they made them sign pledges - oh, then I can relax (set sarcasm to MAX)

Did they pinky-swear?

So, if they break their pledges, they will have lost their honor, right?

Does this mean their female relatives need to...ah...restore the honor of their families> The old fashioned way?

Well, I for one believe them. I mean they gave "their word"...there is nothing stronger in Islam than giving your "word"...right? RIGHT?

President WeakO takes another hit.

this poor old world just gets scarier and scarier.

I guess they didn't get Obama's memo outlawing the use of the word terrorism before signing memos promising not to commit terrorism

I guess taqqiya is no longer something adherents believe in, eh?

the pledges were probably in disappearing ink

So many people want to pretend Islamic terrorism started on 9/11/2001.

Perhaps Prez Obama can send all the scumbums at Gitmo to Yemen? Those Yemenis are renowned in their ability to "reform" terrorists.

/

Holding up pledges - waving pledges!

The water's starting to bubble. When are conservatives (in general) going to be enraged?

It's going to take another major terrorist attack, I'm certain.

The value of those signed papers is less than zero.

Isn't Yemen the ancestral home of the bin Ladens?

OK, so they agreed not to kick puppies in a schoolyard.

I note that Yemen waited until the Zero took office to do this.

_Grrr.

Yeah, we know how that goes: "I promise not to shed innocent blood...", blah, blah, blah...

However,...

On the other hand, the Prophet (peace be on him) also knew that the unbelievers were guilty of rejecting the true signs of God and of declaring a true Prophet of God to be an impostor. In view of that monstrous guilt, it was quite apparent to the Prophet (peace be on him) that they would not prosper.

Muslim = innocent.
Unbeliever = guilty.

re: #14 Perplexed

The value of those signed papers is less than zero.

What! The 'Chamberlain Pledge' !

re: #2 MandyManners

Did they pinky-swear?

And cross their hearts and hope to die?

They just saved Obama the trouble of freeing them himself

Well, so long as they promised...

Who made up this Pledge?
Dhemmi Moore,and Asston Kutcher?

re: #21 little boomer

Well, so long as they promised...

The al-qaida finger-cross undid it.

"It’s not a coincidence that this brazen release of nearly 200 terrorists comes less than a month after Barack Obama took office."

It's going to be a long, dangerous 2 years.

I guess the "former terrorists" will now be mainstreamed into society. I am sure working at Honest Abdul's Used Camel Emporium will show them error of their ways as they earn an honest living. I mean, what could go wrong with this plan? They did PROMISE not to revert to terrorism.

/

re: #12 debutaunt

Holding up pledges - waving pledges!

Pieces in our time.

re: #12 debutaunt

Holding up pledges - waving pledges!

"Peace in our time!"

re: #21 little boomer

Well, so long as they promised...

“Enemies' promises were made to be broken”

Aesop

re: #14 Perplexed

The value of those signed papers is less than zero.

Leftoids will invest them to have great value. Empty promises mean more than actual deeds for them.

re: #26 Syrah

Pieces in our time.

Great minds...

re: #28 Dustyvet

“Enemies' promises were made to be broken”

Aesop

"So were their necks"

VegasRick

re: #31 VegasRick

"So were their necks"

VegasRick

“Appearances often are deceiving.”

Aesop

re: #25 Desert Dog

I guess the "former terrorists" will now be mainstreamed into society. I am sure working at Honest Abdul's Used Camel Emporium will show them error of their ways as they earn an honest living. I mean, what could go wrong with this plan? They did PROMISE not to revert to terrorism.

/

...would you like a large SLURPEE with that my friend

Terrorist: We Hope that we Change...Promise!
*drink*

re: #30 ErnieG

Great minds...

...thinking alike.

Geez! Why didn't George Bush think of this? So easy to deal with these problems and here we thought you had to kill these guys.
///

Well, why are we surprised. The "officals" and "judges" in this instance are in favor of blowing up anything American, just like the assholes they are "releasing". No doubt, there were many winks and grins at this "pledge" ceremony.

This is at the same level of outrage as when the UN asked Palestinians to swear they are not terrorists before working for them. The results will be the same.

In related news, Madonna has signed a "Virginity Pledge".

State of the art pledges to go along with state of the art Yemeni mudbrick prisons...

What is Barack Obama doing to make this country more secure? Can anyone name anything?

I'm looking for anything at all.

re: #32 Dustyvet

“Appearances often are deceiving.”

Aesop

"Keep your enemies closer, they are easier to whack"

VegasRick

re: #39 Lincolntf

In related news, Madonna has signed a "Virginity Pledge".

...she had to after hearing that new squeeze A-ROD is on the juice.[ROIDS THAT IS]

Shibam, Hadramawt, Yemen is an interesting place to look at.
I wonder how many Al Qaeda are living there.

Image: 20080426mudbrick-houses-shibam-yemen-2005.jpg

[Link: www.panoramio.com...]

True, this is no" coincedence". Muslim nations & terror organizations signaled their prefernce for Obama during the campaign. They either see Obama as sympathetic or weak, probably both.

re: #43 smokefire

...she had to after hearing that new squeeze A-ROD is on the juice.[ROIDS THAT IS]

He changed his nic to A-ROID.

OT, from yesterday:

"We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work ... After eight years of this Administration we have just as much unemployment as when we started ... And an enormous debt to boot!"

-- Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, commenting on the failures of the New Deal after two terms of FDR

So Al-Qaida typically attacks...umm, oh right. They don't typically attack targets in Yemen. Why waste money keeping them when they could be out doing something productive, like killing infidels elsewhere.

"It’s not a coincidence that this brazen release of nearly 200 terrorists comes less than a month after Barack Obama took office".

No, 170 is not "nearly" 200. The asshole press routinely uses this rounding-up tactic to distort the stat-facts and gin up interest or outrage for whatever pos they are peddling at the moment.
...enough already

Video of them taking the pledge.

re: #42 VegasRick

"Keep your enemies closer, they are easier to whack"

VegasRick

"And for God's sake, use deodorant."

-Iowahawk

re: #39 Lincolntf

and A-Rod has promised not to do more 'roids!

...

They pull me back in

re: #41 capitalist piglet

What is Barack Obama doing to make this country more secure? Can anyone name anything?

I'm looking for anything at all.

The NSC has been given new responsibilities, none of which has any bearing on what the NSC used to do. I suspect that you'd better not hold your breath waiting for the ONE to do anything that has any substance to it whatsoever.

re: #25 Desert Dog

We can agree the only good "Former Terrorists" are not oxygen thieves.

Did the Europeans sign off on this?

re: #41 capitalist piglet

What is Barack Obama doing to make this country more secure? Can anyone name anything?

I'm looking for anything at all.

He spending unreal and obscene amounts of money we don't have on things we do not need...what more do you want? He is giving out as much "free money" as the presses can print out! And, when we are gone, and our grandchildren and their children are still paying for it, they will thank us for making USA a third world country. "Thanks Grandpa, thanks President Obama"

“If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there’s still a 30 percent chance we’ll get it wrong,”

Obama will probably invite them to practice their new found peacefulness here with us along with the Palestinian refugees he has ordered invited onto our shores.

re: #24 VegasRick

I'll bite - why 2 years as opposed to 4?

re: #52 darkster2400

and A-Rod has promised not to do more 'roids!

Heh. And Timothy Geithner will pay all his taxes this year...

re: #49 AuntAcid

"It’s not a coincidence that this brazen release of nearly 200 terrorists comes less than a month after Barack Obama took office".

No, 170 is not "nearly" 200. The asshole press routinely uses this rounding-up tactic to distort the stat-facts and gin up interest or outrage for whatever pos they are peddling at the moment.
...enough already

Really? 170 not 200 has you pissed? Did you even read the article?

re: #56 x-wing

probably their idea

re: #58 LC LaWedgie

“If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there’s still a 30 percent chance we’ll get it wrong,”

Or even 70%, I'm not all about numbers.

I pledge not to pursue women who keep poking me with those ten-foot poles.

re: #13 esch

The water's starting to bubble. When are conservatives (in general) going to be enraged?

It's going to take another major terrorist attack, I'm certain.

Conservatives, by and large, are enraged. Some are vocal, most are not. What's the point, when the administration and the MSM have their collective heads in the sand.

It's the half-vast majority in the middle that's asleep. They were stirred up for a short while after 9-11-2001, but then the MSM lulled them back to sleep. It WILL take another significant terrorist attack to re-awaken them, but at some point they'll "get it", and become a force to be reckoned with.

The men were freed Friday and Saturday after signing pledges not to engage in terrorism

I will sleep so well tonight, knowing that those pledges are signed.

re: #61 SlartyBartfast

and Blagojevich will not try to sell any more Senate seats...

re: #60 darkster2400

I'll bite - why 2 years as opposed to 4?

House.

re: #49 AuntAcid

Those are Charles' words. And it is NOT a coincidence. If McCain was in the chair Yemen would KNOW there would be repercussions.

re: #15 MandyManners

Isn't Yemen the ancestral home of the bin Ladens?

Yes, but he was born in Saudi Arabia to his father's 10th wife.
Must be a cultural thing.

re: #50 Racer X

Video of them taking the pledge.

I need my eyes checked, did I really, really, really, see gold combat boots?

It’s not a coincidence that this brazen release of nearly 200 terrorists comes less than a month after Barack Obama took office.

Seems to be a lot of that going on. Release of A.Q. Kahn, Kyrgyzstan closing their base, North Korean saber rattling, Iranian mocking of Obama/US attempts at talks, the list goes on.

Obama needs to blow some things up...put a little crazy into his foreign policy. I'd like to suggest the Iranian nuclear program.

re: #68 darkster2400

and Blagojevich will not try to sell any more Senate seats...

I think he's lost his franchise...

re: #69 VegasRick

gotcha! I'm Canadian, so...well, you know...

re: #69 VegasRick

House.

2010.

My son may be facing some of these Punks when he deploys to Afghanistan in November and he won't be asking for signatures.

re: #49 AuntAcid

"It’s not a coincidence that this brazen release of nearly 200 terrorists comes less than a month after Barack Obama took office".

No, 170 is not "nearly" 200. The asshole press routinely uses this rounding-up tactic to distort the stat-facts and gin up interest or outrage for whatever pos they are peddling at the moment.
...enough already

Okay, though I disagree, I will accept your assertion that 170 is not "nearly 200". I suppose I should feel much better, with my outrage sufficiently suppressed and my interest ginned-down, but for some reason, I don't.

re: #15 MandyManners

Isn't Yemen the ancestral home of the bin Ladens?

