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I'm not making excuses, only comparing the Congressional response to both disasters, and the contrasting scrutiny both have received. One is a cover up, while the other is a political witch hunt. Maybe you or someone else can explain why something far more deadly than Benghazi has not received anywhere close to as much attention as it should have, or why Benghazi has gotten so much attention?
There does seem to be a pattern of non-interest in these tragedies when a Republican is in the WH.
How long did Congress investigate after 241 Marines were killed in Beirut?
Great questions. And the answer is, the Democrats don't conduct witch hunts, whereas that is the right's stock-in-trade. But you are right, the Iraq fiasco didn't undergo even a fraction of the amount of scrutiny that Benghazi has, and continues to receive, and no one on the right is complaining about that very blatant discrepancy. Because the pretend hearings are not about Benghazi. They are purely political.
Who exactly is going to investigate the Iraq war when it was voted upon by Congress and both sides told us for years that Iraq had WMDs and were a major threat to the world? On top of that, we never even ended the Gulf War; we signed a ceasefire which conditions Iraq did not follow. The only thing an Iraq investigation will prove is that we had horribly flawed intelligence and politicians making decisions based upon the public's opinion that was heavily influenced by 911.
Benghazi was FUBAR and should have been thoroughly investigated in a non-partisan manner.
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There does seem to be a pattern of non-interest in these tragedies when a Republican is in the WH.
How long did Congress investigate after 241 Marines were killed in Beirut?
Oh, right, they didn't.
So, if your answer that we should go back and investigate Beirut or that we should no longer investigate any of these type failures due to a lack of investigation back in 1983?
Sorry if this was already posted -- haven't had time to read whole thread
Here is the interview of three of the actual Bhenghazi heroes last night with Megan Kelly.
These men are amazing! One guys arm was dangling and almost completely severed and he still
Worked to save others.
And yes, they were told to stand down! they count it as politics why state department is lying.
Sorry if this was already posted -- haven't had time to read whole thread
Here is the interview of three of the actual Bhenghazi heroes last night with Megan Kelly.
These men are amazing! One guys arm was dangling and almost completely severed and he still
Worked to save others.
And yes, they were told to stand down! they count it as politics why state department is lying.
Who exactly is going to investigate the Iraq war when it was voted upon by Congress and both sides told us for years that Iraq had WMDs and were a major threat to the world?
We could start by investigating the 935 lies told by the Bush Administration to lead us into a war of choice. Just think of how many congressional investigations we could have based on 935 lies.
Who exactly is going to investigate the Iraq war when it was voted upon by Congress and both sides told us for years that Iraq had WMDs and were a major threat to the world? On top of that, we never even ended the Gulf War; we signed a ceasefire which conditions Iraq did not follow. The only thing an Iraq investigation will prove is that we had horribly flawed intelligence and politicians making decisions based upon the public's opinion that was heavily influenced by 911.
Benghazi was FUBAR and should have been thoroughly investigated in a non-partisan manner.
So, if your answer that we should go back and investigate Beirut or that we should no longer investigate any of these type failures due to a lack of investigation back in 1983?
No, I think that Congress, et al. should stop playing partisan politics with peoples' lives.
32 hearings later and all that has been established is that the so-called investigators really have no interest in the testimony if it doesn't prove the hypothesis that they want proven.
There have been countless other horrible, horrible tragedies and not a single one has ever garnered the same amount of attention.
Not one.
Great questions. And the answer is, the Democrats don't conduct witch hunts, whereas that is the right's stock-in-trade. But you are right, the Iraq fiasco didn't undergo even a fraction of the amount of scrutiny that Benghazi has, and continues to receive, and no one on the right is complaining about that very blatant discrepancy. Because the pretend hearings are not about Benghazi. They are purely political.
"the Democrats don't conduct witch hunts," You aren't very old are you.
"[SIZE=2][SIZE=-1] "It seemed as if the Justice Department was finally--after months of delay--bowing to requests from Democrats calling for an independent inquiry aimed at discovering who in the Administration blew Valerie [Plame] Wilson's cover, possibly compromising national security."
There does seem to be a pattern of non-interest in these tragedies when a Republican is in the WH.
How long did Congress investigate after 241 Marines were killed in Beirut?
Oh, right, they didn't.
Didn't need an investigation. It was clear from the outset who was responsible and the Secretary of State, the President and other politicians never lied about who was responsible or why they did it.
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