Mumbai Update

We have some bad news out of India. The death toll from the terrorist attack on Mumbai has now risen to 160. At least 320 people are seriously injured. The terrorists have been defeated at the Oberai hotel, but terrorists are still on the run in the Taj. Five people were recently found dead at the Mumbai Jewish Center when terrorists were finally defeated there.

No one quite knows yet who is really responsible for this carnage. Some are already blaming Pakistan. Others say it's NOT the Pakistani government, but rather rogue ex-intelligence agents who may have been behind the attacks. Meanwhile, others think this was an al-Qaeda attacks... And others think Kashmiri separatists committed these attacks.

Please stay tuned here for continued updates, and go ahead & view CNN.com for the latest news.

Mumbai Still Under Attack

The Guardian has all the latest on the terrorist attacks in India. So far, at least 125 people are unconfirmed dead. The US State Department now believes that at least one American has died. At least 327 more people are seriously injured, including three Americans and many more foreigners.

Stay tuned as I'll try to update you as often as I can on what's happening in Mumbai.

And al-Qaeda Endorses...

John McCain for President! Why? Because he would be "a faithful son of Bush" who would continue the destruction of America!

I wonder when the McBush-Failin' campaign will start touting this lovely new endorsement from this terrorist group...

Whoops, They Did It Again!

First, it was Sarah "Lying Sack of Shit" Palin. Now, it's Joe McCain! Yes, John McCain's brother now says that John McCain will authorize special forces to go across the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan to go after al-Qaeda. Even though McCain mocked Barack Obama for doing the same, his surrogates all seem to be endorsing the Obama Plan to take on al-Qaeda terrorists!

Wow, and I thought McCain was "The National Security Candidate™"! So why is it that McCain's campaign is stealing foreign policy & national security ideas from Barack Obama? Score another point for Republican hypocrisy!

IsJohn McCain Really "Strong on National Security"?

Well, is he? Especially when he was wrong on what may have been the biggest security blunder of our time? Read what he had to say in 1998 (H/T Open Left).

Question: You not only have had combat experience in Vietnam, but you were also a prisoner of war. When you look at terrorism right now, with people like Osama bin Laden, do you have any reservations about watching strikes like that?

Answer: You could say, Look, is this guy, Laden, really the bad guy that's depicted? Most of us have never heard of him before. And where there is a parallel with Vietnam is: What's plan B? What do we do next? We sent our troops into Vietnam to protect the bases. Lyndon Johnson said, Only to protect the bases. Next thing you know.... Well, we've declared to the terrorists that we're going to strike them wherever they live. That's fine. But what's next? That's where there might be some comparison.

(Emphasis added by me.)

Now yes, this was 1998. However, President Clinton and his National Security team knew Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda were a serious security threat in 1998. In fact, John McCain & his fellow Republicans accused President Clinton of "wagging the dog" to "distract" from the Monica Lewinsky bullsh*t when he tried to take out al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Senator Joe Biden also knew in 1998 that al-Qaeda was a serious security threat, and he was trying to convince his Senate colleagues to see what he was seeing as well. And only four years later, then Illinois State Senator Barack Obama warned us all of what would happen if we were to turn away from fighting al-Qaeda to invade Iraq.

And what did John McCain do this whole time? He joined George W. Bush and the rest of the GOP in dropping the ball on our real fight against real terrorists. No wonder why he still doesn't understand al-Qaeda.

And the GOP really wants us to entrust our security with John McCain?