Saturday, October 17, 2015

Maureen Dowd, "Will Hillary Clinton Be Pilloried by the Benghazi Committee?": Joe, It's Not Too Late



In her latest New York Times op-ed entitled "Will Hillary Clinton Be Pilloried by the Benghazi Committee?," Maureen Dowd concludes:

"It’s not that Hillary has gotten so much more trustable. It’s just that the Republicans are so much less credible."

However, before reaching this determination, Dowd also observes:

"It remains hard to believe that Ambassador Christopher Stevens and other personnel could have been under attack at different facilities in Benghazi, Libya, over a span of seven and a half hours without any nearby military bases ready and able to provide air cover.

. . . .

Hillary’s decision to circumvent the State Department email system showed bad and paranoid judgment, and left her official emails as secretary vulnerable to hacking. And all her tap dancing that other secretaries did it and that none of the emails were marked classified at the time she sent or received them doesn’t get her off the hook."

Dowd is correct: The conduct of the Benghazi Committee reflects partisan interests, but heck, was the decision of Democrats, including Hillary, to line up behind President Obama and back his bogus nuclear deal with Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei any more honorable?

What do these same Democrats have to say about Iran's October 11 testing of a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, which, according to Samantha Power, constituted "a clear violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1929"? Answer: Nothing.

Or stated otherwise, it's a rotten world, powered by narcissism and personal interest.

My question, however, is different: Doesn't the United States deserve better than Hillary?

Please, Joe, it's not too late.

2 comments:

  1. "Doesn't the United States deserve better than Hillary?"

    Yes. Time to deploy this U.S. Marine to the Oval Office:

    http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=4226
    "The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to First Lieutenant James H. Webb, Jr. (MCSN: 0-106180), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving as a Platoon Commander with Company D, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), Fleet Marine Force, in connection with combat operations against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam. On 10 July 1969, while participating in a company-sized search and destroy operation deep in hostile territory, First Lieutenant Webb's platoon discovered a well-camouflaged bunker complex which appeared to be unoccupied. Deploying his men into defensive positions, First Lieutenant Webb was advancing to the first bunker when three enemy soldiers armed with hand grenades jumped out. Reacting instantly, he grabbed the closest man and, brandishing his .45 caliber pistol at the others, apprehended all three of the soldiers. Accompanied by one of his men, he then approached the second bunker and called for the enemy to surrender. When the hostile soldiers failed to answer him and threw a grenade which detonated dangerously close to him, First Lieutenant Webb detonated a claymore mine in the bunker aperture, accounting for two enemy casualties and disclosing the entrance to a tunnel. Despite the smoke and debris from the explosion and the possibility of enemy soldiers hiding in the tunnel, he then conducted a thorough search which yielded several items of equipment and numerous documents containing valuable intelligence data. Continuing the assault, he approached a third bunker and was preparing to fire into it when the enemy threw another grenade. Observing the grenade land dangerously close to his companion, First Lieutenant Webb simultaneously fired his weapon at the enemy, pushed the Marine away from the grenade, and shielded him from the explosion with his own body. Although sustaining painful fragmentation wounds from the explosion, he managed to throw a grenade into the aperture and completely destroy the remaining bunker. By his courage, aggressive leadership, and selfless devotion to duty, First Lieutenant Webb upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and of the United States Naval Service."
    General Orders: Authority: Navy Department Board of Decorations and Medals

    Action Date: 10-Jul-69

    More up-to-date? Read for yourself:

    October 15, 2015 "Jim Webb on Foreign Policy"
    http://www.cfr.org/united-states/jim-webb-foreign-policy/p37111

    or watch the 2000 film, "Rules of Engagement"

    Then ask, What do you think Webb thinks about Iran's ballistic missile test?

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  2. Wed, Oct 21 2015. When Joe Biden announced he is not (at this time - too late?) running for the O'dem Party nomination, Biden used the same language about the Republicans 'not the enemy, but the opposition', same words that Jim Webb said when he announced he is no longer seeking the O'Dem Party nomination.

    Interesting that Biden at least noticed conflating the GOP with climate change, Big Pharma, loose nukes, and the Vietcong was not good campaigning for the morning after.

    Will be interesting in the un-bugged rooms where union leaders and other usually democratic Party donors will be talking next two weeks.

    No one ever noticed Webb was the sole candidate on record who criticized the JCPOA.

    My concern? 40 years of radical, anti-imperialist- blame-it-all-on-dead-white=racists education has brainwashed young American voters, frustrated over a limp economy.

    Sound familiar?

    Iran is now promising to cut CO2 emissions. #44 got HIS dealbreaker.

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