Posts tagged Michael Scheuer
CIA veteran Michael Scheuer comments on Koran burning
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Driving to Mass this morning I was listening to FOX on the issue of Afghanistan and the killing of U.S. and NATO soldiers by our supposed Afghan allies. FOX had its “terrorism expert” on and he was blathering about how President Obama’s apology for the recent Koran burning was causing more violence in Afghanistan and across the Muslim world. The apology, said the “expert”, was typical of Obama’s weakness, and this weakness is contributing to the rise of Islamist power in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Afghanistan, and other places.
Somehow Obama’s apology for the Koran burning was explained by FOX’s “expert” as an apology for “U.S. policy,” which surprised me as I did not know our policy was to burn Korans.
Anyway, that this sort of truly brain-dead stuff passes for acceptable — or even plausible — analysis on any U.S. network falls into the appalling but not surprising category. The violence in Afghanistan against U.S. and NATO forces, for example, has nothing to do with the repeated apologies of Obama, Bush, Secretary Clinton, etc. for various incidents.
The violence comes from the fact that we and NATO are viewed by the overwhelming number of Afghans as, to quote an old but true phrase, “foreign infidel occupiers.”
Now, there is no doubt that burning Korans alienates Afghans, but it is the icing on the cake of 2,000-plus years of unrelenting, violent Afghan opposition to all occupiers — Greeks, Persians, Mongols, British, or Soviets. FOX’s “expert” said that Washington and NATO should be “partnering with pro-democracy Afghan social groups” to discredit the Taleban and other Afghan mujahedin and thereby reduce violence and spur democracy.
This analysis is truly a howler as those Afghans who are killing Western soldiers are the only social forces that count in Afghanistan, and they are the only ones that have counted since we invaded in 2001. Had we smashed these folks to the edge of extinction and then left in the 18 months following 9/11, all would have been well. But we stayed to build a secular democracy and empower women, and today the world’s greatest power and its allies are acknowledging defeat at the hands of shaggy lads armed with weapons of Korean War vintage.
Another great vid from Michael Scheuer
0A power packed 11 minute video that covers a variety of different countries, their power structures and the details of their stages of radicalization—great video.
“Every action has a reaction”
0Few people on the planet have a deeper, more detailed, and precisely educated view on terrorism, al Qaeda and war/foreign policy than former CIA Chief and head of bin Laden’s hunting force, Michael Scheuer. Why does he support Ron Paul?
“Ron Paul is Right” Hits Manhattan December 5
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Jim Grant, Rep. Ron Paul’s pick for Federal Reserve chair, will keynote Revolution PAC’s “Why Ron Paul is Right” event December 5.
[Rep. Paul's] devotion to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States is not just words; he has lived up to his oath in every vote he has cast. This alone makes him the most qualified candidate to occupy the Oval Office.
Northbrook, IL (PRWEB) November 21, 2011
Leading voices on the economy, health care, foreign policy and civil liberties will converge in Manhattan December 5 to fundraise on behalf of Revolution PAC, booster of the presidential campaign of Congressman Ron Paul. “Ron Paul is Right” will present a series of speakers backing the free market positions of the 12-term congressman, who now is tied for first place among Republican contenders in Iowa and polling second in New Hampshire.
CIA veteran Scheuer pulls no punches
4Some may be offended by Scheuer’s criticism of the Israeli lobby and have red flags pop in their heads reading “He’s an anti-Semite!!!” However, the Israeli lobby has an incredible impact on our foreign policy and that should be taken into consideration.
In discussions with my friend David Weber at KingDavidsTable.com, we’ve worked over the impact of religious spirits at work in the world today; entities that lead us to dogma and doctrine, instead of connection to, and collaboration with, The Almighty.
Certainly we can see this at work around us. I pray that the authority, grace, and presence of Christ finds you and thereby nullifies any and all impact that these powerful beings may have over you, over us, and over the world at large.
Someday, all works of the devil will be put under foot; until then we can pray, step into the authority of our inheritance and be great wave makers in the spirit world.
The latest vid from Michael Scheuer
0Is it possible that the financial, military and public support for Israel amongst the people and politicians of The United States actually make Israel more likely to be attacked?
