tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post8790666899901062602..comments2024-03-28T20:37:26.897-04:00Comments on the daily howler: Ignatius sets himself right on Benghazi!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-61284159097381978862013-01-10T20:17:43.418-05:002013-01-10T20:17:43.418-05:00Any figures moving skills (or skills items) Basic ...<br /><br />Any figures moving skills (or skills items) Basic Required skills, for example the Teleport charge bb Paosu passive; the mystery Why then fire, why dru, nec, asn bar can stand up ...Huge amounts of <a title="diablo 3 gold for sale" href="http://www.diabloiiigold.com" rel="nofollow"><b>Diablo 3 Gold for sale</b></a> in Diabloiiigold.com ! why the style is no longer in the Amazon, which are related to the change and the ability to move, because the damage, we must first be able to hit others, and at the same time to win, and then have a way to escape, attack, the undoubtedly high speed mobile is the most effective way. 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Taking their cue from conservative blogs and publications they proclaimed that Ambassador Stevens had been anally raped, mutilated and tortured, IMO, hoping to conjure reflections on Mogadishu. No one seems to criticize THEIR shoot first, aim later judgements: http://www.examiner.com/article/ambassador-stevens-was-tortured-libya-before-his-death Congressman Burton, during a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on September 14, 2012 dropped a bombshell when he indicated that Ambassador Steven was “tortured” in Libya before his death. “We went into Libya, spent billions of dollars of our money. We drove him (Muammar Gaddafi) out of office and had him killed. Now there's chaos over there, and they killed our Ambassador. They tortured him, I understand--I won't go into details, but it was pretty bad." U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz. told an audience at an Oct. 2, 2012, Payson tea-party meeting that Stevens was tortured and sodomized before his death, eliciting gasps from the audience.Booky301https://www.blogger.com/profile/13275526360161067882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-59507362323161402782012-11-01T11:32:47.174-04:002012-11-01T11:32:47.174-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Booky301https://www.blogger.com/profile/13275526360161067882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-68264954570568226142012-11-01T11:25:56.406-04:002012-11-01T11:25:56.406-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Booky301https://www.blogger.com/profile/13275526360161067882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-65790364507379920292012-11-01T11:17:11.109-04:002012-11-01T11:17:11.109-04:00Another misrepresentation is the description of th...Another misrepresentation is the description of the ordeal as a 7 hour attack. McCain and FoxNews recite this over and over. Actually there were 3 attacks. One at the compound which left two dead within 2 hours. The attack upon the rescue vehicle which came too late (and against orders) on its way back to the CIA location. And then sporadic sniper fire at the CIA location. At 4AM the militia located at the CIA location was beginning to move out all inside and take them to the airport. At 4AM the deadly mortar attack began which took the lives of the ex Navy Seals. Also to be noted is that a relief force was landed at the Benghazi airport by 2AM, but couldn't advance because of logistics until 2:45. Booky301https://www.blogger.com/profile/13275526360161067882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-991044424617715982012-11-01T11:09:04.158-04:002012-11-01T11:09:04.158-04:00And according to AP: "Khaled al-Haddar, a law...And according to AP: "Khaled al-Haddar, a lawyer who passed by the scene as he headed to his nearby home, said he saw the fighters gathering a few youths from among passers-by and urged them to chant against the film." So yes, there may have been anti-video protesters (or the appearance of such a protest) before and during the attack.Booky301https://www.blogger.com/profile/13275526360161067882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-60372634875059314642012-11-01T02:02:40.500-04:002012-11-01T02:02:40.500-04:001. Sept. 12, the day after the attack, in a speec...1. Sept. 12, the day after the attack, in a speech that was SPECIFICALLY IN RESPONSE TO the attack in Benghazi, Obama said the following (I am including much of the context before and after the crucial phrase “acts of terror,” because such context makes it unmistakably clear that Obama is including the Benghazi attack when he uses that phrase, contrary to many have claimed):<br /><br />Good morning. Every day, all across the world, American diplomats and civilians work tirelessly to advance the interests and values of our nation. …Yesterday, four of these extraordinary Americans were killed in an attack on our diplomatic post in Benghazi. …The United States condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack. …Of course, yesterday was already a painful day for our nation as we marked the solemn memory of the 9/11 attacks. …And then last night, we learned the news of this attack in Benghazi. As Americans, let us never, ever forget that our freedom is only sustained because there are people who are willing to fight for it, to stand up for it, and in some cases, lay down their lives for it. Our country is only as strong as the character of our people and the service of those both civilian and military who represent us around the globe. No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for. Today we mourn four more Americans who represent the very best of the United States of America. We will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act.