Speaking Truth to Power

Benghazi. Four dead. The big question should be; what the heck was our Ambassador doing out there, in what was not even a Consulate? His Embassy Security detail was not with him, only two private contractors. Stevens was a confident guy, but even so, he was four hundred miles from his Embassy, without much of a safety net. And he paid a terrible price for the risk he took.

But while those questions may never be fully addressed, or answered, we would do well to keep the issue in perspective.

Reagan:
On his watch we lost 241 troops to a truck bomb that penetrated the defensive perimeter around their barracks out near the Beirut Airport. We fired a lot of shells from battleships at areas we thought were the source of the attack, then the entire American peacekeeping force went home. And no one suggested that we needed to hold hearings to get to the bottom of such a security blunder. Even though the death toll was sixty times greater.

So why is the Benghazi tragedy such a wonderful talking point for Senator John McCain and Senator Lindsay Graham?

Could it be a grab for political relevance and television interviews, by two increasingly irrelevant Senators? A shocking suggestion, I know, but someone had to say it out loud... (Click Here)

Arthur