Last year we tried to send a little refuge warning beacon to anyone who would pay attention.  Our warning was to underscore why OUR national leadership on both sides of the aisle was failing us.   Few paid attention.  Today we are facing the consequences from those short-sighted decisions.  Here is the concern we shared in Sept. of 2011:

[September 7th 2011]  For several months my fears about the collapse of the Libyan regime have been heightened with the thought of all the Libyan arms being dispatched to all of our enemies throughout the middle east.

Six months ago the first reports of Missiles, WMD (mustard gas), and SAM’s being sold and traded to hostile forces of the West were confirmed. There is no substantive reason to believe these missiles will not leave the Middle East and be used against the West. Indeed, if a prudent consideration is applied exactly the opposite should be anticipated. (more…)

(From Douglass J Hagman @CFP) According to the U.S. government, Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed during a spontaneous protest at the consulate office in Benghazi by a frenzied crowd of Muslims outraged over an obscure internet video. Recently released “sensitive but not classified e-mails” from Stevens to the U.S. Department of State painted a picture of poor security for U.S. personnel and the embassy, which was obviously true but had little to do with the events of September 11, 2012.

The failure to dispatch an extraction team or otherwise rescue the men during a firefight that lasted upwards of nine grueling and tortuous hours was not the result of any intelligence failure, but caused by our unwillingness to widen the conflict and expose the nature and scale of our true mission in Benghazi. (more…)

For those not keeping track, Ayman Al Zawahiri is the #1 al-Qaeda leader (now that Bin Laden is dead) and he is calling all Muslims to help the Syrian “Rebels”.   Yep, it appears the Obama administration is now supporting al-Qaeda….

(Reuters) — Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, join Syria’s rebellion and ensure Egypt implements sharia, SITE Monitoring reported, citing a two-part film posted on Islamist websites.

“We are seeking, by the help of Allah, to capture others and to incite Muslims to capture the citizens of the countries that are fighting Muslims in order to release our captives,” he said, praising the kidnapping of Warren Weinstein, a 71-year-old American aid worker in Pakistan last year.  (read more)

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Pat Dollard has a great read regarding the Libyan arms and possible White House perceived discovery risk attaching the same concept of Fast and Furious to Libyan arms. It is something many here have also discussed. However, we think there is more to it, actually much more.   Many Treepers have helped to flesh out the Benghazi mission agenda and the possible CIA activity.   Pat Dollard and The Washington Times have set the stage.   The TreeHouse goes deeper, much deeper.   First, The Dollard outline:

(Via PatDollard)  Excerpted from The Washington Times, piece by Frank Gaffney, Reagans’ assistant Secretary of State: President Obama’s once seemingly unstoppable march toward re-election hit what he might call “bumps in the road” in Benghazi, Libya, late on Sept. 11, 2012. It might be more accurate to describe the effect of the well-planned and -executed, military-style attack on a diplomatic facility there as the political equivalent of a devastating improvised explosive device on the myth of the unassailability of the Obama record as commander-in-chief.

Thanks to intrepid investigative reporting — notably by Bret Baier and Catherine Herridge at Fox News, Aaron Klein at WND.com and Clare Lopez at RadicalIslam.org — and information developed by congressional investigators, the mystery is beginning to unravel with regard to what happened that night and the reason for the subsequent, clumsy official cover-up now known as Benghazigate. (more…)

…… This is a Test

…. This is only a Test

…. Do Not attempt to adjust your vote… (yet)

The White House is throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks in the right place(s).

A “foreign Policy” debate scheduled for Monday,… in Boca Raton,…. amid the largest Jewish voter base in the Key “Swing State” of Florida,…. with the biggest ongoing policy issue being Iran threatening Israel with Nuclear Weapons,…. after Obama blew it with his non-support of the Iranian Freedom Movement (Green Party)

And all of a sudden,…. the Left-Wing New York Times is “leaking”,… on a Saturday,…..  In advance of the “Sunday Talk Shows”,……  That Iran and President Obama “might have” come to an agreement to stave off military action and defuse the situation….

All unbeknownst to Israel….

Um, Ohhhh-kaaaaaay

Got It ! (more…)

Terrorist Hezbollah firing rockets at al-Qaeda in Syria to support Assad Regime…..  We’re going Down the Rabbit Hole Alice…  

…….  Imagine last year if the Muslim Brotherhood was shooting the “rebels” in Benghazi, Libya so they could support Gaddafi…..   Yeah, this is THAT weird.

