WASHINGTON: The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said she accepted responsibility for what happened in last month’s attack on a US diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the American ambassador.
Mrs Clinton said, ”I take responsibility . . . I want to avoid some kind of political gotcha,” Mrs Clinton said on CNN’s OutFront program.
The Libya attack has emerged as an issue in the US presidential race, with the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, and fellow Republicans saying the Obama administration failed to secure the facility before the attack and painted a false picture of it afterwards.
Three Republican senators on the Armed Services Committee called Mrs Clinton’s acceptance of responsibility a ”laudable gesture” while criticizing the White House for not doing the same.
”The security of Americans serving our nation everywhere in the world is ultimately the job of the Commander-in-Chief,” senators John McCain, of Arizona, Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina, and Kelly Ayotte, of New Hampshire, said. ”The buck stops there.”
The president’s job is to protect America from all threats, foreign and domestic. It’s why he has a daily security briefing on terrorism. When the USA placed an embassy in Libya everyone knew there were security risks. When it fell into revolution the security risks became acute, extra attention was needed! When new, and untested regime took over, fresh from civil war, security should have been the first concern on everyone’s mind from the President on down. A successful attack on a US embassy now would be a political disaster for Obama, why wouldn’t he be paying attention?
All we know for sure at this moment is the security at Benghazi was no where near adequate. We also know the White House told the wrong story about a riot being the cause and continued to tell that false story for many days after the truth was known.
Many questions remain unanswered.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/clinton-mea-culpa-for-deaths-in-libyan-consulate-raid-20121016-27ozg.html#ixzz29ThhPBrr”>http://www.smh.com.au/world/clinton-mea-culpa-for-deaths-in-libyan-consulate-raid-20121016-27ozg.html#ixzz29ThhPBrr
If she was really taking the blame, Obama should fire her! This is such a load of crap.
The part I like is where the Secretary said much the same thing to the WSJ some time back, but they chose not to share that with us. How’s that for a “liberally biased media”?
The part I like is where the media and democrat faithful pretty much excuse the entire ugly affair and nobody is prosecuted, jailed, or harmed politically.
WSJ “sat” on the story for two whole hours and that, apparently, is a BFD.
What was wrong with the NYT that they didn’t have this story weeks ago! (Cause it was still “the movie”) and because whatever the story its ALL about trying to save the O mans A**!
I can’t believe the Republicans want to make such a bid deal out of this when the state department asked for more funding for embassy security and the Republicans voted no. They aren’t even denying it. I realize we can’t afford it in this country (of course, we seem to always be able to afford more tanks and war toys), but am I supposed to seriously listen to hysteria from the Republican party when they voted against increasing embassy security?
The New York Times has a story today confirming this was all about that stupid video. Do I think these people are so stupid that they would riot like this and commit this type of violence over a video? Yes. They are that stupid.
But not as stupid as Republican congressmen who voted against increasing embassy security, then blame embassy attacks on Obama.
Congress disgusts me.
There are two issues here
First, the denial of extra security requests and Hillary may be on the hook for that.
Second is the cover-up and lying to the American people and Obumble is definitely responsible for that.
Sure would like to see Susan Rice under oath answering questions about who gave her talking points about blaming the video nobody saw. The results of that questioning might move “The Buck Stops Here” sign from Hillary’s desk back to Obumble’s . . . . .
The cover-up is becoming strikingly similar to Watergate – except that nobody DIED then.
Since when has a politician ever really taken responsibility for anything they were not forced into by criminal action or censure (pretending censure actually means anything.
The only heads that will roll will be underlings, if that. Obama, if it were in his self-centric, ego driven, narcissistic personality could take responsibility and it would still be meaningless.
Re: WSJ “sat” on the story for two whole hours and that, apparently, is a BFD.
It is to a desperate, cherry picking progressive nit looking for any excuse to twist, spin, lie like a used car salesman and complain.
Hillary in 2008: “The buck stops in the Oval Office.”
Hillary in 2012: The buck does not stop in the Oval Office.
By the way, if I wasn’t clear enough, Libbya, like all progressives, assorted liberals, and Democrats, is a serial liar. The WSJ did not “withhold” this story.
An article first appeared October 16, 2012, on page A1 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Clinton Accepts Blame for Benghazi.
Unrelated news tip —
How does the government run things? Amtrack lost 0.8 billion dollars on SNACK BARS. http://washingtonexaminer.com/amtrak-snack-bars-lost-84.5-million-last-year-833-million-in-10-years/article/2510864#.UH3H4KDs9ID
These are the people we want running our health care?
Specking of compulsive serial liars, how about this latest whopper from the Compulsive Serial Liar In Chief —
Obama: “We Got Back Every Dime” of Bailout; CBO: Bailout Will Lose $24 Billion
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-we-got-back-every-dime-bailout-cbo-bailout-will-lose-24-billion
Tina, these things happen. And I don’t recall you howling for the jailing of the Shrub (that retired painter of puppy dogs), when the Twin Towers came down (a much bigger deal, really, when you think about it), especially in view of our 20-20 hindsight … I mean, now that we know that he truly did blow off the CIA when they told him something like it was in the offing.
Nobody did that. You can’t keep this stuff from happening. It’s an unrealistic expectation. You can, however, respond appropriately. He didn’t, but we are.
