Posted on 05/13/2013 11:08:27 AM PDT by jazusamo
There can be honest differences of opinion on many subjects. But there can also be dishonest differences. Last week's testimony under oath about events in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 makes painfully clear that what the Obama administration told the American people about those events were lies out of whole cloth.
What we were told repeatedly last year by the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, and the American ambassador to the U.N., was that there was a protest demonstration in Benghazi against an anti-Islamic video produced by an American, and that this protest demonstration simply escalated out of control.
This "spontaneous protest" story did not originate in Libya but in Washington. Neither the Americans on duty in Libya during the attack on the consulate in Benghazi, nor officials of the Libyan government, said anything about a protest demonstration.
The highest American diplomat on the scene in Libya spoke directly with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by phone, and told her that it was a terrorist attack. The president of Libya announced that it was a terrorist attack. The C.I.A. told the Obama administration that it was a terrorist attack.
With lies, as with potato chips, it is hard to stop with just one. After the "spontaneous protest" story was discredited, the next claim was that this was the best information available at the time from intelligence sources.
But that claim cannot survive scrutiny, now that the 12 drafts of the Obama administration's talking points about Benghazi have belatedly come to light. As draft after draft of the talking points were made, e-mails from the State Department pressured the intelligence services to omit from these drafts their clear and unequivocal statement from the outset that this was a terrorist attack.
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Obama/Soetoro just lied AGAIN in his “press conference” with the UK PM saying he said it was a terrorist attack 3 days later.
Dr Sowell: “But it will take more investigations to determine who gave the order to “stand down,” and why. How many new lies that will generate is another question.” Indeed, Sir, we heard more today from the liar-in-chief as he sought to politicize and thereby marginalize the truth of his fecklessness and deceptions.
0bama and his accomplices are liars. Who knew? (51% of the population didn’t know or didn’t care apparently)the 13% who voted for him because they are black and he is half black probably didn’t know or care. Race isn’t the most important criterion to them. It’s the ONLY criterion.
Yep. That pretty much sums it up.
Exactly, and Obama will continue to lie no matter what comes out about the truth.
A recent public opinion poll asked 1,000 folks to name who they believed to be were the most trusted people in America. Something like 7 of the top 10 were Hollywood actors with TOM HANKS at number 1.
I would ask Tom Hanks to reconcile the following facts:
You were featured in at least two films based upon the traditional American idea that the lives of those who serve this country have value and worth nearly any price to save. It’s the “No man left behind” thing. Those films were “Apollo Thirteen” and “Saving Private Ryan.” Additionally, you and Spielberg joined to produce the “Band of Brothers” series.
You (and Spielberg) were staunch supporters of and contributors to Obama during both his runs for the White House.
It has been clear to many of us from mid-September, 2012 that Obama or, with his approval, a top official ordered the brave men who were prepared to go to Benghazi to attempt to save Ambassador Stevens and 3 other Americans to STAND DOWN. The recent congressional hearings have simply added more evidence that those men were abandoned to die at the hands of MUSLIM madmen.
May I ask you how you justify such massive hypocrisy?
I’ll understand if you fail to respond.
Dick Bachert 5/13/2013
PS: Since Michelle Obama came in at number 19, it would seem the sampling for this poll was seriously skewed.
With all due respect to Dr. Sowell, look deeper!
WHY? Why did we have 30 operatives in a CIA complex in Benghazi? What were they doing there? Were they running guns to Syria? Were the recipients of those guns Al Qaeda? Were anti-aircraft missiles included?
The deeper question is beyond political, it is TREASONOUS. I suspect 0bambi was knowingly arming Al Qaeda, our ENEMY.
Excellent post, you’re right on the mark.
Thanks.
I’m confident we haven’t heard the last from Dr. Sowell on this treasonous event.
Sowell tells the tale simply and concisely. The State Department didn’t like the facts, so they changed them. In all probability, they did so to protect the Department and the Secretary.
There is an old joke along the lines of “I don’t trust anyone. When I was a baby I changed my own diapers”.
Can’t recall the time I heard it but I keep it in mind.
In the words of Pr. Truman” If you want a friend in Washington get a dog”.
Sadly dog doesn’t always mean a canine.
Thanks for the post.
Only the liar in chief could give a stand down order when an American diplomat is under attack in a foriegn country. Barry’s re-election was more important to them than American lives. This goes to the top and it should be more than enough to end this regime by impeachment.
Good people should be screaming at the top of their lungs.... IMPEACH!
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