It’s Washington at its worst — Republicans continue to question this week about what UN Ambassador Susan Rice knew and when she knew it on Benghazi. Partisan pundits who can’t possibly know the details of what happened that terrible day leap to the charge of conspiracy and cover-up. No one waits for the official investigation to conclude before trying to derail the nomination of an honest and talented public servant. Meanwhile, the real Middle East crises in Egypt and Syria barely register on the Capitol’s radar screen.
Nicholas Burns
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Except Rice chose to mislead the American Public because it was politically advantageous for President Obama - she knew (or should have known) from a classified briefing that she was not telling the truth.
Clinton would have nothing to do with publicizing the talking points - she knew it was wrong.
The attack on Susan Rice is simply the latest offensive in the relentless Republican assault on President Obama and anything or anyone even tangentially associated with him.
Watching and listening to McCain and Graham's self righteous indignation over the "untrustworthy" Susan Rice was hypocracy at its' highest level. Thanks to John Stewart for airing these same two patriotic American public servants pounding the pulpit in the Senate for a war to destroy WMD's in Iraq several years ago.
A short clip of former Secretary of State Condi Rice (no reltaion), who was pushing for Iraq's invasion by warning us of Saddam Hussein's plans to develop nuclear weapons, only added to the ever widening Republican credibity gap.
These people are myopic. It feels as though their hearts and minds are dedicated to winning whatever political battle they can regardless of the consequences for us all.
The difference is Condi Rice (and the world community) thought Saddam was developing WMD. Susan Rice knew she was not telling the truth, she lied to the American people.
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Fine, let's change the subject. What role did Susan Rice play in permitting the genocide to unfold in Rwanda during an earlier stint as a US diplomat? Perhaps we answer that question before appointing her Secretary of State.
Rwanda? Are we kidding? Is the purpose of each political party been reduced to simply finding something, anything to complain about. Does one oppose Rice simply because Obama wants her to be SOS or because someone else wants to open a Senate seat. This isn't politics it's just silliness.
"Kitch" It's not a parody it's what it sounds like. You express your fear but no solution, not even a possible solution. To simply say the camel jockey's are coming is to say nothing.