he had no problem pointing fingers at George W. Bush after 9/11.
White House press secretary Ari Fleischer accused Sen. Hillary Clinton Friday of working to divide Americans along party lines.
The former first lady responded by saying she is simply “seeking answers and information” about recent revelations that President Bush was alerted prior to September 11 of possible terrorist attacks.
The row between the White House and the Democrat from New York began Thursday when Clinton appeared on the Senate floor and held up a copy of the New York Post with the headline of “Bush Knew.”
Fast forward to today when it’s been revealed she lied to Congress about the Benghazi attack.
House Republicans have concluded that the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies bear no blame for failing to halt the terrorist assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year, releasing a report Tuesday that said President Obama and the State Department set up the military for failure.
The report also found that plenty of intelligence presaged the attack, but the White House and State Department — including the secretary at the time, Hillary Rodham Clinton — failed to heed the warnings. Now? Crickets. But she’s busily prepping for her $200,000 a pop “speaking” tour. The only place she should be speaking is in front of a grand jury.
Quote: Eglman wrote in post #1he had no problem pointing fingers at George W. Bush after 9/11.
White House press secretary Ari Fleischer accused Sen. Hillary Clinton Friday of working to divide Americans along party lines.
The former first lady responded by saying she is simply “seeking answers and information” about recent revelations that President Bush was alerted prior to September 11 of possible terrorist attacks.
The row between the White House and the Democrat from New York began Thursday when Clinton appeared on the Senate floor and held up a copy of the New York Post with the headline of “Bush Knew.”
Fast forward to today when it’s been revealed she lied to Congress about the Benghazi attack.
House Republicans have concluded that the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies bear no blame for failing to halt the terrorist assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year, releasing a report Tuesday that said President Obama and the State Department set up the military for failure.
The report also found that plenty of intelligence presaged the attack, but the White House and State Department — including the secretary at the time, Hillary Rodham Clinton — failed to heed the warnings. Now? Crickets. But she’s busily prepping for her $200,000 a pop “speaking” tour. The only place she should be speaking is in front of a grand jury.
Quote: Eglman wrote in post #1 The former first lady responded by saying she is simply “seeking answers and information” about recent revelations that President Bush was alerted prior to September 11 of possible terrorist attacks.
Of course President Bush "was alerted prior to September 11 of possible terrorist attacks". That's like alerting the Mayor that a murder is possible in Washington, DC next summer.
Any idiot knows that a murder may not only be "possible" in Washington, DC next summer but that a lot of murders WILL occur in Washington, DC next summer. That is the "What". However, knowing the "What" is absolutely useless in saving lives unless you also know "Who", "When" and "Where". If you also know "Why" and "How", that's even better.
Responsible professional focus on "What", "Who", "When" and "Where", "Why" and "How".
The idiots, the incompetents in a given field and the political demagogues focus only on "What".
After every military operation, there is an After Action Report in order to figure out the "Why" and "How" in order to identify problems, prevent mistakes in the future and identify incompetent individuals, if any. After every bad out come at a hospital, the medical staff conducts a Morbidity and Mortality Review in order to figure out the "Why" and "How" in order to identify problems, prevent mistakes in the future and identify incompetent individuals, if any.
"What does it matter" why the military operation did not go smoothly or why the patient died in the ICU?
It matters very much because careful study of the "Why" and "How" can save lives in the future. There is only one reason why the Obama Administration does not want to publicly analyze the Benghazi fiasco and that cowardly reason is CYA.
Hillary Clinton is not an idiot. She is a very smart woman and a very skilled politician. She is, however, totally incompetent in the areas of foreign affairs and military matters. She is also a demagogue and a coward. That type of individual will always be a part of the problem and never the solution.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson