Shame of Benghazi Non-Response Lingers
House Oversight and Government Reform Chair Darrell Issa (CA) could be
beating a dead horse on Benghazi's consulate attack, but you have to give him
credit for finding the horse in the first place.
The Administration did everything it could to hide the evidence of
malfeasance but Issa's persistent bird
dog won't be swayed from
its course.
But he still faces several roadblocks in his gambit for the truth.
Remember, Hillary Clinton and her aides are no longer in charge of the State
Department. Hillary has been replaced by John Kerry as the Secretary of State.
Kerry, in case you've forgotten, is a tax dodger of a lofty magnitude so is
already on shaky ground.
Oh, you did forget about that little misunderstanding with the tax
people. Don't feel bad. Based on the ease of his nomination acceptance, the
Senate forgot too. Kerry, he of the luxurious yacht purchase, neatly sidestepped
the "luxury tax" by mooring the boat elsewhere in 2010 so he could claim first
use occurred in a less taxing situation rather than bring it back to
Massachusetts where he would be nailed for the true cost.
So we replaced the slimy Clinton with the slimier Kerry and the muck Issa
is sifting through got deeper.
Hillary's claim to fame was the "We have four dead Americans so what does
it matter now how they were killed?" retort late last year. I just wish Nixon
had used that rebuttal when she was leading the investigative charge into the
Watergate scandal. "I'm sorry, but that occurred before the election (of 1972).
I won, so what does it matter that the Watergate was infiltrated?" The
expression she might have given would have been worth the price of
admission.
But back to the current mess.
Issa said in a letter to Kerry, "The State Department has not lived up the
the Administration's broad and unambiguous promises of cooperation with
Congress. Therefore, I am left with no alternative but to compel the State
Department to produce relevant documents through a subpoena."
Democrats are claiming this is merely a political ploy for Republicans to
gain some traction in the 2014 elections and are using it to stifle the
Administration's aspirations to "transform America."
But it is important to find out why--beyond the 2012 election--the
Administration's Cabinet level posts were blatantly used to disseminate complete
untruths about the devastating assault and the missteps that caused it. For that
Issa needs all the support he can get.
Obama, for his part, is still trying to get Benghazi put behind him. Just
12 days ago the President termed the continuing efforts to find the truth a
"political circus." It was a circus when UN ambassador Rice went on the
offensive last Sept. 14 with a series of interviews that had no ounce of truth
behind them except for the fact Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans
were dead.
The President's many mouthpieces keep deflecting the Congressional probe
with claims of national security secrets. I think the bodies of four Americans
override that objection. If things were so secured--properly--the four would
still be walking about today.
It is important to know what happened, how it happened and why the White
House turned a deaf ear and blind eye to the unfolding crisis. The reliance on
the short-lived video as a centerpiece of the defense of the government's total
lack of response was justifiably negated months ago.
But the Administration clings to it.
But this Administration is adept at putting feel-good responses out.
Responses that have not a shred of truth to them either.
Eric Holder, the Attorney General, said he felt "a creeping sense of
personal remorse" after it was disclosed Justice had seized personal emails of a
reporter last week.
Not true. The only remorse was in getting caught...just like his
boss.
These people have no moral compass to adhere to. They have no personal
shame because in their world the ends
justify the means. In this case they had an election to win so they played
Chicago politics. It cost America not only the lives of four citizens, it also
cost us a great deal of prestige because this was an assault on what is
effectively American soil and we gave no response.
Like Eric Holder, I have a sense of personal remorse too. I find myself
wishing the assault had picked a more appropriate target, like nailing the
ambassador of the White House.
Maybe that would have enraged Washington to the point politics would be put
aside to get at the truth more quickly and we could have been spared Hillary's
practiced defense in front of the committee and Ambassador Rice's series of
lying interviews in the days following the assault.
We just celebrated Memorial Day. Too bad that's for the men and women who
are dead. I'm sure there are some in those ranks who would have stood up for
what was right at the time, even if it damaged the ultimate end game of
politics.
"I have sworn on the altar of God eternal hostility
to every form of tyranny over the mind of man."--Thomas
Jefferson
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