I am so happy to see the militant left being beaten!

Please let this be my coworkers.

Wow, I'm waiting to hear the details of how and why they were released. Is the end of the FARC near? Let's hope so.

Well here's a piece of news that won't be "Bush's Fault"[tm].

Thanks Hugo Chavez.

NOT!

re: #2 CyanSnowHawk

Please let this be my coworkers.

Prayers from me! Please let us know.

re: #2 CyanSnowHawk

Please let this be my coworkers.

I hope for your sake. Thank goodness for small victories though.

The story, so far. (A blurb, really.)

No doubt due to the incredible diplomacy of Hugo Chavez and Barack Obama.

Hail the heroes of the Revolution!

/

re: #4 CIA Reject

Well here's a piece of news that won't be "Bush's Fault"[tm].

Oh, I'm sure they'll find a way to blame Bush for the kidnappings.

Finally! I'm delighted! Now, the tough work of rehabilitation begins for these pb's.

The media will no doubt portray this as a victory for tolerance, negotiation, dialogue and Hugo Chavez.

Although McCain was reportedly en route to Colombia yesterday. Does he have anything to do with this?

/July surprise!

re: #2 CyanSnowHawk

Please let this be my coworkers.

YES YES YES.

From Breitbart

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

re: #4 CIA Reject

Well here's a piece of news that won't be "Bush's Fault"[tm].

Brilliant comment! ding!

FoxNews.com headline says:

Colombia Says Three American Hostages Have Been Rescued

Rescued? Hmmmm...

DID THE POLICE OR MILITARY FREE THEM or were bribes paid?

re: #8 Cognito

The story, so far. (A blurb, really.)

So, they were rescued, not released, I take it.

One way, or the other, that is a good thing.

re: #2 CyanSnowHawk: Yes, I'll pray too.

Here's hoping that those FARC bastards let all the Yanks free and all their other hostages too.

Does FARC have a My BO page?

re: #13 CyanSnowHawk

Congrats!

Great news.

re: #12 JammieWearingFool

The media will no doubt portray this as a victory for tolerance, negotiation, dialogue and Hugo Chavez.

Although McCain was reportedly en route to Colombia yesterday. Does he have anything to do with this?

/July surprise!

Did McCain pull a Rambo and shoot his way in, rescuing the captives?

re: #9 karmic_inquisitor,

You forgot Che Guevera. Long Live Comrade Che!

(Che's dead. [ed.])

re: #19 JammieWearingFool

Does FARC have a My BO page?

I wouldn't be surprised.

re: #4 CIA Reject

Well here's a piece of news that won't be "Bush's Fault"[tm].

Well, they were kidnapped during Bush's term, so of course it's his fault.

Isn't McCain in Columbia right now?

This is spectacular news.

re: #19 JammieWearingFool

Does FARC have a My BO page?

No. They operate a leftist site called FARK.

/

Excellent! Good guys rescued. Undoubtedly a bunch of dead FARCers.
Good work by Columbia, and I'd wager some of our SOF types.

re: #13 CyanSnowHawk

YES YES YES.

From Breitbart

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

YAY!

Fry the FARC!

re: #21 Ward Cleaver

Did McCain pull a Rambo and shoot his way in, rescuing the captives?

He crashed his plane there and accidentally freed them.

/Wesley Clark mode off...

Freed, released, and rescued can be three very different things.

Not in the hands of terrorist scum anymore is always good, though.

Farcing commies.

re: #19 JammieWearingFool

Does FARC have a My BO page?

They would have contributed to the campaign, except that the Colombians intercepted all that cash awhile back.

re: #12 JammieWearingFool

The media will no doubt portray this as a victory for tolerance, negotiation, dialogue and Hugo Chavez.

Although McCain was reportedly en route to Colombia yesterday. Does he have anything to do with this?

/July surprise!

* * *
McCain's Mano A Mano diplomacy ~ wrestling rebel terroristas with his gnarly armless fighter-pilot/knight's body!

re: #13 CyanSnowHawk

YES YES YES.

From Breitbart

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

Yes, thank G*d!

And probably a lot of other folks who would prefer to remain in the shadows.

/Sometimes He really does work in strange ways.

re: #19 JammieWearingFool

Does FARC have a My BO page?

I believe there were pro-Farc pages.

And of course, the Farc laptop that was seized with pro-Obama stuff on it.

Leftist rebels = commie terrorists

re: #30 JammieWearingFool

He crashed his plane there and accidentally freed them.

/Wesley Clark mode off...

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

You're awful.

How's your wife, doing, Jammie? Mine is doing fine.

re: #26 karmic_inquisitor

Brilliant. Up-ding.

re: #12 JammieWearingFool

The media will no doubt portray this as a victory for tolerance, negotiation, dialogue and Hugo Chavez.

Although McCain was reportedly en route to Colombia yesterday. Does he have anything to do with this?

/July surprise!

Delahunt and his fellow democrats won't have a reason to travel to visit Chavez anymore. They've been going " to arrange for the release of the hostages".

re: #33 alegrias

* * *
McCain's Mano A Mano diplomacy ~ wrestling rebel terroristas with his gnarly armless fighter-pilot/knight's body!

I have to laugh at that Daniel Ortega story floating around today. Oooh, McCain grabbed him by the lapels...

Beats having Obama sharing a bong with the guy.

re: #10 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Oh, I'm sure they'll find a way to blame Bush for the kidnappings.

If he'd just signed Kyoto...

/

From previous thread, but I can believe it...

Did John McCain singlehandedly grab & wrestle the terrorist rebels with his own hands?

Was that McCain's purpose in going to Colombia?

McCain's Liberation Policy in Action!

PS, McCain also wishes to rescue the delicate lady, Aung San Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner who has spent over 10 years under house arrest and jail under Burma's military regime.

Zimbabwe herself ought to be next in our hostage freeing plan. Poor souls.

re: #13 CyanSnowHawk

YES YES YES.

From Breitbart

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

It's not much to go on, but the hostages from Northrop are typically referred to as the three military contractors in news reports.

(Note: I don't know them or their families personally, but NG maintains a 'Not Forgotten' internal web page to distribute any news about them.)

re: #24 JammieWearingFool

Well, they were kidnapped during Bush's term, so of course it's his fault.

Ah yes, how could I have forgotten. Every unhappiness in the universe from global warming to halitosis of the blowhole is SOMEHOW "Bush's Fault".

