Torture Lover Bill Kristol Claims Embassy Closing in Yemen is a "Victory for Al Qaida"
Bloody Bill Kristol thinks that the embassy closing in Yemen "has been a victory for Al Qaida". No Bill, the neocons like yourself taking over the U.S. government giving them excuses to fuel extremism has been a "victory for Al Qaida". Bill was also not done crying about the Underwear Bomber being "lawyered up" and not being tortured in case there's more information we could have gotten from him. So nice to see Kristol has absolutely no faith in our criminal justice system.
WALLACE: Bill, is that -- as Brit frames it, is that the issue, that it’s a choice between getting tough or doing things, whether it’s on decisions about Guantanamo, decisions about criminal defendants, that may appeal to the rest of the world and that -- and the Obama administration is coming down on one side of that?
KRISTOL: I’m not even sure it appeals to the rest of the world, of course. I don’t think the rest of the world would be shocked if we treated him as an enemy combatant in -- consistently -- consistent with President Obama’s rules of interrogation -- no enhanced interrogation techniques -- but still try to interrogate him.
Mr. Brennan said to you that we are very worried that there are other Abdulmutallabs out there. This Abdulmutallab was there for four months. He might know who the others are. He might know their names.
We let him lawyer up, and right now he’s probably thinking, “Gee, maybe I could use that information to bargain with to get a reduced sentence.” That’s what Brennan seemed to indicate when he kept talking about how, “Well, we’re going to work with his lawyers, and we have some incentives to offer him.”
But this is operational intelligence in real time, and we are not treating it as a war. I mean, if this -- incidentally, when he said there’s no smoking gun, this is the smoking -- he is the smoking gun. Right?
His father comes, gives the CIA station chief in Africa his name. He -- a month later, he goes to Yemen, says he’s in Yemen. He’s in Yemen. He’s with this cleric whom we’re monitoring in Yemen, trying to kill in Yemen, Awlaki, who’s the same guy who’s been in touch with Major Hasan.
He goes to an airport using his own name, no disguise, no alias, buys with cash a one-way ticket to the U.S.
HUME: No luggage.
KRISTOL: No luggage. That -- he is the smoking gun. And frankly, for Mr. Brennan to say, “Well, no smoking gun,” that itself shows a kind of not-serious-about-the-war mentality.
And I would add one last thing. Closing the embassy in Yemen last night -- I mean, I don’t -- you know, no one wants State Department officials to be put at risk and all that, but that is a sign of weakness.
Closing the embassy? We can’t protect our own embassy in Yemen, a place we have Special Operations forces, a place we say we’re working with the government on the front lines of the war on terror, and there’s a terror threat and we close the embassy? That’s a victory for Al Qaida.
being on tv is another victory for the insane part of America.
Yes, but it's going to be a victory for the sane among us to know thy enemy. It's OK to wince or cry when the Republican comes on the TV.
It's not OK if you fail to vote this year.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
kristol can go F himself, but
he will have to move his head
out of the way first.
It really is a shame when blind ideology keeps some people from recognizing the truth just because it comes from someone they dislike or disagree with. Does something horrific have to happen to teach some of us the difference between criminals and terrorists?
is being a talking head that loves to put other people, and other people's families in harms way.
What the fuck have you ever done for this country Bill?
Is reopen the embassy in Yemen himself. If he thinks it should be open, he should be the one to put himself out there and prove that he's more of a man than President Obama, who thinks he should protect U.S. Department of State employees by bringing them home. Go ahead, Bill. Prove you're a REAL man!
....Billy the Bully a gun, a helmut and a radio with a dead battery! Ready, shoot, aim!!
^
He is an a-hole, but it is a victory for Al-Qaida if the U.S. closes up their shops in the Middle East.
This war on terror is not going well for the Americans.
Maybe, just maybe, it's because Americans continue to act like the rest of the world should kiss their fucking ass instead of try to kill them.
Here is a new idea that just might work, stop fucking over the rest of the world so you can eat your big macs and drive your mini-vans. Then maybe the rest of the world wouldn't hate you.
Oh, and in case you didn't get the memo, the "war on terror" is actually a war on America, not the other way around.
It's a war against islamic extremists, nothing less, nothing more.
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. Albert Einstein
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 16:12 — ctalk
FIFY
They've got a lot of "brown people" along with whites doing the fighting for corporate America. They do kill a lot of civilians though, that no one can deny.
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. Albert Einstein
Brown people who have the misfortune of living on top of "our" resources?
The whole "war on terror" charade is just a marketing ploy for the militarization of America. Sure, we can spend a trillion dollars lining the pockets of "oil-field services" companies, but not a dime for diabetes screening - what are you, moslem or sumtin?
