Graham links Ukraine to Benghazi

[IDemo]

Source: MSNBC

A top-ranking Republican is linking Russia’s ongoing military action in Ukraine to the Obama administration’s handling of the 2012 terror attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to invade the Crimea region of Ukraine after taking note of how U.S. President Barack Obama dealt with the aftermath of the Benghazi attack, which killed four Americans, including a U.S. ambassador.

“It started with Benghazi. When you kill Americans and nobody pays a price, you invite this type of aggression,” Graham tweeted Tuesday afternoon.

“Putin basically came to the conclusion after Benghazi, Syria, Egypt - everything Obama has been engaged in - he’s a weak indecisive leader,” he said in a follow up tweet about a half hour later, before adding, “I think Putin believes Obama is really all talk and no action. And unless we push back soon, the worse is yet to come.”

Read more: http://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/graham-links-ukraine-benghazi

[Warpy]

1. He's going to sound nuttier and nuttier

unless his teabagger challenger runs out of money or just fades away.

[safeinOhio]

2. Hey Graham

Bin Laden is dead and GM is alive, how about a big

[jtuck004]

3. More evidence that Twitter is over-valued. n/t

[frylock]

4. well then i guess that benghazi started with beirut..

you wanna play this game, asshole?

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Someone must have slammed the closet door on his head. And hard.

What the hell is wrong with him? Seriously.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. You know who slammed the door on his head?

Benghazi did.

[TroglodyteScholar]

37. Osbama Bin Gazzi is still on the loose.

When will this weak, indecisive administration take action to capture or kill Bin Gazzi?

[AverageJoe90]

40. I thought Ben Ghazi was an Israeli arms dealer.....LOLOLOLOL.

(Sorry, I couldn't resist the bad pun.....got it from here, though.)

[pangaia]

7. Teabaggery to the right of him,

Teabaggery to the left of him, Teabaggery in front of him vollying and thundering... He's still charging UP the valley. Just you wait....

[louis-t]

8. The "worse" is yet to come?

Fucking idiot.

[maryellen99]

15. I'm shocked

That he hasn't called for a nuclear strike on Russia yet.

[freshwest]

25. He already did. Or rather, his staff did:

Bombs away!

[maryellen99]

27. What a bunch of nut jobs nt

[jakeXT]

9. It's funny how the Republicans can't criticize Obama for the whole Libya intervention

“When I ask them ‘Do you believe you do everything legitimately,’ they say ‘Yes.’ And I have to remind them about the US actions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, where they acted either without any UN Security Council mandate or through perverting a mandate, as was the case in Libya,” Putin said.

http://rt.com/news/putin-statement-ukraine-russia-743/

[AtheistCrusader]

10. If Graham's dog got hit by a car he'd link it to Benghazi.

AND blame the president.

[LynneSin]

33. If Graham was constipated he'd blame it on Benghazi

The GOP really want to make Benghazi the '9/11' of the Obama Administration. And it really galls me that none of the 13 Embassy/Consulate attacks that occured under the Bush administration had this much scrutiny like what happened on Benghazi.

[blackspade]

11. Oh, for fuck's sake....

What an idiot...

[albino65]

12. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is a traitor

Talk about giving aid and comfort to the enemy. This piece of shit and his ilk are the lowest forms of life on the planet. Blaming them on evolution would be an insult to the apes. They need to be called out! The push back needs to come against them.

Tea Party: Traitors, Each and All
Pontificating, Anarchic, Racist, Talking-head, Yahoos!

[TroglodyteScholar]

38. Wish I could rec your post... n/t

[Boomerproud]

13. STFU Lindsey!

I love the post that said we should scream "Beirut!" every time a Pubbie yells Benghazi.
240+ Marines in body bags, Dude! Who was president? Who?

[Faygo Kid]

14. Benghazi! Rev. Wright! IRS!

Tune into Fox News for more.

