Right-wing hysteria over Benghazi feeds upon itself
Fox New anchors, right-wing websites and talk-radio hosts around the country are ginning up a wave of mass hysteria about the decision by the Obama administration not to attempt a military rescue of Ambassador Chris Stevens in Libya. (Glenn Beck is even telling listeners that the treason is more widespread, and that Stevens was acting as a gunrunner for al Qaida in Libya and Syria. I kid you not.)
Obama’s crime is said to be so heinous that mere impeachment for refusing to intervene would be insufficient. If you Google the words “Benghazi” and “traitor,” you get some 518,000 hits, almost all of which cast President Obama as that traitor. The criticism extends as well to the mainstream media, which as my email informs me, is being accused of covering up a scandal of such dimensions that it would supposedly dwarf Watergate.
But I have a question.
According to NBC News, Mitt Romney hasn’t mentioned Libya in his campaign appearances around the country since Oct. 12, which is more than two weeks ago. Now why do you think that is?
Option one: Mitt has joined the mainstream media as part of the pro-Obama conspiracy of silence to protect the president.
Option two. Romney’s military and foreign affairs advisers have told him that not even a minimally responsible case can be made that Obama should have intervened militarily at Benghazi, and that Romney would deeply embarrass himself by suggesting such a step.
Let’s be clear: There is no indication — none — that U.S military officials advised the president or anyone in the administration that a rescue operation was possible, and that the administration ignored that offer. The evidence is entirely to the contrary.
As Defense Secretary Leon Panetta explained, “(The) basic principle is that you don’t deploy forces into harm’s way without knowing what’s going on; without having some real-time information about what’s taking place. And as a result of not having that kind of information, the commander who was on the ground in that area, Gen. Ham, Gen. Dempsey and I felt very strongly that we could not put forces at risk in that situation.”
That would be Gen. Carter Ham, the head of U.S. Africa Command, and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They are men of training and experience; they know where our military assets are located; they know their capabilities, and they know the difficulties involved in inserting and extracting an armed force into an uncertain situation in another country.
It is of course frustrating and heartbreaking to learn that CIA officers stationed near the Benghazi consulate had asked three times for military assistance and that those requests had been denied. But that is real life. This is not a Hollywood movie.
Here’s how Fox News reported the news above:
The most provocative piece of that report is the claim that a Special Forces team stationed at an air base in Signonella, Italy, two hours from Benghazi, was ready to intervene but orders were never given. But here’s how such mass hysteria gets fed by partial information, in both senses of the word “partial”. As it turned out, the Special Forces team in question was not based in Sigonella but had to be assembled and transported there from elsewhere in Europe.
“U.S. officials say (the team) did not arrive in Sicily until after the attack was over,” CBS reports. “Even if the team had been ready in time, confusion about what was happening on the ground in Benghazi — and State Department concerns about violating Libyan sovereignty — made a military rescue mission impractical, the officials say.”
Arguing against mass and willful hysteria using facts, logic and expert professional opinion is a losing battle, of course. It doesn’t matter that our top military people believed a rescue effort would be impractical and would probably end in the loss of even more American lives. What matters is that talk-show hosts and others can stir up millions of Americans raised on Rambo movies to believe that their leaders could have helped to rescue a well-respected U.S. diplomat and his team, but simply decided it wasn’t worth the effort. Because the president is a traitor.
That makes no sense. It is such a ridiculous notion that in most eras it would never even be broached in public debate. But this is an era in which many are predisposed to believe the most ridiculous things if it justifies their hatred of Obama, and a time in which when emotions are heightened by a hard-fought presidential campaign. So nonsense reigns.
– Jay Bookman
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Recon 0311 2533
October 29th, 2012
9:37 pm
Yeah sure dumb butt…Iraq as well as the world is free of a ruthless dictator who would have been a lot further along than Iran in developing nuclear weapons. What sheer left wing stupidity.
They BOTH suck
October 29th, 2012
9:38 pm
Thulsa
Ok buddy
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 29th, 2012
9:38 pm
Benghazi SEAL Tyrone Woods, sent this message to Barack Obama:
“It’s better to die a hero than live a coward.”
drudgey spam.
