It's a tiring effort to watch the media deal with Benghazi and the all out effort being run by most of the media to protect Hillary Clinton on the subject.
This morning, there's an article announcing that the sister of ambassador Chris Stevens (who was killed in the attack) does not blame Hillary Clinton for his death. That's not surprising. Stevens was killed by terrorists, not by the secretary of state. He knew he was in a dangerous place and he accepted that risk. But the point of the Benghazi investigations was NEVER to determine if Hillary Clinton should be blamed for the murder of our ambassador. The focus was on 1) why there was inadequate security at the Benghazi installation; 2) why there were no precautions taken for the anniversary of 9-11, a likely date for a terror attack in the region; 3) why no military help ever arrived to save those left in the CIA annex in Benghazi (hours after the ambassador had been murdered); 4) why the Obama administration lied to the nation and to the families of the dead about who conducted the attack and why; and 5) why no action has ever been taken against the overwhelming majority of the terrorists involved in the attack. Hillary is involved directly in items 1, 2, and 4. The others focus on the military, the White House, and the Department of Justice. Hillary's failures were severe, but they are not the basis actually to blame her for the ambassador's death.
The New York Times came out with a big article proclaiming that the Benghazi panel found no new evidence of wrongdoing by Clinton. Again, that is a massive bit of misdirection. Of the five items on which the investigation focused, only item 4 could be considered "wrongdoing". The rest are indicative of incompetence by president Obama and his administration. The issue of telling lies to the nation and the families of the dead was pretty well known before the report was issued.
The reality is that if one reads the report in full, one finds that there is a great deal of evidence of incompetence and even lack of caring by Hillary Clinton and her staff. That was always the issue.
This morning, there's an article announcing that the sister of ambassador Chris Stevens (who was killed in the attack) does not blame Hillary Clinton for his death. That's not surprising. Stevens was killed by terrorists, not by the secretary of state. He knew he was in a dangerous place and he accepted that risk. But the point of the Benghazi investigations was NEVER to determine if Hillary Clinton should be blamed for the murder of our ambassador. The focus was on 1) why there was inadequate security at the Benghazi installation; 2) why there were no precautions taken for the anniversary of 9-11, a likely date for a terror attack in the region; 3) why no military help ever arrived to save those left in the CIA annex in Benghazi (hours after the ambassador had been murdered); 4) why the Obama administration lied to the nation and to the families of the dead about who conducted the attack and why; and 5) why no action has ever been taken against the overwhelming majority of the terrorists involved in the attack. Hillary is involved directly in items 1, 2, and 4. The others focus on the military, the White House, and the Department of Justice. Hillary's failures were severe, but they are not the basis actually to blame her for the ambassador's death.
The New York Times came out with a big article proclaiming that the Benghazi panel found no new evidence of wrongdoing by Clinton. Again, that is a massive bit of misdirection. Of the five items on which the investigation focused, only item 4 could be considered "wrongdoing". The rest are indicative of incompetence by president Obama and his administration. The issue of telling lies to the nation and the families of the dead was pretty well known before the report was issued.
The reality is that if one reads the report in full, one finds that there is a great deal of evidence of incompetence and even lack of caring by Hillary Clinton and her staff. That was always the issue.
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