Why Did the Benghazi Story Change?
The truth about the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, is
finally coming out.
An explosive intelligence report made public this week revealed
that officials knew it was a terrorist attack that killed four Americans on September
11, 2012—and they knew right away. It also revealed that the lapse in security
was preventable, based on intelligence the U.S. already had about the area.
These new answers are unsettling.
“Every step of the way, the White House’s response to Benghazi
has been appalling,” saidHeritage expert Helle Dale, who has followed the
tragedy closely from the beginning.
The country’s top military commanders clearly understood the
assault on the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, was a terrorist
attack from the moment the first reports came in, just 15 minutes after the
assault began on September 11, 2012.
This news is shocking because the Obama Administration
aggressively pushed the story that the violence was a protest against an
anti-Muslim video that had simply gotten out of hand. “As a result, there was
no attempted military rescue or response, and false information was peddled to
the American people to shift the blame,” Dale explained.
“This testimony indicates beyond any doubt that the narrative of
the Benghazi tragedy was changed within the White House. The question
remains why and by whom.”
Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton added insult to grave
injury when she was questioned a year ago about the distinction between a
protest and a terrorist attack. Her infamous response, “What difference, at this point, does it make?” showed an Administration entangled in the
mess of its own making.
The difference Clinton downplayed at that time is crucial,
because “the same White House that declared victory in the war against
terrorism and pulled U.S. military assets out of Libya also failed miserably to
take responsibility for its own miscalculation,” Dale said.
Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN) told The Foundry this
week that Members of Congress were “misled”—just like the American public. “It’s just outrageous that the
Administration thought they could get away with blaming the cause of Benghazi
on a false story.”
The American people—beginning with the families of those who
were killed—deserve to know why the Administration denied what was apparently
known. Our military and intelligence personnel around the world also deserve a
full accounting, because they continue to enter dangerous situations every day.
Re Edited by: Kanwal
Abidi (Political Analyst / Journalist)
January
17, 2014
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