The Benghazi scandal continues to metastasize like a creeping cancer across the body politic whether or not the press chooses to diagnose it as such. Bigger than the election itself, more momentous than Hurricane Sandy, and certainly more important than a fabular war on women confected out of pure imagination, this is one of the darkest and most disturbing scandals in modern presidential history. Still, only conservative media outlets have decided to cover it like the historic story that it is, playing a frustrated Cassandra to a stubbornly oblivious mainstream media.
A brief chronicle of slowly unfurling events reveals a dark development that begins with dispiriting incompetence and ends with cowardice so chilling it smacks of treason. Let’s be good Cartesians and begin with what we know for certain: We know President Obama had ample reason to provide additional security to the embassy in Benghazi, measures specifically requested by Ambassador Stevens, and chose not to. We know that the embassy was attacked in a tactically coordinated offensive by terrorists and that the President knew this almost immediately. We know Obama spent weeks, along with his PR factotums, denying the existence of intelligence to this effect that we know he possessed. We know he simply conjured a gossamer tale about an offensive video that he maintained was the sole purpose for the attacks, and that the assault organically sprung from a convulsive mass protest that never happened. We know he even had the film maker arrested on dubious charges, fully aware he was only guilty of exercising his First Amendment rights. We know he circulated this transparently ludicrous folderol as fact until it became impossible to sustain before even a whisper of incredulity. We know, at the moment everyone could say they too knew, that he pretended he called it terrorism from the very beginning.
A few days ago, this magazine reported that Obama denied at least three requests for military assistance as the embassy was under siege. We know a fighter jet could have been there within the hour, special forces commandos within three, and that he had adequately actionable information within two, and the fighting raged on for seven. We know that he still denied these requests.
We know that neither General Petraeus nor Leon Panetta denied these requests.A spokesman at the CIA ruled this out emphatically: “No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate. ” We also know that, operationally speaking, only the President could make such a decision, and so, as he often likes to cavalierly claim, ultimate responsibility must rest with his office.
In itself, this is a despairing scenario to envision, our president withholding support from Americans he ordered into harms’ way, inadequately equipped by his command. Alas, it gets worse.
Lt. Col. Tony Schaefer reported to Fox News that his own sources have confirmed that President Obama actually watched the monstrous attack unfold live, in real time:
“I hate to say this, according to my sources, yes, [the President] was one of those in the White House situation room in real-time watching this. And the question becomes, ‘What did the President do or not do in the moments he saw this unveiling?’ He — only he — could issue a directive to Secretary of Defense Panetta to do something.”
If true, what does this reveal about the content of Obama’s character? If he passively watched Americans under his command murdered, endowed with the power to potentially rescue them but chastened by the political fallout? If in order to insulate his foreign policy house of cards from the riotous gale of wind blowing through Northern Africa and the Middle East, he sacrificed Americans he could have saved? And then lied about it repeatedly, unrepentantly, with histrionically feigned indignation?
We know enough to demand candid answers to the few, macabre questions whose answers we still do not know. We know that if what we suspect turns out to be true, the request for another four weeks, let alone four years as Commander in Chief, should be summarily denied. We know we deserve better, and so do the Americans who were murdered that day, while their President purportedly watched on television, anxious about his election prospects. We know this is a morbid story, full of gruesome sadness, and we can almostexcuse the press for their irresponsible neglect of things we all wish we did not know, that we could unlearn. We know more than we can bear, but now we must know more.
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Ivan Kenneally is Editor in Chief of the Daily Witness.











October 29, 2012 @ 8:11 am
With the government controlling the media for the most part politics has really turned into theater with the talking heads shaping the narrative … CNN kind of reminds me of the multi-headed beast behind the sea of glass in Revelations …. behind a sea of glass … sounds like the TV to me … anyways I’m beginning to believe this media with all it’s sheople could put Osama Bin-laden in the white house. Has anything we’ve seen over the last four years been true … will Osama stick his head out of a rat-hole somewhere soon? Hussein Obama’s true colors are starting to show and it’s not looking good for anyone in this story.