It's a war against islamic extremists in areas of valuable resources. (How's that pipeline through Afghanistan going?)
If it was a war against islamic extremism, we would be much more active in African regions. They have very little to offer us, though.
And SE Asia, and the 160,000,000 Muslims in India, but...
far left loon >.<
That is true. They're good at hiding the other reasons for the war.
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. Albert Einstein
is all the fuck it is and ever has been. once agsin the middle east is under attack because some fucking clan of rich europeans wants something that is found where other people live.
Some stuff you can't make up!
justifies it to the public, but really doesn't matter to those in charge.
But it wasn't a victory for them when the US decided the Patriot Act was important to pass? When we got our little color code system? When all the other shit was rolled down the hill by the bush administration after 9-11?
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
George Bush ruined everything. Cheney ruined the rest of it.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
It's not ok for us to do something about it that doesn't involve removing civil liberties.
So what? If we have no interest in "winning hearts and minds", we don't belong in the ME.
Hey. I'll bet this guy is for anything warlike, as long as he's no where NEAR any of the heavy lifting.
me-oww!
No kidding, right?
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
I really hate this comfy chair quarterback...he just pontificates on how we need to kill a bunch of other people, then gets pissy and more vengeful when the other people react in the same way we would, were the situations reversed.
And he won't put himself out beyond a chauffeured limo ride to a warm comfy studio with sancks and special treats [no doubt covered by some rock star type rider], for his deep deep convictions.
If he starts whining about how HE wants something, it's time for the rest of us to tell him "GET IT YOURSELF, BUB!"
me-oww!
I share your utter contempt for this dough-boy, above many others. (I'm trying to keep "hate" out of my vocabulary.)
far left loon >.<
yep, hate ruins everything.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Too bad he hadn't said this last week before the New Year because for sure he could have won the prize for, The Dumbest Fu*king sentence uttered by a human being last year. Sadly we now have three hundred and sixty some day for someone to top him. I might put my money on Beck right now.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
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Some stuff you can't make up!
Brainless Columnists! Is the "always wrong" Republican predictably wrong enough to go ahead and trust the exact opposite to what he says?
Or is he right once in a while despite himself? Oh, OK, i guess not.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Marine Barracks Hotel in lovely Beirut? The Reagan Suite perhaps?
Goitta run over to Balloon Juice and see who won the pool they were running on which whack-a-loon wingnut would be first to make this claim.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
Obama should wait until the embassy is blown up before closing it, like Kristol's hero, the mythical St. Ronnie (who I believe, also slew dragons and the Chicken of Bristol, but I'm not sure.)
Hey Billbo. Go occupy the Embassy as an employee of some kind.
teh st00pid. sometimes this crap writes itself.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
I happened to hear him make these remarks yesterday morning and I stopped in my tracks. I could not believe even he had said something so freakin' stupid.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I hope this year is a great one for you. If ya come up with any new martini recipes.Let me know.:)
Just imagine, if this admin had said leave the Embassy fully staffed, and it does get attacked. Hmmm? I wonder what Billy the busted blood vessel would say?
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Happy New Year, Mudshark and to all the mudsharks in your area!
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Given that Kristol has ZERO documented instances of being right about ANYTHING that can be verified, why does ANYONE pay ANY attention to him at all?
to find out what not to believe.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Someone on an actual news show should fact check the claims made by the most popular "pundits" on news shows. How many predictions have actually come to pass.
Bill Kristol and Dick Cheney are running dead-even for the worst prognosticators of the decade. Have they ever been right about anything?
Then the news program who runs this fact check can investigate alternative reasons (outside of accuracy) that these idiots have been put on teevee so much.
Probably not going to happen - maybe the Daily Show will do it.
To stop a Nigerian trained and outfitted in Yemen who flies to the US from Amsterdam we must significantly escalate troop levels in Afghanistan.
We've got Al Qaeda just where we want them. Just give it about six more months.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
aka the Neocons, headed by Osama bin Cheney and his right-hand henchman Moqtada Kristol.
the parallels are striking. If the Republican [Kristol] and Cheney would loose their state of willful denial they sure would be embarrassed. - you know how enlightenment can be really embarrassing sometimes - so embarrassing that it would be physically unbearable to fully realize your own mistake. your mistake is so enormous that it would literally tear you apart to contemplate it. That's Cheney.
You can see the embarrassment all over the Republican's face [Kristol], but the Republican [Kristol] is in it for all the money. [double or nothing]
Oh and Cheney is a big fat liar.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
couldn't the right wing neocon chickenhawks all be locked up somewhere where they couldn't harm anybody?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpbtBgLfl90
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Even having to READ his drivel makes my head hurt. Egad, what a gibbering, bedwetting idiot. Kristol barely makes sense, as usual.
