"The real Benghazi scandal"

[applegrove]

The real Benghazi scandal

By Michael A. Cohen at the Boston Globe

http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/12/01/the-real-benghazi-scandal/m2kWG5SzdvT0JO6ChxcuhP/story.html

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These sober findings are not only consistent with two years of statements from the White House, the State Department, and the intelligence community, but they stand in stark contrast to the unceasing stream of innuendo and unsupported allegations of wrongdoing that have been irresponsibly alleged ever since four Americans were killed during a terrorist attack on US diplomatic facilities.

The report’s release gives us the opportunity to focus on the real Benghazi scandal: the shameless and irresponsible politicization of this tragedy by the Republican Party. For two years, party graybeards like John McCain accused the Obama administration of engaging in a “cover-up’’ on Benghazi; Speaker of the House John Boehner brazenly asserted that the Obama administration was “misleading the American people;” Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina accused the president of having “failed as commander-in-chief before, during, and after the attack;” and House committee chairman Representative Darrell Issa floated unfounded “suspicions” that Hillary Clinton gave a “stand down” order to prevent military resources from being sent to help those under attack.

Then there was the steady stream of conservative pundits who claimed, among other things, that the White House was blackmailing then-CIA Director David Petraeus to keep him quiet about Benghazi. There was the accusation hurled at Hillary Clinton that she faked a concussion to avoid testifying before Congress about the matter and the almost routine assertion that the White House had left those in Benghazi to die. None of it was true.

This is certainly not the first ginned up partisan attack. But the consequences of “Benghazi’’ have been significant.





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[spanone]

1. and the media reports it as news...as breaking news. as significant news.

i applaud the globe for being in the media minority of pointing out facts.

[Thinkingabout]

2. Darrell Issa Big Failure.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Ah,but what happened in November of 2014?

All this fake and false inquiries helped to defeat the Dems. When you throw that much crap at the wall,even though it is false,some does stick and we Dems lost our Bully Pulpit and never challenged the so called complacence press.

[mindwalker_i]

4. Repubs doing what they do when not in power

Look for scandals, do whatever is necessary to hurt their opponents. Fuck america on the way.

"I did not have sexual relations with that report."

[Amonester]

7. And when in power: start wars of aggression based on made-up lies where

thousands of troops get either killed or maimed for life.

But "Impeachment is off the table."

[mindwalker_i]

10. Ah, but more importantly

those wars get money to republican-friendly contractors, who will give some of it back as campaign contributions. It's a symbiotic relationship.

[Kingofalldems]

5. They lie about everything.

[OldRedneck]

6. Never fear . . .

John Boner is going to impanel a House Special Committee on Benghazi and you can bet your ass they WILL get to the bottom of this unforgivable scandal.

I'm stocking up on popcorn.

[moondust]

8. I want a refund.

For all the time and taxpayer money Issa and his Republiclowns knowingly wasted on their fraudulent Benghazi circus act. Have Treasury garner their paychecks if necessary.

[applegrove]

9. + 100. Also think of all the immigration

debate that did not take place because the GOP was so busy with Benghazi. I‘m sure that is part of why they were so obsessed.... to have a decoy to keep congress , and thus Democrats, from talking about anything that had gravitas.