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18 October 2012

Benghazi: What Obama Really Said




Political Cartoons by Steve Kelley



In Obama’s speech from the Rose Garden, before the phrase “acts of terror” ever leaves his lips — in fact, 6 paragraphs before — HE BLAMES THE VIDEO.

In Paragraph One, he gives his salutations. In Two and Three, he specifically, talks about the attack in Benghazi. So, there can be no confusion that what next comes might have been meant to apply to what had happened the day before in Cairo.



“SINCE OUR FOUNDING, THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN A NATION THAT RESPECTS ALL FAITHS. WE REJECT ALL EFFORTS TO DENIGRATE THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF OTHERS.” 
(Paragraph 4 of 13)


He also labels what happened in Benghazi in the next sentence:

 

“But there is absolutely no justification to THIS TYPE OF SENSELESS VIOLENCE. None. The world must stand together to unequivocally reject these brutal acts.”
 (Paragraph 4 of 13)


Is “this type of senseless violence” synonymous with “terrorism”? It sounds more like the way in which someone might describe a drive-by shooting in Chicago that killed a couple of kids. It certainly doesn’t describe what happened in Benghazi or a type of “workplace violence” involving a US Major in the Army/Soldier of Allah, who is screaming Allahu Akbar while killing 13 and wounding more than 3 dozen.

In Paragraph Eight, he speaks of the original 09.11, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Arlington Cemetery. In Paragraph Nine, he talks of the sacrifices Americans have made in pursuit and defence of freedom.

Then Paragraph Ten:

“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.”
(Paragraph 10 of 13)

The first two lines of Paragraph Four would be irrelevant if he was going to designate the attack “terrorism.”

Also, under Federal law, acts of terrorism, BY DEFINITION, are premeditated. Thus, they cannot be “spontaneous uprisings”…ever.

The bottom line is that Obama, first and specifically, called Benghazi “a type of senseless violence” (like a Chicago drive-by shooting) and blamed it on the video in his Rose Garden statement.

Here’s the full transcript:




The First Amendment protects offencive speech. It doesn't protect your feelings. Nakoula's film IS offencive, as well as outrageously amateurish. It is also protected speech.

If it was an “act of terror” from Day One, why was Nakoula Basseley Nakoula arrested in the middle of the night by 10 Federal agents, perp-walked, thrown in solitary confinement in a Federal detention centre on an alleged probation violation, denied bail, and not granted a court appearance until the DAY AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? 

Why was he charged with probation violations that were connected with the video and internet, which would not have been prosecuted as stand-alone offences, which is the test in probation prosecutions?

Why did he refuse to call it an ‘act of terror’ minutes after his Rose Garden speech in his interview with Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes on 12 September 2012?

Why did he, along with Clinton, Biden, and Panetta, tell the mum of Sean Smith and the father of Ty Woods, who were both killed in the attack, that the video was the cause on 14 September 2012?

Why did Obama blame the video in his Saturday morning weekly address on 15 September 2012?

Why did Ambassador Rice tell 300+ million Americans that the video was the cause on FIVE Sunday talk shows on 16 September 2012?

Why did he tell Letterman the same thing on 18 September 2012?

Why did he blame the video during the townhall on Univision on 20 September 2012?

Why did President Obama tell Joy Behar on The View that Mr Nakoula’s film was responsible for Benghazi on 25 September 2012?

Why did he bring up the video 6 times in his speech before the UN on 25 September 2012 when he only brought up terror once and then only in the context of Iran?

You can’t have it both ways.



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