"You better not disappoint me, boy."
Posted on 10/23/2015 3:29:35 PM PDT by John Semmens
In testimony before the House Committee on Benghazi former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton laid the blame for the Benghazi debacle squarely on slain Ambassador Christopher Stevens. "He was the person on-the-ground in Libya, I was thousands of miles away," she pointed out. "He should have taken better care of his own safety."
Clinton brushed off evidence of several emails from Stevens expressing concerns about inadequate security for diplomatic personnel in Libya, alleging that "I never saw any of those 600 emails" and that "Ambassador Stevens didn't even have my private email address, which, I think, shows a lack of initiative on his part."
The former Secretary also speculated that Stevens' emails "may have been a joke. Chris was legendary for his sense of humor. Inasmuch as he was an integral actor in a scheme to smuggle weapons through Libya and into Syria it is understandable that the Department personnel who did receive his emails on this matter may have dismissed them as just another demonstration of his rapier wit."
As to why she didn't support sending a rescue team in response to requests for aide during the attack, Clinton asserted that the absence of the key code word "cornhole" in the desperate messages from those under attack raised doubts as to the source of the pleas. "Without this code word we had no way of authenticating who was asking for intervention," Clinton said. "It could have been a ruse deployed by our enemies."
"Tragic as the deaths of the four Americans killed in the raid on the Consular compound may have been to the families involved, we shouldn't lose sight of the greater tragedy avoided by the actions we took that day and in the immediate aftermath," she continued. "September 11, 2012 was less than two months prior to an election that would determine who would lead this country for the next four years. The dissimulation that the Administration's enemies are so worked up about now was essential for fending off the bigger threat represented by Mitt Romney and the Republicans who sought to topple our government."
Finally, Clinton challenged the need for further investigation, claiming that "I already took responsibility for what happened in Benghazi. That should have ended the matter. Continuing to probe into those long-ago events is an unprecedented violation of common courtesy. Once a government official acknowledges responsibility there is no need to further belabor the issue. It's time to move on."
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https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/185346-2015-10-23-semi-news-semi-satire-october-25-2015-edition-by-john.htm
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Even considering the source, I’m not sure if this is satirical at all.
yes ..... asking or begging for adequate security only 600 times! Stevens obviously didn’t think it made any da**ed difference if he lived or died...
Lol. So true. Just remember Americans, If she becomes president, Hillary will take care of YOU just like she took care of Ambassador Stevens.
[[yes ..... asking or begging for adequate security only 600 times!]]
She must not have been certain he was serious about needing help because it was ‘only’ 600 times that they asked- had it been 700 times, why then she would have taken him seriously, therefore it’s his fault in her m ind
And. What difference does it make?
Guess he should have said, “Pretty please”...
"You better not disappoint me, boy."
It boggles the mind as to why they wanted them dead.
Guess he should have said, “Pretty please”...
“Which, I think, shows a lack of initiative on his part.”
LOL. You did it.
Again, though satire, I bet she does blame him for it, but wouldn’t admit it.
That’s classic. Pretty close the the truth.
You done good, John - as always but she really was in a way blaming Stevens for his own death by saying (more than once)that he “understood the risks and was willing to take them.” I guess only she can come up with a different explanation than that...
I couldn’t help but admire her description of how bad things were over there and at the same time discount the dangers. Only a democrat could sit and listen to that BS line and not question it.
Despicable beeatch
John, you captured the true essence of Mrs. Clinton in one sentence.
Great (and scary) piece; good on ya'.
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