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You may think - I'm not sure how - that any or all of those 13 instances are the same as Benghazi, but you are completely wrong. You questioned whether Bush had sent warplanes. Of course not. In suicide bombings, car bombings, and brief gunfights, there isn't much time at all to respond by scrambling jets. Outside of the times our ambassador was killed by a car bomb (suicide bomber rammed a bomb-filled car into the ambassador's vehicle) and 7 Americans died in a coordinated bombing attack on 3 housing compounds, there weren't any American losses. One of the attacks wasn't even directed at Americans, but at the local security presence guarding the American embassy.
They're all exactly like Benghazi. Bush didn't send warplanes despite not knowing if the attacks would continue or not. Exactly what cons are attacking the President for.
Firefight vs. car bomb - one is over pretty quick, while the other might not end so quick.
Was the mortar attack on an empty consulate like Benghazi?
Was the car bomb driven into the ambassador's vehicle like Benghazi?
And, while we're at it, I don't know if Obama could have helped the situation in Benghazi by scrambling jets. I don't know if that's true or not. One side says one thing while the other side says the other. Which is why - not that it seems like you've noticed - my criticism is in how the situation was handled after the attack was over. In case you missed it, I'm neither critical, nor supportive of Obama's actions during the Benghazi attack. I sure hope that got through...
Lets put all of this in perspective:
If ANY OF THESE happened when President Obama was in office at the time, would conservatives attack him over it? Demanding huge and in-depth 'committees' (aka witch hunts) to find the 'truth' that shows the President either lied or did nothing, while throwing out facts and evidence that say otherwise? An come on to these here boards, thread after thread of flimsy evidence and brutal accusations like Benghazi?
Of course conservatives would! Yet, thirteen embassy attacks, last I checked is thirteen times the number that happened in Benghazi. The point here, is, WHY, have conservatives amass, NOT demanded Republicans be held to the same level (if not twice, since they voted for them!) of accountability and responsibility with power, as they slam the President and Democrats (who they did NOT vote into office) on an hourly basis? Its hypocrisy! The ultimate form of hypocrisy! Its like someone writing blank checks to others, and then screaming at everyone about why the person is in bankruptcy. Is that the kind of person you take seriously, DS?
Conservatives had...THIRTEEN CHANCES....to hold their party responsible and accountable. Why did this not happen? But when the Democrat does it once, he should be impeached. Can you say 'hypocrisy'? When they did happen, conservatives made up all sorts of excuses. So its 'ok' for conservatives to make up excuses, but if liberals do it once...its wrong?
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