The Lies of Benghazi - Granite Grok

The Lies of Benghazi

Benghazi was a cluster and Obama should have paid a political price for it, but the media never pressed it and he never had to suffer.  But four people died, and the entire affair is a poster child for this administration; rule one–how do we spin this so we don’t look bad?

As to the looking bad, Breitbart has an article titled the six biggest lies about Benghazi – here is a snippet.

In her now-infamous testimony before Congress, Clinton shouted, “What difference, at this point, does it make?” with reference to the source and rationale for the attacks. Obviously, it made a difference to the White House, which wanted focus on the YouTube video rather than on “broader foreign policy” issues.

But Hillary has never answered where exactly she was that night. According to Hicks, after speaking briefly with Hillary Clinton at 2 a.m. on the night of the attacks, she never called back to find out the latest developments. Barack Obama, too, is absent from the Benghazi story; we now know he never entered the Situation Room.

Then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta testified that he met with Obama on the afternoon of September 11, told him about what was happening in Benghazi, and never checked back in. Panetta says that Obama left the details on the handling of Benghazi “up to us.” The White House, Panetta said, never called for an update on the situation. Panetta had no conversations with Clinton.

“Obviously, it made a difference to the White House, which wanted focus on the YouTube video rather than on “broader foreign policy” issues.”  That;s such a great line.

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