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| Trey Gowdy to Elijah Cummings: so, hey, Sidney Blumenthal profited from the Libyan civil war? |
| 2015-10-09 |
| So Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) 80% sent a formal letter to Elijah Cummings over the latter's intolerably and pettily partisan hackwork with regard to the Benghazi Committee (@RBPundit categorizes it as 'BEASTMODE,' which is highly accurate). There are a lot of interesting things in this letter. A lot of brutal commentary on Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) 16%' willingness to say one thing in private and another in public, for example. But I found this part about Sidney Blumenthal to be highly entertaining reading: Beyond the pure politics that were occurring at this time, perhaps more disturbing it that at the same time [Sidney] Blumenthal was pushing Secretary Clinton to war in Libya, he was privately pushing a business interest of his own in Libya that stood to profit from contracts with the new Libyan government -- a government that would exist only after a successful U.S. intervention in Libya that deposed Qaddafi. This business venture was one he shared with Tyler Drumheller and Cody Shearer, the authors of the information sent to Secretary Clinton. It is therefore unsurprising that somebody who knew so little about Libya would suddenly become so interested in Libya and push an old friend in a powerful place to action -- for personal profit. While Blumenthal and Drumheller have both acknowledged a personal stake in the business venture, known as Osprey Global Solutions, they have downplayed their involvement to the Committee. New documents received by the Committee, however, indicate more extensive involvement than previously known. As a reminder: Sidney Blumenthal was not some mere hanger-on to Secretary Clinton. He was supposed to become a formal adviser when Clinton became Secretary of State, only to be told no by the White House. Blumenthal still operated as a confidant afterward, only informally. The record shows that he was a constant presence in Hillary Clinton's utterly non-secure online discussion of Libya. He had influence over the decision making process. And a company that Sidney Blumenthal ran allegedly benefited from it. Pay close attention to everybody -- on either side of the nominal aisle -- who sprints past that point. And pay even more close attention to anybody who attempts to change the subject from just how awful our foreign policy decision-making policy was, under Hillary Clinton. This is, in the end, about people dying. And not just Americans; Sidney Blumenthal allegedly profited off helping to start a civil war. The Democrats are focused on the absolute essentials in this situation: do the same, or you will lose. And you will have lost stupidly. We have no more time for stupid. Here endeth the lesson. |
| Posted by:Blossom Unains5562 |
| #5 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-10-09 23:09 |
| #4 you can bet that any proceeds from the war profiteering would've been eventually shared with the Clinton Family |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-10-09 13:32 |
| #3 A remarkable letter, everyone should click through and read it. It's a slow loading pdf. Gowdy may have never had a cross word with Cummings in private, but he surely just had a few in public. It looks like Libya was Blumenthal's war, and I still would like to know just what was going on in Benghazi prior to the attack. |
| Posted by: KBK 2015-10-09 12:43 |
| #2 ultimately, I don't think osprey global obtained any profit from the Qaddafi overthrow because the country went downhill too fast |
| Posted by: lord garth 2015-10-09 08:45 |
| #1 The letter assume far too much. First, it addresses Cummings as "Honorable." He is anything but honorable. He is part of the problem of the permanent ruling class in Washington. Secondly, he doesn't serve the American public but he serves his party first and foremost. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-10-09 08:35 |