Even though the mainstream media's Narrative Gatekeepers won't allow for a national discussion on the security failures in Libya and the subsequent White House cover up, that doesn’t mean voters are disinterested or that local media outlets in the individual states aren't covering the September 11 anniversary attacks. This morning, the Columbus Dispatch out of the crucial swing state of Ohio, published a brutal (because it's true) editorial lashing out at Obama's dishonest and incompetent mishandling of Libya:
The fact of a successful
terrorist attack against the U.S. on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks
— a day, above all others, when security for American officials in
volatile countries should be at its utmost — is demoralizing and
infuriating.
After months of concern by
diplomats in Libya about the country’s deteriorating security,
Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three embassy employees were murdered
by heavily armed and organized terrorists. The possibility the
government could have prevented their deaths by responding to their
pleas for greater security is devastating. …
What is equally evident is that,
despite repeated concerns by diplomats working in Libya, the
administration shortchanged security. And when the worst happened, it
wasn’t willing to tell the truth to the American people.
And as of Wednesday, administration officials continued to insist that the consulate had adequate security.
The tragedy is magnified by the
fact that Stevens, by all accounts, was passionately devoted to
restoring Libya as a U.S. ally. He wanted to help build a democratic
nation. But he wasn’t blind to the danger still posed by militant
Islamists and other anti-American groups.
The murder of Stevens and his colleagues raises serious questions about the administration’s priorities and competence.
The administration's serial lying
continued straight through to last night's vice presidential debate when
Vice President Joe Biden declared twice that the administration never received requests
for increased security in Benghazi. This is the moment most likely to
haunt Obama for the rest of the election. According to one report, the
White House has already attempting to distance itself from Biden's remarks:
The Cable asked Deputy National
Security Advisor for Communications Ben Rhodes whether Biden was
speaking for the entire Obama administration, including the State
Department, which acknowledged receiving multiple requests for more
Libya security in the months before the attacks. Rhodes said that Biden
speaks only for himself and the president and neither of them knew about
the requests at the time.
This is the rare White House scandal that's very easy to unpack and Ohio unpacking it is not good news for Obama.
