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02

Nov

You are misleading the American people because you want to make a political point… When I heard Charles Woods call the president of the United States a murderer and a liar, it broke my heart. How many parents of GI’s lost in conflicts that were screwed up have said of the president of the United States that he murdered my child? I love Charles Woods. I kissed him on television. But he is being led down a primrose path by misinformation that is making it look as if the president of the United States went gambling in Las Vegas when he could have been saving our people in Benghazi, and that is a lie!
Geraldo Rivera goes off script over his network’s coverage of the controversy surrounding the attack of the American embassy in Benghazi.

31

Oct

“When things are unfolding very, very quickly, it’s not always easy to know what is really going on on the ground. And to my mind, the really important questions here are about how information was collected. Did the various agencies really coordinate and share intelligence in the way that we had hoped, with the reforms that were made after 9/11?

So there’s a big picture to be examined here. But we don’t have all of the pieces, and I think it’s easy to try and jump to conclusions about what might have happened here. It’s probably better to let the relevant bodies do their work.”

— Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice

(Source: thinkprogress.org)

18

Oct

NYT - Suspect in Libya Attack, in Plain Sight, Scoffs at U.S.

Libya’s fledgling national army is a “national chicken,” Mr. Abu Khattala said, using an Arabic rhyme. Asked who should take responsibility for apprehending the mission’s attackers, he smirked at the idea that the weak Libyan government could possibly do it. And he accused the leaders of the United States of “playing with the emotions of the American people” and “using the consulate attack just to gather votes for their elections.”

16

Oct

You actually don’t get to criticize someone’s response to a tragedy when the first thing you did was hold a press conference to gain political points.

I’m the one who has to greet those coffins when they come home.
President Obama

15

Oct

Hillary Clinton tells CNN 'I take responsibility' for Benghazi, Libya, attack; 'I want to avoid some kind of political gotcha'

11

Oct

“Even before we knew what had happened to the Ambassador Mitt Romney was holding a press conference. That’s not presidential.”
— Vice President Joe Biden

“Even before we knew what had happened to the Ambassador Mitt Romney was holding a press conference. That’s not presidential.”

— Vice President Joe Biden

13

Sep

joshsternberg:

12 Photos of Libyans Apologizing To Americans — Buzzfeed

As heartwarming as these pictures are the people of Libya have nothing to apologize for and if they do then the people of America owe them an apology as well. 

joshsternberg:

12 Photos of Libyans Apologizing To Americans — Buzzfeed

As heartwarming as these pictures are the people of Libya have nothing to apologize for and if they do then the people of America owe them an apology as well. 

12

Sep

goyalla:

Picture of Libyans appalled by the attacks against the consulate 
Benghazi is against terrorism | Libya 

goyalla:

Picture of Libyans appalled by the attacks against the consulate 

Benghazi is against terrorism | Libya 

Today many Americans are asking — indeed I asked myself — how could this happen. How could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction? This question reflects just how complicated and, at times, how confounding, the world can be. But we must be clear-eyed even in our grief. This was an attack by a small and savage group, not by the people or government of Libya.