....The 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans might never have happened if the U.S. government hadn’t facilitated a flow of $500 million worth of weapons into the hands of al-Qaeda-linked rebels during Libya’s 2011 revolution, according to interim findings released this week by the Citizens’ Commission on Benghazi.
“The deeper you get, the dirtier it gets,” said retired Navy Adm. Chuck Kubic, who appeared with commission members late Tuesday for a press conference at the National Press Club
Former Spokesman for the NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL my ass. The ONLY reason he is out there now is he's a "former" and can lie his ass off without being held criminally libel as a government employee making PUBLIC statements of fact (or non fact as in his case may be).
The only “former” that dude could possibly be is kindergartener.
So, this twit can’t remember “dude” cause it was like 2 years ago or something. Tell that to Scooter Libby. We KNOW who the guy was (richard armitage) and Scooter still got hung out to dry for simply not remembering something. What a load.
Just zero protecting his buddies in the brotherhood. Move on, nothing to see here!
BTW, I wanted to defend Aznar - immediately after the bombings, it did look as if ETA was involved. A car had been stopped just a day or so before because the Guardia Civil had noticed that the rear end was practically dragging on the ground and they wanted to know what was in the trunk. It turned out to be pressure cooker bombs, the same kind used in the train bombings a few days later, and the drivers were ETA members. In addition, there was a dynamite theft (later shown to be some of the explosives used in the train bombing) in Asturias that was found to be coordinated through a criminal who dealt with ETA.
I still think ETA was involved, working hand in hand with the Islamic terrorists - don’t forget, they all did their explosives training together with the PLO, other ME terrorist groups and the IRA - but because ETA is leftwing and very popular with certain sectors in Spain, every effort was immediately made to divert attention from them. It was obviously the Islamists who did it and whose inspiration it was, but they certainly had help, particularly logistical help, from ETA.
The investigation was confused and Spain’s many agencies stepped all over each other with differing accounts. I believe it was the discovery of an abandoned car (belonging to one of the bombers) with a copy of the Koran and some bomb-building material in it that finally led them to the AQ cell. I think, IIRC, that it was found simply because a number of parking tickets had been left on it and the traffic cops planned to tow it to impound it.
As for the elections (held just a few days later), the theme of the left was that Aznar was responsible for the bombing because of his support for the Iraq war and the war on terror and the Muslims would never have done it had he not annoyed them. So ETA was never even mentioned. The left had violent anti-Aznar, anti-Iraq demonstrations, attacking the headquarters of Aznar’s party and then harassing voters throughout Spain and preventing them from getting to the polls in the more conservative areas. None of this was ever punished or even mentioned again by Zapatero.
And Aznar, like Bush, was way too gentlemanly in his response to the attacks.
I would like five minutes with Barry’s two legged colostomy bag. Make it three. It only takes 7lbs of pressure to snap a human neck.
This “dude” thing makes anyone who hears it want to slap that punk silly. The more exposure “dude” gets, the more people will want to know what it’s about and maybe the uninformed will get informed, and then be angry.
Liberals never underestimate the power of catchy phrases and “cool” slogans. I hope conservatives will use their strategy and that the “dude” meme goes viral.
If I were in charge of the hearings the first thing I would do is to publically interview the 30 odd people who were injured in Benghazi.
That’s right there was more than just four dead.
The reason for interviewing them? After their initial evacuation to Germany for medical treatment they were then flown back to the CONUS and placed in various hospitals under different names. That’s right folks they became different people somewhere over the Atlantic. Why?
IMHO, none of these eye witnesses to what was happening on the ground in Benghazi the night of September 11, 2012 have never been interviewed! If I am correct why not?
Um ... Debra dear ... you can drop the ad hominem adjective when referring to Judicial Watch. They're just doing the job the press won't do.
Personally, I am not keen on more hearings ... Neither Barack Obama nor his secretary of state particularly cared to find out what happened to Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. They just want the whole story to go away.
So Debra ... in other words ... you agree with Hillary and 0bama ... What difference does it make? ... and you don't particularly care to find out the truth of what really happened to Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty.
How incredibly jaded, thoughtless and callous of you.
Maybe she's right and nothing new will be uncovered. But we know the State Dept was guilty of criminal negligence at least, and probably a lot more, and no one has had to pay a price for it. In fact they've been rewarded with re-election for lying about it.
If these hearings do nothing else they should exact a higher political price from this administration and anyone else involved who might be thinking about running in 2016.
Dude, this is like, effing reality, not a Cohen Brothers movie about slackers in La-La Land. Get a grip and snap to, you're on your way to federal prison if you play with us.