Robert Gates: Obama's Team Didn't Value The War!

President Barack Obama with Vice President Joe Biden, former general and CIA chief David Patraeus and former Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Here comes the books of 2014. One book that's already gotten the buzz of the nation is the one from former Defense Secretary Robert Gates. He was appointed by George W. Bush and kept on by Barack Obama.

He was there when President Barack Obama ordered the Navy Seal Team to hunt down Osama bin Laden.

But in the book, it seems like under Obama's watch, the former defense secretary wasn't too happy about his handling of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Associated Press and The Huffington Post tell that the president and his team are pissed at Gates and they've fired back at him.

The White House is bristling over former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new memoir accusing President Barack Obama of showing too little enthusiasm for the U.S. war mission in Afghanistan and sharply criticizing Vice President Joe Biden's foreign policy instincts.

In a book set for release next week by the publishing house Knopf, Gates writes that Biden is "a man of integrity," but also a political figure who has been "wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades."

Gates, a Republican, also slammed the National Security Council under Obama's watch. The Republican cited what he called the "controlling nature" of the White House, writing that Obama's national security team "took micromanagement and operational meddling to a new level."

Such tell-all books are not new to Washington and they're woven into the city's cultural fabric. In the inside-the-Beltway political culture, they burst into view, make a splash on TV, online and in the press and quickly fade. But in the case of the Gates book, the White House chose to speak out quickly and sharply.

The National Security Council issued a statement late Tuesday asserting that Obama relies on Biden's "good counsel" every day and considers him "one of the leading statesmen of his time." Not only that, the White House issued a highly unusual invitation for news organization representatives to photograph Obama and Biden sitting together Wednesday at their weekly private luncheon. It was another sign that the president was not putting any distance between himself and Biden.

Former senior White House adviser David Axelrod said he was surprised when he heard about Gates' book. "He (Gates) always indicated he had a good working relationship with the president," Axelrod said on NBC's "Today" show.

Key passages of Gates' book, "Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary of War," were published in The Washington Post, New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

In his memoir, Gates asserted that Obama showed a growing frustration with U.S. policy in Afghanistan.

"I never doubted Obama's support for the troops, only his support for their mission," Gates writes.

Obama approved the strategy of putting 30,000 additional troops into Afghanistan and placing Gen. David Petraeus in charge, even though some top advisers opposed the so-called surge he announced in December 2009.

On May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama ordered U.S. special forces to go after Osama bin Laden.

In recalling a meeting in the situation room in March 2011, Gates writes: "As I sat there, I thought: The president doesn't trust his commander, can't stand (Afghan President Hamid) Karzai, doesn't believe in his own strategy and doesn't consider the war to be his. For him, it's all about getting out."

According to published reports about the book, Gates reveals he often found himself tempted to quit because of adversarial treatment he received from members of Congress. Gates served 4½ years as defense secretary, the last years of the George W. Bush administration and the first years of Obama's.

According to the published accounts of the book:

—Gates said that in private, members of Congress could be reasonable. "But when they went into an open hearing, and the little red light went on atop a television camera, it had the effect of a full moon on a werewolf."

—Gates recalls Obama and his secretary of state at the time, Hillary Rodham Clinton, discussing their opposition to Bush's 2007 surge of troops in Iraq. "Hillary told the president that her opposition to the surge in Iraq had been political because she was facing him in the Iowa primary. ... The president conceded vaguely that opposition to the Iraq surge had been political. To hear the two of them making these admissions, and in front of me, was as surprising as it was dismaying."

—Gates at times criticizes the Bush administration as well as its successor. He holds the Bush administration, in which he also served as defense secretary, responsible for what he considered misguided policy that squandered the early victories in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to the Times.

—In praise of Obama, Gates calls the president's decision to order Navy SEALs to raid a house in Pakistan believed to be the hiding place of Osama bin Laden "one of the most courageous decisions I had ever witnessed in the White House."

Lindsey Graham: I'll Stall Nominees Until I Get My Benghazi Answers!

Annoying senator returns to GOP Sundays with Benghazi Fever!

CBS News ran a story about the Libyan consulate tragedy last year and the Republicans still demanding answers to how four Americans being killed in Benghazi.

On GOP Sundays, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) makes his umpteenth appearance on Loserville Sunday. The annoying senator wants to block every nomination that the president presents.

And why is that?

Because the annoying ass senator wants "ANSWERS" from everyone at the U.S. Consulate. Meaning leaking information about CIA agents so their cover could be blown, and Graham will bitch about that next.

Graham, John McCain (R-AZ), Rand Paul (R-KY), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Mike Lee (R-UT) are gadflies. They have nothing but contempt for obstruction. And of course, they continue to get airtime. They have no accomplishments but yet get the most airtime to bitch about President Barack Obama.

On September 11, 2012, a terrorist attack occurred. Four Americans including U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens were killed by an extremist group with ties to al-Qaeda.

Under the cover of an online video mocking the Prophet Mohammad, extremists managed to sneak into the consulate and use rocket propelled grenades to attack.

This incident happened in the middle of the U.S. presidential election. Perennial loser Mitt Romney wanted to make a case for chest beating and got his ass handed to him by the media. It got him looking like a trigger happy buffoon.

Since the incident, Republicans continue to waste taxpayer money to find answers to a tragedy they've concluded.

Man I wish they were like this 12 years ago when the worst tragedy on American soil happened?

I kind of wish they cover all embassy attacks and find ways to prevent these incidents from happening again.

Wow, wondering how they would feel if they leak the names of a CIA agent in the middle of a clandestine mission?

Obama Meets Malala!

President Barack Obama meets with Malala Yousafzai. The young girl became an international figure in the women's rights movement. She was a survivor of a gun shooting at point blank range. In the picture is First Lady Michelle Obama and the president's oldest daughter Malia.

Pakistani girl who was shot at point blank range by terrorists meets President Barack Obama.

Malala Yousafzai, the 16 year old girl who sparked international praise for women's rights in her country is one of the world's most influential figures. The remnants of Taliban has taken over tribal regions in Northwest Pakistan. They've put a hit on her because she stood up to them. She wanted to learn and excel in society.

Islamic conservatives aren't hip to that one. So they decided that a bullet is the only way to shut her up!

They would ambush a school bus. They would shot her at point blank range in the head. They would shot two of her friends before fleeing. The young girl was injured around her left side. The injury partially grazed her skull and bounced off her head. While barely breathing, the young girl fought through surgery to make a full recovery.

British doctors and millions of supporters contributed to her recovery. And now as a victim of gun violence, she been a leading advocate for women's rights and gun control.

Malala Yousafzai (Pashto: ملاله یوسفزۍ‎ [mə ˈlaː lə . ju səf ˈzəj]; Urdu: ملالہ یوسف زئی‎ Malālah Yūsafzay, born 12 July 1997) is a Pakistani school pupil and education activist from the town of Mingora in the Swat District of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

She is known for her activism for rights to education and for women, especially in the Swat Valley, where the Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. In early 2009, at the age of 11–12, Yousafzai wrote a blog under a pseudonym for the BBC detailing her life under Taliban rule, their attempts to take control of the valley, and her views on promoting education for girls.