//////////////

re: #40 JammieWearingFool

I have to laugh at that Daniel Ortega story floating around today. Oooh, McCain grabbed him by the lapels...

Beats having Obama sharing a bong with the guy.

* * *
Errrr, that's Smoking the Peace Pipe!

This is good news

FARC you almost as good as the muslim terrorst groups name
M.I.L.F.

Has Barry O apologized yet?

re: #46 winston06

This is good news

Especially given the "rescued" angle.

When hostages are released by their captors, one always wonders what payoffs were given to the kidnappers.

re: #37 Ward Cleaver

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

You're awful.

How's your wife, doing, Jammie? Mine is doing fine.

She's cancer-free now, thank God. Had some more cosmetic work done recently, but that's about it now. She looks better than ever and is in really good spirits. She'll always have some residual soreness now in her stomach from the mesh, but like a trooper, she says that will help keep her thin.

We just celebrated Junior's 4th birthday and are coming up on six months since the surgery.

Great to hear about June.

good work, jimmuh!

re: #30 JammieWearingFool

He crashed his plane there and accidentally freed them.

/Wesley Clark mode off...

Racist! It's their culture to take hostages.
/

Having not read full accounts of this yet, I just hope some pristine rainforest wasn't harmed during this unilateral invasion.

How does this help Obama's kids?

re: #40 JammieWearingFool

I have to laugh at that Daniel Ortega story floating around today. Oooh, McCain grabbed him by the lapels...

Beats having Obama sharing a bong with the guy.

Well, one guy claims Obama shared a dong with him! Yuck.

re: #47 yochanan

FARC you almost as good as the muslim terrorst groups name
M.I.L.F.

or the military juanta in Burma: SLORC (State Law and Order Restoration Council)

re: #53 JammieWearingFool

Having not read full accounts of this yet, I just hope some pristine rainforest wasn't harmed during this unilateral invasion.

Same here. I want to be the one that does that. Muwhahahahaha!

FARC has been getting hammered for the past year, and it looks like it's another military operation that resulted in their release. That's speculation on my part, but it's informed by the fact that FARC terrorists have been turning themselves in to Colombian officials in droves, and the military has been operating deep inside former FARC safe havens with regularity.

Coverage here.

Who are we to judge if they want to take hostages or not? It is acceptable in their culture. Besides, the US is the worst hostage taker in the world.

/

re: #53 JammieWearingFool,

They better not have used helicopters. Helicopters produce too much CO₂. They better have used assault llamas. In keeping with the native culture, you know.

re: #60 Iron Fist

,

They better not have used helicopters. Helicopters produce too much CO₂. They better have used assault llamas. In keeping with the native culture, you know.

Methane!

Their names are Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell. They were kidnapped when they made an emergency landing due to a mechanical failure while conducting a Joint US-Columbian aerial counternarcotics recon on Feb. 13th, 2003. Thomas Jannis, the American pilot, and Luis Cruz, a Colombian Army sergeant, were murdered by the FARC terrorists.

I have read headlines saying:

Released
Freed
Rescued

Does anyone know which is true?

Ah. so, not "released," not "freed" but RESCUED! Go Colombia!

re: #62 CyanSnowHawk

2003? Their poor families. So glad to hear they are have been rescued.

re: #58 lawhawk

FARC has been getting hammered for the past year, and it looks like it's another military operation that resulted in their release. That's speculation on my part, but it's informed by the fact that FARC terrorists have been turning themselves in to Colombian officials in droves, and the military has been operating deep inside former FARC safe havens with regularity.

Coverage here.

I believe when they captured that commander with the laptop, they were officially on the doom clock.

BTW, not sure if I mentioned it before, but I like the new format at your place.

I need to get around to something like that at some point.

re: #65 seekeroftruth

pimf - they have been rescued.

Reuters is calling it a rescue.

French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans were rescued from leftist guerrillas by Colombian troops, Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday.

Santos said all of the former hostages were in reasonably good health after being held for years in secret jungle camps.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, has been holding about 40 high-profile hostages it has sought to exchange for jailed rebels.

Betancourt, a former presidential candidate with dual nationality, was kidnapped by the FARC in 2002. She was last seen in a rebel video at the end of last year looking gaunt and despondent.

The Americans, three Defense Department contract workers, were captured in 2003 after their light aircraft crashed in the jungles while on a counternarcotics operation.

Is Hugo whining for a hat-tip?

Hmmmm, looks like Bill Richardson is at home. Guess his meetings were not the ones that bore fruit. I hope he did not delay this good outcome.

re: #66 JammieWearingFool

Yes, capturing that laptop and key intel certainly appears to be the turning point. Things have a tendency to develop faster than the terrorists can adjust because the Colombians got inside their decision making process.

Thanks for the compliment about the site redesign. I'm still tweaking it (and today it appears that haloscan was crapping out).

re: #55 Hard Right

Well, one guy claims Obama shared a dong with him! Yuck.

Barack-back Mountin'?

re: #50 JammieWearingFool

She's cancer-free now, thank God. Had some more cosmetic work done recently, but that's about it now. She looks better than ever and is in really good spirits. She'll always have some residual soreness now in her stomach from the mesh, but like a trooper, she says that will help keep her thin.

We just celebrated Junior's 4th birthday and are coming up on six months since the surgery.

Great to hear about June.

That's the best thing I've read all week!
Wonderful news!

Wesley Clarke will tell you that being held in a jungle prison for years is no big whoop. Community Organizing is where the action is.

Awesome! Good Guys 1, Terrorists 0

re: #60 Iron Fist

,

They better not have used helicopters. Helicopters produce too much CO₂. They better have used assault llamas. In keeping with the native culture, you know.

Or at least on North Chilean Guanacos (closely related to the llama).

Hitchens getting waterboarded seems pretty tame compared to when Steve Harrigan had it done.

In fact, the background music is more torture, at least to my ears.

What was that done in someone's garage?

News on the rescue from WSJ.

Might be limited to subscribers.

This is great news. Columbia is our ALLY in the war on terror and I just wish Democrats would show it the respect it deserves.

re: #74 Peacekeeper

Wesley Clarke will tell you that being held in a jungle prison for years is no big whoop. Community Organizing is where the action is.

LMAO...ding...ding...ding

great news!
i have been following this over the last few years, hope they are all ok.

re: #74 Peacekeeper

Wesley Clarke will tell you that being held in a jungle prison for years is no big whoop. Community Organizing is where the action is.

I want to ask Weasley, if McCain was riding around in the airplane, who was driving?

"War never solved anything."

