13 Benghazis Happened Under President Bush

[d_tyler]

Is the argument a terror attack, or the lies afterward to protect the president in the upcoming election? I think people have lost sight of the issue.

The lies. We know it was a terror attack...and if a POTUS is willing to LIE to keep his job...ALL creds are lost. The man cannot be trusted.

and let's not forget the lies that were told to GET the job.... those poor "hope and change" bastards didn't know what hit 'em.

 

[Gadawg73]

But....but..

I thought Bush kept us safe?

Actually, that LYING bastard did everything BUT keep us safe.

typical left-wing moron. believing it is in America's interest to project power globally isnt being "gung-ho" about going to war

and it isnt up to you to lecture others that they are being contradictory for wanting limited govenment but also wanting a strong military. Conservatives are for limited government; not no government. so it DOES "WORK THAT WAY" because they have the right to their opinions as to what should be limited and what shouldnt

AKA "Everything is A OK when REPUBLICANS spend like drunken sailors. Spend on things we like...OR ELSE!!"

"bastard"?
The Constitution mandates a "strong military", nothing to do with partisan politics or opinions.
Even a bastard should know that.

 

[Dot Com]

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.

Even with all the video we have, Republicans will still call that a lie.

Republicans- "its not a fuck up when we're (Repubs) are in office" Irony is delicious

 

[The Rabbi]

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

Even with all the video we have, Republicans will still call that a lie.

Republicans- "its not a fuck up when we're (Repubs) are in office Irony is delicious

It wasn't a lie. Certainly it wasn't a lie like Obama told when he called a terrorist attack a spontaneous demonstration and blamed it on a video no one had seen.
Why arent you outraged by this?

 

[Gadawg73]

Its a great thing George Bush was not a homosexual pedophile, I would hate to see the Democrats using that as a defense, "but Bush did it first"

Obama lost Ambassador Stevens on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 in Libya, a country we have determined to be a terrorist state. Ronald Reagan sent missiles in, killed Qaddafi's daughter. Obama sends in an openly gay male ambassador who is named after Jesus Christ who gets slaughtered on the 11th anniversary 9/11.

11-9/11 Islamic day of Victory

Democrats of course wish to talk about George Bush while we are literally losing the war, our guys are getting killed because Obama wants to stutter (literally stutter) something about Bush.

"openly gay"
Stevens had not even been brought back for burial and you wingnuts were smearing him.

Your story line that Stevens brought on his death himself because he was openly gay and the administration sent him there to provoke Muslims is absurd.

I guess your next comment will be that he enjoyed being slaughtered.

 

[tinydancer]

Is the argument a terror attack, or the lies afterward to protect the president in the upcoming election? I think people have lost sight of the issue.

I believe these are two separate issues. Actually three. First would be the lack of security despite repeated requests by Ambassador Stevens. This is all on record.

Second the attack and rescue at the Consulate. And what went horribly wrong.

I sure as hell would love to know who thought it was a swell idea to put the Ambassador and others in the hands of a Libyan militia who didn't respond that night to repeated requests by the CIA.

And then thirdly, the coverup.

I mean check this out.

Libyan militia’s failed security at Benghazi

By Max Fisher
November 2, 2012 at 12:42 pm

From the article and btw every time I read this part I want to hurt someone. The forces had to bargain with locals to get them to the consulate. YIKES!

A rescue mission having to use cabbies aka locals aka this is freaking nuts.

Stevens turned out to be right about the Libyan security. When the Sept. 11 attack on the consulate began, neither the Libyan guards nor the "quick reaction force" proved sufficient, if the latter ever materialized at all.

The CIA account has the agency immediately trying to raise local Libyan militias to help respond, unable to even get an answer.

Further efforts to raise the militia seem to have achieved little. When a larger U.S. reaction force arrived from Tripoli at the Benghazi airport, they were forced to haggle with locals for transportation into town – something that February 17 Brigade might have provided.

A "heavily armed Libyan military unit" did arrive at the CIA's facility around dawn the next morning, though as Miller points out in his story, it's not at all clear where they had been for the preceding 12 hours.

At the time, this must have been alarming and deeply frustrating for CIA and State Department officials struggling to contain the Benghazi firefight using limited American resources.

In retrospect, though, it largely serves to underscore the already well-known problems with Libya's militia-based system. The entire reason that the U.S. consulate was using February 17 Brigade, after all, was because the state was not able to provide security on its own.

Libyan militia?s failed security at Benghazi

 

[Misty]

Using one corrupt government to defend another isn't really effective.

This isn't choose a side and defend it no matter what. We the people are in trouble because our government has taken away too many freedoms and replaced it with too much corrupt government.