The requests for extra embassy security (that were not funded by Congress) were for Tripoli. So it wouldn’t have matter if security had been increased it would have been at the wrong place.
The only thing you know is what the left, butt covering for democrats media wants you to believe.
“now that we know that he truly did blow off the CIA when they told him something like it was in the offing.”
Please provide accurate information linking George W Bush to intel that would have advised him that a plot to fly planes into the trade center was in the works.
Drive by character assassinations are not good enough!
What we know:
There was intel that indicated possible hijacking of planes.
The “wall” constructed by Jamie Gorelick under Janet Reno kept various departments from communicating and coordinating information so there was a failure to connect the dots.
GWB attended his security brief, in person, every single day.
Prior to the planes flying into the buildings on 911 “hijacking planes” meant hostage taking like the bad guys were doing in the late seventies.
Islamist terrorists have been attacking us for decades…in foreign countries mostly.
Carter, Clinton, and Obama all held limp wrist postures toward these enemies and handed responsibility to others to do the heavy lifting.
Bill Clinton had opportunities to take out Bin Laden and didn’t.
Sandy Berger basically got off Scott free after stealing and destroying classified documents from the federal archive that would have damned the Clinton administration and that the 911 commission thought was very troubling.
There were several other questionable incidents during Clintons administration…the Mogadishu incident for instance.
The media covered for BC as did the JD:
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnfund/2007/01/29/paper_chase_did_investigators_turn_a_blind_eye_to_the_seriousness_of_the_sandy_berger_scandal/page/full/
January 2007
Scooter Libby’s reputation was totally ruined and he went to jail for not remembering a date accurately about a made up, noncriminal event. Valerie Plame had not been an operative for a decade; there was no “outing”. The story was manufactured to discredit the Bush administration; media and Hollywood complied.
Mr. Berger finally got his hand slapped but, gee…do you suppose the information he destroyed might have been of use to the Bush administration!!!!!!!!! (or JOHN KERRY had he won)
Despite these…and many other major failings…the media still holds Bill Clinton in very high regard as they do Obama…even ol’ Jimma Carter…the slavish devotion is barf inducing.
You have no real legs on which to stand but I have no doubt you will continue to also be slavishly devoted.
Pie: “An article first appeared October 16, 2012, on page A1 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Clinton Accepts Blame for Benghazi.”
Nicely done!
Congress cut the budget but the department had plenty of money. the problem is that the decision was policy driven…and stupid.
It is insane that we have tighter security in the Bahamas or France than they had in Benghazi. It is particularly insane since those serving in Benghazi made pleas for more security and there was intel to legitimize and back their request. The policy was to give over security to locals…trust them totally. Isn’t that the basic policy that this administration has regarding those who want Americans dead or under the Islamist thumb?
It is insane that we have embassies there. Get out. Who cares about diplomatic relations with Libya? What has all of this war gotten us with these countries? A ridiculously over-funded group of defense contractors with an open checkbook, and a generation of veterans with no benefits. And no peace in the middle east.
Close those embassies and get home. These people cannot be reasoned with.
UNINSTALLING OBAMA 80% complete
Can we uninstall Hillary, too?
Brit Hume asks —
If Sec. Clinton is responsible for the security failure in Benghazi, who is responsible for 8 days of of b.s.about what happened that day?
Look on the bright side, whatever hope Shillary ever had of becoming President just disappeared forever.
Hah, one of the captcha words I have to enter to post this is witch! How appropriate.
“Who cares about diplomatic relations with Libya? What has all of this war gotten us with these countries? A ridiculously over-funded group of defense contractors with an open checkbook, and a generation of veterans with no benefits. And no peace in the middle east. Close those embassies and get home. These people cannot be reasoned with. ” Princess
Princess a lot of Americans feel exactly like you and I tend to agree in general terms…most of those people can’t be reasoned with, they are too indoctrinated. I feel our embassies do serve as a logistical base for espionage and to help Americans in trouble, and I like that part. But, for diplomacy…that’s a real hard one to quantify, I wish I knew more about how that works and what it’s done for us. We never hear about diplomatic victories in the middle east…can anyone name any where it really helped us in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan or Syria?
I wish we didn’t have to live in a world with crazy people whose main driving force in life is world domination by any means necessary…and if wishes were horses beggers would ride.
An argument could be made that great strides were made by the Bush administration that have now been squandered. had McCain won four years ago the uprising in Iran would have been supported and its possible that the main source of power and influence in the terror community, Iran, might have been eradicated. An Iraqi agreement for a more secure and withdrawal might also have been negotiated (rather than the approach Obama took where he turned his back on them). We also would likely not be witnessing the chaos and rise of the Muslim Brotherhood that supports radical Islam. Israel, the only stable free nation in the region, would not now be surrounded by completely hostile governments bent on their destruction.
Obama has done for the Middle East what Carter did for Iran. We have lost ground in terms of beating back radical elements and establishing true democracy complete with human and religious rights.
Obama has waged war in Libya without Congressional authorization at a cost of approximately $9.5 million a DAY.
LA Times article poses several good questions…
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/06/obama-libya-war-congress-authority-war-powers.html
June 16, 2011
The Presidents concerns about Bush waging war on a credit card are hypocritical if nothing else!
Yet another reason to be done with Obama.