gets cast as a hero, can our demise be far in the distance?
Let me state in unequivocal terms, I believe this President is the greatest threat to America’s national security. If he succeeds at destroying faith in the chain of command, good order and discipline will crumble, unit cohesion will collapse, and our noble fighting force will have been felled by a shameless pack of partisan LIARS.
Here’s a voluminous list of previous LB Bergdahl rants:
https://libertybellediaries.com/2014/05/31/repaid-in-kind/
https://libertybellediaries.com/2014/06/01/a-soldier-in-good-standing/
https://libertybellediaries.com/2014/06/02/reading-the-three-cups-of-tea-leaves/
https://libertybellediaries.com/2014/06/03/military-jargon-101-or-portrait-of-courage-not/
https://libertybellediaries.com/2014/06/04/they-embraced-it/
https://libertybellediaries.com/2014/06/04/just-the-facts/
https://libertybellediaries.com/2014/06/04/another-lie/
https://libertybellediaries.com/2014/06/04/undue-command-influence/
https://libertybellediaries.com/2014/06/05/the-choices-we-make/
https://libertybellediaries.com/2014/06/06/mendacity-us-proud-alumni/
https://libertybellediaries.com/2014/06/07/enemies-both-foreign-and-domestic/
https://libertybellediaries.com/2014/10/10/bergdahl-update/
Yeah, that last one on the list was from October 2014, when the Bergdahl investigation was completed, but due to White House politics, the investigation is undergoing a winter hibernation – a lengthy review process….
Filed under Foreign Policy, General Interest, Islam, Military, Politics, The Constitution
Rewriting the “counter-narrative”…
“U.S. military social media accounts apparently hacked by Islamic State sympathizers” – from the Washington Post
“Islamic State Hacks CENTCOM Twitter Feed as Obama Talks Cybersecurity” – The Washington Free Beacon
President Obama skipped Sunday’s rally in Paris to show solidarity with other world leaders to fight Islamic terrorism. The negative press prompted the White House to conjure up a “global security summit” in February and to blame security concerns for the President’s safety as the reason President Obama didn’t attend. Yes, 40 other world leaders took the risk and stood up to Islamic terrorists, but our leader from behind, who reportedly spent a good bit of Sunday watching football on TV, huddled with his team, playing Monday morning quarterback, rewriting their “counter-narrative”…. #Man-madeDisaster
Filed under Foreign Policy, General Interest, Islam, Politics, Terrorism
A “counter-narrative”?
Leave it to Eric Holder to explain how we’re going to fight Islamic terrorists. From This Week with George Stephanopolis on Sunday:
“STEPHANOPOULOS: The French prime minister said yesterday that France is at war with radical Islam.
Is the U.S. At war with radical Islam?
HOLDER: Well, I certainly think that we are at war with those who would commit terrorist attacks and who would corrupt the Islamic faith in the way that they do, to try to justify their terrorist actions.
So that’s who we are at — at war with. And we are determined to take the fight to them to prevent them from engaging in these kinds of activities.
Our president has indicated that we will be calling, on February the 18th, a summit, so that we deal with better ways in which we can counter violent extremism and really get at the core, come up with ways in which we prevent people from adhering to, being attracted to this terrorist ideology.
We certainly have to work, I think, in a dual way. We need to confront people who engage in these acts, hold them accountable. But we also have to somehow come up with a counter-narrative that too many people, especially young men, find attractive.
And, as I said, February the 18th, the White House will host a summit that I announced at the meeting here today in Paris.”
There you’ve got it, they’re not Islamic and we’re not at war with them, really, and in case you missed it, we need to hold terrorists accountable as the Obama administration continues to release the most dangerous GITMO Islamic terrorists. ” But we also have to somehow come up with a counter-narrative that too many people, especially young men, find attractive”. Yes, of course, “a counter-narrative” will dissuade bloodthirsty barbarians…..
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Journalists and Jihadis at The American Thinker
Read more of G. Murphy Donovan’s excellent article!
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You’ll love Brad Thor’s two-word response to this Muslim activist on the #CharlieHebdo terrorist attack
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Happy New Year!
