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The Benghazi Situation
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The Benghazi Situation
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Apparently the consulate in Benghazi is not safe enough for the FBI to enter, although there are hundreds of reporters milling around it. It's strange that during the days preceeding 9/11 it was deeme
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Re: The Benghazi Situation
posted at October 5, 2012 9:32 AM EDT
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Was Iraq a threat when Bush spent trillions on the war and countless lives lost and maimed? Quadafi was a threat more than Iraq. Reagan failed to take him out so Obama did it for him. Just like Obama got Bin Laden. Seems like you Republicans can't finish anything you start. In Response to Re: The Benghazi Situation: Was he a threat to the US when we spent $2B to bomb his positions?? Did the administration do a study on who would repalce Khaddafi? Response to Re: The Benghazi Situation : Posted by Labrat64 |
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Re: The Benghazi Situation
posted at October 5, 2012 12:40 PM EDT
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You seem to dwell on the past when it suits you. I'm talking about now. Seems strange that Libya was a threat, while Syria which is supporting hamas and hezbollah is not a threat. For the record, I repeat Iraq was a mistake. Response to Re: The Benghazi Situation: Was Iraq a threat when Bush spent trillions on the war and countless lives lost and maimed? Quadafi was a threat more than Iraq. Reagan failed to take him out so Obama did it for him. Just like Obama got Bin Laden. Seems like you Republicans can't finish anything you start. In Response to Re: The Benghazi Situation : Posted by creppelrm |
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Re: The Benghazi Situation
posted at October 5, 2012 10:03 PM EDT
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Sometimes you have to look back to see forward instead of with blinders on like Republicans do. Sometimes you have to determine what got us in this situation we are in with the Moslem people. What you fail to realize is it wasn't Obama that caused it all. But you will not look that far back to determine that. Afraid of what you might discover. Some people can't face the truth. So just like a horse you have blinders on. If we don't study history we are doomed to repeat it. Calling names and talking of being taken over is just like the witch hunts of the McCarthy area. It's stupid. Sometimes working smart is a lot better than working hard. And in the Middle East we have been working hard but not smart. I blame that a lot on the Military (West?) n Response to Re: The Benghazi Situation: You seem to dwell on the past when it suits you. I'm talking about now. Seems strange that Libya was a threat, while Syria which is supporting hamas and hezbollah is not a threat. For the record, I repeat Iraq was a mistake. Response to Re: The Benghazi Situation : Posted by Labrat64 |
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Re: The Benghazi Situation
posted at October 6, 2012 8:09 PM EDT
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Yes, let;s look at the Barbary Pirates. Was that Bush's fault? Response to Re: The Benghazi Situation: Sometimes you have to look back to see forward instead of with blinders on like Republicans do. Sometimes you have to determine what got us in this situation we are in with the Moslem people. What you fail to realize is it wasn't Obama that caused it all. But you will not look that far back to determine that. Afraid of what you might discover. Some people can't face the truth. So just like a horse you have blinders on. If we don't study history we are doomed to repeat it. Calling names and talking of being taken over is just like the witch hunts of the McCarthy area. It's stupid. Sometimes working smart is a lot better than working hard. And in the Middle East we have been working hard but not smart. I blame that a lot on the Military (West?) n Response to Re: The Benghazi Situation : Posted by creppelrm |
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Re: The Benghazi Situation
posted at October 7, 2012 12:15 AM EDT
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Your argument is getting weak Labrat. When a nation is in a war for over 5 years with nothing to show for it, it's time to get out like Obama did in Iraq. And if I remember correctly we won over the Barbary Pirates and it didn't take 10 years to do it. And yes We are in Afghanistan because of Bush and still conflict going on in Iraq because of Bush. If you can't think that far back the come to that conclusion you have Alzheimer's. In Response to Re: The Benghazi Situation: Yes, let;s look at the Barbary Pirates. Was that Bush's fault? Response to Re: The Benghazi Situation : Posted by Labrat64 |
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Re: The Benghazi Situation
posted at October 7, 2012 9:10 AM EDT
