13 Benghazis Happened Under President Bush

[JimH52]

For most of those attacks, like the one that killed 9 Americans, Republicans also controlled both houses. Can anyone explain why there were no investigations?

Because they controlled both Houses....

Were there allegations that Bush lied about any of the attacks to better his re-election?
No.

So the only question here is why aren't you outraged that Obama lied about Benghazi?

The talking points were written by the CIA. Have you been on Mars?

 

[blackhawk]

Did the Bush administration ever claim any of those attacks were anything other than what they were? So endeth the lesson.

So all this mass hysteria on the far rabid Right is just because Obama didn't say the attacks were due to a "terror attack?"

Seriously?

All of this rabid deflection from the left is because the right is challenging Obama for not calling it a terrorist attack really?

 

[Oldstyle]

How did they know it wasnt because of the video? Someone told them or their gut?

They knew with in minutes that this was not a riot over the video. Pentagon nailed it.

Pentagon labeled Benghazi a terrorist attack as Obama administration wavered: newly declassified testimony


Gen. Carter Ham’s newly declassified testimony before the House suggests the prospect of an out-of-control demonstration was not raised by Defense officials and that they immediately considered the incident an attack.


BY Leslie Larson
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 1:23 PM
Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 1:23 PM

Pentagon labeled Benghazi a terrorist attack as Obama administration wavered: newly declassified testimony - NY Daily News

Ok, but you didnt answer my question which was how do they know what the motivation was behind the attack without asking the people who attacked?

Ask them? Well in order to do THAT, Closed...first of all you have to admit who they were! Pretending it was some mob protesting a YouTube video that got out of control isn't answering ANYTHING...it's hiding from the truth.

Have you heard ANYTHING about our Justice Department's investigation into the murders of Chris Stevens and the other 3 Americans? I sure haven't. If there IS an investigation it's the most low key one in the history of law enforcement. But let's be honest here...why would Eric Holder want to find the men who killed Stevens since it would prove once and for all that it always was a terrorist attack?

 

[Oldstyle]

Because they controlled both Houses....

Were there allegations that Bush lied about any of the attacks to better his re-election?
No.

So the only question here is why aren't you outraged that Obama lied about Benghazi?

The talking points were written by the CIA. Have you been on Mars?

Those talking points were not what was written by the CIA...they bowed to pressure from both the State Department and from the Obama White House to take out language referring to a planned terrorist attack. Try listening to something other than MSNBC...you're embarrassing yourself.

 

[tinydancer]

How did they know it wasnt because of the video? Someone told them or their gut?

They knew with in minutes that this was not a riot over the video. Pentagon nailed it.

Pentagon labeled Benghazi a terrorist attack as Obama administration wavered: newly declassified testimony


Gen. Carter Ham’s newly declassified testimony before the House suggests the prospect of an out-of-control demonstration was not raised by Defense officials and that they immediately considered the incident an attack.


BY Leslie Larson
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 1:23 PM
Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 1:23 PM

Pentagon labeled Benghazi a terrorist attack as Obama administration wavered: newly declassified testimony - NY Daily News

Ok, but you didnt answer my question which was how do they know what the motivation was behind the attack without asking the people who attacked?

The motivation for the attack has been known for forever. AQ#1 called for revenge for the assassination of AQ#2.

AQ#2 was Libyan. Really is a no brainer.

 

[ClosedCaption]

They knew with in minutes that this was not a riot over the video. Pentagon nailed it.

Pentagon labeled Benghazi a terrorist attack as Obama administration wavered: newly declassified testimony


Gen. Carter Ham’s newly declassified testimony before the House suggests the prospect of an out-of-control demonstration was not raised by Defense officials and that they immediately considered the incident an attack.


BY Leslie Larson
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 1:23 PM
Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 1:23 PM

Pentagon labeled Benghazi a terrorist attack as Obama administration wavered: newly declassified testimony - NY Daily News

Ok, but you didnt answer my question which was how do they know what the motivation was behind the attack without asking the people who attacked?

The motivation for the attack has been known for forever. AQ#1 called for revenge for the assassination of AQ#2.

AQ#2 was Libyan. Really is a no brainer.

According to who?

 

[rdean]

For most of those attacks, like the one that killed 9 Americans, Republicans also controlled both houses. Can anyone explain why there were no investigations?

Um, because no one lied about them? Just a guess.

