Here is what I don’t understand about the White House caluculus regarding the attacks. Yes. Zero had stated that Al Qaeda was on the run. He was gloating about Osama. But, for two months prior to his re-election, he could have spun the attacks to his favor. He could be seen as the CIC. He could have actually acted like he was in charge. Instead, he covers up for a silly set of statements that no one really paid any attention to? There is something else much more sinister here.
There is something else much more sinister here.
I have several guesses.
1. Benghazi was entirely unanticipated by Zippy’s handlers. It was not part of their plan, so they did not have a canned response. They were caught off-guard and their figurehead, Zippy, was like a deer in the headlights.
2. Left on his own without a script and a teleprompter, Zippy was clueless about what to do or say. He was hanging out to dry waiting for instructions from the puppetmasters.
3. This was a huge dilemma. He didn’t want to risk offending his Muslim brothers.
4. Benghazi was a criminal enterprise from the get-go. He was trying to avoid calling any attention to it, so the natural instinct was to try to sweep it under the rug and hope it would go away.
5. He knew he just had to hold on until the election. So if he could minimize it until then, he was home free. No sense risking action that could go wrong when stalling was more likely to preserve the status quo.
6. Zippy in charge and making decisions? Are you crazy? Name even ONE time in the last 5 years where he has been in charge of ANYTHING!!!! Osama: He was called in off the golf course in order to pretend that he had something to do with the operation. Just in time to make a speech and take credit. Making a decision is toxic to Zippy. The thought is horrifying to him. If he ever made a decision he would risk getting blamed if it went wrong. His entire career is based on decision- and responsibility-avoidance coupled with taking credit for the accomplishments of others and pointing fingers and blaming his enemies. Not only is Zippy not capable of being in charge, he is not even capable of ACTING like he’s in charge. (Yes, he sometimes attempts to act in charge the same way a little boy shuffles around in Daddy’s big shoes, but it doesn’t fool anyone. Even the little boy knows he’s faking.)