Danielle Clarke's Blog at barackobama.com

Eye on the Pundits' Blog at barackobama.com

Anyone want to put on their hip-waders & see how many of the Kiddies on Koz think this is a bad thing?

re: #84 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

you go, i will hold your beer :)

re: #72 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Barack-back Mountin'?

Arrrg. :)

re: #73 jcm

That's the best thing I've read all week!
Wonderful news!

Thanks. I've posted some periodic updates but we're all on varied schedules.

Many things helped get myself through that time emotionally: My family, friends, Lizards and my NYG among them.

Remarkable how quickly time has passed.

And with that, I have to go pick up Junior and go swimming. Be back tonight or tomorrow.

re: #82 jcm

Didn't you see Top Gun? Them flyboys is too busy drinkin and a whorin' and crashing up gubmint property. They ain't heros.

McCain was probably leaning out of the cockpit for a puke when he hit a tree.

re: #84 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Anyone want to put on their hip-waders & see how many of the Kiddies on Koz think this is a bad thing?

A space suit is needed for that place.

re: #74 Peacekeeper

Wesley Clarke will tell you that being held in a jungle prison for years is no big whoop. Community Organizing is where the action is.

* * *
As fellow military genius Jimmy Carter told our hostages in Tehran, "Si Se Puede!" for 444 days straight!

(Translation: "Hang on Baby, Reagan's coming")

re: #83 karmic_inquisitor

"War never solved anything."

Danielle Clarke's Blog at barackobama.com

Eye on the Pundits' Blog at barackobama.com

Silly libs. War solves being attacked (ref. Imperial Japan), being kidnapped (ref. War of 1812), being eyed for eventual invasion and/or domination (ref. Nazi Germany), etc. etc. etc.

re: #83 karmic_inquisitor

"War never solved anything."

Danielle Clarke's Blog at barackobama.com

Eye on the Pundits' Blog at barackobama.com

Its been my experience that killing your enemy tends to solve a lot of problems actually.

I'm impressed.

Apparently, the Colombian government infiltrated the guerrillas and made them believe that the guerrilla high command needed to move all hostages to the south of Colombia. A helicopter of a fictitional organization picked the hostages up and took them to safety.

re: #79 Daryl Herbert

This is great news. Columbia is our ALLY in the war on terror and I just wish Democrats would show it the respect it deserves.

* * *
Weren't US & Colombian militaries doing joint training? Yay, President Bush! Way to support our friends, the ANTI-terrorists.

re: #84 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Anyone want to put on their hip-waders & see how many of the Kiddies on Koz think this is a bad thing?

I predict the consensus will be "politically-motivated publicity stunt".

This is brilliant news, btw. A hearty congratulations to President Uribe and the Colombian military.

re: #82 jcm

I want to ask Weasley, if McCain was riding around in the airplane, who was driving?

* * *
The Navel Hero of Chappaquidick!

re: #93 nacazo

I'm impressed.

Apparently, the Colombian government infiltrated the guerrillas and made them believe that the guerrilla high command needed to move all hostages to the south of Colombia. A helicopter of a fictitional organization picked the hostages up and took them to safety.

I dinged you up one for that new word, President Bush. ;)

Democrats, btw, are still holding up a free trade agreement with Colombia. McCain supports that deal, while Obama and the leftists oppose the deal.

re: #93 nacazo

I'm impressed.

Apparently, the Colombian government infiltrated the guerrillas and made them believe that the guerrilla high command needed to move all hostages to the south of Colombia. A helicopter of a fictitional organization picked the hostages up and took them to safety.

BWAHAHAHA! I love it!

Hollywood couldn't have done better.

re: #98 lawhawk

Democrats, btw, are still holding up a free trade agreement with Colombia. McCain supports that deal, while Obama and the leftists oppose the deal.

Obama and the leftists?

Drudge:
LIMBAUGH SIGNS THROUGH 2016; $400 MILLION DEAL SHATTERS BROADCAST RECORDS

re: #93 nacazo

I'm impressed.

Apparently, the Colombian government infiltrated the guerrillas and
made them believe that the guerrilla high command needed to move all
hostages to the south of Colombia. A helicopter of a fictitional
organization picked the hostages up and took them to safety.

They fell for "Three Guys From Ft. Bragg Airlines?"

re: #98 lawhawk

Democrats, btw, are still holding up a free trade agreement with Colombia. McCain supports that deal, while Obama and the leftists oppose the deal.

But you repeat yourself.

re: #100 Peacekeeper

Obama and the leftists?

The lead singer always gets name billing. Herman and the Hermits. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Obama and the Leftists. See?

/

John Wayne McCain!

Here's a link to the grabbed lapels story. Hee hee!

I would love to see this replayed at a Presidential debate if BHO starts mealy-mouthing about sitting down to tea with terrorists!

One more nail in Chavez' coffin.

Somebody in FARC got some 'splainin to do.

re: #101 HelloDare

Drudge:
LIMBAUGH SIGNS THROUGH 2016; $400 MILLION DEAL SHATTERS BROADCAST RECORDS

Can anyone say Golden EIB Studio?

re: #98 lawhawk

Democrats, btw, are still holding up a free trade agreement with Colombia. McCain supports that deal, while Obama and the leftists oppose the deal.

Oooooh. Good talking point for both the current President and the McCain camp.

re: #101 HelloDare

Drudge:
LIMBAUGH SIGNS THROUGH 2016; $400 MILLION DEAL SHATTERS BROADCAST RECORDS

Windfall profits!

re: #98 lawhawk

Democrats, btw, are still holding up a free trade agreement with Colombia. McCain supports that deal, while Obama and the leftists oppose the deal.

From a purely economic standpoint, it benefits Colombia much more than the US, but because Uribe's government have really stuck their necks out in the fight against FARC and illegal drug trafficking, I think they deserve preferential treatment. More than does Mexico, to be honest.

This is great news. I pray they can recover from what must be a horrific experience.

Ya know, we might be sitting too close to the TV to see what's going on...the Soviet Union is gone, Berlin Wall--gone...there will be a Disneyland in Cuba and China before long...Saddam is gone...Khadfly plays well with others...a case can even be made that the ROP is getting their a$$es handed to them at just about every turn. Gangster punk outfits like FARC are taking a beating.

I wonder if in a hundred years whether history will say we were living in the days when freedom really was on the march?

A few more pushes in the right places...and how different the world will look than it did from 1979 and you-know-who. That's only 30 years, and look at what has happened.

