Obama Aids the Enemy! --- boehner aids the enemy!
The political ramifications are clear: House Speaker John Boehner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a colossal mistake by conspiring behind President Obama’s back, and the move has ricocheted on both of them. The big, scary issue underlying the contretemps — how to deal with Iran’s nuclear program — is a more complicated story. I believe strongly that Obama’s approach, which requires the patience to give negotiations a chance, is the right one. To the extent that a case can be made for a more bellicose approach, Boehner and Netanyahu have undermined it. First, the politics. Why on earth would anyone think it was a good idea to arrange for Netanyahu to speak to a joint session of Congress <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/01/22/israels-netanyahu-will-address-congress-on-iran-in-march/> without telling Obama or anyone in his administration about the invitation? Yes, Congress has an important role to play in international affairs. And yes, the days are long gone when disputes among officials over foreign policy ended at the water’s edge; members of Congress routinely gallivant around the globe and share their freelance views of what the United States should or should not be doing. But inviting a foreign leader to speak at the Capitol <http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/boehner-defies-obama-on-iran-sanctions-invites-netanyahu/2015/01/21/3b262c8a-a1ba-11e4-91fc-7dff95a14458_story.html> without even informing the president, let alone consulting him, is a bald-faced usurpation for which there is no recent precedent. Pending legislation, which Obama threatens to veto, would automatically impose tough sanctions against Iran if the drawn-out, multiparty nuclear negotiations <http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iran-bill-would-scrap-nuclear-deal-over-new-sanctions/2015/01/28/e5f60a94-a6f2-11e4-a162-121d06ca77f1_story.html>fail. If Boehner wanted to build support for sanctions, he failed spectacularly. Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee and a vocal hawk on Iran policy, announced Tuesday that he would not vote for his own bill <http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/top-democrat-tries-to-slow-iran-sanctions-bill/2015/01/27/8a1d258c-a638-11e4-a162-121d06ca77f1_story.html>imposing automatic sanctions — at least not until after a March 24 deadline for negotiators to produce the outlines of an agreement. Nine of his pro-sanctions Democratic colleagues in the Senate joined him, meaning the bill is unlikely to win the necessary 60 votes for passage. If Boehner’s aim was to paint Obama as somehow soft on Iran, he failed at that, too. The speaker inadvertently turned the focus on himself and has had to spend the week explaining why he went behind the president’s back, not even giving the White House a heads-up until hours before the March 3 speech <http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/01/22/netanyahu-to-address-congress-on-march-3-boehner-says/> was announced. Netanyahu, for his part, may have thought this was a way to boost his prospects in the upcoming Israeli election, scheduled for March 17 <http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-elections-called-for-march-17-2015/>. Or he may have fantasized that somehow, by openly siding with the Republican Party, he could snatch U.S. foreign policy out of Obama’s hands. Judging by the pounding he is taking from the Israeli media, he was mistaken on both counts. Note to all foreign leaders: We have one president at a time. Americans respected this fact when George W. Bush was president, for better or worse. And we respect it now. The speech episode borders on farce, but the larger debate over Iran’s nuclear ambitions could not be more serious. The central issue is whether a negotiated deal will leave Iran with the theoretical capability to build a nuclear bomb if it were to decide to do so. No amount of diplomatic legerdemain, it seems to me, can avoid answering this question with a simple yes or no. If you say yes, as Netanyahu does, then Iran must be stripped of all ability to enrich uranium. It is easy to understand why the Israeli government sees a nuclear-capable Iran as an existential threat — and also worries that other regional powers concerned about Iran’s growing influence, such as Saudi Arabia, might decide that they, too, need to get into the nuclear game. Iran insists, however, that it has the right to a peaceful nuclear program. The government in Tehran is unlikely to give up that right but may be willing to limit itself to low-grade enrichment that produces material incapable of being used in a bomb. At least some infrastructure for high-grade enrichment would remain, however — and