WHAT?! OBAMA WARNING AGAINST POLITICAL THEATER?!

Dick Morris has a great point that is the subject of his article appearing in the New York Post. Not only is Obama setting the stage for political theater in New York City by giving the green light for a civilian trial for Khalid Sheikh Muhammad and the boys but he is simultaneously attempting to quash a congressional investigation into the Fort Hood massacre by saying such an event would, "turn this tragic event into political theater".

Morris explains further:

It is not political theater itself to which Obama objects -- but theater that highlights issues that liberals would rather forget. He is quite content to let the Mohammed trial become the theater of the left. Perhaps even eager.

Obama and his handlers know that the key to building favorable ratings is to control the agenda. And the more the national discussion centers on national security and terrorism, the more Republicans gain. So the Fort Hood terror attack comes at an awful time for an administration trying to turn the nation's attention away from the terrorist threat.

Not only is this move by Obama - coupled with his statements about Hasan - hypocritical, but it has the effect of making him appear sympathetic to the enemy in two very disturbing ways.

1.) Elevating 5 enemies of this country to the level of having the same rights as citizens of this country.
2.) Not wanting congress to investigate the motives of a domestic enemy of this country.

By his actions and statements, he is dismissing the notion of #1 being political theater while using the argument that political theater would result if an investigation commenced (notion #2).

Back to Morris...

As soon as the killing spree was over, Obama hastened to call it "an act of violence" -- obscuring the obvious fact that it was the most serious terror attack on US soil since 9/11. And, as evidence mounts that the FBI was on to Major Nidal Malik Hasan for years, the president is doing his best to stop Congress from finding out why these warnings went unheeded.

Even as Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.), the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee confirmed that the government knew of 10 to 20 e-mails between Hasan and a radical imam in Yemen -- who was urging the killing of American troops -- starting last December, Obama hastened to urge Congress to refrain from investigating why the danger signs were ignored.

Check out the ENTIRE ARTICLE.

This is a clear example of how unexpected events outside the control of a president's agenda can expose and derail that agenda.

h/t to FR

FORT HOOD SHOOTER USED SLIDESHOW TO TELEGRAPH ACTIONS

Nineteen Jihadist hijackers killed 3000 people on 9/11. One Jihadist killed 14 people on 11/5 (yes, I count the baby being carried in the womb of one of the dead as a murdered human being). Before I get to how clearly Nidal Malik Hasan appears to have telegraphed his actions with a 50 page powerpoint presentation, let's go back less than one decade.

The 9/11 commission determined that there were breakdowns within our government which, had they not occurred, could have prevented the Islamic terror attacks that brought down the World Trade Center and killed nearly 3000 people. The title of Chapter 8 in the 9/11 Commission Report is in quotes. It says, "THE SYSTEM WAS BLINKING RED".

Quoting from page 265 of that report, also in chapter 8:

In sum, the domestic agencies never mobilized in response to the threat. They did not have direction, and did not have a plan to institute. The borders were not hardened. Transportation systems were not fortified. Electronic surveillance was not targeted against a domestic threat. State and local law enforcement were not marshaled to augment the FBI's efforts. The public was not warned.

The terrorists exploited deep institutional failings within our government.....

The last sentence there pretty much says it all when you look at the case of Nidal Malik Hasan, which brings me to the slideshow he presented. Barry Rubin does a thorough analysis of it:

Hassan is the first terrorist in history to give an academic lecture explaining why he was about to attack. Yet that still isn’t enough for too many people—including the president of the United States--to understand that the murderous assault at Fort Hood was a Jihad attack.

It was reported that the audience was shocked and frightened by his lecture. He was supposed to speak on some medical topic yet instead talked on the topic: “The Koranic World View as it Relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military.” All you have to do is look at the 50 Power Point slides and they tell you everything you need to know.

Be sure to read Rubin's breakdown. Here's the WHOLE THING. To view all 50 slides from Hasan's presentation, CLICK HERE.

We are not even two weeks removed from the Fort Hood massacre and it is looking more and more like the red flags that were missed in this case make the red flags missed in the months before 9/11 look pink. Yet, the Chief of Staff of the entire U.S. Army is more concerned that diversity is protected and the president of the United States wants Congress to delay an investigation.

h/t to JW

HONDURAS: ZELAYA BUSTED....AGAIN

Talk of reinstatement of Manuel Zelaya as president of Honduras last month appears to have been premature. He is still holed up in the Brazilian embassy and Roberto MIcheletti is still in power. If you remember, the reason for Zelaya's ouster on June 28th was that all branches of government determined he was attempting to use a referendum to stay in power beyond his one term in office, a move strictly prohibited by the Honduran constitution.

All along, Zelaya has denied that he was attempting to do such a thing. Now we learn courtesy of the Canadian Press that Zelaya will not accept any deal calling for his reinstatement if he must endorse the elections.

The RECORD reports:

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya insisted late Saturday that he will not accept any deal to restore him to office if it means he must recognize elections later this month.

In a letter addressed to President Barack Obama, Zelaya also repeated his accusation that Washington reversed its stance on whether the Nov. 29 vote should be considered legitimate if he was not in office.

There is another fascinating dimension in all of this. In particular, assuming the November 29th elections proceed as scheduled and there is a peaceful transition of power, it will have meant that the interim Honduran government, led by Micheletti will have not only defended its own constitution but it will have defeated nearly unanimous international opposition with the United States, under Barack Obama arguably being the most aggressive in its support of Zelaya (behind only Hugo Chavez).

Here's the part of the article that highlights both the U.S. backing off this battle and Zelaya's childish immaturity:

Washington has said it supports Zelaya's reinstatement, but the pact set no deadline for his return to office. And after brokering the deal, U.S. diplomats indicated Washington would support the elections, which had been scheduled before the coup, as long the deal was implemented.

"The future that you show us today by changing your position in the case of Honduras, and thus favouring the abusive intervention of the military castes ... is nothing more than the downfall of freedom and contempt for human dignity," Zelaya said in the letter to Obama. "It is a new war against the processes of social and democratic reforms so necessary in Honduras."

Throughout this entire ordeal, Zelaya has put his personal quest for power above what is best for his country, which points to Micheletti being justified in replacing him. This latest bit of yammering is just further evidence of that. If Zelaya were truly interested in peacefully ending all of this, he would work out a deal that would allow him to return to Honduras while ceding power.

Lastly, don't you know that Micheletti is counting the minutes until he can step down? He's like a quarterback in the 4th Quarter, trying to protect a lead. Just run out the clock and get the W.

Speaking of W's, the first president of the United States, George Washington, could have been king but didn't want it. He could have stayed in office as president but he didn't want to. His legacy is great indeed. Something tells me that Micheletti's legacy will be grand as well (once all of these passions cool). Maybe it's just one of those paradoxes in life. Those who lead out of a sense of duty and service and not necessarily a desire to lead, make better leaders than those whose quest for leadership outweighs all other considerations.

h/t to FR