October 29, 2012 @ 9:21 am
That is a great reference to the “sea of glass”-it really made me think long and hard! I said at first that I thought Obummer could be the anti-Christ-look at his attack on Christians. He has been a tragic mistake since day one. If we had a media that was not in the tank for him and this story was reported on accurately he would have to resign! It saddens me to see what the media (besides FOX) has become.
October 29, 2012 @ 11:57 am
I can’t get our diplomat, those brave men and thier families out of my head. I often wonder if I could bear the awesome weight they carry with them at every thought. I’ve said all along that if the president did not send them help he may as well had pulled the trigger himself. I believe in my heart this was planned by our own government. They can play with it all they want but I believe that’s what happened. Everybody wants to wait til after the election, I say bullcrap Americans are involved lets get it out in the open. Take the freaking lid off and lets see what the hecks going on.
October 29, 2012 @ 5:07 pm
The media has to be dismantled, and I don’t have a clue how to do it. From the top down or the bottom up. Probably from the top down because these creeps in positions of power can simply fire those who perform like real journalists, going after real stories objectively. It stands to reason that they are towing the line in this new state-run atmosphere in order to avoid unemployment. They’re probably not paid all that well anyway.
On the other hand, they could go rogue, grow a backbone, and risk their jobs for the sake of the country, thereby letting the putrid air out of the tires of their creepy bosses.
October 29, 2012 @ 8:59 am
He can’t resign soon enough. Up until now, ole Slick Willie was the worst. Remember Clinton Gate in Arkansas. Main stream hard working American tax payers didn’t get much Hope but they got a lot of Change, for the worst. I don’t want the good old US of A to become the USSA. Remember the USSR. The liberal, commie, union left will fight to the death, so we must meet the challange head on. Full Frontal Assult. Semper Fi, Anchors Aweigh; Take no prisoners, show no mercy. US Navy vet, 1966-1969, HM, Corpsman, Pharmacist Mate, FMF; the “Big E”, USS Repose, USS Lexington; All Gave Some, Some Gave All.
October 29, 2012 @ 11:35 am
I agree with the sentiment whole heartedly. However, we ALL know the current POTUS will do no such thing as resign the office he is so desperately is clinging/hanging onto. He’ll fire up that ole’ bus and begin running over anyone he can in order to save his ‘job’. It would literally take a scandal so abrupt in its facts that Congress and Senate leaders would have no choice but to bring him up on full rebuttal…which isn’t likely to happen anytime soon.
As to our brave men and women who serve this country… I weep for their combined sacrifice. They’ve held their heads high while serving under a President and Vice President who treat them little better than McDonald workers (no offense to those who work at that specific restaurant.) Imo, they have been talked down too, asked to do three times the work with less than 1/2 of what is needed to do the job in an environment rife with terror plots and live daily with the prospect of living their last days in some foreign plot of soil. I pray daily for each and every one of those men and women to come home, safe, sound and accomplished in their goals.
Anti-Christ…. sigh…. I have heard Bush called this. He wasn’t of course. Obama now has it slung around him like so much garbage…and of course he isn’t either. Now Mitt Rommey is being thrown into that bag…and of course he isn’t either. When we constantly throw around casually names like Nazi, or Anti Christ, they loose their meaning. Instead, suffice it to say, Obama is the WORST president we’ve ever had to endure…and leave it at that.
God Bless America and her People.
~M
October 29, 2012 @ 9:07 am
Put this Treasonous Obama in Gitmo never to bee seen or heard from again
October 29, 2012 @ 9:15 am
“he sacrificed Americans he could have saved? And then lied about it repeatedly, unrepentantly, with histrionically feigned indignation?” Now he will lose the election!
