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2016 Postmortem

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cali

(114,904 posts)
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 03:10 PM Aug 2015

The Benghazi attack was not Hillary's fault. Republicans are responsible. [View all]

They cut funding. Other than that, file it under bad things happen. Ambassador Stevens was not murdered because of anything she did or didn't do.

It's republican bullshit of the stupidest and ugliest kind.

There is no there there.

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Kick and rec. zappaman Aug 2015 #1
Programming Note: DURHAM D Aug 2015 #2
That very post was offered to me a while ago as "proof"... gregcrawford Aug 2015 #24
True- but there are plenty enough long time DUers who revved that piece of shit. bettyellen Aug 2015 #48
Agreed. n/t demmiblue Aug 2015 #3
Anyone who claims otherwise is clearly on the wrong site. Salviati Aug 2015 #4
K&R MelissaB Aug 2015 #5
Correct HassleCat Aug 2015 #6
Benghazi panel has lasted longer than Church Committee Gothmog Aug 2015 #7
+1 daleanime Aug 2015 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author Agschmid Aug 2015 #8
I didn't think any Democrat claimed it was Hillary's fault. TeddyR Aug 2015 #9
Wrong DURHAM D Aug 2015 #10
Ok, I was wrong TeddyR Aug 2015 #38
100% agreed, and I say that as a Bernie supporter. hifiguy Aug 2015 #11
thank you, hifiguy KMOD Aug 2015 #12
You are entirely welcome. hifiguy Aug 2015 #13
Agreed 100%. (N/T) Old Crow Aug 2015 #32
Same here. n/t Martin Eden Aug 2015 #47
rec & kick MerryBlooms Aug 2015 #14
Agreed... sibelian Aug 2015 #15
That was refreshing. Thank you. SunSeeker Aug 2015 #16
Bernie supporter here - totally agree it was NOT HRC’s fault dorkzilla Aug 2015 #17
Yep, I came to that conclusion many moons ago. It's like the rule> BlueJazz Aug 2015 #18
That doesn't surprise me in the least. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #19
That doesn't surprise me in the least. OilemFirchen Aug 2015 #41
K&R mcar Aug 2015 #20
Beyond that, this is the result of the Neo-Con PNAC 'domino theory' thebighobgoblin Aug 2015 #21
Underfunding didn't help security one bit... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #22
Seems like a lot of right-wing based attacks around DU lately emulatorloo Aug 2015 #23
Yeah not even close to being Hillary's fault. neverforget Aug 2015 #25
Tragedy yes, but in no way HRC's fault. Indepatriot Aug 2015 #26
Thank you Cali. Metric System Aug 2015 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author guillaumeb Aug 2015 #29
GOP bullshit. JEB Aug 2015 #30
It is GOP bullshit, and I was disgusted to find it on DU. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2015 #31
I feel the attacks were not hillary's nor the repug's fault. juxtaposed Aug 2015 #33
It is more than that ,cali. bvar22 Aug 2015 #34
it's virtually all blowback cali Aug 2015 #37
That it is. bvar22 Aug 2015 #40
You hit it on the head: blowback. But, the proof is an open secret, right in the pages of the NYT: leveymg Aug 2015 #51
Thanks for the info...adding to my file. bvar22 Aug 2015 #54
They never do pay the piper because of the bipartisan agreement leveymg Aug 2015 #56
Whenever someone concern trolls about lives lost in Benghazi... fbc Aug 2015 #35
This is true. RoccoR5955 Aug 2015 #36
Let us see. How many died on 9/11? Which Bush was never blamed for. applegrove Aug 2015 #39
I just want to say thanks to cali, KMOD Aug 2015 #42
Kick and Recommend trueblue2007 Aug 2015 #43
anyone who argues otherwise has no place here ericson00 Aug 2015 #44
Note that the MSM only attacks Hillary over two issues on which she's clean .... Scuba Aug 2015 #45
While true, this is an uphill battle. Vinca Aug 2015 #46
^^this^^ Puzzledtraveller Aug 2015 #49
NOT TRUE!!! She got a text from Stevens Rstrstx Aug 2015 #50
And this was Obama's reply - they're all conspirators!! Rstrstx Aug 2015 #52
I don't know enough on the issue to make that conclusion. Perhaps the emails will shed more light Purveyor Aug 2015 #53
Thank you. As Bernie has said let's talk about issues that matter still_one Aug 2015 #55
Absolutely. Bonobo Aug 2015 #57
True. And they also lost more personnel when they were in charge too. mmonk Aug 2015 #58
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