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Sorry, John Kerry Can't Testify About Benghazi; He Is Just Too Busy
Once again we get confirmation that this administration is the most transparent in history. The State Department's Marie Harf explained that John Kerry will not be attending the Select Committee hearing on Benghazi and must postpone his testimony to the House Oversight committee due "critical diplomatic work" he is undertaking. As the full letter below explains:
- *HARF SAYS KERRY 'WILL APPEAR ONCE ON BENGHAZI'
- *HARF SAYS NO NEED FOR KERRY TO GO BEFORE TWO COMMITTEES
- *KERRY HAS 'CRITICAL DIPLOMATIC WORK' ON SUBPOENA DAY OF MAY 29
Furthermore, the State Department adds, "we believe there are witnesses better suited to answer questions regarding the Department’s response to Congressional investigations of the Benghazi attacks."
Full letter below:
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Well, in one way, this administration is about as transparent as it gets.
Transparently criminal.
I know that I can see right through them
ps. What are Kerry's odds at Belmont?
Bartender to horse, "Hey! Why the long face?"
Of the two most ridiculously over-reporter stories of the year this benghazi bullshit-extravaganza takes the cake. And please dear gawd tyler don't bring up that gawddamn plane again..
Yes you can (pretend this event never happened)!
Has he captured that insolent rodeo clown yet?
Put this fucker on a hot hot seat!
"Too busy." Any lie will do, in the Land of Fascism.
Yet Swifty Boater has plenty of time to give speaches about really important stuff, like global warming.
Yet Swifty Boater has plenty of time to give speaches about really important stuff, like global warming.
Yep, all dem 'speaches' bout dat glober warmin horse dung. Deh be swift boatin' der people wit dem 'speaches'!!
Us republicans, we noes dat deh libtards and billary obummer is responserbile for bentghazi!!
Another victim of aluminum nano-particle brain infestation. Won't someone think of the children?
Kerry says he will testify under oath about Benghazi only if Bush and Cheney testify under oath about 9/11...
Now that would be some C-SPAN worth watching!
That is pretty good right there :-)
And only if he can testify with Obama sitting next to him.
Hey Cole... Welcome to fight club.. Fuck you. I had the pleasure of meeting our esteemed Secretary at a cocktail party. Lying fucking wanker.
10 years later and the fact that Kerry was 100% honest about his service in Vietnam still doesn't make a difference to the Republicans.
It's better to embrace a lie I guess.
100% honest about his purple heart, sure he was....
The Jackass Donkey would just spew nonsense anyway
Who wrote that response? Pretty pathetic. My Mom can write better letter why I can go to school.
To Whom It May Concern:
Thank you for the incredibly generous offer to stay indefinitely in your FEMA Fun Camp, but we are going to be busy that month. Very, very busy. But keep up the good work, y'all killin' it!
"Furthermore, the State Department adds, "we believe there are witnesses better suited to answer questions regarding the Department’s response to Congressional investigations of the Benghazi attacks."
Well thats kinda the point dumbasses, YOUR AMBASSADOR can't answer any questions about why he was meeting the Turkish Consul General (Ali Sait Akin) in Benghazi instead of Tripoli.
Cuz, ya know, he's dead.
And Steven's "good friend" Hitlary isn't saying much outside of "What does it matter now!?!?" while King O'Barry is as Commander in Chief clueless as ever about military flight times from Italian airbases unless Jay Carney happens to stumble across those simple facts (two hours) while reading the comics to His #HighAss from the Washington Post.
But you didn't have a problem getting that drone overhead to watch live feed of the attacks while in progress though...did you?
Epstein's mother.
Does the fact that Kerry was NOT Secretary of State at the time make any difference to you Republicans?
He is now though. Has nothing to do with party line you tool.
Really?
When did the State Department have this massive layoff? And why aren't people being arrested for carting off government documents relating to a dead ambassador when they left? Everybody clueless over there?
