U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testified before Congress this week regarding the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
Remember the scandal surrounding this attack?
We’ll forgive you if you don’t … it’s difficult to recall considering the mainstream media put Benghazi on a shelf for several months pending the reelection of U.S. President Barack Obama (a favor it wouldn’t have extended to just any president/ future president).
Anyway, Clinton – the odds-on favorite to follow Obama into the White House come January 2017 – told lawmakers she bore the ultimate responsibility for this fiasco, which resulted in four dead Americans (including a U.S. Ambassador).
“I take responsibility,” Clinton said. “Nobody is more committed to getting this right. I am determined to leave the State Department and our country safer, stronger and more secure.”
Yet while taking responsibility, Clinton testified she never saw a request from the consulate seeking additional security – and hotly disputed the contention her agency failed to properly identify the threat it was facing.
“With all due respect, what difference at this point does it make?” an exasperated Clinton told lawmakers. “We have four dead Americans. It’s our job to figure out what happened and make sure it never happens again. People were trying in real time to get to the information.”
Reaction to Clinton’s testimony broke down along familiar lines … with liberals touting her performance and “conservatives” decrying it.
Of course the real questions went unaddressed … questions like (1) what the fuck were we doing in Libya in the first place? And (2) Why are we now engaging in the same sort of “diplomacy” in Mali?
“The buck stops with Secretary Clinton – and it should,” writes Malou Innocent of The Cato Institute. “But members of Congress will focus on politically charged and distracting issues. The terrorist attack on the consulate was abhorrent. However, a broader discussion about the NATO-led regime change in Libya—and its unfolding political aftermath in Mali – would be a better use of Congress’s time.”
We agree …
America got sucked into Libya because NATO decided the country was “ripe for regime change.” Now the same thing is happening in Mali.
“On the course of supposedly demonstrating America’s selflessness in the promotion of democracy abroad, the administration compromised the integrity of our institutions at home,” Innocent adds. “In that respect, the Libyan adventure has added to the steady aggrandizement of America’s imperial presidency. Secretary Clinton probably won’t go into any of that, and pitchfork wielding senators likely won’t ask her about those far-reaching consequences.”
Bottom line? It’s impossible to get murdered someplace you ain’t …
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Ambassador DIED…Barack LIED….
But it don’t matter. He’s a Liberal…there is no consequence or accountability if you’re Leftwinger…
Four Dead in Ben-gha-zee…but Barry’s for Gay Marriage, he raised taxes on ALL of us, and now he’s going after guns…
If you’re a Brain Dead DOLT..you don’t care if Obana sent the guys over there, then Cowered Dumb as they were slaughtered by Peaceful Jihadists…(as we’re made to call them by Obama)
Nice Government we got now..ain’t it???
Tin Soldiers and Bah-Rock’s not coming….We’re Finally on our own….Four Dead in Ben-gah-Zee…(To the tune of Ohio, Neil Young)
No truer words were ever sung…
You’re a paranoid mess.
To “BIG T”-Yeah right asshole. Your buddy “lil jeff duncan”, pardon me BIG Fat jeff duncan, sure looks like he likes to eat at The Palm and other expensive restaurants in DC, as he put the pounds on since being your asshole congressman.
This clown is so out of his league and doesn’t tell the truth about his so-called “football career at clumson. This dude claims he “played football at Clemson under Danny Ford”, when in fact his “career ” like his representing his district in suspect.
1- On the “scout team” for one season
2- Never assigned a jersey
3- Never dressed for a game
I ask you is this playing football at Clemson under Danny Ford? And just how did Jeffie boy serve his country? Was he in the military? This guy is ONE BIG CHICKEN HAWK and full of shit. But boy does like to pick on Hillary, who gave it right back to him.
Hey fred: She’s the one losing it and screaming like an idiot…
Looks like somebody hit a NERVE…
Liberals ain’t so cool when they actually have to meet some responsibility…
Go Duncan……and Rand Paul….good job…we’re watching, no matter what the media’s tellibng its drones…
where the fuck was your ass when 49 americans were killed during coke head bush’s 8 years of lying?….we had zero hearings for those deaths…..my guess is you were listening to dope addict rush limbaugh
Was the US military involvement even Constitutional?
Who decided to let those brave souls perish, despite having the resources to save them?
Why have those 20+ survivors of the attack been hidden from Congressional investigators?
