The War on Terror Made Him Do It

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As is seemingly tradition, the media is once again playing that classic game known as ‘How Can We Blame Bush?'  It's the party favorite where liberals take the biggest headline of the day, and immediately link Bush to the cause in one fell swoop, eliminating all facets of rationale. 

Now, syndicated columnist Gwynne Dyer has introduced his own version, something that is only surprising in the length of time it took for this kind of diatribe to crack the pages of the media:  ‘Fort Hood = Bush's fault'.

In his latest column, Dyer makes the tired argument that it is the War on Terror which breeds Muslim resentment, and by extension, is an obvious explanation for the actions of Major Nidal Malik Hasan.  It was President Bush who popularized the War on Terror phrase, delivering a speech shortly after the attacks of September 11th which would outline his future plans. 

As Dyer states (emphasis mine):

The one explanation that is excluded is that America's wars in Muslim lands overseas are radicalizing Muslims at home.

Dyer's revisionist history also explains that the War on Terror itself was not in response to escalating attacks by jihadists - rather, it was part panic, part ignorance, and a heaping portion of racism.

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Dyer explains:

So why did the U.S. invade those countries?  The real reasons are panic and ignorance, reinforced by militaristic reflexes and laced with liberal amounts of racism.

This incredible argument is nothing new - that U.S. foreign policy is somehow responsible for the murderous actions of deranged jihadists.  An argument rooted in the same vein as a Jeremiah Wright, the only phrase missing from Dyer's piece being ‘chickens coming home to roost'.  In essence, the 13 lives lost at Fort Hood were lost because of the actions of our government.

Saying that the War on Terror breeds Muslim resentment is in a word, absurd.  Muslim resentment has been prevalent for quite some time, long before any tangible war had been waged.  The U.S. was not engaged in a war prior to 9/11, when bloodshed was brought to our shores.  Muslim fanatics on the other hand, were clearly already at war with America.  It was certainly not Bush's war that contributed to the numerous terrorist attacks prior to 9/11.  Not the bombing of the USS Cole, perpetrated by the Islamic fundamentalist group Al-Qaeda.  Nor the attacks on U.S. Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya

It is rather stunning to sit here over eight years removed from 9/11, watching the media transform the story of that day from Americans being the victims, to Muslims being the victims; even when a Muslim commits 13 acts of cold and calculated murder in the name of God.

What Dyer fails to recognize, and what the main stream media has struggled mightily with since the War on Terror began, is that events such as this are not independent of the Muslim religion.  They are, at least in part, because of extremists within the Muslim religion.  Jihad, after all, is a religious term for ‘holy war'.

It is quite a simplistic attitude to believe that violence perpetrated by hard line Muslims is merely a response to American foreign policy.  It is an excuse that Islamic fundamentalists want you to believe, and one which has flourished in the media.  But it is nothing more than an excuse - one which avoids the harsh realities behind sharia law.  Foreign policy, for example, does not enter the minds of those engaging in an epidemic of religious-based honor killings in the U.S. 

The media would have you believe that the massacre at Fort Hood occurred because of every reason under the sun, other than the obvious.  Hasan was a victim of taunts about his religion.  He was stressed about his pending deployment.  His car was keyed.  His bumper stickers were removed.  And now, according to Dyer, he is a product of U.S. aggression. 

The problem here is that the media is far too frightened to admit the truth, preferring political correctness to an acceptance of reality.  The reality being that there is a portion of the Muslim population which condones and supports violence, without reasonable justification. There is a jihad being waged upon our way of life.  Hasan made himself a part of this holy war long before he shouted the phrase "Allahu Akbar!" 

The media may not want to believe this, but it is true. 

These religious fanatics kill over depictions of the prophet Muhammad in a cartoon.  They kill when their daughter's become ‘too westernized'.  They lob hand grenades at fellow soldiers while they sleep because of resentment.  They behead their wives if they request a divorce.

