Democrat Senators urge Obama to “dramatically increase” Muslim refugee flow to US
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Muslim cleric: Satan and Jews are the enemies of Muslims, Jews will meet their end by gathering in Israel
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs
Islamic Jew-hatred: it’s in the Quran.
And yet the world media and the governments of the West term opposition to this “hate.”
“Tunisian Cleric Bechir Begga: Satan and the Jews Are the Enemies of Muslims,” MEMRI, May 1, 2015:
Islamic Jew-hatred: it’s in the Quran.
And yet the world media and the governments of the West term opposition to this “hate.”
“Tunisian Cleric Bechir Begga: Satan and the Jews Are the Enemies of Muslims,” MEMRI, May 1, 2015:
In a May 1 sermon, Tunisian cleric Sheik Bechir Begga said that Satan and the Jews are the enemies of Muslims. He added that Allah was gathering the Jews “in Palestine, or in Tel Aviv,” where they would meet their end. Sheik Begga posted the clip on his YouTube channel.
Following are excerpts:
Sheik Bechir Begga: Many enemies are behind the strife and catastrophes that afflict the Islamic nation. The most vicious of those enemies are the Jews, may Allah curse them....
When I was commissioned as an Army officer in 1982, one of the books listed on our mandatory reading was Sun Tzu’s “Art of War.”
I willed my original copy to a young subordinate officer years ago. However, I still maintain a copy in my office at the NCPA.
One of the memorable quotes from that seminal strategic work is, “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” It is that quote which is most applicable considering the most recent inane statement emanating from our Commander-in-Chief, President Barack Obama, at last week’s US Coast Guard Academy graduation.
At that event, which is the christening of young future leaders, they were told that if they denied climate change they were negligent and derelict of their duty. That, ladies and gents, is a rather harsh and hypocritical statement coming from someone who abandoned Americans to die in Benghazi, Libya and promulgated a false narrative to cover the negligent action.
It is an ironic perspective coming from someone who is negotiating with an enemy, Iran, who chants “death to America” while they are holding four Americans hostage – Robert Levinson, Jason Reznaian, Saeed Abedini, and Amir Hekmati.
What is most disconcerting is the stretch to align climate change as a cause for Islamic terrorism, at least one specific group. President Obama claimed that we need to, “Understand climate change did not cause the conflicts we see around the world. Yet, what we also know is that severe drought helped to create the instability in Nigeria that was exploited by the terrorist group Boko Haram."
The first part of his response shouldn't be news. The fact that a presidential cabinet secretary uses his official .gov email account in carrying out his duties isn't extraordinary. In fact, it's not even plain-old ordinary; it's required. But because Julian Castro is rumored to sit atop Hillary Clinton's running mate wish list -- thanks to his identity, not his qualifications or accomplishments, it seems -- he found himself on the receiving end of this question.
Thus, his answer constitutes news (via CNN's State of the Union and the Washington Free Beacon):
CNN: Do you use private email accounts?
Castro: I have my government email account -- of course I have my private email, but I have my government email. But that's besides the point. I think...
CNN: Do you do government business on the government account?
Castro: That's right. That's right.
Here, Castro does the best he can. He notes that of course he uses
private email like everyone else, but he conducts official business over
official email, as the rules compel him to do. The fact that certain
other individuals may not have felt quite as constrained by those rules
is "besides the point," he assures us, setting up the predictable
"distraction!" talking point in defense of his party's presumptive
nominee. Evincing anything less than utter respect for the requirements
governing his public communications would have caused problems for
himself and his current boss, but underscoring the importance of playing
by the rules would reflect poorly on his potential future boss.
2 Of Hillary’s Libya Emails Are Missing
Chuck Ross / The DC CallerSidney Blumenthal emailed Hillary Clinton at least two intelligence reports about Libya which were not included in the trove of 296 emails released by the State Department on Friday.
Clinton has claimed that in December she turned over all official government emails she sent or received from her personal account while in office. In turn, the agency has claimed it turned all Clinton emails related to Libya or Benghazi over to the House Select Committee investigating the Benghazi attack.
But a screenshot of Blumenthal’s email inbox, which the Romanian hacker Guccifer published in March 2013, shows two reports about Libya emailed to Clinton which were not released in Friday’s batch.
Blumenthal’s hacked inbox shows that he sent a Jan. 15, 2013, report under the subject line “H: Latest Libya intel; internal discussions” and another on Jan. 26 with the subject line “H: Libya security latest.”
The State Department release — which was published on the agency’s Freedom of Information Act portal — does not include those two reports. It does, however, include some 20 other intelligence reports Blumenthal sent Clinton about Libya and Benghazi between March 2, 2011. and Dec. 18, 2012.
Screengrab of Sidney Blumenthal’s email inbox
Obama Loses Second Bid to Implement Immigration Overhaul
NEWSMAXThe 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday in favor of 26 states challenging President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration, potentially paving the way for a Supreme Court decision on the issue.
Two judges on the three-judge panel ruled that the executive action, which would grant an estimated 4.7 million undocumented immigrants relief from deportation, should remain on hold while the government appeals its blocking.
The immigration order was first put on hold by Texas Judge Andrew Hanen in February after the states, all led by Republican governors, alleged that taking in migrants would be overly burdensome.
"The President's attempt to bypass the will of the American people was successfully checked again today," Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in a news release.
The case has become the focal point of Obama's efforts to change U.S. immigration policy.
Seeing no progress on legislative reform in Congress, Obama announced in November he would take executive action to help immigrants. He has since faced criticism from Republicans who say the program grants amnesty to lawbreakers.
The White House said the two judges who ruled against the administration on Tuesday chose to "misinterpret the facts and the law."
"The president's actions... are squarely within the bounds of his authority and they are the right thing to do for the country," White House spokeswoman Brandi Hoffine said.
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