What do the survivors know that the Administration doesn’t want us to know?
…. if she had answered the door with that face – the terrorists would have turned around and left!
And if she had answered the door naked, they would have left the continent, or committed suicide.
And if she had answered the door naked, they would have left the continent, or committed suicide.
Only the dead can know peace from this rustling.
“Only the dead can know peace from this rustling.”
Try writing something original for a change. Oh, I forgot, when you try “original” you make up fake quotes.
Kleenex, sid?
What, you couldn’t find some trite little quote from the Intertubes you could copy, Smirks? You’re slipping.
Dude, seriously, what’s your problem? Do you really have to get butthurt over a simple joking comment I made? Oh no, I mentioned a meme, how horrible of me! So unoriginal!
I’m not sure if you have this personal vendetta against me where you absolutely hate my guts and have something to say to everything I ever post on this site, or if someone just pissed in your cornflakes and you’ve got to PMS about it, but really, man, get a life. If you get so offended at such a supposedly dumb comment I made that you have to bitch and moan about it like you have sand in your vagina, then you’ve got some serious issues.
Fuck, man, lighten up. Get the stick out of your ass.
Looks like I struck a nerve, Smirks. Sorry. Honestly, though, I don’t actually respond to that many of your posts. Nobody is out to get you. It may seem like that to you, but I guarantee I respond to your posts far less frequently than you do (or maybe it’s used to) to your obsession.
Just a little reminder, though. This site is all about commenting and commenting to comments. If you don’t want someone questioning your posts, don’t post. If you want to have your opinions heard with no rebuttal, start your own site and restrict responses. Otherwise, grow a pair.
You come off as somewhat insecure when you start complaining about me responding to you. I’m guessing it’s because you generally can’t handle it when we exchange on actual substance. You generally give up.
So, any problems you have with me are all on you. When I think you are being unoriginal, I’ll continue to point it out. When I think you are being intentionally misleading, are wrong, or are outright lying, I will continue to point it out. You can choose to ignore me or respond. I really don’t care. But when you piss and moan, or run away, rather than defend your posts, you just look weak.
Rest assured, I take everything on this site pretty lightly. It’s playtime for me when I come here. Seems to me it’s you that is getting a little too serious about some anonymous poster questioning the abilities of another anonymous poster.
Luv ya!
Smirks, save for BigT, Sid is the biggest asshole on this site, typically bragging about his numerous houses and IQ. When he actually tries to make a point, its usually confounded with a Republican agenda (in lieu of independent thought). Just ignore him.
I don’t think Smirks needs the help of a simpleton like you, TON. Cute name this time, though.
Bill, finally, I get it. You are forgiven, dude.
“Like”
…… just can’t wait for her next book–
HOW MY SUCCESS HAS TURNED MORE HEADS THAN HALITOSIS
… some of her comments (and the video) will HAUNT her when she runs for election in 2016 – and she will still be a lying, corrupt bitch
That did not stop Obama???
Rand Paul told her that if he had been POTUS, he would have fired her.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/23/rand-paul-to-hillary-clinton-if-i-were-president-i-would-have-relieved-you-of-your-post-video/
Curly headed is always followed by little faggot.
…and then “Old Bike Dude.”
The situation in Libya has been overly-politicized and the victims and there families being instrumented as a ruse to create doubt in Obama’s leadership and his cabinet. Public access to real facts is being whitewashed by this rhetoric while conservative hands paint the Blackface on our President. Watch them mix and apply the paints to his face in a portrait of Obama being Bamboozed by the Far Right at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/10/bamboozling-obama.html
Hilary admitted plainly and simply that the State Department had notice of the need for increased security at this embassey and did nothing about it. The Demo’s delayed Hilary’s testimony until after the election and inauguration. This is not complicated Brandt. The administration did not want to hurt the “feelings” of the Libyans and therefore, did not increase security and/or pull out Stevens and his staff.
It’s complicated, Sarge, for an Obamabot. If he can do no wrong, how does something that is so clearly wrong under his watch make sense?
Joe Biden For President 2016 !!!
Buh-bye PIAPS, and don’t come back you POS
Where was the Republican outrage in 2002 when 10 were killed in the consulate attack in Karachi? In 2004 consulate Attack in Saudi Arabia 8 we killed? In 2008 10 were killed in the Embassy attack in Yemen? ALL under a Republican President!
Those do not count dammit.
