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Unfit for Office
National Review Online ^ | May 14, 2014 | Dr. Benjamin Carson

Posted on 05/16/2014 9:25:08 PM PDT by yldstrk

The recent escalating arguments over whether there should be further congressional hearings on Benghazi are troubling. The fact that there are substantial numbers of people who feel that there is nothing more to investigate when four American lives were lost and no one has answered for this crime provides an indication of how far our sense of justice has slipped.

This should not be a partisan issue, because the implications of ignoring or prevaricating about the underlying mistakes will have far-reaching consequences. The United States has diplomatic establishments throughout the world, and if they can be attacked without consequences, it greatly diminishes our influence despite any protestations to the contrary.

What does it say about our judgment if we have diplomatic establishments for which we make inadequate provisions for protection? This is especially disturbing because it was revealed that requests by the diplomatic facility in Benghazi for more protection were refused. There had been attacks on the facility not long before the fatal attack, and hostile actions had been taken against the British, which they were wise enough to react to appropriately.

Even more confounding was the decision to abandon our personnel at the facility because someone decided that our military forces could not reach them in time to effect a rescue. How could such a decision be made when no one knew how long the hostile action would last?

When our top officials make decisions to abandon our own people because they feel the situation is hopeless, they also abandon the concept of American exceptionalism and create doubt in the minds of all future military participants about the intention of their superiors to expend maximum effort to preserve their lives when they have sacrificed everything for our nation.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benghazi; coverup; irs; lies
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pretty obvious
1 posted on 05/16/2014 9:25:08 PM PDT by yldstrk
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3 posted on 05/16/2014 9:29:50 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Red_Devil 232

Look, I have reported your inappropriate post to the administrator, grow up


4 posted on 05/16/2014 9:31:28 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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Here's the newest evidence, just released today.


5 posted on 05/16/2014 9:32:21 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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Ben Carson must be racist.


6 posted on 05/16/2014 9:33:12 PM PDT by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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“The fact that there are substantial numbers of people who feel that there is nothing more to investigate when four American lives were lost and no one has answered for this crime provides an indication of how far our sense of justice has slipped.”

Nothing of the kind. There quite simply IS NO sense of justice anymore. The press refuses to report any Obama administation malfeasance and our feckless congress refuses to investigate.

And STILL Black America accuses Whites of racism, despite the fact that everyone in the country holds their peace about Obama’s corruption and incompetence.


7 posted on 05/16/2014 9:33:39 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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what on earth?


8 posted on 05/16/2014 9:33:47 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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And yet, she’s the frontrunner for pres.

Mark Levin said, she’s on her game.

Of course he’s right.

Karl Rove is so brilliant, he brought up her head injury. She’ll not only counter that but she’ll rise up Godzilla like.

Rove is so busy countering conservatives he doesn’t see that Hillary is running as a conservative.

she knows that’s the direction the country is headed.

Well. Let’s pray.


9 posted on 05/16/2014 9:37:14 PM PDT by stanne
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The "Truly Amazing Man".
10 posted on 05/16/2014 9:39:02 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: stanne

it’s about obama, not Hillary


11 posted on 05/16/2014 9:43:21 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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What about an administration that concocts an absurd story to cover up its malfeasance, orders its staff to perpetuate the story, then denies a cover-up when its lies are dis-proven?


12 posted on 05/16/2014 9:43:31 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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lost their way


13 posted on 05/16/2014 9:45:00 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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Benghazi is not about Hillary?

OK.

And she’s running for president, no problem

Right.


14 posted on 05/16/2014 9:49:47 PM PDT by stanne
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Test


15 posted on 05/16/2014 10:04:10 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: Jack Hammer

“And STILL Black America accuses Whites of racism, despite the fact that everyone in the country holds their peace about Obama’s corruption and incompetence.”

The black community is loaded with broken psychologies. They’re mentally broken and racism is just the way of enabling it. They don’t have to face themselves as the problem and don’t have to end up taking responsibility for their lives.

Blacks are becoming like the friend who is a failure, but refuses to make adjustments to their lives that would improve them.

They whine about the deck being stacked, but the deck is stacked against everyone in the world right now, not just them.


16 posted on 05/16/2014 10:14:51 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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To: CorporateStepsister; All

They are called “ASKHOLES”. They ask for help and ignore you when you offer it.

Been going on for generations.


17 posted on 05/16/2014 10:17:15 PM PDT by JouleZ (You are the company you keep.)
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Pimp!


19 posted on 05/16/2014 10:25:04 PM PDT by dalereed
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20 posted on 05/16/2014 10:26:33 PM PDT by caww
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