Yes, it is.

re: #58 LC LaWedgie

“If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there’s still a 30 percent chance we’ll get it wrong,”

I would like to see the complex and detailed algorithm Vice President Biden used to determine these percentages. I know that somewhere in that equation there is a part where he reaches down and pulls that figure out of his ass. I wonder how that looks written out?

re: #44 jaunte

You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

re: #66 Son of the Black Dog

Dog, I hope agree with everything you just said.
Sad thing, though, is that it will have to take another disaster to shake us out of our doldrums.

Big question after that, though,is what will He do.
Blame the US for the incident? Do not be surprised.

He hates this country.
All of those that just think he is naive, are terribly wrong.

He knows what he is doing.
Everything is right out of the Saul Alinsky play book.

Maybe these guys can get some money from the stimulus bill and set up a Yemeni call center to consult up and coming terrorists?

Every time I turn around it seems that if your moral compass is broke, then you have a good chance of benefiting in some way or another.

What am I missing?

Re: "170"..."nearly 200"

It took 19 to pull off 9/11.

I pledge!

OK, this is funny!

"I pledge to do more of these videos, to teach people how humble and Progressive I am".

re: #83 Walter L. Newton

Maybe these guys can get some money from the stimulus bill and set up a Yemeni call center to consult up and coming terrorists?

Every time I turn around it seems that if your moral compass is broke, then you have a good chance of benefiting in some way or another.

What am I missing?

We should offer them jobs. There are many positions available as "target holders" over at the Marine base shooting range.

re: #82 smokefire

Dog, I hope agree with everything you just said.
Sad thing, though, is that it will have to take another disaster to shake us out of our doldrums.

Big question after that, though,is what will He do.
Blame the US for the incident? Do not be surprised.

He hates this country.
All of those that just think he is naive, are terribly wrong.

He knows what he is doing.
Everything is right out of the Saul Alinsky play book.

I tend to agree. Another question is how the American people - I'm not talking about people like us, but rather the glassy-eyed masses that worship him - will feel about him then.

170 have "changed" - have you?

re: #81 Idle Drifter

Mos Shibam, where the canteen serves only coffee, and the musicians have all been beaten into silence.

re: #77 Maximu§

My son may be facing some of these Punks when he deploys to Afghanistan in November and he won't be asking for signatures.

It is not the military's responsibilty to judge these people, that is God's responsibility. It is the military's role to arrange the meeting. I pray that your son is good at what he does.

I hope that our worst fears do not come to pass at the hands of these recently released "ex" terrorists.

re: #63 darkster2400

probably their idea

I'm hoping that when they find pieces of these terrorists blown-up on Europes city streets, that they'll rethink their standing on Gitmo.

/not holding my breath tho.

re: #81 Idle Drifter

You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Chicago or DC is worse.

What could possibly go wrong? We're already sending signals that we're going to release our own terrorist detainees because the left wants to shutter Gitmo, despite the fact that there's overwhelming evidence that the detainees we've already released have gone back to the jihad, and those in Yemen have a far higher rate of return to jihad than our own.

This is an absolute mess, and US national security is threatened by the least secure facilities/law enforcement/military efforts overseas.

re: #93 VegasRick

Chicago or DC is worse.

Mexico is scary these days too

re: #88 itellu3times

170 have "changed" - have you?

Hope!

re: #19 Dustyvet

And cross their hearts and hope to die?

Cross their hearts? Nope, don't confuse them with the religion of the cross.
Hope to die? And get their 72 raisins, you betcha.

re: #96 lawhawk

Hope!

hope-a-dope?

Pledges?

What is this rush week- at the Al Qaeda fraternity?

Obama should bring these reformed terrorists here. What you don't want is them falling back in with their hoodlum friends that got them into trouble in the first place.
I am sure that these are just troubled, unfoused yoots. Get them into the Ivy League, so that they can truly know why they hate America.
Maybe AmericaCorp, so that they can go to Appalachia & help out with agriculture.

Here's a very interesting site at History Commons concerning Yemen's relationship to 9-11 and Jihadism in general.

Change we can die from

re: #84 ErnieG

Re: "170"..."nearly 200"

It took 19 to pull off 9/11.

“Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.”

Yemen is the wonderful country that's the ancestral homeland of Bin Laden. Yemen is also the wonderful country where half of the population is illiterate, and terrorism and extremism thrives. In Gitmo, about 100 out of the 250 terrorists still being held are from the wonderful country called Yemen.

If any single one of those terrorists revert to terrorism, and many of them will, then Yemen should be held responsible for any act of terrorism committed by these terrorists which they have just freed, and Yemen should also face the consequences of their terrorism support.

re: #86 Desert Dog

We should offer them jobs. There are many positions available as "target holders" over at the Marine base shooting range.

Don't we have enough domestic terrorists?

I guess when the government outsources is different than when private businesses do it.

re: #67 Maximu§

The men were freed Friday and Saturday after signing pledges not to engage in terrorism

I will sleep so well tonight, knowing that those pledges are signed.

Here's a question. What is the Muslim definition of terrorist?

Zo's take on "The Pledge"

Dude hits hard.

re: #87 capitalist piglet

I tend to agree. Another question is how the American people - I'm not talking about people like us, but rather the glassy-eyed masses that worship him - will feel about him then.

They will feel about him the way that the MSM will tell them to.

Remember, they are OBAMATONS.
Sort of like the Borg Collective. No individual thought processes.

this site has some great bumper stickers...

this one is appropriate...

[Link: www.cafepress.com...]

re: #98 itellu3times

hope-a-dope?

