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New York Times Keeps Mum For Its Own

Jun 23, 2009 Political

David Rohde, a reporter for the New York Times, was captured in Afghanistan seven months ago and a few days ago he escaped and is on his way to safety. I am happy he escaped and hope he is none the worse for wear.

The story of his capture was not made public by the NYT. Bill Keller decided that it would put him in danger if the story was published so the took the “agonizing” decision to keep it under wraps.

Deciding not to report initially on reporter David Rohde’s capture by the Taliban for seven months was “an agonizing position that we revisited over and over again,” New York Times executive editor Bill Keller said Sunday.

“All along, we were told by people that probably the wisest course for David’s safety was to keep it quiet,” Keller said in an interview on CNN. My Way News

This is the same New York Times that disclosed one secret government plan after another even after being asked not to so that our troops would not be placed in further danger. The NYT only held one story and did not do that for very long. The paper decided that it was in the public’s interest to know about the secret programs.

When it came to one of their own, the paper decided to keep the story quiet so as not to endanger the employee.

Where was the public’s interest?

This is further proof that the NYT is an anti American paper. They took great pride in hurting America when George Bush was trying to protect us even though they were told it could place our troops in further danger.

This should demonstrate the bias of the NYT as well as their hatred of our troops.

Tags: afghanistan, david rohde, new york times, secrets, treason, troops

Joe Biden Will Hide At A Disclosed Location

May 19, 2009 Political

After 9/11 a special, secure place was built for the Vice President to go to in the event of an emergency so that if something happened to the President he would be safe and ready to take over. The MSM frequently stated that VP Cheney was at an undisclosed location. That was a big joke with the liberals.

Jow Biden is now the VP and if there is ever an emergency and he is whisked off he will not be taken to an undisclosed location, he will be taken to a disclosed one. This is not because anyone wants him to be exposed to harm, it is because Biden is a moron who cannot keep his mouth shut.

When Biden attended the Gridiron Club dinner in DC he told people about the secret place.

According to Clift’s report on the Newsweek blog, Biden “said a young naval officer giving him a tour of the residence showed him the hideaway, which is behind a massive steel door secured by an elaborate lock with a narrow connecting hallway lined with shelves filled with communications equipment.”

Clift continued: “The officer explained that when Cheney was in lock down, this was where his most trusted aides were stationed, an image that Biden conveyed in a way that suggested we shouldn’t be surprised that the policies that emerged were off the wall.” Fox News

Biden’s office is denying the story and saying that Big Mouth Joe was talking about an upstairs room that is believed to have been used by Cheney as an office. How many upstairs offices have huge steel doors? Biden’s description does not sound like any upstairs room I have ever seen.

Neighbors complained sometime after 9/11 about construction (at the VP residence) that included digging deep into the ground which would be more in line with what Biden said than the spin coming out of his office. Why would a second story room have a huge steel door with an elaborate lock, a connecting narrow hallway and shelves of communications equipment?

Biden is so full of himself and thinks he is so wonderful that he feels the need to go around and describe his importance. He makes claims that come from a deeply troubled mind. He is a scatter brain and he cannot keep his yap shut.

Disclosing secrets seems to be a common theme in this administration. Obama releases classified memos and Biden discloses his secret shelter’s location. If something bad happens the enemy will know where to find this moron. Fortunately for Biden if the enemy ever captures him they will pay us to take him back. A half an hour with his yap running would make the most hardened terrorist cry.

Here is a little hint that can help Obama and his peeps keep secrets.

Pretend they are all his birth certificate.

That is one document he has successfully kept under wraps.

What kind of country is this where classified information is freely released and a birth certificate is locked up tighter than Fort Knox?

Tags: birth certificate, classified information, joe biden, Obama, secrets

Obama Plays Politics With The Troops

Sep 15, 2008 Political

For all his posturing, for all his claims to support them, for all his claims to want them out of Iraq immediately (that was what he wanted before he changed to a sensible withdraw) and for all his claims that he is looking out for them the reality is that the troops are pawns to Barack Obama.

Obama likes to tell everyone he opposed the war from the start. He didn’t oppose it when he was campaigning for John Kerry and praised the Senator and his tough decisions, blah, blah. Nonetheless, his claim of change, and one that made him different in the primary, is that he could make the claim that he always opposed the war because he was not in office when it was voted upon. No one really knows how he would have voted since he votes with Democrats 97% of the time.

One thing is certain though, Obama has little regard for the troops. He ignored the wounded when he went overseas. He could have visited them but chose not to. There are no excuses because there is NEVER an excuse to not visit our wounded. A leader would know that.

Obama talks a good game but word out of Iraq is that Barack Obama tried to convince the Iraqis not to broker any kind of draw down of US troops until the next administration was in office. As he campaigns he says he wants them out quickly (but responsibly) and that he will negotiate to get them out and let the Iraqis take control of their own destiny. However, in private he was busy trying to swing back room deals with the Iraqi government not to make any deals with President Bush.

WHILE campaigning in public for a speedy withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, Sen. Barack Obama has tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a draw-down of the American military presence.

According to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Obama made his demand for delay a key theme of his discussions with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad in July.

“He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington,” Zebari said in an interview.

Obama insisted that Congress should be involved in negotiations on the status of US troops – and that it was in the interests of both sides not to have an agreement negotiated by the Bush administration in its “state of weakness and political confusion.”

“However, as an Iraqi, I prefer to have a security agreement that regulates the activities of foreign troops, rather than keeping the matter open.” Zebari says.

Though Obama claims the US presence is “illegal,” he suddenly remembered that Americans troops were in Iraq within the legal framework of a UN mandate. His advice was that, rather than reach an accord with the “weakened Bush administration,” Iraq should seek an extension of the UN mandate.

While in Iraq, Obama also tried to persuade the US commanders, including Gen. David Petraeus, to suggest a “realistic withdrawal date.” They declined. New York Post

This is nothing more than Obama playing politics with our troops. He does not want the Bush Administration to receive any credit for getting this done and Obama is worried that it might give republicans a leg up in the election especially when one considers that Obama was tragically wrong on the surge. It has been the opposite of all the doom and gloom failure that Obama predicted. His opposition and incorrect predictions demonstrated how inexperienced he is for the job of Commander in Chief.

We have business to conduct whether or not there is an election going on. If the Bush administration is working to end the war or move into another phase it should not be a political issue for Obama. If Congress should be involved then let the do-nothings currently in Congress get involved. We do not have to wait for the next administration for Congress to get involved..

Barack Obama can say anything he wants but in the end he is just another politician who does not care about anything but winning. John Kerry said the troops were stupid and Obama thinks they are pawns in a giant chess game.

And this guy wants to be their boss.

No thanks.

Tags: Bush, chess game, Iraq, Obama, secrets