October 29, 2012 @ 5:18 pm
Let’s all hope and pray that we’ll see the last of these Chicago cockroaches, who have done their best to destroy our great nation, on January 20, 2013. I just wish it could be sooner. The Marxist fraud and his Muslim minions can do lots of damage during the period from November 6 to the 20th of January. It could be a very dangerous time for the United States of America.
October 29, 2012 @ 7:53 pm
And now ‘his people’ are putting the screws to a General and an Admiral who wanted to help the Benghazi people, but were prevented from doing that.
General Ham
http://times247.com/articles/is-a-general-losing-his-job-over-benghazi#ixzz2Aj51qYVF
Rear Adm. Gaouette
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/27/navy-replaces-admiral-leading-mideast-strike-group/?test=latestnews#ixzz2Aj5L764B
October 29, 2012 @ 9:19 am
No Gitmo, even tho it would be nice, just perfect … no sending him back to Chicago or Kenya … no Hawaii as he is thinking to … it would enable him to continue influencing things and embolden the Dumbocrats.
As per our Constitution … shoot him or hang him after a trail for treason … this would put fear of God into the rest of them, especially if we do same for such traitors as Pelosi, Boehner, Reid, Napolitano, Clinton, and such scum.
October 29, 2012 @ 11:39 am
Although I would love nothing more than to fantasize about punishing those who do harm against our great nation in the way in which you describe….who on ever would we find to serve? Even good men and women would think twice before throwing their hat into that proverbial ring. We needn’t throw that ‘baby out with the bathwater’. Instead, use our existing laws and Bernie Maddoff those who have done great harm/harm against this nation. To me, that is punishment enough.
….though…it is fun to fantasize for just a moment about the prospect of ridding ourselves of those you’ve mentioned. : }
~M
October 29, 2012 @ 12:23 pm
Remove him from office & send him to Afghanistan! He loves the moslems so much, let him see how long he survives with them!
October 29, 2012 @ 9:32 am
Obama continues to ‘spike the football’ with regard to the killing of Ben Laden even though sources indicated that he refused twice to give the order before he finally said go. It would appear that he hesitated again only this time, he did not have time to grow the pelotas needed to make a decision.
October 29, 2012 @ 9:59 am
There’s a story, which I can easily believe, that Valerie Jarrett, who is the one actually running the White House, stopped Obama three times from pulling the trigger on Osama, and that when it finally did happen, it was because Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave the “go” order and they had to get Obama off the golf course (where else?) for the photo op of watching the Navy SEAL raid in the White House Situation Room, so he could look large and in charge.
Obama then repeatedly and rapaciously bragging about “getting Osama” for months afterward was just Obama being Obama — deceitful, deceptive, phony and fake, narcissistic and nefarious.
October 29, 2012 @ 9:36 am
This is much worse than Carter’s failed last-ditch attempt to rescue the hostages in Iran. We know how that turned out for Carter. Let’s hope that Obama has the same experience.
My friend’s son that I have known since he was a baby is about to go to Afghanistan. I have ZERO confidence that this administration will do whatever is necessary to keep him safe. This election is probably the most important one since I have been old enough to vote. We have to get this pretender out of the WH and out of the job of Commander-in-Chief.
October 29, 2012 @ 12:28 pm
I agree txgoatlady! I always thought that Carter was the worst president in our lifetime, followed closely by the CROOKS LBJ & Clinton. But this radical & corrupt LIAR & COWARD is absolutely the WORST!
I never thought I’d live to see the day when we’d have such a sleazy charlatan sitting in the Oval Office. We will REMOVE HIS POWER (which is what he in his arrogance is all about) in 8 days! Keep the faith, sister! Semper Fi!
October 29, 2012 @ 2:36 pm
I say he resigns and vacates the White House on November 7th; if he doesn’t, we remove him!
