WHY did he suddenly go to Congress? Cameron lost Parliament.
WHY does he feel the need when he didn't in Libya? Closer to the midterms. Russia's making noise. Syria is Iran's ally.
WHY did he say he was still prepared to strike if Congress denies him the authority? To give him an "out" and the opportunity to blame the GOP before the midterms.

Is Obama "incompetent"? Nope. And only those who do not understand his goals think so. His policies are WORKING FOR HIM.

We no longer need a standing Army to defend the Republic. A Navy, yes, an Air Force, yes. An Army? Who is going to invade us - Mexico? Canada? A very large part of our current ground forces are Guard units, anyway that are, until federalzied for set periods of time, the responsiblity of the States. We even are at the point where a State can NOT use their own Guard to police their own borders - and the standing army won't do it, either. And the size of our military is crazy - why do our taxpayers have to fund not only the defense of America, but the defense of the entire WEST? They can pay their OWN way. In re: Posse Comitatus, since when does the US military have the right to go into the States without the request OF that state? I don't recall PC being overturned...

.. and I'm supposed to go to work and give-away a large part of MY LABOR so these jerks can spend $50MILLION on self-serving entertainment videos? How many taxpayers worked ALL YEAR, sacrificed their own living standard, maybe took out college loans for their children, maybe didn't go on a vacation or didn't go out to dinner or didn't do lots of things so that these thieves could make their videos and go to some conferences to waste time AND money? Screw that. Stop paying taxes - then they won't be ABLE to waste YOUR MONEY.

As these percolate (and grow?), I'd guess several more Dem Senators from Blue states will decide to spend time with their family, turning the Senate Red and the House redder.

Can you spell "Prior Censorship"?

My understanding is that it's even worse than that. My boss used to fly spooks around - in Vietnam (DFC) and later through mushroom clouds when nations tested nukes above-ground. He still has lots of contact in the Intel communities. The version he has heard from his intel contacts:

1. When an ambassador calls 911, Standing Orders are to initiate a rescue Op. NOTHING is required to SEND the op; and ONLY POTUS can issue a Stand-down order for this Rescue Op.

2. The laser designators used by the SEALs on the mortar pit ONLY WORK when in close-contact-communications with an on-station attack asset. The only assets that link to the laser designators are F/A18, AC-130 and armed drones. If nothing is on-station, the designators simply don't work.

3. Who owned all F/A18 in-theater at the time? Adm Gaouette; he was relieved within days. Who owns all AC-130 and armed drones in-theater? General Ham; he was relieved in days, as well.

So the facts seem to be that a rescue op was launched automatically, When advised that the op was underway, Obama cancelled it. Adm Gaouette and Gen'l Ham either argued against it, or simply their acting on Standing Orders (which Obama arguably would have known about if he ever showed up for his PDB) got them fired.

Issa must put both Gaouette and Ham on the stand or we WILL NOT understand what really happened.

Evidently the author has not heard of the 1947 National Security Act which, among other things, created the USAF, as all his cites in para 1 are to Army/Navy/Marines, "among others," and he glaringly omits USAFA while mentioning Army and Navy undergrad and grad institutions.

At least The Boss' boring stories were about throwin that old speedball by you...

Obama's glory days were the destruction of the economy, jobs and the future of America...

It's amazing that those most hurt by Obama's policies - minorites (Black unemployment highest EVER, Black youth unemployment highest EVER; total sustained unemployment highest EVER) and the youth (who now can't find a job thanks to their votes for him) still support the guy who has trashed their futures. Who said education was bad in America?

... yet many wonder, with "higher education" like this, how we elect people like, oh... obama, pelosi, reid, santorum, and various other ideologues with zero conecpt of reality...

Accepting battlefield parole (agreeing not to engage in further hostilities against one's captor if released) is against US policy for OUR troopps - but we are doing it for our enemies - an enemy whose religion instructs him to lie to infidels.... Why does this not surprise me coming from the most anti-American president in our history?

Here is Part III of The American Fighting Man's Code of Conduct:

"If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy."

And what kind of military leader would free enemy combatants, captured killing THEIR GUYS, to go out and KILL THEM AGAIN? I guess there is no longer any honor among our top commanders, or they'd quit rather than carry-out this order.

Is this even a legal order? If we put on trial our soldiers for accepting parole (and we have), is it legal to offer it to their enemy? Didn't we learn about just following any old order from Lt Calley and My Lai?

More here: http://inthisdimension.com/2012/05/08/american-mi...