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When a society loses its memory, it descends inevitably into dementia. Mark Steyn
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October 10, 2012

Video: Lara Logan on the Obama administration's "major lie" about Afghanistan and terrorism [updated]

"They want to destroy the United States, the West, and our way of life."

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Lara Logan: ". . . there is a major lie being propagated"
Why the decrease in security in Libya?

And speaking of big lies, read this from Mark Steyn: Disgrace in Benghazi (cont'd):

The State Department has now conceded that there was no movie protest at all, and that it was, in fact, one of the most sophisticated military attacks ever launched at a diplomatic facility.

Both these very obvious points were surely known to Washington by 6 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday September 12, by which time the surviving consulate staff had been evacuated to Tripoli. Yet Ambassador Rice, President Obama, et al., were still blaming the video days later. Obama and Secretary Clinton always refer to Ambassador Stevens as “Chris” — Chris this, Chris that — as if he were a treasured friend or intimate. Yet they and the sad hollow men around them dishonor their “friend” in death.

Given the conflicting reports on the manner of his demise, any chance of an autopsy? Or is that also politically inconvenient?
And this: U.S. Security Official in Libya Tells Congressional Investigators About ‘Inappropriately Low’ Security at Benghazi Post
Nordstrom and the commander of a 16-member Security Support Team, Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Wood, heard that foreign fighters were flowing across the Egyptian border and were making their way across the border to the Libyan city of Derna – which is to the east of Benghazi — and from there were making their way to Benghazi. But State Department officials seemed oblivious to their Benghazi post’s vulnerability.

Nordstrom was worried -he did not know how much the Americans could rely on members of a local Libyan militia in Benghazi that provided security — the “17th of February Martyrs Brigade.” Mostly merchants and shopkeepers before the war, they seemed eager, but they hadn’t much experience and other than a daily $30 stipend for food from the U.S. Embassy, they hadn’t been paid in months.

Nordstrom had “no idea if they would respond to an attack,” he told investigators.
No one has been held remotely accountable, there have been no firings, and we still don't know how Amb. Stevens was killed, or what he went through during all those missing hours on Sept. 11. Where's the outrage, America?

Oh, but everything's hunky-dory if you listen to President Eye-candy. He actually said the following at a recent fundraiser:
"Now, four years ago, I made a few commitments to you. I told you I’d end the war in Iraq, and I did. I said I’d end the war in Afghanistan, and we are," said Obama. "I said we’d refocus on the people who actually attacked us on 9/11 -- and today, al Qaeda is on its heels and Osama bin Laden is no more."
Tell that to the families of Amb. Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. 

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5 comments:

  1. And of course the best part (for the election) is the foreign policy "debate" is the last one. I firmly believe this scheduling was done with anti-Romney bias and designed to finish up with shots at Romney's lack of "experience" in the field. It will instead be "people died, Obama lied."

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  2. I agree. That last debate on foreign policy was intended to polish Obama's rep. Instead it looks like it will be the death knell to his hopes for reelection. This apologetic Adminstration has done tremendous harm to America's standing in the world. Being with his world wide apology tour to our non allies and ending with the Benghazi fiasco, Obama has failed around the world. And he has armed violent drug cartels on our southern border, destabilizing our neighbor and our border states as well. The threshold that Romney has to reach is so low that he will now win in a landslide. Romney already started in the first debate simply by showing his pride in Americans and the USA. TexasMom2012

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  3. Like Obama said - the murders of those 4 Americans was 'a bump in the road'. The road to nowhere.

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  4. Hm. I suppose Oliver North's gun running during the Iran Contra affair was an act of heroism, rather than a traitorous one.

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  5. Her finish was crystal clear. We must salt their fields. Who did not feel deep outrage at the Libya attack and also with the Al-Qaeda flag flying on our sovereign soil in Cairo. While it is hard to identity the bad guys from the good, but the bad ones must be disciplined. They must be taught a lesson. For me the congressional hearings are not worthwhile to find out truth vs. lie, but rather to give the ostriches another chance to scream and show they share our outrage and desire to defend our flag and what it represents

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