Thank You, Congressman Stephen Lynch

Benghazi is back in the news. Oversight Committee Chairman Darrel Issa (R-California) refuses to allow this massive failure of national security and territorial integrity to lapse or disappear below the radar of national discourse.

9-11-01 was a national tragedy, a disastrous failure of leadership from the previous administration, in which President Bill Clinton insisted on civil law enforcement efforts to deal with an international, terrorist organization. 9-11-12, a terrorist attack massacred the US Embassy in Banghazi, Libya, the headquarters for the anti-Gadhafi rebellion, and an unshakable sign of violence and chaos erupting in the region. While diverse reports suggested that a YouTube video sparked sporadic violence, a growing chorus of critics within the Obama Administration and throughout the diplomatic corp are countering the initial reading. The diplomats stationed in Benghazi requested further assistance, which they did not receive from the Obama Administration. Furthermore, the assault on the consulate was more likely planned than spontaneous, and it appears as if the Obama administration went out of its way to cover up their negligence toward the diplomats and their insouciance to protect their state officers.

Today (May 8, 2013), Chairman Issa pursued further investigations into the matter, questions whistle-blowers who indicated that the State Department's talking points, repeated ad libitum (or ad nauseaum) by former UN Ambassador Susan Rice.

So, was it a demonstration that turned into a demonized frenzy, or was it a terrorist attack?

South Boston Congressman Stephen Lynch attested to the latter on a recent visit to Fox News Sunday. Regarding UN Ambassador Susan Rice's talking points, Congressman Lynch commented:

They certainly weren't accurate. I don't know what the process was there. But absolutely, they were false and wrong. They were. There were no protests outside the Benghazi compound there. This was a deliberate and strategic attack on the consulate.

Lynch then repeated: "It [the talking points report] was scrubbed. It was inaccurate."

When Chris Wallace asked Lynch to explain why the report from the Obama Administration differed so widely, Lynch waffled:

"It was a victory of hope over reality."

Granted, Congressman Lynch went on the defense for his party in a terse debate with Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), but his candor about the misinformation from the Obama administration's initial response and appraisal of the Benghazi attacks were refreshing.

Thanks again, Congressman Lynch, for speaking out, even if it went contrary to the expectations of the leadership of your party. It's too bad that Congressman Ed Markey had nothing to say about this matter. Markey, who has discredited the "fiscal cliff crisis" in this country in place of the "climate change" crisis, had nothing of merit to say about the Benghazi attacks. What's the use of talking about climate issues if an administration cannot protect its own diplomatic corps in a hostile, chaotic country?

 

Once again, Markey missed the mark, but Lynch stood out on national security issues. Let us hope for a victory for all who have been harmed and affected by the Benghazi tragedy, that the truth will come out, and the national security forces of the United States will be better prepared to protect our overseas diplomatic forces.