Thursday, January 24, 2013
The Day Accountability Died
◼ All The Difference in the World - Sultan Knish
...Benghazi, Obama said, during his appearance with Jon Stewart, the man of many grimaces, was a bump in the road. And that's all it was. The Obama campaign bus drove over four bodies and reached its destination in an armored parking garage somewhere in D.C. An irritated Hillary Clinton, who is prepping for her own bus tour in 2016, has every reason to demand to know what difference it makes now to discuss who lied about what and who failed to secure the Benghazi mission....
...This isn't even about Hillary 2016. It's about the Middle East where bad policies make a world of difference. And it's about a political establishment that rewards the Hillary Clintons for the disasters they make while punishing the Michele Bachmanns for the truth that they tell, because it is unable to come to terms with its own mistakes....
◼ Clinton on Benghazi: Protest, Terrorist Attack–What Difference Does It Make? - Helle Dale/Heritage's Foundry
Clinton’s totally inappropriate sarcasm and theatrics in response to a line of questioning by Senator Ron Johnson (R–WI) will undoubtedly be the quote that stands out from the day.
“With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest, or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they’d go kill some Americans? What difference, at this point, does it make?” The difference between organized terrorism and random mayhem, nothing less....
Clinton stated, “We cannot retreat from…these Arab Spring regimes. We need to do a better job a [sic] counter-narrative to the extremist, jihadist narrative.” She correctly bemoaned the fact that the U.S. government has “abandoned broadcasting to the Middle East,” and stated that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which is responsible, is “a defunct agency.” Why Clinton herself, who has a seat on the board, has never done anything about this deplorable state of affairs remains one of the many questions the hearings left unanswered.
Rife with inconsistencies, inaccuracies, and bluster, Clinton’s performance yesterday left a great deal to be desired. Not only that, but the American public is no closer to knowing what the Obama Administration is doing to bring to justice the killers of the four brave Americans who lost their lives in Benghazi on September 11, 2012.
◼ Clinton was not a great secretary of state - Washington Examiner Editorial
◼ Hillary Answers Just Don’t Add Up - Conservative Byte
◼ Tongue Bath Time: Four months of rehearsal payoff as Congress lets Hillary slide. - Lucianne
◼ The Day Accountability Died - Bryan Preston/PJM