Lisa Benson for May 02, 2013

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    ConserveGov  almost 11 years ago

    The more that comes out, the deeper the hole.

    Even many Dems are calling this a huge cover-up.

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    Dtroutma  almost 11 years ago

    Benghazi: 4 unfortunate dead Americans.

    Iraq: over 5,000 unfortunate dead Americans, and a few hundred thuosand dead civilian Iaqis.

    No comparison, nope.

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    Stormrider2112  almost 11 years ago

    The dozen or so American embassy.consulate attacks from 2001-2008 that no one really cared about?

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    Ottodesu  almost 11 years ago

    I am really not wanting to be inflammatory, but I really don’t get this issue. It just doesn’t rate any mention at all outside of the USA.OK, let’s say that your current President was utterly incompetent in this matter and it has led to four deaths. That truly is bad.But how does that compare to the previous President that invaded a country that was not even a threat to the USA lost a few thousand USA lives (and twenty to fifty lives for each one of those in Iraq) and darn near bankrupted your country in the process.You may say you need to move on, it’s a different President, but based on this standard, the previous one is accountable for his actions.What is a reasonable way to deal with your previous President? Serious question.

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    chazandru  almost 11 years ago

    Despite the efforts of folks to quantify the ‘value’ of Benghazi under Obama vs. Iraq/Afghanistan under the Bush administration it is the lessons learned that matter, not whose “fault” it is except to make sure those faults are not duplicated. I first heard about the “whistleblowers” during the President’s last news conference and look forward to seeing if he keeps his promise to look into the issue. There is a great deal of misdirection and deceit in the partisan parties and media and too many people who won’t believe the truth even when it is obvious. If there are witnesses, they need to speak and be heard to prevent events like this in the future. Sadly, one groups ‘whistle blower" is another group’s ‘traitor’ and too often, people who come forward to warn about abuse, fraud, even crimes end up being punished themselves despite the whistle blower protection act.Both parties bear responsibility for what happened in Benghazi and in Iraq. In the former, Republican congressman Issa’s committee failed to release funds to enhance security in a timely manner and in the latter, the Democrats gave power to Bush/Cheney to go to war without setting more stringent conditions for doing so. Negligence on both parts, criminal negligence? perhaps. But isn’t it also criminal negligence for law makers to neglect their legislative duties in their efforts to make their opponents look bad for the next set of elections?I hope Mr. Obama will quickly resolve the issues brought forth in this cartoon, and will more quickly resolve the problems preventing veterans from getting their benefits in a timely manner.Respectfully,C.

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    Dave Ferro  almost 11 years ago

    What did Obama do during the Benghazi attacks? He went to bed, then got up the next morning to attend a fund-raiser in Las Vegas…

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    Wraithkin  almost 11 years ago

    You can compare it this way: The 5k troops are a combined casualty list in two countries covering over 12 years of war of an all-volunteer force that their vocation is to kill or be killed. We enlist knowing that we could very well meet our end on foreign soil. Not only that, but nearly all of the civilians were killed by insurgents and other militants. They blew up their people while trying to kill ours. They considered it an “acceptable loss,” because the insurgents were primarily Syrian and Iranian. At the end of the day, however, it was not Bush or anyone in his cabinet that turned a deaf ear to the calls for help from his troops. We were well-funded and well-supplied in our engagements.Now look at Benghazi. Yes, 4 Americans killed, one of which was a civilian (aka non-combatant). But those 4 Americans called for help 3 times over the course of 7 hours, when there was help an hour away or less. They were abandoned. That is specifically why this is an issue. And then, to cover their asses, the WH and their spin room tried to turn it around and point fingers at everyone else, instead of accepting responsibility for their actions. This tragedy could have been avoided, and pointing at Bush to excuse these actions is morally bankrupt.

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    cjr53  almost 11 years ago

    “Deaths: Watergate 0……Benghazi 4”

    Watergate; Nixon ordered the break in for personal gain. He’s a criminal. Benghazi; foreign nationals attacked Americans while there was a riot going on nearby. Obama found out about it after is was done. The ambassador chose to go to Benghazi against better advice.

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    pirate227  almost 11 years ago

    There’s no there there but:

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    ConserveGov  almost 11 years ago

    Well said.

    Of course Bush has nothing to do with Benghazi, but the majority of libs on here will never criticize O no matter how bad things get.

    So they bring up a prez from 5 years ago or just blame congress for all his failures.

    Very childish.

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    Wraithkin  almost 11 years ago

    The attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi was not an act of war. It was a terrorist attack on a US installation that had diplomatic purposes. Unless you believe the bombing of a Paul’s Pantry to be an act of war.

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    frodo1008  almost 11 years ago

    Iraq….. 4,000+

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    Wraithkin  almost 11 years ago

    As one of our military commanders learned this week. Apparently Tsung Tzu didn’t know what he was talking about “know thy enemy.” I guess we should just guess at the Islamic extremists’ intents and methods and hope we get it right.

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    PMcDonald1963  almost 11 years ago

    We would all be better off if we ignored the trolls (Ms. Ima, HOWGOZIT, Gore Bane, Brandon, etc.) … all they do is spew the same one-and-two-line bulsit on each page — rants that get under the skin of right-minded people … consider that either (1) none of them care any more than to hit-and-run like most who spray grafitti on any blank space, and don’t really care what anybody thinks, or (2) some right-wing/Tea Party sugah dadda pays them to spew this garbage, making them low-life freeloaders, just as they accuse everybody who actually employs actual thought processes before posting on the Internet.

    I would be VERY interested to see a DD214 proving more than three months of honorable service from any of these right-wing trolls … but I expect that could never happen …

    Just a couple of cents from a 20-year USMC (Ret) who earned a master’s degree in something other than a redneck agenda …

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    Dtroutma  almost 11 years ago

    A short “evidence” of how things can get screwed up, and how in situations like Benghazi, American “power” doesn’t always rule.

    When in Arkansas on a rally, a guy came across the parking lot because he saw the wings, and emblem on my hat. “You were a crew chief with the Cav?” He asked. I said yes. He then related an incident where three times his group of Marines called for their MARINE helicopters to come in and rescue them. After five hours, they go no help from their fellow Marines. Then we in the Cav (Army) heard their calls from a very HOT situation where Marines would NOT go in and get their own because it was “too hot”. We took three birds in and hauled them ot of the situation. I discussed with him the date, and the location of that LZ, and we realized I had been on one of the three birds that pulled them out, but don’t know if I picked him up specifically. He gave me a handshake and a hug, and said: "Thank God you guys didn’t abandon us, when “our own”, did." BTW, there were only 9 bullet holes in my bird after we got out of there, so I guess it wasn’t ALL that “hot”???

    What Americans need to realize is that sometimes “our own” aren’t so courageous, and sometimes what some call “courage” or “heroics”, is merely doing the job they paid you $60 bucks extra a month to do.

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