Backstory: Obama and Syria

This story from last November sets the stage for Obama's recent actions towards Syria. The last paragraph tells you all you need to know about what was really going on (think: Logan Act): Obama's Road to Damascus

"Go grab his ass"

Liberals have been pining for the lost Al Gore presidency for years now...strange, though, given his Bush-esque sympathies!

An anecdote former Clinton counterterror czar Richard Clarke recounts in his memoir "Against All Enemies" is instructive. In 1993, White House Counsel Lloyd Cutler was horrified by Mr. Clarke's proposal for "extraordinary rendition," where our spooks turn over prisoners to foreign countries like Egypt so they can do the interrogating.

While Mr. Clinton was still chewing his fingernails and seemed to side with Mr. Cutler, Al Gore arrived late to the meeting. "Clinton recapped the arguments on both sides," Mr. Clarke writes. "Gore laughed and said, 'That's a no-brainer. Of course it's a violation of international law, that's why it's a covert action. The guy is a terrorist. Go grab his ass.'" [Excerpt from "The Jack Bauer Exception," Wall Street Journal, Friday, January 23, 2009]

Sigh. For the good old days.

12/21/12

Nostradamus predicted an enormous asteroid attacking earth December 21, 2012; Eistein spoke of the axis shift every 26,000 years, hitting again in 2012; Mayan and Egyptian calendars end December 21, 2012...who will be President at this time???