As IF Times

Source: Obama: ‘We’ are to blame, not Islamic terrorism, for massacre | New York Post

This stuff you can’t make up. In the immediate aftermath of the worst massacre on US soil by an admitted terrorist group since 9-11, the finger has been pointed right back at the American people as the root cause.   How do we know that the murders were inspired by an Islamic terror group?  Well there was the phone call to the police by the perpetrator exclaiming that ‘this is in the name of ISIS’, but I suppose that could have been misconstrued. Closer scrutiny of the tape may eventually show that he called the police help line because he wanted to know ‘where the ice is’.  But I wouldn’t bet on it.

We expect the progressive media to offer the standard offerings of half truths in their reportage; we are accustomed to that.   When the leader of the nation is confused as to the nature of the event and calls a spade a girdle, then there’s something very frightening about his grip on reality.  He may as well be Joe Izuzu.  It goes beyond lack of judgment; his entire stock of credibility is at stake.

As usual, the only elephant in the room he addresses is the Republican one, blaming the supporters of that party for ‘easy’ access to guns which led to the tragedy.  The more obvious elephant, the one that is never invoked, Islamist militancy, is ignored like a white crayon.  The logic of reducing legal access to guns by law abiding citizens as being the cure all for Islamic terror incidents is as reasonable as banning airplanes post 9-11. The veritable mountain of evidence pointing to Islamists as the ongoing danger to the country is swept aside for the partisan, tired narrative of gun access.

Reason and logic are not qualities found in abundance these days among the snowflake populace, but there should be some evidence of it in the leaders.  The main priority of the presumptive leader of any nation is to provide security for its people, not to prevent it.  America has always been fortunate enough to have a tradition of self reliance among its people.  There’s a reason that people from all over the world are clamoring to get in to the country.  They should not go down the road of depending on the nation state to protect them.  For any of those still in doubt, I present North Korea as exhibit A.

link The Obama Administration Has a Kiss-and-Tell Problem.

It’s not well known that Susan Rice was not the first pick for her original position at the State department.  Stung by accusations that the administration was staffed with too many inexperienced people, the original intent was to try to hire more seasoned people as spokesmen.   Being placed in the position of explaining events to the public is not always easy, since much of what is uttered is either shameless spin or outright whoppers.

Joe Izuzu was asked to come out of retirement, but he thought the task too challenging and didn’t feel that he could maintain a straight face while performing that role.  Some may remember Joe from his role in the late 80’s as the TV pitchman for Izuzu cars.  Joe Izuzu

So instead, they defaulted to Susan Rice who was the only person in the vetting process that could maintain a straight face while reading some old Izuzu ads.  John Cleese didn’t make it past the first 2 pieces.  Rice’s first big test was to convey with much gravitas and authority that the Benghazi incident was caused by a YouTube video.   Of course as the truth came out in the follow up analysis of that incident, it was obvious that the ill fated compound was not the only thing on fire.  Rice now only wears skirts.

Following up that was her second big test.  This time, she was tasked in portraying Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s military service as ‘distinguished’ and ‘honorable’.  This was the soldier who admitted to deserting his comrades while in Afghanistan, taken captive and then subsequently traded for 5 hard core Taliban commanders held in US captivity.

With such a resume of credibility, Rice today contends that Turkey has joined the coalition of nations supporting US military efforts in combatting the ISIS group in the middle east.  Only someone forgot to tell Turkey.  Given the record of how the U.S. has treated its allies in the Obama era, it’s not really a shock that no one wants to be seen with them in public.  Ask Poland.  Or the Ukraine.  Or Israel.

We find it hard to understand how anyone can listen to anything that Rice says without picturing Joe Izuzu’s face on her body.