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
does know better how to recruit more terrorists...
It's like he's lobbying for Al Qaeda himself...
intended or not - yes he surely is. but it's a free country, and stupid TV is allowed to exist if it's sustainable in the market.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Hilarious. A career pussy always talking tough, wrong on every fucking thing and getting away with it.
Which is why his damn job is secure, hence the smug look on his evil face.
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. Albert Einstein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUnqbBgYZmI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaCeG7nnb54&fe...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ri88TECVjQ
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
he's never had a real job. His daddy had great connections.
Wolfowitz, and Perle than I have for George Bush. And that's a lot of contempt.
The ratings get a little academic once you get past eye-bulging, capillary-bursting rage on the contempt-o-meter (that's fuscia, for those who are still using the color chart).
I'd put Kristol somewhere below Addington and Woo, somewhere above Colin Powell and Alan Greenspan. What Kristol lacks in efficacy he makes up for in sleaziness - but he's still pretty small potatoes.
Cheney is hard to get a reading on. He always blows the fuse on the damn meter.
At least this Republican [Kristal] looks embarrassed and uncomfortable so you can pretend he may be reachable, although that possibility now looks very remote.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
he always looks like that.
And if it's anything like my remote, it's always gettin' itself lost.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Shorter Kristol: ramp up the torture, and why the hell are we not nuking "these people"?
Does anyone else wonder if the US and UK embassy closings signal the shit's gonna be hitting the fan in Yemen-- real soon.
far left loon >.<
They have 0% confidence in govt when Democrats are in charge, and 100% confidence in govt when Republicans are in charge. Even if the exact same policies and actions are shared by both camps.
"Obama is helping the terrists by giving advance warning we're going to attack Yemen!" Boy, good thing Bush never gave multiple warnings to the Taliban or Saddam...
'Victory for Al Queda', huh?
Here's a useful solution:
Keep the US embassy in Yemen open with a skeleton staff, and appoint Bill Kristol ambassador.
Patriot that he is, he'd certainly be very happy to serve his country on the front line of the Terror-War in the hour of maximum danger. I'm sure he'd be pacifying the bad guys and getting those hearts 'n minds onside in no time.
Obama should appoint Kristol as Ambassador to Yemen .
I'd love to see him squirm out of that one.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
He'll ask Vanna for an S to replace the Y.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
for his Ambassadorship though:
The views of Ambassador Kristol aren't necessarily the views of The United States of America.
I think Obama should force more right-wingers to put their money where their mouth is though. Rush Limbaugh wants us to stay in Afghanistan until we win? Welcome Ambassador Limbaugh!
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 16:36 — Annoyed Canuck
Keep the US embassy in Yemen open with a skeleton staff, and appoint Bill Kristol ambassador.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0O5OlKDuNU&fe...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
If something happened to the embassy or its employees he would say the President should have known to close it. A bigger ass you can not find--except maybe for his partners-Lizzy and Dickers.
Dickers has a lot of questions to answer to. A lot of questions... many, many, questions... He will be a busy man.
Cheney must put his country ahead of Republicanism and cooperate with the elected government immediately.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Kristol: "...right now he’s probably thinking,'Gee, maybe I could use that information to bargain with to get a reduced sentence.'”
Gee, Bill, I guess accurate information isn't your goal when you call for torture, is it?
Queen Kristol: "Heavens to Mergatroid - what would we do if we kept getting accurate information?"
given this same logic, we should re-open our embassy in Iran
When, oh when, will they quit mainstreaming these howdy doody MFers?
they closed the embassy was Yemen was tracking six truck loads of explosives and lost them. Says a lot about Yemen security. Also St Ronnie pulled out of Lebanon after loss of life. What does Bloody Bill say about that ? DBag
Ever notice how this Anti American Scum comes on and NEVER acknowledges the loss of Human life. Notice how this Anti American Racist Nazi Scum immediately start pushing the Anti American Party of NO and we can Prove we HATE America talking points.
Notice how the fumbling Bumbling Idiot Pundits trying to pass themselves off as reporters (laughs up sleeve)these Clowns already said they are ENTERTAIMENT and they PROVE it notice how they do not hold this Anti American piece of scums feet to the fire.
Yet the dip sticks think (wow! that is dangerous)that by giving the Anti American right the Center stage they are accomplishing something, they sure are showing the world how STUPID they are and HOW incompetent as well.
To be truthful, I probably wouldn't have much of a problem doing this to these guys if they called it revenge instead of "interrogation".
I really hate this draft dodging war monger prick.
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