Talking With The Taliban

Oh snap!

Sounds kinda, whale, creepy!

Seriously - chatting with headchoppers and girl hating girl killers like it was the Congress of Europe or sump?

As if! 

Taliban leadership will have to abandon its goal of eliminating Afghanistan’s post-2001 government and constitution and definitively break with al-Qaeda; Pakistan’s military and intelligence elite will have to conclude that such a settlement is in their interest. 

There’s next to no evidence that the Taliban is prepared to undertake such dramatic reversals of its ideologies and alliances, or that it is close to being defeated on the battlefield. So the challenge for the United States will be to avoid allowing the talks to devolve into a Great Satan-Taliban discussion about an abandonment of the NATO commitment to continue supporting the Afghan military with trainers and advisers after 2014. As it is, early talks may be diverted into bargaining over a prisoner exchange that would free Taliban commanders from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for a captive U.S. soldier. 

If there is to be a genuine political settlement in Afghanistan, Great Satan must drive home a different message: that it will do what is necessary to prevent a Taliban military victory for the indefinite future. If the insurgents believe they can wait out — or negotiate out — Great Satan, they will never engage seriously with the Karzai government.

Pic - "Seriously Unserious"

Supreme Leader"s Moderate

Vilayat-e Faqih! 

Since the dust is settling on  Gay Free Persia's semi sort election courtesy of Preacher Command
what the heck is going on bay bee?

Not much!

Hassan Rowhani is the new president of Iran, but though the vote is seen as a setback for Khamenei, the supreme leader is actually the big winner. Having seen how Ahmadinejad’s antics and open expression of hatred made it easier to sell Western governments on the necessity of taking the Iranian threat seriously, Khamenei is right to think Rowhani’s victory will be interpreted by many in the Western foreign policy establishment as a chance to see if Iran is taking a step back from the nuclear precipice. 

But as with past “moderates” who won the presidency, Rowhani may be the new face of the regime but it won’t change a thing about who runs Iran, its support for Bashar Assad and Hezbollah terrorism, or its drive for nuclear weapons. The alleged moderate—whose views on those issues don’t deviate a whit from those of Khamenei anyway—won’t have any influence on those matters.

 Pic - "Supreme Leader's rhetoric depicts a resolute leader with a remarkably consistent and coherent—though highly cynical and conspiratorial—world view.”

MMIIXX

Think the world is FUBAR right now?

Au contraire mon frer - just wait'll til MMIIXX!

It's gon be off the hook with al Qaeda commanding near or total command of huge bits - if not total control of several nation states. With all the inherent nasty nasty WMDeliciousness they deploy

Canada (a nation state far above Yankeeland on Great Satan"s North 40) has unleashed something something Canadian Security Intelligence Service to check out a  worst-suck ever scenario in which al-Qaida by 2018 gains "effective control" over one or more nations that hold unconventional arms, if political stability slides in regions where a.Q already has a hold..

Fully crunk with with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) deterrents to counterterrorism activities, al-Qaida poses an entirely new threat to global security if the scenario comes to pass

See, the "likeliest" possibility is that al Qaeda will most likely gradually gain power, prestige and turf over time as it's violent supremest  ideology attracts more suckers and popular trust in illegit and pitiful governments declines.

Pic - "al Qaeda Nation States"

Army Day!!

"This We'll Defend!"
 

Happy happy BDay (#238 in fact!) to Great Satan's all weather original voltiguerres - the Army!

Two hundred thirty-eight years ago, our nation's leaders established the Continental Army, beginning a rich heritage of successfully defending this great country and her citizens. Today, we celebrate the continued strength, professionalism and bravery of our ready and resilient Soldiers in the all-volunteer force. Our Soldiers remain Army Strong with a lifelong commitment to our core values and beliefs.

Following more than 12 years of war, the Army remains committed to the readiness, training and advancement of the Total Army through the Army initiatives: Ready and Resilient, The Army Profession and Soldier for Life. This 238th birthday commemorates America's Army - Soldiers, families and civilians - who are achieving a level of excellence that is truly Army Strong. We also celebrate our local communities for their steadfast support of our Soldiers and families. We are "America's Army: Service to the Nation, Strength for the Future."

