Gary Varvel is the editorial cartoonist for The Indianapolis Star. His cartoons are nationally syndicated through Creators Syndicate and have appeared on CNN and in Newsweek, The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Times, National Review, World magazine and Sports Illustrated.
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hanmari said, 8 months ago
Is the problem with the intelligence people who received warnings up to a week in advance, or with the administrators who ignored the warnings? Is the problem with the intelligence people who classified the attack as a terrorist one within 24 hours of it occurring, or with the administration who decided to put together their own story (read: lie) and stick to it for over two weeks afterwards?
DrCanuck said, 8 months ago
@HOWGOZIT
HOWGOZIT said, “But who is really to know since the WH erased most of the emails on the subject.”
The biggest problem was that Romney flew to Benghazi and opened the compound gates to the terrorists.
(Hey, if YOU can make up stuff…..)
disgustedtaxpayer said, 8 months ago
it was reported in the news that when congress began looking into the chronology of the 9/12/12 todate Obama cover-up, emails used to conduct national intel/whitehouse “traffic” were deleted/dumped. Maybe congress ought to make it illegal to conduct crisis management by internet.
lonecat said, 8 months ago
@disgustedtaxpayer
Romney no doubt would communicate by pony express.
MortyForTyrant said, 8 months ago
@DrCanuck
THANK YOU! One would wish the election
were over already to stop people like him. But
I guess that will not happen, no matter who
wins. Poor United States, having to live with
this kind of populace…
dtroutma
said, 8 months ago
9/11 and WMDs, now there were a couple winners for "W"s team!!
dtroutma
said, 8 months ago
BTW, HOWIE, the kid was picked up, wounded, at age 15. He’s being imprisoned IN Canada, looking at six more years, he’s now 26, but they MAY release him earlier for “time served” and the fact he was a juvenile when we pulled him off the battlefield (yes, it WAS a battlefield, in a nation WE invaded) and locked him up. Their other argument is that he was “drafted” as a child soldier, something WE are raising cane about when it happens in those African “republics” having civil wars.
Radish
said, 8 months ago
@HOWGOZIT
As a result of that congressional investigation, the Bush Administration claimed that 5 million of their emails had been lost or deleted.
DrCanuck said, 8 months ago
@HOWGOZIT
HOWGOZIT said, " Are you housing him?"
Hell, yeah. Seeing as how he’s innocent and a victim of your incompetent military, why not?
hanmari said, 8 months ago
@DrCanuck
Mr. Canuck, you are confusing the men and women of the armed services with the morons who set policy at the highest level. Before you insult the American military in broad strokes as incompetent, please recognize that it is the politicians who keep the soldiers from doing their job: “you’re not allowed to shoot back,” “you’re not allowed to carry real bullets,” “you have to sit around and let yourself get shot rather than possibly inflame the hatred of people who have already vowed to destroy you.”
dtroutma
said, 8 months ago
^The Pentagon has more than enough incompetents today, looking more for their trip through the revolving door to industry, than protecting our troops.
coraryan
said, 8 months ago
I don’t know how the press secretary, Jay Carney, is it (?) can stand up in front of the public and lie and lie and lie over and over again. You can tell when he’s lying – his lips are moving!
DrCanuck said, 8 months ago
@hanmari
" it is the politicians who keep the soldiers from doing their job"
Their job is killing people. As many and as quickly as possible. Your opinion is that THEY should make the decisions of who to kill and when?
Soldiers are tools. Carpenters make the decisions as to which tools are used and how for what jobs. Hammers don’t make those decisions, or they would be hitting everything in sight. Civilian political oversight is required for the use of the military in light of global realities and the country’s long term goals, of which soldiers know little. Otherwise, you have the disaster of military dictatorships.