Yea...I'm back for a guest appearence because the ignorance is simply too jaded and too rampant to find humorous any longer. The Facts of the attack ??? that's humorous..what facts? The facts according to Ms. Rice? To Obama at the UN who was still referencing that dumb video 2 weeks later? Tell me about the facts..I'd like to hear it. Exactly who corrected the "error" as you state. Ms. Rice has not been heard from since her comedy of errors on that Sunday. The only facts I've heard were under testimony by Mr. Hicks..otherwise nobody seems to recall anything or don't think any of it really matters.
So you ask about Benghazi...Answer these questions and you can in one posting resolve all the remaining issues for us "right wingers".
Gregory Hicks the man in charge on the ground in Libya after Ambassador Stevens was murdered stated under oath his jaw dropped on hearing the misinformation put forth by Susan Rice because he informed Sec. Clinton the night of the attack there were terrorist elements involved . In addition there was a drone overhead providing real time date that provided clearly the size, coordination and ferocity of the attack. Unless you can provide some link between the Koch brothers and Mr. Hicks, one has to assume his testimony under oath had validity. One does not get on all 5 Sunday shows unless one asks to be on 5 shows, presumably to present an important message or critical information. Additionally on her CBS appearance she directly conflicted the Libya Prime Minister mere moments after he informed Bob Schiffer it was a terrorist attack. This conflict is why weeks after the attack CNN reporters were still wandering around the battle scene finding evidence and classified documents instead of the FBI. The Libyans were so angry at The State Department, they refused to allow the FBI entrance. Again sworn testimony...not right wing talking points. Additionally on 4 of the 5 shows Ms. Rice not only told us about the bogus video protests, she parroted the administrations talking points about al Queda being on the run so clearly her appearance was choreographed to meet the needs of the politics at hand.. And why Ms. Rice? She was the least knowledgeable on the events of that night as anyone in the State Department...Answer...to provide cover for Mrs Clinton. Had Ms. Rice explained about the fog and confusion of war in such an attack,or the unfolding of events still being evaluated, you might have a case, but she repeated the misinformation empathically 5 different times when it was clear they knew the night of the attack Ansar al Sharia was involved. She tried to spin a tale conflating the events in Egypt and Benghazi, and it blew up in her face.
From Wikipedia..
"Between 125 and 150 gunmen, "some wearing the Afghan-style tunics favored by Islamic militants," are reported to have participated in the assault. Some had their faces covered and wore
Flak jacket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Weapons they used during the attack included
rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs),
Hand grenade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia,
AK-47 and
FN F2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia NATO - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia assault rifles, diesel canisters, mortars, and heavy machine guns and artillery mounted on gun trucks."
Needless to say, these were not protestors upset over a goofy video. .
So the first question you need to answer is why did Ms. Rice deliver the message, and why did she intentionally mislead ? She may not have known the talking points were a pile of lies, but somebody did. Was she just a stooge?
The next question you need to answer is who gave the order to stand down and why? Was it Obama Panetta Clinton or Paterus that sat on their hands while Woods and Dogherty valiantly defended US territory on the roof of the annex manning MK 46 Machine guns only to be killed by motar fire 8 hours after the call for help went out ?
Let me put it this way....had you GH been in a position of authority and given all the unrest in Libya,and the fact there were no other diplomatic missions left in Benghazi because of the terror threat, and the intelligence that was readily available and the significance of the calendar...might you have ordered at least one rapid response team ready somewhere in the Middle East in case this sort of thing developed? Yet Panetta testified the only units able to respond were in Italy and central Europe and not on stand by and arrived well after the 8 hour battle ended. Is that incompetence or ineptness?
The next question I need answered is how is the promised investigation going? Do we have any suspects? Are we hot on the trail? Or are we still searching for the killers like OJ is?
Look...several things have become quite clear...there was something going on at the annex...I submit we were arming the rebels and this info needed to be kept quiet. Couple that with the oft repeated campaign line about the terrorists on the run and the need to keep that narrative clean so close to an election, and it's not hard even for left wingers to figure this out. Barry gave the order not to intervene militarily and instead of assembling his team in the war room similar to all those pictures we were privy to during the Bin Laden raid , he simply went to bed. Is that a crime? Is what Susan Rice did a crime? Is the fudging of the talking points meant to downplay the attack a crime? Is the lack of a real military response before, during or after the attack a crime? No to all of the above...but it's a colossal fuck up by a gang that can't seem to shoot straight, and certainly can't seem to keep their stories straight.
It was a gross incident when Pat Tillman's parents were lied to about the cause of his death in battle, and the families of these 4 men deserve to know what happened that night. They fought bravely and died for their country and deserve no less. And a story about a video isn't going to cut it. None of the familes have been spoken to by the State Department other than to promise them the bastards who made this video woud be found and brought to justice. That part ironically is true.
And the final question...When your government misleads you on National Security issues, are you only outraged when the person who does it has an R after his or her name ?
Take a few moments to read the final Accountability Review Boards report...These are the Hillary appointed folks that did this report. It's not right wingers who clearly state there were substantial administrative and security failures laid at Ms. Clinton's desk. And Hillary will get back to us about how she's doing at addressing all these failures just as soon as she can, and as soon as she finds those Rose Law firm billing records.