Congress is preparing to investigate the Benghazi attack and what lead to the death of Ambassador Stevens and three others. It will also have to follow the trail of ‘cover-up’ bread crumbs left in the two weeks that followed, by which the Administration lied about almost everything, what they knew, when, and why.
The Department of State and Secretary Hillary Clinton have said they will assist however they can, and are responding promptly to witness requests by the Oversight committee.
So here’s my thinking. Given that the Administration and State knew, and what we all now know, if Clinton gets hung up on this does it end her political career? Could Benghazi destroy any remaining interest she might have had at running for President in 2016?
Hillary has always wanted to be President. Bill continues to push her toward it because he wants to be Co-President again too. There is also the matter of her own political and historical legacy even if she does not choose to run in 2016.
The disaster that is the Benghazi attack is an epic failure precipitated by documented intentional acts by the Obama Administration and State, which make them responsible for the killings of four Americans and the cover up. I can’t see HillBilly letting the Obama’s tarnish their place in eternity. but that is going to be hard to avoid.
Someone knew about the potential threats and covered it up. They knew about the risks and pulled back security anyway. They ignored repeated requests for more security, and when their actions resulted in four dead Americans, at the hands of “they are on their heels” al Qaeda on the anniversary of 9/11 the Administration went on a two -week long, thoroughly documented cover-up–aided and abetted by their media allies, strictly for political reasons.
This isn’t a stained blue dress and it isn’t fast and furious. It is much more public. Everyone knows about the event and the way the Democrat establishment water-boarded their own stories as part of the ongoing cover-up. This cannot be disguised as some conspiracy theory. Americans died – Obama lied. So someone has to swing and I can’t see Clinton taking the fall, or taking it alone.
She doesn’t even like the Obama’s. If there is no future political advantage to be gained from this association she has no incentive to do them any favors. So if there is a direct connection to the Oval Office on the events leading up to the attack andor the coordinated effort to cover it up afterwards with lie after lie, I think the only question remaining is does it come out before November 6th or after?
Will Hillary Clinton give Obama an October surprise?
