Posted on 10/26/2012 6:58:04 PM PDT by Kaslin
The president appeared on Michael Smerconish's radio program earlier today and addressed the Benghazi attack:
Obama Says His "Biggest Priority" Is Bringing Benghazi Attackers To Justice
What happened in Benghazi is a tragedy. We’re investigating exactly what happened. I take full responsibility for that fact. I send these folks in harm’s way, I want to make sure they’re always safe and when that doesn't happen, that we figure out what happened and make sure that doesn't happen again. But my biggest priority now is bringing those folks to justice and I think the American people have seen that’s a commitment I'll always keep.”
"We're investigating." Seven weeks later. There certainly is quite a lot of material to pore over, but it seems as though every step of this so-called investigation (remember, the FBI couldn't gain access to the unsecured compound for weeks) has been seized upon to conjure up new cover stories. The president says he takes "full responsibility," but what does that mean, exactly? His administration denied requests for beefed up security in Benghazi on several occasions, opting instead to pare down our defenses there. His administration looked and listened live as the seven-hour battle raged, and refused to send reinforcements that could have made a difference. And his administration has spun an evolving and befuddling tale to the American public about how and why this all happened. It's obvious that this president has a powerful political interest in continuing the obfuscation racket for roughly 11 more days, give or take. In the meantime, he's talkin' tough about bringing these "folks" to justice. Am I the only one who's a bit uncomfortable with the Commander-in-Chief referring to a band of hardened, murderous jihadists as if they're a genial elderly couple at a local diner? Beyond the semantics, though, there's this detail from Jennifer Griffin's report:
According to a source on the ground at the time of the attack, the team inside the CIA annex had captured three Libyan attackers and was forced to hand them over to the Libyans. U.S. officials do not know what happened to those three attackers and whether they were released by the Libyan forces.
I overlooked this item earlier. If Griffin's sources are correct, US personnel on the group actual had three of the terrorists in custody, but were required to "hand them over to the Libyans." Why, and by whom? Who were these terrorists, and where are they now? The US government seems to have no idea. Yet another mystery to "investigate" -- right, Mr. President? I'll leave you with a second viewing of Charlie Woods, father of one of the murdered Americans:
Father Of Navy SEAL Killed In Benghazi Says Obama Admin Pushing A "Pack Of Lies"
UPDATE - Gen. Petraeus, now the CIA chief, says the "stand down" denial of reinforcements order did not come from his shop:
Breaking news on Benghazi: the CIA spokesman, presumably at the direction of CIA director David Petraeus, has put out this statement: "No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate." So who in the government did tell “anybody” not to help those in need? Someone decided not to send in military assets to help those Agency operators. Would the secretary of defense make such a decision on his own? No. It would have been a presidential decision.
That last bit was speculation from Bill Kristol. Anyone have a better explanation?
Got that right
Just “guys from the neighborhood” kinda like Ayers and Doehrnin.
Power to the people, man ! Down with the pigs! Screw the man!
Obama should rot in a Federal Prison for what he's done!
I guess, according to Bam Bam, a few “folks” just flew into the World Trade Center on 9/11. Or, a few folks, beheaded Danny Pearl? A few folks attacked Pearl Harbor?
Uh oh. I think this sounds like a threat against the people who are leaking about what really happened.
Too bad his biggest priority wasn’t saving their lives to begin with.
Me too, this lying c******ker should be tried for treason
By definition you cannot try a foreign national for treason. /sarc
“Folks”? Talking like you’re straight out of Mayberry RFD isn’t going to cut it when it’s clear you allowed Americans to be slaughtered.
I hate this b@stard more by the hour!
yuppers...
the Anti American crowd are his “folks” and what he relates to. Jihadists? Are his foreign policy advisers. MB? ... well you know the rest. Calipahte@ America’s expense. Remember this is just a “bump” in building the caliphate trail.
yuppers...
the Anti American crowd are his “folks” and what he relates to. Jihadists? Are his foreign policy advisers. MB? ... well you know the rest. Calipahte@ America’s expense. Remember this is just a “bump” in building the caliphate trail.
Hey Barry, you might want to think long and hard before attempting to take some type of tyrannical action either before or after the election. You’ve pi$$ed off all the wrong people; namely the CIA and Navy Seals. Think these guys aren’t watching you Barry? Better think again.
He’s tightening his own hangman’s noose: The Fimdaiser-in-Chief should be tried and found guilty of TREASON.
Folks........he acts like some members of the Medicare crowd spray-painted naughty words on the wall surrounding the compound.
This was an act of foreign aggression and should have been treated as such, with a well-armed and timed military response.
I hope that Barack Obama never experiences a decent night of sleep for the rest of his life.
The “folks” that killed 4 of us. “Folks” aren’t terrorists, you dumbA$$. Kind of liking some talking heads after 9/11 (2001) that referred to the hijackers as “gentlemen.” “As far as the gentlemen that flew the planes into the Twin Towers...” What retards. Clearly this slip of the tongue shows how O views the Libyan terrorists. They’re just plain old everyday folk, like you and me. Let’s sing a folk song together, maybe that’l help us catch the brutal folks who committed these murders.
Thank you! Its not enough for me that he is voted out of office. He should be tried and convicted for his mishandling of this matter, and his attempted cover-up.
Tell me he didn’t know what was going on......we saw live shots of that man watching the invasion and execution of Osama. Does he really think that we don’t know he could have arranged the same monitoring coverage of what was going on in Benghazi?
Oh, wait, the military would have had to arrange that....what? There was no military there?
Burn in hell, Abandoner in Chief.
Fox News has also learned that Stevens was in Benghazi that day to be present at the opening of an English-language school being started by the Libyan farmer who helped save an American pilot who had been shot down by pro-Qaddafi forces during the initial war to overthrow the regime. That farmer saved the life of the American pilot and the ambassador wanted to be present to launch the Libyan rescuer's new school.
How flimsy an excuse for the Amb to be there at the time.
Unbelievable! So Stevens was there to cut up some school ribbons, no wonder Obama didn't think he needed more security or back up.
No Mr president....we want you brought to justice for treason.
We need to pray that Mr. Woods father of one of the heroes stays safe. I can’t imagine what he is going through first for the loss and now for his own fight on behalf of his son. He is uniquely able to bring about some justice and thank God it looks like he is not going to back down.
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