Projection Political gain is why Democrats his their malfeasance
On Friday, May 9, 2014, ets_Discuss_Anything] < [email protected]> wrote: > > > How Republicans Twist Benghazi > It’s time for Republicans to ’fess up about what’s really motivating > their relentless search for the ‘truth.’ Hint: It’s about political > gain, not honoring the victims of the attack. > When will congressional Republicans tell us why they really want more > Benghazi hearings? They insist the hearings are necessary to uncover > the “truth” about the 2012 attack on the American diplomatic mission > and to honor the memory of the four Americans killed there. But at > this point, neither of those claims are true. House Republicans are > just trying to exploit the tragedy for political gain. > > Sure, there was a period of time after the attack when Republicans and > Democrats alike were making a concerted effort to determine what > really happened that night. We all wanted a thorough investigation > into how the attack came about, why our military couldn’t save the > victims, and who was at fault. The families of the four brave > Americans killed in Benghazi—Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, > Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty—deserved an impartial inquiry. > > And while nothing in Washington, D.C., is ever truly nonpartisan, > members of both political parties led several congressional hearings > on Benghazi. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence conducted a > bipartisan investigation, with interviews of government officials and > U.S. personnel on the ground during the attacks, and the review of > “thousands of intelligence reports…and internal documents,” including > emails, cables, and surveillance videos. > > So what did it find? The committee’s 85-page report, released in > January 2014, set forth in great detail the facts of the attack. The > report concluded that the attack could have been prevented, and it > faulted the State Department for failing to increase security. The > intelligence community also was singled out for failing to properly > assess the risks posed. However, the committee rejected Republican > allegations of a political coverup. > > The Republican-controlled House Armed Services Committee also > conducted a comprehensive review of classified and unclassified > documents, and interviewed people with relevant information. > > The committee’s report, released in February 2014, laid the blame for > the attack on White House officials, who failed “to comprehend or > ignored the dramatically deteriorating security situation in Libya.” > The committee also faulted the State Department for reducing security > at the consulate. However, the committee denied assertions that a > “stand down” order had been issued to U.S. military personnel not to > assist U.S. personnel during the attack. > > So there you have it. Both the Senate and House reports have provided > us detailed information about the time period leading up to the > attack, the attack itself, and who was to blame. At this point, you > might expect that, as after the release of the 9/11 Commission report, > the focus going forward would be on learning from the mistakes found > and implementing measures to prevent the future loss of American > lives. > > But that hasn’t happened here. Instead, Republicans have continued to > search for reasons to demand additional investigations, even though > all the relevant facts have been uncovered. > > We saw that again last week, after the White House released an email > written three days after the Benghazi attack by Ben Rhodes, Obama’s > deputy national security adviser. In the email, Rhodes urges Susan > Rice, then U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, “to underscore that > these protests are rooted in an Internet video, and not a broader > failure of policy” when she goes on the Sunday morning talk shows. > > This email is not a “smoking gun,” as Republicans assert. As a > reminder, hours before the Benghazi attack, there was an assault on > the U.S. Embassy in Cairo fueled by anger over an anti-Islam film, > Innocence of Muslims. In the days after the Benghazi attack, it was > still unclear whether the violence was a spontaneous reaction to a > video, as in Cairo, or a preplanned act of terrorism. > > But after the release of Rhodes’s email, which added no new facts > about the attack itself, Republicans went ballistic. They dusted off > their old Benghazi talking points from 2012 and declared that a > special Republican-controlled House committee had to be appointed to > “conduct a full and complete investigation.” And, despicably, they > used the memory of the four slain Americans as cover for their > election-year political strategy. > > On Monday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said on Fox News: “We have four dead > Americans…and what we have seen from the president and Senate > Democrats has been stonewalling.” He also demanded answers to > questions already addressed by the earlier congressional reports, such > as why additional security wasn’t in place on the night of the attack. > (Cruz clearly likes to talk more on TV than read reports.) > > House Speaker John Boehner announced that the new hearings were > necessary “to ensure the American people have the truth about the > terrorist attack on our consulate that killed four of our countrymen.” > House Majority Leader Eric Cantor echoed Boehner, noting that “four > brave Americans were killed in Benghazi.” > > Want proof that the whole thing is nothing more than a political > boondoggle? Now House Republicans are “jockeying” to get on the > proposed Benghazi committee. Is it because they’re so passionate about > the “truth” or because they think it will raise their profile, help > them fund-raise, and boost their political aspirations? And this week > the National Republican Congressional Committee launched a fundraising > campaign called “Benghazi Watchdogs” to raise funds off the new > hearings. > > The four Americans killed in Benghazi deserve better. It’s time the > GOP stopped using them as pawns to score political points and candidly > told the American people that the new hearings are not about the > victims or uncovering the “truth” but simply about advancing > Republican political ambitions. 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