October 29, 2012 @ 9:52 am
Brett Baier on Fox (who else?) has done an outstanding job of putting all of the pieces together about this event. If you have not seen it, I strongly recommend you watch it. The bottom line is that even though Osama pulled the ERT Security team from Benghazi, all four people DID NOT HAVE TO DIE! According to the head of the ERT Security team that Osama pulled out from Benghazi (over his strong objections!), there would still have been time to send in a plane with an extraction team and get the ambassador out. The ambassador and one of the others were in a “safe room” within the residence, which was designed to slow down attackers long enough to allow a rescue. The problem is, NOBODY CAME! No rescue team was sent. Osama and his band of idiots were sitting comfortably and safely here in the U.S. watching the live feed and THEY DID NOTHING! You have to wonder – were they eating popcorn while they watched our people die live on the video stream? I say this with absolutely no disrespect to the families who lost their loved ones, but only to point out just how cold and callous this administration is. Regardless of the outcome of this election, Osama needs to go on trial for treason, along with Panetta, Hillary and the rest. I hope that by Fox airing this story (Baier deserves an award for his reporting on this!), the rest of the MSM will be forced to give it more coverage and launch their own “investigations”. I have noticed that some of the stations have moved to a more “neutral” posture toward Osama in the past few weeks as Romney has gained in the polls – maybe this will push them into doing their jobs!
NOVEMBER 6, 2012 – NATIONAL TAKE OUT THE TRASH DAY!
October 29, 2012 @ 9:55 am
He watched as two of my brothers and two other Americans were killed and this administration told people to stand down and then concocted a total lie for political gain. Now it seems he’s firing all military leaders that were involved. General Hamm commander of Africom said screw it and was going to send a reactionary unit and was releaved by his second in command. I won’t even get into what transpired when he, Biden, and Hillary met Tyrone Woods father at Andrews that was as insulting as you can get and they lied right ot his face. They are lecherous swine.
October 29, 2012 @ 10:35 am
Chicago Mobster, Al Capone, knew very well, his criminal activities were, well, criminal. He did not give a rats behind, did not waste a single second on any remorse. His only regret was getting caught and being thrown away.
Obama and his willing Minions could care less about Benghazi, save for being CAUGHT and here, being caught is less a burden as the TREASONOUS LEFT will cover for him and our so called “Representatives” will just whistle on past the grave yard, feckless, cowards that they have become.
Oh, We the Sheeple will get lots of mouthy platitudes… and happy Christmas shopping, consuming is just around the corner!
What has happened is CRIMINAL, pure, simple, and with a bloody slap in your face. The murderous consequences for those near helpless on the scene, means NOTHING!
It is not as if DEATH, lots & lots of death has not resulted in official Washington actions. This sad history in Benghazi however, is like a still warm, blood soaked body dropped right before us. Congratulations Team Obama!
Negligence? No. Willful? Yes. Al Capone is waiting to great you & your sorry mob.
October 29, 2012 @ 11:04 am
Can you imagine the pure evil required to smile and console the relatives of the people who died knowing he could have prevented it in the first place by providing security or later could have saved at least some of those people by sending help? Now word has surfaced that he watched the video in live time. After watching that happen, he was able to sleep soundly and then jet off to campaign activities. The man must have no conscience whatsoever. It turns my stomach to think that there are people out there willing to give this evil man four more years in office.
October 29, 2012 @ 11:39 am
“Greet you” not Great you, but then, Al Capone will give Obama high fives.
txgoatlady: Life has given me a chance to meet EVIL people. (shudder) M.Scott Peck’s, People of the Lie, is a good read into the mechanics involved here. Anyway, what is chilling is that EVIL people seldom reveal themselves openly. They take up residence in Churches, Families… places and positions that would seem unlikely. It says much per the sad condition of The Republic having this fraud in the Oval Office.
What is interesting about Obama, is that he is so grossly incompetent that he could not even keep his cover but he does not have to care! The so called Media, and his adoring Minions will gleefuly cover for him.
