I disagree.
Posted on 10/26/2012 12:28:43 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
President Barack Obama on Friday forcefully denied deliberately misleading Americans about the deadly attack on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi, telling radio host Michael Smerconish, "I've always been straight with the American people."
Speaking to Smerconish during a 15-minute Oval Office interview, Obama also declared he was "absolutely" prepared to kill those behind the assault but would prefer to capture them and "bring them to justice."
Asked whether the Administration's shifting explanation for the September 11th strike reflected the intelligence he was receiving, Obama replied: "What's true is that the intelligence was coming in and evolving as more information came up.
"And what is true," he continued, "...This is something that the American people can take to the bank -- is that my administration plays this stuff straight. We don't play politics when it comes to American national security," the president said. "As information came in we gave it to the American people. And as we got new information, we gave that to the American people."
When and if the location of those behind the attack is known, Smerconish asked, "Will you take that person out without regard for the election timetable?"
"Absolutely," Obama replied. "But I think our goal would be to bring them to justice."
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“It sure as heck wasn’t a VIDEO that caused that mess in Benghazi.”
No, it wasn’t. I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, but let me say that I’m wondering if the reason for the denial for additional preventative measures, the reason for denial for real-time help, and the reason for blaming the attack on the video....could it (and the arrest of the videographer) all have been done as a token of appeasement in an agreement or effort to end the craziness in numerous places being caused by the Islamists. Could the lives of 4 American patriots been sacrificed in the name of soothing Islamic terrorists? I haven’t heard anything about any further uprisings over the video since. Maybe I’m just desperate to find SOME kind of explanation for such EVIL on the part of this POTUS. Whatever the reason, I am LIVID and every American should be DEMANDING answers.
Has anyone seen any reports about this on any station other than Fox? I’ve taped and skimmed through many shows on msnbc and cnn and have found nothing.
I disagree.
Would you mind explaining so that I can understand? Would trading back the blind Sheik be a move to appease Islamists? I’m just loathe to make heads or tails out of this situation and as I previously mentioned, I’m not the sharpest...see my post at 61.
yep, as BS as the last DemoRat, BillyBobBill and his not-so-straight finger:
“I never had sex with that woman...”
he’s post-national, a ‘citizen of the world’ so to speak.
not an American, and barely a US person.
What a BullS**ter.................
I was NEVER the video, and Obama KNEW it from minute one. Hell, anyone with half a brain knew it when they heard the ‘protestesters’ had RPGs.
re: “I haven’t listened to Smerconish in years, but I wish I would’ve known he was having Obama on. I used to listen somewhat regularly before he turned into a liberal Obamabot.”
I started listening to Smerconish a few months ago, didn’t know who he was. All I knew was that he was talking some politics and sounded every now and then like he might be quasi-conservative. He keeps insisting that he is “above ideology” and is a true “independent”.
However, it only took me a couple of times listening to find out he is just another liberal. This guy covers for Obama constantly and spews out his talking points as gospel truth. The last time I listened to him was about a week ago when he was putting out Obama’s line about “not knowing what was happening at Benghazi”. I had to turn him off or I was going to have a wreck trying to rip the radio out of my dashboard wanting to punch this idiot in the nose.
LLS
Petraeus knows that these are lies. He knows that materials seized by al Qaeda on location because of the incompetence and duplicity of this administration have almost certainly compromised and endangered CIA operatives and assets. But David Petraeus is completely mute. Why? He would render the country a great service by tendering his resignation -- and telling the country exactly WHY -- between now and November 6th.
The videographer, almost certainly, but the rest of your timeline is wrong. The Ambassador was dead -- and was known in the Muslim world to be dead -- long before the most violent of the protests erupted. If anything, the administration's continued claims that the violence was the result of the video fanned the flames in Muslim countries. The 17 people killed in Pakistan died between 48 and 72 hours after Stevens and his security guards.
The fact that he is having to personally address it shows the seriousness of the additional details. He nevers personally addresses anything that is “not optimal”.
the link is not working for me..anyone else having problems with it. I tried to google and it says server hangup.
Yahoo didn’t report the allegations but they do report them being rebutted. lol
Yes, that's why the repeated orders to stand down. Panetta/Jarrett were still trying to get the original kidnap/trade plan to work. They had to - it was their only clean way out of the mess the two SEALs had now caused them. Panetta claims to have lacked "intelligence". What he didn't know was whether the muslim attackers could still snatch Stevens alive so that the kidnap/hostage trade plan could go forward.
And, the TOP NEWS STORY at 2pm Pacific.....WEATHER on the East Coast....
HA...your statement made me think this......THIS Benghazi story is NOT OPTIMAL for the “One” and his pursuit of re-election.....I won’t say any more...lest I get in trouble.
Michael Smerconish is a WPHT 1210 Philly Talk show Host. He forced CBS the owner to throw Rush Limbaugh off the station They Forced off Hannity and Beck Before. Smerconish has Gone national and is Opposite Rush. he also does fill in hosting for Hardball and O’Donnell shows on MSNBC. A True egomaniac a Proclaimed Independent but all his talking Points are DNC Driven. Worked for 41 GHWB. His show Calls Traditional Marriage archaic and Conservatives neanderthals. He Voted for Obama and because he has Gotten access for radio Interviews he still shills everyday for BHO.His radio show Proclaims he is a top 10 talk show host in USA, one slight Problem Conservative Dom Giordano is #1 on WPHT per Ratings haha Conservative Chris Stigall 6-9am #2 Smerconish #3 haha
Rush is Now on new station WWIQ FM 106.9 along with Beck Hannity and Mark Levin ALL Live 100% dedicated to Conservatives.NO RINOS
Thought you might like the Behind the scenes on Smerconish BTW went to Cuba with Sen Specter to meet Castro his IDOL. Almost Forgot a trial LAWYER
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