The Killer Calender

From FOX News.com:

Three-hundred and sixty-five days and not a cute kitten or pinup girl in sight.

The National Counterterrorism Center has released its 2009 calendar, a 164-page daily planner that features profiles of some of the world's most wanted men and deadliest substances.
The calendar, which is free to the public and distributed widely to national security staff, provides pictures of terrorist leaders and important dates in the history of terrorist movements. It even offers advice on how far away to run from bombs of different sizes.

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The Perspective: Now this is my kind of calender. We all know that I love this kind of thing.

Whoever thought of this is a genius. And best of all its free. Think about it. Don't you want to know who the worlds most wanted men are? Don't you want to know what to do in a certain situation involving an explosive device? I know that I do.(I know most of that stuff already...)

While I tried to see the calender online, it seems that the site is overloaded with users and it isn't working. The URL for the calender in case you want one is http://www.nctc.gov/site/index.html I know that I'll continue to try to get one. I know this isn't much...but I've got something special for you guys. I have part of an interview with former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyauh. Enjoy.

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Interview: Parts were added at the end by Joel Rosenberg.

(Jerusalem, Israel, January 12, 2009) -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a 25 minute conference call today with conservative bloggers in which I had the opportunity to participate, made it clear that he sees Israel's current war against Hamas in Gaza as a "just war," as a proxy war with Radical Muslim leaders in Iran, and very possibly as a prelude to a future war to stop Radicals in Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, an event he described as a "nightmare scenario." Israel is pursuing a "just war," Netanyahu said early in the discussion. He noted that "Hamas is pursuing an illegitimate goal to accomplish the annihilation of the Jewish State" and is using "illegitimate means," including the "firing rockets on innocent civilians." "This is a classic case of justice pitted against injustice" and "against the forces of darkness," said the Likud leader who when the war began suspended his party's campaign for the February 10th elections. "Everyone has to choose which side of the battle he is on?"

Is this really an isolated local skirmish, asked one blogger, or is there a larger story at work here? "Our fight with Hamas," he replied, is with terrorists who have "backers in Iran" and have shown the "willingness to use any methods including firing rockets on innocent civilians….Israel is now the front line in the battle between militant Islam and the rest of the world - witness what has happened [in terms of terrorist attacks in recent years] in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Mumbai, New York, Washington….and there are enormous global consequences. Does Iran have a victory in one of its two forward outposts [the other being Hezbollah]?" "Israel cannot tolerate an Iranian forward position [in Gaza]," he continued, saying that Israel's long-term goal needs to be blocking Iran from becoming the dominant regional power. He also noted that Israel's "immediate goal should be…removing the threat by stopping the firing and preventing the resupply of rockets and other weaponry by Hamas."

The call was organized by One Jerusalem, an organization founded in the fall of 2000 by former Israeli deputy prime minister Natan Sharansky. One Jerusalem's executive director, Allen Roth, moderated the discussion. I had emailed in a question asking what can Jews, evangelical Christians and others can do to help Israel in the current conflict. Undoubtedly other bloggers emailed in similar questions.

This was the second question posed to the former Prime Minister by Allen Roth. "The most important thing [friends of Israel can do] is to tell the truth," Netanyahu said. "There is a campaign of lies against us," including that Israel started this conflict [they didn't], that Israel is targeting innocent Palestinian civilians [they aren't], that Israel isn't allowing humanitarian aid to enter Gaza to care for innocents who are suffering [they are]. "Get the facts straight….the facts do count….the sequence counts." Hamas, he noted, has been "firing these rockets for eight years - eight years! Can you imagine what the U.S. would do if 6,000 rockets were fired from Mexico at San Diego?