The following summer, a New York Times documentary was filmed about her life as the Pakistani military intervened in the region, culminating in the Second Battle of Swat. Yousafzai rose in prominence, giving interviews in print and on television, and she was nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize by South African activist Desmond Tutu.

Many observers believed that she would be a participant for the Nobel Peace Prize.

The prize went to The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

That didn't disappoint the viberent young girl.

Yousafzai spoke at the UN to call for worldwide access to education, and in September 2013 she officially opened the Library of Birmingham. Yousafzai is the recipient of the Sakharov Prize for 2013.

She kind of endorsed Hillary Clinton, if she should run for president in 2016.

U.S. Special Forces Capture al-Qaeda Leader!

The Libyan government and Somali government confirms that the U.S. carried out clandestine missions to capture a high value targets in North Africa.

The United States government may be in a shutdown, but the doesn't stop the military from carrying out attacks.

The American military were instructed to capture Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai (best known as Abu Anas al-Liby). He is one of the masterminds involved in the U.S. Embassy attacks in 1998. The attacks were carried out in Kenya and Tanzania by al-Qaeda.

He was one of the backers of the attack. At its peak, al-Qaeda was most prevalent in Africa, East Asia and the Middle East. They've vowed to carry out attacks against Western targets.

In Tripoli, he was captured after he left morning prayers. He got the shock of his life when he saw masked men with firearms shoved in his face.

Al-Liby was arrested in Tripoli, Libya on Saturday by United States Special Forces, reportedly from the United States Army Special Forces Operational Detachment - DELTA aka Delta Force with the assistance of FBI agents and CIA officers. He was arrested in broad daylight and removed from Libya.

Navy SEALs conducted a simultaneous raid in Somalia targeting the alleged mastermind of the Westgate shopping mall shooting in Kenya, possibly to avoid either action sending the targets into hiding.

The FBI and Kenyan authorities are searching for the British born woman Samantha Lewthwaite. She is a high value target because of a possible role in the Westgate shopping mall incident.

Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri is the current leader of the terrorist organization. He along with fifteen other members (including an American) are wanted for the attacks on Americans and the 9/11 event.

The White Widow On The Run!

Authorities seek the arrest of British born woman who has ties to terrorist groups.

Interpol, Kenyan authorities, the U.S. Justice Department and New Scotland Yard want this woman.

Samantha Lewthwaite, the UK born woman who is White has alleged ties to Somali-based extremists al-Shabaab. The group is linked to the mass shooting at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya.

Law enforcement figured that she has the knowledge of "westernized culture" and the know how to plot an attack on "soft targets".

Samantha Louise Lewthwaite, (born December 5 1983), also known as Sherafiyah Lewthwaite or the White Widow, is the widow of 7/7 suicide bomber Germaine Lindsay and one of the world's most wanted terrorism suspects.

Her in 2004.

She was a westernized girl from Northern Ireland who had married Germaine Lindsay the Boston transit bomber who launch multiple attacks on the buses and subways on July 7, 2005.

Then Prime Minister Gordon Brown and then President George W. Bush express outrage and warned that extremism in the United Kingdom and the United States will merit swift justice.

She is an alleged member of the Somali radical Islamic militant group, Al-Shabaab.

She has been accused of orchestrating grenade attacks at non-Muslim places of worship, and is believed to have been behind an attack on those watching football in a bar in Mombasa during Euro 2012.

In September 2013, the Kenyan government said there was a strong possibility of her being involved in the Nairobi mall attack, although other reports cast doubt on this.

Lewthwaite was named as a possible suspect involved in a September 2013 attack claimed by Al-Shabaab on a Nairobi mall.

As of September 24, there was media speculation that she was one of the dead.

These reports were viewed with caution by UK government officials, and there was no confirmation of Lewthwaite's involvement as an attacker, organiser or fundraiser.

Al-Shabaab issued a statement on September 24 saying no women were involved in the attack.

Early reports suggested that witnesses had claimed a white woman shouted orders in Arabic; however Kim Sengupta of The Independent questioned why she would be speaking Arabic to Somalians, some of whom spoke English.

There were reports that American born teens and young adults were orchestrating an attack on the mall. '

Germaine Lindsay and Samantha Lewthwaite with child. Before Lindsay went on his suicide attack, Lewthwaite was pregnant with his second child. She took up the cause for al-Shabaab. Her whereabouts are somewhere in Northern Africa. Interpol wants this woman. The U.S. Justice Department seeks information on this woman because of involvement in failed attacks on the United States by American born cleric turned terrorist. Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in 2011. 

Kenyan authorities have singled out Muslim teens who lived in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Some have left their families to join the fight in Somalia.

This was a trial run for much bigger attacks on malls in the Western nations (i.e. United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, France, Germany, and Canada). The extremists are hoping to make moves on "soft targets".

Stadiums, casinos, malls, annual events, schools, hospitals, transit stations and museums are soft targets for terrorism.

CNN reports that she condemned the attacks but then vanished. Now, Kenyan authorities say, she is the infamous "White Widow," alleged to be a supporter and financier of people linked to the Somali terror group Al-Shabaab.

FBI photos of the Samantha Lewthwaite.

Reports that a white woman was among the terrorists who stormed Nairobi, Kenya's, upscale Westgate Shopping Mall on Saturday -- an operation for which Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility -- have prompted a slew of media speculation that she might have been involved.

After the London attacks, she denied having knowledge of the plans. Later, Kenyan authorities said, she emerged in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa and became part of a terror cell linked to Al-Shabaab.

In December 2011, Kenyan authorities raided three homes in Mombasa, including one allegedly used by Lewthwaite, and arrested some people on suspicion of planning to destroy a bridge, a ferry and hotels frequented by Western tourists.

At Lewthwaite's residence, investigators found the kind of bomb-making materials that were used in the London attacks, Kenyan counterterror police said. But Lewthwaite was not found.

A security guard who spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity in 2012 said he saw a white woman leave the residence hours before the raid. Authorities have yet to catch up to her.

Kenyan authorities also suspect Lewthwaite of hatching a plot to break fellow Briton Jermaine Grant out of jail after he was arrested in connection with the alleged Mombasa plot.

Are American-Born Terrorists Involved The Nairobi Mall Shooting? [NSFW]

American born Abu Mansoor al-Amriki (previously known as Omar Shafik Hammami) rapped a verse for young Muslim men to join al-Shabaab's fight against Westerners. He played a big boy game and lost. The CIA and FBI have claims that the American born terrorist was killed on September 12, 2013 in a gunfight in Somalia.

The terrorist attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya has claimed 70 lives. We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to those lost in this senseless tragedy.

The group al-Shabaab claims responsibility in carrying out the deadly attack on the suburban mall. Many foreign nationals shop there and it's pretty much a westernized facility.

President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder were notified to the acknowledgement that its a possibility of Americans being associated with the terrorist group.

Mass causality event in Nairobi, Kenya.