Still lots to do, but the point is--we got 'em all on the run and don't need to apologize or ask for the UN's approval.

re: #108 jorline

Can anyone say Golden EIB Studio?

Now he can afford the good wood flooring instead of that crap he endorses. ;)

re: #93 nacazo

I'm impressed.

Apparently, the Colombian government infiltrated the guerrillas and made them believe that the guerrilla high command needed to move all hostages to the south of Colombia. A helicopter of a fictitional organization picked the hostages up and took them to safety.

Oh no they didn't! Talk about making it look easy.

This calls for an A-Team quote. "I love it when a plan comes together."

re: #53 JammieWearingFool

Having not read full accounts of this yet, I just hope some pristine rainforest wasn't harmed during this unilateral invasion.

No, but they accidentally stepped on and killed an endangered grasshopper.

/nooooooooooo!

re: #92 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir),

Most of life's little problems can be solved with the proper application of high explosives.

re: #108 jorline

Can anyone say Golden EIB Studio?

Let's hope Rush and co. can rally the troops to all vote McCain. That alone would be worth the high salary.

re: #113 OldLineTexan

Now he can afford the good wood flooring instead of that crap he endorses. ;)

Hey, Lumber Liquidators sells some good stuff.

/like real wood

re: #21 Ward Cleaver

Did McCain pull a Rambo and shoot his way in, rescuing the captives?

Oh, thank you for that image.

/old-man-boobs -- yeek.

re: #101 HelloDare

Drudge:
LIMBAUGH SIGNS THROUGH 2016; $400 MILLION DEAL SHATTERS BROADCAST RECORDS

What most people don't realize when they see that, is that the $400 million is a small fraction of the ad revenue he generates.

re: #115 Ward Cleaver

No, but they accidentally stepped on and killed an endangered grasshopper.

/nooooooooooo!

S'OK. We glued his little tophat and cane to a regular cricket, and no one knows better.

/

re: #101 HelloDare

Drudge:
LIMBAUGH SIGNS THROUGH 2016; $400 MILLION DEAL SHATTERS BROADCAST RECORDS

He was very effusive in his praise for the audience today.

re: #113 OldLineTexan

Now he can afford the good wood flooring instead of that crap he endorses. ;)

LOL...you bought the floors I take it

re: #121 OldLineTexan

S'OK. We glued his little tophat and cane to a regular cricket, and no one knows better.

/

Oh the Jimminity!

re: #118 Ward Cleaver

Hey, Lumber Liquidators sells some good stuff.

/like real wood

OK, OK!

I want some renewable bamboo flooring hand-sawn by renewable hippies.

/

re: #125 OldLineTexan

This is not a pretty picture you're painting.

re: #126 Cap'n DOC

This is not a pretty picture you're painting.

I bought a renewable bamboo tray, but I'm pretty sure it was machine-sawn in a polluted factory by Chinese Communists.

/World trade rules confuse and frighten me

re: #113 OldLineTexan

Now he can afford the good wood flooring instead of that crap he endorses. ;)

My brother got Bellawood flooring from Lumber Liquidators installed in his house and it's quite beautiful.

_{Although the first batch of material had to be returned because it was milled wrong...}

re: #95 Spiny Norman

DING! DING! DING! and the winner is.... Spiny Norman

I smell a fish here........ McCain is going to... (2+ / 0-)
to come back to America with the two freed Americans hostages, because it was a publicity stunt orchestrated by the Colombians and the republicans.

that will give him 5-10% in the poll,

by akhinaten on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 12:55:20 PM PDT

Kos is pumping his new book at his website:

"Better than Crashing the Gate, I think. Your pre-orders help generate buzz for the book, which does things like help it get on the best seller list and onto the hands of more people who could make use of its message of empowerment. So if you are so inclined to purchase the book, considering pre-ordering it."

Good Guys Win.

Again.

Bad Guys Lose.

Again.

May it always be so.

re: #128 Spiny Norman

My brother got Bellawood flooring from Lumber Liquidators installed in his house and it's quite beautiful.

_{Although the first batch of material had to be returned because it was milled wrong...}

OK! I give! It was a poor attempt at a joke....but....I really take caution in buying from anyone that can afford that amount of advertising. All that money comes from somewhere!

re: #130 HelloDare

Kos is pumping his new book at his website:

Would someone PLEASE pass the brain bleach!

re: #130 HelloDare

Kos is shamelessly pimping his new book at his website:

Fixed it for ya...

;^)

re: #128 Spiny Norman

_{Although the first batch of material had to be returned because it was milled wrong...}

SEE!? How does this depletion of forests affect WAB's children?!?

re: #133 OldLineTexan

Would someone PLEASE pass the brain bleach!

Here ya go.

re: #136 HelloDare

Here ya go.

God Bless you, citizen! May none of your messiahs have BO.

re: #111 Spiny Norman

From a purely economic standpoint, it benefits Colombia much more than the US

FWIW, that's not really true. Most Colombian products already enter the US free of tariffs while the reverse is not true.

Wes Clark in '04: Kerry's Courage Is What We Need in a Commander in Chief

Via Powerline, Wesley Clark was busted in a CNN interview yesterday afternoon:

ROBERTS: But when it comes to that same type of qualification, you were very robustly behind John Kerry's military experience...

CLARK: Absolutely.

ROBERTS: ... in your speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, where you talked about his experience of being there under mortar fire.

CLARK: Right.

ROBERTS: And let's listen to the way that you summed that up.

CLARK: Right.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

CLARK: John Kerry's combination of physical courage and moral values is my definition of what we need as Americans in our commander in chief.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

ROBERTS: So, you said it's what we need in a commander in chief. And I'm wondering how different was John McCain's experience from John Kerry's?

CLARK: Well, a lot, because John McCain basically served honorably and well in uniform. He did everything the country could have asked.

What John Kerry did is John Kerry got out of the uniform. He took a judgment, a judgment I didn't agree with at the time, but he had the moral courage to stand up for himself and oppose the conflict in Vietnam.

ROBERTS: But where was the executive experience that you talked about?

CLARK: The executive experience wasn't the issue there, because John Kerry wasn't claiming that he had some special executive experience on national security against George Bush.

John Hinderaker writes: "So Kerry's military experience was better than McCain's because after serving for four months in Vietnam, he returned to the U.S. and falsely accused his fellow servicemen of being war criminals."

Clark's reference to Kerry's "physical courage" clearly shows that Clark was arguing that Kerry's service in Vietnam counted as a qualification to be president.

