Friday, November 9, 2012

Benghazi fallout

There are now 5 top officials who were fired or resigned because of Benghazi (or perhaps not):

Africom General Carter Ham.  Fired because he disobeyed an order (from whom? Petraeus? Panetta? Dempsey?) to stand down.
Marine Corp Gen. Joseph Dunford.  Involvement unknown, but he was relieved of duties at the same time as Gen. Ham.  He will be sent to Afghanistan.
Rear Admiral Charles M. Gaouette.  Officially relieved of command "pending the outcome of an internal investigation into undisclosed allegations of inappropriate judgment".  However, there are rumors that he was fired for assisting General Ham.
Sec. of State Hillary Clinton.  She took full responsibility for the failure and will be retiring shortly after the 2nd inaguration.
 CIA Director David H. Petraeus.  The official reason for his resignation was because of an extramarital affair with Paula Broadwell.  His sudden resignation will conveniently keep him from testifying about Beghazi next week.

At least they got the guy who was really responsible:  Nakoula Basseley Nakoula who, one day after the election, was sentenced to one year in prison for offending Muslims.

And don't forget about the dead guy:  Christopher Stevens, but he's just a rich white guy so who cares, right Obama?

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Update:   "The FBI has found between 20,000 and 30,000 pages of  "potentially inappropriate" e-mails between Gen. John R. Allen and Jill Kelley, the 37-year-old Tampa woman allegedly threatened by David Petraeus’s mistress. ... In his statement, Panetta said Allen would remain as commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan for now, “while the matter is under investigation and before the facts are determined.” But his time there may be short. Panetta has also asked the Senate to expedite the confirmation of his likely successor, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford."


What a wicked web we weave ....

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