tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post2531466454823416820..comments2024-03-28T01:33:22.764-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: Scandal: Obama, Libya, Lies, and Al QaedaDiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-30538871025000387652012-09-30T22:00:37.962-04:002012-09-30T22:00:37.962-04:00Yes, the press was using the term incorrectly. It ...Yes, the press was using the term incorrectly. It was just a rallying point if the "consulate" was unsafe.DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-3149363129602523572012-09-30T20:53:18.412-04:002012-09-30T20:53:18.412-04:00That the location of the "safe house" wa...That the location of the "safe house" was known is no surprise to me; Do you think the people in those countries are stupid?<br />As an example, when I was a child and my Father was stationed in what was then "French" Morocco, He had occasion to visit a "Secret" Air Force installation. The way he found it was to ASK a Moroccan standing by the road where it was and he received expplicit directions to the installation. So much for a "secret" installation or a "safe house" in one of those countries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-59443794825424921602012-09-30T10:45:52.972-04:002012-09-30T10:45:52.972-04:00As of yesterday the FBI haven't even gotten to...As of yesterday the FBI haven't even gotten to Benghazi. They were 400 miles away.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01089260268960250277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-19095779161638569812012-09-30T02:58:49.032-04:002012-09-30T02:58:49.032-04:00Its obvious by now to me the highly trained unit t...Its obvious by now to me the highly trained unit that hit us in Benghazi was some other government's equivalent of an action "strike team" of more than two dozen warriors. Ergo, another nation declared violent war on the US and our maladministration in Washington is so terrified American voters will discover this - and turn them out of office - they take all possible measures to obfuscate and deny what happened. They have no shame!<br /><br />When the administration changes in January I want to see a bona fida criminal investigation into everyone in that decision chain - unless, of course, the outgoing chief executive somehow issues blanket pardons. In that case I'd like him to end up in Guantanamo - rather than Hawaii.49erDweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09386245801517422226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-41858189564021133332012-09-29T21:10:26.439-04:002012-09-29T21:10:26.439-04:00Amen to everything you said.Amen to everything you said.DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-45629177355544010372012-09-29T20:23:56.373-04:002012-09-29T20:23:56.373-04:00"1) who masterminded the attacks;
2) what he..."1) who masterminded the attacks;<br /> 2) what help did they have from persons inside the United States.<br /> <br />These questions are probably being asked in parallel and explain the involvement of the FBI, whose remit is domestic counterintelligence. The FBI is probably not asking “who killed Stephens”. It is probably asking who knew where the safe house was? Who knew what the contingency plans were? And above all, when did you first hear about what must have been the cover story, the anti-Mohammed video. Answers to either or both of these questions would open a whole can of worms."<br />The Belmont Club "Sleight of Hand"<br />Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-17007041756164833612012-09-29T19:58:12.669-04:002012-09-29T19:58:12.669-04:00I have worked in American Cultural Centers (in the...I have worked in American Cultural Centers (in the days when they were operated by the US Information Agency) and I cannot imagine scheduling an official opening for 9/11. I cannot imagine scheduling an ambassadorial visit for 9/11. I would even question the idea of conducting business as usual on 9/11 unless you want to thumb your nose at the local firebrands or figure you're smarter than they are. It all sounds very strange. Even more strange given the apparent information-gathering nature of the consulate in Benghazi. Not that all consulates don't collect information, both open source and otherwise, but this appears to have been a special case. And then to learn there was little in the way of hardening to the site just stupefies me. Why not just throw a carpet on a sidewalk, sit cross-legged on it, and put up a sign that reads "intelligence gathered here"? <br /><br />As for the way this administration has handled the aftermath there is nothing left to say. Most voters won't care, much even take note of, the clown show that followed Ambassador Stevens' murder and the ransacking of the consulate. Another example of a complicit mainstream media covering up ineptitude. Disgraceful.Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06981706601001285694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-87726336561074220872012-09-29T14:42:36.283-04:002012-09-29T14:42:36.283-04:00The attack in benghazi was definitely well planned...The attack in benghazi was definitely well planned and executed. More telling the men who did it appear to have been well trained. But, was it the typical islamoc terrorism we expect from these people? While I have no problem seeing any of these ridiculous platoon sized groups calling themselves such and such brigades wanting to kill our diplomats; I have a hard time seeing them pull it off and then not bragging about it. These schmucks would be telling everyone and their dog about their evil deed. Also, mortars rained down on the roof of the safehouse but the area around it isn't pocmarked. The mortar team got on their target quickly and knew what they were doing. The terrorist MO is spray and pray.<br /><br />All of which leaves me wondering if terrorists didn't do it, who did, and more importantly, why? What was ambassador Stevens working on that would change with a change of ambassadors? Who would benefit? Or perhaps the American public were the target. There was no discussion of our policy of supporting democracy in the ME before Benghazi and now there is. It's worth noting that upwards of 80% of the Soviets intelligence budget was spent on perception management. Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354887108778074009noreply@blogger.com