Yeah. Now I think I'm starting to understand this "hope" thing everyone has been talking about.

As in: I hope we're still here in four years.

Thanks a lot O.b. Tha One!

re: #85 Racer X

Now that is funny, but true.

Note to self, buy more ammo.

re: #110 capitalist piglet

Yeah. Now I think I'm starting to understand this "hope" thing everyone has been talking about.

As in: I hope we're still here in four years.

Even 2 years is becoming a stretch at this rate of hope and change.

I'd be curious to see the actual wording of these "pledges" (not that I believe their sincerity or anything).

I'd be willing to bet that they actually pledged not to engage in terrorism in Yemen, not that they pledged not to enage in terrorism.

There's a good reason that so much Saudi money is used to fund the worldwide jihad movement. It's because they basically pay these assholes to go kill other people and leave them alone.

The same concept is probably in play here.

re: #95 Desert Dog

Mexico is scary these days too

You are right.

re: #92 x-wing

I'm hoping that when they find pieces of these terrorists blown-up on Europes city streets, that they'll rethink their standing on Gitmo.

/not holding my breath tho.

Er, I'm not hoping that they find any of these folks blown up, because that would be the same as asking for another terror incident.

Would you like to find pieces of these terrorist blown up on some street in America?

I don't know, that just doesn't sound right to me.

re: #113 rawmuse

Note to self, buy more ammo.

Just a thought...look into buying more ammo.

Don't know why I thought of it.

re: #78 capitalist piglet

Okay, though I disagree, I will accept your assertion that 170 is not "nearly 200". I suppose I should feel much better, with my outrage sufficiently suppressed and my interest ginned-down, but for some reason, I don't.

I see it as a credibility slip 'n slide. It has nothing to do with whether or not I am "pissed" or "outraged".

all the terrorists in the world are looking at O,
and thinking he is either an idiot weakling or actually on their side.
either way they are smiling and growing confident.
they are thanking allah for O
he is not an obstacle for them. he is a blessing.

Real America Held Hostage: Day-20

re: #108 smokefire

You're probably right. I wonder how all the news media in NYC will feel, staring at a smoking crater in Manhattan (if they survive it), knowing he brought it on with his utter weakness.

Do you think that might snap a few of them out of the trance?

Their pledge means nothing, they had a fist clenched behind their back.

Wake me up when this stupidness is over.

re: #95 Desert Dog

Mexico is scary these days too

I am starting to think now is a replay of 1938/9.

re: #114 FurryOldGuyJeans

Even 2 years is becoming a stretch at this rate of hope and change.

Well, even if we get hit by another massive terrorist attack, at least "the world" will "like" us...and, as you know, that is way more important than being safe.

Here's a nice quote for Obama and his band of merry men:

“It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.”
Niccolo Machiavelli

re: #106 x-wing

Here's a question. What is the Muslim definition of terrorist?

answer: A greiving mother who buries a suicide bomber's head in a pig's carcass, to avange her child's murder.

re: #93 VegasRick

Chicago or DC is worse.

Tough choice between Chicago and DC.

I just can't believe the craziness going on all over the world in the last 2 1/2 weeks. We have to get organized to save this place. What to do, what to do?

re: #80 Desert Dog

Failsafe.

/Hide and watch.

re: #82 smokefire
Hey y'all might not have seen my comment to you on the last thread, but could y'all please drop me an e-mail? Nic's in blue!
Thanks.

re: #125 Desert Dog

Well, even if we get hit by another massive terrorist attack, at least "the world" will "like" us...and, as you know, that is way more important than being safe.

Here's a nice quote for Obama and his band of merry men:

“It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.”
Niccolo Machiavelli

I have a quote for them as well.

"Fuck you guys".

Shocked, I tell ya, shocked! Shocked it took yemen this long after the 0 took office to release them.
/the 0 is clueless

re: #122 capitalist piglet

You're probably right. I wonder how all the news media in NYC will feel, staring at a smoking crater in Manhattan (if they survive it), knowing he brought it on with his utter weakness.

Do you think that might snap a few of them out of the trance?

NYC, Houston Oil Depot, LA, DC, it could be anywhere.

Do you think that might snap a few of them out of the trance? It might open a few eyes, and it might really begin to piss off a lot of people too.

re: #106 x-wing

Here's a question. What is the Muslim definition of terrorist?

That, of course, is the other big question about the wording of these "pledges."

Apologists for Islam always like to point out, for example, the fact that the Koran forbids killing "innocents," and use that as a basis for the "these aren't true Muslims" meme.

What they either don't understand (or are simply ignoring) is the fact that the Islamic view of "innocents" doesn't include infidels.

re: #128 tappin52

I just can't believe the craziness going on all over the world in the last 2 1/2 weeks. We have to get organized to save this place. What to do, what to do?

I've been wondering that too. Who do we look to for leadership?

Someone shine the big "R" light in the sky. I think we need Rudy.

re: #128 tappin52

I just can't believe the craziness going on all over the world in the last 2 1/2 weeks. We have to get organized to save this place. What to do, what to do?

O has dropped blood and chum in the water, and the sharks are gathering.

re: #117 Walter L. Newton

You're right Walter. I should have put if in that sentence.

I don't want it to happen, don't get me wrong.

The men were freed Friday and Saturday after signing pledges not to engage in terrorism — a strategy the Yemeni government has often used with those suspected of fighting in militant causes abroad.

