SETTLING SCORES DOES NOT SOLVE TODAY’S PROBLEMS; CONNECTICUT JEWISH LEDGE EDITORIAL

Connecticut Jewish Ledger Editorial www.jewishledger.com Settling Scores doesn’t solve today’s problems Ridding the world of Bin Laden is nice, but not consequential. It is politics, not policy. The immediate threat to the world right now is not the free-lance terrorism that Bin Laden superimposed on it in the 90’s and beyond,  but the state sponsored evil that […]

BIN LADEN LESSONS FOR ISRAEL

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4063858,00.html Bin Laden lessons for IsraelOp-ed: Killing terror leaders apparently a privilege reserved for superpowers like America Rafi Israeli When President Obama, a reserved family man, announced his intention to convene a late-night press conference, everyone held their breath. Some people attributed his quick action to his rush to salvage his sinking prestige ahead of […]

RACHEL EHRENFELD: DRUG TRAFFICKING, KIDNAPPING FUND AL-QAEDA

http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/05/03/ehrenfeld.al.qaeda.funding/ Drug trafficking, kidnapping fund al Qaeda (CNN) — Al Qaeda Inc. might suffer some initial setbacks from Osama bin Laden’s death, but so did Apple Inc. when shares dropped over rumors of Steve Jobs’ illness. But it did not take long to realize that Jobs has established a highly functional corporation, and the shares […]

DIANA WEST: MEANWHILE BACK IN AMSTERDAM

http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1781/Meanwhile-Back-in-Amsterdam.aspx … Geert Wilders made his final statement in court yesterday where he is still on trial for telling the truth about Islam. This, as often noted, is a judicial outrage, a public nightmare, and an existential threat to liberty as we have known it which doesn’t end because bin Laden is dead. There is […]

FRANK SALVATO: IT’S CALLED DOING YOUR DUTY

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9407/pub_detail.asp Osama bin Laden is dead, killed at the hands of the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG), commonly known as “DEVGRU” and informally by its former name, SEAL Team Six. To be certain, justice has been served where Osama bin Laden is concerned. The murderer of the victims of September 11, 2001 […]

VIDEOS AND PICKS FROM FSM

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1769/pub_detail.asp 1. Video: Peter King (R) Says Bin Laden’s Death Came From Waterboarding 2. Video: Dick Cheney (R) on Whether Enhanced Interrogation Techniques Played a Role in Bin Laden’s Death 3. Video: President George W. Bush (R) E-mails Andy Card ‘Great Day’ 4. Audio: Sen. Rubio (R): Pakistan Has Some Questions to Answer (This will […]

HE’S DEAD BUT THE CAUSE GOES MARCHING ON: BARRY RUBIN

http://pajamasmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/05/02/bin-ladin-is-dead-and-his-cause-goes-marching-on/ Osama bin Laden is dead. But revolutionary Islamism is very much alive and stronger than ever. Thinking that bin Laden is the main problem and his death is the solution is very dangerous indeed and might well intensify the policies that have been leading toward the victory of his cause, though not his specific […]

RICHARD BAEHR: SUMMING UP

http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/05/the_baehr_essentials_28.html The Baehr Essentials Richard Baehr First: Time to debunk the rumor that Donald Trump has demanded that he White House release the  long form death certificate for Osama Bin Laden. 1.  So who carried out the mission? It appears that it was a team which the odious Seymour Hersh in a New Yorker article […]

EXECUTION WITHOUT TRIAL? MONTE KULIGOWSKI

http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/05/isnt_execution_without_trial_w.html Isn’t Execution without Trial Worse than Waterboarding? Monte Kuligowski Upon assuming office, President Obama turned U.S. anti-terrorism policy upside down. First, Obama ended the “torture” techniques the Bush administration; once used to pry information from select enemy combatant detainees. Then Obama began providing “Miranda rights” to terrorists captured on the battlefields as a precursor […]

THE “BOYZ IN THE MOSLEMHOOD” ON BIN LADEN’S DEMISE: ANDREW BOSTOM

The Muslim Brotherhood on ‘Sheikh’ Bin Laden’s Killing: A Re-Affirmation of Shared GoalsAndrew G. Bostom http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/05/the_muslim_brotherhood_on_shei.html An English translation of the official Arabic pronouncement by the Muslim Brotherhood on Osama Bin Laden’s assassination was posted at Pajamas Media by Sami al-Abasi. The statement is a striking re-affirmation of the Brotherhood’s deep seated sympathy with the […]