The President of the United States lied publicly and often about the foreseeably disastrous consequences of his foreign policy vision for the U.S. consulate in Libya, which led to the preventable deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
In a post-Fourth Estate era, however, this may not have the same political impact it arguably would have in previous times.
Update: Ann Althouse collects together further evidence from Bob Woodward, Rep. Darrell Issa, and others.
H. M. Stuart
Alexandria
Tags: Benghazi, Chistpher Stevens, Foreign policy, Libya, lying, October Surprise, President Obama, preventable deaths
“SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL NUMBER TWO: It is difficult to answer hypothetical questions, but let me just put it this way. The lethality and the number of armed people is unprecedented. There had been no attacks like that anywhere in Libya – Tripoli, Benghazi, or elsewhere – in the time that we had been there. And so it is unprecedented. In fact, it would be very, very hard to find a precedent for an attack like that in recent diplomatic history.”
I have yet to see one lie.
Steve