[chuckstevens]

16. Is it me

or does Lindsey Graham sound more and more like if the Hanna Barbara character Huckleberry Hound had joined a white citizens council group circa 1963? He is just dying to spew racist hatred of our president, yet his drawl sounds so calm and restrained.

[freshwest]

31. He's got his genteel southern gentleman act down pat! It's that or the bully boy routine.

But in the end, the results are the same.

He's perfected the William F. Buckley drawl, don't you think? From back when people heard him on PBS and thought he was an 'intellectual.'

You can't really divide their act from what the results are. The Tea Party is simply the full monty version of the old GOP.

And yeah, the racism is getting more obvious everyday. No matter what Obama does, he's not good enough, as shown by EarlG:



Obama will continue being the better man, though:



Of course, that's not his quote, that was added.

[iamthebandfanman]

17. they always find a way

to degrade and twist any situation.. don't they ? talk about reaching for nothing.. sheesh.

I really hope the united states and its European allies find some economic ways to stick it to Russia. Putin is a dipshit hate monger (beyond just his anti-gay stance) asshole who will never leave his positions of power unless someone pushes him.. at least with sanctions perhaps his own people will do the pushing. his only claim to fame during his whole tenure was looking more intelligent than president shrub when they got together... and lets be honest, that's not exactly anything to brag about.

That being said, I think the people of crimae should probably get some say in the fate of their region.. no one should be forced to stay a part of a nation that just went through a coup...

beyond them stationing more troops to defend their bases, Russians shouldn't be marching around the region as if they own the place. its not right. no matter who does it. I was against us invading Iraq, and im against him invading his neighbors. period.


again tho, I think crimae should be allowed to vote and determine what their region ultimate does.

[L0oniX]

18. Awwww ...little Mini me McCain wants some attention. Must be lonely in crazyland.

[tavernier]

19. Scum bag traitor.

[idendoit]

20. Isn't Lindsey just fabulous?

[wildbilln864]

21. I so despise that idiot! n/t

[rtracey]

22. sad part

Sad part is the media just lets him slide.Never jumping on him to prove is statements, never asking to show them evidence, just letting this old piece of shit say what he wants. Has anyone in the media confronted him about all the Bush era consulate and embassy attacks? Has anyone in the media pointed to Condelezza Rice's incorrect statements and questioned him. Time for these media people to step up and find some integrity...start asking the though questions.....

[NCarolinawoman]

23. Like William--More War-MORE WAR -Krystol.

Same old people given a platform over and over again. What hold do these people have over the "tv press"? !!!

[freshwest]

32. They can't. MSM is owned by a half dozen consevative billionaires who order the script.

Anyone opposed in earnest to the horseshit these guys spew, is quickly unemployed. This is not the media we once had.

[rpannier]

24. Graham ciuts himself shaving... blames Benghazi nt

[EmilyAnne]

26. Graham spoils True Detective ending by linking it to Benghazi nt

[SoapBox]

28. Well....

WTF?

Is he stupid or what?

Oh...yes, he is.

[MannyGoldstein]

29. He is a total nitwit.

Not partial. Not mostly.

Total.

[nolkyz]

30. Go. The Fuck. Away.

[olddad56]

34. If Putin had gone through with the invasion and killed several hundred thousand civilians...

would Graham have linked Ukraine with Iraq?

[Earth_First]

35. With what? A map a ruler and a Sharpie?

[TroglodyteScholar]

36. I simply LOVE this

So predictable, and so over-the-top that absolutely nobody will be able to take the claim seriously.

These guys don't know when to put down the fucking shovel!

[tanyev]

39. Also the Keystone Pipeline, according to Paul Ryan.

I'm sure some connection to Obamacare and maybe even Michelle's childhood obesity initiative will emerge very soon.

[catbyte]

41. Y-A-W-N. I'm sure he will try to link the freezing rain forecast for the midwest this weekend to

Benghazi.

[Orsino]

42. No, he doesn't. n/t