Watch it here (about 4 minutes in):

[Link: www.weeklystandard.com...]

re: #120 Spiny Norman

What most people don't realize when they see that, is that the $400 million is a small fraction of the ad revenue he generates.

Which is really, really sad if people don't realize that.

In a free market, you get paid 400 million because you make someone 401 million.

Or 800 million. Etc, etc, etc.

re: #132 OldLineTexan

OK! I give! It was a poor attempt at a joke....but....I really take caution in buying from anyone that can afford that amount of advertising. All that money comes from somewhere!

Quantity can sometimes sacrifice quality control, 'tis true.

Sure hope support personel involved in the rescue were union workers, because out Demon-crats will be awfully upset.

Hugo is unhappy.

re: #138 Ariel

FWIW, that's not really true. Most Colombian products already enter the US free of tariffs while the reverse is not true.

Huh. I guess I stand corrected.

That's what I get from listening to the Media (and the Ross Perot-Ron Paul Right as well).

re: #139 alegrias

Sweet find. Up-ding for that one.

re: #107 Peacekeeper

Somebody in FARC got some 'splainin to do.

Someone farc'd up.

This is great news, and it also tells you that terror can be defeated if you persist.

Channeling Carter II

Obama Campaign Rethinks Iran Again

Some very disturbing plans:

In an interview with the Financial Times, Anthony Lake, a former US national security adviser who has worked with Mr Obama since the start of his campaign, also urged the US to learn lessons from its traumatic withdrawal from Vietnam regarding pulling out of Iraq. “The most dangerous crisis we are going to face potentially in the next three to 10 years is if the Iranians get on the edge of developing a nuclear weapon,” he said. “If I were the Europeans I would much rather put on the table more sanctions, together with bigger carrots, and have that negotiation than I would face that crisis down the road.”

Mr Obama and his advisers stress the Democratic candidate’s readiness to sit down with Iranian leaders without ­conditions. “Unless you assume that [Iranian negotiators] have IQs less than those of eggplants, they are not likely to make major concessions for the privilege of speaking with us. So the question is: what is your strategy for the talks?” Mr Lake said. “Do you believe that simply sanctioning them can drive them into concessions before you talk, or do you believe that you need to have the sanctions there as a stick at the heart of negotiations?”

So we learn Obama is once again in favor of meeting with Iran without preconditions and that one of his top advisers doesn't think Iran is on the verge of obtaining nuclear weapons. We also learn that Lake doesn't seem to know that diplomats have been promising Iran more and more carrots over the last five years just to negotiate. There has only been one precondition: Iran had to suspend its uranium enrichment for the duration of talks. Can the Obama campaign cite some critical carrot, unknown to the world, that would persuade Iran to negotiate? Can it explain what effect sanctions could possibly have at this point given how little time they have to work?

Posted by Jaime Sneider at 10:21 [Link: www.weeklystandard.com...]

re: #143 Lizard by the Bay

Hugo is unhappy.

Never pass up an chance to show this picture of Chavez, Sean Penn and Che.

# 139 Alegrias:
Great.

Over on LWJ i just read that one of the founders of a women-only network will be on Saudi TV condemning Al Queada.
Progress is being made and its all George Bush's fault!

re: #93 nacazo

I'm impressed.

Apparently, the Colombian government infiltrated the guerrillas and made them believe that the guerrilla high command needed to move all hostages to the south of Colombia. A helicopter of a fictitional organization picked the hostages up and took them to safety.

Shades of Entebbe. Impressive indeed!

My youngest brother is getting married in Bogota next March. Is it silly for me to suddenly feel a lot better about going?

re: #150 littleO

# 139 Alegrias:
Great.

Over on LWJ i just read that one of the founders of a women-only network will be on Saudi TV condemning Al Queada.
Progress is being made and its all George Bush's fault!

* * *
Thanks for great news of saudi women condemning Wahhabis!

What is LWJ?

re: #148 alegrias

“Unless you assume that [Iranian negotiators] have IQs less than those of eggplants

"

LOL! Yes, Mr. Lake, I DO so assume!

re: #79 Daryl Herbert

DONKS DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A WAR ON TERROR.

re: #125 OldLineTexan

OK, OK!

I want some renewable bamboo flooring hand-sawn by renewable hippies.

/

I'm pretty sure you can't renew a hippie... they turn into Zombies if forced to work.

re: #93 nacazo

I'm impressed.

Apparently, the Colombian government infiltrated the guerrillas and made them believe that the guerrilla high command needed to move all hostages to the south of Colombia. A helicopter of a fictitional organization picked the hostages up and took them to safety.

That chopper crew must have some serious cojones. I hope they pitched out any FARC representatives who boarded with the hostages, just to show that it was a real rescue and not a negotiated release the left can credit to Chavez.

re: #157 Shiplord Kirel

That chopper crew must have some serious cojones. I hope they pitched out any FARC representatives who boarded with the hostages, just to show that it was a real rescue and not a negotiated release the left can credit to Chavez.

It's raining men....

The main problem is that you can't negotiate with the likes of Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, or any Islamist terrorist organization. These people know what they want, and have an agenda that they will do anything to achieve. They will not compromise or ever waiver from their goal. They're commited fundamentalists who truly believe in their way. The only things up for negotiating through the use of taqiyah are the infidels' terms of surrender, or otherwise temporary hudnas.

re: #148 alegrias

American hostages Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell were also freed at the same time in the operation, some 72 kilometers (40 miles) from the city of San Jose del Guaviare.

Another great conspiracy has been discovered by a seeker of troof.

i am hopping that after he milks the story... (1+ / 0-)
for all that it is worth that the rebels and the hostage will come out and say that they were freed 7 days ago.

just think about what is there in Colombia for a presidential it is not like Mexico or even Canada or Iraq.

there was also a teaser about how McCain was physical with a Colombia official in the nineties so this seems to be choreographed to be random convergence of opportunities

by akhinaten on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 01:10:24 PM PDT

Abu Ghraib was worse! America is worse! Torture!

/leftist

re: #139 alegrias,

In other words, being a treasonous scumbag is what qualified John Fuckin' Kerry to be President, according to Gen. Weasely Clarke. Good call, there, Weasely! Almost as good as when you nearly started WWIII.

re: #154 Russkilitlover

"

LOL! Yes, Mr. Lake, I DO so assume!

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Mr. Lake and his client the candidate from Cook County, prefer to think of Iranians as arugula connoiseurs with a little savoir faire on top, who will make a below market deal without preconditions!

