{"id":1445,"date":"2013-09-19T19:35:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T02:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:43:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T22:43:21","slug":"the-benghazi-nightmare-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/the-benghazi-nightmare-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benghazi Nightmare Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Benghazi Nightmare Revealed<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n

Opinion by Roger Young<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nSeptember 19, 2013<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Today I have been listening to portions of the latest House hearings on Benghazi. What I’ve been hearing brings me to the conclusion that the State Department and administration completely and repeatedly\u00a0misjudged the security situation in Benghazi letting their liberal agendas give the false appearance<\/i><\/span> of all was well in Libya following our military intervention, rather than dealing with a rapidly deteriorating security problem or recognizing that the anniversary of September 11, 2001 would perhaps be a good time to enhance security in that troubled region of the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then after everything started going sideways that fateful night, they immediately switched into a CYA mode and the lies about the video were created in hopes it would deflect blame for their massive incompetence. A rescue mission likely never crossed their minds as the panic set in leading to President Obama and Hillary Clinton standing before those flagged draped coffins and their grieving families, and telling us and the world a complete fabrication.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kind of reminds me of when MACV asked to remove the sheep-dipped Air Force radar technicians from Laos (Lima Site 85<\/a>)\u00a0knowing a NVA attack was imminent, and Ambassador Sullivan for the sake of international neutrality appearances<\/i><\/span> refused to authorize the removal of the radar team with similar tragic results. And that tragedy was cloaked for many years from the families because it was a highly classified operation. But I digress.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perception<\/i><\/span> with the liberals appears to be a much higher priority than dealing with reality<\/i><\/span>. A thinking process that is doomed from the very start. Today we have an electorate that continues to elect unqualified people to the highest levels of government based on their looks, swagger,\u00a0clothes and gift for gab rather than substance, so this is what you get: complete incompetence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the most qualified people want no part of modern day politics. They know they would be devoured by their slick opponents and the press. I saw it done here locally to a very good man that happened to be a Korean War vet and patriot years back running for mayor. By the time our liberal press got done with him they made him come across as some nutcase. And he was anything but.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Common sense, morals and hard work\u00a0has been replaced by some utopian culture that truly believes “dreams can come true”<\/em> by simply closing your eyes and clicking your ruby red slippers together. And when they wake up from that dream, which in reality is a nightmare, they run and hide like the cowards they often are.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the calls came that the consulate was being overrun, their illusion of ‘all is well in Libya\u2019 had become their personal nightmare. And like children they hid under the covers hoping the boogie man would not see them. And when any crisis comes along, our President simply \u2018can’t deal with it\u2019 and heads for Las Vegas, the golf course,\u00a0a fund raiser or best yet, an expensive\u00a0taxpayer funded vacation. He and his likeminded appointees are absolutely pathetic human beings, in my opinion, and certainly not my vision of \u201cpublic servants.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

What I am witnessing is an administration that appears to devote every waking moment to how they can cover up such gross incompetence from Fast & Furious to the recent Syria debacle. And why he won’t submit a real budget or\u00a0write legislation to address the myriad of serious problems we face as a nation, including the many problems with the Affordable Care Act. That takes a thoughtful person, working with his opposition in Congress and simply\u00a0a lot of hard work and sleepless nights.\u00a0Why bother! It’s simply not much fun…<\/strong><\/p>\n

If nothing else comes from the tragedy in Benghazi and the blundering with Syria, it exposes this President and his administration for what it truly is: this emperor has no clothes\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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