so would some risk of an eventual Iranian bomb. Is this good enough? If the alternative is war with Iran, it may have to be. I do not believe that war is in the interest of the United States. I also do not believe that war is in the interest of Israel, but of course Netanyahu has the right — he would say the duty, if he concludes that force is required — to disagree. Nothing that remotely resembles a perfect outcome is in sight. It must be better to keep talking than start bombing. On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 7:13:56 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > http://eaglerising.com/14607/treason-obama-aids-enemy/ > > > Treason - Obama Aids the Enemy! > > By Matt Barber <http://eaglerising.com/author/matt-barber/> / 2 February > 2015 > > <http://www.printfriendly.com/> > > image: http://cdn.printfriendly.com/button-print-blu20.png > <http://www.printfriendly.com/> > > <http://www.printfriendly.com/>[image: Print Friendly and PDF] > <http://www.printfriendly.com/> > > Well, that didn’t take long. This summer after Barack Obama inexplicably > (and illegally) freed five of the Taliban’s most deadly terrorists in > exchange for army deserter Bowe Bergdahl, I asked a burning question > <http://www.wnd.com/2014/06/treason-obamas-gitmo-five/> – a question that > remains unanswered: “What will it take for our spineless U.S. Congress to > impeach this tyrant? This is way beyond partisan politics. This is about > justice. This is about the safety of the American people. Barack Hussein > Obama is America’s biggest threat to national security. He is ‘an enemy > within.’” > > By striking this Faustian bargain with the devil, not only did Obama > unilaterally trash the U.S. government’s long-standing policy never to > negotiate with terrorists, he brazenly violated a 2013 national defense > bill that unambiguously requires he give Congress 30-days notice before > releasing any Guantanamo Bay prisoners, much less five of its most deadly. > > Article III, Section 3, Clause 1, of the U.S. Constitution defines > <http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#%21/articles/3/essays/119/treason> > the crime of treason – dare I say the “high crime” of treason – as “levying > War against [the United States], or in adhering to their Enemies, giving > them Aid and Comfort.” > > > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/obama-muslim-4.jpg> > > *image: > http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/obama-muslim-4.jpg > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/obama-muslim-4.jpg>* > > > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/obama-muslim-4.jpg>[image: > > obama muslim 4] > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/obama-muslim-4.jpg>Whether > > Obama is intentionally trying to overthrow his own government is open for > debate. But that he is, “adhering to [America's] Enemies, giving them Aid > and Comfort,” is without question. > > “There is no doubt that Americans will die as a direct result of Obama’s > demonstrably illegal actions here,” I wrote back in June. “With most of > these monsters in their 40s, they’ve got decades to kill as many Americans > as they can get their blood-soaked hands on.” > > The National Enquirer, of all publications, interviewed me on my analysis, > publishing a feature article > <http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/exclusive-inside-obama-impeachment-furor> > > that largely echoed my sentiments and concluded, “Meanwhile, D.C. insiders > say that the only way the Bergdahl fiasco will ‘disappear’ is if the U.S. > gets involved in an ongoing crisis *elsewhere*, which will allow > President Obama to ‘redeem himself’ in not only the eyes of his critics but > the world.” > > While the Obama administration has, no doubt, manufactured many a crisis > elsewhere, no such redemption has been forthcoming. Neither has the > Bergdahl scandal disappeared. Instead, that which even hard-left Sen. Diane > Feinstein, D-Calif., feared has, in a few short months, and quite > predictably so, become reality. We now learn from a reluctant Obama media > that at least one of the “Taliban Five” – one of these faithful followers > of Muhammad – intends to kill more American citizens. > > Reports CNN: > <http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/29/politics/bergdahl-swap-prisoner-militant-activity/index.html> > > *“The U.S. military and intelligence community now suspect that one of the > five Taliban detainees released from Guantanamo Bay in return for Sgt. Bowe > Bergdahl in May of last year has attempted to return to militant activity. > …* > > *“It comes at a politically sensitive time as the administration has > quickened the pace of prisoner release in an effort to encourage the > closure of Guantanamo, and the Army must decide in the coming weeks whether > and how to punish Bergdahl for leaving his post.