Benghazi's back, baby!

[bluelang]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-17/clinton-to-testify-on-benghazi-before-senate-next-week.html

Clinton to testify blah blah you can turn your goldfish attention spans away from the made-up Sandy Hook conspiracy and back to the made-up Benghazi conspiracy. Won't that be a breath of fresh air?

[Juggernautz]

Ver-ry interesting...

[gatorev12]

In fairness, there's a slight difference between the two: Sandy Hook conspiracy theorists think the govt intentionally killed 26 people to further gun control that hasn't happened---while Benghazi conspiracy theorists think there was a cover-up by the Obama Administration to prevent damaging information coming out so shortly before the election.

Not that I subscribe to either theory, but the second is at least within the realm of plausibility.

[gatorman_07732]

Geez lang you flipped your lid to the two are remotely comparable in any way. There are four dead Americans in Benghazi as a result of a lack of security.

[ChartsandGrafs]

LOL @ all the government worshipers running around from thread to thread trying to pooh-pooh conspiracy theories.

They must've received their checks in the mail today.

[PSGator66]

The goverment failed in Benghazi and had nothing to do with Sandy Hook.

[Row6]

The goverment failed in Benghazi and had nothing to do with Sandy Hook.

Over 4,000 Americans dead in service overseas in the last decade and most on the dubious goal of eliminating Iran's biggest rival in the area, and yet some are fixated on the loss - which was no doubt tragic and possibly avoidable - of 4 in a highly successful action which resulted in a government and population appreciative and in love with the US. If there was a failure it was limited and shrinks further when compared to the reward.

[gatorman_07732]

Over 4,000 Americans dead in service overseas in the last decade and most on the dubious goal of eliminating Iran's biggest rival in the area, and yet some are fixated on the loss - which was no doubt tragic and possibly avoidable - of 4 in a highly successful action which resulted in a government and population appreciative and in love with the US. If there was a failure it was limited and shrinks further when compared to the reward.

And we had 3000 killed her in a single day

[Row6]

And we had 3000 killed her in a single day

Indeed, and I agree that getting OBL and other AQ leaders was something we had to do since we had the means, and that entailed going into Afghanistan. I think doing that sooner instead of f..ing around in Iraq would have been more effective in sending the message to not screw with us and I also think we have stayed there too long. In any case Libya was low cost and high reward, not withstanding the tragic loss. The ambassador was a perfect fit for the country, though his willingness to wade unprotected into the turmoil probably had something to do with his demise, though policy from on high should have been different.

[JerseyGator01]

It's frankly pathetic as to how slowly this investigation has proceeded. Kinda like the Fort Hood shooting. Gee, what a coincidence.

[MichiGator2002]

Indeed, and I agree that getting OBL and other AQ leaders was something we had to do since we had the means, and that entailed going into Afghanistan. I think doing that sooner instead of f..ing around in Iraq would have been more effective in sending the message to not screw with us and I also think we have stayed there too long. In any case Libya was low cost and high reward, not withstanding the tragic loss. The ambassador was a perfect fit for the country, though his willingness to wade unprotected into the turmoil probably had something to do with his demise, though policy from on high should have been different.

That first sentence spells the twilight of western civilization, as it treats 9/11 as a closed book with the death of bin Laden and the general disruption but clearly nowhere near destruction of al Qaeda. They were the tip of the proverbial spear. There is a broad and hungry ideological movement afoot to turn out bin Ladens and Attas and Nidal Hissans every day that makes ideological indoctrination of kids in America look amateur, and if it even has a hit rate of 1 in 50, we already have generations of bin Ladens to look forward to.

[Row6]

That first sentence spells the twilight of western civilization, as it treats 9/11 as a closed book with the death of bin Laden and the general disruption but clearly nowhere near destruction of al Qaeda. They were the tip of the proverbial spear. There is a broad and hungry ideological movement afoot to turn out bin Ladens and Attas and Nidal Hissans every day that makes ideological indoctrination of kids in America look amateur, and if it even has a hit rate of 1 in 50, we already have generations of bin Ladens to look forward to.

More hyperbole - "twilight of western civilization" - really? Ever hear of Hitler or Stalin? Perhaps you are convinced that AQ is just the advance guard for Panzer divisions coming up from Central America, and that this justifies spending more on defense than all other countries combined while invading places half way around the world who might possess mustard gas, but I don't. It's the spending. you know?