Pointing this out however, will leave you marginalized in the media as bigoted and racist.  Accusations which have actually helped to create this current climate of political correctness; political correctness which has now directly cost innocent American's their lives.

The war may be won when Muslim fanatics such as Nidal Malik Hasan can no longer threaten the safety of our people.  More realistically though, it will be won when the media finally disavows the ideology of death to innocent Americans, and once again portrays the dead as the real victims. 

No, it is not the War on Terror which has bred Muslim resentment and violence.  It is radical Muslim terror which has brought us to this war.

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My first question is

Gwynne is a man's name? Really? The only man I know named Gwynne is Fred.

 

My first thought, too, CO2.

My first thought, too, CO2. Reminds me of the song "A boy named Sue". However, I don't think "Gwynne" would ever fight for his rights. He's too busy making excuses.

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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Øbama↓." - The liberals coolaid drinking song

trying this scumbag is a waste of time!!!

Dip the bullets in pigs blood and shoot this s.o.b.!!  no firing squad, thats to honorable...they know what honor is...thats killing your daughter with your car etc etc.....give the maggot a running start and then throw him in a hole with the pigs carcass  .......if this is too "peaceable " please advise and we will come up with something more fitting a cockroach!!!  imho ;)

Hey!

Quit insulting cockroaches!   Jeez!

islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.

Of course it is

It's actually quite popular in the fabled land of unicorns! 

"Beware the fury of the patient man." - John Dryden

I don't care if the Devil

I don't care if the Devil made him do it. This guy Hasan was raising red flags all over the place, and should have been removed from the US Army post haste, and General Casey should be shown the door lest any more of our brave soldiers get killed in this gruesome and avoidable way. 

PC used to kill people's careers, now it kills people.

Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.

rocky... Yep...simple as

rocky...

Yep...simple as that.

Bernie Goldberg summed it up well as to your sentiments here...those of us that have brains that work agree...PC or not.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

You're absolutely right!

This guy was throwing red flags all over the place.

And it was because he is a Muslim that they were ignored!

Had it been any other soldier acting the way he was, you can be sure he would have been hauled in for psychiatric evaluation (even if he were a psychiatrist himself!)

 

BLAME/CHAIN OF COMAND...

 Everyone who had oversight in the Army involving Hasan & all of his red flags he was throwing out there, should be taken to task, as well.

 

"...How blind can you be, don't you see...

...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."  

Nightwish

in this year of bailing out dangerously

Wasn't there a story about Casey? (No, not Stengel.) And the last line was "Mighty Casey bailed out"?

Politcal Correctness will kill us all

With leaders like this....well, we are doomed.  The first head I'd like to see roll is Gen. Casey's.

“Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse,” Casey said.

Worse than what, General?  Worse than 12 soldiers in garrison, and one civilian, lose their lives because of your desire to maintain diversity?  WTF, Over!!!! 

I don't want a General of Political Correctness in charge of our armed forces.

This idiot needs to resign, now.  He IS the problem, not part of the solution.

 

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

Yep...arrogance, Political

Yep...arrogance, Political Correctness, fleeting power will get ya every time.

...It is written.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

I think they need to bust

I think they need to bust this nimrod down to buck private. Diversity is NOT our strength, it is slated to be the death of us all.

 

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"You know, when I was asked earlier about the issue of coal, uh, you
know — Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would
necessarily skyrocket

My father served for 30

My father served for 30 years in the US Navy, and when we both saw what Gen. Casey said, he was literally speechless.  The Armed Forces have sure changed since he retired over 20 years ago.

I asked him, Is this the kind of officer that West Point turns out these days, and he had no answer. What's sad is that it is not an anomaly, as Wesley Clark bears witness.

And Blonde, "I hope he fails too," too!

Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.

Gen Casey is what remains

Gen Casey is what remains after the true officers are forced out for not behaving in a "PC" way. Congress is making sure of that. Witness boxer's notorious remark "Don't call me ma'am, General, call me Senator. I earned that rank". These days, any competant officer will only make it so far if he doesn't show "PC-ness". Otherwise, he's forced out, so what remains is Gen Casey.

