there were 13 attacks against us diplomatic missions during the bush years. calcutta, karachi, indonesia, islamabad, riyadh, jeddah, tashkent, damascus, athens, yemen, instanbul. plus, baghdad. no hearings for those attacks, no outrage from fox news and conservatives, because " it would undermine the commander-in-chief while troops were in harms’s way." it is all motivated by politics.
I looked it up. As I recall, she was getting increasingly irritated with the questioning Senator because he wasn’t listening.
Quoting Hillary Clinton: With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided that they’d they go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator. Now, honestly, I will do my best to answer your questions about this, but the fact is that people were trying in real time to get to the best information. The IC has a process, I understand, going with the other committees to explain how these talking points came out. But you know, to be clear, it is, from my perspective, less important today looking backwards as to why these militants decided they did it than to find them and bring them to justice, and then maybe we’ll figure out what was going on in the meantime.
If you dispute the validity of my source for this quote, I urge you to locate the video or a transcript yourself. I assure you that this record is accurate to the best of my recollection.
It’s amazing what you can do with anyone’s words when you take them out of context. She had just gotten done describing the significance and hurt of our losses.
“If this had happened under a Republican administration”
Garbage. All the stuff Bush did, and got away with. The things you’re making up against Obama are nothing.
Being a combat veteran, who saw my friends killed, up close and personal, when “It” hit the fan, and screwups happened, I understood Mrs. Clinton’s comment completely, and I RESENT CHICKENHAWKS like Issa and that bunch of cretins and dittoheads screwing around.
“Obama is a Capitalist Christian just so you know you are casting lies here. Enjoy your perfidy.”
Obama can call himself anything that he wants but referring to himself as a Christian is an out-and-out lie. His actions speak volumes to the contrary.
If you talked about all the families of people who were killed in attacks on American consulates and embassies under Bush, you’d need about 10 more panels.
Captain Colorado almost 11 years ago
May those words haunt Ms. Clinton for the rest of her life. May those words be carved unto her headstone.
brent Premium Member almost 11 years ago
May we now bring in the Bush administration to talk about all the “Benghazis” that happened under his watch? Or does that matter?
vwdualnomand almost 11 years ago
there were 13 attacks against us diplomatic missions during the bush years. calcutta, karachi, indonesia, islamabad, riyadh, jeddah, tashkent, damascus, athens, yemen, instanbul. plus, baghdad. no hearings for those attacks, no outrage from fox news and conservatives, because " it would undermine the commander-in-chief while troops were in harms’s way." it is all motivated by politics.
Ziveron almost 11 years ago
I looked it up. As I recall, she was getting increasingly irritated with the questioning Senator because he wasn’t listening.
Quoting Hillary Clinton: With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided that they’d they go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator. Now, honestly, I will do my best to answer your questions about this, but the fact is that people were trying in real time to get to the best information. The IC has a process, I understand, going with the other committees to explain how these talking points came out. But you know, to be clear, it is, from my perspective, less important today looking backwards as to why these militants decided they did it than to find them and bring them to justice, and then maybe we’ll figure out what was going on in the meantime.
If you dispute the validity of my source for this quote, I urge you to locate the video or a transcript yourself. I assure you that this record is accurate to the best of my recollection.
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2013/may/07/context-hillary-clintons-what-difference-does-it-m/
larryrhoades almost 11 years ago
Yes, thank you.
tangent001 almost 11 years ago
During the Bush administration, there were 54 attacks on U.S. embassies, resulting 13 deaths. How many grand jury inquiries? Three.
ConserveGov almost 11 years ago
She is disgusting in every way.
rogcbrand almost 11 years ago
If this had occurred under a Republican administration, you know that all these fine liberals would be screaming of corruption, lies and cover-ups!
But, as usual, when it’s a bunch of leftists involved, well, we just need shut up and not criticize our rulers.
Durak Premium Member almost 11 years ago
It’s amazing what you can do with anyone’s words when you take them out of context. She had just gotten done describing the significance and hurt of our losses.
“If this had happened under a Republican administration”
Garbage. All the stuff Bush did, and got away with. The things you’re making up against Obama are nothing.
joe vignone almost 11 years ago
13 Americans died in embassy attacks under Bush the Nincompoop. Where were the investigations then?
Dtroutma almost 11 years ago
Being a combat veteran, who saw my friends killed, up close and personal, when “It” hit the fan, and screwups happened, I understood Mrs. Clinton’s comment completely, and I RESENT CHICKENHAWKS like Issa and that bunch of cretins and dittoheads screwing around.
SAStiner almost 11 years ago
“Obama is a Capitalist Christian just so you know you are casting lies here. Enjoy your perfidy.”
Obama can call himself anything that he wants but referring to himself as a Christian is an out-and-out lie. His actions speak volumes to the contrary.
dannysixpack almost 11 years ago
of course, hilliary’s comment is being taken completely out of context.
Michael Peterson Premium Member almost 11 years ago
If you talked about all the families of people who were killed in attacks on American consulates and embassies under Bush, you’d need about 10 more panels.