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CATHERINE THOMPSON MARCH 6, 2014, 7:14 AM EST
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Wednesday defended a series of tweets that blamed the crisis in Ukraine on President Barack Obama's handling of Benghazi.
"The point I'm trying to make is that there's been too many times in the last six months where the President has told people, 'if you don't do what I say, there'll be consequences,' and nothing's happened," Graham told CNN's Dana Bash.
Graham said Putin didn't ignore Obama because of Benghazi alone. He listed Edward Snowden, the ouster of Mohamed Morsi in Egypt, and Obama's threat of a "red line" in Syria as part of a larger "narrative" that paved the way for the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
"When you tell the world we're gonna find the people who killed our four Americans in Libya, including the ambassador, and you do nothing about it," he said. "Whether you agree with his policy in Syria, Egypt, whether you agree with his policies, when he tells people there will be consequences, and there are none, it sets in motion exactly what you see."
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(32,080 posts)He did it this morning on "The Toady Show", and I think even Mutt Lauer agreed with him. He also called out John McCain, while he was at it. I usually change the channel when he comes on, but for some reason , I didn't, and I'm glad of that. I was a nice thing to witness for a change.
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UGH. @grahamblog , you are an embarrassment to all who truly care about Benghazi. Just stop==> https://twitter.com/GrahamBlog/status/440920315292811264
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(9,494 posts)And Putin would believe it if we said so.
If I hadn't heard a dim witted neighbor echo this bullshit I would never believe anyone was dumb enough to go for it.
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