What was the lie? Still haven't heard anything reasonable on that.

 

[LilOlLady]

Were there allegations that Bush lied about any of the attacks to better his re-election?
No.

So the only question here is why aren't you outraged that Obama lied about Benghazi?

I recall that the original ODS rants about Benghazi accused the administration of not having enough security there in the first place.

Why did Bush allow 13 attacks to occur? Lack of security?

No, the only question is why are you not outraged that Obama lied.

I am still trying to find out what that lie was and how it harmed or killed anyone??? Bush lied and people died. And how he refused more security??? When....more security was not asked for and there were security and they were heroes .....When....

Vice President Joe Biden said Ryan is in no position to argue about diplomatic security, arguing that Ryan, in Congress, didn't provide all the embassy security funding that the Obama administration asked for. Biden also contended that the administration knew of no requests for more security at the Benghazi mission.

CNN Fact Check: What about the security in Benghazi? - CNN.com

 

[LilOlLady]

Will someone please tell me what the Obama administration is guilty of doing that caused the death of the 4 Americans?? That warrant impeachment or was a crime??? But we do know what Bush's and congress crimes were.

 

[NYcarbineer]

They knew with in minutes that this was not a riot over the video. Pentagon nailed it.

Pentagon labeled Benghazi a terrorist attack as Obama administration wavered: newly declassified testimony


Gen. Carter Ham’s newly declassified testimony before the House suggests the prospect of an out-of-control demonstration was not raised by Defense officials and that they immediately considered the incident an attack.


BY Leslie Larson
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 1:23 PM
Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 1:23 PM

Pentagon labeled Benghazi a terrorist attack as Obama administration wavered: newly declassified testimony - NY Daily News

Ok, but you didnt answer my question which was how do they know what the motivation was behind the attack without asking the people who attacked?

The motivation for the attack has been known for forever. AQ#1 called for revenge for the assassination of AQ#2.

AQ#2 was Libyan. Really is a no brainer.

Since we don't even know the names of the actual perpetrators,

why do you keep making that stupid claim?

 

[ClosedCaption]

They knew with in minutes that this was not a riot over the video. Pentagon nailed it.

Pentagon labeled Benghazi a terrorist attack as Obama administration wavered: newly declassified testimony


Gen. Carter Ham’s newly declassified testimony before the House suggests the prospect of an out-of-control demonstration was not raised by Defense officials and that they immediately considered the incident an attack.


BY Leslie Larson
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 1:23 PM
Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 1:23 PM

Pentagon labeled Benghazi a terrorist attack as Obama administration wavered: newly declassified testimony - NY Daily News

Ok, but you didnt answer my question which was how do they know what the motivation was behind the attack without asking the people who attacked?

Ask them? Well in order to do THAT, Closed...first of all you have to admit who they were! Pretending it was some mob protesting a YouTube video that got out of control isn't answering ANYTHING...it's hiding from the truth.

So you're on record not knowing how they know that information and your curiosity ends there. You dont care how they know the information you are supporting?

Have you heard ANYTHING about our Justice Department's investigation into the murders of Chris Stevens and the other 3 Americans? I sure haven't. If there IS an investigation it's the most low key one in the history of law enforcement. But let's be honest here...why would Eric Holder want to find the men who killed Stevens since it would prove once and for all that it always was a terrorist attack?

They've had plenty of investigations, news stories, interviews etc and all of it turned up nothing but you keep screaming about lies while not caring if the story you are supporting is true C'mon man.

 

[NYcarbineer]

13 Benghazis Happened Under President Bush and
Fox News Said Nothing


Check out the timeline of attacks on embassies and consulate compounds during Bush's tenure that received no similar fine-toothed-combing from Fox.

1. Jan. 22, 2002: Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Attacks Indian U.S. Consulate
Five policemen were killed and 16 injured in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta because of an attack on the U.S. consulate by militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami. American employees including the consul-general in Calcutta, Christopher Sandrolini, were unscathed, and those injured and killed were all Indians.

2. June 14, 2002: Suicide Car-Bomb Outside U.S. Consulate in Karachi
Twelve people died in an attack outside the U.S. consulate in Karachi when militants exploded a car bomb. A Taliban splinter group referred to as Al-Qanoon, or "The Law," claimed responsibility for the attacks that also injured 51 people. Two hired guards, a Marine, and five Pakistani staff members were among the injured in the attack that followed then Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's visit to the country.

