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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOoopsie! Benghazi WASN’T an Al-Quaida attack after all. It WAS about that stinking anti-Islam video.
http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/ooopsie-benghazi-wasnt-an-al-quaida-attack-after-all-it-was-about-that-stinking-anti-islam-video/" The much-maligned Ambassador Rice had it right the first time. While Repubs like Grand Theft Issa howled about cover-ups and obvious terrorist attacks, and bashed the testimony of real experts, they were ignoring the facts on the ground. And it is truly sick that our government never published the truth it took a newspaper to tell us what really happened.
Almost as bad is that our representatives are still refusing to believe the facts, clinging instead to their partisan witch-hunts and idiotic conspiracy theories. Because it is evidently more important that they be seen as right than it is for our nation to be protected. Yes, Republicans still care only about their images and agendas, not about being honest with the American people.
Just like the Reagan-financed mujaheddin turned into anti-American terrorists, so too have some of the militias we armed more recently in Libya. And those Libyans, like the Afghans before them, turned against us after perceived slights against Islam. In this case, an American-made anti-Islam video that caused a riot in Egypt shortly before the Benghazi attacks was used by radical imams to whip these militiamen into a frenzy, after which they slaughtered a load of innocents in and near an American diplomatic post.
None of this absolves the Department of State for f***ing up the security arrangements at Bengahzi. Nor does it absolve the Congress for cutting funding for said Benghazi security. Indeed, the NYT report doesnt absolve anybody, because everybody f***ed up: the Administration, the Congress, the news media, and the citizens of both countries.
Many of the lessons of Benghazi are still to be written. But here are a few, for starters:
Number A: Congresscritters with criminal pasts (like Darrell Issa) should NOT be considered credible sources of information;
Letter 2: Complicated situations rarely have simple, quick or easy explanations;
Thirdly: Our Infotainment media is almost useless: it took months upon months for a single source to finally publish a well-researched bit of actual journalism that gave the lie to almost all of the other coverage that had been crammed into our ears since the event. But then, when they all got punked by a comedians fake Twerking video, are we really suprised?
Heres this writers main takeaway from Benghazi: dont trust anyone with a political agenda, or any news source that just repeats politicians talking points; and dont rush to judgment when the facts arent known yet. You know, things that we all used to know, and things we all used to do. Lets remember Benghazi and honor those killed there by thinking for ourselves and demanding real facts, instead of just mindlessly believing the crap we get from glory-hound politicos and faux news sources."
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Ooopsie! Benghazi WASN’T an Al-Quaida attack after all. It WAS about that stinking anti-Islam video. (Original Post)
riqster
Dec 2013
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dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)1. Not sure anyone said it was an al Qaeada attack.
On the other hand whether or not it was simply a run on from the protests earlier in the day is different matter.
I don't regard it as coincidental that 400 surface to air shoulder pad missiles were stolen that night.
riqster
(13,986 posts)2. Here is one of many statements on the Al-Quaida connection.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/29/house-intelligence-chair-benghazi-attack-al-qaeda-led-event/
And click the link in the OP for source info on the video's influence.
And click the link in the OP for source info on the video's influence.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)3. K & R
treestar
(82,383 posts)5. Makes you wonder about their coverage of anything
They are just spouting, not really telling us what really happened.
riqster
(13,986 posts)7. Yes, this NYT article was good. But rare.
Damn Reagan anyway.
EC
(12,287 posts)6. So rightwing nut job was
in fact the killer of Ambassador Stevens
riqster
(13,986 posts)8. He and a load of nitwits elsewhere in government.