Are you a friend of Iranian Countryside, like we are friends of Angelo Mozillo moneybags'?

re: #12 JammieWearingFool

Jammie I was thinking the same thing lol

Alegrias: Long War Journal.

From Mario Batali I learned that shedding some carrots in your homemade tomato sauce is better than sugar
Getit, Carrots

re: #116 Iron Fist

,

Most of life's little problems can be solved with the proper application of high explosives.

Or a hundred rounds of FMJ.

Do the Americans have names?

re: #146 Hard Right

Someone farc'd up.

Somebodies Farc'ing dead. Most likely in a rather unpleasant manner. They are at the top of my 'Don't want to be you' list.

your a good little jihadist from mindanaw and you happen to google your terrorist groups name M.I.L.F. and to your shock your org isn't even listed in the top 100 M.I.L.F.'S

So the initial LLL reaction is, this is a good thing so it must be faked/overhyped/not really that big a deal/question the timing.

Hey, at least they agree it is a good thing. I'm surprised they aren't sad that FARC was bested.

re: #114 CyanSnowHawk

Looks like your co-workers are coming home -- those were the three names in the WSJ article.

The people of Colombia are very gracious and good people, the FARC is a Marxist revolutuionary product of Russian KBG and and later the GRU. The KGB later pushed FARC into being deeply involved in promoting the Drug trade as one of it's pillar efforts at destabilizing and corrupting the USA. As of late also getting assistance from China via proxies such as Chavez and North Korea.

The current government of Colombia are very popular and supported by the majority of the Population. They are also very eager to be partners with the USA in legitimate and legal trade. The Colombian people are well tired of the FARC and want to become a flourishing member of Democratic Capitalist nations. They are energetic, patriotic, and creative people and would do well. Our Marxist dominated Democratic Party keeps blocking all attempts of Colombia from being a trading partner. In my opinion, Colombia is more deserving than Mexico.

Wonderful news!

More details:

[Link: www.wbt.com...]

Damn, I was just about to post this, but of course I'm way too late for LGF!

Colombia... F**K YEAH!

This is very good news.

Does anyone have an idea on how many hostages FARC is still holding?

re: #169 CyanSnowHawk

Somebodies Farc'ing dead. Most likely in a rather unpleasant manner. They are at the top of my 'Don't want to be you' list.

I hope they are. I have NO love of those vermin.

re: #161 Bubblehead II

His spelling is not too bad for someone so unfamiliar with English grammar.

I googled M.I.L.F. just wondering how many milf's would show up before there was a link to the MORO. I. L. F. OR M.I.L.F. it was the 21st on the third page.

this is almost funny.

After a few straight days of bad news, it's nice to have something to be happy about. No wonder I keep coming here.

re: #130 HelloDare

Kos is pumping his new book at his website:

"Better than Crashing the Gate, I think. Your pre-orders help generate buzz for the book, which does things like help it get on the best seller list and onto the hands of more people who could make use of its message of empowerment. So if you are so inclined to purchase the book, considering pre-ordering it."

Can you imagine reading a whole book of this gibberish? If he were a writing student of mine, he'd be sweating blood editing. And I'm not talking about the bad grammar/wording, more about the ridiculous excess of words to establish his points.

re: #12 JammieWearingFool

The media will no doubt portray this as a victory for tolerance, negotiation, dialogue and Hugo Chavez.

Although McCain was reportedly en route to Colombia yesterday. Does he have anything to do with this?

/July surprise!

Nope, this was a military operation. No Chavez's or Carters or UN striped pants set involved, just good old fashioned ass-kicking.

re: #180 yochanan

I googled M.I.L.F. just wondering how many milf's would show up before there was a link to the MORO. I. L. F. OR M.I.L.F. it was the 21st on the third page.

this is almost funny.

Haven't done a M.I.L.F. check, but I have done a midget check. (Ooo, did I say that out loud?)

re: #152 wrenchwench

My youngest brother is getting married in Bogota next March. Is it silly for me to suddenly feel a lot better about going?

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By all means, celebrate & enjoy. Plus, with fewer terrorists and their lefty friends taking up space, you might get better accomodations!

Yanqui, Bienvenido/Bienvenida!

re: #170 yochanan

your a good little jihadist from mindanaw and you happen to google
your terrorist groups name M.I.L.F. and to your shock your org isn't
even listed in the top 100 M.I.L.F.'S

Top 100 MILFs? I could go on for days...

re: #177 dingleB

Does anyone have an idea on how many hostages FARC is still holding?

More than 40 are still being held, according to the BBC.

re: #182 kywrite

Can you imagine reading a whole book of this gibberish? If he were a writing student of mine, he'd be sweating blood editing. And I'm not talking about the bad grammar/wording, more about the ridiculous excess of words to establish his points.

I bet 4 or more editors exploded after wrestling with his stupidity.

re: #183 Occasional Reader

just plain good old loose green skin
VIVA COLUMBIA

I also expect a couple of Liberal Hollywood movies to start coming out soon in promoting a positive light of FARC probably from Oliver Stone or Micheal Moore.

re: #19 JammieWearingFool

Does FARC have a My BO page?

No kidding.

re: #190 Egfrow

I also expect a couple of Liberal Hollywood movies to start coming
out soon in promoting a positive light of FARC probably from Oliver
Stone or Micheal Moore.

Well, they should thank them for all the coke they supply Hollywood.

D'uh:

There was no answer at the homes of American families of the three U.S. hostages

Cuz they were on the next thing smokin' to get down there!
Great news for all the families!

re: #186 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Top 100 MILFs? I could go on for days...

This is now a boob thread.

re: #194 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

This is now a boob thread.

Got milk?

John McCain knows about being tormented for five years. Great timing. Muwahahahahahah!

re: #195 Hard Right

Oh Mama.

re: #195 Hard Right

Got milk?

nom nom nom

re: #182 kywrite

Can you imagine reading a whole book of this gibberish? If he were a writing student of mine, he'd be sweating blood editing. And I'm not talking about the bad grammar/wording, more about the ridiculous excess of words to establish his points.

You must have gone nuts ready a Kerry speech.

re: #196 vagabond trader

John McCain knows about being tormented for five years. Great timing. Muwahahahahahah!

He was also detained by Marxists but they were quite a bit harder on him for sure than FARC was with these captives but I don't know that for sure.

re: #179 OldLineTexan

It's getting interesting over there. Another troofer has posted about the recent success the Columbians have been having in dealing with FARC and ends with this little jewel.