I'm calling 48 hours on this one. Until I see the actual signed pledges, I'm not believing a word of this.

re: #133 smokefire

NYC, Houston Oil Depot, LA, DC, it could be anywhere.

Do you think that might snap a few of them out of the trance? It might open a few eyes, and it might really begin to piss off a lot of people too.

If you aren't already pissed off you aren't paying attention.

re: #136 FurryOldGuyJeans

O has dropped blood and chum in the water, and the sharks are gathering.

Unfortunately, WE are the chum

re: #82 smokefire

Dog, I hope agree with everything you just said.
Sad thing, though, is that it will have to take another disaster to shake us out of our doldrums.

Big question after that, though,is what will He do.
Blame the US for the incident? Do not be surprised.

He hates this country.
All of those that just think he is naive, are terribly wrong.

He knows what he is doing.
Everything is right out of the Saul Alinsky play book.

I think you're correct, but I don't know if the One's reaction is going to be to blame the US and hope AQ will go away for a while, or if he'll feel the need to "do something" and consequently over-react. An over-reaction could lead to some very unfortuate unintended consequences, and BHO doesn't seem to ba able to think more than one move ahead.

I think he is terribly naive, but he hates our way of life and the capitalist system as well. Bad combination.

re: #122 capitalist piglet

You're probably right. I wonder how all the news media in NYC will feel, staring at a smoking crater in Manhattan (if they survive it), knowing he brought it on with his utter weakness.

Do you think that might snap a few of them out of the trance?

O will never see it as even remotely his fault, period, nor will the media. It will always be others that get the blame, Rs and free-thinking conservatives preferably.

I have as much faith in their pledge as I do in Obama's when he took the oath of office. Par for the course.

It's Yemen. Do you know where the Jihadis are? (rhetorical question)

re: #126 shanec99

answer: A greiving mother who buries a suicide bomber's head in a pig's carcass, to avange her child's murder.

That's what I thought. We're sooo screwed.

re: #104 mad mullah

Is there any real government in Yemen or is it a random collection of Theocratic City States with anarchist tendencies with a line drawn around them?

re: #139 VegasRick

If you aren't already pissed off, you aren't paying attention.

Rotating title.

re: #140 Desert Dog

Unfortunately, WE are the chumps

FIFY.

#41 capitalist piglet

What is Barack Obama doing to make this country more secure? Can anyone name anything?

I'm looking for anything at all.

Yes, of course I can name a bunch of things, as I'm confident that Obama has America's protection on the top o f his to-do list. First he had his first tv interview with Al Arabyia to sternly tell them we will never back down from the War on Terror. Obama then tells Iran that the U.S. is resolute on their nuke program, that he's got his finger on that little red button if they continue developing it. Both Obama and Hillary demanded they unclench their fists - or else. Obama refuses to let any of the Gitmo terrorists free, or he'll hunt them down one by one.

Isn't that the way it happened? I feel so much safer now.
/

re: #133 smokefire
Kindly see my #130 above.

re: #136 FurryOldGuyJeans

O has dropped blood and chum in the water, and the sharks are gathering.

Obviously Obama is just luring them into his net.

re: #147 Racer X

Rotating title.

Seconded.

From the article -

Yemen has said it expects most of the 100 remaining Yemenis at Guantanamo to be sent home after President Barack Obama ordered the prison shut within a year.

I have no doubts that Obama will comply, afterall he's already dropped the charges against the Yemeni Cole bomber, which was a slap in the face to all Americans. How many dead American lives will Obama's stupidity claim?

re: #138 obscured by clouds

I'm calling 48 hours on this one. Until I see the actual signed pledges, I'm not believing a word of this.

The "48 hour rule" usually applies to stories that sound unlikely to be true. There's absolutely nothing unlikely about this story. The Yemenis (and the Saudis) have a history of doing stuff like this.

As for "seeing the actual signed pledges," unless you a) read Arabic, and b) understand the Islamic context in which they're undoubtedly written, that wouldn't do you much good.

I "Hope" these suspects will be able to "Change" their ways.

/HopeChange

Obama must be mightily relieved that his plan to work things out by "discussing matters" is working so well! The KKKids and Ariana must be delighted as well by the efficacy of their rainbow wishes. See, all ya gotta do is talk.

All is well. Now let's just eat our waffles in peace.

More worthwhile activity takes place in my bathroom than in the entire nation of Yemen. Seriously, at current levels it takes Yemen 75 years to equal one year of the US GDP. Of course, we don't have healthy great looking modern family units like this to boast about: [Link: www.travelblog.org...]

re: #155 lobo91

The "48 hour rule" usually applies to stories that sound unlikely to be true. There's absolutely nothing unlikely about this story. The Yemenis (and the Saudis) have a history of doing stuff like this.

As for "seeing the actual signed pledges," unless you a) read Arabic, and b) understand the Islamic context in which they're undoubtedly written, that wouldn't do you much good.

I think #138 was sarcasm, missing the tag.

re: #157 Daisy

Obama must be mightily relieved that his plan to work things out by "discussing matters" is working so well! The KKKids and Ariana must be delighted as well by the efficacy of their rainbow wishes. See, all ya gotta do is talk.

All is well. Now let's just eat our waffles in peace.

Peace Waffles! Coming to a store near you!

I just saw a commercial celebrating Black History Month in which several Muslims talked about their wonderful religion.