Would the U.S. wait eight years? Would they wait eight months? I don't think they would wait eight minutes to fight back." Netanyahu pointed out that Hamas is launching rockets out of mosques, hospitals, elementary schools, universities -- putting innocent Palestinians in harm's way when Israel seeks to retaliate. "We don't deliberately target civilians, though we regret when civilians are injured or killed," he said. "That basic fact should be spoken…loud and clear by the friends of Israel and the friends of Jews."

the immediate future of the Arab-Israeli peace process, Netanyahu said "the idea that you can have a final settlement….I think that is just not realistic." He noted that he had resigned from the cabinet in 2005 when the government of then-Prime Minister Ariel SharonGaza for free and when it came to any future potential "deals" with the Palestinians, "don't repeat the mistakes of the past." decided to give away Before there is anymore international talk of Israel ceding territory to the Palestinians, Israel needs to pursue four strategies:

1. Fight Islamic radicals

2. Strengthen Islamic moderates

3. Reestablish security on all of Israel's borders

4. Begin rapid economic development for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.

He was asked if he thought Hamas was holding out for the new administration of Barack Obama, hoping that Obama would put new pressure on Israel to stop fighting and accepting a potentially premature cease fire. "I do remember Mr. Obama visited Sderot not long ago and said something to the effect that, 'If my two girls lived in a home that was rocketed by terrorists, I would do everything in my power to stop it.'" He added, "I think the U.S. has an interest in stopping terrorists wherever they are." Netanyahu said the biggest threat Israel faces is not from Hamas, or even from Hezbollah, but from Radical Islamic terrorists or states possessing nuclear weapons. He described Iran acquiring such weapons of mass destruction as a "nightmare scenario," along with militant Islamists seizing control of Pakistan. Though he did not lay out how he would approach the Iran crisis should he be elected Prime Minister, he strongly hinted that time is running out and that the West had to take decisive action before it is too late.

Netanyahu concluded by insisting that Israel "should do everything can to return Gilad Shalit, the IDF soldier kidnapped by Hamas on June 25, 2006, though he declined to criticize the current Olmert government when asked if Olmert and his team were doing enough to bring Shalit home and to make his return a precondition of a cease fire. Not asked -- unfortunately -- was whether Netanyahu believed Israel's government should fully invade Gaza's urban centers and bring down the Hamas leadership and terror infrastructure once and for all. It would have been useful to get his take on this because at the moment, my read is that the Olmert government is hedging on that decision. True, they have been calling up the Reserves and putting those Reserves into the Gaza theater to bolster the IDF forces already inching their way forward towards Hamas positions.

But we have not seen a full scale ground campaign into Gaza's toughest urban centers, the strongholds of the Hamas forces. Instead, the Olmert government seems to be waiting for a deal to emerge with Hamas, Egypt and the international community to bring about a rapid cease fire. Many here in Israel are worried that Olmert will accept a cease fire too quickly, as he did with the Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006.

No Israeli parent wants to see another of their sons killed in combat. But scores of Israeli parents are telling me they want to see "the whole job done" -- Hamas destroyed and the rocket threat squashed once and for all. They do not want to have the nation sacrifice so much in the last sixteen days only to see the threat reemerge all over again. Finish the job, they say. Under the circumstances, I agree.

Cease Fire? Not if you talk to folks I know...

The Perspective: The world wants a cease-fire in the current war in Gaza. While its seems that both nations Gaza and Israel seem to want to avoid this, everybody else wants them to stop.

While Egypt says that talks with Hamas are 'positive' don't believe it. While the U.N. says that they have a plan is working order...don't believe that either. Don't believe anything that France, Germany or even England says...that kinda stuff isn't going to happen.

A cease-fire agreement is not the answer to this situation that Israel wants...

Just yesterday Israel asked the United States for help in attacking Iran this month.(think before January 20th if your looking for a date) We said no. Does it matter? Not really...

Just look at what Israel did to Hamas. No approval, they went in and are still kicking ass. Don't expect it to stop either. From the beginning they said that they wanted to "remove Hamas from power" and that ladies and gentlemen is what they are going to do.

If you want, go ahead believe what the talking heads on T.V tell you. Listen to the Prime Minister of Israel. They'll play it off and let the world know only what they want you the people to know. So here I go....I'm going to tell you what they won't.

