Posted on 05/09/2013 6:36:07 AM PDT by Aspenhuskerette
Stretching Oscar Wilde’s adage “I never put off til tomorrow what I can do the day after,” some in the mainstream media have finally started to Think Again about the Benghazi attack launched last year on the anniversary of 9/11 — thanks to new revelations by high-ranking State Department whistle-blowers including experts in security, counterterrorism, and the No. 2-ranking diplomat in Libya under slain Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
Contrary to the “spin” that the U.S. Consulate assault was a spontaneous response to an anti-Islam YouTube video, the truth is that American officials knew “from the get-go” that it was a premeditated terrorist attack by al-Qaida-linked terrorists. In fact, failures to heed Stevens’ calls for increased security due to heightened terrorist threats and decisions to have Special Forces “stand down” rather than respond to the attack proved lethal for four brutally murdered Americans.
While most in the media prefer covering the Jodi Arias murder trial and the coming-out of gay basketball player Jason Collins, CBS News elder statesman Bob Schieffer and colleague Sharyl Attkisson aren’t buying White House press secretary Jay Carney’s line that “Benghazi happened a long time ago.” On Sunday on “Face the Nation,” Schieffer probed “whether there was a cover-up” based on “startling new details about the Benghazi attack ... totally at variance with what some American officials were saying in public on this broadcast five days after the attack.”
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What the media needs to understand is that they live in the United States and if they continue to sponsor it’s distruction they have no safe place to go. I wonder when it will get through their thick heads?
It grieves me that "if that's the exception, that proves the rule" comes to mind. As posted here at FR a couple of times, CBS has had just about enough of Sharyl Attkisson and her so-called "reporting", thank you very much.
Black is white. There is no wrong only what you want. Pure selfishness and greed. MSM has just sbout succeeded in killing morality and truth. I’m glad I have my bible, my God, and my guns because I’m gonna need ‘em in the years to come, I can tell...
Good article and I like that Aspen gets the benefit.
Very good column. Thanks for posting.
Once again the media proves that it’s not the lies they tell, it’s the truth they hide.
I’ve been working on an email to the networks and major print outlets, in particular, the WaPo.
The gist of the article is “if there are any ‘journalists’ at your organization, how does it make them feel to knowingly repeat bald-faced lies by the government to the American people?
If they’re looking for a job working in the White House communications department, they should just quit your organization and go to work for Jay Carney.”
It’s really amazing to see how many so called reporters and journalists have no problem KNOWING that the White House lied to them, and they then spread those lies. They should be outraged and angry. But if they’re trying to be a Praetorian Guard to the President, they’re doing a bang-up job.
Mark
No one knew or could have known if any relieving force would be walking into a trap. Mogadishu.......
In our entire military there is only one force, the Marine
Corps TRAP, Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel force that trains and is armed for and has helo insertion options for hot LZ’s.
It is also the only force that goes in heavy, with weapons platoons that can terminate all opposing forces and anyone foolish enough to stay around.
The problem is that they are only deployed on MEF’s, Marine Expeditionary Forces of which we have only three deployed worldwide at any time. Two are dedicated to the Persian Gulf - Afghan theater.
One is deployed to the eastern Med and has been committed to the Syrian - Jordan - Israel - Egypt theater. Libya was not considered an active threat as compared to the eastern Med.
We can only do so much. There was a SST (site Security Team) on site that was pulled out even though it was free and available to Dept of State for another 6 months.
All this talk about this unit or that 4 SF personnel could have gone in is just ignorant talk. This is the real world folks, instantly desperate by a clever and constantly probing enemy.
Just one of many BHO cover-ups,media at work move along.
SPIN?
It's an outright lie, Mr manchild "president".
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