One of the most unpleasant aspects of this story is that we (Americans in general) have been doing the same thing for years with Gitmo detainees. In fact, I don't think we even bother with the pledge, we just ship them back to the battlefield. The world is insane.

re: #146 Idle Drifter

Is there any real government in Yemen or is it a random collection of Theocratic City States with anarchist tendencies with a line drawn around them?

Yemen is a lot like Somalia. Its "central government" doesn't control anything outside of the capital city.

re: #160 VegasRick

Peace Waffles! Coming to a store near you!

OMG. I wonder if you can buy a waffle iron in the shape of a peace sign.

re: #151 AuntAcid

Obviously Obama is just luring them into his net.

This is an Ah hah moment! So your saying that BHO is playing dumb in order to spring is ingenuis trap. He truly is the smartest man ever!

re: #161 MandyManners

I just saw a commercial celebrating Black History Month in which several Muslims talked about their wonderful religion.

Ernest has a brick for your telly, when you need it.

I have my own list of states that support terrorism, and Yemen is on it.

Iran (Qods, Hezbollah, Hamas, at times AQ)
Syria (Qods, Hezbollah, Hamas)
Pakistan (AQ, Taliban, Kashmiri Intifada Umbrella groups)
Saudi Arabia (Exports their radical revolutionaries and mad mullahs, indirect and sly but it's still support)
Yemen (Support for AQ, MB, etc)
Sudan (Support for AQ, Janjaweed, etc.)
North Korea (Nuclear proliferation, Kidnapping, state counterfeiting)
Venezuela (Support for FARC, Shining Path)
China (help for various Maoist insurgent groups throughout the subcontinent, and support for tyrannies including NK and the Military Junta in Myanmar)
I'd list Somalia, but there's no real government there to speak of.

re: #161 MandyManners

I just saw a commercial celebrating Black History Month in which several Muslims talked about their wonderful religion.

Fist bump!

re: #160 VegasRick

Peace Waffles! Coming to a store near you!

With Hope Maple Syrup and Change Berries.

re: #164 capitalist piglet

Patent it. Right now. You'll make a mint.

re: #161 MandyManners

I just saw a commercial celebrating Black History Month in which several Muslims talked about their wonderful religion.

Which month is Italian History Month?

re: #171 VegasRick

Which month is Italian History Month?

October.

re: #106 x-wing

Here's a question. What is the Muslim definition of terrorist?

Israeli's
and/or
Americans?

But that's Just a guess

re: #170 Lincolntf

Patent it. Right now. You'll make a mint.

They're hippies they don't have any money!

re: #161 MandyManners

I just saw a commercial celebrating Black History Month in which several Muslims talked about their wonderful religion.

Actual Muslims, or Nation of Islam members?

re: #167 Thanos

MN.
MI.
CA.

re: #139 VegasRick

If you aren't already pissed off you aren't paying attention.

Rick, believe me I AM PISSED OFF.
Come to think about it, not only am I pissed off, I am scared too.

Being a first responder in this situation does not make me feel to secure.

re: #157 Daisy

Obama must be mightily relieved that his plan to work things out by "discussing matters" is working so well! The KKKids and Ariana must be delighted as well by the efficacy of their rainbow wishes. See, all ya gotta do is talk.

All is well. Now let's just eat our waffles in peace.

On next week's schedule:

Coosh-ball throwing with Hamas
Mother May I with Putin
Duck-Duck-Goose with Chavez

re: #172 buzzsawmonkey

Fuggghedddabout it. Even Columbus Day has been placed on the skids.

I feel sooo slighted. I think I'll go out and riot...or maybe just take my boys to the park instead.

re: #150 realwest

Kindly see my #130 above.

...already done.
email on the way.

re: #180 Pianobuff

On next week's schedule:

Coosh-ball throwing with Hamas
Mother May I with Putin
Duck-Duck-Goose with Chavez

Where do I sign up for the Thugo event?

re: #181 VegasRick

I feel sooo slighted. I think I'll go out and riot...or maybe just take my boys to the park instead.

Funny...I have a sudden urge to go to the range this afternoon...

re: #178 AuntAcid

MN.
MI.
CA.

Drove through a part of Dearborn MI once that had some store signs with no English letters at all except for the address.

Well it's been grand as usual y'all, but I gotta go eat some lunch.
Hope you all (except for poster "Blackpajamas") have a GREAT DAY and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

re: #179 smokefire

Rick, believe me I AM PISSED OFF.
Come to think about it, not only am I pissed off, I am scared too.

Being a first responder in this situation does not make me feel to secure.

I feel ya, thank you for what you do. I don't envy you.

Mohammed Ali and several Arabic-looking folks.

re: #154 Mad Mullah

The judge was forced to drop the charges because Obama's executive order compelled him to comply or else violate the detainee's due process rights to a speedy trial. I know, I'm still wrapping my head around the fact that the courts have written due process rights for detainees - terrorists who were captured on foreign soil - into Constitutional rights in a way that a POW soldier would never be able to obtain under the Geneva Conventions, but here we are.

He's now being held without trial, which is the same position that these idiot leftists were busy complaining about before Bush set upon creating the military commissions act and detainee treatment act to comply with various court rulings to deal with the status of detainees. Now the leftists don't think that these courts and systems are appropriate, and have no clue what to do.

It's a frakking mess, and Obama, the supposed constitutional law expert, is clueless and putting all American lives in jeopardy because of his leftist views.

re: #187 VegasRick

I feel ya, thank you for what you do. I don't envy you.

