-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger
In a 2007 report, entitled Underlying Reasons for Success and Failure of Terrorist Attacks (pdf) and prepared for Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate by Homeland Security Institute (and recently scrubbed from their web site, here) notes: “a favorite tactic of Hamas, the “double tap;” a device is set off, and when police and other first responders arrive, a second, larger device is set off to inflict more casualties and spread panic.”
It has been documented that this terrorist tactic has been embraced by President Obama.
Obama has adopted the “double tap” tactic by using second drone attacks to kill the first responders to the first drone attacks. Funerals for the victims of the first drone attack have also been the target of second drone attacks. These second attacks have caused the deaths of between 282 and 535 civilians, and at least 60 children.
In a comment that could have come out of the Bush/Cheney/Rove administration, a senior American counterterrorism official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said:
Let’s be under no illusions — there are a number of elements who would like nothing more than to malign these efforts and help Al Qaeda succeed.
This Obama administration official has committed the irrelevant conclusion (ignoratio elenchi) fallacy. The conclusion that there are those who would help Al Qaeda is not relevant to the question of accuracy of the documentation.
Obama’s “double tap” policy is nothing short of despicable. Obama has brought dishonor to America and to our founding principles. When America commits the same actions that we condemn when used by terrorists, we become terrorists. The liberals’ silence on this issue is shameful. If George W. Bush had adopted this tactic, the cries of protest would have been deafening.
We wanted change and we got it, from bad to worse.
H/T: Glenn Greenwald, Tom Engelhardt, Scott Shane, Juan Cole, Chris Bertram, Justin Elliott, Glenn Greenwald.
The failure of the well funded “Americans Elect” to find a candidate is illustrative of the fact that here will be no strong this party candidate ala Ross Perot this year.
“Remember those women’s issues that you love to hate.”
By the way, this is categorically not true.
I have two daughters, one mother, three aunts, three nieces, two grandmothers, two cousins in my life, all women. Of course I support and love women and care about women’s issues.
Disagreement with the priority of specific women’s issues, disagreement that certain women’s issues are real, disappointment that some voters vote exclusively on women’s issues, frustration that many women’s issues voters trivialize and ignore very real boys’ and men’s issues does not make me a women’s issues hater. Nor does it make me a misogynist.
One aspect of feminism apparently, is to lie about and misrepresent people that disagree with you (nb: current Malisha silliness) and other them and dehumanize them and cast them out and portray them as monsters and demand fealty from everyone around you.
anon, I would not say Paul with his views on Social Security, Medicare and social services in general is “good on humans” as you say.. He is a disciple of Ayn Rand and is hardly a humanitarian. He is out of the picture in any case. Women’s healthcare is not limited to the vagina, well, maybe in your world……….
“Ross Perot was the last credible third party candidate, and he was right about many things including the Bush family.”
This is in fact, specifically why it is important for you to vote for a third party.
“And government emails ordered disclosed by a federal court last month revealed that at the same time as they were refusing to disclose information about the Bin Laden raid on the grounds that it is classified, the Obama administration was secretly meeting with, and shuffling sensitive information to, Hollywood filmmakers, who are producing what is certain to be a stirring and reverent film about that raid, originally scheduled to be released just weeks before the November presidential election.”
Wow; that’s just shameless.
I’m sorry, let’s clarify:
Obama, bad on humans, good on vaginas, leave gay marriage until Joe Biden
Paul, good on humans, bad on vaginas, leave gay marriage to the states
Romney, bad on humans, bad on vaginas, bad on gays
If you had a choice of
Obama, good on vaginas, bad on humans
Paul, bad on vaginas, leave gay marriage to the states
Romney, bad on vaginas, bad on gays
You would pick Obama.
If Obama was not in the picture, you would pick Romney.
The systemic degeneration of international norms is a topic of the psychology of meme complexes (groups), and finally some professionals of that discipline are beginning to write papers that psychoanalyze groups.
Any one person such as Obama, or Bush II, ought not to be the sole focus, because when that is done there is a likelihood that the soul of the system will not even be diagnosed, much less be treated properly.
When You Are Governed By Psychopaths…
anon, Gay marriage is another issue. Obama is in support of it, and Romney opposes it.
Ross Perot was the last credible third party candidate, and he was right about many things including the Bush family.
anon, Romney has also made a commitment to keep the Bush tax cuts and further lower taxes on the wealthiest citizens.. Romney is also anti-union. There are a variety of issues. Voter repression is another one that comes to mind.
Gah, good point SM and DonS. The argument over military usage has devolved in the American consciousness to the point of being “Boom good, we kill terror things” vs. “boom bad, but we do anyway so not seem wimpy”.
Alien :”It’s a two party system, you have to vote for one of us!”
Homer Simpson: “Maybe I’ll vote for a third party candidate!”
Alien :”Go ahead fool, throw your vote away! Hahahahahahaha!”
Oh, I’m sorry SM, I momentarily forgot you were a single issue voter. Enjoy your win with Obama, hope that works out for you, and make sure everyone knows how you detest his foreign policy and other civil rights stances.
anon, Womem that are supporters of Planned Parenthood should rightfully be afraid of Rpmney. He has promised to “eliminate” it.
anon, What is “the third party”? I thought there was a variety.
anon, I oppose Obama on some things But not others. Remember those women’s issues that you love to hate. Women will give Obama a victory if wins.
Punish the Democratic Party when they put assholes up, vote for the third party.
All I am saying is that getting rid of Obama and replacing him with Romney is not a step toward the reduction of the uses of drones or anything else that promotes peace. Quite the opposite seems to be true.
All I am saying is that rewarding Obama by voting for him when you oppose his policies and actions because you are afraid of Romney is not a step toward the reduction of the uses of drones or anything else that promotes peace. Quite the opposite seems to be true.
If you fundamentally disagree with Obama, vote for the most viable third party candidate you can.
Make Obama have to earn his win, do not give up your power due to fear.
Make third party runs viable. Break idiot two party systems (that are founders disliked and so should you.)
SM, I was pretty sure you were saying that 😉
Don S, Who knows? I don’t think Obama will be bombing Iran anytime soon. All I am saying is that getting rid of Obama and replacing him with Romney is not a step toward the reduction of the uses of drones or anything else that promotes peace. Quite the opposite seems to be true.