C.S. Lewis’s, The Screwtape Letters, quickly comes to mind for some reason.
October 30, 2012 @ 4:33 pm
lwesson: I too have met some truly evil people in my time. John Wayne Gacy used to bank where I worked as a teller. The first time I ever saw Gacy, I got that cold “walking over a grave” feeling and was glad I didn’t have to wait on him. (I managed to avoid ever having to wait on him the whole time I worked at the bank.) Osama, although I have never met him in person (Thank you Lord!) gave me that same feeling the first time I saw him on TV. It was on Oprah, long before he ever ran for president, but something about him gave me that very same feeling. I have only experienced that feeling a handful of times in my life. Just sayin’.
October 30, 2012 @ 4:54 pm
Hi braines57:
Had a job in Retail Hell, and I had to help Bobby Durst twice! One hour with him and I was exhausted. He is the one that has murdered some people, wives, and murdered his next door neighbor, cutting him to pieces and tossing the body parts in Galveston Bay. Part of the Durst New York billionaire family. And yes, if you have the money, you can slip away from a noose.
I cannot go into “family” issues just yet.
In study for Law, Criminal Law set me into the nightmare of soulless creatures. My Prof. once a Liberal, worked at a State Prison and changed his mind on the Death Penalty. I cannot here, describe to you the hideous people that he met watching in horror these beings let out. Cheers!
October 29, 2012 @ 11:10 am
We are witnessing a clear case of treason by Obozo, H. Clinton and no telling how many others to cover their tracks on something. Why else would you stand by watching when you had early intel that something was in the works?
The mere fact that so many USA haters in the media are assisting the cover up is scarey. There is a war going on in this country between the lovers of Stalinist government and the lovers of freedom from government intrusion. If anyone thinks not, all you have to do is look at everything Obozo has done in four years and connect the dots.
I increased my contributions to the Wounded Warrior Project as a sign of respect to the brave people that have risked it all for us. They don’t deserve the trauma they must live with under this treasonous WH.
October 29, 2012 @ 11:11 am
There is another explanation as to why O’Bama just watched while Steven’s died. He needed him to be dead. After Gaddafi’s overthrow, Libyan weapons were being gun walked to jihadist in Syria and other places. It just may be that the Ambassador knew to much.
October 29, 2012 @ 11:16 am
Yes. The President should resign. It is criminal that he’s been covering his backside and calling the deaths HE CAUSED ‘not optimal.’ But what else can you expect from the cold and calculating politician who voted against the Born Alive Act. He’s like Marxists have always been: people are only valuable to him as he sees them useful to his cause. There’s no “inherent dignity of the individual” with this man.
Along comes a hurricane. President Never-Let-A-Crisis-Go-To-Waste will probably try to use it to sweep this travesty under the rug, aided and abetted by the Lame Stream Media. We owe it to the dead heroes to make sure he does not get away with it! Move to impeach!
October 29, 2012 @ 11:19 am
As Obama watched the attack proceed in real time, all he could think about is that he has virtually zero successes during his presidency. One of his greatest claims is that he had decimated al Qaida, that they are in disarray and no longer a threat in the world. As he watched the events in Benghazi, he saw that claim unravelling before his eyes.
So, instead of acting presidential and as a commander-in-chief, our narcissist-in-chief formulated a fairy tale designed to salvage his decimated al Qaida claim.
The Obamas view themselves as American royalty. They will do ANYTHING to maintain that status. If it means throwing four Americans under the bus, that’s a small price to pay.
Now, wait until Romney wins on Nov. 6. I predict Obama will unleash an army of lawyers to try to steal back the election in a debacle that would make even Al Gore blush. He’s not going to go quietly.
October 29, 2012 @ 12:01 pm
He certainly will do that if it’s close enough to be contested. Hopefully Romney will win decisively enough so that doesn’t happen. The last thing we need now is a repeat of the 2000 election.