...thank you. Just hope to get to retirement before anything else happens.

Let's see if we can find something in the "Pocket Obama" (c) 2008 that will explain this for us...

(leafing through the little blue book...)

"If you start seeing more and more failed states, more and more displaced persons, more and more refugees, all of that is a breeding ground for terrorist activity"

Hmmm, maybe we should send Obama a copy of this book. Anyone want to chip in?

re: #106 x-wing

Here's a question. What is the Muslim definition of terrorist?

Very pertinent question. When they blew up the trains in England, it became even more abundantly clear what they meant by 'innocents'. Infidels are never innocent; terrorists are always innocent. Therefore, infidels are the cause of the innocent Muslims who act in self-defense when they blow the rest of us to smithereens. Conclusion? Infidels are terrorists. The pledge they signed, in effect, only commits them further to their cause by prohibiting them from becoming infidels.

Obama and friends don't have a clue. At least, I hope he doesn't, because that allows for some small hope that he'll get a clue.

re: #155 lobo91

I think that's 48 hours after the testimonial video is released from the al-Quida website.

re: #190 smokefire

...thank you. Just hope to get to retirement before anything else happens.

How soon til you retire?

re: #180 Pianobuff

On next week's schedule:

Coosh-ball throwing with Hamas
Mother May I with Putin
Duck-Duck-Goose with Chavez

Speaking of Chavez, there was a massive demonstration in Caracas yesterday over Hugo's plan to amend the Constitution, so that he can run forever. Pro Chavez goons attacked the demonstrators.

I gotta' fix lunch. bbl

re: #186 realwest

Well it's been grand as usual y'all, but I gotta go eat some lunch.
Hope you all (except for poster "Blackpajamas") have a GREAT DAY and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

Have a very nice day Realwest..don't worry about blackpajamas..I want a piece of that action the next time he pokes his head up..
Hey Black pj..You're a f'g asshole...Bring it jerk!

re: #160 VegasRick

Peace Waffles! Coming to a store near you!

Gack. :)

Israel is rumored to be doing something as bad and in many ways worse.

A huge list of terrorists released in exchange for Shalit.

Included among those to be released is said to be Marwan Barghouti- a convicted terrorist murderer (who by the way, killed a priest thinking him a Jew) who will in the very near future - I guarantee- take over from Abbas the title of "Good Terrorist".

If this occurs we may very well see the end of Israel in our lifetime.

re: #191 Walter L. Newton

Let's see if we can find something in the "Pocket Obama" (c) 2008 that will explain this for us...

(leafing through the little blue book...)

"If you start seeing more and more failed states, more and more displaced persons, more and more refugees, all of that is a breeding ground for terrorist activity"

Hmmm, maybe we should send Obama a copy of this book. Anyone want to chip in?

Walter, are they still for sale on Amazon? And have they got in a new shipment yet. They have been out of stock for so long, I just don't know how I will survive without my little blue book?

SARCASM!

re: #196 opnion

Speaking of Chavez, there was a massive demonstration in Caracas yesterday over Hugo's plan to amend the Constitution, so that he can run forever. Pro Chavez goons attacked the demonstrators.

Neighborhood organizers?

They have released video of the pledge:

re: #185 Idle Drifter

I fled SoCA when I became a stranger in my own land.

re: #199 Daisy

Gack. :)

On isle #4...Next to the Obama condoms

re: #195 VegasRick

Target date is November, but with the economy and such up in the Northeast, I may not be able to sell house, and such, may just stick around. Better half says I am out of my mind. Firefighting is a young persons job, and I am well passed being young.

I pledge to help save the Earth's ozone layer from cow flatulence by eating a nice, big, fat juicy steak tonight!

re: #73 BryanS

Seems to be a lot of that going on. Release of A.Q. Kahn, Kyrgyzstan closing their base, North Korean saber rattling, Iranian mocking of Obama/US attempts at talks, the list goes on.

Obama needs to blow some things up...put a little crazy into his foreign policy. I'd like to suggest the Iranian nuclear program.

I'd vote for coordinated big booms in Pakistan and North Korea.

re: #202 jaunte

Neighborhood organizers?

No doubt & probably with Hope & Change buttons.

re: #204 AuntAcid

I fled SoCA when I became a stranger in my own land.

Did you know it was against the law to like SoCal if you live in NoCal?

re: #185 Idle Drifter

Drove through a part of Dearborn MI once that had some store signs with no English letters at all except for the address.

And those were Arabic numerals.

re: #178 AuntAcid

MN.
MI.
CA.

I know it's snark and humor, but let's not diminish real terror with jokes. Yeah, there might be some terrorists in those states, and they don't politically agree with us. They aren't Pakistan however.

re: #183 debutaunt

Where do I sign up for the Thugo event?

We Are So Screwed dot com.

A 25$ donation will get your doctor-recommended weekly dose of hope and change.

re: #175 Idle Drifter

True. But maybe some targeted advertising in the NYT and Atlantic Monthly could get some of the limo Libs to pony up. Peace waffles would be a crowd pleaser in the Hamptons, I'm sure.

re: #203 Desert Dog

They have released video of the pledge:

Great movie.
Now go do that voodo that you do so well.

This chap had the right idea about dealing with the Yemen

re: #161 MandyManners

I just saw a commercial celebrating Black History Month in which several Muslims talked about their wonderful religion.

