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Archive for August 2nd, 2007

Hiliary flip-flops on Pakistan

by @ 10:48. Filed under Politics - National, War on Terror.

(H/T – Mary Katharine Ham)

Jim Geraghty at NRO discovers a Hiliarious flip-flop on Pakistan:
Flip –

July 27 : US Democratic presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Clinton has rejected suggestions of a unilateral US strike in Pakistan’s tribal region, American troops should accompany Pakistan troops.

Addressing a fund-raising dinner organised by the National Association of Pakistani-Americans, Hillary said a unilateral US strike would not produce the desired results, but would create fresh problems.

Only a combined effort could destroy militant hideouts in the area, she added.

Flop (yesterday) –

But she did not rule out U.S. attacks inside Pakistan, citing the missile attacks her husband, then-President Bill Clinton, ordered against Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in 1998.

“If we had actionable intelligence that Osama bin Laden or other high-value targets were in Pakistan I would ensure that they were targeted and killed or captured,” she said.


Nice example, Hiliary. That empty-tent strike wasn’t even successful in its primary mission, much less the secondary mission of doing anything to Al Qaeda or Osama bin Laden.

I know she doesn’t have the balls to do the job right, especially if it can’t be done quickly.

What the hell is wrong with these judges?

by @ 10:29. Filed under Law and order.

WTMJ-AM just reported that Brendan Dassey, convicted of 1st degree intentional homicide, mutiliation of the corpse, and 2nd-degree sexual assault in the murder of Theresa Halbach, will be getting regular parole hearings starting in 41 years. His uncle, Steven Avery, who was actually acquitted in the mutilation of a corpse charge but was convicted of the other two, identical charges, will never be walking out of a Wisconsin prison.

Revisions/extensions (10:59 am 8/2/2007, with a H/T to Mary) – the Lawgiver-In-Black who gave this ridiculous sentence, Jerome Fox, speaks:

“The court believes there is a moral need for substantial punishment for these crimes,” Judge Jerome Fox said.

Fox said during his ruling that this was the most serious crime the court had ever had before it.

“(Dassey) knew the difference between right and wrong, good and evil,” the judge said.

Then why did you give only 47 years? If I were a defense attorney, I would hope I end up in his courtroom. I would be arguing that my client should get even less because of the ridiculously-weak sentence given Dassey.

Obama and Pakistan

by @ 10:01. Filed under Miscellaneous.

By now, you’ve heard Dem Presidential candidate and Senator Barak Hussein Obama (IL) advocating an invasion of Pakistan if Pakistani “President” General Pervez Musharraf doesn’t do more to battle Al Qaeda and Taliban forces taking refuge in his country. Welcome to the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, Barak. Too bad you don’t seem to recall the host of reasons why we went to war in Iraq (one of which was to keep Iraq from acquiring the same WMDs that Pakistan has, another of which was because of ties between Saddam Hussein and elements of Al Qaeda).

Question; considering Musharraf can charitably be described as walking a tightrope now between the Islamokazi forces he nurtured pre-9/11 and the US, has Obama considered the ramifications of conducting a large-scale invasion of a putative ally (as opposed to a “plausably deniable” small-scale operation, several of which appear to have happened already)? I hope you’ll have a plan to secure Pakistan’s 40-50 nuclear weapons (thanks, Clinton) before they’re used against us by either Musharraf in defending Pakistani territory or by the Islamokazis that will seize power in the wake of said invasion in revenge. I doubt you would, however, and I doubt that, when Pakistan turns into Iraq Part Deux, you’ll have the stomach to tough it out.

That’s not to say that I am opposed to a large-scale invasion of Pakistan; I believe it absolutely necessary. I’m just advocating it with eyes wide open to the likely consequences.

Now, why did Obama suddenly join the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, especially since Dick Morris said that he was “brilliant” in saying that he would meet with America’s mortal enemies? Simple; despite 55% of the Dhimm base agreeing with him, and only 22% agreeing with Hillary Clinton that Obama was “naiive”, that display of neck wasn’t flying.

So, will the real Barak Hussein Obama please stand up.

Open Thread Thursday – 8/2/2007

by @ 9:27. Filed under Open Thread Thursday.

Sorry I didn’t have anything yesterday; just didn’t have the energy.

So, have at it. I have some things in the hopper, but don’t let that stop you.

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