I'm not aware of the political affiliations of the other three dead Americans but I would think and "hope" (even if they were democrats) at least a few democrats would want to know the facts of why they had to die and why the military did not act to protect them when it was clear they were under attack.
And you can pretend it's a "scandal." Along with all the Fox news clowns who comment here on ZH. And they claim to be independent thinkers. What a joke.
down thumb for commie traitors.
guess 4 dead americans means nothing? gun runnng out of Libya? and snatch and grab kidnapp gone wrong with a dead ambassadore? trading the ambassador for the blind sheeik? 648 muslim brotherhood members getting the death sentance, when 30 of them were at bengazi participating in the attack? now they are going to get the death sentance? guess they won't talk? and were is that plane?Dening security after all other consulates shut down and were outta there? guess the measily 4 milion the US Navy budgeted for the search just to make it look good?
I agree. Mrs Hillbiillary would be a better bet to grill.
Or that IRS lady.
Plan 9 from Outer Space is Here!
In addition to being deaf & dumb, they're going to remain mute. Gun running turning into a super rough biz, especially when you're running the guns to enemies of the state. They should all hang.
You start with the outside of the circle and the little people, ask questions to find the holes in the story andthen invite thebig dog (Billary) to answer questions she will not want to answer or be able to wiggle out of answering. Ultimately its about catching a very clever sociopath (Kerry and Hillary) in their web of deceit and showing the world that they lied.
I wont let Karry distract me from getting my Kripsy Kream donuts, star shaped just for Memorial Day and guess what?
You get a 10% discount [but ONLY with a military ID].
How sweet. Just what we need....fat troops on the ground [with roller scooters].....
Hillary has already testified before Congress.
There is no there there.
Because you obviously know more than us. :-)
Yeah, that was right up there with "I don't recall"...of course she's a helluva lot older now so her memory has no doubt improved tremendously ;-)
Will win by a nose.
Does he get to wear the nostril-flaring strips?
What difference does it make at this point?
Dude, that was two years ago. Let it go.
Well gee. Sorry to have troubled you
The coup is long-since over and done.
Squatter's Rights
Popular sovereignty or the sovereignty of the people is the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power. It is closely associated with republicanism and social contract philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Popular sovereignty expresses a concept and does not necessarily reflect or describe a political reality.[a] It is usually contrasted with the concept of parliamentary sovereignty, and with individual sovereignty. The people have the final say in government decisions.
Benjamin Franklin expressed the concept when he wrote, "In free governments, the rulers are the servants and the people their superiors and sovereigns".[1]
Americans founded their Revolution and government on popular sovereignty, but the term was also used in the 1850s to describe a highly controversial approach to slavery in the territories as propounded by senator Stephen A. Douglas. It meant that local residents of a territory would be the ones to decide if slavery would be permitted, and it led to bloody warfare in Bleeding Kansas as violent proponents and enemies of slavery flooded Kansas territory in order to decide the elections.
Popular sovereignty also can be described as the voice of the people.
kick....the....can....delay, delay, delay.
yes, but ask the obvious question... what are all these puppet waiting for (to save them)? they have been in a holding pattern for years... for any of you meat puppets that see this, sorry, it ain't coming.
Sorry to say this to all the military families:
But contrary to what you see with all the Hero's bullshit on HLN and other mainstream media, neither the government, nor the President, nor any of the elites give a shit about your men and women stationed overseas. It just a great propaganda machine and almost as effective as crying racism if you don't support our troops. Kerry once again just kicked Middle America in the balls. Again. Just like Kissinger.
Why people volunteer risking their lives and limbs without doing some critical thinking first is beyond me, but its not my problem. We all can't think for the lemmings...
Support our Troops is the new racism; comply or your a homophobe, racist, anti-Samoan, etc.
When exactly is Thurston Heinz Kerry supposed to take the SSMinnow out for a sail? Leave the man alone, he's busy fucking other countries with your tax dollars
"witnesses better suited to answer questions"
So when will Hillary be subpoenaed?
