Who’s ‘Politicizing’ Benghazi?

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National Review:

 

October 12, 2012 8:00 P.M.

Who’s ‘Politicizing’ Benghazi?

It was Obama who chose to blame a national humiliation on an obscure YouTube video.

By Mark Steyn

 

 

‘The entire reason that this has become the political topic it is is because of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.”

Thus, Stephanie Cutter, President Obama’s deputy campaign manager, speaking on CNN about an armed attack on the 9/11 anniversary that left a U.S. consulate a smoking ruin and killed four diplomatic staff, including the first American ambassador to be murdered in a third of a century. To discuss this event is apparently to “politicize” it and to distract from the real issues the American people are concerned about. For example, Obama spokesperson Jen Psaki, speaking on board Air Force One on Thursday: “There’s only one candidate in this race who is going to continue to fight for Big Bird and Elmo, and he is riding on this plane.”

She’s right! The United States is the first nation in history whose democracy has evolved to the point where its leader is provided with a wide-body transatlantic jet in order to campaign on the vital issue of public funding for sock puppets. Sure, Caligula put his horse in the senate, but it was a real horse. At Ohio State University, the rapper will.i.am introduced the president by playing the Sesame Street theme tune, which oddly enough seems more apt presidential-walk-on music for the Obama era than “Hail to the Chief.”

[Pepper]

"Sure, Caligula put his horse in the senate, but it was a real horse"

 

 

I will call that bet. We have two Jackasses in the White House.

[Argyle58]

"Sure, Caligula put his horse in the senate, but it was a real horse"

 

 

I will call that bet. We have two Jackasses in the White House.

 

Only two!?!?!?!?

[SrWoodchuck]

From DougRoss@Journal, a new theory.....does it fit?

 

BENGHAZI-GATE: Did two heroic SEALs ruin Obama's October Surprise?

 

 

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2012/10/benghazi-gate-did-two-heroic-seals-ruin.html

 

 

It's a conspiracy theory, to be sure, but "Kozy" asserts the Benghazi attack was an "October Surprise" gone awry thanks to two SEALs who weren't even supposed to be in Benghazi.

 

The scenario is both simple and plausible:

• In June, Egyptian President Morsi pledged to secure the release of 'The Blind Sheikh', the extremist cleric responsible for the first World Trade Center attack.

 

• Eager to accommodate Morsi and strengthen the U.S. relationship with Egypt, Obama's henchmen formulate a two-step cover story. The first step is a video that no one has seen, which was released in July.

 

• Next, strip security from the Libyan Ambassador, despite pleas from a variety of quarters for more security, not less. In essence, remove any barriers to using the Ambassador as a hostage.

 

• Back-channel communications between the White House and the Imam's legal representatives confirm that a swap can be achieved with a high-level hostage exchange. The Imam's cronies are informed that Ambassador Stevens has no security in Benghazi. So the Imam can be secured through a trade after capturing Stevens who doesn't even have a single bodyguard.

 

• Had all gone according to plan, Stevens would be released just before the election; Obama would take credit for that and a newly strengthened relationship with Egypt and Morsi.

 

• But what wasn't planned: two ex-SEALs named Doherty and Woods. They only happened to be in Benghazi because they were on a separate intel mission to locate surface-to-air missiles.

[SrWoodchuck]

Comments from the above post:

 

Anonymous said...

And the one question no one is asking?

 

Benghazi is known as one of the worst hot-spots in the Middle East having provided jihadists for both Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

Why was Ambassador Stevens in Benghazi, considering its reputation, on the most significant day for the jihadists, 9-11? What was so important in Benghazi that Stevens would go there on 9-11, knowing the risks and why didn't State advise him against it, considering the place was so bad that the State Department had issued travel warnings for Libya months ago?

 

Some one is moving the shells so we can't find the pea that is under one of them.

A_Nonny_Mouse said...

This scenario would explain Walid Shoebat's claim from just after the Benghazi attack that one group of militants allegedly called to another "Don't shoot, Morsi sent us".

http://www.shoebat.com/2012/09/13/video-from-libya-dont-shoot-us-we-were-sent-by-mursi/

 

Shoebat also discredits the allegation that Nakoula is an Egyptian Copt and hints that the DOJ has (or HAD) been "running interference" for him.

http://www.shoebat.com/2012/09/25/innocence-of-muslims-film-was-made-by-terrorists/

 

So these two bits of information could be taken as supporting the "Obma October Surprise" theory. However, I'm still confused as to how the president of Egypt can "make stuff happen" (with any degree of certainty) in Libya.

Christoph said...

Loonie Tunes.

 

Heather said... I still think this theory is plausible, given Obama's and the State Department's record of selling out American interests.

 

And as to Morsi/Egypt 'making things happen' in Libya: well, if not for the accidental appearance of the SEALS, all would have gone as planned. Libya is right next door to Egypt, and has oil which Egypt would really really want, and I expect Obama has offered to aid Egypt in placing Libya into its sphere of influence. After the Election, of course.

[Pepper]

"Sure, Caligula put his horse in the senate, but it was a real horse"

 

 

I will call that bet. We have two Jackasses in the White House.

 

Only two!?!?!?!?

I was referring to Biden and pResident/ Michelle is in an in *ss by herself