Afghan debacle isn't the first Sullivan and other Biden officials have defended

SHARYL ATTKISSON ^ | AUGUST 24, 2021 | BY SHARYL ATTKISSON

[Hojczyk]

President Biden's National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is one of the key officials fending off criticism. He was doing much the same after another bungled government action in a different Islamic country nearly nine years ago: Libya Benghazi

The Obama administration, including Sullivan, who was then Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, heaped public blame for the attacks upon a "spontaneous mob inspired by an anti-Muslim video." However, emails showed all U.S. officials knew from the earliest moments that the attacks were planned and executed by an Islamic terrorist group.

In the Afghan debacle, fault is being placed, in part, on flawed Intelligence Community (IC) assessments regarding how soon the country could fall. The same was true with the Libyan tragedy.

In a 2012 email that was kept secret for years, Sullivan told Hillary Clinton that the Intelligence Community (IC) was at fault for providing the incorrect information that blamed a video for inspiring the Benghazi attacks, and he says the IC was "unanimous" about it.

Another familiar face from Benghazi is Jen Psaki, now White House spokesman. Psaki was the State Department spokesman during Benghazi and defended the edits to the talking point.

The current Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, was serving as then-Vice President Biden’s National Security Adviser during the Benghazi attacks, and was promoted to the spot as Obama's Deputy National Security Adviser, and then to Deputy Secretary of State under John Kerry.

The current CIA Director, William Burns, also had a presence and a role during the Benghazi attacks. As Deputy Secretary of State under Hillary Clinton, Burns told Congress, "We've learned some very hard, and painful lessons in Benghazi, and are acting on them."

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https://sharylattkisson.com/2021/08/afghan-debacle-isnt-the-first-sullivan-and-other-biden-officials-have-defended/

Worth reading

[Jim W N]

Well, Duh. We’re back to the idiocy of the Left - Obama, Bush really, etc. Debacles galore!

[basalt]

these people are all left wing ass%$#% that majored in “international studies”....that have pounded into their brains that the American Military causes all the problems in the world....deep down, they love this...seeing the military humiliated...

[Hojczyk]

There IYIs...therefore there useless...there always right

https://no-kill-switch.ghost.io/iyis-in-the-age-of-faux-expertise/

To clarify why (I find it so disturbing), I need to start with the term described neatly by no one else than the famous Nicholas Nassim Taleb - “Intellectual, Yet Idiot” (IYI). Who are IYIs?

According to NNT, there’s a certain class of individuals who:

are “products” of top universities, prestigious “thought-leading” organizations, elite think-tanks, or the most opinion-forming media

but have only dry, theoretical, academic “experience” - never had any real chance to verify their beliefs with reality

and (what’s maybe even more important) have no “skin in the game” - they take no factual accountability for what they say/advise/claim

are nevertheless bold and cheeky enough to present their opinions with full confidence, without blinking an eye

Paper-thin, fake authorities, made of horseshit, feeding on the stupidity of the gullible masses. IMHO the nickname IYIs fits them perfectly.

[Joe Boucher]

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan?
Jive ass punk from some Ivy school who has never held a real job in his life and is in NO position to lead any damned thing.
What the hell is wrong with Biden and his people that put this punk in charge of anything other than cleaning toilets some where.

[chickenlips]

I’m surprised at this. I thought Sullivan’s only prior job was as Woody in Toy Story.