"Three Reasons Why Reviving 'Benghazi' Is Stupid -- For the GOP"

[applegrove]

Three Reasons Why Reviving 'Benghazi' Is Stupid -- For the GOP

by Robert Creamer at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/three-reasons-why-revivin_b_5270677.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013

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Reason #1: There is no "there," there. The Benghazi attack has been investigated over and over and there is simply no evidence that there is any scandal to be had at all.

The latest "revelation" is that Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes wrote an email aimed at helping former ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice frame her description of what happened in Benghazi before she went on various talk shows. Problem is that his suggestions were entirely in line with the talking points produced by the intelligence community -- which believed early on that the attack was mainly the result of reaction to an anti-Muslim videotape and demonstrations that had erupted in Cairo in protest.

Of course, it turned out later that there was more to the story -- though both The New York Times and the Senate Intelligence Committee investigation of the event did in fact confirm that the response to the video tape did play a role -- and Al Qaeda did not.

David Corn of Mother Jones pointed out that The New York Times, after a comprehensive investigation, reached this conclusion:


Months of investigation...centered on extensive interviews with Libyans in Benghazi who had direct knowledge of the attack there and its context, turned up no evidence that Al Qaeda or other international terrorist groups had any role in the assault. The attack was led, instead, by fighters who had benefited directly from NATO's extensive air power and logistics support during the uprising against Colonel Qaddafi. And contrary to claims by some members of Congress, it was fueled in large part by anger at an American-made video denigrating Islam




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[Demeter]

1. The Scandal is Top Secret Black Bag Ops.

and the GOP doesn't want to pull that cat out of the bag....

[libodem]

2. No doubt

And intended to help, Romney win the presidency. They are still stung it didn't work.

[Vietnameravet]

3. Of course it's good for them

Wishful thinking aside it is very good for them...

They get to rile up the base meaning money and support, and who among them gives a damn about facts? It's all about smearing the President and Hillary Clinton and the idea is "where there is smoke there is fire," when, in reality it's just a right wing fear-monger with a smoke-making machine.

Stupid of them? Stupidity is bad for them? Bullshit...The entire party is based on stupidity..and hate..they have no real solutions for our problems ..

And what a tragedy it is that while they are up to their smear-and-fear campaign, their campaign to destroy democracy and the middle class all at once, their campaign of division and racism the likes of which I have never seen.,while they are up to all this, our biggest problem is..motivating our base to get out and vote!