The House Select Committee investigating the Benghazi attack issued its draft report today. This lengthy report confirms some things we already knew but it still leaves a bunch of questions unanswered.
First, the report confirms that Hillary Clinton and president Obama misled the American people about the cause of the attack. It was a terrorist attack, and both Clinton and Obama knew that within minutes of the commencement of the onslaught. By the time of the release of the story making what happened out to be some sort of reaction to a youtube video, Clinton and Obama both knew that this was false. Nevertheless, for days thereafter, Obama, Clinton and the entire administration pushed the narrative that this was a spontaneous response to a video rather than a preplanned terrorist attack by al Qaeda related forces.
The report also confirms that no meaningful military response to the attack was ever launched. There were forces ready to go, but they were never given the final order to proceed.
Second, we still have two overarching questions:
1. Why was it that on the anniversary of 9-11, the day of the year when a terrorist attack was most likely, there was a) no military force in the region on standby to respond to any urgent situation, and b) no security precautions taken at a very dangerous outpost like Benghazi?
2. As the time passed and no military response was forthcoming, why was no one at the White House or the State Department or the Pentagon leadership monitoring the lack of movement and correcting the situation?
It's pretty clear that the terrorists struck a relatively unguarded US mission in Benghazi on a day when any rational American leader would have understood that the risk of such an attack was greatest. There was no leadership from either the White House or the Secretary of State in arranging proper security for the Americans in Benghazi. The result was the quick death of the ambassador and other.
It is also clear that there were not even any assets on standby ready to respond to an attack should that be necessary. How can that be? And how can it be that when the belated response just bogged down and collapsed, no one was there to get it moving again?
We already know that the phony Benghazi story was put out by Obama and Clinton to provide a cover story to hide the lack of leadership from the Obama administration. Now it would be nice to learn why there was no preparation for this wholly predictable attack.
First, the report confirms that Hillary Clinton and president Obama misled the American people about the cause of the attack. It was a terrorist attack, and both Clinton and Obama knew that within minutes of the commencement of the onslaught. By the time of the release of the story making what happened out to be some sort of reaction to a youtube video, Clinton and Obama both knew that this was false. Nevertheless, for days thereafter, Obama, Clinton and the entire administration pushed the narrative that this was a spontaneous response to a video rather than a preplanned terrorist attack by al Qaeda related forces.
The report also confirms that no meaningful military response to the attack was ever launched. There were forces ready to go, but they were never given the final order to proceed.
Second, we still have two overarching questions:
1. Why was it that on the anniversary of 9-11, the day of the year when a terrorist attack was most likely, there was a) no military force in the region on standby to respond to any urgent situation, and b) no security precautions taken at a very dangerous outpost like Benghazi?
2. As the time passed and no military response was forthcoming, why was no one at the White House or the State Department or the Pentagon leadership monitoring the lack of movement and correcting the situation?
It's pretty clear that the terrorists struck a relatively unguarded US mission in Benghazi on a day when any rational American leader would have understood that the risk of such an attack was greatest. There was no leadership from either the White House or the Secretary of State in arranging proper security for the Americans in Benghazi. The result was the quick death of the ambassador and other.
It is also clear that there were not even any assets on standby ready to respond to an attack should that be necessary. How can that be? And how can it be that when the belated response just bogged down and collapsed, no one was there to get it moving again?
We already know that the phony Benghazi story was put out by Obama and Clinton to provide a cover story to hide the lack of leadership from the Obama administration. Now it would be nice to learn why there was no preparation for this wholly predictable attack.
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