Saturday, April 20, 2024
The anti Semites Columbia U...the privileged.
Columbia anti-Israel protest arrests include Letitia James intern, UPS exec’s daughter who killed elderly couple in crash as a teen
However, Pentagon records have emerged flatly contradicting the president's claims.
Was Biden's uncle eaten by cannibals in World War Two? Military records reveal what REALLY happened to Ambrose Finnegan as White House dodges questions on Joe's tall tale
- White House dodges questions on whether Biden's uncle was eaten by cannibals
- Biden made claim when visiting Scranton's World War II memorial Wednesday
- Pentagon war records cast doubt on Biden's story
The White House dodged questions Thursday after Joe Biden made the startling claim that his uncle was eaten by cannibals during World War II.
Biden suggested his relative had met a grisly end at the hands of flesh-eating savages after his plane was shot down by the enemy over New Guinea.
The president made the assertion, apparently for the first time publicly, during a trip to his birthplace of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
In Scranton he visited a World War II memorial that bears the name of his maternal uncle, Ambrose J. Finnegan, who the Biden family referred to as 'Uncle Bosie'.
Biden described how Finnegan's plane was 'shot down' and implied that he was flying the aircraft.
According to the president his uncle 'got shot down in an area where there were a lot of cannibals at the time...they never recovered his body.'
However, Pentagon records have emerged flatly contradicting the president's claims.
They show that the aircraft - an A-20 Havoc - suffered engine failure and was lost over the sea, rather than landing in a jungle amid cannibalistic tribes.
The records also show that Finnegan was a passenger on a non-combat flight. He was listed on the manifest as a 'courier'.
It was the latest in a litany of stories Biden has told which have later been found to include factual errors or exaggerations.
On board Air Force One on Thursday reporters repeatedly asked Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, to confirm the president's cannibal story, but she did not.
She joked that there was 'no cannibal tab' in her binder of information.
Jean-Pierre went on to confirm that Biden's uncle 'died 'when the military aircraft he was on crashed in the Pacific after taking off near New Guinea' - rather than being eaten by cannibals.
Jean-Pierre said: 'Look, you saw the president. He was incredibly proud of his uncle's service in uniform. You saw him at the war memorial. It was incredibly emotional and important to him.
'You saw him respond to all of you when asked about the moment yesterday, and his uncle, who lost his life when the military aircraft he was on crashed in the Pacific after taking off near New Guinea,' she continued.
Jean-Pierre added that Biden highlighted his uncle's story to make the case for 'honoring our sacred commitment to equip those we send to war and to take care of them and their families when they come home.'
'And as he reiterated that the last thing American veterans are are suckers or losers, and he wanted to make that clear,' she added - a dig at former President Donald Trump, Biden's 2024 general election opponent.
Trump has strongly denied making such comments about American soldiers who died in World War II.
When a reporter asked her again about the veracity of the cannibal claim Jean-Pierre responded, 'I mean, look, I don't have anything beyond about what I just laid out.'
'But it was a really proud moment for him. It was incredibly emotional,' she said.
Friday, April 19, 2024
Jew hatred on steroids
'Iran Wasn't Attacking Israel': Berkeley Student Group Rallies Behind Iran After Missile Attack
Anti-Israel campus groups across country defend Iranian attack on Israel
April 15, 2024
A student group at the University of California, Berkeley, rallied behind Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend, arguing that the Jewish state bears responsibility for the Iranian attack.
As Iran launched an attack involving hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles on Sunday, Berkeley’s Bears for Palestine declined to condemn the unprecedented attack and opted instead to place the blame on Israel. The student group shared a graphic on Instagram with the caption, "Iran wasn’t attacking Israel. It was responding." That post was accompanied by a second claiming that Iran attacked Israel because it refused a Gaza ceasefire, according to social media posts reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.
"Iran’s condition for refraining from retaliation was for a Gaza ceasefire. Israel refused, preferring to destabilize the lives of millions in order to continue the genocide in Gaza," said the post.
Berkeley’s vice chancellor of communications Dan Mogulof told the Free Beaconon Monday that while students have the right to express their views, even if they are "without factual basis," they do not speak for the university.
"University students have the same rights and responsibilities as any other member of the public, including freedom of speech, as guaranteed by the Constitution, even if the viewpoints expressed are deeply offensive or without factual basis," said Mogulof. "At the same time, students most certainly do not speak for or represent the values, perspectives, or positions of the University, its colleges, or departments."
The social media posts come as numerous anti-Israel student groups across the country signaled their support for Iran’s drone attack on the Jewish state. Bears for Palestine did not respond to requests for comment.
Students for Justice in Palestine chapters at Columbia University and George Washington University shared similar graphics backing Iran. The latter also shared posts to its Instagram story claiming Iran was simply retaliating against "Israel’s provocative actions" as well as a video that claimed "Iran’s attack on Israel wasn’t unprovoked. It’s Israel that wants a wider war."
"Iran is retaliating, not instigating a conflict," said a post.
While Columbia’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter shared the post claiming that Israel was attacked because it refused to agree to a ceasefire, the student group also shared a post over the weekend calling Israelis "barbarians." The school’s president, Minouche Shafik, is set to appear on Wednesday for a congressional hearing on campus anti-Semitism.
"You don’t get to bomb everyone and cry victim. You are the killer, the butchers, the brutalizers, the barbarians, everything you pretend we are to justify your genocide and mass graves. The world is turning against you. There is no coming back from this. This will not be forever," the Columbia student group’s post read.
Over the weekend another Students for Justice in Palestine chapter, at the University of California, Irvine, shared their disapproval of Jordan and Egypt, who helped Israel repel Iranian drones and missiles, calling it "betrayal."
"UK, US, Jordan and Egypt are helping ‘Israel’ in tracking and shooting down the Iranian drones and missiles," the post said. "Never forget the betrayal of Jordan and Egypt."
Meanwhile, Tulane University’s Students for Palestine group took its support for Iran further, by sharing details for an upcoming "emergency" rally in New Orleans—titled "Hands off Iran!"
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