When the war was going on in Libya the State department wanted to help the insurgents overthrow Gaddafi and so they secretly supplied them with weapons. Later they realized the people they gave weapons to were actually Al Qaeda.
Ambassador Stevens was in Benghazi to try and buy back the weapons from Al Qaeda. Obviously this is not something they wanted known, thus the secrecy and as a result the... lack of adequate security. And, perhaps, the lack of response as everyone wanted to downplay the situation.
The reaction to the video that HAD occurred in other places seemed like the perfect cover and, they thought, believable. Even when the Libyan president directly contradicted them they doubled down, thinking that repeating the lie more vigorously and attacking Fox News as rabid partisans would work, which it almost did, and may still.
That is the story they never wanted to come out. General David Petraeus was made CIA director by Barak Obama, after having been Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Shortly after the Benghazi attacks he had a personal affair exposed and was forced to resign. We need David Petraeus under oath in front of Congress, and he needs to be asked the right questions. My guess is that the truth and honor still matter to the General, and there is no doubt he knows exactly what the truth is.
Ambassador Stevens was in Benghazi to try and buy back the weapons from Al Qaeda. Obviously this is not something they wanted known, thus the secrecy and as a result the... lack of adequate security. And, perhaps, the lack of response as everyone wanted to downplay the situation.
The reaction to the video that HAD occurred in other places seemed like the perfect cover and, they thought, believable. Even when the Libyan president directly contradicted them they doubled down, thinking that repeating the lie more vigorously and attacking Fox News as rabid partisans would work, which it almost did, and may still.
That is the story they never wanted to come out. General David Petraeus was made CIA director by Barak Obama, after having been Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Shortly after the Benghazi attacks he had a personal affair exposed and was forced to resign. We need David Petraeus under oath in front of Congress, and he needs to be asked the right questions. My guess is that the truth and honor still matter to the General, and there is no doubt he knows exactly what the truth is.
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