Ahem
October 29th, 2012
9:38 pm
They BOTH suck
October 29th, 2012
9:26 pm
I didn’t understand what point you were attempting to make. Even if Romney has been getting briefed, my point is the same as stated. Putting it simply, Romney is a savvy guy and a decent guy as well. The peeps appreciate these traits and will reward Mitt with the job.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 29th, 2012
9:38 pm
Ftroop stupidity…. to the rear, march.
Ricky
October 29th, 2012
9:40 pm
It does not matter about what happened during the attack, The failure was not having the security there in the fist place.
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
9:40 pm
Recon 0311 2533
October 29th, 2012
9:33 pm
Just out of curiosity where’s soothsayer?
One of sooth’s conspiracy theories turned out to be true. And so then the men in black showed up at his house and he hasn’t been seen since.
True Grit
October 29th, 2012
9:40 pm
Kamchuk:
“Can’t I just drive red-hot railroad spikes in my eyes instead?”
That may be easier for you than facing the facts.
Pizzaman
October 29th, 2012
9:40 pm
tulsa doom @ 8:47, met Gen. Ham on July 8, 2012 as a guest of the ACMC. We had a long conversation about the Army and my step-son who is an Army Master Sergeant under Gen. Ham’s command. It doesn’t take one long to assess the character of our senior Military leaders.
Joseph@ 8:53, watched the video till I saw it was Fox then disregard it completely. BTW: it’s LtCol Whatshisface. not Lt. Big, Big, Big difference.
Fred ™
October 29th, 2012
9:41 pm
Just A Grunt
October 29th, 2012
9:09 pm
Pannetta’s claims about not wanting to go in without all the intel sure didn’t prevent us from going into Grenada, Panama, Somalia, or a dozen other operations. I could go on and on but for those of us with experience in such things his explanation doesn’t pass the smell test
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It passes my smell test. We didn’t jump into Grenada Panama, OR Somalia within 30 minutes of a first report. If you really ARE a super duper paratrooper who’s put your knees to the breeze at 1200 (actually 750 for a combat drop) then you would know this as well.
How much time did you spend at Vicenza? When I was there the 173rd hadn’t been reactivated. I wonder how much it has changed……
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
9:41 pm
Charles Woods sent a
B
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M
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to Obama.
td
October 29th, 2012
9:41 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 29th, 2012
9:38 pm
Benghazi SEAL Tyrone Woods, sent this message to Barack Obama:
“It’s better to die a hero than live a coward.”
drudgey spam.
Go watch the actual video or are you a COWARD? BTW: let me know if you need some help with those spikes.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 29th, 2012
9:41 pm
“A truism worthy of note: . . . Do not fear the enemy,
for they can take only your life.
Fear the media,
for they will distort your grasp of reality and destroy your honor.”
Joe Kelly
October 29th, 2012
9:42 pm
Substitute “Bush” for “Obama” and you would be leading the charge Bookman you partisan hack.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 29th, 2012
9:42 pm
That may be easier for you than facing the facts.
Easier finding a virgin in a wh0rehouse than facts on FoxNews.
They BOTH suck
October 29th, 2012
9:43 pm
Ahem
You don’t know what Romney knows or doesn’t know.
It could be your fantasy and “bombshell”, if you will, or he may know that the right is hyping it up and nothing is going to come of it.
YOU DO NOT KNOW. Nor do I. That’s why you have read very little from me on this issue in regards to blame or exonerating anyone.
Lord Help Us
October 29th, 2012
9:43 pm
‘Fear the media,
for they will distort your grasp of reality and destroy your honor.”’
From a Fox viewer, no doubt…oh, the irony…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 29th, 2012
9:43 pm
Keep Up the Good Fight !
“Ftroop stupidity…. to the rear, march.”
Very fitting for you.
Fred ™
October 29th, 2012
9:43 pm
plow.point
October 29th, 2012
9:15 pm
Please Fred. Regale me with tales of Obama’s extensive military service and his countless daring tales of clandestine combat missions. Please post his medals that he has earned.
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Why? He’s not the asshat claiming from behind a talk radio microphone a bunch of lies. Your drug addled Gods are. Don’t change the subject. Stay on point.