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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Øbama↓." - The liberals coolaid drinking song

B, I referenced the same

B, I referenced the same quote yesterday, but from a different article.

He seems to be more worried about backlash than he does about whether this could happen again!

I also predicted that liberals would start whining that we have to
bring our troops home, because it's obvious this whole War on
Man-caused Disasters is causing them to crack under the pressure.

One can only hope that, at least on the QT, he put the word out for at least commanders to be alert for any signs of stress in Muslim troops. 

But that's probably asking too much.  He probably told them to get the word out that anti-Muslim sentiment will not be tolerated!!!

Anti-Muslim sentiment will not be tolerated!!!

That's so true, it infuriates me. 

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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Øbama↓." - The liberals coolaid drinking song

common sense

Why has no one asked the most important question from this whole horrific event?  We have been in Iraq for several years.  Hasan knew that the US was involved.  Therefore, why on earth did he enlist into the armed forces?  He didn't have to.  There is no draft.  He chose to enlist and be educated knowing that to serve would probably mean he would be involved in serving in Iraq.  He had chances to change his mind before he received the education he did.  He had choices.  He chose to enlist, be educated, and then murder 13 infidels.  We hear about sleeper cells.  Is he a member of one?

 

He is a Islamic terrorist because he terrorized in the name of Islam.  I don't like it but it is true.  Timothy McVeigh (sp?) was a political terrorist.  He terrorized in the name of his political agenda. There are some who murder people because the devil made them do it.  They are sociopaths who kill because they can - their wiring is faulty.  We need to stop being so politically correct that we allow our safety to suffer.  I am reminded of the old saying:  if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck; then it probably is a duck.  

Not all Moslems are to blame because of Hasan's actions but to ignore that he is an Islamic terrorist is not the answer.  

Lindamae, right you

Lindamae, right you are.

PC is going to kill millions in the end...one way or the other.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

I blame islam, the koran...

and the ayatoilets that preach Blood and Death from it.

islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.

army -- too many people are

army -- too many people are afraid to say

9/11 WAS AN ISLAM JOB

The state controlled leftist media are just a bunch of DOUCHE BAGGERS (D-BAGGERS)

Yeah, just like all those

Yeah, just like all those decades of terrorism we've had to put up with from German, Italian and Japanese fanatics because the U.S. bombed and invaded their countries.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.

Ding!!

Nice one!

They will just keep coming up with more reasons why, once again, this is all the fault of conservative white men.

The world and our own country is at war with Christian, conservative white men...and women, too.   

 

 

These Same Views

These same views are espoused no matter what or who does the crime. Instead of admitting the existance of evil in this world, the MSM plants the blame on the victims of the crimes commited! In the inner cities, its because of a lack of jobs, education, and amusement! With the war on terror, its because "We've alienated " the rest of the world. Hogwash!

Terrorist, robbers, murderers, and rapists are what they are, EVIL! They do what they do because of a hatred or desire to control and cause death or inflict pain on their victims! I can guarantee that the Army's Major Gihad was not tormented by other soldiers! Know why? Because if they had tormented the major gihadist, they would have been charged with disrespect to an officer!

This is a cover by the MSM to make an excuse for this MUSLIM LUNATIC! By thge way, if you check back to the sixties, you will see that when the Black Muslims first became highlighted in the press, their gihad idealogy and hatred of infidels was at the top of the page. However, a more "Enlightened" generation of reporters now control the Msm!

Exactly!

I agree completely. 

What we are witnessing is text book cognitive dissonance.  Anything their guilty liberal minds can think of to reassure us and themselves that all of our enemies are really just misunderstood friends!  

These traitorous propaganda disseminators need to be held accountable for their actions, as they have emboldened our enemies and continue to defend the murder of Americans in the name of Allah.  It is dispicable and unacceptable.  

There will be repercussions.  

Hasan himself warned the Army!

