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The Spectacle Blog
Earlier today, two American Air Force personnel were shot and killed outside Frankfurt International Airport.
German authorities have the suspect in custody and he has been identified as Arif Uka, a citizen of Kosovo.
According to The New York Times, witnesses report Uka shouting “Allahu Akbar!!!” (H/T National Review Online)
UPDATE: Here is the headline over at The Christian Science Monitor:
Motive unclear in killing of two U.S. airmen at Frankfurt
airport
Already the denial is setting in.
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Conservative Bob| 3.2.11 @ 4:44PM
Ah the religion of peace
Alan Brooks| 3.2.11 @ 5:30PM
Thank God it didn't occur in Israel.
NoLib| 3.2.11 @ 5:49PM
I don't think geographical location mattered to the two American airmen who were murdered.
All American American| 3.2.11 @ 5:50PM
?????
Alan Brooks| 3.2.11 @ 5:57PM
Oh sure: they just picked a random location, right?
No wonder you miss the Gipper, the last time conservatives were on the ball was 1/19/'89.
Only Jesus CAN save you.
Alan Brooks| 3.2.11 @ 6:04PM
PS,
"I don't think geographical location mattered to the two American airmen who were murdered."
It sure did. C'mon, think before you write- otherwise you only type. Just one question, Nolib:
would you rather the 2 assassinations have taken place in America? no. So it does matter, things always "matter".
NoLib| 3.2.11 @ 6:39PM
Do you think location mattered to the two Americans who were murdered?
It doesn't really matter what a braindead liberal like you thinks.
Alan Brooks| 3.2.11 @ 8:43PM
"Do you think location mattered to the two Americans who were murdered?"
They did choose a career that put them in harm's way; so yes, they would rather have died for their country in Germany doing their duty than choking on a meal in a restaurant, or being sideswiped in a car accident.
Truth to Power| 3.2.11 @ 9:35PM
Brooks is a pathetic dumb ass.
Alan Brooks| 3.2.11 @ 10:38PM
"Brooks is a pathetic dumb ass."
Doesn't matter what you think of me, just say why is it you would not think the two airmen wouldn't rather be shot on duty rather than off duty or in an accident.
NoLib| 3.2.11 @ 10:47PM
It makes me sick to think these two fine men died defending the freedom of a liberal ahole like you.
You're decidedly NOT worth it.
Alan Brooks| 3.2.11 @ 11:25PM
What are you? "Nolib"? defined by what you are not?
AM glad it did not happen in Israel, because then Buchananites would try to blame Israel- as they usually attempt to do. And if your little tum tum makes you feel sick so much, take a bromo!
Alan Brooks| 3.2.11 @ 11:38PM
...But you did reveal yourself completely to me when you wrote bring our boys home from Europe, you are a Clint; an American- Firster.
Pay attention, try to concentrate:
THERE CAN BE NO FORTRESS AMERICA ANYMORE.
Got it?
NoLib| 3.2.11 @ 11:39PM
Heartsick, moron--a bromo can't fix it.
Alan Brooks| 3.2.11 @ 11:52PM
Then you must be weak at heart.
You want us to pull out of Europe, which means you certainly would not care if Israel is to be destroyed.
NoLib| 3.3.11 @ 12:54AM
At least I have a heart, unlike you.
Occam's Tool| 3.2.11 @ 7:43PM
If it had occurred in Israel, there would be massive retaliation against the scum who killed them.
Alan Brooks| 3.2.11 @ 8:51PM
And anti-neocons would be loaded for bear, they would have more ammunition to use against Israel. You agree the Right is divided on foreign policy? Anti-neocons support retaliation for two Servicemen killed in Germany, but would have a more jaundiced view of the same situation in Israel- no matter if the same exact assassins were to do the killing.
Alan Brooks| 3.2.11 @ 8:59PM
BTW- for starters- Pat Buchanan doesn't like our Servicemen being in Germany, and there are thousands of our boys in Germany.
