Sunday, April 5, 2015
Video: Pope Francis Easter Sunday Address - "We ask for peace and freedom "
Pope Francis' Easter Message: End Violence and Oppression
Streamed live on Apr 5, 2015 Easter message and Urbi et Orbi blessing of the Holy Father Messaggio Pasquale e Benedizione 'Urbi et Orbi' del Santo Padre
"Fear not, for I have Risen and I shall always be with you."
Jesus Christ is Risen Today: King's College Choir
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Month of the Military Child
The children also Serve - and Sacrifice - every.single.day.
From the DoD:
2015 Theme - "Young Lives, BIG Stories"
April is Month of the Military Child! This special celebration is a legacy of former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger – established to underscore the important role children play in the Armed Forces community. Army Garrisons, State Youth Program Coordinators, Army Reserve CYS Services Coordinators, and Operation: Military Kids (OMK) State Teams plan numerous events ranging from picnics and parades to recreational fairs and fun festivals – all to recognize and applaud Families and their children for the daily sacrifices for they make in supporting America’s Army.
From the DoD:
Month of the Military Child Recognizes Young Family Members
By Amaani LyleDoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2015 – To highlight the year-round contributions, courage and patriotism of the military community’s youngest members, the Defense Department observes April as the Month of the Military Child, a Pentagon official told DoD News.
Established by then-Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger in 1986, the month recognizes some 1.9 million U.S. military children ranging in age from infants to 18 years old who have one or both parents serving in the armed forces, said Barbara Thompson, the director of DoD’s Office of Family Readiness Policy.
“We want to highlight their sacrifices [and] support of the military member in their families, so it behooves us to take time from the busy calendar of our events and recognize militarychildren,” she said.
Permanent-change-of-station moves, deployments and training activities, among other facets of military life, can present unique challenges to children who must constantly adjust to distance, unfamiliarity and uncertain schedules, Thompson explained.
“That can be a real sacrifice, because each parent is a very important part of that child’s makeup,” she said. “So we want to make sure that when they move or change schools, all of those transition times are supported with resources, programs and services.”
DoD offers a variety of programs to help military children overcome these challenges, Thompson said....
DoDEA joins the Department of Defense and the military community in celebrating April as the Month of the Military Child. Throughout the month, DoDEA will encourage schools to plan events that recognize and show appreciation for our military children. We know that military children face many challenges that are unique to their situation, such as having a parent deployed for extended periods of time and moving frequently. Deployments and family separations can be stressful times for children.
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This year, we’re inviting everyone to “Purple Up!” which is an annual campaign created four years ago by Operation Military Kids (OMK). OMK is an organization dedicated to military children. During the month of April they encourage community awareness and support of military children. OMK also asks the nation to join together for an event they call, “Purple Up! For Military Kids” and wear purple on a designated day in April.
We are encouraging everyone across the DoDEA school system to wear purple on, April 15th as a visible way to show support and thank military children for their strength and sacrifices. OMK chose purple because it is the color that symbolizes all branches of the military, as it is the combination of Army green, Coast Guard blue, Air Force blue, Marine red and Navy blue.
Video: Israel - Bedouin Tracking Unit
IDF Stories: Bedouin Tracking Unit
Meet Lt. Col. Majdi Mazarib, the commander of the Northern Tracking Unit, a special unit that operates near the Lebanese border and consists only of Bedouin soldiers.
Meet Lt. Col. Majdi Mazarib, the commander of the Northern Tracking Unit, a special unit that operates near the Lebanese border and consists only of Bedouin soldiers.
Friday, April 3, 2015
UPDATE: Iran nukes 'understanding' - Neda unavailable for comment
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Today, the world media is full of the current 'Historic deal,' and Neda is still unavailable for comment.
Back in 2013, I wrote:
Sadly, these sentiments STILL hold true, as Obama crows about this 'framework' that is dependent on Iran keeping their word...taqiyya mean anything? Anyone?
As usual, Obama gave a victory speech in the Rose Garden - isn't that where he poses to prove the gravitas of his most insane speeches? Go watch, if you must.