Where was the left’s outrage over lies about the cause and the ignoring of pleas for more security, Tinybird? Oh, that’s right, there were no lies or pleas for security back then. It’s impossible to stop all acts of terrorism. But when there are clear warnings, don’t ignore them, and when it is clear what DIDN’T cause the act, don’t lie about it. Pretty simple, even for a leftist, although OBD likely cannot grasp it.
Did I hear right? It makes no dif if the attack came from an organized terrorist group or, “four guys walking down the street”? Nothing to see here, folks. Just move along. (pun not intended – ok, intended)
I never thought I would say this, but I could NOT cross the ultimate line with that…
…. if you were desperate – ?
….. there are times I would like to be the last man on earth, just to see if what some girls have told me is true
Assume the worst: 4 deaths completely attributable to Obama’s administration.
Then compare to 9/11 with 3K+ deaths.
Yeah, I can do the math….and make an inference. I read Littleeagle’s post.
It was great seeing Rep Duncan being a fatass buffoon.
Wilson, too.
Nice glasses. She needs to fire her image consultant.
The pic (of Hillary) they had on Drudge (side profile, fists clinched, mouth agape) resembled nothing if not Beavis. Heh heh heh heh….
It distresses me to read or hear people criticize a person (male or female) based on their appearance. I don’t know how old the critics commenting on this blog are, but please remember that Mrs. Clinton is in her sixties and if going to look as if she is in her sixties. That is life. If you are young today, remember that one day (God willing) you will live to see your skin become slack and jiggly, wrinkles will appear in your face, your neck will look like a turkey neck, your ears will get bigger, etc. That is no basis for criticism of a person’s character or worth.
Hillary Lied…Amercans DIED…
Sombeody needs to come clean…’fess up….
Of course she is a liar, she is the spawn of Satan.
And you must be the Spawn of Idiots….
You know, bigt, you have a problem. Even if someone agrees with you they are attacked (always in ignorance). What is your problem – did your mother put road maps in your school lunch box every day?
yale law journal recently added this site to their links…
Liberals look out for liberals…it’s how you can perpetuate a philosophy that is so miserably failed w/ such incompetent people…
Dear “Wild Wild” Willie……(yes you Sic)…
Are you really trying to turn your website into the Huffington Post..!? According to the “Art of War” you are providing plenty of examples of “Hillary blogo-mania”..!!
Some questions really need to be asked of you…like…
1) Who are you getting to write these articles for you..?
2) If “Big T” questions your serious-ness then do you take “Big T” serious as a reader..??
3) When are you going to ask questions to Graham, Scott, Gowdy, Sanford, (and others) concerning their questions they should have asked Hillary at this hearing..!?
4) Sic, do you think John Monk or Brian Hicks consider you a “Barbary Coast Corsair” of reporting here in South Carolina..??
5) What would anyone who considers themselves a reporter or journalist and wants to work for your website really understand about your vision and motives going forward….will it benefit their employment PENSION ..?? If so….HOW…???
6) Honestly now…….anyone who reads this..
“We agree …
America got sucked into Libya because NATO decided the country was “ripe for regime change.” Now the same thing is happening in Mali.
“On the course of supposedly demonstrating America’s selflessness in the promotion of democracy abroad, the administration compromised the integrity of our institutions at home,” Innocent adds. “In that respect, the Libyan adventure has added to the steady aggrandizement of America’s imperial presidency. Secretary Clinton probably won’t go into any of that, and pitchfork wielding senators likely won’t ask her about those far-reaching consequences.”
Bottom line? It’s impossible to get murdered someplace you ain’t …”
readers…REALLY has to wonder what political perspective you really GRASP..!? The pen and keyboard is far deadlier than any tank or “Casper the Friendly Mali Ghost”…….
7) Mr. Folks…..do you really understand WHY Chip Limehouse would want to read this article..!? …or BOEING workers..??
8) How would the MACE Group capitalize on any person in the “Mass” media who would utter “We came, We saw,….He Died”..? DO they not understand what a burning bush sounds like..??
9)…….does Mr Folks really want this website to be a winner..?? It looks like “Big T” does…..
“In South Carolina, the leading woman Democrat, Jean Toal, lies as she pleases to suit her personal needs and for political gain,” said Hilary. “I can do the same.”
“Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.”
Bush to the briefer: “All right. You’ve covered your ass, now.”
Republicans talking about accountability – unreal.