Separately, the assassination of FARC leaders shows that the US/Colombia have been intercepting the FARC communication network for at least a year. It is either an incredibly odd coincidence that they just get actionable intelligence at the moment McCain flies down there, or the Colombian government and US intelligence services are conspiring to manipulate the US elections.

by weasel on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 01:23:43 PM PDT

re: #201 Bubblehead II

Its obvious to me. McCain personally infiltrated the FARC camp and freed the hostages using only a bowie knife and a crossbow.

re: #201 Bubblehead II

It's
getting interesting over there. Another troofer has posted about the
recent success the Columbians have been having in dealing with FARC and
ends with this little jewel.

Separately, the assassination of
FARC leaders shows that the US/Colombia have been intercepting the FARC
communication network for at least a year. It is either an incredibly
odd coincidence that they just get actionable intelligence at the
moment McCain flies down there, or the Colombian government and US
intelligence services are conspiring to manipulate the US elections.

by weasel on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 01:23:43 PM PDT

General Clark, is that you?

re: #159 Pyrocles

The main problem is that you can't negotiate with the likes of Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, or any Islamist terrorist organization. These people know what they want, and have an agenda that they will do anything to achieve. They will not compromise or ever waiver from their goal. They're commited fundamentalists who truly believe in their way. The only things up for negotiating through the use of taqiyah are the infidels' terms of surrender, or otherwise temporary hudnas.

* * *
Agree. Witness the stupid Mideast "Peace Process" that only hurts Israel, the offeror and better "partner".

re: #196 vagabond trader

John McCain knows about being tormented for five years. Great timing. Muwahahahahahah!

McCain is in Columbia right now.

/Rove you magnificent bastard!

News from Amarah, Iraq (op. knights' attack) is a weapons halul that included 217 rpg, 354 blocks of C4, and 40 EFP's. Good day.
.

re: #198 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

nom nom nom

LOL,

Mammeries, light the corner of my mind...

re: #201 Bubblehead II

Let them keep questioning the timing - the Colombians did what they had to do to free those hostages. And there's plenty more hostages too - several hundred in fact. It's curiously looking back at the March cross border raid and the opining of pundits that it put the lives of those hostages in jeopardy. It now looks like the raid helped gather intel to crush the terror group and rescue hostages.

re: #188 Hard Right

. . .

Okay, I forgive him the bad writing.

/editors.

I got very excited when Chavez was attempting to rattle his sabers Colombia and pretending like he was actually a real threat to Colombia militarily. Colombia would kick the SH1T out of Venezuala and he would loose face to his Commie revolutionary admirers and supporters. I was hoping he would have been stupid enough to do it. I really was!

I've been cheering over this while watching LGF spy in fascination.

Good news!

re: #187 Spiny Norman

Too bad it's not a smaller number. That means a maximum of 40 actual sites that would have to be secured. I was thinking it might be a good time for Colombia to throw down an ace of spades, give up the rest of the hostages, and we will let you live.

re: #195 Hard Right

that should be GOT M.I.L.F.

re: #182 kywrite

Can you imagine reading a whole book of this gibberish? If he were a writing student of mine, he'd be sweating blood editing. And I'm not talking about the bad grammar/wording, more about the ridiculous excess of words to establish his points.

* * *
C'mon, Kos is half Salvadoran and half Greek, give an internationalist leftist undermining Yanquis Norteamericanos a break!

re: #148 alegrias

if the Iranians get on the edge of developing a nuclear weapon

Wow! So 6 months isn't "on the edge". I wonder what is.

re: #202 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Its obvious to me. McCain personally infiltrated the FARC camp and freed the hostages using only a bowie knife and a crossbow.

Actually, he just picked up the FARC terrorists out of their chairs and shook them by their lapels.

re: #183 Occasional Reader

Nope, this was a military operation. No Chavez's or Carters or UN striped pants set involved, just good old fashioned ass-kicking.

* * *
My kind of "Si Se Puede" and "Porque No Te Callas?"!

Vivan Colombian Army & US Military Trainers!

IRAN + NUKE = WW3

OT:
Holy mosque Batman!

Holy explosives find!

MND-C Soldiers uncovered a cache near Ghertema, 14 kilometers south of Baghdad, June 29, after receiving a tip from an informant.

The informant led Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) to a cache containing seven 120 mm high explosive mortars, four 120 mm white phosphorous mortars, two 120 mm mortars, two 105 mm mortars, one 102 mm mortar, a 100 mm mortar, a 60 mm mortar, two landmines, one with detonation cord and other explosives.

The serviceability of the explosives was unknown.

re: #215 jamgarr

if the Iranians get on the edge of developing a nuclear weapon

Wow! So 6 months isn't "on the edge". I wonder what is.

Approx. 30 secs before they detonate the test weapon. Apparently Obama and company have a hard time with that 'barn door, horses already outside' thing.

re: #216 Occasional Reader

Actually, he just picked up the FARC terrorists out of their chairs and shook them by their lapels.

Just so long as he didn't strip them down and have them form a naked pyramid or wear panties on their heads.

re: #216 Occasional Reader

re: #202 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Its obvious to me. McCain personally infiltrated the FARC camp and freed the hostages using only a bowie knife and a crossbow.

Actually, he just picked up the FARC terrorists out of their chairs and shook them by their lapels.

Will John McCain become the new Chuck Norris?

;^)

re: #203 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

* * *
Naw naw naw, Weasely wouldn't say "McCain flew" but McCain "rode" the rescue plane!

Mustn't give any credit to military heroics!

re: #221 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

don't forget the dog collars!

re: #222 Spiny Norman

Will John McCain become the new Chuck Norris?

;^)

I thought Chuck was the new McCain.

Apparently it was a surprise party!

[Colombian Defense Minister] Santos said the military intelligence agents infiltrated the guerrilla ranks and led the local commander in charge of the hostages, alias Cesar, to believe they were going to take them by helicopter to Alfonso Cano, the guerrillas' supreme leader.

Surrounded by military commandos, Cesar and the other guerrillas gave up without a fight as they [sic] helicopters took the hostages to a military base in Guaviare.

Heh.

re: #218 yochanan

IRAN + NUKE = WW3

It's not exactly a guarantee, but it's closer to the truth than I want it to be.

re: #217 alegrias

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My kind of "Si Se Puede" and "Porque No Te Callas?"!

Vivan Colombian Army & US Military Trainers!

