A Fine Hot Mess...

 

 

"Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive!"

 

Sir Walter Scott

 

 

Well it is here. For most that have been paying attention, the report released on the Benghazi mess came as no surprise what-so-ever. Probably the most damning part of the entire report was not the cover up. It was the "lack of imagination" in preparing the Benghazi outpost for social unrest, terror attack and protecting our human assets. This report was not the end of the story, rather it was just the beginning. Yes, many more questions than answers remain.

 

Tomorrow there will be hearings on the Hill to peel back the onion a bit further. The star witness will not be there. As goofy as this entire episode had been, the reason Secretary Clinton will not be there is the most goofy. It seems last week she came back from one of her trips with the "trots", got dehydrated, passed out at home and hit her head. This resulted in a mild concussion and was declared "exempt" from testifying on the 20th. Back in my service days, the response would have been "I am calling bulls**t on that one!". Next week is Christmas, then break, and then she is done. Gone. The new Secretary of State will be sworn in.

 

However, the fact we still have a dead ambassador and three other Americans remain. As well as a bevy of unanswered questions. In fact, some questions might even reach higher than the Secretary's post. For example, this cock and bull story about the video tape being responsible for the carnage came from somebody - and not James Clapper. This was the company line. It was critical that the American people thought the "Arab Spring" was a rousing success and Al Quada was on the run. Neither were true. In fact, one of the items that keeps floating around is why the ambassador was in Benghazi in the first place. Was it he was trying to retrieve U.S. supplied weapons from the rebels? Were our people killed by our own weapons? Why no rescue when the cries for help were so loud? Why did we have any embassy staff in the country of Libya when it was clear they could not provide us safety? Why did the Administration stick with the cover up so long when it was clear it was false?

 

This is not going away. Some think that the memory of Brian Terry will soon be forgotten as Fast and Furious is being over taken by other events. Not so. As Fast and Furious was malfeasance by the Justice Department, Benghazi is also maleficence by the State Department. If the President knew about the truth with either of these events, that is a big problem. If we was so distant that he did not know about either of these events, that is just as big of a problem. Dead Americans, with parts of our government being run like a Three Stooges movie without the humor. A big problem - a hot mess.

 

We need to hear from truth tellers. We deserve the truth. We can't hide behind the fiscal cliff, immigration reform or gun control. Stop the act, stop the charade, tell the truth. We deserve no less.