Down in Quitman
October 29th, 2012
9:43 pm
Option Three: Romney, in light of massive and continued legacy media conspiracy to protect Obama, decided to not spend limited political and communications capital on doing the media’s job. But… after the election, there will be a reckoning… for Obama and for his slavish media cronies. Bankruptcy awaits the legacy media as the price for their irrelevance and dishonor.
Recon 0311 2533
October 29th, 2012
9:44 pm
Doom,
Do you think he’s being water boarded or forced to write I’m a stupid truther 10,000 times on a screeching black board.
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
9:44 pm
Pizzaman,
That I believe. But meeting the man once and having a good conversation with him doesn’t mean you know him personally. It just means you met him once, had a good conversation with him, and a favorable impression. And I’m sure he probably is a very good man as most of our military officers tend to be.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 29th, 2012
9:44 pm
John @ 9:35
“Nixon was forced to resign for lying over a 2 bit break-in. This guy Obama is lying over an event in which 4 people are dead. What’s despicable is not only that he is lying for purely political reasons, but that you, Bookman, are defending this egomaniac simply because you support his liberal views. I can’t think of a more dishonorable act.”
Very eloquently stated. Thank you.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 29th, 2012
9:44 pm
BTW: let me know if you need some help with those spikes.
BTW: Let me know when gas hits $6 a gallon.
Is it still gonna happen by election day as you predicted?
td
October 29th, 2012
9:47 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 29th, 2012
9:44 pm
BTW: let me know if you need some help with those spikes.
BTW: Let me know when gas hits $6 a gallon.
Is it still gonna happen by election day as you predicted?
Go back and find where I made that prediction? You might have to remove those Obama spikes out of your eyes to find it.
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
9:47 pm
td,
I’ve a feeling that Charles Woods would beyotch slap a punk into next week.
USMC
October 29th, 2012
9:47 pm
More bad news for the Obama Regime…
**GALLUP SHOCK** ROMNEY UP 52-45% AMONG EARLY VOTERS
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/29/Gallup-Shock-Romney-Up-7-with-early-voters
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 29th, 2012
9:49 pm
Go back and find where I made that prediction?
It was the night of this year’s State of the Union address, sport.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 29th, 2012
9:49 pm
It’s a shame Obama wasn’t keep up to speed on Benghazi as he has been on Sandy.
Fred ™
October 29th, 2012
9:49 pm
plow.point
October 29th, 2012
9:35 pm
Fred? Silence on Obama’s extensive military experience? It’s deafening.
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Geez Louise son, be patient. It’s my birthday and I was opening my presents. Your diversions, evasions, and goal post moving are secondary.
I’ll answer about Obama when you can tell be the strategic value of the Yak dung production in Kabul.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 29th, 2012
9:50 pm
Uh oh ! I saw “sport” !
plow.point
October 29th, 2012
9:50 pm
You’re right Fred. The subject is Obama’s failure to protect our people brave enough to serve us in a hell hole. Besides, you’re the one who brought Rush into this.
Mrnumbersman
October 29th, 2012
9:50 pm
Maybe another alternative as to why Mitt Romney hasn’t jumped onto this bandwagon is that there is already enough there to create doubt among voters. Look at it like free campaign ads for the Romney camp. All of the benefits and none of the cost.
DownInAlbany
October 29th, 2012
9:51 pm
John
October 29th, 2012
9:35 pm
Nixon was forced to resign for lying over a 2 bit break-in. This guy Obama is lying over an event in which 4 people are dead. What’s despicable is not only that he is lying for purely political reasons, but that you, Bookman, are defending this egomaniac simply because you support his liberal views. I can’t think of a more dishonorable act.
THANK YOU!
Sally
October 29th, 2012
9:51 pm
I don’t know what he did that night. But what I do know is that he clearly tried to hide something by immediately telling lies to the American public about what happened that night. That alone is enough to disqualify him as a leader of this country.
Lord Help Us
October 29th, 2012
9:51 pm
When…yes, WHEN this Benghazi crapstorm subsides, the facts are fully known and it turns out to be exactly what the President has said…then what?
Will you acknowledge you were wrong and question the sources that fed you this crap…or will you step right back up and beg for another manure sandwich?
My guess is the latter…
DBCOOPER
October 29th, 2012
9:52 pm
Our Ambassador is assasinated and the Air Force brat thinks it’s right-wing hysteria? Typical Lib.