3. Oct. 12, 2002: String Of Bali Bombings Included U.S. Consulate
The U.S. consulate in Indonesia was attacked as part of the 'Bali bombings' on a devastating October night. While there were no fatalities at the consulate, seven Americans were among the 202 dead at the coordinated blasts inside a bar and outside a nightclub.

4. Feb. 28, 2003: Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, Attacked For the Second Time in One Year
Gunmen rode up on a motorbike to the U.S. consulate's security checkpoints and rained gunfire killing two Pakistani police officers. One gunman arrested by paramilitary officers was found to have several rounds of ammunition prepared for what could have been a far more devastating attack.

5. May 12, 2003: 36 People Including 9 Americans Die After Terrorists Storm U.S. Compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The State Department had warned of a potential strike against the Saudi days before gunmen infiltrated the Al Hamra Oasis Village and two others killing 36 people and wounding 160. This was the most devastating attack on a State Department employees to occur under Bush. The Saudi government cracked down on terrorists group but that did not prevent another attack to occur a year later in Jeddah.

6. July 30, 2004: Islamist Attacks U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Two Uzbek security guards died in a bombing on the U.S. embassy in Tashkent days. Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan claimed responsibility of the bombing after 15 alleged Islamist militants went on trial.

7. Dec. 6, 2004: Five Staff and Four Security Guards Die in U.S. consulate attack in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Gunmen fought their way into the complex, reportedly taking 18 staff and visa applicants hostage for a short time before Saudi security forces stormed the building. The final dead counted four security guards, five staff, and three attackers. No Americans were among the dead.

8. March 2, 2006: Third Attack on Karachi U.S. Consulate Killed U.S. Diplomat
U.S. Diplomat David Foy was specifically targeted in the third attack in as many years on the Karachi consulate compound. He was one of four people killed. The bomb occurred two days before President Bush was to visit Pakistan and also targeted the Marriot hotel in an upscale neighborhood of Karachi.

This was a planned and coordinated attack that nobody covered as more than a news item.

9. Sept. 12, 2006: Four Gunmen Stormed the U.S. compound in Damascus, Syria
Gunmen yelling "Allahu akbar " - "God is great" - fired on Syrian security officers guarding the U.S. embassy. The gunmen used grenades, automatic weapons, car bombs, and a truck bomb and killed four people and wounded 13 others. Condoleezza Rice, then Secretary of State praised the Syrians that defended the U.S. employees: "the Syrians reacted to this attack in a way that helped to secure our people, and we very much appreciate that."

10. Jan. 12, 2007: Greek Terrorists Fired a Rocket-Propelled Grenade at the U.S. Embassy
An antitank grenade was fired into the empty consulate building by leftist terrorist group Revolutionary Struggle angry at American foreign policy. Even though nobody was in the building at the time the attack was a blatant breach of security and showed enormous security loopholes.

11. March 18, 2008: A Mortar is Fired at the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a, Yemen
Similar to the Greek attack, a mortar was fired at the U.S. embassy building killing 19 people and injuring 16. This was the second attempt at a similar mortar attack on the embassy. The first one missed the embassy and hit a girls' school next door.

12. July 9, 2008: Three Turkish Policemen were Killed When Gunman Fired on the U.S. Consulate Istanbul, Turkey
Four attackers drove up to the high-walled compound of the U.S. Consulate and started shooting the security guards. The gun battle took the lives of three of the attackers but the fourth one drove off. No Americans were injured or killed.

13. Sept. 17, 2008: 16 People Including 2 Americans Die in an Orchestrated Attack on the U.S. Embassy Sana’a, Yemen
An arsenal of weapons including rocket-propelled grenades and two car bombs were involved in the second attack on the embassy in seven months. Eighteen-year-old American Susan El-Baneh and her husband of three weeks died holding hands.
13 Benghazis Happened Under President Bush and Fox News Said Nothing - PolicyMic

Did Bush blame it on some unknown video producer in L.A.? Did Bush cover them up to get elected?

No
No
Apples to Oranges.

Bush blamed Saddam Hussein for 9/11 and used that lie to get support for the Iraq disaster.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Will someone please tell me what the Obama administration is guilty of doing that caused the death of the 4 Americans?? That warrant impeachment or was a crime??? But we do know what Bush's and congress crimes were.