"What does it matter!?" in Hillary's best harried housewife victim voice.
Mrs. Clinton, that is why we are here, because it matters that four people are dead.
Answer the fucking questions, bitch.
Answer question? More like arrest that cunt!
Put those cankles in irons
... till they turn a bilious green.
'We came, we saw, he died'
Disgusting woman.
DavidC
And according to the media, she will be the next president. Mini-puke coming up.
Meanwhile the Clinton Global Initiative is laundering $500 Million a year
Well, there's where some of the QE is going.
She got the 3am call.
.
Sorry, she's scheduled for another brain stroke that day.
Magnifique!
According to this, she may be sweating a bit.
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/benghazi-democrats-hillary-clinton...
Hilarious. She's totally pulling Pee-loosly Galore's strings
She don't sweat; she cackles with glisten.
Letter summarized: "Hey, can you guys just stop beating a dead horse, already? He's busy."
"I'm sorry, but War Minister Kerry must be a neigh-sayer on this subject."
This blogger thinks Obama has something to answer for i the Bengazi events.
He asks:
"Where exactly within the White House was Barack Hussein Obama, from the time he left the Oval Office at approximately 7:30 p.m. ET, until the following day when he boarded Air Force One destined for Las Vegas, who was he with, and what were the exact nature of his activities during this period?"
Link: http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/archives/10755
Let the truth be told. Keep the pressure on 'em Gowdy!
Too busy doing what? Bobbing for apples in his trough?
Or dropping more road apples and expecting Lavrov to clean them up.
Greetings, Yen. The irony is, why would they want Kerry; it's so convenient for him to say I wasn't aware of that, I didn't see that document, I wasn't apprised of the situation... The trough conjures up a fitting image of Kerry and the rest of this circus in Washington.
But, in that Harry Truman is no longer with us, we can at least be satisfied with his counsel: “The buck stops here.” No better witness exists for the Benghazi murders than Barack Obama.
Greetings back at ya J.R. Unfortunately El Presidente' is safely tucked away in the "plausible deniability" bunker.
The lies are so fucking deep they need to continually lie tp cover for past lies. its easier to just not be on record..for anything of this nature. elected or not, all these chodes will reside in the anal-cavity of DC till death or retirement. perpetual career defenders..
They grilled the shit out of Karl Rove for taking a dig on Hillary's brain damage, something which gets you out of testifying about this matter for ever, but a partisan attack when considering a run for POTUS
Now Kerry... to busy to do his job.
When do the guillotines start rolling again?
Because he thinks he's smarter than the average bear and therefore becomes the gift that keeps on giving.
(found on drudgereport.com)
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/kerry-says-wrongl...
Busy fucking shit up.
The goal is to protect Hiltery and Foggy Bottom asswipes from the obvious. They were running guns to AQ in Syria and someone got bent and smoked the compound.
The goal of protecting Hildabest is for her to be there in the Oval Orfice to flak for ObOzO and stall the investigations that are coming for sure.
Kerry must have to time to wind surf in Black Sea befoe the Russians shut it down for the season.That's why he's 'busy' okay.
There was a time when an embassy getting knocked over with its people slaughtered was a big deal and the public demanded answers.
The fact they feel brave enough to continue stonewalling is a sign the citizens are fatigued from countless scandals.
They don't want you to know about the "rat line."
That would make it clear what our little "consulate" was about.
pods
Yeah, it's an awesome strategy really. Just abuse the public trust again and again and again, and eventually they'll be burned out and you'll wear them down and they'll capitulate.
Saul Alinsky, et al.
Quelle Surprise
As usual, more bullshit.
Great, another kangaroo court which of course will find no wrongdoing by anyone eva.
Get over it, above law!
he is on his boat doing hookers and blow , you know for the GDP
If I was a murderer and a war criminal, I'd run too.
