Defiant Clinton takes on lawmakers on Libya attack
January 23, 2013 at 9:57 am in The Daily Republic
At times emotional and frequently combative, Clinton rejected GOP suggestions in two congressional hearings that the administration tried to mislead the country about the Sept. 11 attack that killed Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and three other Americans.
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She lied her way through the full eight years of the Bill Clinton administration and the first four years of the Obama administration. Why would she start tell the truth now?
Hot debate. What do you think?
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She really wanted no part of this fiasco. What was to be Obama’s October pre-election surprise blew up in their face when the two Navy Seals disobeyed orders and attempted a rescue. I’m sure even Bill told her from the beginning to stay away from that mess. Our government was complicit in the killing of those 4 Americans. Of course she’s lying. She lies like a rug. She’ll make a great President.
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So what are these big lies that apparantly are very obvious that no one seems to be calling her on? People lie to hide something, what is she hiding? People lie to gain something, what would she be gaining?
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Oh, maybe, staying out of prison.
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Avoiding responsibility. The same game bo plays, the blame game. Libya is probably Bushs fault.
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President Obama and his mouthpieces Hilary, Susan Rice and others wanted to pin this demonstration on conservatives. That is why they stuck to their lie that this was a spontaneous protest to some movie nobody had even heard. The reason the ambassador and three others were killed was a total dereliction of duty of President Obama and Hilary Clinton. It was all about getting re-elected.
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This might have some credibility if Obama hadn’t called the attack a terrorist attack before Rice appeared on the news shows. This is just a tempest in a teapot with Republicans hoping to get some anti-Obama traction out of it but it’s not working for them.
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Incorrct as usual. The fact of the matter is they pushed the false story very hard. Clinton disappeared for months. Obama remained mostly silent. They even used taxpayer money to put together a little commercial that ran on BBC, Al Jazeera, etc….denouncing the video.
Mike – a small correction. The left does not “manipulate the press”. The press are very willing participants in this destruction of America. They don’t need any manipulation.
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Politicians manipulate us, the public. We shouldn’t be waiting around for the media to tell us what to think. Yes, the media gets manipulated as well, but the public doesn’t call them on it, even when it is obvious.
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Realist, your excuses for Obama, Clinton and Rice is the fabrication fed to you by the Obama administration.
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Only in your parallel universe. I would suggest diversification in your reading list.
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I got my information from Obama’s stooges in the media.
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I inadvertently used the word “demonstration”. That is what Obama and company wanted us to believe it was rather than the terrorist attack that it was.
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Sorry, I guess I have no idea what you are talking about.
My understanding of the situation is it might have been a spontaneous protest of that movie or it might have been set up by terrorist’s but what does that have to do with conservatives and Obama and re-election?
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How convenient you forget the Obama talking points plastered all over the news for two weeks after the terrorist attack blaming a “conservative” moviemaker. Funny how the left seems to be able to forget that fact so easily.
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No, it wasn’t a matter of convenience, I just never gave the guy a thought. I just put him in the idiot category and forgot.
I never thought the movie was the cause of the problems.
I also don’t think it anything to do with the outcome of the election. People had their minds made up already….at least the majority that vote.
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It was very convient that the announcement of allowing women in combat occured on the same day as her testimony. Clearly timed to knock any discussion of the Libya attack off the radar screen. It worked marvelously. By Wednesday morning, all discussion was on the new policy….. hardly a peep on Libya or Clinton’s testimony.
I have to say they do a marvelous job of manipulating the press.
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Condi Rice “Mushroom cloud”
GW Bush “WMDS”
Both lies when told to the American public and how many Americans died? Two wars and how many trillions spent and not a peep out of you guys?
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Oh my, George Bush again? Your comment has zero to do with the complicity of President Obama and Hilary in the senseless death of our Ambassador and three other brave Americans in Benghazi. Is George Bush now a close personal adviser to Obama? When is the left going to start taking responsibility for their litany of failure?
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Hypocrisy is best pointed out when a comparison is made between the actions of two groups or individuals. You have made a huge deal of Bengazi when it has been difficult for many of us to forget the thousands who died in a war that was based on massive deception and propaganda. I think you just don’t want to see the truth in this. I don’t think it is any secret that Republicans are using Bengazi to disqualify and discredit Hillary Clinton from being elected President. It is politics pure and simple; truth being held hostage to partisanship.
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Your lapdog defense of the current administration and their abject failures around the world is typical of the Obama worshippers. Obama and Hilary lied, people died.
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So evidently you are fine when a Republican lies and gets us into a couple of unfunded wars then. What about these? Where was your outrage then? http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021334554
12 attacks under Bush and not a word was spoken. I guess all the church bells were broken.