<br /><br />2. September 12, Las Vegas, Nevada, during a campaign speech<br /><br />So I wanted to begin tonight by just saying a few words about a tough day that we had today. We lost four Americans last night, who were killed when they were attacked at a diplomatic post in Libya. …As for the ones we lost last night: I want to assure you, we will bring their killers to justice. (Applause.) And we want to send a message all around the world -- anybody who would do us harm: No act of terror will dim the light of the values that we proudly shine on the rest of the world, and no act of violence will shake the resolve of the United States of America.<br /><br />3. Sept. 12, during an interview with “60 Minutes,” Obama said to Steve Kroft, “You're right that this is not a situation that was—exactly the same as what happened in Egypt. And my suspicion is that there are folks involved in this who were looking to target Americans from the start.” Once again, Obama is making a distinction between the general, spontaneous protests over the video and the Benghazi attack. “60 Minutes” did not air this part of the interview, but you can’t blame Obama for that. And he said this on the record during the interview, so he obviously wasn’t trying to hide it, as is now being suggested.<br /><br />4. Sept. 13, during a campaign speech in Colorado:<br /><br />Let me say at the outset that obviously our hearts are heavy this week -- we had a tough day a couple of days ago, for four Americans were killed in an attack on our diplomatic post in Libya. …So what I want all of you to know is that we are going to bring those who killed our fellow Americans to justice. (Applause.) I want people around the world to hear me: To all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will go unpunished. <br />Mike Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-29308554659738345482012-11-01T01:38:49.725-04:002012-11-01T01:38:49.725-04:00Oh, and for the record, Obama was clear from the b...Oh, and for the record, Obama was clear from the beginning that this was a terrorist attack:<br /><br />On FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS during the first week after the attack, the chief spokesman for the administration, Obama himself, clearly stated or implied that the Benghazi attack was a TERRORIST attack. The fifth time occurred when he was a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman, one week after the attack occurred. Here is what he said:<br /><br />Obama: Here’s what happened. You had a video that was released by somebody who lives here – sort of a shadowy character . . . an extremely offensive video directed at Mohammed and Islam--<br /><br />Letterman: Making fun of the profit Mohammed.<br /><br /> Obame: Making fun of the prophet Mohammed. And so, this caused great offense in much of the Muslim world. But what ALSO [Obama’s emphasis, not mine] happened was extremists and terrorists used this as an excuse to attack a variety of our embassies, including the one – the consulate in Libya. And the irony is the ambassador, Chris Stevens, he was the person who was first in Libya and helped to advise us in liberating Libya from Muammar Gaddafi. . . . So this was a guy who was beloved by the vast majority of Libyans. <br /><br />Click the following link and listen closely to his remarks, from about 26:20 to about 27:30: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7422156n<br /> <br />Notice not only what Obama says but what he does NOT say. He does not say the attack arose spontaneously out of some protest that was going on at the Benghazi consulate. Both in the words he chooses and his inflection and pauses, Obama makes his meaning very clear: the attack was distinct from the general tumult in the Muslim world over the video, and it was undertaken by TERRORISTS who merely used the anti-Islamic video as an excuse to launch the attack. In fact, he doesn’t even refer to any type of protest in Benghazi; he refers only to the “great offense in much of the Muslim world” that the video sparked. Notice too that he uses the specific word “attack” to refer to what happened and uses the word “terrorists” to refer to those who carried it out. Someone who was trying to avoid characterizing the a attack as a terrorist attack would not go on national television, having had a full week to come up with what to say about it, and say what Obama said. <br /><br />His appearance on Letterman’s show was on Sept. 18, one week after the attack, and it was the fifth (FIFTH!) occasion since the attack that Obama himself, the very top of the White House hierarchy, had clearly stated or implied that the attack was a TERRORIST attack. Here are the other four times, earlier the same week, that he clearly implied it was a terrorist attack: [see 2nd post below]<br />Mike Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-49772949325550496542012-11-01T01:31:01.973-04:002012-11-01T01:31:01.973-04:00Dan's an idiot. He thinks if someone majors i...Dan's an idiot. He thinks if someone majors in something as an undergrad, then that someone has been "groomed" to be only one thing and can't go on to anything else. By this logic, if someone majored in physics as an undergrad and then went on to med school and became a doctor, he would be unqualified as a doctor -- he'd be a physicist posing, fraudulently, as a doctor. And don't ya love how he repeats the term "wordist" derogatorily, and yet says things like "Obama was groomed" and "he was sent to us," so as to suggest there was some mysterious group of puppet-masters pulling the strings behind the scenes. And then there's dan's apparent disdain for democracy and love of dictatorships, since he seems to think Obama should try to prevent the former and support the latter. Dan, you're a nut. <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /> Mike Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-61585544662590359782012-10-31T20:52:03.512-04:002012-10-31T20:52:03.512-04:00Here Dan, this will cheer you up!