There are witnesses better suited for testimony than horse-face Kerry.
Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton
Kerry is too busy sailing, Obama is too busy golfing, Americans are too busy trying to get disability, veterans are too busy trying to get an appointment, Putin is too busy laughting at us, what can possibly goes wrong in the next 3 years?
Try doing that in a lawsuit.
What's the matter, John? Why the long face?
The real problem here is that if asked, 9 out of 10 Americans couldn't tell you what the hell Benghazi is. After all, didn't American Idol just crown a new winner. Until the average American becomes more aware of what's going on in the world, these M Efrs in office can keep this shit going forever. Does anyone really believe anything is going to come out of these hearings. Actually, I take that back; there will be enough bullshit thrown about to fertilize most of Washington.
[these M Efrs in office can keep this shit going forever]
Sorry cb, but this nonsense in toto (Benghazi is only one of countless issues) is a powder keg and will most definitely blow up in everybody's collective face. History shows us that civilizations large and small collapse* for largely the same reasons over and over. What's coming this time is the "mother of all collapses". If you look at the population and technology curves, everything has gone vertical.
I believe that every advanced civilization in the universe experiences a catharsis, and that only a miniscule percentage manage to survive it. The universe is teeming with life, but there are exceedingly few advanced civilizations. Maybe only a handful in our Galaxy. I believe humanity is entering the initial stages of this global catharsis. The CIC (Clowns In Control) are so culturally inbred and far removed from reality that they cannot possibly see the maelstrom that we are entering.
Remember, all the economic and financial news that we study here is only a symptom of the "real" collapse which is the social collapse of humanity driven by the population curve.
Gird yourselves and get ready for one hellacious ride.
;-/
*Jared Diamond - Collapse
I don't disagree messy. But history has also shown that change, such as the one we need, does not come about while the people (sheeple) still have full bellies. Once the tummies start to rumble, then maybe....
Thanks for the reply cb. That's completely true, and I quote from our Declaration of Independence:
"and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
The PISSANTs ride this pony as long as they can...
PISSANTs: People In SuitS Are Not Trustworthy (Especially the ones with lapel pins... ;-)
To update that to out current situation, I think the riots start when the welfare stops, or inflation rises to the point were welfare payments are meaningless. A very smart and successful investor friend of mine recently told me: 'the world of $5,000 or $10,000 an ounce gold, will not be a pleasant one. And that day is not far in coming.'
I'll be very curious to see what he's doing in 6 days - I predict getting a slow walk around the track, maybe a nice brushout.
Too busy recovering from the Kentucky Derby
Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi! Seriously - it's like you people have Tourette's syndrome or something.
There is no "there" there. I know you just want to hang something on the black guy in the Oval Office - or merely hang the black guy in the Oval Office - but the facts are that NOTHING OF ANY CULPABILITY CAN BE LAID AT THE DOORSTEP OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.
Not on Benghazi, at least. Now the financial crisis and drones - there IS there there. On that, I agree.
Please, stop. Just. Stop.
Benghazi!
Bite me and then piss off, Tsar Troll.
Exactly what I'd expect from somebody on this site at this point.
Nicely done. Quite adult.
If I were John Kerry, I'd tell the Republicans in Congress to get out of government, since they hate it so much. And get out of America, too, since they seem to hate everything about America. But that's me. I have less tact than does our Secretary of State.
No, I think millions of americans just hate the tyranny and crimes coming from Federal government employees. If it continues, I'd expect incremental resistance, perhaps followed by areas declaring their independence. If the Feds want to keep that territory, they may have to go and claim it.
No need to leave the homeland folks love and are loyal to. They merely need to rid themselves of the tyrants.
Hope that clarifies things.
We know where Obama is every secon of the day (when it puts him in a good political position). How is it we have NO IDEA where he was for 10 hours during this attack? No staged pics of the situation room like Osama? Who gave the order to stand down? Of course "he doesn't know" and " people will be held accountable" just like every other scandal under this community organizer. This community organizer is a failure. Pure and simple.
