U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made big news earlier this week when she took responsibility for the security, or lack of it, at the American diplomatic outpost in Benghazi. Four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, died as a result of an attack on the outpost on Sept. 11.
Online WSJ reported that in a recent interview Clinton said, “I take responsibility. “I’m the Secretary of State with 60,000-plus employees around the world.”
This comes after weeks of the White House first blaming a YouTube video for the attack and then finally acknowledging that it was a terrorist attack. Information also surfaced that Stevens was concerned about security and reportedly asked for this to be stepped up, but his request was denied. This has drawn a lot of criticism of the current administration for not addressing the issue and taking responsibility for it.
Most of the criticism has been directed at the president, but his supporters have blamed the criticism on politics. With the election just weeks away, President Barack Obama’s opponents are being accused of making it an issue to gain political points. There are others, however, who believe that Clinton is effectively falling on her sword to help save the election for the president.
What do you believe? As president, should Obama be the one taking responsibility for the failure at Benghazi? And what of Clinton, is this a smart move? Will it help or hurt her should she run for the presidency in 2016?
"After all, Obama did say it was ultimately his responsibility in the debate last night." A bit late dont cha' think. ? Been about 5 weeks hasn't it ? ------------------------------- "Clinton said, “I take responsibility. “I’m the Secretary of State with 60,000-plus employees around the world.” Well I guess we know who wears the THONG here. No panty line in this LINE OF COMMAND.
The face that................... Well, use your imagination.
Who is responsible for the two week delay informing the American public that it was in fact a terror attack? Four Americans dead, attack watched live by the State Department and it took them two weeks for the Obama administration to figure out? I think not. It is, and always has been, all about the election-disgusting.
Rex, what really gets me is that the question of why he went to a fund raiser the very next day instead of suspending his campaign to attend to his "work" has yet to be answered. He danced around that the other night (I think Crowley changed the subject- how convenient). Obama is being called to account for being slack in his work thinking (rightly) that he has a following that will forgive anything because of their worship of him. I believe many are waking up and realizing tht you can't argue it away anymore.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/libya-consulate-embassy-attacks-obama-romney
There's an author named Tawfik Hamid that weighed in on this. He is an Islamic thinker and reformer, and one-time Islamic extremist from Egypt. He was a member of a terrorist Islamic organization JI with Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri who later became the second in command of al-Qaida. Hamid, the author of "Inside Jihad: Understanding and Confronting Radical Islam," is a senior fellow and chair for the Study of Islamic Radicalism at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. he has spoken on networks from CNN to Fox. I like reading him on these subjects because he has lived it. He believes that this administration does not recognize the true nature of our enemies thereby underestimating what they are capable of.
Just perhaps, if he had kept his eye on the ball rather than spending so much time above 5,000 ft on Air Force One where it's been suggested he can't think straight, the outcome would have been vastly different Concerning the claim made by Sec Clinton - if she could be sued under the civil definition of wrongful death, she's responsible - if not, it's just words.
The reason this is discussed with SUCH intensity is that all the other attacks weren't held on the ANNIVERSARY of 911, the modern day equivalent of Dec 7th 1941. Especially after a campaign in which the President has continually taken credit for getting Bin Laden in such fanfare. The date that still lives on in infamy, now oddly enough because its tied to the closing period of Medicare plan selections ...
May I ask your opinion? What do you feel we should have done to prepare or should do in the future? Politics aside, I think we Americans are fed up with body parts being shipped home from what appears to be an everlasting debacle in the Middle East. We could easily turn that $h....hole into glass if we wanted to but instead, our human compassion is creating jobs back home in the casket business. I mean no disrespect to our Military. We know they work their asses off to become the world's most loyal and finest protectors of America but what can we possibly gain by imposing these Rules Of Engagement that ultimately protect future terrorists? Signed, Frustrated.
YOU Brian, yourself claim that Pelosi is a national treasure. When she was questioned about the Benghazi attack by Wolf RETARD-LIBERAL Blitzer, she chose to use this incident for political purposes by saying that the Republican House cut 300 million dollars from the State Dept. REALLY? How much does that nasty witch charge the taxpayers to fly ELITE CLASS between the Left coast and DC? She’s a thief and has a lot nerve to ever discuss funding. Obama fails to appear for security briefings. He is always late when scheduled to address the nation but he never misses an opportunity to appear on The View or David Loserman or any other comedy shows. This president has failed our nation and you people always have his back because he’s Democrap.
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@ Patch If you can TAG a FLAG and FLAG a TAG How do you TAG a TAG ?
OMAMANESIA-When you forget about 23 million unemployed American INDONESIA-Taken by Americans worried about their jobs moving overseas POLYNESIA -- Many cases of the above. RHODESIA - Wnen you forget WHO (the British) built it. MICRONESIA- What Bill Gates DID when Windows VISTA was released dAMNEISA - What your wife tells everyone you have.
Barack Is Whack!