Eleanor Clift stands by claim US ambassador not ‘murdered’ in Benghazi

Fox News ^ | 05/16/2014

[SeekAndFind]

A longtime political pundit under fire for claiming the American ambassador to Libya was not "murdered" in Benghazi is standing by her claim he died of smoke inhalation.

"I'd like to point out that Ambassador (Chris) Stevens was not 'murdered;' he died of smoke inhalation in that safe room in that CIA installation," Eleanor Clift, a columnist at The Daily Beast, said Sunday on "The McLaughlin Group."

While Clift may be technically correct in light of reports that Stevens died from smoke inhalation, she was criticized because the ambassador died as a result of a fire ignited during a terrorist raid on the Benghazi consulate on Sep. 11, 2012.

She stood by her comment Tuesday during a radio interview.

"I was taking issue with the sort of glib use of the word 'murdered,'" Clift told radio host Steve Malzberg. "My point is that it was a very chaotic event. The CIA was involved, which is why there was a lot of confusion initially, and that all the questions that this special committee is raising have been asked and answered in previous investigations."

Malzberg asked if she would feel the same way if it was her relative. She replied, "I would say he died of smoke inhalation."

Author and columnist Pat Buchanan, who was on the Sunday show's panel, reportedly said he was "stunned cold" by her remarks.

[1-Eagle]

As if the important question is manner of death. Well how about this for how he (and they) died:

1) Obama destabilized Libya.
2) Obama/Hillary put Americans in harms way without sufficient security, and without any plan to provide security/rescue operations should help be required.
3) Obama/Hillary repeatedly denied requests for additional security even as allies withdrew personnel due to the increasingly hostile environment.
4) On the night of the attack Obama/Hillary refused to send help and instead sent drones so they could watch our men die and then crafted talking points to protect themselves from political fallout.

This is clearly dereliction of duty right to the top of the administration. All American personnel overseas now have to wonder if they too will be left to die. Enemies are emboldened to see such weakness. American response? Send a drone.

[hal ogen]

This cliff subhuman is beyond contempt...a LIB.

[frogjerk]

So purposely setting fire to a building with the full knowledge that people are inside and they are either burnded to death or die of smoke inhalation, it is not murder.

So if you purposely push someone off a dock and they drown it is not murder but a drowning.

When you fail to stop at a stop light because you are drunk and t-bone another car and the person dies of their injuries it is not murder.

Makes sense to me -sarc

[frogjerk]

mur·der
ˈmərdər/
noun
noun: murder; plural noun: murders

1.
the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
"the stabbing murder of an off-Broadway producer"
synonyms: killing, homicide, assassination, liquidation, extermination, execution, slaughter, butchery, massacre; More
manslaughter; literaryslaying "a brutal murder"

[I want the USA back]

That shriveled up old hag has never had a reasonable thought in its life.

[ExTxMarine]

So, what’s she is saying is that Oswald didn’t murder JFK, JFK simply bled to death! Got it!

[minnesota_bound]

Eleanor Clift insists Ambassador Chris Stevens was smoking too much.
White House backs up her claims saying they have a youtube video showing him smoking.

[Nebr FAL owner]

True you can’t fix stupid, but you can numb it by the vigorous application of a 2x4 upside the head.

[is_is]

were the people in the World Trade Centers murdered????.....guess not......