"Best option so far"??? You have got to be kidding me.
Basij commander Mohammad Reza Naqdi had this to say during the 'negotiations'.
From JihadWatch:
GO read the rest here.
Opinions are sharply divided. We have those with short memories screeching 'three cheers for diplomacy' as others try to compare Kerry with Winston Churchill in Winter. As a student of history replied to that insanity: more like Chamberlain in autumn, and that's the truth.
Iranians are celebrating a tenuous 'framework' that demonstrates their short memories.
From Algemeiner:
Addendum:
Back in November 2013 I wrote this headline: Iran scores a historic victory: Neda is unavailable for comment
For more on who Neda is, put her name in the search engine at top left.
Today, the world media is full of the current 'Historic deal,' and Neda is still unavailable for comment.
Back in 2013, I wrote:
To say that this 'coup for John Kerry' is monumentally stupid, with global implications, doesn't even come close to my reaction when I first heard this late last night. Am I the only one who noticed that again, the current US administration 'concludes' yet another 'historical agreement' under dark of night? Wonder if they left the washable red crayons at home?
Sadly, these sentiments STILL hold true, as Obama crows about this 'framework' that is dependent on Iran keeping their word...taqiyya mean anything? Anyone?
As usual, Obama gave a victory speech in the Rose Garden - isn't that where he poses to prove the gravitas of his most insane speeches? Go watch, if you must.
"Best option so far"??? You have got to be kidding me.
Basij commander Mohammad Reza Naqdi had this to say during the 'negotiations'.
From JihadWatch:
Iran militia top dog: “Erasing Israel off the map” is “non-negotiable”
March 31st 2014 By Robert Spencer
This is nothing new: Iranian leaders have said it many times before. Still, no one in the West seems to believe that they mean what they say.
“Iran militia chief: Destroying Israel is ‘nonnegotiable,” by Lazar Berman, Times of Israel, March 31, 2015 (thanks to Jerk Chicken):
The commander of the Basij militia of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that “erasing Israel off the map” is “nonnegotiable,” according to an Israel Radio report Tuesday.
Militia chief Mohammad Reza Naqdi also threatened Saudi Arabia, saying that the offensive it is leading in Yemen “will have a fate like the fate of Saddam Hussein.”
Naqdi’s comments were made public as Iran and six world powers prepared Tuesday to issue a general statement agreeing to continue nuclear negotiations in a new phase aimed at reaching a comprehensive accord by the end of June....
GO read the rest here.
Opinions are sharply divided. We have those with short memories screeching 'three cheers for diplomacy' as others try to compare Kerry with Winston Churchill in Winter. As a student of history replied to that insanity: more like Chamberlain in autumn, and that's the truth.
Iranians are celebrating a tenuous 'framework' that demonstrates their short memories.
From Algemeiner:
Iranians celebrated the announcement of a nuclear framework deal. Photo: Twitter.
Hundreds of Iranians Celebrate in the Streets After Nuclear Framework Deal Announced
April 3, 2015
AFP – Hundreds of Iranians took to the streets in Tehran early Friday to celebrate a breakthrough in talks with the West that may end the country’s 12-year-long nuclear crisis.
The capital’s longest street, Val-e-Asr Avenue, was lined with cars as drivers sounded their horns in approval of a framework deal intended to lead to a comprehensive agreement with world powers in June.
Read full story.
I guess most of them have forgotten 2009 when protestors took to the streets in the thousands to beg the US and the west for help in the aftermath of the fraudulent bloody elections.
A woman supporter of Iran's moderate presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi shows stones used for throwing during clashes with police in Tehran June 13, 2009. Thousands of people clashed with police on Saturday after the disputed election victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparked the biggest protests in Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution Reuters [Here for more pictures to remind yourself of the murderous Iranian regimes]
This is now, and apparently, Iranian leaders don't share today's celebratory mood over this 'understanding'. From The Washington Free Beacon:
Iran Accuses U.S. of Lying About New Nuke Agreement
Says White House misleading Congress, American people with fact sheet
April 2, 2015
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Just hours after the announcement of what the United States characterized as a historic agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, the country’s leading negotiator lashed out at the Obama administration for lying about the details of a tentative framework.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif accused the Obama administration of misleading the American people and Congress in a fact sheet it released following the culmination of negotiations with the Islamic Republic.
