In Obama, we have a
minority individual who has embraced the entitlement culture, taken advantage of it, and now leads a national population of entitlement
folks, as he works to develop a long
lasting electoral coalition that that will keep the entitlement minded
Progressives in power for years into the future.
Understand that this man who would be King, was a pothead, the last two years of high
school according to his own words, in his vocal version of The Audacity of Hope.
The revelation of a classified cable dated August 15 from
Ambassador Christopher Stevens to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton describing
in detail the security threats to the U.S. Benghazi consulate is a quantum leap
forward in the reporting on the attack that left the ambassador and three
security personnel dead.
We have Fox News’s Catherine Herridge to thank for
reporting yesterday on
the existence of the classified cable. Mainstream media coverage of Benghazi has been scandalously negligent. Indeed, David Ignatius, one of The Washington Post’s top columnists, is now citing Fox News for its breaking stories on Benghazi. This has clearly not been sitting well with the editors of the Post’s op-ed section, who initially chose to run Ignatius’s column, “Lingering Questions About Benghazi,” dated October 30, on its website only. Criticized roundly on talk radio and social media, the Post ran it in its print edition two days later.
the existence of the classified cable. Mainstream media coverage of Benghazi has been scandalously negligent. Indeed, David Ignatius, one of The Washington Post’s top columnists, is now citing Fox News for its breaking stories on Benghazi. This has clearly not been sitting well with the editors of the Post’s op-ed section, who initially chose to run Ignatius’s column, “Lingering Questions About Benghazi,” dated October 30, on its website only. Criticized roundly on talk radio and social media, the Post ran it in its print edition two days later.
The August 15 cable, marked “secret,” was sent by the
Benghazi mission and outlined both the threats and the insufficiencies to U.S.
security in Libya. The mission called for an “emergency meeting” to discuss the
rapidly eroding situation on the ground:
RSO (Regional Security Officer)
expressed concerns with the ability to defend Post in the event of a
coordinated attack due to limited manpower, security measures, weapons
capabilities, host nation support, and the overall size of the compound.
The cable repeatedly describes the situation in Benghazi as
“trending negatively” because “the Benghazi militias have become more brazen in
their actions and have little fear of reprisal” from the government of Libya.
“In light of the uncertain security environment, US Mission
Benghazi will submit specific requests to US Embassy Tripoli for additional physical security
upgrades and staffing needs by separate cover.” The cable went on to include
“the location of approximately ten Islamist militias and AQ training camps
within Benghazi.… [T]hese groups ran the spectrum from Islamist militias, such
as the QRF Brigade and Ansar al-Sharia, to ‘Takfirist thugs.’”
The revelation of the cable follows the report on Friday by
Fox’s Jennifer Griffin that CIA officers in Benghazi had been ordered to “stand
down” when they wanted to help repel the attack on the consulate about a mile
away. Fox also reported that the CIA officers at the annex had asked for
military support when the annex came under fire later, but they had also been
turned down.
Questions on what happened before, during, and after the
Benghazi attack continue to pile
up, and just a few media outlets seem to be looking for real answers. (by Helle Dale at Heritage.org)
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