Editorial Board in Las Vegas Shreds Obama's Appalling Behavior, Policies and Benghazi Buffoonary

It is quite simply, a must read. The city that President Obama escaped to within hours of the slaughter of four Americans, also is home to a brave band of editorial writers who sentence by sentence, shredded the complete lack of decisive action, total obfuscations and embarrassing circus act of lies that were clearly coordinated from the very top of the Obama Administration and enabled by a fawning media.

Benghazi is being treated like a law enforcement issue rather than a military one for the simple reason that Obama wanted to keep the fairy tale going that through the sheer force of his personality, the magic of his mere presence makes flowers grow. Dictators lay down their weapons and play nice. Terrorism vanishes from the face of the earth.

To increase a military presence in Libya admits there is a problem. To say that terrorists attacked and assassinated our Ambassador on his watch makes Obama look like the weak character that he is. Making the Benghazi issue a law enforcement issue takes the issue down from a major issue to a smaller issue -- and in politics, it is all about perception and spin. Two months before the election, he could not afford to call anything a terrorist attack, so clearly a story had to be developed. That's where the video comes in.

Al Qaeda and their associate groups were testing and attacking this embassy for months. This was no surprise to anyone that an attack was coming.

In the post 9/11 report, the commission could not have been more clear. The terrorists' modus operandi is to launch a series of test strikes and see how we respond. If there is no response, then they feel they have a green light to launch some of their bigger operations.

For example, after the USS Cole was attacked on October 12, 2000 and President Clinton did not respond. Al Qaeda sensed weakness -- rightfully so -- and the following September 11, 2001, they struck again.

After testing the Benghazi embassy security on several occasions, the terrorists struck on September 11, 2012. With the pathetic, even apologetic, response from the Obama Administration for a video that has little or nothing to do with the attack, terrorists then attacked in Tunisia.

It is now November 2nd, and there has been no military response of any kind for these murders. Only apologies from a President more concerned about his own reelection than the security of its citizens.

The first duty of government is the protection of its citizens from predators both foreign and domestic. It is the organizing principle of governments in the first place. If that one basic task cannot be achieved by an Administration, then how can it be trusted to do anything else?

The choice on Tuesday has never been more clear. Mitt Romney might not be the perfect choice, but he most certainly is not the kind of man to sit idlely by for seven hours while good men die and do nothing when something could be done. Mitt Romney's entire life story proves it.

Voters should have to pass a test in order to vote and if such a law was enacted this illegal phony White Hut Obozo would have been defeated.

Then there are the ones who know the truth and vote for him anyway. They are in his sick little clan. This is worse than Watergate. Even though they are pushing for all the facts to be known until after the election, there are enough there for anyone with half a brain to see that Obozo did nothing helpful…only hurtful. He is not good for America because he has no American values. He has killed America in just 4 years. We are no longer seen as a proud nation by others. We are seen as weak who bows down to our enemies and apologizes for who we are! How disgraceful that a president would do such a thing to our country!

May God have mercy on those of us who voted for a nation under God!

I don’t now believe that even if Bhengazi had been front page news it would have made any difference last night. Probably the most we would have gotten out of the psycho-phants who bought snake oil yesterday would be “Well, they shouldn’t have been there in the first place.” (Basically it’s their own fault.) I flew old glory and the Navy jack as high as I could yesterday but with heavy heart last night I lowered them after the final nail went in the coffin and took them down. Won’t be flying old glory again for a long time since this is for sure not the country I thought. I guess we underestimated (as well as Romney) the amount of people who believe the government should be in charge of everything. Sad day for this once great nation. Stocked up an TP and ammo. Until they come for the ammo. Holder ain’t going anywhere now. No chance the admin will be impeached and taken down for their dereliction of duty. Not when half the proletariat wants them there.

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