Bengazi cover up

CaptainObvious · Oct 10, 2012

A suggestion to the Obama administration. When trying to re-write history it's best to wait longer than 3 weeks. As stupid as people are today, their memories aren't quite so bad as they can't remember what happened a month ago.
This coming from the same gang calling Romney a liar. Now that's rich.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...uding-film-sparked-consulate-attack-in-libya/

CaptainObvious · Oct 11, 2012

I suppose we'll have to see more people killed while this administration continues it's naive attitude towards radical Islam. Every Embassy we have in the region is overly vunerable. But let's not put a properly sized security force in place cause that might offend someone.
http://news.yahoo.com/yemeni-security-officer-us-embassy-killed-114522824.html

Ricter · Oct 11, 2012

"Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) acknowledged on Wednesday that House Republicans had consciously voted to reduce the funds allocated to the State Department for embassy security since winning the majority in 2010."

CaptainObvious · Oct 11, 2012

Quote from Ricter:

"Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) acknowledged on Wednesday that House Republicans had consciously voted to reduce the funds allocated to the State Department for embassy security since winning the majority in 2010."

The Obama administration has the authority, and the responsibility, to properly allocate those funds in order to strengthen security where it needs strengthening. Plenty of other money can be "found" to get the job done if that's what it takes. The bottom line is Clinton wasn't doing her job. Whether that was her call, or under order from the boss, this is on her head. Any fool can understand that all Embassy's should not be denfended equally. Libya ain't New Zeland.

Ricter · Oct 11, 2012

Quote from CaptainObvious:

The Obama administration has the authority, and the responsibility, to properly allocate those funds in order to strengthen security where it needs strengthening. Plenty of other money can be "found" to get the job done if that's what it takes. The bottom line is Clinton wasn't doing her job. Whether that was her call, or under order from the boss, this is on her head. Any fool can understand that all Embassy's should not be denfended equally. Libya ain't New Zeland.

The administration has the authority and the responsibility, but only so many resources (which is what you want, right?). It doesn't help things at all to have backward reps adding work to its plate.

LEAPup · Oct 11, 2012

Quote from AAAintheBeltway:

They have to assume they can skate by this disaster. After all, nothing has come out of Fast and Furious.

Also, when Romney dared comment on it, the media jumped all over him for days. Obama's security screwup somehow became Romney's gaffe.

Just like with Fast and Furious, the media have a big stake in this that goes beyond just their normal slavish devotion to Obama. Virtually the entire media loudly cheered obama when he was pulling the rug out from under Mubarek and paving the way for the Muslim Brotherhood to take over Egypt. It's eerily similar to the events whne Jimmy Carter did the same thing with Iran and ushered in the ensueing 34 years of repression, terrorism, murders and now nuclear threats. So don't count on the media to suddenly say,"Oops, we were wrong again."

You need to work in campaign management. Good stuff bro!

PiggyBank · Oct 11, 2012

Quote from Ricter:

The administration has the authority and the responsibility, but only so many resources (which is what you want, right?). It doesn't help things at all to have backward reps adding work to its plate.

They have limited resources? They ended the war in iraq where are the troops and assets, they should be available. if not then maybe they should cut the 99 weeks unemployment, food stamps, welfare, bailouts, 'investments' in green energy etc and use those funds to do THEIR FUCKING CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED JOB of protecting US citizens, at home and abroad.

CaptainObvious · Oct 11, 2012

Quote from Ricter:

The administration has the authority and the responsibility, but only so many resources (which is what you want, right?). It doesn't help things at all to have backward reps adding work to its plate.

What I want is common sense allocation of those resources. All the Obama administration needed to do if they got any grief about it would have been to say, in a very public way, we have decided our ME Embassy's need a higher level of security than is budgeted for. We would think our republican friends would believe the same. Do they or don't they? Then let let the repubs stew in that.
Sorry, this ain't a repub budget blunder. It's a completely failed foreign policy decision that has cost lives and further weakened our position in the region. It's all on the Obama administration and trying to shift or spread the blame is just par for the course by a president who simply refuses to take any responsibility for anything that goes wrong. It's always someone else's fault.

PiggyBank · Oct 11, 2012

Quote from CaptainObvious:

What I want is common sense allocation of those resources. All the Obama administration needed to do if they got any grief about it would have been to say, in a very public way, we have decided our ME Embassy's need a higher level of security than is budgeted for. We would think our republican friends would believe the same. Do they or don't they? Then let let the repubs stew in that.
Sorry, this ain't a repub budget blunder. It's a completely failed foreign policy decision that has cost lives and further weakened our position in the region. It's all on the Obama administration and trying to shift or spread the blame is just par for the course by a president who simply refuses to take any responsibility for anything that goes wrong. It's always someone else's fault.

+1 While I'm sure we are all dissatisfied with what happened I think you have stayed on it the most. This is a big issue and a real problem.

I also need to add to my post, Ricter, that the reps harassing them for what happened is actually helping. You can't lie and not be held accountable, these are public servants and they have no right lying to us or covering up their blunders, especially not when lives have been lost. There is no way to know that increased security would for sure have prevented the death of our people BUT the admin hasn't done a SINGLE thing to right what happened.. all they have done is cover their asses. I can't believe any individual calling themselves an American finds this excusable.

BSAM · Oct 11, 2012

Quote from AAAintheBeltway:

The mission there had asked for more security. It was denied. In fact, a security team was taken away.

They were well aware that they were sitting ducks, and that the local al qaedas had them lined up.

My question is, what kind of State Department leaves people hanging in the wind like that? If they couldn't protect the consulate, why not just close it?

And why couldn't the military provide some air cover when it was under attack? The attack lasted for hours....

This is why nobody should ever sign up for the U.S. military, unless our country is directly attacked.
The "government" doesn't give a damn about the safety of the members of the military.
All they care about is themselves.
The government is not your friend.