FNC Contributor: Benghazi Was Ambassador Stevens's Fault
"Let's keep in mind ambassador Stevens was the one that wanted to go to Benghazi"
10.29.2013 |Jeff Dunetz |
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The Monday edition of Fox New's America's News Room featured host Martha MacCallum,
liberal radio host Leslie Marshall, and Teaparty.net's Scottie Nell Hughes discussing the 60 Minutes report about the 2012 terrorist attack on the US mission in Benghazi. The host tried to steer the discussion to what, if any, new revelations came out of the 60 Minutes exclusive. But Ms Marshall attempted to deflect blame for the the attack away from the President and Hillary Clinton, first by pointing out that people died at embassies during the Bush administration also, then by placing blame on Ambassador Stevens himelf.
After a clip from Sunday evening's 60 Minutes report Host Martha MacCallum led things off:
“There's nothing that surprising here. We know the British ambassador, the embassy was attacked, and they pulled out. There were reports according to this gentleman Andy Wood who just heard from, that there were al Qaeda flags flying in the area. Scottie the idea that this is something truly new is questionable and it corroborates a lot of what we have been hearing all along.
Scottie Nell Hughes:
“Leslie, this time to start admitting the truth. This administration and the Secretary of State completely screwed up when it came to Benghazi. Not only did they screw up, they purposely tried to cover it up the next day by going on and blaming it on a YouTube video and they’re hoping that the truth does not continue to come out. And thanks to great journalism, we're hearing more about the truth of Benghazi from the nightly news rather than the hearings from a few months ago. Which is not fair to the people, it’s not fair to these four dead Americans that were literally killed without anybody wanting to help them despite their cries for help.
Martha MacCallum:
“Yeah, they had made repeated cries for help, for increased security, those were turned down Leslie. I guess with all of this and the reason we are talking to you two about this because it is going to be politically relevant and it may be politically relevant for Hillary Clinton down the road, who we also remember shook her hands in the air and said what difference does it make whether it was just a bunch of crazy individuals that overran or something that was planned and plotted. I am paraphrasing a bit of what she said there, but you all remember.
Leslie Marshall:
“That is great paraphrasing in taking one sentence a bit out of context.
Martha MacCallum:
“Is it? Is it?
Leslie Marshall:
“When we look at who did this, are there al Qaeda fractions in Libya? Yes, there are, in every Muslim and perhaps every country in the world. The information we I have thus far is this is not just al Qaeda. There are still questions and discrepancies as to whether this was an opportunistic or well executed attack, and I do think whether it was well executed or opportunistic attack, we need to look at the reality. The reality is during the Bush administration 22 embassy workers killed, seven attacks on U.S. Embassies. This is not about who was president left or right. When I lived in Pakistan and was adopting my son at the embassy in Islamabad, I was terrified, but not because George Bush was president, I certainly wouldn’t have blamed him because the matter how much security we have, things like this can happen. Let's keep in mind ambassador Stevens was the one that wanted to go to Benghazi, Ambassador Stevens was the one who wanted to branch out from Tripoli to Benghazi.
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