Lista parcial de los rescatados:

Ingrid Betancourt
Marc Gonsalves
Keith Stansell
Thomas Homes
Teniente Juan Carlos Bermeo
Sut Raimanduo Malagón
Sargento José Ricardo Mantilla
Cabo William Pérez
Sargento Erasmo romero
Cabo José Miguel Arteaga
Cabo Armando Florez
Cabo Julio Buitrago
Subintendente Armando Castellanos
Teniente Vaney Rodríguez
Jhon Jairo Durán

re: #226 Occasional Reader

Excellent! I smell a Hollywood blockbuster in the works.

re: #213 yochanan

that should be GOT M.I.L.F.

MILF does a body good.

re: #230 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

oh boy,...here we go....

By the way, for Colombia the liberation of Ingrid Betancourt in particular is HUGE news. She was a Senator and presidential candidate who had been held for 6 years (after rather foolishly going to campaign in a FARC-lousy area, against the advice of themi military, and with insufficent security).

re: #232 Occasional Reader

HOPE she learned from that.

re: #229 Shiplord Kirel

Excellent! I smell a Hollywood blockbuster in the works.

It must have been quite a scene. "Viva la Revolución! Viva Comrade Tirofijo! Viva Fidel! Viva Che! Viva... hey, why is everyone pointing a gun at me?"

re: #230 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

MILF does a body good.

can i have a MILF mustache?

I guess the Clinton policy of giving FARC a territory the size of Sweden to administer - you know, the whole "If you give them political responsibility they'll lay down their weapons and drugs" ruse that failed with Arafat and the PA -is officially a FAIL.

Perhaps relevant:

Hunting Down Che Guevara: The COIN Campaign of Ñancahuazú

This is the story of Che's demise from a point of view seldom if ever seen in the English-speaking world, that of the Bolivian military who tracked down and killed the terrorist icon.

re: #236 Ben Hur

I guess the Clinton policy of giving FARC a territory the size of
Sweden to administer - you know, the whole "If you give them political
responsibility they'll lay down their weapons and drugs" ruse that
failed with Arafat and the PA -is officially a FAIL.

That policy was a FARCe.

i suspect obama would repeat the mistake since the donks voted down a trade agreement for columbia

re: #213 yochanan

that should be GOT M.I.L.F.

Botwin.

re: #237 Shiplord Kirel

Perhaps relevant:

Hunting Down Che Guevara: The COIN Campaign of Ñancahuazú

This
is the story of Che's demise from a point of view seldom if ever seen
in the English-speaking world, that of the Bolivian military who
tracked down and killed the terrorist icon.

Awesome! I'm fascinated by Latin American military history & so little of it is available in English.

Time to say good night, Lizards.

re: #236 Ben Hur

Sure,it's much easier to keep folks pissed off,and wage terrorist/guerrila war than running a peaceful govt.

re: #236 Ben Hur

I guess the Clinton policy of giving FARC a territory the size of Sweden

I don't know if we can blame Clinton for that; it was Andres Pastrana's idea. (And I believe it was Switzerland, not Sweden... one of those SW countries, anyway)

re: #237 Shiplord Kirel

Ñancahuazú

Gesundheit.

re: #243 Occasional Reader

Eh.

One of those phallic looking countries.

re: #138 Ariel

FWIW, that's not really true. Most Colombian products already enter the US free of tariffs while the reverse is not true.

Ariel -

"Dittos" on that, including contraband, most of the stuff we get from them
is agricultural. Much of the stuff they get from us is industrial. While I don't expect US Sourced Focuses and Cobalts to suddenly appear on the streets of Bogota, the trade deal would allow US Commercial, Agricultural, and Construction Vehicles - (Freightliner, JohnDeere, Caterpillar anyone?) into Colombia without ridiculous tariffs. All of the above, last time I looked are assembled by members of the UAW at good Union Wages. AND the Union backs OBAMA! - WHY?
Last thought, Getting Ms. Betancourt back is a truly BIG DEAL!

-S-

Just received the company wide email announcing the rescue of Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes.

NY mosque leaders' convictions upheld

NEW YORK - A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions of two New York mosque leaders who were convicted on money laundering charges in a sting involving a fake missile plot.

The Manhattan appeals court says Yassin Aref, the imam at an Albany mosque, and Mohammed Hossain, a pizzeria owner who attended the mosque, received fair trials. The ruling was Wednesday.

Their defense lawyers had argued to the appeals court that the government unfairly entrapped their clients.

Anyone know how extensively/closely counter-insurgency principles applied by Patreau in Iraq were used in Columbia?

I'm surprised no one's said this....

COLOMBIA...FUCK YEAH!
Comin' again to save the motherfuckin' day yeah!

re: #247 CyanSnowHawk

Just received the company wide email announcing the rescue of Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes.

Congrats!

re: #247 CyanSnowHawk

That is just fantastic! I am so happy for you and their families and friends.

i hope the PERFECT CONSERVATIVE CICULAR FIRING SQUAD enjoys OBAMA AS POTUS when will this stop i guess laura ingram is in the obama tank?

re: #246 Dr. Shalit

Caterpillar

You mean those terrible killing machines that go beserk and attack people, with no human intervention*?

/

*unless it's a Zionist behind the wheel, and a moonbat under the plow, in which case, you know who's fault it is, don't you

re: #244 Occasional Reader

Gesundheit.

I think it means "place of dead commies" in the local Indian dialect.

re: #247 CyanSnowHawk

Just received the company wide email announcing the rescue of Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes.

Congratulations!

re: #229 Shiplord Kirel

Excellent! I smell a Hollywood blockbuster in the works.

Of course, in said movie the Americans will be the evil oppressors and the terrorists will be humanized, delving deeply into their personal lives. The first hour will be devoted to their interpersonal relationships with pets, wives and children, their acts of charity and love and protection of the environment and their sincere belief in their goals. Then, in the final five minutes the evil imperialistic Americans will shatter their world, ship them to some remote island, and torture the survivors.

/retch

re: #247 CyanSnowHawk

Just received the company wide email announcing the rescue of Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes.

Fantastic! Hurray again and more congratulations to the heroes who pulled this off.

DEAD COMMIES my fav. kind.

re: #247 CyanSnowHawk

thats great!congrats.

re: #250 Macker

I'm surprised no one's said this....

Ahem.

re: #250 Macker

I'm surprised no one's said this....

COLOMBIA...FUCK YEAH!
Comin' again to save the motherfuckin' day yeah!

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