Dear Readers,
As 2014 winds down to a few hours left, I decided to write a short note to you. First, I want to thank Gladius for encouraging me to start this blog, because without his kind words and directing me to WordPress, as a user-friendly blogging site, libertybellediaries would not exist. Without readers, there would be little point to continue this blog, so let me extend my heartfelt thank-you to each of you for taking time out of your busy day to read my blog. That I actually have readers continues to surprise, yet delight me, and my intent is to offer my blog as an opportunity for conversation.
Please feel free to offer opinions, criticisms, advice, at any time. For those, who have commented, thank you for the wisdom you have added.
In 2015, instead of blabbering on about what is wrong in America, I’m hoping we can branch out and start brainstorming about how to fix what’s broken, mend what’s torn asunder, heal what is ailing our great country.
From bartleby.com (http://www.bartleby.com/360/4/109.html)
III. Faith: Hope: Love: Service
What I Live For
George Linnæus Banks (1821–1881)
I LIVE for those who love me,
Whose hearts are kind and true,
For heaven that smiles above me,
And waits my spirit, too;
For all the ties that bind me,
For all the tasks assigned me,
And bright hopes left behind me,
And good that I can do.I live to learn their story
Who’ve suffered for my sake,
To emulate their glory,
And follow in their wake;
Bards, patriots, martyrs, sages,
The noble of all ages,Whose deeds crown history’s pages,
And Time’s great volume make.I live to hold communion
With all that is divine,
To feel there is a union
’Twixt Nature’s heart and mine;
To profit by affliction,
Reap truths from fields of fiction,
And, wiser from conviction,
Fulfil each grand design.I live to hail that season,
By gifted minds foretold,
When men shall rule by reason,
And not alone by gold;
When man to man united,
And every wrong thing righted,
The whole world shall be lighted
As Eden was of old.I live for those who love me,
Whose hearts are kind and true,
For heaven that smiles above me,
And waits my spirit too;
For the cause that lacks assistance,
For the wrong that needs resistance,
For the future in the distance,
And the good that I can do.
Happy New Year and Best Wishes for you all through the year:-)
Sincerely,
Libertybelle
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A memorial?
Last month, I came across reports in several conservative blogs, quoting a CNN story about Mike Brown, of #Ferguson fame, residing in an unmarked grave. The timeline speaks of priorities. Mike Brown died August 9, 2014. He was buried August 25, 2014. His mother, Lesley McSpadden and a group of thugs, allegedly attacked Mike Brown’s grandmother and a group of friends and family selling “Justice for Mike Brown” T-shirts on October 18, 2014. McSpadden and her group allegedly stole $1500 worth of merchandise, $400 cash and one person went to the hospital for injuries sustained in the attack.
This grieving mother could gather a gang to fight over who should profit from her son’s death, while her son lies in an unmarked grave. The MSM and black grievance industry have been carting McSpadden and her drug dealer husband, Louis Head around to drum up anti-police sentiment and fuel racial tensions, yet she hasn’t even had a headstone or marker put on her son’s grave. Likewise, the family of Staten Island police victim, Eric Garner,has been in a media whirl too. Garner was buried in July 2014 in a cemetery in Linden, NJ and surprisingly his grave also sits untended and unmarked.
Now, to complete this bizarre tale of memorializing the dead, along comes this story today of a Ferguson police officer, Timothy Zoll, being put on administrative leave for referring to a makeshift pile of mementos in the middle of the street, euphemistically dubbed a “Mike Brown Memorial”, as a pile of trash. Someone drove through the memorial in the middle of the street and idiots, yes, I said idiots posted photos of the carnage wrought and also if you scroll down there’s a photo of the memorial restored.
Is this really what memorializing the dead has come to in America – a pile of stuffed animals, dead flowers and assorted cheap bric-a-brac placed in the middle of a street? Where’s the outrage that all of these people profiting from Mike Brown’s death, to include his mother, can fight over T-shirt revenues before even caring for his grave? The silence is deafening. Yet, the Washington Post wants to sensationalize the police officer speaking the truth – it’s a pile of trash in the middle of the street.
Perhaps, at some of these protests, the black grievance leaders can take up a collection for decent headstones for the black men, whose names they’ve cheaply commercialized, with catchy, “hands up” and ” I can’t breathe” advertising gimmicks, to further their political aims.
If that months old, moldering pile of trash in the middle of the street is a memorial to a young life lost in America, the devaluation of human life plummeted far lower than most of us could ever have imagined.
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