And fuck off with the race card hogwash. I could give two fucks about the pigmentation of his skin. It's his Marxist ideals that hate.
FUCK YOU
I'll tell you what's a failure: America, for falling into stupidity and ignorance and calling it the "promised land".
I don't like Obama for a lot of reasons, but Benghazi is not one of them.
So you're content with one of our ambassadors and 3 soldiers being slain in a terrorist attack overseas while Obama prepares for a fundraiser in Las Vegas? THIS isn't one of the reasons why you don't like Obama?
One of the great things about this country in the 'promised land' was that our representives (which don't represent us anymore) should be virtuous and righteous; a statesman who serves the public to protect our rights. Now we have career politicians who plunder society and are willing to sacrifice our own for the benefit of their re-election, but that's not what concerns you.
You are a mindless, soulless drone with whom there is no hope.
Bullcrap......let's get to the real scandal: the Benghazi CIA gun-running for Al Qaeda. Anything to discredit the warmongering bastards....
They may get some "plausible denial" type traction with the claim that there was "nothing they could do about it" concerning the attack itself, but there ain't no room for plausible denial on the gun-running fiasco.....
Let's get to it Fast and Furious
Yes "critical diplomatic engagements". Is it organizing the illegal overthrow of governments around the world? I suppose if one puts themselves in the position of the criminally insane, avoiding truth and accountability could also be categorized as "critical diplomatic" work.
Yea, I'm done here. Nothing left but a box of cookies and the kitchen clock.
"critical diplomatic work" he is undertaking.
Yea, critical like arming, funding & training the same Al CIA duh terror organizations he claims to protect us from.
He's busy with the Criminal CIA drug running & destabilizing Sovereign countries while simultaneously installing Criminal IMF puppet regimes with juntas.
There's one thing that can be said for John Kerry, he's not just another pretty face.
maybe he can catch a stomach virus, fall down, hit his head, forget everything for 6 months, and then "retire" before he has to testify before congress.
Yeah - pull a Bulushi/Fisher moment in the tunnel.
i remember lord blankfein answering some softball questions once upon a time. that was a great day for the amurkin peeple.
Subpoena Day May 29 is JFK's birthday.....
Just sayin'
It's also the last day of the 3-day Congressional work week ... THURSDAY.
Waiting for the day the administration stops returning phone calls from the legislative branch. Probably the day after the next election.
This is just more Red/Blue nonsense. Stop being part of such stupidity.
But but but...Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi!
How many Americans died in the attack on the Beirut barracks back in 1983? The answer is 241.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombing
Nobody from the Reagan Administration was held accountable. Perspective helps in the Land of Reality.
In that case, a nutty towel head pulled up in a truck and exploded it.
In the case of behgahzi, they were under attack for hours, and called for help. Meanwhile, the pres and his staff were playing cards, and told the troops not to respond. Oh, and they were also running guns to the guys that were doing the attacking. But, hey, nothing to see here. move along.
You people are tiresome.
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/02/11/3276171/gop-benghazi-military-...
"As Media Matters reports, Fox News cited reports of a stand-down order no fewer than 85 times during prime-time segments as of June 2013. As the new report — which the Republican majority of the committee authored –makes very clear in its findings, however, no such order ever existed. “There was no ‘stand down’ order issued to U.S. military personnel in Tripoli who sought to join the fight in Benghazi,” the report says, noting that the military was not positioned to respond to the attack.
“Given the military’s preparations on September 11, 2012, majority members have not yet discerned any response alternatives that could have likely changed the outcome of the Benghazi attack,” the report concludes."
Lol, thinkprogress.
Feel free to help the world solve its overpopulation problem by dropping dead. If it helps, I hear Satanallah is offering special on virgins for every loyal jihadi.