CIA veteran Michael Scheuer and The Judge sound off on both the counter-intuitive and the counter-productive actions we’re taking in the vast quagmire that is the middle east.
A SEAL’s account of how Osama bin Laden really died
0*from (to my amazement) YahooNews
Forget whatever you think you know about the night Osama bin Laden was killed. According to a former Navy SEAL who claims to have the inside track, the mangled tales told of that historic night have only now been corrected.
“It became obvious in the weeks evolving after the mission that the story that was getting put out there was not only untrue, but it was a really ugly farce of what did happen,” said Chuck Pfarrer, author of Seal Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama Bin Laden.
In an extensive interview with The Daily Caller, Pfarrer gave a detailed account of why he believes the record needed to be corrected, and why he set out to share the personal stories of the warriors who penetrated bin Laden’s long-secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
In August the New Yorker delivered a riveting blow-by-blow of theSEALs’ May 1, 2011 raid on bin Laden’s hideaway. In that account, later reported to lack contributions from the SEALs involved, readers are taken through a mission that began with a top-secret helicopter crashing and led to a bottom-up assault of the Abbottabad compound.
Freelancer Nicholas Schmidle wrote that the SEALs had shot and blasted their way up floor-by-floor, finally cornering the bewildered Al-Qaida leader:
“The Al Qaeda chief, who was wearing a tan shalwar kameez and a prayer cap on his head, froze; he was unarmed. ‘There was never any question of detaining or capturing him—it wasn’t a split-second decision. No one wanted detainees,’ the special-operations officer told me. (The Administration maintains that had bin Laden immediately surrendered he could have been taken alive.) Nine years, seven months, and twenty days after September 11th, an American was a trigger pull from ending bin Laden’s life. The first round, a 5.56-mm. bullet, struck bin Laden in the chest. As he fell backward, the SEAL fired a second round into his head, just above his left eye.”
Chuck Pfarrer rejects almost all of that story.
Cain’s top 7 flip-flops
0Check ‘em out here, he’s gonna give Romney a run for his money on a lack of consistency.
Speaking of The Hermanator, his new ad is absolutely ridiculous. Thanks God, the true conservative/liberty-minded/freedom-loving person’s choice is becoming clear. If you’re scared about the war/security issue, please ask yourself this: if we bring back the incredible arsenal we have from around the world do you really think terrorists will want to come here?
If you want to know why terrorists attack us, you might want to ask the former Bin Laden division Chief and CIA veteran Michael Scheuer. “This war is motivated by the activities of our government in the Muslim world.”
Here’s Herm’s ad in all of its greatness:
Intervention’s costs vs. Non-intervention’s benefits
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By Michael Scheuer, former CIA chief of the bin Laden unit
In a world rife with examples of the damage done to the U.S. economy and our national security by Washington’s relentless and bipartisan overseas interventionism, two current situations can be cited to demonstrate the high cost of intervention, on the one hand, and the wisdom of national-interest-protecting non-intervention on the other.
The first deals with the growing likelihood of frequent and widespread attacks in the United States by Islamist militants, and the second deals with recent events in Syria and Somalia.
The coming Islamist attacks in America will be the direct result of our interventionist foreign policy, while our failure to intervene — so far — in Syria and Somalia provides clears evidence that disasters, insurrections, and wars can occur in many areas of the world, have no impact on U.S. national security, and will cost us nothing in terms of lives, funds, or security if we simply refrain from intervening.
Domestic Islamist violence is the price of U.S. interventionism
On 3 August 2011, the White House issued a new plan to combat violent extremism in the United States. The plan urges an outreach program at the state, local, and community levels to “explain more effectively our [U.S.] values, ideas, policies, and actions internationally and support moderate voices willing to confront extremists and discredit radicals.”
The federal plan says the bulk of our defense against Islamist militancy in America — the plan is aimed at Islamist extremism but never uses the words Islam or Muslim — will be handled through social-science-driven out-reach programs conducted at all non-federal levels of government, as well as similar efforts by private sector organizations.
Want to stop (or slow) global terrorism?
0Listen to Michael Scheuer.