Ace @ Ace of Spades HQ:
Before the election.
There are three parts to this scandal: Before, During, and After.
Before, Stevens and others were begging for more security. Three weeks before the attack, Stevens warned that an attack was coming from the groups which did wind up attacking the base and killing him.
During, two brave former SEALs went to the consulate’s rescue and begged for air support to help them disperse attackers. Who would have run like cockroaches had a single jet fighter roared at them.
The Administration ordered possible rescuers to stand down.
After, the Administration lied repeatedly about every element of the attack. Obama’s current stance is that he cannot answer questions about what he himself knew and what he himself ordered until an “investigation” is concluded.
He needs an investigation into his own actions and knowledge? I think Steve Hayes put it like this: Obama is currently claiming he won’t know he knew until he finds an email telling him what he knew.
Obama knows what happened. He doesn’t need an investigation to determine what he ordered or what he knew.
He only needs an investigation to discover what he can be provento have ordered or known.
Right now, he’s just not answering questions. Someone with the Truth on his side does not have to avoid answers.
Do you really believe Obama did nothing within his power to forestall the tragedy in Benghazi? Do you believe that he should have used C130 gun-ships to massacre all the people within immediate area of the riot at the embassy, including innocent by-standers—and there would be some, like at any riot? Or perhaps calling in air strikes to unload white phosphorus, or maybe ground troops, with the same results? Do you think our international image would have been served by that? Do you think this is the first time diplomats and their staff have been killed in pursuit of their job at embassies? Don’t you think there’s a broader picture that must be considered here? After all, in the modern era, we’re no longer the masters of the world, which we thought we were.
@Liberal1 (Objectivity):
Cleanup on Aisle 78
Obama should come clean with where he was, what he knew and why it was decided to do nothing as these Americans were killed as they expected help to come.