TALIBAN TRUTH – AT 10:21 A.M. ET:  The first reports we heard of the Taliban in Afghanistan dealt with its unspeakable abuse of women, and its murder of anyone who did not go along with its bizarre interpretation of Islam. 

But now the Obama administration, in another of its dishonest narratives, is trying to tell us that the Taliban is simply an insurgency, as opposed to Al Qaeda, which is a terror group.  Even the normally complacent White House press corps has become frustrated by the word games.  From Fox: 

Just days after an Obama administration official went to great pains to explain that the Taliban is not considered a terrorist group, the Afghan-based organization on Friday took credit for an attack that killed three American contractors and said it was carried out by a fighter who had infiltrated Afghanistan's security forces.

The attack came Thursday evening at a military base at Kabul's international airport, and also left one Afghan dead. The Taliban's claim of responsibility came in a message on Friday from spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, who identified the attacker as a man named "Hessanullha," from Laghman province, just east of Kabul. Hessanullha "penetrated into the security forces and was waiting for such a target for a long time," Mujahid said.

"Yesterday in the evening he managed to get to a crowd of invading and infidel American military forces where he turned his gun towards them and opened fire," he added. "During the gun battle, Ehsanullah was also killed by the enemy."

Mujahid said that the militant had infiltrated the ranks of Afghanistan's forces to stage the attack and wore an Afghan police uniform. An Afghan official with the country's Defense Ministry said the attacker was in an Afghan army uniform. According to The Washington Post, Mujahid added in a tweet that the terrorist had "opened fire on invaders" before he was "martyred by return fire." It was not immediately clear if the Afghan confirmed dead was the gunman.

The attack came after a White House spokesman described the Taliban as an "armed insurgency," not a terrorist group. However, Press Secretary Josh Earnest later acknowledged that the Treasury Department had put the Taliban on a terror list as far back as 2002.

Earnest also acknowledged that the Taliban "carry out tactics that are akin to terrorism, they do pursue terror attacks in an effort to try to advance their agenda." The Obama administration has repeatedly said the U.S. government does not negotiate with terrorists, despite trading five Taliban fighters held at Guantanamo for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

COMMENT:  The behavior of the Obamans make me once again suggest the need for a Constitutional amendment that would permit the removal of a president for incompetence.  Right now a president can be removed only for high crimes and misdemeanors, or for medical reasons. 

The administration has become a dishonest disgrace.  In other democracies, a vote of no-confidence by the parliament would send a prime minister packing.   We prize stability, so removal should, under terms of my proposed amendment, only come if high standards are met.

January 30, 2015