LEADERSHIP – AT 11:08 A.M. ET:  We are seeing a great example of true leadership in Jordan, a small country, not a real democracy, but run by a monarch who truly understands how to lead.  From IBD: 

Leadership: Jordan is taking the war to the terrorists — not only on land but on the propaganda front, where Islamic State has had the high ground for a while. Jordan's will to win is injecting new energy into the war on terror.

In less than a week, Jordan has transformed itself from a bit player in the war on terror to a moral beacon of why we fight — because it's ultimately a struggle of good versus evil, and good must win.
It began with King Abdullah's fiery vow to make the "earth shake" against terrorists who'd just murdered a 26-year-old Jordanian pilot from a prominent tribal family, as the king's red and white Bedouin tribal attire reminded Jordan's mourning citizens.

The king also morally delegitimized the terrorists, saying they had zero claim to the name Muslim — powerful, given that the king is a direct descendant of Muhammad. He was buttressed by Jordanian officials, who called the terrorists "daesh" — a derogatory word in Arabic that's as nasty as it sounds, and one that IS hates.

COMMENT:  Compare please with our fearful leader, Barack Hussein Obama Jr, come to save us.  Among other lectures he gave us this week was one in which he warned us about "overreaching."  Oh yes, Barack, we are hopelessly stretched.

Let's see.  The United States ended World War II with 135 million citizens.  It had 15 million under arms.

Today the U.S. has 320 million citizens, and only 1.4 million under arms.  We are spending less on defense, as a percentage of gross national product, than we were before Pearl Harbor.

Yessirree.  Overstretched.  Can't do more.

In fact, we haven't scratched the surface.  This nation is capable of restoring its greatness.  But it won't happen under the followship of a president who really doesn't like us very much.  We are not overstretched, and our civilian population, since 9-11, has been largely uninvolved in the struggle.  There was a famous sign put up in Iraq during our actions there, which roughly read:  "America isn't at war, the Marine Corps is at war."  So true, Barack.

February 7, 2015