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OK, for the sake of discussion, let’s say they knew about the attack coming, that’s is the lie right?
What should they have done? How long did they have? Where would the resources have come from to make a difference? How long for them to get there?
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They shouldn’t have been in an undefended consulate in Lbya period.
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So you’re saying we had no defense at all there?
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There was a little but the Republican controlled house did not want to fund anymore.
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Oh, I suppose George Bush had a hand in this and is to blame.
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This was not the U.S. embassy in Tripoli. It was the consulate in Benghazi. There must have been some diplomatic reason for them to be there.
We don’t have troops everywhere. We don’t allow other nations to have troops here, and we don’t have them in other countries.
So the question remains…..where would the protection come from?
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No, the question is why were they there unprotected?
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Again, who should have been protecting them? The consulate was under the protection of Libyan guards/police. So they were protected.
I’m asking you, Smartimus, where should the protection come from?
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They’re dead, they weren’t protected. The protection of American ambassadors, consulates and embassies is not left up to foreign nationals in a country or city rife with terrorists.
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Who is it left to?
The embassy has Marines there to protect it. The embassy is American soil, not true with a consulate.
You started this discussion talking of lies. What are they and what is the truth. Rather than making proclamations like your last statement, give facts to back them up. Otherwise you’re just ranting.
We are talking about diplomats, not military personal.
Lets turn this around a little, who protects Iranian and North Korean diplomats here?
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Ambassador Stevens pleaded to the Obama administration for protection and got none. The attack was watched in real time at the White House and our personel were told not to intervene to protect our ambassador. Try spin this as a smashing success for the Obama administration all you want but the facts speak for themselves.
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Where was the protection when 241 Marines were killed in Beirut? Reagan’s response? Withdrawal. You still have not dealt with the 12 terrorist attacks that had no US response under Bush. Where was the security for those?
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Stan the 241 Marines were well uhhhhhhh, Marines.
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I’m sure the families of those ummmm Marines appreciate your concern and sympathy.
Diplomats in hostile countries know they take the same risks as soldiers.
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You have not named a source for you “facts”.
1 will do.
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What evidence do I have that that would make any difference to you? I can answer that for you, none.
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Look, you started the discussion by saying Clinton lied. I thought you had something to back it up and asked for proof. Hey,if she lied and committed a criminal act, then put her on trial and send her to jail if she’s guilty but if you’re just going to make statements condemning someone because a personal opinion and no proof then maybe you should stop and re-think you’re position.
So far you’re arguments are groundless and are the rants of the uninformed.
If you have evidence, give…I’ll let you know if makes a difference to me.
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How about this, give an example of a lie that was told.
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The attack on Benghazi was the result of an anti-Muslim movie, repeated often by Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, Susan Rice and many others in the Obama administration for a period of two weeks after the attack and murder of our people in Benghazi. You should maybe listen to something other than what you are spoonfed from the Obama media.
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Right now I want to listen to you.
I really have not followed this much but the little I have, to answer the statement, was that the reason that they kept up your “lie” was to keep quiet on the CIA operations in the area. If that is not correct, correct me. If it is not correct, what is your point. If the attack was by terrorists (which I believe is correct) and the administration watched in real time as you say than again the question is where was the help going to come from? Also, the help is not a State Dept but a Defense Dept situation so again what is your point. You say the lies are to keep herself out of prison. What is the crime?
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You claim you are ill informed on this so you admittedly have no basis for your defense of the actions of the Obama administration . Where exactly did I say her lies were to keep her out of prison. Please point that out to me or are you uninformed on that too?
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With that kind of double talk you should look into politics.
The prison comment was in an earlier post by a different person. The question still remains.
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Perhaps you should ask the question of the person who made the statement. It could be that Hillary or Obama may end up in prison some day but it isn’t likely to happen for the next four years anyway.
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From the title of the story we can surmise that Hillary lies defiantly. If Hillaty’s mouth is moving she’s lying just like her mentors husband Bill and her lord Barack Obama.
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I hope you aren’t a registered voter because the thought of you on a jury is frightening.
You’re accusations of lies have been proven unfounded and you have been exposed as ignorant of facts and the workings of the State department. You have also shown that you are incapable of answering a simple question.
You, sir, are completely closed minded and border on ridiculous.
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Okay, folks, that’s about enough. Do not let this devolve any further into a two-person bickering match, or I’ll have to either put people on moderation or close down the thread, and nobody wants that–other people still have things to say about the topic.
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I yield the floor
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Valiant effort, Don. Debate is a lost art.
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