"...We are “America’s Army: The Strength of the Nation."


Pic "The American Army - Killing Our Enemies On Xmas Day Since 1776"

The Poppa Of Us All

Happy Father's Day (this goes out to Sugar Daddy's too)! 

WWAGD?

What would the Ancient Greeks do?

As the skit scriber Sophocles sagely saged - tragedy is the eternal, constant - always on 10 struggle against and with stuff that's deeply inherent, permed penchant'd - and unpleasantly uncool - within ourselves.

And one thing that has remained more constant than not in the human condition is organized conflict - war.

"War is the father of all - the king of all"

War is an entirely human endeavor - the technologies may change, new ideas develop, hot! tactical and strategic delights are constantly just ahead yet the nature of manchild is unchanging.

Military History is nigh essential in the new millennium - in the decade after 911 - many cats (and their resume' would argue differently) seemed strangely out of touch, off base and well, boring. Arguments for doing nothing as op4'd to making tough choices and decisions bewtixt bad and really bad belies sinful misunderstanding and misappreciation for Military History.

"Our own past experience with war also reminds us that through prepardness, deterrence, and tough diplomacy, those who seek to profit bt aggression can be restrained, but only while they are relatively unsure of their power - before they gain greater strength, and thus prove both uninhibited and far more costly to subdue.."

Pic "War: The Father of Us All"

WoW!!

WoW - the Watchers Council - it's the oldest, longest running cyber comte d'guere ensembe in existence - started online in 1912 by Sirs Jacky Fisher and Winston Churchill themselves - an eclective collective of cats both cruel and benign with their ability to put steel on target (figuratively - natch) on a wide variety of topictry across American, Allied, Frenemy and Enemy concerns, memes, delights and discourse. 

Every week these cats hook up each other with hot hits and big phazed cookies to peruse and then vote on their individual fancy catchers.


The Razor, due to a storm and the resulting loss of power was only able to vote for Council Selections, having been unable  to read this week’s non-Council selections.Send some thoughts, prayers and good energy his way.

Thusly sans further adieu (or a don"t)

Council Winners

• *First place with 4 2/3 votes! Joshuapundit –The Anniversary Of A Miracle – Israel’s Victory In The Six Day War
• Second place with 2 votes – The Right Planet – What Are Some Good ‘Liberal’ Books?
• Second place *t* with 2 votes – Bookworm Room- Game of Thrones and how the things that we watch reveal something about who we are and what we’ve become
• Third place *t* with 1 2/3 vote –VA Right! –NSA Leaker Snowden: Hero or Traitor?
• Third place *t* with 1 2/3 vote –The Noisy Room –Samantha Power: The Hand That Rocks A Nation
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote –TheRazor- The Power of Islamic Propaganda
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Liberty’s Spirit- Autism-Meme as Political Insult
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Mellow Jihadi- My First Fist-Fight in the Navy
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Colossus of Rhodey – Poll Shows Support for Affirmative Action Dwindling
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Nice Deb –National Organization for Marriage’s John Eastman RIPS Democrats At IRS Hearing + Proof IRS Leaked Confidential Donor List to Political Rival
• Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote – Simply Jews –More fun and games with Alice Walker