Were they reminiscing about the good old days when they bought and sold Africans into slavery? (not that slavery is not thriving today, courtesy of the same old religion of peace )

re: #205 Dustyvet

On isle #4...Next to the Obama condoms

Double gack :)

re: #211 Son of the Black Dog

And those were Arabic numerals.

Arabic numerals are one better things to come out of the middle east. I can only imagine Algebra or Trigonometry with Roman numerals.

I'm all for the release of these fine gentlemen, even those who are mistreated in Gitmo.

BUT

Before they are released may I suggest that they undergo a full blown sex change and then dropped by parachute in downtown Mecca.

re: #214 Lincolntf

Agreed.

Meanwhile, in Israel, both Kadima and Likud are scared that Avidgor Lieberman's party could pull abreast of them in the elections after those on Tuesday. He's already becoming a major power. And he wants to establish an anti-democratic "loyalty test" for citizenship. Presumably this would extend beyond "disloyal Arabs" to include opposition groups. Netanyahu thinks this is legitimate.

Lieberman has called for the expulsion of Israeli Arab citizens and the execution of Arab Members of Knesset. The Israeli attorney general declines to indict him for incitement.

Who's Lieberman flipping the bird at?

They signed "pledges"?
They'll keep their "word"?
That's just t'qiya to believe.

Given that the Arab is historically renown for lying, could this be considered a de facto declaration of war?

re: #218 Daisy

Double gack :)

Obama plates and coins on isle #8...Crash...clean up on isle #8..some guy in a green lizard shirt just dropped another one.

re: #188 MandyManners

Mohammed Ali and several Arabic-looking folks.

I assume it was this Mohammed Ali (in 2 pics - scroll down).

re: #219 Idle Drifter

Arabic numerals are one better things to come out of the middle east. I can only imagine Algebra or Trigonometry with Roman numerals.

Keep in mind, however, that they're only known as "Arabic numerals" because the Arabs stole them from the Hindus.

re: #223 pre-Boomer Marine brat

They signed "pledges"?
They'll keep their "word"?
That's just t'qiya to believe.

Given that the Arab is historically renown for lying, could this be considered a de facto declaration of war?

Uh,uh, uh..yup...:)

and this thing w/ signing a pledge,
moslems are not bound by anything they say or do,
if the bargain concerns an infidel.
it is insulting that they think we are so gullible,
that we would give credence to anything a jihadi scrawled his X on.

re: #5 jaunte

President WeakO takes another hit.

Hit ?
It is part of the plan

no sarc

re: #219 Idle Drifter

Arabic numerals are one better things to come out of the middle east. I can only imagine Algebra or Trigonometry with Roman numerals.

I believe Arabic numerals came out of the Indian subcontinent. They were just transmitted to Europe by way of the Arabs.

And Tim Geithner promised to pay his taxes when he was at the IMF..

Nothing to see here, move along...

I think Obama may be a distant cousin to Ahmadinejad (or similar nutjob) and is doing his part to speed up the return of the Mahdi. Anyone with half a brain (this would exclude most of Congress unfortunately) should be screaming bloody murder about the outrageously dangerous decisions Obama has made in the last few weeks.

His lack of leadership in speaking out about news such as this embolden terrorists and make it extremely likely they will strike again.

Michelle Obama has taken on military families as one of her special areas of focus. I wonder what the family members of the USS COLE have said to her about her husband's reckless decisions.

re: #229 ThinkRight

I'm still unsure on the amateur vs. saboteur question.
Further, you could ask 'fool or tool?'

re: #155 lobo91

The "48 hour rule" usually applies to stories that sound unlikely to be true. There's absolutely nothing unlikely about this story. The Yemenis (and the Saudis) have a history of doing stuff like this.

As for "seeing the actual signed pledges," unless you a) read Arabic, and b) understand the Islamic context in which they're undoubtedly written, that wouldn't do you much good.

Yeah, I know. I forgot to add the "/".

re: #232 twincitiesgirl

Michelle Obama has taken on military families as one of her special areas of focus. I wonder IF SHE CARES what the family members of the USS COLE have said to her about her husband's reckless decisions.

That's better

re: #227 Dustyvet

Which way did he go George, which way did he go?

All these milestones injust the first three weeks, Mr. President What are you gonna do?

"I don't have to go, I am already in Disney land! (with apologies to Mickey and Walt)

Of course he is really fucking goofy...

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah.

re: #135 capitalist piglet

You'll get me instead, and the world wouldn't like that.

MUCH,
R

They made them sign pledges? Isn't that a little extreme and inhumane? What if they got writer's cramp or a paper cut?

This torture of "terrorist" suspects really has to stop.

Interesting, first Pakistan releases AQ Kahn and now Yemen releases 170 terrorists, think Bush's pressure on these countries is not being felt anymore?!

I'm worried that they had their fingers crossed behind their backs when they were swearing to renounce terrorism.

re: #232 twincitiesgirl

It’s not just the family members of those who died on the USS COLE it’s the whole military that is getting kicked in the teeth.

I agree it will embolden terrorists and will cause more horrible deaths. I would say get the names and pictures of those 170 terrorists and keep track of their bloody terrorists acts. Someone has to take responsibility for this grotesque miscarriage of justice. I doubt Obama will. But he should.

C'mon folks, don't you recall that the President of Yemen recently announced the Obama administration has assured him that 96 of his countrymen would be home from their extended Cuban vacations within 3 to 6 months? Yemen was just making room in their halfway-houses-back-to-the-jihad prisons for the surge.