Category: military

U.S. Military Rescinds Unhealthy Policy of Banning Bibles at Hospital | FOX News & Commentary: Todd Starnes

~ Pharmer

U.S. Military to Rescind Policy Banning Bibles at Hospital | FOX News & Commentary: Todd Starnes.

Walter Reed has had the following  policy, expressed in the Sept 14 memo from Chief of Staff C.W. Callahan covering wounded or ill patients at the hospital:

“No religious items (i.e. Bibles, reading material, and/or artifacts) are allowed to be given away or used during a visit,”

A day after Rep. Steve King, R (IA)  renounced the policy memorandum from the House floor,  the Obama administration rescinded the policy saying that it needed to be clarified and rewritten.

OOPS.  Caught in the act again, Bamster.

Brief Vacation from Obamunism

~ Pharmer

Pharmer’s 16 yo daughter enjoyed about 90 minutes of respite from Obamunism today. This is a phenomenon, perhaps related to daydreaming or absence seizures, that can occur in the minds of young people. She attended a convocation at her high school honoring a soldier from this area who had recently suffered serious injury and loss of his legs while serving in Afghanistan.
The possibility of a visit from President Bush for Veterans Day had been discussed at the High school. It is projected that our soldier might be sufficiently recovered to return home and be present for this year’s Veterans Day celebration. Pharmer’s daughter contemplated a possible visit from the President, and just then said: “Oh I just remembered, Obama is our president, not Bush. I forgot that for about an hour and a half….. It felt so good. I miss President Bush. If I actually saw him, I’d want to give him a hug.” (That’s remarkably more effusive than usual for her.)
Yep…… the grrl had a blissful moment of unreality brought on by that convocation today.
Thanks to our Army Infantry soldier for his sacrifice and service to our country, and even for bringing on that little vacation from Obamunism.

IDF General Predicts Middle East War Featuring WMD

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IDF general: Likelihood of regional war growing – Israel News, Ynetnews.

An IDF general is speaking openly about a “radical Islamic Winter” with weapons of mass destruction being deployed.  He cites Iran’s nuclear program, the deteriorating ties between Israel and  Turkey, and Egypt’s border problems.

Sez Pharmer: The instability of the Middle East, exacerbated  by weak, and bad policies from the U.S. and Europe, increase the chance that Israel will be cornered into  Dropping The Big One.

He’s Soooo Complex

~ Pharmer

Osama Bin Laden dead: Obama took 16 hours to make up his mind | Mail Online.

The situation was presented to Obama on Thursday, but he said that he wanted to “sleep on it”.

The decision was delivered on Friday morning,  April 30.

Then it took an extra day of waiting through the weather to get it done.

The story as to whether Pakistan was involved, or unaware of the mission continues to change back and forth.

Politico notes that the stories as to whether a wife of Osama was used as a shield and whether she was killed have changed in the white house account.

The story as to whether or not Osama was armed and returning fire has also changed.

The new nature of news by hearsay, from people with attention deficit disorder, will ensure  continuing flux.

 

Obama Announces Killing of Osama Bin Laden

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Osama bin Laden Killed by US Strike – ABC News.

A joint special operations force working with the CIA  engaged and killed Bin Laden at a mansion in Abbottabad in Pakistan.   This force included two helicopter crews, one of which was shot down according to a Pakistani official.

DNA testing is said to have been done, to confirm that Osama Bin Laden was killed.

From inconsistencies among the news stories thus far, we may never know:
If Pakistan’s government was aware of the mission and Pakistani forces assisted as was claimed early on.
When Bin Laden was killed.
The particulars of the manner in which he was identified… DNA testing was said to have been done before it could have been completed if the story that he was killed on May 1 were true.  A newer  says  the DNA results will not be available for days.
Some news stories in early am of May 2 claim that Bin Laden was already buried at sea , and in accordance with Muslim tradition. These two things  do not exactly jibe since Bin Laden did not die at sea.
The mission is said to have been ordered by Obama on 4/29 and carried out by Navy seals under the direction of CIA director Leon Panetta.

Democrats Bring US One Step Closer to the Draft

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Joint Chief Chairman Critical of Gay Ban Vote.

Congress has passed a bill to repeal the “don’t ask don’t tell” policy for gays in the military, but the Senate  has not yet weighed in on this decision.   Military officials have been wanting to survey the currently serving military to see how this change in policy would affect the ability of the US to defend itself, before the bill was considered.

Pharmer weighs in with a repeat of the prediction that the Democrats will bring back conscription = the DRAFT.  They’ve been wanting this for a good long time, despite protestations to the contrary.  This is the most plausible  explanation for their persistent  actions to degrade conditions and pay for the soldiers.   This latest  action, to allow open gayness in the military,  is expected  to bring about the largest reduction in force among military personnel, thus necessitating a return of the draft.  The preferred  scenario for the Democrats  will be to place the military in debilitated conditions,  and force their political opponents to shoulder the blame for bringing back the draft during a time of dire need.    Call it a long range plan for their return to power, post Obama.

Rally in Okinawa – Ready to Lose Futenma Marine Base.

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Ryukyu Shimpo.

Brought to you by Google translator, which butchers Okinawan sites badly….

Big rally Sunday (over Saturday night for us) in Yomitan with about 90,000 in attendance, and another 10,000 stuck in traffic jams. Okinawans are eager to get rid of that Futenma Marine base, which adds so much noise and disaster to the atmosphere of Ginowan. They don’t want it moved north to Henoko (Nago area), or even offshore of Katsuren Peninsula (near Uruma). The latter two sites are less populous, but tearing up more real estate, and environmental impact are big concerns.

Imagine one out of 14 people in any state of the U.S. attending a tea party. That’s the percent head count at this rally in Okinawa. Those people have long been ready to lose military bases, despite the negative impact that would have on their economy.

Tiny Okinawa has been hosting almost 80 percent of the U.S. military bases in Japan.

The Katsuren site had been the latest relocation possibility, even favored by some local business leaders, and made somewhat more attractive by including a relocation of Air Self Defense Forces from Naha as well as the Futenma base. It seems from the Ryukyu Shimpo article that this idea has also lost support.