1) Sigonela, Italy Air Base is roughly 450 miles away and we let a fire fight go on for over 7 hours with no reaction?
Our president refuses to admit who is resposible even though he knows who it is. And refuses to answer questions or let the American public know the truth.
2) We can’t get a straight answer from the POTUS ? But all he did was run around and brag about Osama Bin Laden.
3) He sent out all his stupid political hacks to blame the deaths on some youtube film nobody including the Libyans had even seen?
4) Hilary Clinton then tries to deflect attention away from the POTUS by taking the blame.
5) When the bodies are brought home she even tells the victims family we’re going to get the person that made the video?
6) The person that made the film is paraded in front of the camera for charges unrelated to the video. This film of him being arrested is played in many countries. To supposedly show Obama’s strenghth?
7) American media ignores the story even though our Ambassador is murdered. First time in over 30 years. To protect a political figure.
Now the little Air Force Brat ,Bookman thinks it’s a right wing made up story? Hilarious and Sad
Hey Jay ‘Turn out the Lights. The party’s over” . The Fat Lady’s warming up
Recon 0311 2533
October 29th, 2012
9:52 pm
What will happen in the streets should Obama lose the election as it appears he very well may? Will the OWS crowd go home peacefully or will we see rioting in the streets?
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
9:52 pm
Recon,
I think they probably kept him alive and sent him to a remote outpost in a foreign country to keep him from exposing “the truth”. My guess is that they got him picking coffee beans with Juan Valdez somewhere in Colombia. Or coca leaves if that’s what Juan is really up to these days.
Lord Help Us
October 29th, 2012
9:54 pm
‘Nixon was forced to resign for lying over a 2 bit break-in. This guy Obama is lying over an event in which 4 people are dead. ‘
Nixon was forced to resign for lying over a 2 bit break-in. This guy Bush lied lied over an event in which over 4,000 people died…and nary a peep from the dipwads that are apocalyptic about Benghazi.
You partisan hacks squandered any credibility a long time ago…
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
9:55 pm
” the facts are fully known and it turns out to be exactly what the President has said…then what?”
And what are the facts? That they blamed a freaking video for the first couple of weeks? How is that gonna change?
Marc
October 29th, 2012
9:55 pm
Jay you have finally stepped over the line with your blind following of Obama. You have no integrity.
There were multiple request by Ambassador Stevens for additional protection.
PLEASE don’t talk about the budget cuts being part of the problem because they had no effect on defense of the embassies. Also check out how much this administration spent during the same period spent on supply embassies in Europe with Volts and charging stations.
There was no protest per the Stevens.
The gun ship could have easily been over target in time to help!
There were three request for permission to help and each time they were told to stand down.
There are men dead and all you and the rest of the mindless Obama cultist can do is cover his a$$. This is shameful. There should be away to hold propagandist like you culpable for what Obama has done to this country will you all turn a blind eye.
While I am it why haven’t you blogged about the tell all book about Joe Biden and his brother?
This is far from responsible journalism.
obama
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 29th, 2012
9:55 pm
If the polls tighten and they get real close, then I don’t — it was a legitimate question somebody asked because these people, if they’re told, these rabid leftists, if they are told this a slam dunk and it’s over, and Romney wins this thing, it could get bloody out there.
El Rushbo violence porn.
Old Goober
October 29th, 2012
9:55 pm
General Carter Ham is pushing 61. He had several years of service as an enlisted man before becoming an officer—in short, he was a mustang. He is nearing mandatory retirement age—64 or 40 years of service, whichever comes first. If he was fired, he most certainly would not be retained as Commander, U.S. Africa Command, pending confirmation of his replacement. That is not the practice of the Department of Defense—see Secretary Gates’ firing of the commander of forces in Afghanistan, a firing that took effect immediately.
I am aware that some people are desperate for a political story here, but there is none.
Recon 0311 2533
October 29th, 2012
9:56 pm
Doom, certainly plausible possibilities.
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
9:56 pm
Good grief. They were bringing up W earlier as if that has a damn thing to do with the Bengazhi mess or the price of tea in China for that matter. And now they’re bringing up freaking Nixon from 40 years ago. Geez.
td
October 29th, 2012
9:57 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 29th, 2012
9:49 pm
Go back and find where I made that prediction?
