To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Stop the Rush to Judgment On Benghazi
Wait for evidence before you judge who is responsible for the attack on the embassy in Benghazi. Until then, your words are irresponsible, reckless and divisive.
Why is this important?
A few politically charged Republican lawmakers are casting stones and making disparaging remarks to try and make political points about an American tragedy like the attack on our embassy in Benghazi. We need bi-partisanship, and to come together as Americans for the sake of the families of those who were killed, and those who were terrorized.
The President did say that this was a spontaneous demonstration, that he does not know who is responsible for the attack and that the demonstration was a spontaneous one.
When I was in high school, a couple of kids were pushed into me, and we fell to the floor. While they were helping me to my feet, someone else took off with my wallet. To this day, I truly believe that most of those kids were mere pawns who suffered a fall, just as I did. I don't know the identity of the person who stole my wallet, but I do know that he or she is a thief.
President Obama is neither cynical enough, nor naive enough, to believe that the entire crowd of protesters was in on the full attack with a rocket launcher. It is far more plausible to believe that they were deliberately whipped into a frenzy to serve as a distraction for the real attack. Otherwise, intelligence about the impending attack would have been more widespread.
When viewed in this light, each of the President's statements is true, rather than a lie. However, these lawmakers find this view inconvenient, because the truth does not amount to a scandal.
The President neither takes, nor fills, security staffing requests from U.S. embassies. This is a fairly routine task that would have probably never risen to his attention, nor to that of Secretary Clinton. Like anyone who is in a position of leadership, they must depend on others to do their jobs conscientiously. Therefore, we currently have no evidence that either of them failed to handle their job with competence and with a deep regard for the lives of those people whose lives were changed that night.
Making wild accusations without evidence serves no positive interest for the American people. Therefore, I am asking that Congress, and especially Senators Graham and McCain, do the same thing that even a rookie prosecutor would know to do the first day on the job right out of law school: Wait for the investigation to run its course. Then speak.
The President did say that this was a spontaneous demonstration, that he does not know who is responsible for the attack and that the demonstration was a spontaneous one.
When I was in high school, a couple of kids were pushed into me, and we fell to the floor. While they were helping me to my feet, someone else took off with my wallet. To this day, I truly believe that most of those kids were mere pawns who suffered a fall, just as I did. I don't know the identity of the person who stole my wallet, but I do know that he or she is a thief.
President Obama is neither cynical enough, nor naive enough, to believe that the entire crowd of protesters was in on the full attack with a rocket launcher. It is far more plausible to believe that they were deliberately whipped into a frenzy to serve as a distraction for the real attack. Otherwise, intelligence about the impending attack would have been more widespread.
When viewed in this light, each of the President's statements is true, rather than a lie. However, these lawmakers find this view inconvenient, because the truth does not amount to a scandal.
The President neither takes, nor fills, security staffing requests from U.S. embassies. This is a fairly routine task that would have probably never risen to his attention, nor to that of Secretary Clinton. Like anyone who is in a position of leadership, they must depend on others to do their jobs conscientiously. Therefore, we currently have no evidence that either of them failed to handle their job with competence and with a deep regard for the lives of those people whose lives were changed that night.
Making wild accusations without evidence serves no positive interest for the American people. Therefore, I am asking that Congress, and especially Senators Graham and McCain, do the same thing that even a rookie prosecutor would know to do the first day on the job right out of law school: Wait for the investigation to run its course. Then speak.