This is a more credible excuse than "I only let her suck my cock - I didn't fuck her, unless you count poking a cigar up her snatch, but that's not really having sex - by the way, have you seen what my wife looks like?".
Politicians - as useless as <fill in the blank>.
Actually, I am not sure what they think that they can find out from Lurch. On his best days, he has trouble understanding that he is wearing a digital watch, much more being able to tell the time on it.
"The dog ate my notes...sorry I can't make it...."
John Kerry and Summers Eve have a lot in common!
They've both been in a vagina and you haven't?
It's certainly nice to see someone has risen above the childness of this site and responded as an adult.
Miffed;-)
Silly Wabbit, Laws are for Sukkerz.
Tsar Pointless: Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi! Seriously - it's like you people have Tourette's syndrome or something.
There is no "there" there. I know you just want to hang something on the black guy in the Oval Office - or merely hang the black guy in the Oval Office - but the facts are that NOTHING OF ANY CULPABILITY CAN BE LAID AT THE DOORSTEP OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.
Not on Benghazi, at least. Now the financial crisis and drones - there IS there there. On that, I agree.
Please, stop. Just. Stop.
Benghazi!
Well, actually you really need to listen to some of the testimony already given by the top military brass, you might actually learn something instead of trying to run cover for "the black guy".
Tsar Pointless: You people are tiresome.
...and your rebuttal is.........'pointless" since you are cherry picking who's testimony you bring forth.
Plenty of testimony on YT which is a click or two away. Instead of being pointless, educate yourself.
Ok, presidence set. I will now respond to any law suits etc as follows: "I will not appear as requested in your subpoena. As I am an American citizen and am subscribing, as established by The US Sec of State John Kerry, in our nation of rules, to ignore your request as a matter of factual action of law established by the Executive Branch of the United States though its proxy, the Department of State. Have a nice day."
Good luck with that!
Are we supposed to believe that Benghazi is a bigger deal than 9/11?
If we can investigate the one – why not the other?
The dogged fascination with Benghazi is they know who did it and why. It had nothing to do with Libya and everything to do with the Presidential election in this country. It was an attempt by foreign sources to influence the election by proving Obama had no foreign policy, policy that particular nationalists approve of.
Look at the timing, who was friends of whom, and who wants Iran attacked immediately.
Do come critical thinking and you will come to a question.
Benghazi was a CIA gun running exercise to Syria. If they haven’t found that out yet – what hope is there of truth being revealed?
Benghazi is an excuse to keep our war mongering mentality fresh in the people’s minds through the midterms.
They 'have found out' already, that's why the investigation is so important and may succeed ... and just because one cover up worked, doesn't mean we should not keep trying to nail them when we can
Totally agree.
The point is one investigation was tabled to allow for the promotion of war and the other
has an endless search for "truth" for exactly the same reason. “They” are getting away with it!
You know if I say that I'm too busy for jury duty ... they issue a bench warrent for my arrest
Hell with Kerry. Get the butcher back on the block.
One of Hillary's talking points in the 2016 Presidential campaign will be how she patriotically and heroically led the troops to Victory in Benghazi. Nuttier-than-a-tree-full-of-parrots Nancy Pelosi will repeat this theme at every opportunity........
This maybe due the fall she and the bumpto her head and she says "We saw, we did not come, they died"
Nuttier-than-a-tree-full-of-parrots Nancy Pelosi will repeat this theme at every opportunity..
CLINTON POS 2016
If kerry got sarah jessica parker pregnant, that baby would look pretty equine
A brazen 'I am the law' type response to a Congressional subpoena. I'd like to see any American subject try this.
What we need is some neckstretching to help these tyrants understand they work for and are accountable to the citizens.
We're gonna need more rope.
A horse walks into a bar and the bartender says " sorry but we dont serve no neocon bastards and israel lovin jew politicians with fake irish names here, pal". The horse says " i think your confusing me with that 'Kerry' guy" and the bartender says "wells, ya both look alike". The horse then becomes an alchoholic because he cant reconcile the fact that he looks like kerry.
