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Benghazi Revisited
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It turns out that the WH was informed of the Benghazi attack with an hour of its start and told that it was a terrlorist attack There even was a drone watching the action from above. apparently o
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Benghazi Revisited
posted at October 24, 2012 7:33 PM EDT
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It turns out that the WH was informed of the Benghazi attack with an hour of its start and told that it was a terrlorist attack There even was a drone watching the action from above. apparently obama was just to busy preparing for his Vegas campaign fundraiser to get involved. His team tried to convince the American public that it was a reaction to the video. Of course, he could not admit that his whole foreign policy in the arab world (appeasement and apology) was an utter failure. Susan Rice appeared on 5 Sunday shows telling that lie. When Congressional investigators finally got to the bottom of the lie, they tried their hand at damage control, by blaming faulty intelligence data. But at this point most Americans know that very little that comes out from his administration is true. |
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Re: Benghazi Revisited
posted at October 25, 2012 8:06 PM EDT
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Labrat64 - Panetta and Dempsey addressed this thing today. I do not know you personally. Still, your post shows an obvious lack of qualification to comment on this matter in any way.....or perhaps a character willing to distort and lie to advance an agenda. I'd guess using human meat to bait political pit-bulls doesn't cause you any discomfort either. You disgrace the meaning of the word American. |
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Re: Benghazi Revisited
posted at October 25, 2012 11:46 PM EDT
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In Response to Benghazi Revisited: The real fact is that the majority of Americans really have no interest in foreign affairs any longer. They're more concerned with rebuilding America. We've had a decade of wars that have cost us a great deal both in lives and in $$$. Now, we're seeing the Republicans continually stoking the fires of terrorism when we no longer care what goes on over there. It's no surprise that being in Islamic nations will always result in militancy and unrest. Most of us worry about jobs and health care, paying the bills and securing a future for ourselves and for our children. How many of us worry about our embassy being attacked? We're tired of foreign affairs determining the future of our country as we need to maintain a watchful eye over militancy here in the US.
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Re: Benghazi Revisited
posted at October 26, 2012 8:56 AM EDT
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I guess that when you have no answer, you attack the messenger. Fact is, there was ample warning. There were numerous attacks previously. The British evacuated their consulate and the Red Cross left also. Stevens had shown his concern for his personal safety. A security detachment was removed a month earlier. The place was guarded by libyans earning the equivalent of $4/hour. But if security were beefed up it would be an admission of the failed administration policy. Response to Re: Benghazi Revisited: Labrat64 - Panetta and Dempsey addressed this thing today. I do not know you personally. Still, your post shows an obvious lack of qualification to comment on this matter in any way.....or perhaps a character willing to distort and lie to advance an agenda. I'd guess using human meat to bait political pit-bulls doesn't cause you any discomfort either. You disgrace the meaning of the word American. Posted by umbarch64 |
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Re: Benghazi Revisited
posted at October 26, 2012 9:03 AM EDT
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First: November 27, 2011 Last: May 18, 2013 |
In Response to Re: Benghazi Revisited: In Response to Benghazi Revisited : The real fact is that the majority of Americans really have no interest in foreign affairs any longer. They're more concerned with rebuilding America. We've had a decade of wars that have cost us a great deal both in lives and in $$$. Now, we're seeing the Republicans continually stoking the fires of terrorism when we no longer care what goes on over there. It's no surprise that being in Islamic nations will always result in militancy and unrest. Most of us worry about jobs and health care, paying the bills and securing a future for ourselves and for our children. How many of us worry about our embassy being attacked? We're tired of foreign affairs determining the future of our country as we need to maintain a watchful eye over militancy here in the US. Posted by intersan When I think back to the events of 09-11-2001, your comments scare me. Everyday, there are Americans watching out for your safety - here and in other countries. Their lives should be protected just like yours and your children. Our well being - physical as well as financial - is tied to the security of this nation. If we aren't secure, paying your bills or going to a job, won't matter. |
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Re: Benghazi Revisited
