I’ve been thinking that the very simplest explanation is that unless the administration was assured of success they weren’t going to try, because the last thing they wanted was a failed mission. And just when I was thinking of writing … Continue reading →
…sums up Benghazi so far: A terrorist attack isn’t like a soccer game, over in 90 minutes. If it is a sport, it’s more like a tennis match: Whether it’s all over in three sets or goes to five depends … Continue reading →
…subpoena her, already.
Continue reading →I suppose it’s moot, but there’s been a bit of discussion here and elsewhere about Mitt Romney’s failure to emphasize the Benghazi debacle during his campaign. I want to make my position clear. If you followed the evolution of my … Continue reading →
The left’s strategy on Benghazi is clear: ignore and/or minimize and/or mock (see this). Their talking points have pretty much boiled down to “anyone who pays attention to Benghazi is a stupidhead” or “pay no attention to those men temporarily … Continue reading →
Several people have mentioned Ben Rhodes in connection with the Benghazi debacle (just Google “Ben Rhodes Benghazi” and you’ll find plenty of the speculation). It’s not at all clear how much responsibility Rhodes had for the decisions during the Benghazi … Continue reading →
The Benghazi story seems to be heating up, eight months after the fact. Previews of the whistleblowers’ testimony (see also this) ought to be profoundly disturbing to the Obama administration and the Clinton camp, who are likely to counter by … Continue reading →
…have some pretty good credentials: Appearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will be three career State Department officials: Gregory N. Hicks, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Libya at the time of the … Continue reading →
For the better part of a century the Middle East has been like a girl who was an ugly duckling turned into a swan, courted by all and sundry because of her newfound beauty and unaware that her looks might … Continue reading →
…and both Obama and Hillary failed to pick up the phone. What difference does it make? Perhaps some day we’ll find out.
Continue reading →Here’s a story for you: Last year when liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed, the New York Post editorial page used it to recall one of the late Ed Koch’s favorite anecdotes: Back when he was first running … Continue reading →
Lindsay Graham does: We have not heard from the people who went through this debacle who were there on the ground. I guarantee if this had been a good news story we would have heard from them the next day. … Continue reading →