On GOP Sundays, Congressman Peter King (R-New York) has made his case to profile Muslims again. He was on bitching about how American Muslims from the Midwest and Northwest are dropping the flags and picking up the firearms.

Hey, King, you want more guns in the hands of Americans. Aren't these men entitled to have a firearm?

It was reported that men who lived in Minnesota gave up their American lifestyle to join the Somali based terrorist organization al-Shabaab. Sometimes the group would carry out attacks in support of al-Qaeda.

More than 200 people in a mass shooting. Islamist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident and characterised it as retribution for the Kenyan military's actions in Somalia, with many media outlets suspecting the Somali-based group in line with their warnings following Operation Linda Nchi in 2011–2012.

The look of fear in Kenya. People fleeing the Westgate Mall in Nairobi.

On Saturday, masked gunmen attacked the upscale Westgate shopping mall during an annual children's day event. The fighting was ongoing with armed police at least 20 hours later.

The gunmen reportedly carried assault rifles and wore combat fatigues. There were additional reports of grenade explosions. Police surrounded the area and urged residents to stay away. A report indicated that about 80 people were trapped in the basement, but police said that they had escorted some shoppers to safety and were trying to capture the gunmen.

This gives the American news media agitators another phobia. A mass shooting at a mall carried out by those "evil Muslims" and not that crazy White guy or Black guy!

Yeah, our weaknesses are to blind to others. We see something and we don't report it. If you see someone acting suspiciously, you look the other way. You notice a guy going into a public facility with a large amount of carry on bags, you think it's just another worker or some guy with a lot of bags.

The Associated Press release the causality count of those killed in the mass shooting.


Three British citizens.
Two Canadians, one of whom was the liaison officer Anne-Marie Desloges with the Canadian Border Services Agency.
A Chinese woman.
A pregnant Dutch woman and her Australian husband, architect Ross Langdon.
Two French citizens.
Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor.
Two Indians, Paramshu Jain and Sridhar Natarajan.
Radio Africa Group personality Ruhila Adatia-Sood.
The nephew of Uhuru Kenyatta, Mbugua Mwangi, and his fiancee, Rosemary Wahito.
A Peruvian physician and UNICEF doctor Juan Jesús Ortiz.
A South African, James Thomas.
A South Korean woman Kang Moon-hee, who lived in the UK with her British husband, also injured by gunshots.

At least 68 people have died, according to the Kenyan Red Cross, and 175 wounded.

Eyewitnesses were reported to have seen 50 bodies in the mall.

Mass causalities.

In addition, 36 people were taken hostage at the supermarket and a jewelry store; other eyewitnesses also said that they had seen dozens wounded. An unnamed local hospital reported that it was overwhelmed with the number of wounded being brought in and that it had consequently diverted victims to a second facility.

Secretary to the Cabinet Francis Kimemia wrote on Twitter that 293 people had received treatment at three hospitals in the area and that they "are appealing for more blood." The National Disaster Operation Centre said that the wounded ranged in age from two to 78 as it urged people to "remember them in your prayers."

The United States State Department reported that four U.S. citizens were injured in the attack.

Al-Shabaab claimed to have killed over 100 Kenyans.

Indian Media reports that one Indian Man was killed by Terrorists when he failed to answer a query regarding Islam.

Al-Shabaab's Twitter outlet posted messages, amongst them some read: "The attacks are just retribution for the lives of innocent Muslims shelled by Kenyan jets in Lower Jubba and in refugee camps;"

"What Kenyans are witnessing at #Westgate is retributive justice for crimes committed by their military, albeit largely miniscule in nature;"

"Since our last contact, the Mujahideen inside the mall confirmed to @HSM_Press that they killed over 100 Kenyan kuffar & battle is ongoing;" "For long we have waged war against the Kenyans in our land, now it’s time to shift the battleground and take the war to their land;"

"The attack at #WestgateMall is just a very tiny fraction of what Muslims in Somalia experience at the hands of Kenyan invaders;"

"The Kenyan government, however, turned a deaf ear to our repeated warnings and continued to massacre innocent Muslims in Somalia."

[The] "Kenyan government shall be held responsible for any loss of life as a result of such an imprudent move. The call is yours!" and "Kenyan forces who’ve just attempted a roof landing must know that they are jeopardizing the lives of hostages."

Twitter suspended their account before the attack had ended

There are conflicting reports that there were as many as 14 gunmen. Some of the gunmen were women.

It's a damn shame that we here in the United States turn a blind eye to the chaos.

Gun control isn't a taking away the guns. It's about preventing them from ending up in the hands of terrorists, street gangs, racial extremists, human smugglers, drug pushers, mentally insane and those who have no proper training.

Developments will continue as they become available.

Tragedy In Nairobi!

Westgate Mall in nearby Nairobi, Kenya dealing with a tragedy.

There was a horrible tragedy in the country of Kenya. Militant extremists took hostage of hundreds of innocent shoppers at a Nairobi mall. They've ended up killing 59 people.

Even in foreign nations, gun crimes happens. This type of incident is considered terrorism. Muslim extremists who have ties to al-Shabab, a North African terrorist group confirms they're involved. They came they are to kill the Westerners and Kenyans who support them.

There were Americans injured. Some Canadian, French and Chinese nationals were killed in this incident.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to those lost in this senseless tragedy.

The Associated Press reports that multiple barrages of gunfire erupted Sunday morning from inside the building where hostages are being held by militants. The radicals attacked the mall Saturday and remained inside throughout the night.

The look of fear.

"The priority is to save as many lives as possible," Joseph Lenku said, reassuring the families of the hostages in the upscale Westgate mall. Kenyan forces have already rescued about 1,000 people, he said.

Ten to 15 attackers remain in the mall and Kenyan forces control the security cameras inside the shopping center, Lenku said. Combined military and police forces surrounded the mall in the Westlands neighborhood of Nairobi, which is frequented by foreigners and wealthy Kenyans.

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga told reporters at the mall that he has been told officials couldn't determine the exact number of hostages inside the mall.

"There are quite a number of people still being held hostage on the third floor and the basement area where the terrorists are still in charge," Odinga said.

Somalia's al-Qaida-linked rebel group, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack in which they used grenades and assault rifles and specifically targeted non-Muslims.

Kenyans and foreigners were among those confirmed dead, including French, Canadians and Chinese.

Americans were among the injured and killed.

A 38-year-old Chinese woman was killed in the shopping mall "terror attack," the Chinese Embassy in Kenya said in a statement Sunday. Her son was injured in the attack and in a stable condition in hospital, according to the statement posted on the embassy's website.

Nineteen people, including at least four children, died after being admitted to Nairobi's MP Shah hospital, said Manoj Shah, the hospital's chairman. "We have at least two critical patients currently, one with bullets lodged near the spine," he said.

The hospital continued to receive patients Sunday, he said.

Ghanain poet Kofi Awoonor died after being injured in the attack, Ghana's presidential office confirmed.

Kenya's presidential office said that one of the attackers was arrested on Saturday and died after suffering from bullet wounds.

Trucks brought in a fresh contingent of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces early Sunday.