October 29, 2012 @ 11:27 am
An AP report stated there were estimated 150 attackers and the drone video will clearly show this was the case. The entire perimeter and all intersections contained pickup trucks with anti-aircraft guns. The WH were afraid to send the CIF, CAS, and left over 40 Americans to defend for themselves.
Was the CIF diverted to NAS Sig and when exactly was the “stand down” order given, and who made this decision? Why was this response outsourced to the Feb 17th militia?
October 29, 2012 @ 12:20 pm
The attack on both the Consulate and then the Annex lasted at least 7 hours. There were US military assets that could’ve (and should’ve) been immediately deployed to assist our people and quickly remove the threat. An AC130 along with a section of F16′s or F18′s would’ve had no trouble in targeting the heavy weapons (mortars, etc.) of the attackers along with providing CAS to support the insertion of a Delta Force/Navy Seal/Spec Ops ground unit. In fact, according to reports, prior to his death, former US Navy Seal Ty Woods, while begging for “backup” had a laser target designator on the mortar that was firing into the Annex compound. But no help came, so they died!
The **** that Panetta put out within the past several days stating that “we don’t send forces into an area without clear intelligence” is nothing but BS (using Obozo’s own word)! Panetta’s simply providing cover for the administration and their failure. Panetta was NEVER qualified to be SecDef; he’s a politician who served in the US Army as a Lt for 2 years (1964-1966). Yet he’s sitting there purportedly making these kinds of decisions at the top of our NCA military chain of command? DESPICABLE!
What we’ve always done is “march to the sound of the guns”, particularly when we know that our own people are at great risk. We’re willing to risk everything, including our lives, to save our brothers & sisters! We’re also willing to risk our lives to recover their bodies if they’re KIA.
But this cowardly and corrupt, radical administration and its minions did NOTHING! They refused to provide adequate security for the Consulate, notwithstanding KNOWN prior attacks thereon! They sat & watched/listened to live video/audio feeds coming in of the attack…and did NOTHING! They then proceeded for weeks spouting a false narrative about a YouTube video! Huh? It’s despicable & shameful but these LIARS have no shame! Should they resign? Of course. But they won’t. When we win this election, a REAL investigation should take place, with charges filed against “The Messiah”, VP, SecDef, SecState, & their minions for dereliction of duty, violation of their oaths of office, and for treason against the nation they SWORE to serve & protect! Will that happen? Time will tell. But in the meantime, we have a job to do…which is to REMOVE this bunch of COWARDS & LIARS from office on November 6th! Keep the faith! Semper Fi, God Bless America, Keep Her Free and Strong!
October 29, 2012 @ 11:35 am
The battle lines have been drawn, haven’t they?
We have on one side of the battle line, the progressive/communist/ socialist/ Marxist ideological radicals in the country who have taken over the Democratic political party. They have managed to infiltrate our academic institutions and now set their agendas and classroom ideology. They have the entertainment industry and the mainstream media, both television and major newspapers, now within this progressive framework and blatantly expose their biases. They have the national union movement who basically control, from the local levels of government up, who gets nominated and elected into the major political positions. This movement has managed to create large voting blocks of Americans who depend on government subsidies (welfare, food stamps, etc.) or who are major minority groups who naively follow and vote for those that sponsor and expand the array of “social justice” programs regardless of the affordability and unsustainable entitlement growth in the country. This group of Americans encompass most of those living in the country many call the “takers” who are on the receiving end of wealth redistribution that is one of the mainstream tenants of the Obama administration. We have watched Barack Obama, the standard bearer of the progressive movement, expand their agenda across the board in our country as they overspend and continue to borrow and print more money, have defanged our military, expanded government regulations and oversight, expanded their “social justice” beyond our wildest expectations, etc.