* [It's called wartime > desertion, CNN. Until recently it got you lined up and shot.]” > > * > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Obama_Bergdahl.jpg>* > > *image: > http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Obama_Bergdahl-300x200.jpg > > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Obama_Bergdahl.jpg>* > > > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Obama_Bergdahl.jpg>[image: > > Obama_Bergdahl] > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Obama_Bergdahl.jpg>*According > > to a September congressional report, “about 17 percent of detainees > transferred out of Guantanamo Bay are confirmed by the U.S. to have > returned to militant activity. About 12 percent are in the suspected > category,”* noted CNN. > > And so as Barack Obama recklessly sows the seeds of a foolish, politically > driven campaign promise, we begin to reap the poisonous fruit of his > incompetence. As intelligence concludes that nearly one-third (probably > more) of these rabid jihadi dogs will return to their rabid jihadi ways, > Obama yet races to loose them from their chains. (Hey, I hear ISIS has > several openings in HR [Head Removal]. Perhaps our > Muslim-sympathizer-in-chief can whip-up a quick batch of reference letters.) > > I wish it could be said that this man is simply an incompetent fool, but I > fear it’s much more complicated than all that. At best, Barack Hussein > Obama is a full-blown dhimmi (one who surrenders to Muslim dominance). At > worst, he shares with Muslims the sworn enemies of both the Quran and > “progressivism,” namely Israel and Christianity. > > Regrettably, I believe the latter to be true. I believe that this > president’s well-established propensity to give aid and comfort to our > Islamic enemies stems from an attitude best described, “The enemy of my > enemy is my friend.” > > Long gone are the days when calling an American president a tyrant and > accusing him of treason amounted to political hyperbole. Just a few short > decades ago this anti-American Marxist would not only have been accused of > treason, he would have been tried for it. > > But alas, inaction and injustice are the lawless hallmarks of today’s > political milieu. > > We’ve become “fundamentally transformed,” all right. > > > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Obama-Bergdahl-Parents.jpg> > > *image: > http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Obama-Bergdahl-Parents-300x128.jpg > > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Obama-Bergdahl-Parents.jpg>* > > > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Obama-Bergdahl-Parents.jpg>[image: > > Obama Bergdahl Parents] > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Obama-Bergdahl-Parents.jpg>Remember > > the now infamous Rose Garden presser? The shameful images > <http://allenbwest.com/2014/06/bombshell-first-words-bergdahls-father-white-house-arabic/> > > are forever etched in the annals of American history: Obama, standing > side-by-side with, and even embracing, Robert Bergdahl, the father of an > American traitor and apparent Muslim convert himself. > > When he took to the podium, among the first words from the elder > Bergdahl’s mouth were, in Arabic, “Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim,” which > means, “In the name of Allah, the merciful, the compassionate.” This, > according > to a number of Islamic scholars and CIA experts > <http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/06/04/sources-taliban-thrilled-after-sgt-bergdahls-father-makes-arabic-declaration-at-the-white-house/>, > > was a “Muslim victory call” intended to “claim the White House for Islam.” > > Hmm: to claim the White House for Islam. > > So it would seem. > > Meanwhile, Rose Garden honoree Bowe Bergdahl, a man the Obama > administration says > <http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/susan-rice-bergdahl-served-honor-and-distinction_794066.html> > > “served the United States with honor and distinction,” faces likely > court-martial > <http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bowe-bergdahl-be-charged-desertion-officials-say-n294466> > > for desertion. > > While Barack Obama faces another round of golf. > > > Read more at > http://eaglerising.com/14607/treason-obama-aids-enemy/#qQksK2rzWaRbBPE5.99 > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmNmMyOHQxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MjI5MTczNjI-> > > > - New Members > > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJnZjZoczUwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxNDIyOTE3MzYy> > > 1 > > [image: Yahoo! 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