Zarif bragged in an earlier press conference with reporters that the United States had tentatively agreed to let it continue the enrichment of uranium, the key component in a nuclear bomb, as well as key nuclear research.
Zarif additionally said Iran would have all nuclear-related sanctions lifted once a final deal is signed and that the country would not be forced to shut down any of its currently operating nuclear installations.
Following a subsequent press conference by Secretary of State John Kerry—and release of a administration fact sheet on Iranian concessions—Zarif lashed out on Twitter over what he dubbed lies....
"Lies" from the Obama administration? Say it isn't so....and this from the most well-known liars on the planet.
We, of course, have no clue what any of this 'not a treaty' actually contains, but we DO know that Israel, and rightly so in my opinion, speaks the absolute truth on the consequences of this whole mess.
Israel - who, by the way, were not included in these talks, which is absurd - calls this deal a 'capitulation [which] will give Iran a military nuclear program.'
Prime Minister Netanyahu had this to say earlier today:
Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the proposed framework for a deal with Iran:
"I just came from a meeting of the Israeli cabinet. We discussed the proposed framework for a deal with Iran.
The cabinet is united in strongly opposing the proposed deal.
This deal would pose a grave danger to the region and to the world and would threaten the very survival of the State of Israel.
The deal would not shut down a single nuclear facility in Iran, would not destroy a single centrifuge in Iran and will not stop R&D on Iran's advanced centrifuges.
On the contrary. The deal would legitimize Iran's illegal nuclear program. It would leave Iran with a vast nuclear infrastructure. A vast nuclear infrastructure remains in place.
The deal would lift sanctions almost immediately and this at the very time that Iran is stepping up its aggression and terror in the region and beyond the region.
In a few years, the deal would remove the restrictions on Iran's nuclear program, enabling Iran to have a massive enrichment capacity that it could use to produce many nuclear bombs within a matter of months.
The deal would greatly bolster Iran's economy. It would give Iran thereby tremendous means to propel its aggression and terrorism throughout the Middle East.
Such a deal does not block Iran's path to the bomb.
Such a deal paves Iran's path to the bomb.
And it might very well spark a nuclear arms race throughout the Middle East and it would greatly increase the risks of terrible war.
Now, some say that the only alternative to this bad deal is war.
That's not true.
There is a third alternative – standing firm, increasing the pressure on Iran until a good deal is achieved.
And finally let me say one more thing.
Iran is a regime that openly calls for Israel's destruction and openly and actively works towards that end.
Just two days ago, in the midst of the negotiations in Lausanne, the commander of the Basij security forces in Iran said this: "The destruction of Israel is non-negotiable."
Well, I want to make clear to all. The survival of Israel is non-negotiable.
Israel will not accept an agreement which allows a country that vows to annihilate us to develop nuclear weapons, period.
In addition, Israel demands that any final agreement with Iran will include a clear and unambiguous Iranian recognition of Israel's right to exist.
I predict that history will prove that this 'not a treaty' with Iran will provide yet more proof of this current US administration's abject failure in foreign policy. It is my opinion that history will prove that under this administration's watch, the world has become a far more dangerous place for us ALL. None of this ineptitude would matter if President Obama was still a Chicago community organiser, but such ineptitude on a global scale - in the global arena - is disastrous. History WILL prove that. As Spencer says in the first link below: The catastrophe of this cannot be overstated. The US and the free world will be paying for this deal for a long time to come
I strongly suggest we hold off on the kumbaya chorus.
PAY ATTENTION.
