"I believe if we want to know what happened in Benghazi, it starts with the fact that there was not enough security. There was not enough security because the budget was cut.”
— Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), speech on the Senate floor, May 14, 2013
Reality...
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During hearings into the attack last fall and this month, State Department officials were specifically asked if a lack of financial resources played a role in the attack. The answer was no.
Oct. 10, 2012 hearing:
QUESTION: It has been suggested that budget cuts were responsible for a lack of security in Benghazi. And I'd like to ask Ms. Lamb, you made this decision personally. Was there any budget consideration and lack of budget which led you not to increase the number of people in the security force there?
DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE CHARLENE LAMB: No, sir.
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QUESTION: So there's not a budget problem. It's not you all don't have the money to do this?
LAMB: Sir, it's a volatile situation. We will move assets to cover that.
May 8, 2013 hearing:
QUESTION: Mr. Nordstrom, you were on that panel. Do you remember what she [Lamb] said?
REGIONAL SECURITY OFFICER ERIC NORDSTROM: Yes, she said that resources was not an issue. And I think I would also point to the ARB report, if I'm not mistaken, that they talked to our chief financial officer with D.S. [Diplomatic Security], who also said that resources were not an issue.
The verdict...
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Indeed, it is almost as if Boxer is living in a time warp, repeating talking points from six months ago that barely acknowledge the fact that extensive investigations have found little evidence of her claim that “there was not enough security because the budget was cut.”
State Department officials repeatedly told Congress that a lack of funds was not an issue. Instead, security was hampered because of bureaucratic issues and management failures. In other words, given the internal failures, no amount of money for the State Department likely would have made a difference in this tragedy.
Three Pinocchios
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
Hilary should have closed the embassy then. The Brits closed theirs, must have been for lack of funding. Unless she wasn't paying attention to those pesky republicans that cut funding. She was asleep at the wheel.
LOL @ Cissy pretending that Benghazi is actually about the embassy or the killings!!!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
LOL @ Cissy pretending that Benghazi is actually about the embassy or the killings!!!
No, it's about a government willing to spin fantastic lies to the American people for political power. The government kills people everyday, of course I know this has nothing to do with dead Americans. Just look at the post 9-11 response. The USG sent 4000+ Americans to their death, in retaliation for 3000 Americans killed on 9-11.
The USG was never good at math, but very good at killing.
No, it's about a government willing to spin fantastic lies to the American people for political power. The government kills people everyday, of course I know this has nothing to do with dead Americans. Just look at the post 9-11 response. The USG sent 4000+ Americans to their death, in retaliation for 3000 Americans killed on 9-11.
The USG was never good at math, but very good at killing.
Okay...let's play your game:
On 9-11 you lost your wife and children in the attack on the towers. They were there just sightseeing for the day in NYC. Your wife texted you immediately after the plane hit, and that is the last you heard from her or the kids. The attack was traced to UBL and confirmed he master minded it. UBL's location is unknown other than somewhere in Afghanistan. We can't find him with satellite or air patrols, so we can't use drone strike. Our people on the ground only get some intel on his location, but it's sketchy at best. UBL has hundreds of troops, armed and ready to carry out further attacks. You (Cissy) are the POTUS...what do you do?
JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!! JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!
You (Cissy) are the POTUS...what do you do?[/size]
Hmmm...Stop propping up regimes in the Middle East that oppress their population, so the extremist in their countries that don't like the oppression, don't follow the money and weapons propping up their oppressor back the the US. Then maybe, just maybe radicals will not feel compelled to attack America, but instead attack their own government.
But, if you want the neocon military response answer, I guess I would attack Saudi Arabia, since that is where Bin Laden and the hijackers came from and were financed by.
LOL @ Cissy pretending that Benghazi is actually about the embassy or the killings!!!
LOL @ Box A Rox for pretending that it never happened
LOL @ Box A Rox for pretending that obvious lies are truths
And just LOL @ Box A Rox because you just have to LOL @ Box A Rox
LOL @ Box A Rox
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
Hmmm...Stop propping up regimes in the Middle East that oppress their population, so the extremist in their countries that don't like the oppression, don't follow the money and weapons propping up their oppressor back the the US. Then maybe, just maybe radicals will not feel compelled to attack America, but instead attack their own government.
But, if you want the neocon military response answer, I guess I would attack Saudi Arabia, since that is where Bin Laden and the hijackers came from and were financed by.
Knew you would find some spin. Very effective...NOT!!!! With you as POTUS, thousands more US based citizens would die, because of your lack of action and ability to identify the proper response. So if UBL had been born in the US, guess you would attack your own country, right. What a piece of work you are. I put you in a corner and you couldn't' find a way out without taking the obvious route, so you make up stupidity instead....BRAVO. Next time I'll make it multiple choice!!!
JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!! JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!
So if UBL had been born in the US, guess you would attack your own country, right. What a piece of work you are. I put you in a corner and you couldn't' find a way out without taking the obvious route, so you make up stupidity instead....BRAVO. Next time I'll make it multiple choice!!!
Put in a corner?
Ok, the obvious route is to attack Afghanistan, kill tens of thousands, overthrow the Taliban and prop up a government, then stay there for 13 years with no sign of leaving, even though Bin Laden is dead. Then I'd move into Iraq, kill tens of thousands, overthrow the Saddam government and prop up a new government. After Iraq, I'd launch a cruise missile attack into Libya and overthrow the Gadaffi government. Then I would arm the Syrian "rebels" in an attempt to overthrow the Assad government. All while this is going on, I'd place economic sanctions against Iran and begin the anti Iranian propaganda campaign to prepare the nation to the fact that Iran is next on the agenda(if america haven't been able to see the pattern).
The one thing I certainly would not do, is lay one finger on Saudi Arabia, the 19 hijacker's country of origin. That would be illogical and a waste of resources. I would actually sell the Saudi's US military weapons.
We are advised NOT to judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works.
That response helps you sleep at night. Raining missiles and causing chaos in entire nations(one if which is not Saudi Arabia) is the prudent response for the actions of 19 Saudi terrorists.
Hmmm...Stop propping up regimes in the Middle East that oppress their population, so the extremist in their countries that don't like the oppression, don't follow the money and weapons propping up their oppressor back the the US. Then maybe, just maybe radicals will not feel compelled to attack America, but instead attack their own government.
Cissy would Kiss OBL's @ss! And ask for his forgiveness!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
That response helps you sleep at night. Raining missiles and causing chaos in entire nations(one if which is not Saudi Arabia) is the prudent response for the actions of 19 Saudi terrorists.
So Cissy would Drone Saudi Arabia??? A friendly govt which also harbors and finances terrorists???
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
So Cissy would Drone Saudi Arabia??? A friendly govt which also harbors and finances terrorists???
Also one of the most repressive nations in the world, esp. to women.
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
Quoted from joebxr You (Cissy) are the POTUS...what do you do?
Cissy would Kiss OBL's @ss! And ask for his forgiveness!
OBL has been dead for 3 years, the Taliban has been disposed for 12 years. What's the Afghan policy and mission? How long can you milk the 9-11 victims to justify the USG foreign policy? Apparently for some people it's open ended.
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