Night Strike wrote:If Benghazi was never an issue, why was it covered up for so long? Why did the administration order rescue forces to stand down? Why did the State Department change talking points to remove all mentions of al-queda and to blame a youtube video and a non-existent protest? Why was there a lack of security at the consulate even before the attack? Why are these questions non-issues to you?
It was covered-up?
I believe the lack of security was due to:
a) consulates/embassy's are always asking for more security
b) some mismanagement or lack of foresight
c) Republicans de-funded the security at Benghazi prior to the attack
d) you can't always know everything
The mentions of Al-Qaeda are standard. Once it was clear that Al-Qaeda wasn't involved, they stopped blaming them.
The "rescue force" was 4 men in Tripoli. Four men couldn't assault an armed mob of thousands and live, so they were ordered to sit. That makes sense.
These accusations are childish and stupid.
And like I said, these same things happened all the time under Bush, and you and I were both here on CC when it was happening. You never complained. I didn't either.
Night Strike wrote:And it's amazing that you blame Fast & Furious on gun owners. Of course, that's what Obama hoped to be able to do with the policy, so I guess his objectives work on his fanatics. The administration chose to sell guns to cartels and then failed to track them after they were sold. Gun dealers in the US know that such transactions are illegal, which is why they wouldn't have done it without government permission/immunity. Don't forget, Obama is the one who issued executive privilege over the documents pertaining to Fast & Furious. That means he was either directly involved in the program or illegally applied executive privilege. Either of which the public deserves to know.
It's not amazing at all; it's common sense. Mexican Drug Cartels pay Americans with clean records to buy guns for them. OR, they send their own agents to the USA to buy guns at trade shows where there are no background checks. And that's how Mexico's organized crime is armed. Everyone knows that. So does the ATF, and that's how this whole thing happened.
Since Gun Enthusiasts are the ones who are blocking universal background checks, the blame falls on them. They are directly to blame for arming Mexico's drug lords; not the ATF. Those guys where just trying to find a way to stop it with their limited options.
Night Strike wrote:Let's assume that everything you claim about the IRS under Bush is true (because I'm not going to do the research for you). How does that make the actions of Obama's IRS right or acceptable? Does bad behavior by one justify bad behavior by another?
I literally said it "doesn't make it ok."
I'm just pointing out the giant hypocrisy.
Also, this is seriously common knowledge. I did just google, and there are about 10,000 articles online about it. I also told you it was written in the Wall Street Journal. I cannot believe how you don't already know about this. Anyone who follows politics honestly should remember this.
Night Strike wrote:And of course, on top of those, don't forget throw in the dragnet of wiretapping AP reporters and this administration's scandals may have finally awoken the traditional media to the problems of this administration.
CNN is reporting today that the Benghazi email leaks were edited.
There are no great scandals. There's only more of the same human-rights violations and civil liberty violations that Bush II started. The rest of this crap is fake news.