Okay...here goes.

According to a few reliable sources that I've spoken to Israel is planning something big...really big. Hamas, will cease to exist as a organization and only remain as an idea. The Gaza strip will shrink in size again...

Within the month(again think before the 20th of January 2009) Israel will attack Iran. Iran's nuclear reactors will be wiped from the map. Israel will break through the no fly zone over Iraq...America won't blink an eye. Iran will respond...with attacks upon Iraq and the American Forces in the Region.

This is the test that Vice-President Elect Joe Biden spoke of. Barack Obama will be tested...soon. Let us all pray that he makes the right decisions.

If he doesn't then well...

(This is all based upon certain reports that I've personally seen for myself and have spoken to people who helped work on the reports. The reports come from the United States DoD.)

Another Live Report From Israel

The Perspective: Today I have another live report from my friend Joel, who is over in Israel helping distribute aid to the Israeli people. So just go ahead and read it and as always enjoy.

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(Sderot, Israel) -- Israeli warplanes continued to pound Hamas targets in Gaza today as Hamas fired 30 rockets at Israel. Three of those rockets hit the town of Sderot just before I arrived to participate in a relief project that The Joshua Fund helped finance. By the grace of God, no Israelis were killed as a result of any of the rocket attacks, though several were wounded. Separately, three Israeli soldiers died during fighting deep inside Gaza today.

It was an incredible honor to work with several dozen Jews and evangelical Christians to bless the poor and needy and victims of war and terror just a kilometer or two from the Gaza border at any given moment. Together, we met at about 10:30am and assembled bags of hot meals (chicken, rice, and steamed vegetables, along with several loaves of bread); bags of dry food goods (such as milk, cooking oil, noodles, tunafish, and chocolate wafer cookies); and bags of toiletries (such hand soap, shampoo, body wash, toothbrushes, cleaning wipes, and facial tissues) for needy Israeli families, mostly elderly folks. We also assembled bags of toys, games, coloring books and trading cards for the children who remain in Sderot because their families don't have enough money to evacuate them.

Then, after a lengthy security briefing telling us what to do if we are caught in the middle of a missile strike, we fanned out across the town to deliver these "bags of blessing" to lists of pre-selected families, all of whom live under the poverty level. Some were native Hebrew-speaking Israelis. Some were Ethiopian immigrants. Most were Russian-speaking Jewish immigrants from Russia and the former Soviet republics.

say that those we met and delivered the food and supplies to were deeply grateful doesn't even begin to capture the story. Some had tears in their eyes. Most were simply stunned that we had come as no one told them that they were going to be recipients today of such gifts. All of the elderly folks and families I had the privilege of visiting today eagerly invited my Jewish and evangelical colleagues into their flats. They wanted to sit and talk. They wanted to know why in the world we had come from all over Israel - and all over the world - to bless them. They also wanted to talk about what it's like to live under a near-constant barrage of rockets, missiles and mortars. And we were eager to listen. All told, about 150 Israeli families in Sderot were blessed today.

The project was organized by the Israel Leadership Institute which is run by Eeki Elner, a leadership trainer and social activist who lives in Sderot, and the Jerusalem Institute of Justice, which is run by Calev Myers, a partner in one of the leading law firms in Israel. Several organizations helped finance the project and provide volunteers. Last week, The Joshua Fund paid for all the hot meals that were distributed.

This week, we paid for all of the bags of dry food goods that were distributed, all of which were purchased from a local supermarket to help bless the beleagured, war-torn economy. We have multiple additional projects in motion to bless needy Israelis on the Gaza border. More details coming soon. Thanks so much for your prayers and generous financial support. We are so grateful for your help at this critical moment.

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Everyone have a good weekend. Next report on Monday.

Very slow news day

The Perspective: Its a very slow news day(minus the Blago bullshit) so I'm just going to talk about the a few things that just seem to stand out.

1) In 2008 America lost 2.6 million jobs.
2) Illinois Gov. Rod. Blago...was voted to be impeached. The trial now heads to the Illinois State Senate.