However Buchanan does not dislike Germany,
he dislikes ISRAEL; nothing Buchanan can ever say would ever hide that fact. So in that sense it is better that the soldiers were killed in Germany than Israel, as there is less blame heaped on Israel than there would be otherwise.
W| 3.3.11 @ 4:17PM
Yeah, that was my first reaction, and the reaction of most people, it is good our soldiers got killed in Germany, and not Israel, otherwise Pat Buchanan might say something about Israel. What is wrong with you? You don't care our soldiers got killed, you care where they got killed? Is it your intent to provoke criticism of Israel or are you just plain crazy?
CL| 3.2.11 @ 9:19PM
Why not, explain. And what does that have to do with a muslim murdereing two americans?
Alan Brooks| 3.2.11 @ 10:44PM
Why? because someone here (Clint the colonel's son comes to mind) would try to blame Israel more than usual, you can be 100% sure Clint likes Germany more than Israel-- if he likes Israel at all.
The refudiator| 3.2.11 @ 11:15PM
What the hell does Israel have to do with this? Are you mental?
Alan Brooks| 3.2.11 @ 11:30PM
I'm trying to pioint out that you are qwuick to blame the Left for not understanding our national defense. But you don't criticize paleos such as Buchanan nearly enough.
You can't blame everything on the Left-- although you will continue to do so at every opportunity.
NoLib| 3.2.11 @ 11:41PM
This is a Conservative site; of couse we can (and will) blame everything on you Leftist freaks.
It's all your fault anyway.
Alan Brooks| 3.2.11 @ 11:55PM
the Kosovan who did the shooting (more than two killed) in Germany is a Rightist.
NoLib| 3.3.11 @ 12:55AM
He's a Fascist like you.
CL| 3.3.11 @ 8:31AM
So your concern is not that two americans were killed by a muslim, but that it did not occur in Israel because some blogger may blame Israel?
You are one sick person, and do damage to true supporters of Israel by writing such idiotic garbage. Go away
Jasper| 3.2.11 @ 5:02PM
Yes, the religion of peace strikes again.
Occam's Tool| 3.2.11 @ 7:44PM
The Christian Science Monitor's foreign policy views are as well crafted and intelligent as its views on Medical Science.
Occam's Tool| 3.2.11 @ 8:17PM
Ron Paul = Dennis Kucinich on foreign policy. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
If Kucinich wins nomination, Ron Paul could be his veep
Published: Sunday, November 25, 2007, 7:03 PM Updated: Sunday, November 25, 2007, 8:25 PM
By Jean Dubail, The Plain Dealer
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Acworth, New Hampshire -- Call it the liberal-libertarian ticket, where left meets right and Democrat Dennis Kucinich picks Republican Ron Paul to be his vice president.
Kucinich, the Cleveland congressman running in a longshot bid to become president, suggested it himself today.
"I'm thinking about Ron Paul" as a running mate, Kucinich told a crowd of about 70 supporters at a house party here, one of numerous stops throughout New Hampshire over the Thanksgiving weekend. A Kucinich-Paul administration could bring people together "to balance the energies in this country," Kucinich said.
It would create a stunning, if dizzying, blend of beliefs, wedding two politicians who hold different views on abortion rights, the role of government in providing health care, and the use of government in fostering -- or hampering -- the public's greater good. Those are among the reasons it would never work, said a spokesman for Paul, a congressman and doctor from Texas.
"Dr. Paul and Rep. Kucinich are friends and there is a lot of mutual respect," Paul communications director Jesse Benton said in an e-mail when asked whether a running-mate spot on the Kucinich ticket would be attractive to Paul. "They have worked, and will continue to work, together on the ending the war and protecting civil liberties.
"However, Ron wants to substantially cut the size and scope of the federal government. There are too many differences on issues such as taxes and spending to think a joint ticket would be possible."
Kucinich and Paul are gadflies to their parties' establishments. Kucinich challenges Democrats to stop cozying up to corporate interests, while Paul challenges Republicans to shed the trappings of big government.