 

[rdean]

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.

90% of the soldiers going to Iraq thought it was because of 9/11. That poll has been posted many times here. Are Republicans going to call them "stupid" or admit they were tricked?

 

[bedowin62]

Benghazi is about obama lying about a terrorist attack and a cover-up to hide the lies

there are no Reagan Benghazis

 

[Jarhead]

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.

90% of the soldiers going to Iraq thought it was because of 9/11. That poll has been posted many times here. Are Republicans going to call them "stupid" or admit they were tricked?

you are a loser.
Just saying.

 

[Gadawg73]

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

90% of the soldiers going to Iraq thought it was because of 9/11. That poll has been posted many times here. Are Republicans going to call them "stupid" or admit they were tricked?

you are a loser.
Just saying.

US military go to war when called.
They do not need motivational speakers and motive to do their jobs.
They are highly trained.
Pep rallies are for high school kids.

 

[rdean]

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

90% of the soldiers going to Iraq thought it was because of 9/11. That poll has been posted many times here. Are Republicans going to call them "stupid" or admit they were tricked?

you are a loser.
Just saying.

Since you didn't answer the question, it appears I "won". So you lost to a "loser"? What does that make you? A total failure?

 

[Yurt]

actually, zero benghazi's happened under bush

more leftwinger lies

 

[The Rabbi]

90% of the soldiers going to Iraq thought it was because of 9/11. That poll has been posted many times here. Are Republicans going to call them "stupid" or admit they were tricked?

you are a loser.
Just saying.

Since you didn't answer the question, it appears I "won". So you lost to a "loser"? What does that make you? A total failure?

Do you get a trophy? Your name on a plaque somewhere?

You "won" the Chief Dimbulb of USMB" Award. Here's your sign.

 

[Freewill]

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.

Obama murdered an American 16 year old boy without due process or anything else. They blamed it on the boy not having a very good father. He also killed three other Americans, including the boys father, without due process. THAT is a crime but it won't be prosecuted because both sides like killing brown skinned folks from a bunker.

 

[Freewill]

I just recalled what the warmongering rightwing inbreds used to say about Iraq, when the casualties counts in that disaster were brought up;

they used to say 'hey, comon, more people get killed in our inner city every night than that! What's the big deal????'

I don't suppose we could use that argument in response to FOUR deaths in Libya, could we?

Sure seems as though you might be loving war just a tad being as Obama has been at war his whole term. But I bet you forgot about all those he got killed in Afghanistan and then said it was a failure. I'll also bet you forgot about his drone program that has killed thousands, guilty and innocent alike. We went into Iraq and removed Saddam with few casualties and all objectives were met, it was not a disaster as was Benghazi.

 

[Oldstyle]

90% of the soldiers going to Iraq thought it was because of 9/11. That poll has been posted many times here. Are Republicans going to call them "stupid" or admit they were tricked?

you are a loser.
Just saying.

Since you didn't answer the question, it appears I "won". So you lost to a "loser"? What does that make you? A total failure?

Ah, Deanie? I hate to be blunt but you never "win" here. You start stupid strings on a daily basis...abandon them when you're shown to be the idiot you truly are and start yet another stupid string. Judging from your posts...you don't have the intellect to formulate a coherent argument on most of the things you obsess about. If it wasn't for Think Progress and The Huffington Post giving them to you, I don't think you have the gray matter to come up with them on your own.

You're a parrot...always have been...always will be...

 

[kaz]

90% of the soldiers going to Iraq thought it was because of 9/11. That poll has been posted many times here. Are Republicans going to call them "stupid" or admit they were tricked?

The poll you skewed was that 90% of soldiers polled thought Hussein was involved in 9/11. That's an entirely different point regarding the W administration than the one you changed it to. You may now proceed to demonstrate you don't understand what I just said.

 

[Theowl32]

90% of the soldiers going to Iraq thought it was because of 9/11. That poll has been posted many times here. Are Republicans going to call them "stupid" or admit they were tricked?

The poll you skewed was that 90% of soldiers polled thought Hussein was involved in 9/11. That's an entirely different point regarding the W administration than the one you changed it to. You may now proceed to demonstrate you don't understand what I just said.

I am pretty sure whatever he says will be written in their script. If it is not, he will not respond.

Either way, you gave him a headache, which is funny to me.

 

[depotoo]

What is sickening and sad is your joking about such a serious and deadly attack, and how it was manifested.

Seems there is new white house and state dept. email that has been withheld that is 7 pages long regarding media coverage and strategy.

If it is about video, protesters Much ado about nothing. Smoking bomb seem to be smoldering.