Once upon a time

by Jim McCrudden

Once upon a time there was a world where leaders adopted the line, “We don’t negotiate with terrorists.”

President Teddy Roosevelt, facing ransom demands for the release of a captured American citizen, Perdicaris, by a Moroccan, Raisuli, had a telegram released giving the US response, “Perdicaris alive, or Raisuli dead.”

Every pollie since has tried to come up with such a memorable line, but is driven back to the bland, ‘we don’t negotiate, blah blah’.

To some extent they did try not to but with the coming of Obama things changed – ordinary terrorists? No negotiating, Muslim terrorists? wellll!

This President, this minute, is negotiating with the Taliban in Afghanistan – the very terrorists that the US sacrificed men to fight and eradicate – to share power there with President Kharzi. And not only the US is fighting terrorist there; Australia has been there since 2001 fighting the Taliban under Operation Slipper.

This President ordered US military to join forces with the terrorist rebels to overthrow Qaddafi in Libya and give Al Qaeda its very own nation with a voice in the UN. Not saying Qaddafi was a papabile but he did respect Australian war dead, the new mob trashed their graves.

This President helped the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood push out President Mubarak in Egypt. Then sent them money. Then cut off the money to the new government when the Brotherhood got ousted in a coup.

This President hired an Al Qaeda-associated Militia in Libya to “protect” the US Consul, Stevens, and other Americans in Libya from Al Qaeda. The result was that Stevens and three others were murdered and their corpses desecrated. Obama then directed a cover-up, lied that it had been a spontaneous riot over a stupid short video unrelated to terrorists, and took no action to punish the murderers. He did arrest the maker of the video, of course. Of course. That’s his style.

This President is now intending to provide weapons to more even Jihadists, this time in Syria – where it is notorious that Al Qaeda has flocked to once again – to help them take over yet another country.

Two weeks ago Reuters revealed that the US House and Senate Intel Committees had frozen Obama’s funding of the Syria rebels due to the potential for another monumental foul-up of Kevin Rudd proportions and, as the whole population is overwhelmingly opposed to intervention in Syria, it was thought that this might encourage Congress to hold the line, and stop aiding terrorists.

But there is no amount of public disapproval that will stop the pants-piddling Republicans for stooping over for Obama. Opposing him on anything brings tirades of abuse from what passes for journalism there. Congress has just announced that Obama can go ahead funding the terrorists with some “strong” (ROFL) reservations.

Oddly they announced this after the Taliban issued their media release that they were Syria bound to fight a holy war there.

Has Obama got a hot line to Al Qaeda? Are they getting a bit of the US tax dollar too?

Would anybody be surprised?

Comments

[Allan]

1.

Jim, for some time now I have been at a loss to fathom just why the Fourth Estate is so deliberately blind to the antics of Obama, Rudd and other socialist engineering, Islamic apologist, leaders throughout what has been known until now as the free world.

Looking from the outside in it is quite easy to see what the Obamas and Rudds are up to, but convincing a growing number of people that they are not doing anyone, except for themselves, any favours is becoming almost impossible.

Maybe what is needed is for those blinded by the self-serving crap that is produced by the Obamas and Rudds is to live through three or four decades of full on socialist destruction, because they don't seem to be learning the lessons from those overseas countries that are in ruins as a result of social engineering and waste.

Obama's pandering to Islamic terrorists is something we should all be concerned about, and the zeal with which the Obamas and Rudds are selling us out to the United Nations and their 'World Government' agenda is way up there at the top of the list of real concerns.

[Arthur Dent]

2.

I'm surprised anyone's surprised.
Isn't it called 'realpolitik' ?

[AlterEgo]

3.

Isn't it called 'realpolitik' ?

You mean dealing with the world as it really is, rather than a fantasy of what you wish the world to be.

It was ever thus!

[Arthur Dent]

4.

Perhaps Jim McCruddin has forgotten that the United States has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.

[Rumplestilskin]

5.

Couldn't agree more, Allan.
As for that dismissive shoulder shrugging of Dent's, affecting cool detachment and pretending he knew all about it and everyone is doing it, so Obama is still OK - typical Lefty reaction when the issue is indefensible.