"Violent extremists continue to occupy Westgate Mall. Security services are there in full force," said the United States embassy in an emergency text message issued Sunday morning.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said late Saturday that his government had sent a rapid deployment team to Kenya to help. Britons had undoubtedly been caught up in the "callous and cowardly and brutal" assault at the Westgate mall, said Hague.

The United Nations Security Council condemned the attacks and "expressed their solidarity with the people and Government of Kenya" in a statement.

There was some good news on Sunday, as Kenyan media reported that several people in hiding in the mall escaped to safety, suggesting that not everyone who is still inside is being held by al-Shabab.

Cecile Ndwiga said she had been hiding under a car in the basement parking garage.

"I called my husband to ask the soldiers to come and rescue me. Because I couldn't just walk out anyhow. The shootout was all over here – left, right_ just gun shots," she said.

Nairobi resident Paolo Abenavoli said he is holed up in his apartment only 100 meters from the mall with a direct view of the entrance. He said he could see a dozen or more security forces inside a first floor restaurant.

Gunman have taking hostage of innocent shoppers.

"The battle is on now," Abenavoli told The Associated Press by telephone as the fresh gunfire broke out Sunday.

Security forces had pushed curious crowds far back from the mall. Hundreds of residents gathered on a high ridge above the mall to watch for any activity.

This is an ongoing event and we will continue to follow this.

Again, we're back on the issue of guns.

The arm chair warriors and agitators in the media have the "would of", "should of", "could of" and the "If I was..." nonsense.

Let's make this clear, you never know what happens until you're in an event where a mass shooting has occurred. Yeah, those who are lucky to "take out the threat" are bold to say at least.

Law enforcement know the rules of "life and death". They have a limited time span when it comes to an event where it requires special operations. This situation merits the notion that what could happen if we done this or that?

Why would you think that you could do something when a gunman is shooting at you?

If I was in a mass shooting event, I would high tail it out of there! I don't want to be a hero.

I rather be a living coward than a dead hero! If I had the opportunity to shoot a threat, I would!

But if the threat is gunning for me and I have no escape, either I fight or flee!

I don't fear death. But in no way I'm a law enforcement officer, a military officer or a trained security guard.

For every crime committed by a Black person (even overseas), the racial extremists will always figure that "it's one of Obama's sons".

9/11 Benghazi!

We still keep our prayers for the ones lost on September 11, 2001 and 2012.

 
We will never forget the events of September 11, 2001 and 2012.

Many Americans working in service of their country made the ultimate sacrifice on that day.

We here at Journal de la Reyna show solidarity to those who lost their lives in New York City, Washington, D.C., Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and even the tragedy in Benghazi, Libya.

Afghan Shooter Robert Bales Spared The Gas Chamber! Life In Federal Time Out!

Robert Bales is going to Federal Time Out with no chance of parole. He was spared the gas chamber. Nidal Hasan will likely get the gas chamber.

Robert Bales, the Washington state man accused of shooting 16 innocent men, women and children in Afghanistan was spared the gas chamber. He was sentenced to Federal Time Out with no chance of parole. He will be joining Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning and Nidal Hasan in Fort Leavenworth.

Manning was sentenced to 35 years for leaking classified documents to Wikileaks. It was one of the worst clandestine leaks in American history. As he was sentenced he released a statement that he demands the military treat him for gender identity disorder. He wants to become a woman.

Nidal Hasan was found guilty in the shooting of fellow soldiers at Fort Hood in Texas. He may get the gas chamber if the tribunal debates his fate. He was inspired by Anwar al-Awlaki, an American cleric who had ties to terrorism. al-Awlaki was killed in 2011. Hasan is paralyzed from the waist down after he was injured by bullet fire.

U.S. Military has been stressful on our men and women. President Barack Obama has closed the chapter on Iraq. The Iraqi's are on the verge an all out civil war since Americans left. The Afghanistan war will end in 2014. The Taliban is still stronger than ever. They've vow to overthrow the Afghan government.

The American people have decided that it's not worth it. They rather let the Middle East burn than send another military officer overseas.

Bales is a United States Army soldier who murdered sixteen Afghan civilians in Panjwai, Kandahar, Afghanistan on March 11, 2012. The incident has since been widely referred to in media reports as the Kandahar massacre.

 Bales was formally charged with seventeen counts of murder and six counts of assault and attempted murder. He is currently being held in detention at Northwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

It was reported that Bales would plead guilty in return for a life sentence, avoiding the death penalty. Bales was found guilty in a plea deal on June 5, 2013. A hearing is set for August to determine whether Bales will be eligible for parole after 10 years.

That parole deal was not accepted. The court martial sentencing wasn't going to be easy on Bales. He's gotten the permanent residency treatment. He's going no where for the rest of his life.

John Henry Browne defended Bales alongside military lawyers.

Browne was retained by the sergeant's family and has described Bales as "mild-mannered", and claims his client was upset after seeing a friend's leg blown off the day before the killings, but held no animosity toward Muslims.

"I think the message for the public in general is that he's one of our boys and they need to treat him fairly."

Browne has denied that the deadly rampage was caused by alcohol intoxication or marital problems and said that Bales was "reluctant to serve."

According to Browne, Bales did not want to return to the front lines. "He wasn't thrilled about going on another deployment...he was told he wasn't going back, and then he was told he was going."

Browne has also criticized anonymous reports from government officials, stating "the government is going to want to blame this on an individual rather than blame it on the war."

According to Gary Solis, an expert on war crimes and the military justice system, an insanity defense is likely.

"It's hard to say whether the case will even go to trial because in war crimes like this it's very possible that there will be...an insanity defense, that he is unable to recognize the wrongfulness of his act because of a severe mental disease or injury".

Bales had no history of mental disorder, and had undergone an expansive mental health screening to become a sniper in 2008.

In 2010 he suffered a concussion in a car accident, underwent traumatic brain injury treatment at Fort Lewis, and was deemed healthy. Investigators examining his medical history described his 10-year Army career as "unremarkable" and found no evidence of serious traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress.

A high-ranking U.S. official told The New York Times, "When it all comes out, it will be a combination of stress, alcohol and domestic issues - he just snapped."

Under the U.S. military legal code, the death penalty was possible but required presidential approval.

Six military members are currently on death row, but none have been executed since Private First Class John A. Bennett was hanged in 1961.

So if Robert Bales snapped, it's just a random attack! If Nidal Hasan snapped, it's terrorism!

Why don't the junk food media call it what it is! Extremism.

It doesn't discriminate, it's purpose it to show fear, power and destruction on the backs of the innocent.

Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan Will Be Heading To The Gas Chamber!

Major Nidal Hasan found guilty in murder.

The Fort Hood shooter Army major Nidal Hasan is going to Federal Time Out. And it's likely the gas chamber over at Fort Leavenworth. He'll be joining Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning and Robert Bales in the federal time out.

Manning leaked documents to Wikileaks. He's got 35 years for this. He's trying to say he's a woman now. Bales killed 13 innocent people in Afghanistan. He may get the gas chamber if he is found guilty as well.

The mass shooting occurred less than a month before he was due to deploy to Afghanistan.