As always, War on Terror News give an articulate response, and it is important enough to share here:
". It is my opinion that history will prove that under this administration's watch, the world has become a far more dangerous place for us ALL. "
I don't believe we need to wait for the conclusions of History's analysts. I believe we can simply look to an objective comparison of maps, and where Islamism, both Shi'a and Sunni is now in control, vs. where Secular powers once held power. I believe, IF the truth of Islamist terrorism in the West were honestly reported, as opposed to discounting reality for "workplace violence" and "lone wolves," we'd see that the West is far more under attack now, than it was in 2008.
Lest any be confused over what Islamism is, it is the ideology that governments should use Sharia Law as criminal law, that women should be illiterate and covered from head to toe, that allegations of adultery result in stoning to death, that rape victims should be punished for "tempting" men into a crime, that the wives of the enemy are the sex slaves of the Islamists, that gays should be hung, and that non-Islamists should have their heads sawed off with a dull butter knife.
Islamists come in various stripes, which includes the Shi'a Islamism of the Iranian government as well as the Sunni Islamism of Al-Qaeda and ISIS. It comes in the violent means of taking control of Hezbollah and ISIS, as well as the political means of taking control such as the Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah, Arab Spring and CAIR.
Loss of Freedom and Oppression is no more palatable if it is issued from the Courts, the halls of politics, mobs, or an invasion of violent thugs.
And I'll point out that in a city and nation of millions, it's pretty telling that only a few hundred showed up to support their oppressive government, many of whom were probably celebrating the fireworks, not the "agreement." I will say that the hundreds of thousands that risked life and limb in 2009 are still brewing just under the surface, waiting for the time when victory over their dictator becomes possible.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Video : Bergdahl desertion: Obama and Bergdahl lied - people died
The Bergdahl spin continues, even in the face of the FACTS:
From Investor's Business Daily:
Timeline Puts Lie To Obama's Story About Bergdahl
3/31/2015
Betrayal:The Obama regime still insists that releasing the top command of our enemy was all about saving Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. But several reports from 2012 reveal that it was secretly negotiating the Taliban Five's release without Bergdahl.
Now that the Army has filed desertion charges against Bergdahl, the administration is under increasing pressure to justify the bad deal. Astoundingly, it's sticking to its story that President Obama only freed the high-risk Gitmo detainees to free a "POW."
"This was about bringing home an individual that had served his country," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said last week about the 2014 swap.
But IBD has uncovered a series of credible reports from 2012 — as well as a transcript of a candid press conference by then-Afghan President Hamid Karzai — that show the White House originally wanted to give up the Taliban commanders under just one condition: that the Taliban open a political office in Qatar "to conduct peace negotiations." It was Qatar that ended up taking the prisoners.
Bergdahl, who walked off his post and into the arms of the Taliban in June 2009, wasn't even part of the negotiation back then. The original deal was a one-sided release, naked any trade for a "POW" or "hostage" or soldier who allegedly had served "with honor and distinction." Consider this timeline:...
GO read the pesky FACTS here.
Bergdahl's Platoon continue to share their first-hand observations out to push back against the ongoing spin.
Bergdahl a Whistleblower?! Ex-Platoon Mate Calls Defense's Claim 'Laughable'
The new information indicates Bergdahl's attorney may attempt to portray the sergeant as a whistleblower. ...
Bergdahl's Platoon continue to share their first-hand observations out to push back against the ongoing spin.
Bergdahl a Whistleblower?! Ex-Platoon Mate Calls Defense's Claim 'Laughable'
Details have emerged in recent days about how attorneys may defend Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl against the charge that he deserted his Army unit in eastern Afghanistan.
According to a CNN report, Bergdahl has claimed that he was trying to go back to the nearest American forward operating base (FOB) to report wrongdoing by his platoon mates.
The report states:
Bergdahl was planning to report what he believed to be problems with "order and discipline" in his unit, a senior Defense official tells CNN. A second official says Bergdahl had "concerns about leadership issues at his base."
This information is part of the report presented to General Mark Milley who this week decided to charge Bergdahl with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. This information outlines what could be a key part of Bergdahl's defense, which the army is already aware of.
The new information indicates Bergdahl's attorney may attempt to portray the sergeant as a whistleblower. ...