Non-Council Winners

• First place with 2 1/3 votes! – Mark Steyn- The All Seeing State submitted by Joshuapundit 
• Second place  with 2 1/3 votes – Sultan Knish – We’ll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here   submitted by The Noisy Room
• Third place *t* with 1 2/3 votes – Victor Davis Hanson –Obama is Just Obama    submitted by The Razor
• Third place *t* with 1 2/3  votes – Doug Ross@Journal –The Complete IRS Scandal Timeline in Spreadsheet Format [Updated]      submitted by Nice Deb
• Fourth place with 1 1/3 votes -Alexis Simendinger/RealClearPolitics - Privacy, Security and Obama’s Uphill Quest for Trust    submitted by The Glittering Eye
• Fifth place *t* with 1 vote  The Texas Scribbler -Our Creepy President   submitted by Simply Jews
• Fifth place *t* with 1 vote- This Ongoing War –Will Appeasing Hezbollah Work Better Now Than it Did With Nazi Germany?   submitted by Liberty’s Spirit
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote - Michelle Malkin –Assimilation, Not Amnesty   submitted by VA Right!
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote -The National Journal –NSA Spying Scandal: 2006 or 2013?   submitted by The Right Planet
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote -The Long War Journal –Iran’s Latin American Terror Network   submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote -Israel Thrives – The Nakba Stratagem   submitted by Bookworm Room
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote -Reason.Com –Obama’’s Last Gasp at a Legacy   submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote -The Chicago Boyz –Peggy Noonan is figuring it out …   submitted by The Mellow Jihadi

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Shabbiha

"Yo beotch, STFU!"

Gankstas,Thugs, Unofficial Praetorian Guards!!

Fatah - the PL Oldschool election avoiding avoiders of something something Wester bank (reliably informed one of the 2 Palestines) runs a prett tight ship as far as fun and free dissent goes...

In Arab world, "Shabbiha" are known as groups of thugs and militiamen who are used by the government to crack down on critics and political opponents.

The Palestinian Authority's "Shabbiha" are not as ruthless as Syrian President Bashar Assad's thugs. They do not go around slaughtering innocent women and children, and they do not rape young girls.

The Palestinian "Shabbiha" -- most of whom are on the payroll of the Western-funded Palestinian Authority -- have managed to impose a reign of terror and intimidation on the Palestinian public.

Until recently, the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank used to arrest Palestinians who criticized its leaders, especially Mahmoud Abbas.

But now the Palestinian Authority has resumed using thugs to break the bones of its critics.

It is an easy and quick way to deal with the critics and deter others from speaking out against Palestinian Authority leaders.

The thugs are often members of Abbas's ruling Fatah faction. However, they do not hold any official position in the Palestinian Authority; they do not belong to Palestinian Authority security forces or any government-related agency in the West Bank.

This allows the Palestinian Authority to distance itself from the thugs each time they perpetrate a crime.

The last time the Palestinian Authority used its thugs was last weekend at Bethlehem University.

During a conference to promote boycott and sanctions against Israel on campus, a Palestinian activist asked Palestinian Authority Minister of Economy, Jawad Naji, a provocative question: How come the Palestinian Authority talks about promoting the boycott of Little Satan while at the same time it continues to conduct security coordination with Israel, and some of its leaders hold secret meetings with Little Satan?

At the end of the conference, as he was driving home, the activist, 34-year-old Nizar Banat, was intercepted by seven thugs, who dragged him out of his car and beat him severely.

Fatah later issued a leaflet justifying the assault on Banat -- apparently carried out by its own thugs -- and threatened to use an "iron fist" against anyone who dares to criticize a Palestinian Authority leader.

The use of Fatah thugs by the Palestinian Authority is not a new phenomenon. The thugs are often recruited from refugee camps and their mission is to do the "dirty work" for the Palestinian Authority leadership.

The thugs are regularly sent to threaten and batter journalists, writers, university students and political opponents in the West Bank. Another of their preferred methods is the torching of vehicles.

With the help of the thugs, the Palestinian Authority leadership was able to suppress what appeared to be the beginning of a "Palestinian Spring" in the West Bank two years ago.

Then, Fatah thugs recruited by the Palestinian Authority attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters who had set up tents in the center of Ramallah. The protesters were beaten and their tents set on fire as Palestinian Authority policemen stood on the side and refused to interfere.

By resorting to this policy of terror and intimidation against its critics and political opponents, the Palestinian Authority leadership in the West Bank is once again showing that it is not much different from other Arab dictatorships. It is these measures that have driven many Palestinians away from the Palestinian Authority and straight into the open arms of Hamas and other extremist groups.

Pic -"Economic Development is the ticket!"