Both frequently cite the Constitution as providing the authority for their agendas. Paul never votes for legislation unless the measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution, his campaign says. Kucinich keeps a pocket-size copy of the Constitution handy, brandishing it to invoke authority for such proposals as the impeachment of Vice President Cheney, one of Kucinich's signature issues.
Speculation of a Kucinich-Paul ticket has surfaced on the Internet, where it also has been shot down. But Kucinich's wife, Elizabeth, did not dismiss it when asked about it after a recent Democratic candidates' debate in Las Vegas. Speaking to the website RawVegasTV, she called Paul "a great truth-teller," adding that Paul has "voted 100 percent right on the war."
Today, her husband said, "Think of how you could unite the country, having a Democrat and a Republican on the ticket."
Occam's Tool| 3.2.11 @ 8:19PM
Please note---among the reasons cited by Paul for not wanting to run with Kucinich, noene of them mentioned foreign policy, where they are sympatico to an extreme. Go to Thomas, check the foreign policy voting records. Don't take my word, please.
All American American| 3.2.11 @ 8:52PM
I'm a retied AF guy and was stationed in Europe from 05-08. Actually surprised this didn't happen sooner and I truly hope this doesn't open the proverbial terrorist floodgates.
American troops are sitting ducks in Europe. If you own a gun you have to leave it here in the States. Most folks live among the local population--there's just not enough room to house everyone on base and in some cases there is no base housing.
Let's put the "armed" back in Armed Forces to prevent this nonsense from happening again.
NoLib| 3.2.11 @ 10:49PM
Better yet, bring our kids home; Europe's not worth their lives.
Alan Brooks| 3.2.11 @ 11:32PM
I KNEW you were going to write just that- you are predictable.
NoLib| 3.2.11 @ 11:42PM
You're not worth their lives.
Alan Brooks| 3.3.11 @ 12:00AM
You Lindbergh-type...
Who is your heroine? Unity Mitford?
All American American| 3.3.11 @ 7:15AM
Well, that's a legitimate postion to take some 66 years after the end of WWII and 22 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
I was in Italy. Italy spends less than 1% of its GDP on defense. Why? Because the Americans will do it. Then we wonder why these European countries are all turning into sissified weenies who can't deal with the muslim problem.
And its coming. You walk around these big cities in Europe--Rome, Venice, Salzburg, Frankfurt-- and see native Europeans with one or no children. Then you see Abdullah the immigrant from Pakistan walking and behind him is his wife in her burqua and behind her are trailing about 4-7 little PTs (potential terrorists). Mark Steyn's book "America Alone" wasn't fantasy--I saw it with my own eyes. Its happening and its a generation or two away if something isn't done.
Pelligrino| 3.4.11 @ 8:12AM
All-American American, you are right on target.
Yep. Matters not whether you are in Antwerp, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Berlin, Munich, Lyon, or Marseille.
It's sick. I WANT, yes, desperately WANT every American to go for a nighttime stroll at about 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. through Leeds, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Basel, Bordeaux, Milan, and Brussels (check out Anderlecht).
Take your wife and children for this "stroll."
(Your wife will want to kill you.)
That's what....Toronto now? And coming to a city near you.
Because we ain't doing the right thing to stop it.
Nite| 3.2.11 @ 9:30PM
Another Muslim who attacked our innocent soldiers. Probably radicalized like Major Nidal who killed all those soldiers at Ft. Hood including a pregnant woman getting ready for maternity leave.
Alan Brooks| 3.2.11 @ 11:34PM
"pregnant woman getting ready for maternity leave"
Sneaking in the abortion card?
NoLib| 3.2.11 @ 11:43PM
Too bad your mother didn't consider it more seriously.
junkyard infidel| 3.3.11 @ 12:41PM
contrats brooks, you are the poster troll for ignorance and irrelevance ! keep spewing your pathetic mental flatulence, it's f*cking hi-larious !
Alan Brooks| 3.3.11 @ 12:02AM
You did not answer the question: sneaking in the abortion card?
Answer it!
NoLib| 3.3.11 @ 12:55AM
Buzz off, Nazi.