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George Takei on Benghazi (Original Post)
OhioChick
Apr 2020
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Hermit-The-Prog
(33,039 posts)1. That's gonna take a while. Best get started on those.
The public needs to know who enabled all these deaths in this horror show.
Cha
(295,925 posts)2. Yes, Congress Does, Takei! Thank you!
SunSeeker
(51,377 posts)3. Love this hilarious reply he gave to a MAGAt:
Sir Normie
(40 posts)4. Sulu SLAM, Baby!
Wondering if the Trump Cultist is also a Dr Oz acolyte. George is King, either way.
Grokenstein
(5,707 posts)5. Yo, OzSense!
Can you tell us who slashed the security budget for our international embassies and consulates, including the one in Benghazi? No? That's okay because I fucking can:
Since retaking control in 2010, House Republicans have aggressively cut spending at the State Department in general and embassy security in particular. (Jason) Chaffetz and (Darrell) Issa and their colleagues voted to pay for far less security than the State Department requested in 2011 (...)
Is that responsible for the tragedy in Benghazi? Probably not, at least not entirely. Usually when security goes wrong, it's down to a cascade of small failures piling up. But it's a bit rich to complain about a lack of US security personnel at diplomatic missions on the one hand, while actively working to cut the budget to pay for US security personnel at diplomatic missions on the other.
-- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor, Oct 5th 2012
SunSeeker
(51,377 posts)6. Yup. And who dismantled the White House Pandemic office in 2018?
And who said concerns about the pandemic was a hoax? And who botched the testing rollout? Hint: it wasn't the C-H-I-N-E-S-E.
spanone
(135,636 posts)8. Bet Oz had to look it up
Blue Owl
(49,934 posts)7. K&R