Apparently the appearance of victory so as to gain political advantage is now more important than actual victory. Who ordered this? Is CENTCOM now so politicized that it actively does the Obama Administration’s bidding without being asked? Or is Obama behind it? “House Intelligence Committee chairman says personnel at U.S. Central Command deleted files and […]
50 intel analysts say info on Islamic State cooked to give illusion of victory
“The fact that so many people complained suggests there are deep-rooted, systemic problems in how the U.S. military command charged with the war against the self-proclaimed Islamic State assesses intelligence.” Indeed. It shows that it doesn’t assess intelligence at all. It shows that it isn’t really interested in fighting or defeating the Islamic State. It […]
US airstrikes said to kill two Islamic State Sharia court judges
Sharia court judges? First of all, can John Kerry or David Cameron or the U.S. Catholic bishops kindly explain why an entity that has nothing to do with Islam has Sharia court judges? And second, Hamas-linked CAIR has fought hard against anti-Sharia initiatives as being “Islamophobic.” Will Hamas-linked CAIR now denounce the US airstrikes against […]
CENTCOM reworked reports to make anti-ISIS campaign look successful
Obama’s defense apparatus has become a Ministry of Propaganda. As I asked several months ago, has Baghdad Bob become Secretary of Defense? “Pentagon watchdog probing whether anti-ISIS campaign analysis altered,” Fox News, August 26, 2015: The Defense Department’s inspector general is investigating whether intelligence reports about the progress of the U.S.-led coalition’s campaign against ISIS […]
U.S. troops face eating, drinking restrictions during Ramadan
Do U.S. troops fast during Yom Kippur? Lent? No? Why not? “U.S. Troops Face Eating, Drinking Restrictions During Ramadan,” by Jeryl Bier, Weekly Standard, June 26, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller): A top commander in southwest Asia reminded U.S military personnel stationed in Muslim countries in the Middle East of the restrictions placed on them […]
As Islamic State advances, CENTCOM claims it’s still on “defensive”
Baghdad Bob at the helm. “Amid new attacks, CENTCOM says Islamic State still on ‘defensive,’” by Travis J. Tritten, Stars and Stripes, May 29, 2015 (thanks to Jerk Chicken): WASHINGTON — U.S. Central Command on Friday downplayed a rash of Islamic State attacks in the Middle East, again maintaining that the hardline Islamist group remains […]
Islamic State hacks CENTCOM Twitter feed as Obama addresses nation on cyber security
“ISIS is already here, we are in your PCs, in each military base. With Allah’s permission we are in CENTCOM now.” They love taunting the weak, and with the Obama Administration, they have so very many targets. “Islamic State Hacks CENTCOM Twitter Feed as Obama Talks Cybersecurity,” by Lachlan Markay, Washington Free Beacon, January 12, […]