So, an american public servant can refuse to answer the employment related questions of his employers? This must be that elusive democracy? Gong show? No really, hit the gong already.
Dear Mr Putin,
Can you invade the Ukraine around the 30th of May? You see it would be really helpfull to me to be in Geneva involved in Peace talks for the next 4-6 weeks until congress recess.
Best Regards
John "POS" Kerry
PS I think Prince Charles is wrong.
PPS Sorry the Boss lied to you about "it being easier" after his election
The elites are running out of stooges.
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/e1f343ca-e281-11e3-89fd-00144feabdc0.html...
The problem with Kerry is that you can never tell which end of the horse you are talking to
Benghazi is more than just arming the Al Qaeda fighters in Syria. It was a staged kidnapping gone horribly wrong.
Right after Morsi won the election in Egypt, he requested the release of the blind sheik. Obama wouldn’t be able to pull that off without raising more than a few eyebrows even with a compliance mainstream media. He needed a good reason to release the blind sheik to appease the Muslim Brotherhood. He also needed an opportunity to demonstrate that he is an effective leader right before the election.
Obama's kindergarten advisers figured that if an American ambassador were kidnapped by angry mobs over a video offensive to Muslims, if this angry mobs which were spontaneously organized and therefore unidentifiable entity didn’t make any immediate demand for his release, if Obama then asked Morsi to intervene and assist for his release, if the kidnappers then demanded an exchange for the blind sheik, then Obama would be able to demonstrate to the Americans that he is an effective leader like Ronald Reagan in the Iran hostage crisis.
That would explain why Obama was missing in the situation room and the refusal of Steven's request for additional security. Whatever he could have done in the White House situation room would only make the staged kidnapping less likely to be successful and his actions/inactions much more difficult to explain later on as event became more chaotic. In all likelihood, he was probably yelling at Morsi for losing control of the alleged protesters all night long.
There is one crucial information which remains unaswered. Who made the arrangement for that meeting between the Turkish diplomat? If that meeting was not initiated by Chris Stevens himself, then he was setup either by the Turkish or his own country.
* Morsi promised to seek the release of the Blind Sheik in his inaugural speech in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000087239639044435880457801453173...
Well, that is the simplest explanation....
Benghazi is more than just arming the Al Qaeda fighters in Syria. It was a staged kidnapping gone horribly bad.
Right after Morsi won the election in Egypt, he requested the release of the blind sheik. Obama wouldn’t be able to pull that off without raising more than a few eyebrows even with a compliance mainstream media. He needed a good reason to release the blind sheik to appease the Muslim Brotherhood. He also needed an opportunity to demonstrate that he is an effective leader right before the election.
Obama's kindergarten advisers figured that if an American ambassador were kidnapped by angry mobs over a video offensive to Muslims, if this angry mobs which were spontaneously organized and therefore unidentifiable entity didn’t make any immediate demand for his release, if Obama then asked Morsi to intervene and assist for his release, if the kidnappers then demanded an exchange for the blind sheik, then Obama would be able to demonstrate to the Americans that he is an effective leader like Ronald Reagan in the Iran hostage crisis.
That would explain why Obama was missing in the situation room. Whatever he could have done in the White House situation room would only make the staged kidnapping less likely to be successful and his actions/inactions much more difficult to explain later on as event became more chaotic. In all likelihood, he was probably yelling at Morsi for losing control of the alleged protesters all night long.
There is one crucial information which remains unaswered. Who made the arrangement for that meeting between the Turkish diplomat? If that meeting was not initiated by Chris Stevens himself, then he was setup either by the Turkish or his own country.
* Morsi promised to seek the release of the Blind Sheik in his inaugural speech in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000087239639044435880457801453173...
You know why liberals got rid of the death penalty?
So they had nothing to fear.
How many more assets, military or otherwise, are going to be hung out in the breeze to die before somebody pushes back?