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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
2. Benghazi was the result of the US Government deciding
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 05:14 PM
Jan 2017

that regime change was a good idea. A decision that the US Government has reached and acted upon many times previously.

These 3 phonies are responsible, in part, for reduced security.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
4. The killings were, I agree. But that is the result of the initial
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 05:21 PM
Jan 2017

decision to engage in regime change in the first place. A decision that has made of Libya another hotbed of terrorism and instability.

pbmus

(12,422 posts)
7. Well, it would have been better to leave gadhafi murder his people
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 05:23 PM
Jan 2017

And destabilize his country and many others around him, much like Syria today

We asked for security funding and was turned down way before regime change you intimate

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
9. I am not saying that there were any good options.
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 05:27 PM
Jan 2017

But how many people died as a result of regime change versus how many might have died if Gaddafi had remained in power is speculation.

But if regime change had not been pursued, Benghazi would not have happened. And no matter what had happened, the GOP would still have blamed Obama and Clinton.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
11. I do agree with your larger point. The GOP are phonies.
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 05:35 PM
Jan 2017

Unfortunately, the voters do not seem to ever catch on to this obvious point.

world wide wally

(21,743 posts)
14. Hillary could have put an immediate end to the whole Benghazi bs if she had
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 06:45 PM
Jan 2017

just said that their golden boy Patreus was actually in charge.
End of investigation.

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
18. And if wishes were horses....
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 07:45 PM
Jan 2017

Patreus could have shown up on the steps of the Capitol with Amb Stevens' head on a stick, wearing a sandwich board saying "I DID IT!" - and the Republicans in Congress would still have blamed Obama and Clinton.

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
19. Yep. She knew a whole lot and could not compromise intelligence and the folks
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 08:46 PM
Jan 2017

who had been collecting it there. It was a no-win situation. The Republicans made hay on that.

Gymbo

(133 posts)
17. Next Question
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 07:36 PM
Jan 2017

Based on what we know about Russian interference in our election:

"What did they know, and when did they know it?

R's would be asking this question if places were reversed.

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