Actually this toon is right on considering we now know that our Ambassador and other embassy workers warned of threats and asked for additional security but were denied by the White House.
So, American military and Secret Service have not been doing their job to your satisfaction. And, now your candidate, mittens, wants to leave the decision making in Afghanistan to the military. And, you are blaming the president for the attack on the embassy. I find your position to be contradictory. (So, what else is new?)
dozens of incidents/threats…June, July….several requests for more security….the State Dept. has jurisdiction and denied every request….the “security” at Benghazi was not US Marines, it was a foreign contractor….no ammo in weapons…but no one is blaming Sec.State Clinton or her boss, Obama…?-there is other news reporting about the SOS for 37 Americans wanting to be rescued….the US Marines in western Libya sent a convoy of vehicles but was attacked and 2 more American servicemen died….Americans are being lied to by this administration and US media—-the liberal MSM…www.americanthinker.com … 9/29/12 “Barack Obama’s Terrorist Attack Cover-up” by Sara Goss quoting Reuters 9/12/12 report by Alastair MacDonald….Capt. Fathi al-Obeidi of Libya Special Ops with US Marines….helicopter troops met “a fierce overnight ambush that left a further 2 Americans dead”….printed 3 pages.
Where’s the 60 Minutes lead story or media outrage on this coverup? We all know what kind of hell would be raised if this happened 5 years ago. I give Anderson credit that despite being a left-wing cartoonist, he doesn’t just give a pass because it’s O holy one like most libs do on here.
It has to do with over a decade of placing security, and “other operations” in the hands of highly paid contractors, instead of our military, even in Iraq and Afghanistan.
It also points out that many “civil servants” are placed in very dangerous places, doing their jobs with little recognition, well, until something goes wrong, and the press gives them “15 minutes of fame”. It’ applies to cops, border patrol agents, Park Rangers, and folks working for Department of Agriculture as well as State Dept. around the world. We, by treaties, often cannot supply actual “military” in some of these nations. But, hey, right wing radio Blutos and media bloggers know all the answers, right??
Jeddidyah, you deliberately attack my original post where I put into my own words what I read in the Goss blog, where the writer quoted from a legitimate Reuters news report.-How else would the Reuters article be interpreted than the way I worded it? If you went to the American Thinker website and read the blog and its quotes from Reuter, quoting a Libyan Capt. al-Obeidi about his security force and the convoy of 10 pickups and sedans…accompanied by some US Marines in the attempt to get the 37 Americans at the safe house to take them to the airport for evacuation….as Libyan Deputy Interior Minister Wanis al-Sharif is quoted….-I post the truth as carefully as possible. If the truth in the Reuters reports are not what you wanted to hear, you attack my post and me for posting it. Not exactly nice of you, IMO.
schmegs24 over 11 years ago
I agree. I wonder where they have been hiding.
Murphy224 over 11 years ago
Actually this toon is right on considering we now know that our Ambassador and other embassy workers warned of threats and asked for additional security but were denied by the White House.
cjr53 over 11 years ago
So, American military and Secret Service have not been doing their job to your satisfaction. And, now your candidate, mittens, wants to leave the decision making in Afghanistan to the military. And, you are blaming the president for the attack on the embassy. I find your position to be contradictory. (So, what else is new?)
disgustedtaxpayer over 11 years ago
dozens of incidents/threats…June, July….several requests for more security….the State Dept. has jurisdiction and denied every request….the “security” at Benghazi was not US Marines, it was a foreign contractor….no ammo in weapons…but no one is blaming Sec.State Clinton or her boss, Obama…?-there is other news reporting about the SOS for 37 Americans wanting to be rescued….the US Marines in western Libya sent a convoy of vehicles but was attacked and 2 more American servicemen died….Americans are being lied to by this administration and US media—-the liberal MSM…www.americanthinker.com … 9/29/12 “Barack Obama’s Terrorist Attack Cover-up” by Sara Goss quoting Reuters 9/12/12 report by Alastair MacDonald….Capt. Fathi al-Obeidi of Libya Special Ops with US Marines….helicopter troops met “a fierce overnight ambush that left a further 2 Americans dead”….printed 3 pages.
Murphy224 over 11 years ago
Where’s the 60 Minutes lead story or media outrage on this coverup? We all know what kind of hell would be raised if this happened 5 years ago. I give Anderson credit that despite being a left-wing cartoonist, he doesn’t just give a pass because it’s O holy one like most libs do on here.
Dtroutma over 11 years ago
It has to do with over a decade of placing security, and “other operations” in the hands of highly paid contractors, instead of our military, even in Iraq and Afghanistan.
It also points out that many “civil servants” are placed in very dangerous places, doing their jobs with little recognition, well, until something goes wrong, and the press gives them “15 minutes of fame”. It’ applies to cops, border patrol agents, Park Rangers, and folks working for Department of Agriculture as well as State Dept. around the world. We, by treaties, often cannot supply actual “military” in some of these nations. But, hey, right wing radio Blutos and media bloggers know all the answers, right??
disgustedtaxpayer over 11 years ago
Jeddidyah, you deliberately attack my original post where I put into my own words what I read in the Goss blog, where the writer quoted from a legitimate Reuters news report.-How else would the Reuters article be interpreted than the way I worded it? If you went to the American Thinker website and read the blog and its quotes from Reuter, quoting a Libyan Capt. al-Obeidi about his security force and the convoy of 10 pickups and sedans…accompanied by some US Marines in the attempt to get the 37 Americans at the safe house to take them to the airport for evacuation….as Libyan Deputy Interior Minister Wanis al-Sharif is quoted….-I post the truth as carefully as possible. If the truth in the Reuters reports are not what you wanted to hear, you attack my post and me for posting it. Not exactly nice of you, IMO.
lindz.coop Premium Member over 11 years ago
Not free of charge for all — some of us pay & get the same shabby service.