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What you're saying is that if we get out of their lands there will be peace. This is far from the truth!!! In Nigeria Christian churches are being bombed by islamists. In the Phillipines islamists kill infidels any chance they get. In Spain trains were bombed. In Israel,childrens pizza parties and kindergartens have been bombed. This is happening all over the world. Don't tell us that islamists are a peaceful people that just want us off their land. Their goal is a worlwide caliphate. They have said as much, if only you'd listen.-The one thing they understand is strength. Any attempt at apology or appeasement is taken as a weakness. It only reinforces them. Obama has spent his almost 4 years apologising to them. He has thrown Israel, the only Democratic country in the region to the wayside. Response to Re: The Benghazi Situation: Your argument is getting weak Labrat. When a nation is in a war for over 5 years with nothing to show for it, it's time to get out like Obama did in Iraq. And if I remember correctly we won over the Barbary Pirates and it didn't take 10 years to do it. And yes We are in Afghanistan because of Bush and still conflict going on in Iraq because of Bush. If you can't think that far back the come to that conclusion you have Alzheimer's. In Response to Re: The Benghazi Situation : Posted by creppelrm |
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Re: The Benghazi Situation
posted at October 9, 2012 11:05 AM EDT
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They have no goal, they fight among each other as much as they fight us, you talk as if this is a nation or empire and it's not. There is no unity and that is why you and the rest of the hawks will try as hard as you can to unite them by your senseless efforts. They don't trust each other but if you push hard enough they will unite. In Response to Re: The Benghazi Situation: What you're saying is that if we get out of their lands there will be peace. This is far from the truth!!! In Nigeria Christian churches are being bombed by islamists. In the Phillipines islamists kill infidels any chance they get. In Spain trains were bombed. In Israel,childrens pizza parties and kindergartens have been bombed. This is happening all over the world. Don't tell us that islamists are a peaceful people that just want us off their land. Their goal is a worlwide caliphate. They have said as much, if only you'd listen.-The one thing they understand is strength. Any attempt at apology or appeasement is taken as a weakness. It only reinforces them. Obama has spent his almost 4 years apologising to them. He has thrown Israel, the only Democratic country in the region to the wayside. Response to Re: The Benghazi Situation : Posted by Labrat64 |
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Re: The Benghazi Situation
posted at October 11, 2012 9:02 AM EDT
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According to former Regional Security officer Eric Nordstrom requests for more protection were rebuffed before the 9/11 attack on the consulate. Testifying before a Congressional Commission he stated "It was clear that we were not going to get assets until the aftermath of an incident". He was offered "hazard pay" due to his dangerous assignment after the request for additional security personnel was denied. Acknowledging the situation would point to the failure of the obama administration's foreign policy. |
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Re: The Benghazi Situation
posted at October 11, 2012 4:40 PM EDT
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In Response to The Benghazi Situation: Apparently the consulate in Benghazi is not safe enough for the FBI to enter, although there are hundreds of reporters milling around it. It's strange that during the days preceeding 9/11 it was deemed so safe that there was no effective security staff present. I guess the administration is afraid of the truth, something that will expose the naivete' and incompetence of the obama administration. Another thing, our UN ambassador Susan Rice is either lying about what happened there or is totally incompetent. Either way she should be terminated!! WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS COVER UP!!! Posted by Labrat64 The Govt in LYBIA is still in charge ...and if they didn't want the FBI ---then they didn't want the FBI. The English and German embassies were also attacked. An ambassador has a dangerous job so do the Seals...and they know it. Libya’s president, Mohamed Magariaf, who met with Mrs. Clinton and other American officials on Sept. 24, also attributed the attack to what he called “Al Qaeda elements who are hiding in Libya,” citing the sophistication of the attack on the mission in Benghazi and the date, Sept. 11, the anniversary of the attacks in New York and near Washington in 2001.
House Republicans held a hearing on the attacks on Oct. 10. With less than a month before Election Day, the hearing had highly charged political overtones. |
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Re: The Benghazi Situation
posted at October 11, 2012 4:43 PM EDT
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First: August 9, 2011 Last: May 22, 2013 |
If anyone would know of the security situation, it would have been the Ambassador, that's who the President gets info on the situation there. The Ambassador was a big boy, he knew the threat better than anyone. Just another political ploy by the Republicans. A lot worse has happened in the past causing numerous casualties and Not a Republican squeaked. In Response to Re: The Benghazi Situation: According to former Regional Security officer Eric Nordstrom requests for more protection were rebuffed before the 9/11 attack on the consulate. Testifying before a Congressional Commission he stated "It was clear that we were not going to get assets until the aftermath of an incident". He was offered "hazard pay" due to his dangerous assignment after the request for additional security personnel was denied. Acknowledging the situation would point to the failure of the obama administration's foreign policy. Posted by Labrat64 |
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