Posted on 02/08/2013 5:01:16 AM PST by yoe
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testified this morning on Capitol Hill that President Barack Obama was absent the night four Americans were murdered in Benghazi on September 11, 2012:
Panetta said, though he did meet with Obama at a 5 o'clock prescheduled gathering, the president left operational details, including knowledge of what resources were available to help the Americans under siege, "up to us."
In fact, Panetta says that the night of 9/11, he did not communicate with a single person at the White House. The attack resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.
[snip],a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/petraeus-and-panetta-speak-not-president_659902.html">(As Bill Kristol) wrote in the month after the attack, "Panetta's position is untenable: The Defense Department doesn't get to unilaterally decide whether it's too risky or not to try to rescue CIA operators, or to violate another country's air space.
[snip] But for President Obama, a politically useful telephone calland the ability to have his aides rush out and tell the media about that phone callcame first."
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
I wrote to our local “news” channel, asking them why they had not covered this story.
Their response was to say their “national” stories were based on their national affiliate’s “take” on things (I’m paraphrasing—in other words, they’ll report the news as their big brother reports the news.)
I also tuned in ABC with Sawyer to see if this story would make their cue—it did not. I wrote to them, as well, under the heading “news tip” and suggested their censoring of this story made them complicit in this scandal.
Since our congresscritters do NOTHING, more of us need to attack the “media” for THEIR malpractice- ridicule the dinosaurs.
Hey, if they can give F-16s and Abrams tanks to the Muslim Brotherhood . . .
I wish I had kept a link to the story. It was not from OBL. And I know nothing of BO photoshopping, unless he's shooting a shotgun.
You got pics?
“Benghazi will effectively kill off Hillarys chances too.”
Yeah, I only wish. Won’t happen though.
The Low Information Voter does not have a clue.
One of them was heard to have said, “Who is this Ben Ghazi guy.?
This country has turned a very bad corner and only dire events will make it come to its senses.
This BS by Clinton, Obama, and; this entire admin is the worse leadership/management ever. ZIP. The SEC of State is responsible for the personnel assigned, the security, and; the lives of every swinging Richard in Dept of State wheresoever situated. Obama is responsible for US national security, not just here, but; wherever we place one single American. Now, Obama is responsible for everything this admin does or fails to do. Who do you think the CG comes looking for when an outpost is overrun and Willie is dead because the company CO failed to listen to his men? Hint. They come for the CO. Now, under Obama-no boss is held responsible for a damn thing. I look at Gen Martin Dempsey like a REMF.
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