Hasan himself warned the Army that there could be trouble in the ranks. 

The Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood 

warned a roomful of senior Army physicians a year and a half ago that
to avoid "adverse events," the military should allow Muslim soldiers to
be released as conscientious objectors instead of fighting in wars against other Muslims.

I guess political correctness wouldnt' allow them to believe him.

It is unclear whether anyone in attendance reported the briefing to
counterintelligence or law enforcement authorities whose job it is to
identify threats from within the military ranks. 

I'm guessing 'no.'  After all, that would be ethnic profiling.

Hmmmm....   I have been

Hmmmm....   I have been wondering about that.

If Hasan did not want to go, he had several options:

  • He could always protest his departure like that loon doctor in the 1CD during Desert Storm in 1990 and stand naked on the street corner.
  • He could have declared he was a conscientious objector and asked for asylum in Canada like the loons from the early part of the war.
  • He could have gone AWOL.
  • He could desert.

But he chose jihad.

End of sympathy stories.

practice makes perfect

I think that if he survives this, and is declared fit to stand trial, and hopefully found guilty of murder under military law, the sentence that should be carried out against this shooter is death by firing squad-- and let the lady that took him down originally, be on that squad-- practice makes perfect--

SCM suggestion

I hate seeing that smiling picture of Hasan. Why is it necessary to use his name or picture? He is caught. Its not like he is on the run and there is a search going on for him.

My point is why should the murderer become more famous/infamous, known, more than his victims? Lets not give any murderer, once caught, any more publicity. Don’t make murdering a twisted path to “fame” or attention.

If reference must be made to Hasan, call him the Ft. Hood murderer. If a picture is needed, show a picture of the hero police officer or one of the victims.

I sick of the murderer becoming more well known than the murdered.

If a policy like I have suggested were followed in the SCM it wouldn’t be hard to find an unprejudiced jury.

Just like Hitler and Columbine

I am sickened every time I see a photo of him, all I can see is a coward that in cold blood murdered courageous unarmed Americans.  This is the essence of radical Islam.  A bunch of cowards who attack and behead unarmed innocents in the name of their god.

But your point is well taken...I remember vividly taking a WWI class in college, and one of my required texts was on Hitler.  His face adorned the cover of my rather large book.  It was disgusting.  It would be exactly what he would have wanted.

The aggrandizement of these cowardly murderers is the ultimate insult to humanity.  

Firing Squad

Seriously, does anyone know if Firing Squads are still used? He's guilty, let's shoot him!

He killed 14 people - - 13 adults, 1 unborn child 

Isaiah 5:20a Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil. . .  KJV

Thank You

Excellent correction. 

My apologies for that, as I have read everywhere during my research that there were 13 casualties.  That is because the MSM does not consider an unborn child to be a living being.  I do, and you are correct. 

14 people were killed.

Rusty

may my God be merciful.

i believe capital crimes under the Code of Military Justice-hanging is in order.

BHO-  THE PROGRESSIVE PIRATE

 

 

 

Wait and see, the White

Wait and see, the White House will take this away from the military and put him in the civil courts.  All the better to protect this piece of filth.

Just to cut through the

Just to cut through the smokescreen a little.

FACT #1.  This is the FIRST TERRORIST ATTACK on American Soil since 9/11.

FACT #2.    This occured on Oabam's watch.

FACT #3.   This occured only AFTER the current administration gutted the intelligence agencies of the United States.

 

http://gjresult.com

 

Intelligence Agencies---

Willis:

Though the Ft. Hood murderers' mindset and problems may have  been, in effect, stewing for some time in his skull before they caused it to pop, I am surprised that I have not seen this connection made prior to now.

Whether or not this posprez and his posattorneygeneral deservedly have a finger of blame pointed in their direction for the Ft. Hood fiasco as a result of their going after the CIA, rest assured, the future of this Country and our society is, and will remain, at far greater risk because these a**munchers have the power to dick around with our covert service entities.

MD

"There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress."

Mark Twain (1835-1910)   

Muslims kill each other.

How can a religion of violence be traced to a war on terror when a war on terror is not a religion. 

ARE YOU KIDDING ME????

So, now the war ON terrorism is responsible FOR terrorism? ARE THEY ON CRACK??

What, were there no terrorist acts against US interests before we went into Iraq & Afghanistan??? What of 9/11?? What of the World Trade Center Bombing? Does the bombing of the Marine Barraks in Beruit ring a bell?

 

 

"If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will
be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for
pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner."

— Malcolm Muggeridge

Dyer???

Gwynne Dyer is a moonbat of the first order. He has been spouting the most ridiculous Marxist nonsense for decades. I expect it must be syphilis Swiss-cheese brain syndrome. Pay him no mind.

The MSM will go to great

The MSM will go to great lengths to preserve the Obama image.  The MSM is portraying this guy as a victim because he's an americanized muslim, someone with a name of the same origin as Barack Hussein Obama, that went out and committed an act of terrorism.

  The liberals think this will make lead to people turning on the president because of his background.

The excuses pouring from the left and the media are ridiculous.  He has PTSD?  He never went to combat.  He's been plotting this for some time, looking to join Al Quaeda.  He committed an act of malice out of pure hate. 

Don't y'all remember when

Don't y'all remember when that first generation German/American opened fire and killed 13 people at the Camp Dix reception area in 1943 because he didn't want to go to Europe and kill Germans?  Or when that first generation Italian/American opened fire and killed 13 people at the Camp Gordon reception area in 1944 because he didn't want to be sent to Italy and kill Italians?  You don't remember? 

You don't remember because it NEVER happened! This terrorist didn't just snap.  Don't believe that BS.  He had this planned out from the beginning.  Hell, I'll bet there were others in on the planning.  Just snapped MA!  Premeditated is more like it.  And Gen Casey continually bringing up diversity made me want to puke.  He should have already resigned just for continually bringing up that crap!

Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

Internment Camps- 

Like most Muslim men he was and is a coward.

these cowards hide behind masks-no uniforms and hide behind womens skirts.

afraid of face to face combat.

Internment Camps

BHO-  THE PROGRESSIVE PIRATE

 

 

 

Jimmy I'm starting to think

Jimmy I'm starting to think Muslim's make their women cover up so completely than for no other reason than that they don't trust the men of their religion to behave decently.  Pigs.

Pigs, is an insult to bovine

Muslims kill innocent men women and children with no regard. COWARDS. hiding behind masks-if you were a true warrior, be proud show your face. let us all know who you are. The rest will be easy.

BHO-  THE PROGRESSIVE PIRATE

 

 

 

There is a night video shot

There is a night video shot in near total darkness of a nice muslim male having a 'discussion on current events' with a donkey.

The donkey never seems to stop grazing during the video.

The comments made by the soldiers with the night-vision camera had a few colorful remarks on the progression of events....

I think it's more of the women in muslim countries don't want to take a chance on being found attractive by the 'men'.

 

http://gjresult.com

 

Trust

Dyer and his fellow sympathizers either ignore or are totally ignorant that the military, police officers and firefighters must have total trust in the person next to them. The term " I have your back " is not a bumper sticker.

"I have your back" ---

Well said, Jerry Mack.

Anyone employed in either of the three mentioned categories realizes this implicitly.

A+.

MD

"There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress."

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Went to strip club prior to shootings

Did you see this? Interesting that it is not on the news from what I have heard.  Guess they don't want to make him look bad like they are doing to Prejean in CA?   http://www.foxnews.c...

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan came into the Starz
strip club not far from the base at least three times in the past
month, the club's general manager, Matthew Jones, told FoxNews.com.
Army investigators building their case against Hasan plan to interview
Jones soon.

"The last time he was here, I
remember checking his military ID at the door, and he paid his $15
cover and stayed for six or seven hours," Jones, 37, said.