It was the night of this year’s State of the Union address, sport.
Then it should be easy for you to find it and to prove me wrong? Right? Or could this be just another Obama led LIE?
Fred ™
October 29th, 2012
9:57 pm
plow.point
October 29th, 2012
9:50 pm
You’re right Fred. The subject is Obama’s failure to protect our people brave enough to serve us in a hell hole. Besides, you’re the one who brought Rush into this.
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Of course I brought Rush into this. It’s his poutrage that you are perpetuating. I’m bringing you to the TRUTH. and the TRUTH is that a bunch of politically motivated asshats without a seconds time in the military are stirring up a bunch of idiots on a non issue.
If that’s what floats ypur boat then cool. Float away. I myself prefer to get MY information from experts.
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
9:57 pm
Recon,
Juan knows the terrain in those mountains well. He’ll watch out for Sooth.
RF
October 29th, 2012
9:57 pm
“Nixon was forced to resign for lying over a 2 bit break-in.”
Well, it’s official now. They’re rewriting history as we speak. Watergate was more than just a itty-bitty teenage stunt for kicks. Maybe we should just write it all down on Glenn’s chalkboard so you guys can erase and rewrite as you go.
Recon 0311 2533
October 29th, 2012
9:58 pm
Old Goober, “mustang” you must be former Marine Corps…Semper Fi
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 29th, 2012
9:58 pm
While I am it why haven’t you blogged about the tell all book about Joe Biden and his brother?
While I am it why haven’t you gone to blogspot.com?
While I am it why haven’t you created you own blog where you can choose the topic you wish to whine about?
Fred ™
October 29th, 2012
9:58 pm
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
9:47 pm
td,
I’ve a feeling that Charles Woods would beyotch slap a punk into next week.
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Why? Sounds to me like he’s a whiny little girl. Tell me the difference between this asshat and Cindy Sheehan?
lefty_316
October 29th, 2012
9:59 pm
Fox News has their viewers all riled up, that’s for sure. A buddy who watches Fox because his wife won’t allow any other “news” in their home has mentioned it 3 times in the past week. It was a tragedy but there is no bigger story there. And Fox? They’re simply preaching to the choir.
Meanwhile a Southern Baptist minister was beaten to death by some guy wielding an electric guitar earlier today. Ohhhh strummin’ my pain with his Fender…………….
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 29th, 2012
10:01 pm
DBCOOPER:
You may be right but I thought he was an “Army Brat” ??
Lord Help Us
October 29th, 2012
10:02 pm
‘And what are the facts?’
I said WHEN they are known…as in those things that none of the apocalyptic dumbshiites have but are calling for impeachment nonetheless…those partisan hacks that couldn’t give a fat rats butt about the 4 people that are dead (as demonstrated by their silence in thousands of soldiers killed) and care only about a possible opportunity to justify their preexisting hatred for our President…people like you…
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
10:02 pm
“What will happen in the streets should Obama lose the election as it appears he very well may?”
I still think Obama wins but the latest poll I saw today had them tied at 49 each in Ohio. Obama has to have Ohio. He can’t win without it. But if he is only tied at 49 in the polls in Ohio than Romney wins. Greater voter enthusiasm and the fact that undecideds typically break 2-1 for the challenger means its over if that poll is accurate and it holds.
ragnar danneskjold
October 29th, 2012
10:02 pm
Silly essay, premised on typically faulty-leftist logic. While Obamaniacs, including the head maniac, have no reservations about throwing mud, Mr. Romney does not need to do so – res ipsa loquitur. For the woefully uninformed, i.e., most leftists, there are three “Benghazi” scandals.
(1) Failure to protect the human assets. As accurately described, the allegation of willful inactivity by the administration during the terrorist attacks. There are two sets of military thinking, one accurately described by our host. The second set, which is prevalent among 80% of the military, is that you get a team there. The administration has been coy about whether there was at least one surveillance drone at the site showing the fight in real time; such drones are not deployed on a moment’s notice, and not without a purpose. The implicit suggestion that such a drone was there by coincidence is more than even a leftist koolaid drinker than absorb.