On the other side of the battle line are the conservatives in our country and those Americans who still believe in the American dream. These are Americans who believe in individual freedom and self reliance and the opportunity to pursue our version of the American dream. We want an education and the opportunity to compete and get the best job possible and are willing to put in the time, energy, and hard work necessary to achieve our goals in life. We believe in family, friends, our churches, and community. We support our military and those providing the defense of our country. We work hard and are willing to pay our “fair share of taxes” to support our government. We know that the drive train of our economy is our private industry and we wholeheartedly support our capitalistic system because that is where the wealth we all enjoy is created which makes our country the exceptional country it is. We are patriots and we are a generous people, but we are also practical and pragmatic. We know that there are limits to how much our government can afford to do to keep us secure and to provide in terms of “safety nets” or government subsidy programs. We know that government has a critical role in our lives but that it must be limited and kept in check. We believe that government and it’s employees work for us the taxpayers and not the reverse. We reject the socialist model of a “nanny state” huge central government who dictates how we are to live our lives. A government who believes in an expanding role for itself to the point where it indirectly nationalizes our private industry through an ever expanding power through massive government rules and regulations.
So, here we are. To me, this election may be the last battle between these two views of America with Obama leading the socialist ideology versus Romney representing the conservative and traditional American ideology. It is a critical almost “tipping point” in our country. We have seen how radical the Obama administration actually is and what they will do or say to win this war. Obama himself is a dangerous man who has a chip on his shoulder for the America we love and is “all in” to transform it into his dictorial socialist model.
Mitt Romney is an exceptional individual in so many ways. A good husband and Father. An exceptionally successful businessman and Governor. He is well educated and has demonstrated he is a talented senior executive and leader. He believes in America and knows that it is in trouble, big trouble, and that the Obama administration is taking it down a path that is critically wrong for the country.
The Obama first term has been a disaster. Obama is not a leader as the Benghazi debacle clearly reminds us. He just cannot make a decision especially if his political image may be at risk.
Romney is swimming upstream and needs our help to win this election and save the country from this progressive/socialist takeover. Get out and vote…encourage your friends and family to vote. Romney will only win if the conservative and moderate Americans get out and vote for him.
October 29, 2012 @ 11:56 am
Not to worry, Romney’s going to win. He just pulled ahead in Ohio by two points, which is the first time he’s led there. But you’re right, we all need to get out and vote no matter what and never take anything for granted.
October 29, 2012 @ 11:46 am
Good information here, we must keep the heat on. It seems pointless to re-elect him, he will be gone one way or the other.
It is my understanding that the location of the Benghazi attack was neither an embassy or a consulate but an obscure location in which the coordination of arms and fighters to support the Syrian rebels was being carried out. Since the United States was ‘officially not involved’ in that conflict, that would be something the president might like to hide from the public.
October 29, 2012 @ 12:06 pm
Maybe this will answer the Syrian guns question for you…
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/50586
October 29, 2012 @ 4:26 pm
Thank you Cowgirl & also MNE for the comments. I’ve seen a similar story previously courtesy of a friend in Florida. While it seems that the overall story as cited MAY be the over-arching explanation, I do find some inconsistencies in the story in the canadafreepress article by Doug Hagmann. And that is this statement: “Since the overthrow of Qaddafi, it is estimated that upwards of 40 million tons of weapons and arms were shipped out of Libya to Syria.”. What? Really—40 MILLION TONS? I’m trying to come to grips with the amount of shipping (or land transport) that would be required to move that amount of material. I ain’t saying that it’s false, plz understand. But having spend a lot of time in Govt Logistics operations & IT support therefore during & after the Vietnam War, I sense that the number cited has to be a stretch. I wouldn’t expect them to be moving lots of heavy armored vehicles or artillery (and ammunition therefor) out of Libya but rather lots of small arms, man portable rocket launchers (like RPG’s/Shoulder fired SAMS) & small arms ammunition. To come up with 40 million TONS of that kind of stuff would be perhaps possible but I think improbable. Just my 2 cents based on my military experience.