(Via UK Telegraph)  Hizbollah has been accused of intervening directly in Syria’s civil war by launching rocket attacks over the border from Lebanon in support of President Bashar al-Assad’s forces.

In a worrying sign that Lebanon is getting drawn further into the Syrianconflict, the Iran-backed Shia militant group is accused of using its military bases in the Bekaa valley to shell rebel positions in Syria.

“They are concentrating on hitting the villages where the Free Syrian Army are, to weaken them before launching a ground attack,” said Abu Obeida, a Lebanese resident of the border town of al-Qaa. “I have seen the rockets firing; they pass over your head.”

Driving across the Hermel plains of the northern Bekaa, 10 miles from the frontier with Syria, The Daily Telegraph could hear the sound of rocket fire. The salvoes came in waves – the dull thuds of the launchers shattering the stillness of the night air as they released their loads. Half an hour later, the tempo quickened to a near constant onslaught, filling the valley with the sounds of warfare until the early hours of the morning. (more…)

Lying as a profession must be exhausting…..   Trying to test the water temp on the media pool Cabinet Member, Ambassador Susan Rice, pokes head out.   Briefly.    Yet, doubles down on stupid.

WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice, in her first public comments on Libya since her controversial account days after the attack, blamed intelligence community talking points for the faulty narrative.

“What the Flip you looking at me for?…. she [Hillary] already done took the blame”….

The light-on-details explanation Monday came as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took responsibility for any security failures leading up to the consulate attack last month.

But with the accounts coming as both presidential candidates head into a debate Tuesday night that will focus in part on foreign policy, neither appeared to settle mounting questions on the Hill about how the administration got the story so wrong. (more…)

Now that we have the Official State Department moment by moment statement of what took place in Benghazi, Libya, there are SERIOUS issues with the divergent stories.

For the sake of this discussion thread lets focus on clarity and try to cut through the spin.

First, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice was elevated to a cabinet level position by President Obama.  Susan Rice works for the White House, not the State Dept.   For the sake of understanding the difference, it’s easiest to say that Ambassador Susan Rice and Hillary Clinton are equals in the eyes of the administration.   Ambassador Rice does not report to Secretary Clinton, she reports to President Obama directly as a member of his cabinet.  Period.

So when Susan Rice was selling the Muhammed Movie protest narrative, she was doing so on behalf of the President, not the State Dept.   Someone in the media needs to call out this distinction and stop allowing the White House to obfuscate. (more…)

In February of this year we presented the following analysis of Syria.  Before we discuss the new FSA/al-Qaeda armory let’s revisit the history:

There is a similarity between the rebel factions that sprung up in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and now Syria. In this recent video release from The FSA (Free Syrian Army) the connection is evident. They are proudly displaying the flag of al-Qaeda. This should give urgent pause to any cries of arming a Syrian rebellion; alas I hold no confidence we will do anything different.

But watch the progressive left continue to sell the narrative of a poor freedom rebellion just like they did in Egypt and in Libya, only to see the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and a Sharia-compliant governance model. Highlighting once again the shortsighted Obama policy that has given rise to radical islamists around the Middle East.

(via al-Wasat) This past Thursday, on February 16, a group of around twenty individuals claiming to be part of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), released a video message to YouTube announcing the formation of a new battalion named the al-Bara’ ibn Malik Martyrs Brigade.

(For Video Click HERE)

It should be noted that during the Iraq war, al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI) also named one of their battalions the al-Bara’ ibn Malik Martyrs Brigade. There is no definitive proof that the new battalion established by the FSA is connected with the old al-Qa’ida in Iraq networks. That said, one should be cognizant of the expansive facilitation networks there were for foreign fighters attempting to join the Iraq jihad in Syria. (more…)

Many people are surprised to see Hillary Clinton doubling down on supporting what has become a Radical Islamist uprising. We’re not. This is to be expected from the woman who joined forces with Samantha Power to push “rebel” support in Libya.

Quite simply, if you cut to the chase it is the Liberal anti-Israel mindset. We outlined it here.  And gave the reason for it HERE

The ideology, which by the way is the same as Jimmy Carter, has no conception of unintended consequences. If the Muslim Brotherhood rise, meh, no biggie, their choice. If Israel is isolated and comes under attack, oh well, their issue. If the Taliban/Salafists and Radical Islamists beat, abuse and punish women, not our issue.

Liberals do not stand for Freedom, they stand for Democracy. They support mob rule; they always have.

(Reuters) – The United States must look past the violence and extremism that has erupted after the “Arab Spring” revolutions and boost support for the region’s young democracies to forge long-term security, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday. (more…)