Why in the hell is Jonathan Karl still talking about goddamned Benghazi? That’s worse than if Dan Rather was still talking about the Alabama Air National Guard. Doesn’t Karl know that he has lost all credibility as a reporter on this issue? And he’s dry-humping this carcass of on issue for the benefit of a party that doesn’t even believe in anything the State Department does, including basic diplomacy. They’ve never cared about attacks on our diplomatic facilities. Let’s see, how many of those attacks occurred during the Bush administration?
22 January 2002, Calcutta, India- Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami gunmen attack Consulate
14 June 2002, Karachi, Pakistan- al-Qaeda truck bomb detonates outside Consulate
12 October 2002, Denpasar, Indonesia- Consular Office bombed by Jemaah Islamiyah as part of the Bali bombings
28 February 2003, Karachi, Pakistan- Unknown gunmen attack Consulate
30 June 2004, Tashkent, Uzbekistan- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan suicide bomber attacks Embassy
6 December 2004, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia- al-Qaeda gunmen raid diplomatic compound
2 March 2006, Karachi, Pakistan- Car bomb explodes outside Consulate
12 September 2006, Damascus, Syria- Gunmen raid US Embassy
12 January 2007, Athens, Greece- RPG Fired at Embassy by Revolutionary Struggle
18 March 2008, Sana’a, Yemen- Mortar attack against US Embassy
9 July 2008, Istanbul, Turkey- Armed attack against Consulate
17 September 2008, Sana’a, Yemen-Two car bombs outside US embassy in Yemeni capital
About 60 people died in those Bush era attacks on our embassies, consulates, and compounds. You never heard the Democrats trying to make political hay about it. And that’s ironic here because the charge is that the administration lied about what happened to cover their asses. So, they’re accused of being political by people who won’t shut the fuck up about a topic they don’t even care about.
The people who deserve answers on Benghazi are the people who actually work at the State Department. And you don’t hear them asking for more information.
It’s the fallen (CIA) warriors that they keep harping on. Those other attacks didn’t take an ambassador and station chief.
But, no, the GOP doesn’t care about diplomacy or any other activity of actual governance. It only cares about message, message, message, message, message. The GOP has become a media network with reality show actors infiltrated into what used to be Congress of the United States.
Karl is a tool of the right.
And also just a plain tool.
If he was literally a tool, and not figuratively a dick, he would not be a sharp one.
Exactly. He came out of the right-wing cesspool. People need to understand that. Funny thing is, his bio list that he has worked for both NY Post and The New Republic. I’m pretty sure he’s worked at other right-wing outfits as well.
Doesn’t it go without saying that they don’t believe a word of it? They’re political opportunists pure and simple who will say whatever they think will gain them political advantage. The only think I don’t get is why so many people fall for it. Are we a nation of imbeciles?
Pretty much. We’ve had decades of an unrestrained corporate media to deflect attention from facts that matter most. The benchmark I use for a measure of how many Americans are in a advanced state of imbecility are the approx 60% that supported invading Iraq.
I think this qualifies as a rhetorical question.
Don’t forget that the GOP is actively seeking to reduce embassy security budgets.
I haven’t.
With all the Good News For John McCain that has been whistling through the news cycle in recent weeks, I decided to peek in on Fox News tonight to see what they’re screaming about. Two of their prime-time hours LED with Benghazi.
If the right wing was truly moral, they would buy a room for that chicken they just cannot stop fucking. Doing the deed in the parking lot, as they are, is becoming a bit…unseemly.
I’d argue that if we ever have to live through another Republican presidency, Democrats ought to try and make political hay about such things which will inevitably occur.
OK, but Dubya called all those terrist attacks, see?