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Petraeus Throws Obama Under the Bus
Weekly Standard ^ | 6:05 PM, OCT 26, 2012 | WILLIAM KRISTOL

Posted on 10/26/2012 3:20:35 PM PDT by Snuph

Breaking news on Benghazi: the CIA spokesman, presumably at the direction of CIA director David Petraeus, has put out this statement: "No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate. ”

So who in the government did tell “anybody” not to help those in need? Someone decided not to send in military assets to help those Agency operators. Would the secretary of defense make such a decision on his own? No.

It would have been a presidential decision. There was presumably a rationale for such a decision. What was it? When and why—and based on whose counsel obtained in what meetings or conversations—did President Obama decide against sending in military assets to help the Americans in need?

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazicia; benghazigate; benghazirescue; benghazistanddown; chrisstevens; cia; elections; justabumpintheroad; libya; obama; obamasfault; petraeus; waronterror
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To: Snuph

It’s historical (and almost hysterical) that this “October Surprise” was sprung by the incumbent Democrat’s own incompetence. Of course the mainstream presstitutes will ignore or downplay it.


61 posted on 10/26/2012 3:55:18 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: DesertRhino

“our government is murderous and despotic, and will murder a citizen for telling the truth to the people.”

By the way, I think this is exactly what our government believes it can do. With impunity.

The issue now is that the treason involves those at the highest levels of government, too. They can’t hide any longer, either. And their security isn’t ironclad. Witness Reid’s today.


62 posted on 10/26/2012 3:55:24 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: DesertRhino
I think you guys are barking up the wrong tree by focussing on Petraeus. Obama is the one who gave the no-go order.Yeah, Petraeus could have blown the whistle sooner, but so what. He isn't the key perp in this story.
63 posted on 10/26/2012 3:55:30 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Ann Archy

Petraeus’s wife also works in the obama admin. He is totally compromised.


64 posted on 10/26/2012 3:57:32 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: berdie

later


65 posted on 10/26/2012 3:59:37 PM PDT by berdie
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To: Snuph
for two days now I have been channel surfing and for a couple of weeks I have been looking at the front pages of news papers and one would think nothing has happened in Libya.

The media are in silent covering for their messiah mode.

We have these dead Americans, we have had a cover up, we have had a father come out and tell us how obama acted and what Clinton said, we have had requests for help and we know some watched the attack .

NOW WHO THE HELL GAVE THE ORDER TO STAND DOWN?
WHERE WAS OBAMA DURING ALL OF THIS?
WHY DID THEY LIE?
WAS OBAMA THERE AND DID HE GIVE THE ORDER TO NOT HELP?
DID OBAMA NOT KNOW?
WHY WAS HE NOT TOLD IF SO?
DID HE SIT THERE AND WATCH THIS?
WHY DID HE GO TO VEGAS KNOWING AN ATTACK AND DEATHS HAVE JUST OCCURED?

HELL i HAVE MANY MORE QUESTIONS AS DOES MANY IN America AND this media is ignoring all of this to help get oabma re=elected

66 posted on 10/26/2012 4:00:18 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Chode

Dripping faster by the hour.


67 posted on 10/26/2012 4:00:52 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ((God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.))
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To: fwdude
When was Petraeus ever a "once-conservative leader?" He was a military man. He lived his life by loyalty to the commander in chief. The real news is that he has seen fit at last to break silence. This is significant.
68 posted on 10/26/2012 4:01:14 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: hflynn

“You are assuming that Patraeus was one of the people called in when this whole cluster f**k unfolded”

Bullcrap. That Hillary testimony was mere theater. Petraeus is an establishment company boy. And yes, the director of the CIA absolutely knew, in real time. And he also knows exactly who denied rescue and why and probably exactly what they said.

He is part of it. Window dressing jobs do not include director of the CIA.


69 posted on 10/26/2012 4:01:26 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: Ann Archy

Ann, Patreaus may not be pristine in this. He has served our nation well though, and I’ll be darned if I’m going to attack him rather than the president.

What has Obama done for this nation?

Okay, dislike Patreaus for not blowing Obama’s cover on the video. It’s my take that the director of the CIA needs to maintain the perception that our clandestine agencies stand behind the president. It’s a national security necessity.

Once that connection is broken, as when the CIA is being blamed for things, it needs to keep continuity of our intel services. Then it merely explains who made the final decision here.

I really don’t get why you seem to be furious with Patreaus. I wouldn’t waste my breath on that guy.

We’ve got a president that needs to be impeached. Why divert attention.


70 posted on 10/26/2012 4:02:50 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Barack Hussein Obama, mmm, mmm, gone...)
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To: AU72

just said the same, the media have ignored all of this and yet we have a cover up worse than watergate or even Clinton and his affairs.

This is big news, a parents coming out and saying what he siad is big news, etc and yet MSNBC wil have a group on about homosexual rights and how they will say they are a normal family
CNN will have who is dating who in Holywood.
The other outlets will have about how the economy is getting better and still the media will ignore all of this.


71 posted on 10/26/2012 4:03:44 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: JPG

Lots of people KNOW...That’s what I don’t get...so many know, yet, why aren’t they out blowing the whistle??


72 posted on 10/26/2012 4:04:32 PM PDT by FES0844
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To: Snuph
December 8, 1941

Barack 0bama: "I will personally go to meet with the Japanese Emperor to apologize for the Mr. Moto movie."


Franklin Roosevelt: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy ..."

 

 

73 posted on 10/26/2012 4:04:38 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: AU72

In all fairness, Jennifer Griffin of FOX appears to have found some on-the-ground witnesses in Benghazi with firsthand knowledge.

A news organization needs to verify info before running with it. There’s probably a scramble right now to do just that, because this is a huge story. Were I a news director (and I DO have experience in the industry), I would insist on verification before airing the story, and verifying sources may take time.

No news organization wants to name a competitor that scooped them as their source.

Kudos to FOX.


74 posted on 10/26/2012 4:05:05 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: lodi90

Are you SERIOUS???? Patreus wife works for Obama too??? as WHAT??? What is her name?? Proba,ab,y someting other than Patreus.


75 posted on 10/26/2012 4:05:37 PM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: manc

New sign needed:

Obama Lied - Tyrone Died


76 posted on 10/26/2012 4:05:39 PM PDT by BreitbartSentMe ((xDem now) - Breitbart sent me)
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To: DesertRhino

Wow. Folks, get a grip.

If Patraeus says he didn’t make the call, then who did?

What more does he need to say?

We do not want a situation where the director of the CIA goes rogue on the president. He’s limiting his input in the interest of maintaining that distance.

Congress is where this belongs. If he’s called, he can answer their questions in a formal setting. That’s how I’d rather see it play out.


77 posted on 10/26/2012 4:06:46 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Barack Hussein Obama, mmm, mmm, gone...)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
Leak... You had a leak? You call what's goin' on around here a leak? Boy, the last time there was a leak like this, Noah built hisself a boat.
78 posted on 10/26/2012 4:07:01 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Snuph

79 posted on 10/26/2012 4:07:16 PM PDT by Isabel C.
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; mickie
Hah, Colon Bowel came out with his endorsement for Obama just a wee bit too soon, now didn't he !

This sorry excuse for a "Republican" and a "General" and a "leader" and a "role-model" is finally having his skewed color blindness catch up with him. What's left of his reputation now awaits the Obama-induced mercy bullet to put him out of his misery.

Leni

80 posted on 10/26/2012 4:07:32 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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