3) Hamas and Israel are still at it. Hamas did not agree to a U.N. cease-fire and the conflict continued. I don't expect it to end anytime soon.

4) In NASCAR Elliot Sadler will drive the #19 car next year even though GEM tried to failed to fire him

And for the hell of it, we all need a good laugh. Watch Youtube's Chad Vader Turkey Bowl.

I've got a Live Report From Israel

The Perspective: Just read it. I'm not going to talk about what I think or anything along those lines. I will say this. Israel has now been attacked by missiles from Lebanon in an attempt to expand the war to a second front. Israel has responded with air strikes in Lebanon. Lets hope that the war doesn't grow, although I think that it will. Now the report.
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From an E-mail sent to me by fellow JoshuaFund member and founder Joel Rosenberg.

"When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, is with you. When you are approaching the battle, the priest shall come near and speak to the people. He shall say to them, 'Hear, O Israel, you are approaching the battle against your enemies today. Do not be fainthearted. Do not be afraid, or panic, or tremble before them, for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you." (Deuteronomy 20:1-4) Please forgive me for not writing for the past few days. I flew to Israel on Sunday and arrived Monday morning, joining several colleagues in southern Israel to assess the situation and help direct The Joshua Fund's relief efforts. It's been an intense 48 hours, and it's currently 5:54am Wednesday morning Israel time. Allow me, therefore, to make a few brief observations, and I will write more later.

* First and foremost, the situation is very intense here. Hamas has fired more than 500 rockets at innocent Israeli civilians over the past ten days or so. They are coming in at 40 to 50 rockets a day. More than 500,000 Israelis live within range of these instruments of terror, and many are traumatized by the fear of injury and death, not only for them but for their children as well.

* Six Israeli soldiers have died in the fighting so far. Israelis throughout the country are mourning their loss, name by name, family by family. That said, Israelis are also overwhelmingly relieved that their government is finally taking strong action against Hamas after some 2 1/2 years of doing virtually nothing.

* Some 1.5 million Palestinians who live on the Gaza Strip are being held hostage by Hamas. Hundreds are dead and thousands have been injured because of Hamas' evil reign of terror that finally provoked an Israeli response. The latest example came Tuesday when Hamas fighters fired mortars at Israeli forces from a U.N. school. This forced Israel to bomb the school to suppress the attacks. In the end, some 42 Palestinians - including the terrorists - died, and more than 50 were injured.

* Where is the world outrage against Hamas? The Palestinian people desperately want and need to be liberated from Hamas, and would privately welcome Israeli success against the terror leaders.

* Rather than mounting pressure on Hamas to stop the rockets, international pressure is steadily and aggressively mounting on the Israeli government to agree to a temporary ceasefire before the Hamas leadership and terror infrastructure in Gaza are crushed. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and French President Nicolas Sarkozy met in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh yesterday, teaming up to push for a ceasefire resolution they hope will end the fighting immediately. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice immediately said the U.S. supports the Mubarak-Sarkozy plan.

* Hamas is increasingly desperate for a ceasefire. Its top leaders are being killed. Scores of its best trained fighters are being killed. Its arms depots and government buildings are being bombed to smithereens. So are its vital smuggling tunnels along the Egyptian border. Reports the Jerusalem Post: "Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip said on Monday that the general feeling was that Hamas does not exist any longer as a governing body. 'All their government institutions have been destroyed,' said a Gaza City reporter. 'The Hamas leaders are now behaving like al-Qaida's Osama bin Laden and [his deputy] Ayman Zawahiri. Their only public appearances are through recorded messages aired on Arab TV stations.'"

* Preciously for this reason, now is no time to let up on Hamas. Israel should absolutely refuse to agree to the Mubarak-Sarkozy plan. As currently drafted, the agreement does not even suggest -- much less mandate -- the creation of an international force to prevent Hamas from re-arming. Even if it did, why should Israelis believe such an international force would be effective? The U.N. force in southern Lebanon is doing absolutely nothing to prevent Hezbollah from re-arming. To the contrary, it is now believed that Hezbollah has more than 30,000 rockets and missiles aimed at Israel, far more than ever before.

