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2015-03-30 Home Front: WoT

Exclusive: Secret tapes undermine Hillary Clinton on Libyan war

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Posted by Hupineger Glomomp52169 2015-03-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Great article. Appears a picture of Benghazi may finally be coming together. Thanks Hup.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-03-30 02:01|| 2015-03-30 02:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Follows is a related and very timely artile by Doug Bandow at the Huffpoo.

American People Should Hold War Lobby Accountable for Libya Debacle

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Like many presidents in other conflicts, Barack Obama lied the American people into war. The administration presented the issue as one of humanitarian intervention, to save the people of Benghazi from slaughter. Moammar Khadafy, administration officials claimed, threatened murder and mayhem if he recaptured the city.

Ironically, for decades the West did not take his rants seriously -- only when they thought it to their advantage did the U.S. and Europe react. Although he was a nasty character, he had slaughtered no one when his forces reclaimed other territory. In Benghazi, he only threatened those who had taken up arms against him. In fact, the allies never believed their rhetoric. They immediately shifted their objective from civilian protection to regime change, providing just enough military support to upend the balance of forces but not enough to quickly oust him. The world's greatest alliance allowed the low-tech civil war to burn for months, killing thousands. Some humanitarian operation.

Still, the chief advocates of what has come to be called Hillary's war claimed success. Anne-Marie Slaughter, formerly with the Obama State Department, authored a celebratory Financial Times article entitled "Why Libya skeptics were proved badly wrong." Even before the fighting ended she was selling the conflict: "it clearly can be in the U.S. and the West's strategic interest to help social revolutions fighting for the values we espouse and proclaim." The New York Times ran a "news analysis" entitled: "U.S. Tactics in Libya May Be a Model for Other Efforts." Power then was silent about the danger of overdrawing lessons from the Libyan war.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-03-30 02:20|| 2015-03-30 02:20|| Front Page Top

#3 I call BS -- a convenient recording that lets Chump off the hook and puts all the blame on Hillary?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2015-03-30 08:13|| 2015-03-30 08:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Appears a picture of Benghazi may finally be coming together.

Despite Champ's and Hillary's great efforts to scrub all records. The modus operandi of another IRS, Fast and Furious, and who knows what other operations.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-03-30 09:04|| 2015-03-30 09:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Original dateline on this is Wednesday, January 28, 2015.

Posted by DepotGuy 2015-03-30 14:41|| 2015-03-30 14:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Good catch, DepotGuy. Thanks.

Posted by Hupineger Glomomp52169 2015-03-30 16:26|| 2015-03-30 16:26|| Front Page Top

#7 I still think that the key to the whole mess is getting a good answer to the lingering question of why Ambassador Stephens went to Benghazi in the first place?

Second, if Stephens decision was a last minute decision who tipped off Ansar al Sharia et al., that he was in Benghazi and why?

There are no coincidences. A well organized and well executed hit on a consulate and a CIA safe house are not thrown together at the last second. The terrorist knew for weeks that Stephens was coming.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2015-03-30 21:34|| 2015-03-30 21:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Pffft, lest we fergit the Bammer is #1 = El Supremo on the National Command Authority list, followed by VPOTUS Grandpa Joe Biden, NOT SECSTATE HILLARY OR EVEN JAAWHN "PRESIDENTIAL" KERRY AKA "LURCH".

N-O-T-H-N-G happens in the ME or GWOT, etc. widout POTUS review and ultimately his John Hancock [signature].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-03-30 23:24|| 2015-03-30 23:24|| Front Page Top

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