(2) YouTube lies. More significantly, the administration knew before the end of the firefight, or should have known, that the Benghazi attack was different from the “uprisings” throughout the middle east. (By the way, is everyone here aware that the 9/11/12 Yemen attacks had the indicia of planning found in Benghazi?) I posted on the Bookman blog that next day that the attacks were “different” form those in Egypt and elsewhere. The YouTube story – that a video with 1000 hits from three months earlier – was preposterous from day one. Anyone with half a brain would know that thousands of Egyptians chanting “we are all bin Ladens” probably were reacting to something other than a video they had never seen. The rational mind allows for the possibility that the inflammation was the democrat convention one week earlier, where democrat after democrat crowed about the death of bin Laden. Maybe, just maybe, on 9/11 crazed Islamists inflamed by indecorous democrat behavior, decided to protest.
I do not allege that Benghazi was part of that motivation. The extent of planning in Benghazi and Yemen shows that those actions had been in the works for an extended period, probably since the death of bin Laden.
The president was unable to tell Americans the truth because (1) voters would not reward him for democrats spiking the football in a way that got a career Ambassador killed (which was a likely, if wrong perception); (2) every campaign stop before Benghazi featured the claim that al Qaeda had been decimated, and Benghazi and Yemen disprove the claim persuasively.
(3) The Failure of the “Apology Tour.” The riots throughout all of Arabia – notably excepting Iraq – prove the failure of the president’s foreign policy initiative, which we conservatives derisively call “the apology tour.” Far from creating a basis for dialogue, the president has projected weakness to the world, and the weak leader is rarely rewarded in the Middle East culture. Obama is not loved there, and neither is the US. There were no such riots in Arabia when the despised Bush fil landed American troops in Iraq, to dispatch a tyrant. Feckless policy from a feckless administration is the cause of “right wing hysteria.” Leftists elect to not wake up and smell the coffee (Arabica, I think.)
Fred ™
October 29th, 2012
10:02 pm
Meanwhile a Southern Baptist minister was beaten to death by some guy wielding an electric guitar earlier today.
Did they give him a community improvement award?
Recon 0311 2533
October 29th, 2012
10:03 pm
Fox news kicks azz and azzholes.
plow.point
October 29th, 2012
10:03 pm
I don’t call murder of our people by Lybian thugs a non issue. Liberalism truly is a mental disorder.
Peter
October 29th, 2012
10:04 pm
Marc .. How many folks died while Bush was in office ? How about just in the USA ?
Now tell me about Iraq and Afghanistan ?
You are talking about grapes and watermelons.
Please also tell me about the individual rights citizens have lost since Bush was in office ?
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
10:05 pm
Fred,
The difference is that Sheehan’s son died in a war. Whether or not the war was necessary is certainly debatable. But in the view of Woods his son died unnecessarily because of rank incompetence. That is the difference.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 29th, 2012
10:06 pm
Hey Fred
Starting to get some light snow.
Recon 0311 2533
October 29th, 2012
10:06 pm
Doom, It’s too close but my gut tells me it will be a Romney win. Nothing else to base it on but a feeling.
td
October 29th, 2012
10:06 pm
Fred ™
October 29th, 2012
9:58 pm
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
9:47 pm
td,
I’ve a feeling that Charles Woods would beyotch slap a punk into next week.
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Why? Sounds to me like he’s a whiny little girl. Tell me the difference between this asshat and Cindy Sheehan?
You comparing the father of a fallen HERO to Cindy Sheehan? I think you can look in the mirror and see the definition of an “asshat”.
skyking239
October 29th, 2012
10:06 pm
Ty Wood’s father and siblings were just on FNC Hannity. If portions of that interview get any airing at all not only will the “Empty Chair” be toast. He or who ever made the bone head decision to order the stand-down will be pilloried first by congress and then by the courts. What Mr. Woods said and how he said it was powerfully moving and emotional. Any American mother who sees it will be our for revenge against Obama and his America hating regime.
USA Patriot
October 29th, 2012
10:07 pm
Enter your comments here
Peter
October 29th, 2012
10:07 pm
Fear the media,
for they will distort your grasp of reality and destroy your honor.”
Yes watch FOX News and listen to Rush !
