how many embassy deaths occured under w and no one cared

[demtenjeep]

all i have been seeing today is a bunch of crap about Hillary and the deaths of the 4 in Benghazi

i want to blast them on all the embassy deaths no one gave a shit about..

[Control-Z]

1. I'm with you.

Where are you seeing the Benghazi crap? I'm sincerely hoping you don't say you're seeing it here on DU.

[spanone]

2. 13 attacks 60 killed

"During the George W. Bush period, there were 13 attacks on various embassies and consulates around the world. Sixty people died."

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/may/12/john-garamendi/prior-benghazi-were-there-13-attacks-embassies-and/

[shenmue]

9. Yep

[KamaAina]

19. KATHMANDU! CALCUTTA! LIMA! KARACHI! RIYADH! TASHKENT! BAGHDAD! JEDDA! BASRA! DAMASCUS! BEIRUT!

SANAA! ISTANBUL! KABUL!

http://www.politifact.com/embassyattacks/

[spanone]

21. yes, but we all know that Benghazi with a democratic Secretary of State is the only one that matters

[deathrind]

3. Yes....

There were multiple embassy deaths under w and republicans did not say a word about any of them.

[HuckleB]

4. Depends on how it's counted, but quite a few more than under Obama.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/may/12/john-garamendi/prior-benghazi-were-there-13-attacks-embassies-and/

[csziggy]

12. From your link the numbers are higher than in the OP!

While Garamendi spoke of "embassies and consulates," we found several U.S. diplomatic targets killed in the line of duty outside official compounds -- such as in convoys or their homes -- and we included them in our count. Once we cross-referenced the attacks in the article and those in the database, we narrowed down the total to 39 attacks or attempted attacks on U.S. embassies and embassy personnel.

Of these 39 attacks, 20 resulted in at least one fatality. (Our complete list is here.) This is higher than Garamendi's claim, though if you only count attacks on embassy and consular property, there were 13.

Garamendi also understated the number of deaths. In the 20 incidents with at least one fatality, the total death toll was 87 -- quite a few more than the 60 Garamendi cited. If you only count those at embassies and consulates proper, the number of deaths drops to 66.

We should note that the vast majority of these deaths were not Americans. We counted 63 deaths that were either of non-Americans or of people whose nationality is unknown. Another three were U.S. civilians. Another 21 were workers at the U.S embassy or consulate, either of American or foreign nationality.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/may/12/john-garamendi/prior-benghazi-were-there-13-attacks-embassies-and/

The article does note that there is a major difference - the ambassador died - but it does not count the number of Americans versus embassy staff.

[Glamrock]

5. I could be wrong

but, if memory serves, those killed under W. we're not U.S. citizens....so they obviously don't count in the land of conservabots.

[LanternWaste]

15. March 2006 suicide car bombing in Karachi, Pakistan resulted in death of US Ambassador David Foy

March 2006 suicide car bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, 20 yards from US Embassy resulted in death of US Ambassador David Foy.

[Glamrock]

17. I stand corrected

Grassy ass

[Socal31]

6. The movie just hit Ondemand/Redbox/etc on Monday.

An increase in discussion of that incident was inevitable. It will fade.

[napkinz]

7. here ya go ...

[Wellstone ruled]

10. Facts are what they are.

[demtenjeep]

16. perfect

thank you

[spanone]

8. sadly, it's not about people dying, it's about destroying Hillary, nothing more.

how many died for a 'fake' war?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. According to Republicans

it only matters when bad stuff happens under Democrats. Does anybody here REALLY think that they wouldn't have demanded impeachment for Al Gore if 9/11 (and all of those embassy attacks) happened on HIS watch? They would be calling for his head if he tried to invade Iraq under flaky pretenses and couldn't find any WMD once we went in. They would have strung him up for the Katrina debacle. The WORST thing that they have on Obama are the Benghazi attacks, which they seem to have elevated beyond even 9/11 and only 4 (count'em 4) people died as opposed to 3000 for 9/11 (and another 4000 to invade, blast apart, and attempt to rebuild Iraq with only the imprisonment/execution of Saddam Hussein to show for it).

[napkinz]

14. ...

[Proud Liberal Dem]

20. Yup

pretty much sums it up.

[trotsky]

13. Provided Hillary Clinton is the nominee, and provided she wins the election...

prepare yourself for 4 or 8 more years of this.

[deaniac21]

18. What in the hell, is this gut a repuke

"Is Benghazi different? Absolutely," said Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an adjunct assistant professor in Georgetown University’s security studies program.

One reason, he said, is that an American ambassador died in the attack, which hadn’t happened since the 1970s. Another relevant question, Gartenstein-Ross said, "is whether what happened was put to the American people in an honest manner, not just with respect to the administration, but also with respect to the intelligence community."

[spanone]

22. sounds like he's full of shit