This whole business is way bigger than Watergate.
Watergate was a penny-ante burglary of a local political office by a couple James Bond wannabees, and the resultant cover up.
This was a planned military attack on an American embassy ending in deaths, a tale of incompetence and misdirection, and the resultant cover up!
The phone rang at 3 am and NOBODY answered.
What’s even worse, the biggest failure, was it was the ANNIVERSARY of the largest attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor and NOBODY had the sense to ramp up security for the few days around that time!
And Romney didn't have the balls to air the RNC ad stating exactly that!
I agree that Benghazi is bigger than Watergate. But i think u and I are the only ones to think this. All I hear from pundits, politicians, analysts is that Watergate was a real crime and thus cannot compare the two
You are wrong (probably).
Lying is not a crime. Erroneous or incompetent military decisions are not crimes. “Covering up” is all Washington does, and it’s not a crime.
If a crime, or crimes, are being covered up, Obama is in serious trouble. If not, he’s not.
Don’t obsess about the shell. Look for the pea.
Right. Everyone’s focusing on these talking points but the crime is here is not defending Americans under attack. At some point someone is going to have to explain why the orders were given to stand down and who gave them. That's when the SHTF.
As I see it, there are two things to come out. One is the attack itself was bad enough for the Obama admin, but he couldn't have a battle involving US personnel - that would look even worse. So he lets it play out.
The other issue which may still come to light is a gun-running operation through Libya to Syria, which he was also trying to cover up.
You're right on this djf, but isn't it odd the Washington Post doesn't see this for what it is? They were there for Watergate - they should be able to recognize lies and cover-ups.
If this had happened under Bush, the Washington Post would 'know'... and the New York Times would know. True colors are showing...
They weren’t lacking the sense to ramp up security.
They didn’t WANT to ramp up security because they wanted exactly what happened and must have helped it happen. Why else hire a “security” company for the Benghazi place that hired AQ affiliated “security guards”?
this isn’t stupidity, this is assinations.