Hasan was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder.

The Army held an Article 32 hearing beginning on October 12, 2010, which recommended that charges against Hasan be referred to a General Court Martial. His trial began on August 6, 2013.

Judge Colonel Tara Osborn is presiding over the case.

During the six years that Hasan worked as an intern and resident at Walter Reed Medical Center, colleagues and superiors were deeply concerned about his inappropriate behavior and comments.

Hasan was not married and has been described as socially isolated and stressed by his work with soldiers and upset about their accounts of warfare.

Basically describing him as an "everyman who was rejected by women and felt that life was not fair".

At Fort Hood, he took an apartment away from other officers. Two days before the shooting, he gave away many of his belongings to a neighbor.

Prior to the shooting, Hasan had expressed anti-American views.

The FBI, Department of Defense and U.S. Senate all conducted investigations after the shootings. DOD classified the events as "workplace violence," pending prosecution of Hasan in a court martial.

The Senate released a report describing the mass shooting as "the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since September 11, 2001."

Investigators in the FBI and U.S. Army determined that Hasan acted alone and they have found no evidence of links to terrorist groups. They are satisfied that his communications with Awlaki posed no threat at the time. The decision by the Army not to charge Hasan with terrorism was controversial, and there was public debate.

In November 2009, the former army psychologist went mad and shot upon 69 members of the Fort Hood military personal killing 13 of his fellow soldiers. The mass murderer was inspired by American born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a man who U.S. authorities believe was an aid to al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula.

Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in September 2011 after a drone strike in Yemen.

Hassan was found guilty by the military trial via court martial. Hasan is paralyzed from the waist down after a trained sniper put a bullet in the backside.

Now for the debate over terrorism. Why are the Republicans calling this terrorism?

Because he's a Muslim.

What about Robert Bales?

Didn't he kill innocent men, women and children in a selfless act of destruction in Afghanistan?

Isn't that terrorism too?

Benghazi: A Republican/Fox News Feature!

Republicans and conservatives mount pressure on President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over their obsession with Benghazi. 

The Republican outreach is a total failure. The outreach to win minority voters is not succeeding.

They're practically begging themselves for a defeat. If you're getting frustrated with the job of Congress, you're not alone. The low approved Congress hasn't passed major legislation since President Barack Obama was sworn in for his second term. The failure of compromise has poisoned Washington.

The Republicans are gathering their talking points from the folks over at Loserville and they're continuing a strategy that is determined to eventually backfire. The Republicans have no real strategy to win back Congress. Their only objective for the Republican majority in the House of Representatives is to draft the Articles of Impeachment over issues such as this controversy, Syria, the Boston Marathon tragedy, gun control, and the impending sequester they've supported. They're dragging Congress all the way to the bottom.

For one thing, I am not concerned about the controversy.

Let me take that back! I am concerned about it in a way that the deceased are being used a "props" for this ridiculous witch hunt. Yeah, since they want to use that term to describe those families of the Sandy Hook tragedy, I found it worthy of my time to say the same about this issue.

Attack on U.S. Consulate in Libya.

I never knew that Republicans are so quick to pinpoint a horrible tragedy. I mean weren't we all Americans on September 11, 2001?

We all stood in unison when that happened. George W. Bush managed got a huge rise in popularity during this tragedy.As far as it goes, no one should talk negative about September 11, 2001. Remember whenever someone criticized the tragedy, you would expect Republicans and conservatives screaming out of their lungs wanted someone to be punished for attacking on the dead.

This tragedy in Benghazi continues to be a political football among the kookspiracy.

The United States Consulate in Benghazi comes under attack.

It was an act of terrorism sparked by an active group of individuals who have ties to some extremist group. They've used the cover of Middle East protests to sneak into the consulate and kill four Americans.

We're not done yet! Congressman Darrell Issa (R-California).

The attack began during the night at a compound that is meant to protect the consulate building. A second assault in the early morning the next day targeted a nearby CIA annex in a different diplomatic compound. Four people were killed, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. Ten others were injured. The attack was strongly condemned by the governments of Libya, the United States, and many other countries throughout the world.

The Republicans crusade to get "all the answers" to what happen continues on.

The Republicans continue to beat down a drum to obscurity with this hearing this Wednesday.

Congressman Darrell Issa (R-California), Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) are leading a panel of these  "whistle-blowers" who were there during the attack. The Republicans shut the Democrats out of the panel.

Mark Thompson and Greg Hicks are the key figures in this panel. They will try to prove the Republicans talking point that Benghazi was a "cover up" and the president allowed people to die.

The Washington Post reports that the new details are certain to reignite a debate over whether the Obama administration has been sufficiently forthcoming in its public accounting of the events and missteps that resulted in the first death of a U.S. ambassador in the line of duty in a generation. If Republicans in Congress succeed in portraying the administration’s response as feckless, the episode could dog any future political aspirations of Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was secretary of state when the attacks happened.

After the attacks ended without planes being scrambled or special forces dispatched, the lieutenant colonel in Tripoli who commanded the Special Operations team told Hicks he was sorry his men had been held back.

Four American diplomats were killed.

“I’ve never been so embarrassed in my life that a State Department officer has bigger balls than someone in the military,” the officer told Hicks, according to the diplomat’s account. Hicks called that “a nice compliment.”

Hicks may have been the last American official to speak with Stevens. After an embassy security official ran into his residence to tell him about the attack, Hicks managed to get Stevens on the phone.

“Greg, we’re under attack,” Stevens blurted out, according to Hicks. “My response is ‘Okay,’ and I’m about to say something else and the line clicks.”

The administration has said the independent review of the Benghazi attack was exhaustive, and State Department officials have vowed to implement reforms to make U.S. missions abroad safer. Republicans, however, say Hicks’s account suggests the administration has not been entirely truthful.

“The White House and the Pentagon have allowed us to believe that there were no military options on the table,”  Chaffetz said in a phone interview. “The model of the military is to leave no person behind, and it’s stunning and unacceptable to think we had military willing and ready to go and the Pentagon told them to stand down. That’s just not the American way.”

Combative debate over Benghazi

Chaffetz said the troops who were not allowed to travel to Benghazi would have arrived after the attack on the CIA base but may have provided first aid to wounded personnel. He noted that the order to keep them from traveling was given before the second attack.

A Pentagon spokesman said he would review the Hicks testimony. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell told reporters that the Republican-led inquiry appears to be politicized, saying it was “not a collaborative process.”

He said, however, that the State Department is not seeking to suppress the accounts of whistleblowers. “We have always encouraged any State Department employee who wants to share their story and tell the truth,” he said.

Part of the Benghazi debate has focused on whether prompt action might have saved lives. In the initial attack, militants overran the compound where Stevens was staying and he and another State Department officer, Sean Smith, were killed. Others made their way to a nearby annex used by the CIA, where two Americans, former Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, died in an attack several hours later.

Hicks, a veteran foreign service officer who is scheduled to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday, told congressional staffers that he and others in Libya thought that flying U.S. military jets over Benghazi during the early hours of the attack could have had a deterrent effect.