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 29th, 2012
10:07 pm
“Right-wing hysteria over Benghazi feeds upon itself”
Left-wing insouciance over Benghazi starves the truth.
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
10:07 pm
“Did they give him a community improvement award?”
Not good Fred. You just confirmed what a lot of cons think about liberals. That ya’ll are Christian bashers and haters.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 29th, 2012
10:08 pm
Enter your comments anywhere else but here
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 29th, 2012
10:08 pm
Peter:
Then you meant “right-wing media” not “media”.
Just sayin’
USA Patriot
October 29th, 2012
10:08 pm
Peter – Wow! Good argument! Now, when you’re done going tinkle, wipe, stand up, and flush.
Lord Help Us
October 29th, 2012
10:10 pm
‘Obama and his America hating regime.’
And there you have the mentality of todays con. Simple minded and led around by the nose by Fox…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 29th, 2012
10:10 pm
Isn’t Obama about due another Nobel Peace Prize or something ?
cloudodust
October 29th, 2012
10:10 pm
It ain’t a fair fight getting out the truth in today’s media. A small faction of Right wing truth speakers vs thousands of media types that wish to change the country through a puppet president. The libs do have the upper hand attracting the stupid people…And putting words into childrens mouths and calling it a political ad. Nauseating stuff. Imagine if the Right pulled a lowlife stunt like that..! ‘Course they ain’t that low and dumb.
Old Goober
October 29th, 2012
10:10 pm
Old Goober, “mustang” you must be former Marine Corps…Semper Fi
Yep. Probably while you were still filling up your diaper—the Old Corps.
Peter
October 29th, 2012
10:10 pm
DBCOOPER .. Just say it….. we need more Wars…come on now tell us how important it is for us to rush the troops in. We can afford it….. we need to kick some butt.
Because…… deficits don’t matter….and spending money ion War is the Republican way !
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
10:10 pm
Recon,
We’ll see. Its not the end of the world either way and I’m on record as kinda wanting Obama to win. I figure if he had another 4 years that he would continue to ruin the country to a point that the results would be so bad that even libs would acknowledge the failure of liberal policies and that we wouldn’t have any more of this liberal kookery for another 20 years after that.
Fred ™
October 29th, 2012
10:11 pm
plow.point
October 29th, 2012
10:03 pm
I don’t call murder of our people by Lybian thugs a non issue. Liberalism truly is a mental disorder.
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Yeah and anyone who’s not a far right wing fanatical rush limbaugh butt licking, Koolaid drinking, druggie worshipping neophyte is a “librul” right?
I’ve dealt with Ambassadors before. You can TELL them not to do something stupid, but you’re just a dumb ass, hairy backed, slope headed, Neanderthal. If you were smart like him you would have gone to George Washington U not SWS. Sometimes they pay for their stupidity. Sometimes OTHERS pay for their stupidity as well. He should have never left Tripoli.
And THAT makes me a “librul”? Well bite my “librul” ass then if that’s the case. The REAL problem is you asshats MAKING this a “political” issue rather than a strategic issue. But then you lack the brains to think strategically, a fact the talk radio/Fox news crowd depend on.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 29th, 2012
10:11 pm
‘Bush and his America hating regime.’
And there you have the mentality of todays lib. Simple minded and led around by the nose by MSNBC…
Peter
October 29th, 2012
10:11 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801. is there a Nobel WAR Prize ?
You know you want a Republican to win that don’t you ?
Lord Help Us
October 29th, 2012
10:11 pm
‘Isn’t Obama about due another Nobel Peace Prize or something ?’
That’s coming in 2016…after his second term…
Recon 0311 2533
October 29th, 2012
10:12 pm
Kam, I hope you get your Irish butt snowed in, but having said that, take care. The weather in the mountains can be tricky.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 29th, 2012
10:12 pm
It ain’t a fair fight getting out the truth in today’s media.
Talk-radio has existed at least since the 70s.
Geez…
Fred ™
October 29th, 2012
10:12 pm
You comparing the father of a fallen HERO to Cindy Sheehan? I think you can look in the mirror and see the definition of an “asshat”.
Really asshat? Why? Cindy Sheehan was the MOTHER OF A FALLEN HERO. So what? Both are whiners and NEITHER has the courage and honor of their sons.
