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.
