Associated Press attacks Netanyahu’s speech

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of the United States Congress today commenting on Palestine and Israel, and if both States should return to 1967 borders. In other words, essentially force Israel to give up its land in favor of sharing it with the Palestinian people.

While President Obama is vacationing around Europe and spreading some BS that he’s now an Irishman, Netanyahu’s visit to the United States was to also send a clear message that “Israel can defend itself.”

It is interesting that every time Netanyahu comes to the United States, President Obama has other things he has to be doing.

But already, the news media is attacking Netanyahu. By way of example, the Associated Press stated that Israel is a leading recipient of more than $1 billion in military aid each year. Israel is a crucial ally in the Middle East, as was Egypt, before Obama apparently forgave that debt last week. Despite the assistance, Israel’s military is more than capable of defending itself, which is what Netanyahu was alluding to.

AP also said that Netanyahu was wrong with indicating “Israel will not negotiate with the Palestinian government backed by the Palestinian version of al-Qaeda.”

AP says that Hamas (which is backed by Palestine) and al-Qaeda have no connection. Really?

Maybe the AP apparently forgot that Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda, is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood which supports Hamas as well?

Furthermore, Netanyahu spoke heavily about wanting to reach a peaceful compromise with Palestine and said that while it would be extremely painful, it could be done. He noted that in the past, Israel has given up occupation of land in both Southern Lebanon and in the Gaza Strip. What did that leave Israel? With acts of terror from Hezbollah and Hamas.

Towards the closing of his speech, Netanyahu remarked that if Palestine is willing to sever its relationship with Hamas, then peace would be reached. But some of his comments about Israel keeping several territories have apparently upset Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who calls this nothing more than a “declaration of war”.

In short however, Netanyahu’s speech on stabilization and peace for the Jewish people in the Middle East was found to be very inspirational and welcoming. I’d prefer him as President of the United States any day.

Could we perhaps negotiate with Netanyahu and allow him to become President? We’ll just give Obama to the Middle East since he enjoys sympathizing with the Arab world so much.

Al-Qaeda leader comments on U.S. and Middle East upheaval

When Libya’s upheaval began in February, Moammar Gaddafi had indicated that al-Qaeda was responsible for destabilizing his country. This turned out to be factual after the Muslim Brotherhood crippled Egypt and removed Hosni Mubarak and the Brotherhood’s clerical leader called for an assassination of Gaddafi.

A piece on News24.com says that Ayman al-Zawahiri, who is presumed to be the new leader of al-Qaeda and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, posted an audio sound byte on the Libya situation a few days before Navy SEALS killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. The audio was posted on militant forms in which al-Zawahiri claims that NATO’s intervention in Libya is meant to remove Gaddafi and the United States will set up a ‘puppet government’ to control the country’s rich oil resources.

No surprise there. After all, the U.S. did the same thing in Iraq and Kosovo.

In this recording, Zawahiri gave high praise to Egyptians that were successful in toppling Mubarak in Egypt and that the Gaza Strip border should be opened. And what happened? The post-Mubarak Egypt supported Hamas and vowed to open up the Gaza Strip.

Zawahiri also called on Syria to remove its president, Bashar al-Assad. Interestingly, while al-Qaeda harbors resentment against countries in the Middle East like Egypt, Jordan, Yemen and Saudi Arabia which are associated with the United States, in the same aspect, al-Qaeda is indirectly supporting the U.S. because President Obama wants to see these dictators removed from power.

Of course that is exactly what al-Qaeda wants, as does the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and Hezbollah. In this unprecedented move, you have Sunni and Shiite Muslims actually working together to bring down the Middle East and remove Israel.

In another unbelievable move, President Obama said that the United States forgave Egypt’s $1 billion debt, while the rest of us in America continue to suffer. Maybe the President believes that once the U.S. controls Libya and seizes its oil rights, they’ll cross collateralize the loss of Egypt’s debt?