“If we had been able to scramble a fighter or aircraft or two over Benghazi as quickly as possible after the attack commenced, I believe there would not have been a mortar attack on the [CIA] annex in the morning, because I believe the Libyans would have split,” Hicks said. “They would have been scared to death that we would have gotten a laser on them and killed them.”

Hicks said that late on the night of Sept. 11 he called the embassy’s defense attache, Lt. Col. Keith Phillips, and asked about the viability of sending jets.

“Is there anything coming?” he said he asked.

Phillips told Hicks that the nearest planes were at Aviano Air Base in Italy and that it would take two to three hours to get them off the ground, the diplomat told congressional staffers. There also were no aircraft nearby that could have refueled airborne planes.

“The answer was, it’s too far away, there are no tankers, there is nothing, there is nothing that could respond,” he said.

Give 'Em Hill....

Outgoing U.S. Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton gives a passionate response to the controversy ginned up by the Republicans over the terrorist attack in Libya. Sparked by the controversial online video that mocked Islam and the Prophet Mohammad, a group affiliated with al-Qaeda took an opportunity to attack the Libyan consulate embassy.

Those dolts Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) and Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) are pissed that Clinton handed their asses to them.

Facing expected scrutiny from Republicans during her testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Clinton appeared to take exception to Johnson's pointed inquiry into the State Department's initial report that the attack had been mounted spontaneously as a reaction to an anti-Islam YouTube video.

"With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans," Clinton responded, raising her voice at Johnson, who continued to interrupt her. "Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk last night who decided to kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator."

Clinton continued, defending the State Department's efforts in the wake of the assault. "Honestly, I will do my best to answer your questions about this, but the fact is people were trying their best in real time to get to the best information," she said.

Earlier in the hearing, Clinton spoke about the aftermath of the attack, her voice cracking as she recalled meeting the families of the four Americans killed, including that of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.

Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) gets into a testy dispute with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Her testimony focused not only on the attack but the growing threat from extremists in northern Africa, pointing out that Libya was not an isolated incident.

"The Arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered security forces across the region," she said. "And instability in Mali has created an expanding safe haven for terrorists who look to extend their influence and plot further attacks of the kind we saw just last week in Algeria."

She said the Obama administration is pressing for a greater understanding of the hostage-taking and rescue effort there that left three Americans dead.

In a packed hearing room, Clinton parried tough questions from Republicans, offering a detailed timeline of events on Sept. 11 and the Obama administration efforts to aid the Americans in Libya while simultaneously dealing with protests in Cairo and other countries.

She also took House Republicans to task for recently stripping $1 billion in security aid from the hurricane relief bill.

Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) is the son of former presidential candidate and congressman Ron Paul. The kookspiracy senator wants to rally his presidential credentials. The Benghazi scandal has Republicans wanting heads to roll. Paul stated to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that he would of have "fired" her if he was the president.   

In something of a valedictory, Clinton noted her robust itinerary in four years and her work, nearly 1 million miles and 112 countries.

"My faith in our country and our future is stronger than ever. Every time that blue and white airplane carrying the words 'United States of America' touches down in some far-off capital, I feel again the honor it is to represent the world's indispensable nation. And I am confident that, with your help, we will continue to keep the United States safe, strong, and exceptional."

Clinton is the sole witness at back-to-back hearings before the Senate and House foreign policy panels on the September raid.

Clinton had been scheduled to testify before Congress last month, but an illness, a concussion and a blood clot near her brain forced her to postpone her appearance.

Absent from the hearing was Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts), the man tapped to succeed Clinton.

His swift Senate confirmation is widely expected. Kerry's confirmation hearing is scheduled for Thursday.

Clinton's testimony was focusing on the Libya attack after more than three months of Republican charges that the Obama administration ignored signs of a deteriorating security situation there and cast an act of terrorism as mere protests over an anti-Muslim video in the heat of a presidential election. Washington officials suspect that militants linked to al-Qaeda carried out the attack.

"It's been a cover-up from the beginning," Sen. John McCain, (R-Arizona), the newest member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Tuesday.

Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire), Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina). These three senators were pestering the UN Secretary Susan Rice over Benghazi. They've given Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a hostile testimony as well.

Politics play an outsized role in any appearance by Clinton, who sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 and is the subject of constant speculation about a possible bid in 2016. The former first lady and New York senator -- a polarizing figure dogged by controversy -- is about to end her four-year tenure at the State Department with high favorable ratings.

A poll early last month by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found 65 percent of Americans held a favorable impression of Clinton, compared with 29 percent unfavorable.

On the panel at the hearing were two possible 2016 Republican presidential candidates -- Florida's Marco Rubio and Kentucky's Rand Paul, also a new member of the committee.

Clinton did little to quiet the presidential chatter earlier this month when she returned to work at the State Department after her illness. On the subject of retirement, she said, "I don't know if that is a word I would use, but certainly stepping off the very fast track for a little while."

With respect to Benghazi, the State Department review singled out the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the Bureau of Near East Affairs, saying there appeared to be a lack of cooperation and confusion over protection at the mission in Benghazi. The report described a security vacuum in Libya after rebel forces toppled the decades-long regime of strongman Moammar Gadhafi.

The report made 29 recommendations to improve diplomatic security, particularly at high-threat posts.

Asked for the number of State Department employees fired for their handling of Benghazi, State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland said four people were put on administrative leave. They included Eric Boswell, who resigned from the position of assistant secretary of diplomatic security.

But Nuland declined to say if Boswell and the others still are working for the department in some capacity.

Diplomacy Wasn't Romney's Best Subject!

An American bigot's movie causes a deadly outbreak of violence in the Middle East. Many Muslims feel that the United States has strong intolerance towards Islam. The Libyan government condemns those who killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other members.

This pathetic candidate for president manages to bring forth another poor attempt to look presidential.

The Republican nominee criticized the president for the U.S. Embassy in Egypt trying to smooth over the outrage over an anti-Islamic American movie. The nominee has went out of his way to politicize an event that  was caused by an American bigot and his cheaply done movie trailer. That American bigot sparked outrage in the Middle East by portraying the Prophet Mohammad in a negative light.

Let me repeat this for any online bigot who thinks without knowing! Criticizing Mohammad is blasphemous!

These people are proud of their religion and heritage!

We Americans should respect that! We believe in religious tolerance. Unfortunately, we also believe in religious intolerance as well!

Mitt Romney's attempt to upstage President Barack Obama backfires. Now conservatives are really panicking over this epic flub. Some conservative foreign policy experts think that Romney really screw up this time!

I understand that these bigots are entitled to make horrible statements condemning Islam, but it's just a shame! These people over here in the United States never visited these countries but yet these people have the audacity to criticize those who believe in their religion as a part of their daily lives! I understand the freedom of speech comes with a price. Like shouting fire in the a crowd room, there's consequences to these type of actions.

Mitt Romney's presidential campaign claims President Barack Obama apologized to those who stormed the U.S. Embassy. Romney claims that the president is more interested in making nice with those who killed the four Americans in Libya.

The video.



Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was ordered to immediately come back to the United States to have a briefing with the president and members of the United States military on how to resolve this problem. The FBI is also investigating if this was the work of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Reports of an intended plot are emerging. This tragedy falls on the day of the deadly attacks that happened on September 11, 2001.

Christopher Stevens lost his life in a senseless event. These cowards should be brought to swift justice.

Hey I understand that these idiots here in the United States pissed off the Middle East. I can say this with no remorse, that it's typical of the White angry male! They have no respect towards race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, political and economic standings.

If this man was so proud of his movie, why don't he actually reveal his name, and movie production company?

Why not let all the performers go out into the Middle East and say these comments directly to those conservative Islamic followers?

I can tell you this! These cowards would never do it!

It's easier to say something offensive if its behind a camera, computer, a comment section online or in the comfort of the religious institution that promotes this type of divisiveness.

Think of the hundreds of anti-Black websites alone. These arm chair warriors would rather waste their time criticizing us but never themselves or people who associate with them.

For them it's always they're the victim! It's because they've said something offensive and they're taking the fall! While they're taking the fall, they claim that many others would say stuff like this but never have the guts to do it!

Really funny that Mitt Romney rushed to the cameras to condemn the violent act as well as the president. It shows the signs of desperation. Many of his own supporters felt that he may have stepped over his line as a candidate. Lacking foreign policy skills hurts the United States in trade, assistance at times of war, or even in times of borrowing.

Romney criticizes China for taking advantage of the economic food chain. Say that to the face of the president of the Democratic Republic of China, Hu Jintao!

Romney thinks Russia should stay out of the way when the United States plans on building a weapons shield in Poland. That gives it clear distance to the city center of Moscow. You want to say that to President Vladimir Putin!

Romney claims that England wasn't prepared to handle a possible terrorist attack at the Summer Olympics. I guess he learned that the United Kingdom takes all threats seriously and they've maintained assurance that anyone attending London will be safe. The country has taken steps to prevent any massive attack post July 7, 2007.

The United States Embassy released a statement to tone down the uprising:

The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims -- as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.

Romney was criticized by the president as a person who "shoots first and then aim later!" He roundly dismissed the Romney campaign's attempts at politicizing this tragedy for gamesmanship.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama express anger over this. President Barack Obama ordered all U.S. embassies to take extreme caution. The order was given after he called back Clinton for a briefing. The president will order the FBI and U.S. military to investigate this as a potential terrorist plot masquerading as a riot!

His Republican Party members with exception of Reince Priebus and Sarah Palin managed to stay clear of this controversy. They express sadness for those lost and anger at those who committed this act.

Peggy Noonan, a longtime conservative writer was concerned that Romney may have damaged his skills as a diplomatic leader. She thinks that his rush to judgment has doomed his chances come this election.

Bill Kristol, a fierce warmongering conservative publicist made the case to defend Romney for at least showing that he's concerned but also acknowledge that his timing was off.

Many others in the conservative media weren't so nice to Mitt Romney.

Peggy Noonan slams Romney for being aloof on foreign policy.

The Associated Press and Huffington Post report that Romney's rash condemnation of the president, released after it was known that there had been U.S. fatalities, calls to mind Sen. John McCain's snap decision in 2008 to suspend his presidential campaign to deal with the financial crisis. The move was judged deeply unpresidential and contributed to his defeat.

After the Cairo embassy's initial statement, as a mob protest outside the embassy heated up, even entering the compound, and commentators in the U.S. suggested the embassy condemn the protesters, the embassy responded through its Twitter feed: "Of course we condemn breaches of our compound, we’re the ones actually living through this."

The embassy added: "Sorry, but neither breaches of our compound or angry messages will dissuade us from defending freedom of speech AND criticizing bigotry."

The diplomats in Cairo survived the assault on their embassy. When the protests spread to Libya, diplomats there weren't so lucky: Four U.S. State Department officials, including Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, were killed in an hourslong assault. Romney responded by attacking the diplomats in Cairo.

"The embassy in Cairo put out a statement after their grounds had been breached, protesters were inside the grounds," said Romney at his press conference. "They reiterated that statement after the breach. I think it's a -- a terrible course for America to stand in apology for our values."

Did Romney expect the Cairo diplomats to retract their defense of religious tolerance in the face of the attack? Or did Romney expect the Obama administration to denounce the diplomats who were under siege?

"It's their administration," said Romney, referring to the embassy in Cairo. "Their administration spoke. The president takes responsibility not just for the words that come from his mouth but also from the words of his ambassadors, from his administration, from his embassies, from his State Department. They clearly sent mixed messages to the world. The statement that came from the administration -- and the embassy is the administration -- the statement that came from the administration was a statement which is akin to apology. And I think was a severe miscalculation."

Reporters in Washington have been as quick to condemn Romney as he was to condemn Obama and the embassy officials. "Unless Mitt has gamed crisis out in some manner completely invisible to Gang of 500, doubling down=most craven+ill-advised move of '12," Time's Mark Halperin tweeted, referring to the Beltway establishment.

The United States condemns the actions of those who killed four Americans. The outbreak of violence started by word of mouth. An American movie depicts Islam in a bad light.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama, meanwhile, struck a somber and emotional tone, offering remembrances for the American diplomats who lost their lives in the violence.

In an appearance in the Rose Garden on Wednesday, flanked by Clinton, the president spoke about the events the night before, pledging that the incidents would "not break the bonds between the United States and Libya."

"We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others," Obama said, referencing the anti-Islamic video, "but there is no justification for this kind of violence. None."

Libyan security workers had helped bring other American diplomats to safety during the crisis, Obama noted, and had transported the ambassador to the hospital.

"It is especially tragic that Chris Stevens died in Benghazi because it's a city he helped to save at the height of the Libyan revolution," Obama said.

Libyans try to remove the body of Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador killed by protesters after an American bigot produced a film depicting the Prophet Mohammad in an offensive nature.

Earlier in the morning at the State Department, a shaken Clinton talked about Stevens and the other diplomats who had been killed and strongly denounced the attacks at the outpost in Libya.

"This is an attack that should shock the conscience of people of all faiths around the world," she said. "We condemn in the strongest terms this senseless act of violence."

With her eyes occasionally watering, Clinton spoke at length about Ambassador Stevens, whom she knew well and whom she had personally dispatched to Libya at the beginning to the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, to be the American attache to the rebel leadership.

"He arrived on a cargo ship in the port of Benghazi and began building our relationship with the Libyan revolutionaries," she said. "He risked his life to stop a tyrant, then gave his life trying to help build a better Libya. The world needs more Chris Stevenses."

Clinton too pledged to maintain America's relationship with Libya, although she conceded that events like those on Tuesday challenged even her certainty.

"Today many Americans are asking -- indeed, I ask myself -- how could this happen," Clinton said. "How could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction. This question reflects just how complicated, and at times how confounding, the world can be. But we must be clear-eyed even in our grief: This was an attack by a small and savage group, not the people or the government of Libya."


President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Rose Garden.

11 In September!

The world changed on September 11, 2001.

The country's worst tragedy. September 11, 2001. Of course, we'll never forget.