Benghazi is the Right's Iraq. This is revenge hysteria. They can't find anything worse, so this is it.

 

[Spoonman]

13 Benghazis Happened Under President Bush and
Fox News Said Nothing


Check out the timeline of attacks on embassies and consulate compounds during Bush's tenure that received no similar fine-toothed-combing from Fox.
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Bush ain't running for president. if he was we can throw these in his face. for now lets focus on who might become our next president

 

[ClosedCaption]

Did the Bush administration ever claim any of those attacks were anything other than what they were? So endeth the lesson.

So all this mass hysteria on the far rabid Right is just because Obama didn't say the attacks were due to a "terror attack?"

Seriously?

All of this rabid deflection from the left is because the right is challenging Obama for not calling it a terrorist attack really?

Wrong again

The Facts
Immediately after the attack, the president three times used the phrase “act of terror” in public statements:
“No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for.”
— Obama, Rose Garden, Sept. 12

“We want to send a message all around the world — anybody who would do us harm: No act of terror will dim the light of the values that we proudly shine on the rest of the world, and no act of violence will shake the resolve of the United States of America.”
— Obama, campaign event in Las Vegas, Sept. 13

“I want people around the world to hear me: To all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will go unpunished. It will not dim the light of the values that we proudly present to the rest of the world. No act of violence shakes the resolve of the United States of America.”
— Obama, campaign event in Golden, Colo., Sept. 13

Obama?s claim he called Benghazi an ?act of terrorism? - The Washington Post

The big deal here seems to be that he did not say "act of terrorism" verbatim

 

[bedowin62]

silly leftard; Bush didnt lie or cover-up terror attcks on embassies


ZERO Benghazis happened on Bush's watch

 

[depotoo]

I see your problem. You rely on media, rather than getting ahold of govt documents and listening to the actual hearings. Doing that takes all the spin out of it.

Statement:
Biden: "The congressman here cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for."

The facts:
According to Democratic House Oversight Committee staff, the amount that the GOP-led House passed for two accounts that pay for embassy security in fiscal 2012 ($2.311 billion) was $330 million less than the Obama administration had requested ($2.641 billion).

CNN Fact Check: What about the security in Benghazi? - CNN.com

 

[LilOlLady]

They knew with in minutes that this was not a riot over the video. Pentagon nailed it.

Pentagon labeled Benghazi a terrorist attack as Obama administration wavered: newly declassified testimony


Gen. Carter Ham’s newly declassified testimony before the House suggests the prospect of an out-of-control demonstration was not raised by Defense officials and that they immediately considered the incident an attack.


BY Leslie Larson
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 1:23 PM
Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 1:23 PM

Pentagon labeled Benghazi a terrorist attack as Obama administration wavered: newly declassified testimony - NY Daily News

Ok, but you didnt answer my question which was how do they know what the motivation was behind the attack without asking the people who attacked?

Ask them? Well in order to do THAT, Closed...first of all you have to admit who they were! Pretending it was some mob protesting a YouTube video that got out of control isn't answering ANYTHING...it's hiding from the truth.

Have you heard ANYTHING about our Justice Department's investigation into the murders of Chris Stevens and the other 3 Americans? I sure haven't. If there IS an investigation it's the most low key one in the history of law enforcement. But let's be honest here...why would Eric Holder want to find the men who killed Stevens since it would prove once and for all that it always was a terrorist attack?

It has been admitted and admitted. Now what you you want. It was terrorist and not mob protesting the video. How many $%*#&ing times do you have to hear it. That is still not a crime.

 

[bedowin62]

obama didnt have to sign anything that cut embassy security

and that wasnt a factor

libs are just idiots; they dont understand they are in charge. embassy security was exactly what obama wanted it to be

libs are losers who lie to themselves

 

[LilOlLady]

obama didnt have to sign anything that cut embassy security

and that wasnt a factor

libs are just idiots; they dont understand they are in charge. embassy security was exactly what obama wanted it to be

libs are losers who lie to themselves

Had Obama know before that the embassy was going to be attacked he would have had more security. There was adequate security and people were evacuated and lives were saved. Every one but the four had been evacuated and there is no evidence that more security could have got there and that it would have saved the four. Plus Obama do not call all the shots. He had info from the CIA and he acted on that. If any heads should roll it should began with the CIA.