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Obama and 60 Minutes, Spiking The Football

What a waste of 60 Minutes. Actually, it was more like 42 minutes, but Kroft gave us nothin.’ I will say this was exactly as I predicted, but that would be way too easy. The activist old media is easier

Osama Bin Laden Killed: The PC Version

Recently I heard from a Marine officer with unique insight on the Osama bin Laden takedown. My friend thought the president did a pretty good job announcing the death of Osama bin Laden on Sunday night, but wondered why “diversity”

Pakistan Now Bars Media Coverage From Bin Laden Site

From Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper: ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has barred all major foreign television channels from making live broadcasts from Abbottabad five days after US commandos killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden there, reflecting the government’s

Really, OFA? Really?

The President has apparently stated that one of the reasons why his administration will not release the photographs of Osama Bin Laden’s body is that he feels it would be akin to “spiking the football.” As sports fans know, that

Oh Mullah Where Art Thou?

One year ago, we broke the exclusive story that Mullah Omar, spiritual leader of the Taliban movement and close Osama Bin Laden ally, had been taken into custody by the Pakistani ISI. Yesterday, Jon Boone of the Guardian, interviewed Afghanistan’s

Breaking Up Is Not Hard To Do: Cut Aid To Pakistan

AP photo: Pakistani “ally” driving US stealth helicopter secrets to China? — Stirrings of life on Capitol Hill: Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, has introduced a bill to stop distribution of $3 billion in aid that Congress appropriated for Pakistan this

6-May-11 World View -Turkey Braces For Syrian Refugees

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Turkey braces for possible refugee influx from Syria Syrian tanks and armored vehicles (CNN) The Syrian military has arrested hundreds of protesters, and killed about 500. As it prepares for this week’s massive demonstrations

Alan Dershowitz Tries The Wrong Case

Alan Dershowitz, Obama supporter and America’s favorite “defender of Israel,” has just issued his ruling on “targeted assassinations” in the wake of Obama’s Osama hit, and uses it to make a point about the Jewish state. “So let the world

Double Games: It's Not Just Pakistan

Americans have had a rude awakening. The military’s liquidation of Osama bin Laden a few days ago in a million-dollar, heavily secured compound close by a Pakistani military academy has brought home to many what had previously been understood by

The Pakistan Problem

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets050511.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, we’re joined by D.B. Grady, a correspondent for The Atlantic, author, paratrooper, and veteran of Afghanistan, to discuss the regional fallout from the death

The Real Secret of the OBL Chopper Crash

After I watched this ABC report on the secrets which the hulk of the helicopter wrecked and left behind during the bin Laden raid have revealed, I couldn’t stop thinking about the situation. Because of the crash, the world now

The Adventures of Globalman

For those who wish, please watch this quick clip then read the article: [youtube 74_Vhqwz-lo nolink] —– Superman was created by the sons of Jewish immigrants – Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and they had a love for America. When

Liberal Policies Lose on a Day America Wins

Sunday was an historic day for America, an historic victory in the War on Terror – Osama Bin Laden, the man who had ordered the death of over 3,000 Americans on 9/11, had finally been killed. It was also an

A Lesson From Abdul Haq

Sitting between the infamous Tora Bora and Hindu Kush mountains in eastern Afghanistan lives a man most Americans do not know. He is one of Afghanistan’s most fierce warriors. One who led numerous battles against the Russians as they relentlessly

John Bolton: Exactly The Wrong Thing To Do

“We need to have some pretty unpleasant conversations with those people in the very near future.” – Ambassador John Bolton comments on the those Pakistani officials who must have known of Bin Laden’s presence. The administration has narrowly defined the

Why Waterboarding Works: Osama bin Laden's Gruesome End

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets050411.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Elizabeth Blackney to discuss the importance of Osama bin Laden’s death photos, and why waterboarding is

Funeral at Sea: Uncle Sam Does Osama Proud

Maybe a helicopter like this one brought bin Laden’s corpse to the USS Carl Vinson late last night where in the wee hours of Monday morning the bullet-pocked corpse of the terror-mastermind received full jihad honors. Or was that full

The Hunt for bin Laden: The Iraq Connection?

Full article at the Telegraph. This is a bit byzantine, but here’s what I’m gleaning from various articles, including this fresh one: 1. 2003: Enhanced Interrogation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammad Results in the Nom De Guerre of bin Ladin’s Courier.

Bin Laden is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself

Nearly flawlessly executing the operation in Pakistan to raid the compound where Osama bin Laden was living – among the military and police leadership of Pakistan by the way – the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team Six along with elements of

A Look Inside bin Laden's Compound

A closer look inside the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was found and killed by an elite crew of American forces. ABC News obtained this exclusive video.

Man Unknowingly Live Blogs Mission To Kill Bin Laden

Associated Press: CAIRO — A computer programmer, startled by a helicopter clattering above his quiet Pakistani town in the early hours of the morning Monday, did what any social media addict would do: He began sending messages on Twitter. With

Strike On Bin Laden: Lily Pad Strategy Success

Early in 2009, I interviewed Gen. Paul Vallely (US Army Ret.) and learned about the “lily pad” strategy — a strategy, Vallely explained, that relies on “the maximum use of unconventional forces,” such as Navy SEALS and other special forces,

George W. Bush Vindicated

When news broke that Osama Bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan by U.S. forces, Americans were elated. With chants of “U.S.A., U.S.A.,” citizens took to Times Square, the streets of D.C., and elsewhere to celebrate the fact that the