Before we get to The Gadfly's task at hand -- take note of this truth and keep it in mind as you continue reading:
House Republicans voted to cut nearly $300 million from the U.S. embassy security budget.http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/10/10/985191/chaffetz-absolutely-funding-embassy-security/
So now -- let us proceed with analyzing this overt political ratfucking scheme for what it is and move on - most certainly (sigh . . . .) to only await the next fake scandal which Roger Ailes and the Teahadists can wet dream to fruition.
Firstly - there is a bit of business The Gadfly would like to dispense with as he indelicately crushes the sweaty, shriveled gonads of the wingnuts and the Fox "News" hyenas along with their dream scandal which - and you can't make this shit up btw- they honestly believe will lead to Obama's impeachment and downfall.
So - the burning question The Gadfly would like to ask is - can anyone point The Gadfly to the news stories about Republican outrage and "serious" committee hearings investigating the thirteen (that's 13 as in 10+3=13 for my dimwitted conservative friends) Benghazis that occurred during George W. Bush's tenure? The Gadfly is referring to these equally tragic terror attacks that resulted in the deaths of Americans abroad:
January 22, 2002. Calcutta, India. Gunmen associated with Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami attack the U.S. Consulate. Five people are killed.
June 14, 2002. Karachi, Pakistan. Suicide bomber connected with al-Qaida attacks the U.S. Consulate, killing 12 and injuring 51.
October 12, 2002. Denpasar, Indonesia. U.S. diplomatic offices bombed as part of a string of “Bali Bombings.” No fatalities.
February 28, 2003. Islamabad, Pakistan. Several gunmen fire upon the U.S. Embassy. Two people are killed.
May 12, 2003. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Armed al-Qaida terrorists storm the diplomatic compound killing 36 people including nine Americans. The assailants committed suicide by detonating a truck bomb.
July 30, 2004. Tashkent, Uzbekistan. A suicide bomber from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan attacks the U.S. Embassy, killing two people.
December 6, 2004. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Al-Qaida terrorists storm the U.S. Consulate and occupy the perimeter wall. Nine people are killed.
March 2, 2006. Karachi, Pakistan again. Suicide bomber attacks the U.S. Consulate killing four people, including U.S. diplomat David Foy who was directly targeted by the attackers. (I wonder if Lindsey Graham or Fox News would even recognize the name “David Foy.” This is the third Karachi terrorist attack in four years on what’s considered American soil.)
September 12, 2006. Damascus, Syria. Four armed gunmen shouting “Allahu akbar” storm the U.S. Embassy using grenades, automatic weapons, a car bomb and a truck bomb. Four people are killed, 13 are wounded.
January 12, 2007. Athens, Greece. Members of a Greek terrorist group called the Revolutionary Struggle fire a rocket-propelled grenade at the U.S. Embassy. No fatalities.
March 18, 2008. Sana’a, Yemen. Members of the al-Qaida-linked Islamic Jihad of Yemen fire a mortar at the U.S. Embassy. The shot misses the embassy, but hits nearby school killing two.
July 9, 2008. Istanbul, Turkey. Four armed terrorists attack the U.S. Consulate. Six people are killed.
September 17, 2008. Sana’a, Yemen. Terrorists dressed as military officials attack the U.S. Embassy with an arsenal of weapons including RPGs and detonate two car bombs. Sixteen people are killed, including an American student and her husband (they had been married for three weeks when the attack occurred). This is the second attack on this embassy in seven months.
Go ahead. Research them all. It's all documented.
The Republican party controlled all three branches of government during 6 of the 8 years and 9 of the 13 incidents listed there. How many hearings were held on these unfortunate lapses of security - which are not at all dissimilar to the Benghazi episode? If you said none - you would be very precisely correct.
So with the knowledge of that bit of truthiness in mind - The Gadfly is going to tell you, dear reader, exactly what this Benghazi brouhaha hypocrisy is truly all about. It is this:
Poll after poll (even GOP commissioned polls) show Billary decimating every single potential GOP candidate in a head to head match up for the 2016 Presidential nomination. This reality has slammed the Republican establishment, and to an even more visceral extent the Teabagger party, like a sledgehammer to their fat greasy guts and it is scaring the living shit out of them.
Therefore as to any further expounding on this subject - The Gadfly bids you . . . . . .
And there it is.
----TFG
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