October 29, 2012 @ 11:46 am
We know (from other sources) that Obama spends hours in his second floor office waching videos from drone aircraft. But, those are the recordings of attacks where he orderd the death of one or more people.
Apparently, he plays them over and over, so maybe he gets bored with ‘old ones’.
Now, he has a new video to watch … a ‘freebie’ that was not one of his planned strikes … but which also depicts people being killed.
Naturally, he couldn’t order any forces in to stop it, because that would have shortened the video.
I wonder how many times he will watch this one before he tires of it …
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October 29, 2012 @ 12:02 pm
Of course he should resign. Richard Nixon was driven from office not for Watergate itself, but for his bungled attempts to cover it up, and no one was killed in that third-rate burglary. This is much more serious, but the chances of him resigning, unless impeached and forced to resign, are slim and none. His narcissism will not let him do the honorable thing; hell, the man doesn’t even know the meaning of the word! And now we have the “perfect storm” that provides him an opportunity to look presidential, and shifts the media focus from Benghazi to the hurricane. He’ll get media praise for his handling of situation no matter how badly he might bungle it, and all Mitt Romney can do is just keep campaigning and avoid any criticism of Obama’s handling of the storm response that will bring the howling media mob back down on him!
October 29, 2012 @ 12:13 pm
If we add to his disastrous record, his coward act to leave 4 Americans to die by themselves, together with Fort Hood, Fast and Furious, allowing intimidations of Voters, our National Debt, and the horrible state of our Economy, and his love for Muslims and everything they stand for, this man and his leftist closer admivors should be tried for Treason~!
Don’t forget to Vote for Gov. Romney: a true Leader and Commander-in-Chief!
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
October 30, 2012 @ 6:51 am
BHO has beeen, and still is doing everything he can to discredit his opponent.
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LET’S VOTE ROMNEY For President
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
October 29, 2012 @ 12:19 pm
he should not lie for political gains doesnt matter if this was repu blican or democrate you do not lie to Americans and then pack and fly to Vegas go on a two week “video tour” of telling everyone it was because of a video UN speech 6 times.. Tyler Woods father was right to speak out his son he is the real hero and our military not hollywood.
October 29, 2012 @ 1:39 pm
Today October 29, 2012 at about 1:45 PM as I was watching the coverage of the Hurricane on all of the channels, CBS interrupted their coverage for a Breaking News report from the President. President Obama came on and mumbled through the shocking news that we were going to be hit with a Hurricane today. I started to run shrieking into the cellar to hide when I remembered that I first heard that news 2 days ago. Fortunately President Obama calmed my fears by assuring me that he had it under control and I was able to go back to what I was doing.
Obama is getting better. It took him about 10 days to tell us the truth about Bengazi (but only partially). This one only took 3 days from when we already knew. At this rate, the next crisis will be known to him just 1 or 2 days after we all know about it. I half expected him to say that right after he finished this news conference, he was going to take a nap, then fly to Hawaii for some golf.
October 29, 2012 @ 2:30 pm
I appreciate your sarcasm — my kind of humor — but you may still be giving Obumbles too much benefit of the doubt. With Obumbles, it’s always, always about what’t politically advantageous for him. Nothing else has anything to do with anything.
October 29, 2012 @ 9:02 pm
I can imagine you felt such relief at knowing Obama was monitoring the situation! OK, so he was watching The Weather Channel just like everyone else but doesn’t it sound so much better when you say “monitoring the situation”?
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October 29, 2012 @ 2:41 pm
Hi All:
Lots of great comments. My biggest fear is that even darker information will emerge but only after the election. Clearly, Obama’s strategy is to respond to any and all questions with feigned offense and theatrical indignation. The best we can do right now is to keep writing about it and vote Romney.
Best,
Ivan Kenneally
Editor in Chief, Dailywitness.com
October 30, 2012 @ 5:07 pm
and every House and Senate seat up for election that we can. Remember, even gridlock is better than losing.