Where were your drops td? You can talk sht to me when you’ve carried YOUR wounded and dead off the battle field. Otherwise, STFU you poser.
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
10:13 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 29th, 2012
10:10 pm
Isn’t Obama about due another Nobel Peace Prize or something ?
I think he’s due to be knighted by the queen. I think you have to be a citizen of the empire but in Obama’s case they are willing to make an exception.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 29th, 2012
10:13 pm
Old Goober:
What color were the button on your dress green blouse ?
Peter
October 29th, 2012
10:13 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801 Come on now.bush wasn’t that smart….a C minus student…
Please tell it to us correctly…..the Cheney gang…..you know the same guys selling cocaine during the Reagen administration.
td
October 29th, 2012
10:13 pm
**GALLUP SHOCK** Romney Up 52-45% Among Early Voters
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/29/Gallup-Shock-Romney-Up-7-with-early-voters
ragnar danneskjold
October 29th, 2012
10:13 pm
A truly comic line from the administration: “State Department concerns about violating Libyan sovereignty” As if destruction of an American consulate has anything to do with “Libyan sovereignty.” That is the definition of “leading from behind,” the same place they pull out their explanations.
Lord Help Us
October 29th, 2012
10:13 pm
‘‘Bush and his America hating regime.’
And there you have the mentality of todays lib. Simple minded and led around by the nose by MSNBC…’
Sure, but nobody here has said that…as indicated by the whole Benghazi ’scandal,’ partisan hacks make stuff up, serve it, and simple minded people swallow…
You sir are a swallower…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 29th, 2012
10:14 pm
Excuse me: “buttons”
Fred ™
October 29th, 2012
10:14 pm
Not good Fred. You just confirmed what a lot of cons think about liberals. That ya’ll are Christian bashers and haters.
Southern Baptists aren’t Christians. They are Southern Baptists. Jesus would NOT be welcome in their church. They are the modern day Pharasees and Sadduces. And you know what Jesus had to say about THEM…….. “You snakes, you pit of vipers”……….
Besides, I’m not a liberal goofy.
cloudodust
October 29th, 2012
10:15 pm
BEST QUOTE OF THE DECADE- from CZECH REPUBLIC OBSERVER……”The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting an inexperienced man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama Presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their President. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their President.”
Thulsa Doom
October 29th, 2012
10:15 pm
Peter
October 29th, 2012
10:11 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801. is there a Nobel WAR Prize ?
You know you want a Republican to win that don’t you ?- Peter
Sorry Peter but Obama has wrapped that one up with his drone bombing of civilian villages in Pakistan.
woodman
October 29th, 2012
10:15 pm
option 3 Romney isn’t saying anything because a public that is not informed by the news media might view any comments made by him to be dirty politics. i don’t think its right wing hysteria. if obama was a republican the mainstream media would be all over this. they might have even covered if not for the election, but with the presidency up for grabs, they can’t risk informing the voters of what a terrible excuse for a leader Barack Hussein Obama really is.
DownInAlbany
October 29th, 2012
10:15 pm
Why? Sounds to me like he’s a whiny little girl. Tell me the difference between this asshat and Cindy Sheehan
If you are referencing Charles Woods, then, you have confirmed to me that you are absolutely devoid of the ability to humanly reason. If you have listened to this man and his family (quite frankly he is much more composed than I could ever expect to be) and come away with a nickname of “asshat” then you are hopeless. This man has experienced one of the most devastating losses that a father can have and he has the right to express his beliefs, concerns and emotions. Afterall, his son dedicated his life to protecting that right. You owe your ability to come on here and maliciously defame a man you’ve never met in your life to good men like his dead son. He has a very real suspicion that his son was betrayed both in life and continues to be betrayed after his death. For you or anyone to call him an “asshat” is about as reprehensible a reaction as I can imagine.
Please spare me the “Cindy Sheehan” comparison. She has the same rights to react the way she does.
Peter
October 29th, 2012
10:15 pm
I don’t call murder of our people by Lybian thugs a non issue.
Of course not and as we try to rule the world and place an out post in every country………… a few deaths here and there barely matter..unless you can rile up the public into believing we need another WAR !