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2013-05-13 Home Front: Politix
Jay Carney's 'Usefulness to This Administration is Diminishing Rapidly'
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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2013-05-13 11:02|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 Paging Ron Ziegler. Ron Ziegler to the white courtesy phone, please.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2013-05-13 11:44||   2013-05-13 11:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Less and less useful, more and more an idiot...
Posted by M. Murcek 2013-05-13 13:01||   2013-05-13 13:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Of course, when he leaves the White House to return to Time magazine, or wherever, he'll be the latest high profile case of toilet paper recycling inside the Beltway...
Posted by M. Murcek 2013-05-13 13:03||   2013-05-13 13:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Why would ANYONE in their right mind want to be Minister of Lies and Prevarications White House Press Secretary?
Posted by Alaska Paul 2013-05-13 15:02||   2013-05-13 15:02|| Front Page Top

#5 >Could forces have been there to rescue them? Doubtful.

I'm not sure about that.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-05-13 15:15||   2013-05-13 15:15|| Front Page Top

#6 "Could forces have been there to rescue them? Doubtful."

What the hell would YOU know about that, dipshit?

And we'll never know now, because the White House cowards idiots never tried. >:-(
Posted by Barbara 2013-05-13 15:20||   2013-05-13 15:20|| Front Page Top

#7 queue up Queen:

Bomp Bomp Bomp, anotherone bites the dust
Bomp Bomp Bomp, anotherone under the bus
Posted by OldSpook 2013-05-13 16:18||   2013-05-13 16:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Enema of the People...
Posted by M. Murcek 2013-05-13 17:44||   2013-05-13 17:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Whether they were rescued or not, the thing for diplomats to remember everywhere is they didn't
even
bother
to try.

Did this used to be a great country, or what?
Posted by Bobby 2013-05-13 18:09||   2013-05-13 18:09|| Front Page Top

#10 He hasn't been much use to the American public since he was installed in the WH -- so where is the news ?
Posted by Shusose Fillmore2869 2013-05-13 18:43||   2013-05-13 18:43|| Front Page Top

#11 That graphic is an affront to Baghdad Bob, but seriously funny.
Posted by Besoeker 2013-05-13 18:48||   2013-05-13 18:48|| Front Page Top

#12 Could forces have been there to rescue them? Dick Cheney, last week:

‘They should have been ready before anything ever happened . . . I mean, it’s North Africa – Libya, where they’ve already had major problems. You know that al-Qaeda is operating there, and you have some of the other al-Qaeda-affiliated groups there like Ansar al-Sharia and others.’ …

‘When we were there, on our watch, we were always ready on 9/11, on the anniversary,’ he recalled. ‘We always anticipated they were coming for us, especially in that part of the world.’

‘I cannot understand why they weren’t ready to go. You’ve got units in the Defense Department that are superb. They practice for this contingency. And they didn’t have anybody in the area.'
Posted by RandomJD 2013-05-13 18:49||   2013-05-13 18:49|| Front Page Top

#13 Yeah, RandomJD, it boggles the mind that the Administration could possibly be so ignorant and incompetent to not even permit continuation of standard preparations as they were, so I fear it was intentional - which is far, far worse.
Posted by Glenmore 2013-05-13 19:00||   2013-05-13 19:00|| Front Page Top

#14 And even WORSE - 'We, the People' STILL don't f**king care!
Posted by Glenmore 2013-05-13 19:01||   2013-05-13 19:01|| Front Page Top

#15 There are Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) on the shelf for each diplomatic mission overseas. They are updated exercised in one manner or another periodically.

How stupid do they think we are?
- George Will
Posted by Besoeker 2013-05-13 19:04||   2013-05-13 19:04|| Front Page Top

#16 Exactly, Glenmore. Rep. Issa noted during the hearing last Wed. that ascertaining the DoD's assets and readiness in the region (like Aviano) on that day would be a fruitful line of inquiry to pursue. For example, there is a discrepancy between Gen. Dempsey's estimated response time (20 hours), versus what the defense attache told Acting Amb. Hicks (2-3 hours, but no tankers) that I am curious to know more about.

Because right, that would go to the broader question of, was a previous "9/11 readiness protocol" in place, which was subsequently discarded? If so, whose decision was it to change the routine, and what would the response time have been in comparison to the new plan? If I'd was Rep. Issa, I'd be getting ready to subpoena Panetta too.

I'd think that anyone who truly doesn't want this to happen again, would be curious to know more details too.
Posted by RandomJD 2013-05-13 19:45||   2013-05-13 19:45|| Front Page Top

#17 "There are Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) on the shelf for each diplomatic mission overseas. They are updated exercised in one manner or another periodically. "

True but most Embassies have MSGs, FEBR doors/windows, and dedicated interior safe havens. Benghazi was a CF from day one as far as physical security. I would very interested to look at their EAP as I have quite a bit of experience writing/updating them.
Posted by Bangkok Billy 2013-05-13 20:25||   2013-05-13 20:25|| Front Page Top

#18 I'd like to see it as well Billy. I'd also like to have a beer with the RSO.
Posted by Besoeker 2013-05-13 20:33||   2013-05-13 20:33|| Front Page Top

#19 The only thing in the EAP was to shift blame and rapid deploy the PR guys armed with spin.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-05-13 20:34||   2013-05-13 20:34|| Front Page Top

#20 BP, NOW I understand! This all happened because the Administration thought EAP was Employee Assistance Plan - the drug enforcement piss police!
Posted by Glenmore 2013-05-13 20:47||   2013-05-13 20:47|| Front Page Top

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