tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post6335742901382179971..comments2023-11-16T05:28:12.324-05:00Comments on _It Don't Make Sense_: Only 400 Miles To Benghazisig94http://www.blogger.com/profile/11460563552989533923noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-73682258457326333882013-05-09T22:04:10.846-04:002013-05-09T22:04:10.846-04:00Looking at the timeline of events in Benghazi it s...Looking at the timeline of events in Benghazi it seems Ambassador Stevens was dead within the first hour (the spreadsheet going around on conservative blogs has the the consulate abandoned less than 2 hours after the first shots fired), so loading up planes in Tripoli wouldn't have mattered. The CIA officers who were killed were trying to rescue the consulate staff, and were killed about 2 hours after that. With regard to planes out of Tripoli, that's still cutting it pretty close. Panetta apparently ordered a drone to flyover during that time, so it's not like Washington was completely ignoring it, of course more could have been done. But all this seems like monday-morning-quarterbacking to me.<br /><br />So the big problem is that the State Dept and CIA were confused over whether it had anything to do with an anti-Muslim video, AND whether requests for more security were ignored. I don't know what to make of the video-- supposedly witnesses say the militants were claiming the video was their impetus, and there were other protests in the Arab world over that video at the time, so it's maybe a reasonable misunderstanding; it is a big leap to claim deliberate cover-up for what looks like a bureaucratic goof.<br /><br />Far more troubling is the request for more security that went ignored. Perhaps the GOP-controlled congress shouldn't have cut the funding to the State Dept., especially when they were warned it could lead to diplomatic security problems.<br /><br />http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2011/02/secretary-clinton-house-republ.html<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-79454550838339459602013-05-07T21:51:28.759-04:002013-05-07T21:51:28.759-04:00WoFat - he's a tool. And not the sharpest one ...WoFat - he's a tool. And not the sharpest one in the bag.sig94https://www.blogger.com/profile/11460563552989533923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-86457702344791782962013-05-07T21:50:21.189-04:002013-05-07T21:50:21.189-04:00LL - the only thing is this, why wouldn't he s...LL - the only thing is this, why wouldn't he send in the troops to rescue Stevens and appear to the American electorate as a man who is in control rather than a boob? I just think that something else was going on for this snafu to occur so close to the election. He over reached on something else.sig94https://www.blogger.com/profile/11460563552989533923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-72687278181401399102013-05-07T21:42:35.724-04:002013-05-07T21:42:35.724-04:00Subvet - that piss boot analogy, can't get it ...Subvet - that piss boot analogy, can't get it out of my head.sig94https://www.blogger.com/profile/11460563552989533923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-61269556584875163692013-05-07T21:19:47.861-04:002013-05-07T21:19:47.861-04:00He is some distance from real life. To him (I thin...He is some distance from real life. To him (I think) it's all drama.WoFathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616237986583760584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-53616334372259885782013-05-07T19:17:30.394-04:002013-05-07T19:17:30.394-04:00Obama wanted a consistent message for his re-elect...Obama wanted a consistent message for his re-election campaign, to wit, he personally crushed al Qaeda and almost single handedly killed bin Laden. It's not unusual for the Nobel Prize winning president to want that sort of message to go out. <br /><br />And if a few Americans die - well, you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. (What does it matter?)<br /><br />If there is a message and a theme to come from Benghazi, this is it.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-13160288886114304382013-05-07T19:02:04.552-04:002013-05-07T19:02:04.552-04:00I don't think Obama intentionally wanted anyon...I don't think Obama intentionally wanted anyone killed, he's just so damned out of his league is the real problem. <br /><br />The man couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were stamped on the heel. Yet he says all the nice words off his teleprompter, looks good in a suit and promises the moon with a back fence around it to his core supporters. <br /><br />Sheesh! <br /><br />We're seeing something that would have appeared impossible at one time, i.e. a Chief Executive more incompetent than Jimmy Carter.Subvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13523683273450353313noreply@blogger.com