Benghazi

[Wasillaguy]

This continues to get more interesting. On Sunday, Feinstein says the only part of the message the White House changed was to correct references of the facility from "consulate" to the more accurate "mission". Yet everyone from the media to Obama have continued to call it a consulate ever since, with nobody speaking up to correct them.

Also, at the second debate, Obama said he "gave out three instructions as soon as he heard the 'consulate' was being overrun. The first of those three instructions was to beef up security at every consulate and embassy in the region."

So... it was important enough to clarify it wasn't a consulate the day of the event, but not important enough to include "missions" being beefed up when he gave orders? I guess we see now why this place had inadequate security to begin with. If it's not a consulate or an embassy, it ain't making the short list.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

This continues to get more interesting. On Sunday, Feinstein says the only part of the message the White House changed was to correct references of the facility from "consulate" to the more accurate "mission". Yet everyone from the media to Obama have continued to call it a consulate ever since, with nobody speaking up to correct them.

Also, at the second debate, Obama said he "gave out three instructions as soon as he heard the 'consulate' was being overrun. The first of those three instructions was to beef up security at every consulate and embassy in the region."

So... it was important enough to clarify it wasn't a consulate the day of the event, but not important enough to include "missions" being beefed up when he gave orders? I guess we see now why this place had inadequate security to begin with. If it's not a consulate or an embassy, it ain't making the short list.

What a pathetically lame post this is!

I'll give you a mission.

John

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Boreas

What a pathetically lame post this is!

Indeed. Now the entire brouhaha shifts focus from not calling it terrorism soon enough (which Obama did in the Rose Garden, BTW) to the semantics of what you call a State Department cover for a CIA presence in Benghazi.

This whole Benghazi affair (from a GOP perspective) has nothing to do with the security of mission/consulate staff or any sort of presumed "cover-up" afterwards. It has everything to do with the GOP trying to tarnish Obama's foreign policy bona fides during the campaign morphing into trying to take him down a notch after him kicking their ass in the election. It's pretty shameless, IMHO, particularly with that sclerotic douchebag (McCain) and his milquetoast compatriot (Graham) leading the charge.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

This continues to get more interesting. On Sunday, Feinstein says the only part of the message the White House changed was to correct references of the facility from "consulate" to the more accurate "mission". Yet everyone from the media to Obama have continued to call it a consulate ever since, with nobody speaking up to correct them.

Also, at the second debate, Obama said he "gave out three instructions as soon as he heard the 'consulate' was being overrun. The first of those three instructions was to beef up security at every consulate and embassy in the region."

So... it was important enough to clarify it wasn't a consulate the day of the event, but not important enough to include "missions" being beefed up when he gave orders? I guess we see now why this place had inadequate security to begin with. If it's not a consulate or an embassy, it ain't making the short list.

You must be easily amused, Wazi.