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Fox Wastes No Time Blaming Obama For ISIS Beheading Of British Aid Worker

Posted by Ellen -7842.60pc on September 13, 2014 · Flag

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No sooner had the news broken that ISIS had beheaded British aid worker David Haines than Fox was ready to blame President Obama for it.

At 9 PM ET, Jeanine Pirro opened her show with the announcement that President Obama had just released a statement about Haines’ death. 16 minutes later, Fox’s “neutral” military analyst (and seething Obama hater) Bill Cowan was called up for Fox News duty. Sure enough, he was armed with ammunition to use the awful incident against President Obama.

Pirro asked Cowan for his reaction - and he got right to it:

Well, judge, this was a kind of in your face to our president and an in your face to (British prime minister) David Cameron. I don’t think the president said anything the other night that scared ISIS in the least. They want to stand up and show us that. I don’t think the president said anything that made any of our potential coalition partners feel that confident about how much we’re in the game.

Later, Cowan said, “It takes time to put a coalition together. It takes time to get the Iraqi security forces re-equipped and re-prepared to go back to battle. It takes time to get the Syrian opposition together. We don’t know how much time all of this is going to take. But we do know one thing. While it’s taking time, ISIS continues to consolidate and recruit  by the thousands. It just makes our problem worse.

The other guest, Oubai Shahbandar piled on by fear mongering: “You let ISIS consolidate, they’re going to be here in New York.”

It turns out Shahbandar has quite a colorful background. It includes accusations of forgery, email threats, plagiarism from neo-Nazis and more. But he’s also a neo-con Muslim. So he was introduced merely as a senior advisor to the Syrian Opposition Coalition.

“How many more people have to be beheaded before the message is loud and clear. …We can’t delay. Air strikes must happen.” Shahbandar said. Dick Cheney would be so proud.

Pirro went back to Cowan, asking if ISIS has an Achilles heel. No, Cowan doesn’t think so at this point. Then it was back to Obama bashing and a suggestion that that, too, is Obama's fault:

The president should have announced the other night the immediate commencement of devastating, relentless airstrikes on every known or suspected ISIS target in Iraq or Syria. And that would have at least got us off on a path where we could start seeing other things fall together and maybe make a dent on ISIS but we’re not. We’re just a few strikes here, a few strikes there. Zero impact on the big picture.

But Pirro wanted more Obama bashing. “Colonel, does that surprise you?” she "asked."

No, of course, it didn’t. “He just doesn’t want to be a man of action,” Cowan said.

Watch the politicization of a tragedy and a national security threat below, from tonight’s Justice with Judge Jeanine 

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Ellen commented 2014-09-15 00:16:10 -0400 · Flag
Homeboy Halligan,

I think you just made the comment of the week!
Joseph West commented 2014-09-14 13:26:08 -0400 · Flag
Richard, I hadn’t even considered the clothing aspect. I wonder how “Judge” Pirro would react to someone appearing before her in court dressed the same way she is? I mean, granted—being on TV allows a bit more leeway than for court, but isn’t it funny how men on TV almost always wear full suits (especially on “serious” programs, especially the news—even what passes for news on FoxNoise) just as they would for court, but women are given more “leeway” in their TV wardrobe?

I realize I don’t watch FoxNoise (that’s why I rely on NewsHounds—to do the watching for me) so I don’t know if the network has covered any of the “dress code” stories being imposed on female students but, given the level of attire so many of the FoxNoise females* wear, I’m guessing they don’t. It would be kind of difficult to harangue about how teenage girls being surprised at being punished for not adhering to a school’s dress code policy when the female FoxNoise talking head wouldn’t pass that same dress code policy. I mean, girls are told they can’t wear this or that because “they’re distractions to the male students” but why else do the FoxNoise females select their wardrobe if NOT to distract their male viewers?
Richard Santalone commented 2014-09-14 11:15:21 -0400 · Flag
Hmmmmmmmmm, I believe it’s important to notice how Jeanine Pirro is dressed. There is ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NO DOUBT in my mind Jabba the Ailes has spoken to her recently about showing some of her cleavage and more of her legs, because as several intelligent observers have already pointed out, Jabba the Ailes KNOWS DAMN WELL that’s what keeps the ratings high, especially among young male viewers. In other words, SEX SELLS!
Richard Santalone commented 2014-09-14 11:04:14 -0400 · Flag
@truman AMEN 1000 TIMES! It should be PAINFULLY OBVIOUS to us THINKING PEOPLE who post here that Jeanine Pirro and the rest of her Faux Spews Channel colleagues will NEVER, EVER understand this IRREFUTABLE FACT: human nature is VERY SIMILAR to the fundamental law of physics:

FOR EVERY ACTION, THERE IS A REACTION!

In the same way, when you push any group of people around long enough, SOONER OR LATER THEY WILL PUSH BACK!
truman commented 2014-09-14 10:43:52 -0400 · Flag
The chaos in Iraq is the direct result of the insane war that Dumbya Bush and Five-deferment Cheney started over non-existent WMDs.
Homeboy Halligan commented 2014-09-14 08:00:39 -0400 · Flag
I have a great idea for a new Fox PHONY SCANDAL seeing how ALL of their phony scandals are proving to be just that. Since the “beheader” doesn’t show his face they can claim it is really President Obama!
Antoinette commented 2014-09-14 04:00:27 -0400 · Flag
Let I Dream of Jeanine judge this one.

Saudi Arabia beheadings

Won’t hear this on Fox “News.” Can’t upset the Saudi His Royal Headache, who is part-owner of the parent company of Fox “News” Channel.

http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/08/21/saudi-arabia-surge-executions

Who is really funding Isis?

You will hear crickets from I Dream of Jeanine. Don’t want His Royal Headache to complain to his close buddy, Ruthless Rupy.

“The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), now threatening Baghdad, was funded for years by wealthy donors in Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, three U.S. allies that have dual agendas in the war on terror.”

Saudi Arabia? Did they say, Saudi Arabia? We didn’t hear this on Fox “News” Channel. Ruthless Rupy does business with a man from Saudi Arabia.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/14/america-s-allies-are-funding-isis.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29004253

A good topic for the masses to discuss on national and local talk radio on Monday and Tuesday. Since the Fox “News” cafeteria Catholics are too afraid to bring up Saudi Arabia’s connections to ISIS, the masses will. Name names.
Joseph West commented 2014-09-14 01:33:42 -0400 · Flag
Perhaps the “judge” needs to be reminded of the laws concerning SLANDER and SEDITION. Her comments are teetering very close to the edge of both.
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