posted at October 26, 2012 9:41 AM EDT
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What happened on 09-11-2001 happened on American soil. On George W.'s watch if I am not mistaken. Not a war torn country in the Middle East where security is a premium and Republicans were already ranting about the use of American military action in that area before the incident and now that the Ambassador and others were killed there they are saying that wasn't enough military for there. You can't do right either way with Republicans. Since Obama took office thank God, we haven't had a 9-11 although many have tried so I would get over it. In Response to Re: Benghazi Revisited: In Response to Re: Benghazi Revisited : When I think back to the events of 09-11-2001 , your comments scare me. Everyday, there are Americans watching out for your safety - here and in other countries. Their lives should be protected just like yours and your children. Our well being - physical as well as financial - is tied to the security of this nation. If we aren't secure, paying your bills or going to a job, won't matter. Posted by GailL1 |
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Re: Benghazi Revisited
posted at October 26, 2012 1:43 PM EDT
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Yes, we should care about what happened in Benghazi. Our government couldn't get their act together to tell the American people what really happened. It is either a coverup or basic incompetence. It is one or the other!! We have the right to know what happened to our Ambassdor along with 3 other Aamericans. Do we want to give the Obama administration 4 more years!! An administration that promised transparency! I am not seeing that!! |
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Re: Benghazi Revisited
posted at October 26, 2012 1:46 PM EDT
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$4 dollars per hour, thats more than Romney paid the Chinese in their sweatshops to do our jobs.n Response to Re: Benghazi Revisited: I guess that when you have no answer, you attack the messenger. Fact is, there was ample warning. There were numerous attacks previously. The British evacuated their consulate and the Red Cross left also. Stevens had shown his concern for his personal safety. A security detachment was removed a month earlier. The place was guarded by libyans earning the equivalent of $4/hour. But if security were beefed up it would be an admission of the failed administration policy. Response to Re: Benghazi Revisited : Posted by Labrat64 |
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Re: Benghazi Revisited
posted at October 26, 2012 2:10 PM EDT
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First: May 26, 2012 Last: May 19, 2013 |
In Response to Re: Benghazi Revisited: I guess that when you have no answer, you attack the messenger. Fact is, there was ample warning. There were numerous attacks previously. The British evacuated their consulate and the Red Cross left also. Stevens had shown his concern for his personal safety. A security detachment was removed a month earlier. The place was guarded by libyans earning the equivalent of $4/hour. But if security were beefed up it would be an admission of the failed administration policy. Response to Re: Benghazi Revisited : Posted by Labrat64 Re : Labrat64: A messenger would limit their efforts to delivering unaltered information.....you don't. You advocate, malign, impugn and imply.....for political purpose. You have not established any credentials in intelligence, foreign service, diplomatic security or provided evidence that you are trained in intelligence data analysis. I doubt you have the need to know which would allow you access to the evidence you necessarily need to draw the conclusions you did. You exhibit a propensity to make unwarranted assumptions further discrediting your opinion. You're a hack..in other words. |
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Re: Benghazi Revisited
posted at October 27, 2012 2:12 AM EDT
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First: October 13, 2012 Last: May 20, 2013 |
For fiscal 2013, the GOP-controlled House proposed spending $1.934 billion for the State Department’s Worldwide Security Protection program — well below the $2.15 billion requested by the Obama administration. House Republicans cut the administration’s request for embassy security funding by $128 million in fiscal 2011 and $331 million in fiscal 2012. (Negotiations with the Democrat-controlled Senate restored about $88 million of the administration’s request.) Last year, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that Republicans’ proposed cuts to her department would be “detrimental to America’s national security” — a charge Republicans rejected. http://tinyurl.com/8df79u3 “When House Republicans protect budget-busting tax breaks for millionaires first, and slash embassy security, they reveal that their tough talk on national security is really just hollow words.” Embassy security funding will be reduced further if automatic spending cuts established by the 2011 Budget Control Act take place as scheduled. Under the so-called sequestration process, embassy security, construction and maintenance funding would shrink by $129 million, or 8.2 percent. Thank the Republicans. |
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