Bengazi Attacks a Mystery?

Benghazi attacks a mystery?

United States ambassador Christopher Stevens died on September 11, 2012 while visiting Benghazi, Libya. Before the attack, there were 324 security incidents in Benghazi, which is why a chairman of the Committee and a chairman of the National Security, Homeland Defense, and Foreign Operations sent a letter to Secretary Clinton, urging increased security for US personnel be implemented. Three days before the attack, a Benghazi security official met with US diplomats, warning the American’s about deteriorating security. The security official was assured that the diplomats had been advised and warned about the situation. Even in Stevens’ diary, it was found that he was worried about growing al-Qaeda activity and that he could possibly be on one of their hit lists

On the day of the attack, a man dressed as a guard walked around the government building, taking pictures with his camera phone. Though he was detained, he was then released. Later in the night, after Stevens retired to his room, 150 men attacked the compound, throwing grenades, using automatic weaponry, and setting fire to the building. Ambassador Stevens died by asphyxiation.

The attack itself was an awful act. However, much of the attention has been focused away from the tragedy and instead to the disastrous cover up implemented after the incident. Instead of admitting that warnings of an attack were ignored, the CIA assessment stated that "available information suggests that the demonstrations in Benghazi were spontaneously inspired by the protests at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.” After the attack, there were talking points written to give guidelines to officials as to what discuss with the media. There were 12 reported drafts, each draft more watered-down than the previous. The fact that several warnings of an attack were given was conveniently left out.

A UN ambassador, Susan Rice, reportedly was sent by the Obama team to be on a talk show to promote false links between the Benghazi attacks and uprisings in Cairo. However, most people with common sense know that such an attack couldn’t be spontaneous – especially if there was a reported uniformed man taking pictures of the building.

Many turn to use uncovered 100 pages of White House e-mails about the attack, but there is no evidence supporting the suspicions that Obama or anyone within the Obama administration initiated the idea of “pretending” that the assault was spontaneous. However, anyone can see that the administration benefited from the supposed spontaneity. Still, this removes the blame from the Obama administration and places it directly on Clinton’s shoulders, who then simply said that the intelligence community was the principal decider as to what was in the talking points - or more importantly, what wasn’t in them.

Now after this was handled in such an ill responsive and secretive method, would the American people elect Hillary as our next president. I hate to say it could happen.