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Jim__

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4. One thing I know they were screaming about is that supposedly the military was told to ...

Reply to nobodyspecial (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2012, 05:01 PM

Nov 2012

... stand down and not go to the aid of the embassy. The order supposedly came through the CIA (via the White House?). The source is someone on the ground in Benghazi. This has been explicitly and repeatedly denied by the CIA. But, the right wing nuts stand by their source.

There are other issues - like the embassy asking for improved security, a supposed misinformation campaign from the White House after the deaths, etc, etc, etc.

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I haven't been paying attention, so what is the RW uproar over Benghazi? [View all] nobodyspecial Nov 2012 OP

They're mad because no one is paying attention to Benghazi because it's a genuine non-starter Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #1

You can find it broken down and debunked at Snopes and Mother Jones. Lucinda Nov 2012 #2

4 people died in a terrorist attack overseas. TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #3

Give me credit. I'm not that clueless. nobodyspecial Nov 2012 #5

I wasn't being smart. That's the whole story, as far as I'm concerned. TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #9

they're always screaming about something.. defacto7 Nov 2012 #10

One thing I know they were screaming about is that supposedly the military was told to ... Jim__ Nov 2012 #4

Could the order have come from Marcia Brady Nov 2012 #18

The story is that the order came from the CIA. Jim__ Nov 2012 #20

Issa gave up on "fast and furious" oldhippydude Nov 2012 #6

It's the GOPs way of trying to coopt the Benghazi blowback without directly challenging the policy leveymg Nov 2012 #7

The RWNJ's only hear what they want to hear and totally disregard the facts. Arkansas Granny Nov 2012 #8

And you're forgetting durablend Nov 2012 #11

They are saying that the current administration fabricated a story about a mob win_in_06 Nov 2012 #12

and that President Obama was selling guns to Al Qaeda for Syria. nt justiceischeap Nov 2012 #13

I'm posting this in all the threads like this I see (about 1/2doz so far). Here: UTUSN Nov 2012 #14

There kcks Nov 2012 #15

Yes, there are a lot of unanswered questions justiceischeap Nov 2012 #16

Hi! I am still scratching my head over how 7000 Americans died under TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #17

Thanks everyone for bringing me up to speed. nobodyspecial Nov 2012 #19