I heard Bergdahl's lawyer interviewed last week, and he is insisting that '...once all the facts come out, people will see Bergdahl in a whole different light....' Ummmm, NO!
Stay tuned.
Video: Iran and Obama: The red line moves - again
That imaginary 'deadline' in the US talks with Iran is extended again - quelle surprise!
From The Wall Street Journal:
The Capitulationist
The Obama administration refuses to negotiate openly, lest the extent of its diplomatic surrender to Iran be prematurely and fatally exposed.
By Bret Stephens
March 30, 2015
For a sense of the magnitude of the capitulation represented by Barack Obama’s Iran diplomacy, it’s worth recalling what the president said when he was trying to sell his interim nuclear agreement to a Washington, D.C., audience in December 2013.
“We know they don’t need to have an underground, fortified facility like Fordo in order to have a peaceful program,” Mr. Obama said of the Iranians in an interview with Haim Saban, the Israeli-American billionaire philanthropist. “They certainly don’t need a heavy-water reactor at Arak in order to have a peaceful nuclear program. They don’t need some of the advanced centrifuges that they currently possess in order to have a limited, peaceful nuclear program.”
Hardly more than a year later, on the eve of what might be deal-day, here is where those promises stand:
[...]
Some readers may object that Iran has made its own significant concessions. Except it hasn’t. They may also claim that the U.S. has no choice but to strike a deal. Except we entered these negotiations with all the strong cards. We just chose to give them up.
Finally, critics may argue that I’m being unfair to the administration, since nobody knows the agreement’s precise terms. But that’s rich coming from an administration that refuses to negotiate openly, lest the extent of its diplomatic surrender be prematurely and fatally exposed.
Nearly a century ago Woodrow Wilson insisted on “open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in public view.” Barack Obama prefers to capitulate to tyrants in secret. Judging from the above, it’s no wonder....
GO read the rest of this here, and marvel at the pronouncements POTUS made, that - in his determination to get a deal, any deal with the state sponsor of terrorism - he is now busy back-pedalling, and hoping none of us notice.
'President Obama operating from a position of weakness.' You think???????
PAY ATTENTION!
[Related: Iranian Foreign Minister “all smiles” over nuke concessions from US ]
Syria: ISIS cowards scared of the dead - destroy cemetary
This desecration by the Islamist terrorists is not new, but is the latest report of the ongoing scourge of these ignorants to show their *power* over even the dead. I suppose that at least in cemetaries, these brave 'freedom fighter militants' (or whatever the label du jour is) can be sure their opponents won't fight back.
From Breitbart:
From Breitbart:
ISIS PHOTOS SHOW JIHADISTS LEVELING ENTIRE CEMETERY
Frances Martel March 31, 2015
Islamic State jihadists have released photos on social media of their counterparts in Syria destroying a cemetery by hammering tombs to the ground. The group claims to object to tombs as wrongful worship of the dead, though much of the material was also taken away to use as construction materials.
The Daily Mail has published an extensive library of photos showing the destruction of a cemetery that appears to be on the outskirts of Raqqa, the appointed “capital” of the Islamic State caliphate. The photos show an extensive effort using rudimentary tools to destroy a cemetery tomb by tomb:
More here.
JihadWatch has this:
They have more here.
JihadWatch has this:
[...]
The last image depicting jihadists leaving the site with what could be used as construction materials highlights the growing need for basic goods within the parameters of the Islamic State. While extremely efficient in their attempts at genocide against Iraq’s Yazidi minority, Christians, and other “infidels,” ISIS has struggled to recruit a high enough number of professionals in various necessary fields to provide the services required of a state. As early into the Islamic State project as July 2014, reports began to surface that the Islamic State was significantly lacking enough doctors to care for both wounded mujahideen, badly injured sex slaves, and victims of a mysterious water-borne illness. Raqqa also lacks a sufficient number of engineers to keep roads functional, buildings standing up, oil fields producing, and crops growing.
In January, the Iraqi government announced that the Islamic State was responsible fora 40 percent drop in agricultural production in the past year….
They have more here.
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