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Benghazi: Obama’s Shameful Dereliction of Duty

tporter Wrote: Nov 01, 2012 1:55 PM

This issue more than any other, angers me about this President. He has lied! Four people died! That the mainstream media is doing nothing with this is a disgrace! It should be an election issue because Obama is the Commander in Chief and has a solemn obligation to do the job! He has repeatedly shown a lack of leadership and this is like Fast and Furious only worse! He can't do the job! He has to go! Our embassy was attacked and an ambassador was killed. He doesn't know what happened?? That is incompetence and he must go! If he gave an order then why did our security guys have to disobey an order to stand down? If he didn't issue an order, he should be gone. Being President is more than being cool and a slick speaker.

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Benghazi: Obama’s Shameful Dereliction of Duty

Enough facts are in the public record about the Benghazi murders of Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 others, including two Marines, that a final judgment can be rendered on President Obama's handling of the affair. Obama's actions, or inactions, amounted to dereliction of duty, and worse.

The Obama Administration received requests for additional security from the Embassy and the Ambassador himself as early as February. An embassy cable on June 25 expressed fear of rising Islamic extremism in eastern Libya around Benghazi, and noted that the black flag of Al-Qaeda "has been spotted several times flying over government buildings...

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