Tuesday September 11, 2001 a clear day. Four airliners crash into the World Trade Center, The Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The United States was caught off guard by men who hijacked planes and managed to cause one of the world's most deadliest attacks on soil.

September 11, 2001 was the day that George W. Bush was thrust into a war against a foreign terrorist organization that many barely known. Bill Clinton had dealt with this organization during the first attack at the World Trade Center, the Kenya and Tanzania embassy bombing, USS Cole, the attacks on American citizens in Saudi Arabia.

The organization al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for this mission in which apparently over a dozen individuals left their families and decided to join a conservative Sunni fundamental Islamic extremist group for a suicide mission.

Al-Qaeda was led by a Saudi Arabian man who was an heir to successful construction company. This gentleman, aided by an Egyptian doctor/activist, and a Kuwaiti engineer managed to plot a mass attack on the United States.

Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed were the backers of terrorist attack.

They saw lapses at American airports. They found that an opportunity was born when the United States lets their guard down after an election.

This tragedy brought together America.

When George W. Bush took office, many were fuming at the Supreme Court decision that allowed Florida's electoral votes go to him and the popular vote go to Al Gore, the Vice President of the United States at the time. The Texas governor's brother was John Ellis Bush (Jeb), and he was then governor of Florida at the time. Some questioned that tactics by Katherine Harris, then secretary of state and later congresswoman purging Black and Hispanic voters off the rolls. Voter irregularities and shady tactics at the polling booths.

Between all the partisan bickering and finger pointing our nation came to grips with a tragedy. Over 3,000 lives were lost that day alone. Counting the numerous injuries and property damages in New York, Washington D.C. and the rural countryside of Pennsylvania.

Bush led the nation into an endless war in Afghanistan and a now finished war in Iraq. At the time Fox News led the way to help the Bush Administration get its message out that Saddam Hussein was the bad guy and Osama bin Laden was harboring terrorism here and abroad.

When Barack Obama ran for president, he promised that he wouldn't rest until the leaders of al-Qaeda were captured or killed. His political rivals thought he was naive and foolish at the time. They were wrong.

After a landslide election, Barack Obama was elected to be president. As the successor of George W. Bush, Barack Obama inherited two wars, an economic crisis and congressional gridlock.

Osama bin Laden was killed in May 2011.

President Barack Obama managed to end the war in Iraq and is on the verge of ending the war in Afghanistan. The president is still trying to get a stubborn Congress to pass legislation that could spark growth in the economy.

And of course, the president kept his promise. May 2011, the president announced to the world that the leader of al-Qaeda was killed by the United States Military Special Operatives in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

President Barack Obama has been really aggressive on disrupting al-Qaeda and its affiliates.

The president's political foes in the Republican Party wish Osama bin Laden was still alive. They refuse to credit the president for giving the orders to take out the world's most wanted terrorist

The Republicans could never take responsibility for a tragedy. They'll blame the Democrats for every domestic or international incident whenever there's a Republican president.

George W. Bush ignored the Richard Clarke warnings. He ignored the Clinton memos. He wanted to chart his own goals.

Republicans claim that if it wasn't for Bill Clinton, the 9/11 attacks would of never happened. They claim that if it wasn't for George W. Bush, Osama bin Laden would of never been taken out. If it wasn't for the Democratic leaders of Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina's impact would of never destroyed New Orleans. If it wasn't for the Democrats and Barack Obama, we would of never had such a terrible economy. George W. Bush could never do anything wrong!

I have to admit that every year this will be a theme among the political leaders. They'll spent a few moments with families of the 9/11 victims.

CNN is the first news organization in the world to report of an airliner crashing into the World Trade Center in New York. This led to the 9/11 attacks. Carol Lin can claim credit for interrupting a Dietech commercial with the words:

"This just in. You are looking at obviously a very disturbing live shot there. That is the World Trade Center, and we have unconfirmed reports this morning that a plane has crashed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center. CNN Center right now is just beginning to work on this story, obviously calling our sources and trying to figure out exactly what happened, but clearly something relatively devastating happening this morning there on the south end of the island of Manhattan. That is once again, a picture of one of the towers of the World Trade Center."

Fox News Outs Navy Seal [Spy]!

Fox News vindictive agenda lead to a ex-Navy seal name being leaked. The Navy Seal was a participant in the successful Osama bin Laden raid in Pakistan.

The raid in Abbottabod, Pakistan that lead to the killing of the chief mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks was killed. President Barack Obama announced on May 1, 2011 that he order the Special Operations Units with assistance from the CIA to go into Pakistan to track Osama bin Laden. This was a huge political gamble. If President Obama would have failed in the mission, the Republicans would forever tarnish him as a failed president. Of course, he's called a "failed president" by his chief rivals. This event came around the time Mitt Romney and his former rivals were preparing to attack the president on matters such as foreign affairs and national security.

Now that this argument is off the table, the political novice team of Romney/Ryan are trying to focus only on the economy. They have no foreign policy experience. But that hasn't stopped them from complaining about the so-called leaks that are coming from the White House.

Republican legislators are trying to investigate classified documents in regards to the computer virus that crippled the Iranian nuclear program.

They're angry that the media found out that the president has been more aggressive in capturing or killing al-Qaeda operatives such as Abu Yahya al-Libi, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Sheik Saeed al-Masri, and Hamza al-Jawfi  and American born Anwar al-Awlaki. They claim the president has a "kill list" it's zeroing in on American born al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn-Yahiye and leader Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri.

President Barack Obama gets no praise from any Republican on foreign relations. They can't give him credit for the successful raid that ended the life of the world's most dangerous terrorist. They figured that former president George W. Bush deserved most of the credit.

While this is now a political football, a former Navy seal decides to write a book outlining his experience in one of the world's most clandestine military operation. TheNavy seal "Mark Owens" wrote a specific account of the events that led to the killing of bin Laden.

Even though he decided to write the book, the conservative media is outraged over the fact that the president played his cards. The Republicans figured that people aren't impressed with his handling of the economy, so he'll figure out distraction to keep them busy. They think foreign affairs shouldn't be on the table.

Fox News has a vendetta against the president, Vice President Joe Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama, MSNBC and those who support them. The network figured since this guy is writing a book about the successful raid, they wanted to sabotage him by leaking his name to the public. The Associated Press was first to get the name of the operative who wrote the book. Under the Freedom of Information Act, a news organization could obtain the real name of the person that could affect the security of the country.

Fox News reported that the former Navy SEAL who wrote the book "No Easy Day" under the pseudonym Mark Owen is 36-year-old Matt Bissonnette.
                   
Supporters of al-Qaeda condemn the author and called for his death.

Bissonnette could face charges if he revealed any classified information that could jeopardize the capture of Adam Gadahn-Yahiye and Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri.

President Barack Obama's administration is very serious about leaking to the press. Bradley Manning, the first class U.S. Army private is facing life in prison for leaking. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is facing a rape charge in Sweden and possible indictment by Attorney General Eric Holder for releasing information that is could put the lives of the U.S. Military at risk.

Bissonnette is from Alaska and he was one of the men who was had a camera showing the successful raid.