Benghazi Revisited

The next round of hearings on Benghazi, the Libyan terrorist attack that took the lives of four Americans, is about to begin. Hillary did a marvelous job of saying nothing of substance during her testimony, and walked away from her position as Secretary of State with the left fawning over her as if she made Henry Kissinger, Condoleeza Rice, and Thomas Jefferson look like the Keystone Kops. Hillary is being replaced by John-Swift-Boat-Kerry, or Lurch, if you prefer, and I suspect  that he will do as formidable a job as his woman who would be king predecessor. I know Tyrelle Woods' and Glen Dougherty's parents are looking forward to answers on what really happened in Benghazi, but I'm quite certain that they will, instead, get speeches that take up the time limit of the politicians who ask them.

The panel has to ask questions that get direct "yes" or "no" answers. They cannot ask open-ended ones because they will only get filler rather than facts. The Democrats on the panel will likely ask softball questions and the RINOs will follow suit, but if the GOP wants answers, they need to ask the right questions, which I believe is as likely to happen as Chris Matthews voting for Marco Rubio in 2016. 

As I write this, Leon Panetta is speaking. He says that there wasn't enough time for the US to respond to the attack in Benghazi. (Lindsey Graham later asked him how he knew that at the time of the attack since he had no idea how long it was going to last--this just added after the Panetta speech). Panetta says that we weren't dealing with a continuous assault. Time, distance, and lack of adequate warning prevented an immediate response. But the US government spared nothing to assist in the defense of the consulate and save the lives of the four patriots who died. Panetta says that we are doing all we can to bring those who killed our people to justice--said with the same commitment as OJ said at his trial. All in all, Panetta is making a speech. I cannot wait for the questions. I anticipate the Democrats will fawn over him like they did with Hillary, and the GOP will ask open-ended questions that will result in fact-less answers, just like we received with Hillary.

Panetta, in his infinite wisdom, has decided to add 35 marine guards to embassy security. Brilliant idea--this is why he makes the big bucks. As Panetta drones on, (forgive the expression), I believe his strategy is to lull us to sleep, hoping we will not hear the rest of the inquiry. He has become repetitious, and is addressing the issue of sequestration, as if that's relevant to the discussion. 

We need to have the brass orbs to drop our PC bs and go for their jugulars. We need to challenge all the leftist excuses, just as we need to attack Obama's policies and call it what it is--socialism. We need to call out this administration about their support of the Muslim Brotherhood, just as we need to illustrate how Obama's words of his Muslim sentiments describe his true feelings. And finally, we need to ask Panetta why is his hindsight so much better than his planning.

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