Posted on 09/15/2011 8:43:56 PM PDT by martosko
Evidence collected by a young London-based organization called Human Rights Investigations indicates that when Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain went to Benghazi in April to express his support for Libyan rebels, he visited the site at which the rebels publicly beheaded an alleged pro-Gaddafi “mercenary” only weeks before.
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Arizona senator John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, made a surprise visit to Benghazi in order to publicly call for stepped-up American support of the rebellion. McCain spoke glowingly of the rebels and their cause, even saying of the Libyan rebels: “They are my heroes.”
Now a new video has surfaced showing that during that visit, McCain both promised American support for the rebels and toured the location of the gruesome public decapitation.
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Members of the group walking with McCain wave American flags, and shouts of “Allahu Akbar!” ring out as a smiling McCain walks by the site of the beheading.
In his April 22 press release, Sen. McCain praised the Libyan rebellion as “a powerful and hopeful example of what a free Libya could be — a place where the dignity and the desires of all people for freedom and opportunity are respected.”
“We need to increase our support,” McCain’s statement concluded, “so that the Libyan people can achieve the only satisfactory outcome to this mass protest for universal rights: the end of Qaddafi’s rule and the beginning of a peaceful and inclusive transition to democracy that will benefit all Libyans.”
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My bad... you probably voted for him in BOTH instances, I can understand your pain.
Wow... that took you a while to see. ; ~ )
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