http://www.smh....Here Dan, this will cheer you up!<br /><br />http://www.smh.com.au/world/wedding-shots-spark-fire-in-saudi-arabia-and-kills-25-people-20121101-28lav.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-79925502940461992172012-10-31T20:45:55.388-04:002012-10-31T20:45:55.388-04:00"Dan,
I think you, like Romney, are a bullsh..."Dan,<br /><br />I think you, like Romney, are a bullshitter."<br /><br />Seconded. Squeaky McCrinklenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44039029458858473702012-10-31T19:15:24.437-04:002012-10-31T19:15:24.437-04:00Dan you mentioned that your president gets people ...Dan you mentioned that your president gets people killed. That seems pretty harsh but what do you think about,on second thought I couldn't care less what you think.jkwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-25841678326625268722012-10-31T17:30:02.438-04:002012-10-31T17:30:02.438-04:00"especially when they were trying to sell the...<i>"especially when they were trying to sell the idea that al Qaeda is in hand,"</i><br /><br />If this is the message they were "trying to sell," then it was probably unwise for the President to be telling people that al Qaeda was NOT defeated and that the country would still face hard days ahead in combating it.Quaker in a Basementnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-25976317283364946732012-10-31T17:29:13.726-04:002012-10-31T17:29:13.726-04:00Where do you geniuses think the help would come fr... Where do you geniuses think the help would come from? Italy would be as close as they could get. Send out the call, gear up, get on a plane, jump into a combat zone with little to no intelligence about what is happening, secure a consulate, and it wouldn't have saved not one of those men. Why? Because they were already dead before help could have possibly arrived. Don't forget about the QRF that did respond, and it took them almost an hour to get there, and they were less than 2 miles away. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-92163680886397918872012-10-31T17:14:22.827-04:002012-10-31T17:14:22.827-04:00Because when we think about what brand of terroris...Because when we think about what brand of terrorism American voters most fear, it is organized, planned terrorism resembling the sort that they witnessed on 9/11. The Obama administration went to great lengths to prevent voters from viewing THIS terrorism as THAT terrorism, especially when they were trying to sell the idea that al Qaeda is in hand, and when they hoped to squash attention on security negligence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-81035240412201307042012-10-31T16:50:46.701-04:002012-10-31T16:50:46.701-04:00inhale exhale inhale exhale
inhale exhale inhale...inhale exhale inhale exhale <br />inhale exhale inhale exhale<br />inhale exhale inhale exhale <br />inhale exhale inhale exhale<br />inhale exhale inhale exhale <br />inhale exhale inhale exhale<br />inhale exhale inhale exhale <br />inhale exhale inhale exhalemichael myersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-70101679954687646142012-10-31T16:29:52.781-04:002012-10-31T16:29:52.781-04:00Dan,
I think you, like Romney, are a bullshitter....Dan,<br /><br />I think you, like Romney, are a bullshitter. To say that Stevens was not a good fit as an ambassador is ridiculous. What aspect of his extensive experience in Libya do you have a problem with, exactly? "Wordists?" "Non-signification speaking style?" "Mid-level interlocutor? You've served up a well-tossed word salad and not much elsecacambonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-34784944441840122452012-10-31T16:08:43.008-04:002012-10-31T16:08:43.008-04:00Dan, what do you think Romney (who in the debate m...Dan, what do you think Romney (who in the debate more or less said he agreed with current mideast policy) would do differently or better? What is your prescription for the situation you characterize?<br /><br />AC / MAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-53572326157421932052012-10-31T15:31:22.002-04:002012-10-31T15:31:22.002-04:00Boo hoo. And you don't want to hear him talk ...Boo hoo. And you don't want to hear him talk about coverage of the FEMA comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-78466687153952621612012-10-31T14:23:17.619-04:002012-10-31T14:23:17.619-04:00Endlessly harping on Election 2000 is a great deal...Endlessly harping on Election 2000 is a great deal less silly than endlessly harping on Bob's endless harping on Election 2000, no matter how you slice it.Matt in the Crownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02083162679471045642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-51428093367396610392012-10-31T14:21:14.176-04:002012-10-31T14:21:14.176-04:00Does it hurt your brain to think? Somerby has alw...Does it hurt your brain to think? Somerby has always been a brilliant wordist. Behind that there is a first rate political mind. Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-81209892433521084542012-10-31T14:18:23.443-04:002012-10-31T14:18:23.443-04:00When I see those two words together I think of a p...When I see those two words together I think of a perfect target for a CBU strike. Obama sees an opportunity to empower the oppressed and you? <br /><br />You dare not look at the two words and think about you own posterity. Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-67332428534156726662012-10-31T14:17:34.381-04:002012-10-31T14:17:34.381-04:00Yeah, just can't bear to pull myself from such...Yeah, just can't bear to pull myself from such witty debate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-952752247132924392012-10-31T14:16:07.175-04:002012-10-31T14:16:07.175-04:00You said it not me. You said it not me. Dannoreply@blogger.com