Friday, September 14, 2012

OK, Can We Go Home Now?

Meaning, surely we can move beyond Barack Obama now, no?  There are credible-sounding reports that the US received some intelligence about 48 hours ahead of time about plans to attack embassies.  Where there's smoke, there's fire...  The White House denied it, saying they received no actionable intelligence.  That's not how you'd word it if you'd received no intelligence, right?

What's really bothering me is that the President and Hillary are going all out blaming some youtube video for inciting all of these attacks.  It seems more plausible to me that some group(s) orchestrated these attacks to start on Sept 11th and simply pulled a youtube video to incite some mobs, which is not the same thing.  If they did have some intelligence in advance and continue to double down on deflecting the blame to a youtube film anyway, that would be beyond pitiful.  I want to give them the benefit of the doubt that they haven't sunk that low.  However, I can't get past the absurdity of a youtube video being the source of all the problems we're seeing.  The media, on the other hand, seems to have no problem swallowing that explanation - the U.S. media, anyway.

Also, isn't it considered undignified to have cameras and the press at the Air Force bases when the remains of the fallen are returned home?  Not if you're Obama.  The media criticizes Romney for "politicizing" the crisis when he comes out against the administration for seemingly blaming our First Amendment Right of the Freedom of Speech for this crisis - but Obama's not politicizing it by making a speech over Ambassador Chris Steven's mortal remains?  Save it for the funeral.  I'm so tired of the media bias.


So how about that Freedom of Speech?  Are you ready to give up the right to express criticism against Islamists and their "religion of peace"?  Because it sounds to me like that's going to be what Obama would like to change most to prevent an occurrence like this in the future.  He certainly had nothing to do with it.

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