As usual, the ignorance by President Obama shows that this danger will continue to escalate. Why does this President continue to embrace terrorists and destabilization?

The “new” Egyptian leader of al-Qaeda

Following the death of Osama bin Laden, it had been speculated that his second hand man Ayman al-Zawahiri was to succeed him as the leader of al-Qaeda.

For the time being however, al-Qaeda has chosen a “new caretaker” to lead the terrorist group, Saif al-Adel, an Egyptian militant who has been under indictment for the U.S. embassy bombings in Africa and one of the masterminds behind the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Anwar al Sadat.

According to terrorism expert Peter Bergen, Adel’s track record also includes joining the U.S. backed Mujahedin in Afghanistan and training al-Qaeda operatives in Sudan. Perhaps what is most shocking of all is that Adel believes that radical jihad should appeal to the “youth of the ummah”.

In other words, the youth of a Muslim community or the nation should appeal to radical jihad. What we have seen in Egypt is the beginnings of radical Islam growing out of control. While the news media will want you to believe that these were “so called” peaceful youth revolutions demanding the removal of Hosni Mubarak, which is true to some extent, the reality of the situation is that the Muslim Brotherhood used these protests as a catalyst in achieving a goal, which is to get control over Egypt.

It shouldn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that both Adel and al-Zawahiri are part of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the same “god father” organization of all terrorist groups in the Middle East that has vowed to whip Israel off the map and for the first time, we are witnessing Sunni and Shiite Muslims working together against Israel as a result of the protests throughout the Middle East.

The news media and the Obama Administration does not appear to be too concerned over the new diplomatic relations between Egypt and Iran, or the fact that Egypt has opened up the Gaza Strip or the fact that these new al-Qaeda leaders are members of the Muslim Brotherhood or the fact that just last week in Egypt, Muslims were targeting Christians and burning down churches. Really peaceful democracy isn’t it?

In all, it works as a victory for al-Qaeda. If the Muslim Brotherhood does get a majority control over Egypt, this allows the terrorist group to establish additional training bases and utilize the youth for their operation. Furthermore, al-Qaeda has a presence in Libya, Sudan, Somalia and Yemen. Five countries next to each other. Again, it doesn't take rocket science to figure this out.

Honestly though, how does President Obama sleep at night knowing that because of his vocal support to remove Hosni Mubarak as President of Egypt, has turned that entire country and the Middle East into a level of instability?

Osama bin Laden: Dead

In a surprise announcement last night, President Obama gave a speech that every American has been waiting to hear: Osama bin Laden is dead.

The mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks had been evading capture for almost ten years ever since President Bush gave the orders to the U.S. military to invade Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban and to dismantle the al-Qaeda terrorist network.

According to President Obama, bin Laden was killed in a Navy Seal operative shoot out where he was hiding in a mansion in Pakistan, presumably where he has been hiding since fleeing Afghanistan. His body has been disposed of at sea.

While the death of Osama bin Laden immediately sparked celebrations nationwide and should offer some closure to the families of the men and women killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, this does not mean that al-Qaeda is gone.

Immediately following the news that bin Laden was killed, the terrorist group, Hamas, publicly condemned bin Laden’s death saying "We regard this as a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood.”

In other words, there will be a high level of alert, as this news has likely infuriated al-Qaeda and followers of radical Islam. Al-Qaeda has already selected its new leader to succeed bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and most likely, al-Qaeda will continue in its pursuit to do harm to America.

On a side note, while the entire Middle East region is increasingly becoming destabilized, it was interesting to know that Ali Abdullah Saleh, the President of Yemen, after indicating for weeks that he would leave power at the height of protests, refused to cease power on the same day that bin Laden was killed. Yemen just happens to be a country that is infested with al-Qaeda.

For the moment however, this should be an exciting day for Americans and to offer some closure to those families affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It is one step closer in combating Islamic terrorism in the Middle East. But when will the battle actually end? We may never know.