Hasan's
presence at the club paints a starkly different portrait of the alleged
killer from that offered by his imam and family members, who have
described him as a devout Muslim, and one who had difficulty finding a
wife who would wear a head scarf and would pray five times a day.

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Starz
is a strip club located just down the road from the main gate entrance
to the Fort Hood Base. It does not serve alcohol, but customers bring
their own beer and liquor and buy ice buckets and mixers at the club.

Hasan
sat at a table in the back corner of the club, to the left of the stage
on which strippers dance around a pole, employees said.

Jennifer
Jenner, who works at Starz using the stage name Paige, said Hasan
bought a lap dance from her two nights in a row. She said he paid $50
for a dance lasting three songs in one of the club's private rooms on
Oct. 29 and Oct. 30.

"I remembered his
face because it was the first lap dance I [gave] to a customer while
working here," she said. "When I saw his face [Friday] on TV, I jumped
out of bed, I knew it was him."

Jenner, 31, said Hasan was dressed casually
both nights he came to the club - in jeans and a T-shirt the first
night and then wearing a baseball cap the next. She recalled that he
arrived at about 6:30 p.m. and stayed until 2 a.m. She said he brought
in a six pack of light beer, took only a few sips from one can and gave
the rest to the strippers.

"He preferred the blondes," said Jenner, whose hair was dyed blond at the time. "He
said he was a medic and that he was being deployed soon, but mostly he
wanted to ask us questions."

"He asked us why we were working at the strip club, if we liked the lifestyle, if we
had any kids," she said. "It was right before Halloween so he asked
what our kids were dressing up as. He just wanted to know a lot about
us."

Jenner said she asked Hasan why he liked coming to Starz instead of another of the roughly half a dozen
other clubs nearby, all about an 8-minute drive from the Army base.

"I like it here because no one I work with is here," she said Hasan replied.

Starz is smaller than most of the other clubs, has only about 10 dancers and
caters to a louder crowd. Jenner said Army medics generally don't hang
out at the club.

"He wasnt too loud like some of our other customers, or sleazy. He didn't try to take any of us
home and he was respectful," she said. "I think he mostly came here to
kill some time and just relax. He stood out here because he was much
more reserved than our other customers.

"I just can't believe that he's the one who killed all those people. You
know, he tipped every girl as she came off the stage after her dance.
He was a really good tipper."

MB... Yep...I posted

MB...

Yep...I posted about this as well yesterday here and a few other places...

Of course the msm is dropping the ball on this...to much similarity with his pals from 9-11 as some did the exact same thing before the attack on this country...we can't have that reminder, now can we?

Let alone his connections to the same Mosques in San Diego and Va.

Nope...nothing to see...we're supposed to just move along...sing a happy tune.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

bt the MSM can't seem to

bt the MSM can't seem to bring themselves to uncover the lies and hypocrisy of Islam, but they are more than happy to wallow in the mud when a Christian makes a mistake.  Just ask Carrie Prejaen.  Could it be because the entire religion is full of hypocrisy?

Drinking and whoremongering - Allah will not be pleased

but he did "redeem" himself in the end.

SoL... ...and it's all

SoL...

...and it's all America's fault.

Better yet....Bush.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

he was respectful," she

he was respectful," she said. "I think he mostly came here to
kill some time and just relax.

Aah, the IQ of a stripper.  I'm wondering if the investigators will put that quote in their report.

 

He was "respectful" during those $50 lapdances

Translation: the stripper did not have to call over the bouncer because he broke the 'no-groping' rule.

SickofLibs or she didn't

SickofLibs or she didn't call the bouncer because he was a big tipper so what's a little groping?

won't he have to say something?

how long can Obama go before he is forced to say something about the role Islam played in this tragedy? is it possible the MSM and the sheeple will let him get away with this?

c'mon Mr. President, let's hear that same righteous indignation you were full of when Skip Gates was dissed by the police.

I would love to see a poll asking Jewish Obama voters if they are still happy with their choice. my Jewish brothers and sisters should be kicking themselves for electing this closet Muslim.