* The Israeli public has been duped by such international nonsense before, and thankfully they want no part of it. A new poll here by Channel 2 news finds that 81% of Israelis believe their government has done the right thing by sending ground forces into Gaza to stop the rockets and crush Hamas, and a stunning 60% of Israelis oppose talking to Hamas to obtain a cease-fire.

* That's certainly the sense I have after talking to Israelis here -- they want victory and they define victory as the destruction of the Hamas military and political leadership and the liberation of southern Israel from the constant threat of Hamas rocket, missile and mortar fire. Anything less than the accomplishment of these goals, they tell me, would make the situation worse because it would effectively be a victory for Hamas a defeat for Israel. Israelis don't want to see a single soldier of theirs die, but they believe now is the time to intensify the attack on Hamas, not let up.

* Regardless of how the public feels, however, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his government may very well accept a temporary and premature ceasefire. They accepted a premature ceasefire in Lebanon in 2006, and Defense Minister Ehud Barak signalled from the earliest hours of this conflict he wanted a quick ceasefire. The next few days will be critical to see what kind of resolve the Olmert government has this time around.
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If I get anymore reports from Joel, I will be sure to share them with you.

Mr. Panetta...

The Perspective: Presidential Elect Barack Obama is going to appoint Mr. Leon Panetta as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA). This is Mr. Obama's first big mistake.

Mr. Panetta has ZERO experience in the field of Intelligence. When your nation is involved in 2 wars(that the public knows about) and with the ever rising tensions in the Middle East with Iran, Israel and Russia returing to its bullying ways. We need a man who knows what the fuck he's doing.

This is not that man. This is a man who should be placed somewhere in the White House Office and work directly for Mr. Obama, not as the Director of the CIA.

The man that he should choose is someone inside the United States Military. I'd personally choose Former CENTCOM and SOCOM Head General Tommy Franks.

He is a man who knows what the fuck in going on in the world and a man who can return the United States Intelligence Community back to prosperity.

For once, I hope the Senate does not confirm this choice...make Barack choose again.

Good Ol' Russia

At least two Bulgarian cities were totally without gas Tuesday, and nations like Turkey were turning to Iran to bolster their supplies, as a natural gas crisis looms over Europe after a contract dispute between Russia and Ukraine led Russia to shut off gas supplies to seven countries and reduce gas deliveries to several others.

<------BLAME THIS GUY!

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The Perspective: Well, well. It seems that former Russian President, now Prime Minister Putin just can't let people live their lives. If you've been reading you know how much of an asshole that this guy can be. From selling weapons to known terrorists and nationalizing business this guy has done it all...now this.

Lets sum this up for you. Putin in all his wisdom decided to cut off a number of nations with their needed supply of natural gas. But to give him a little credit it is believed that the Ukraine did "steal" some of Russia's natural gas.

But tell me this. Why would you let nations like Turkey, and the many other nations in Europe suffer because of one nations alleged theft of your natural gas? Oh...almost forgot about Iran.

Yes Iran gets to play their hand into this as well. So, what does Iran get out of this situation? Oh nothing really, unless you count that they'll make natural gas revenue on the sale of their natural gas to Europe.

That's pretty important. And its important of a couple of reasons.

One: They need money to finish creating and building the nuclear weapon they say that their not making.(we all know that they are and what they plan to do with it)

Two: Russia and Iran are allies(I've mentioned this many times before) and Russia is again just giving Iran a little help.

And Three: Russia wants to acquire their former Soviet States...(if you think I'm crazy refer back to the Georgia incident)

So what do ,the United States need to do? Nothing. And that's because we can't do anything. If we try to, nothing good will become of it. So we'll just sit back and watch...and let Putin be President again in 2012.(its going to happen trust me)