The Battle of Benghazi: Still not Getting to the Core of the Issue

The Diplomad 2.0 gets to the core of the issue surrounding Benghazi.  The "root cause" (as Liberals like to say) of the fiasco that is Libya is Obama's foreign policy.

The Obama policy on Libya was a horrid mess from the start. As I have written before, the Obama/Clinton policy was an ill-thought-out one driven by the needs of the Europeans and not by US interests. When Qaddafy was a threat, some twenty-five to thirty years ago, and Reagan acted against it, the Europeans and the US liberals were aghast. The French did not even give us permission to fly through their airspace to hit Libya. Once Bush, yes, Bush of the "W" variety, disarmed Qaddafy--remember that Qaddafy gave up his nuclear program, allowed the US to cart it away, and became our collaborator against Al Qaeda when he saw the fate of Saddam--then the liberals and the European left began to insist on Qaddafy's removal. The Europeans were upset that Qaddafy did not give them special oil concessions and, in fact, preferred to do business with American companies. He was, as I have written before, like an old repentant Mafia chieftain trying to score some points with the FBI. I have personal experience working with Qaddafy's officials against AQ targets.

Obama, of course, listened to the Europeans, something you should never do except if it involves brewing a good cup of coffee, and we have disaster unleashed in North Africa. Our policy has created an arc of instability in the Magreb, reaching all the way to Cairo, and heading for Syria. We made North Africa safe for AQ and affiliates.

That is the Truth we will not likely hear at these hearings. That is the reason that the Obama people went so far out of the path of truth to cover up the Benghazi disaster. They could not admit that it was their foreign policy, not some obscure video made in the California desert, that killed our people in Benghazi. This would not have happened had Qaddafy been in power. Period.

That's the truth. Today we have people from all parts of the political spectrum defend our adventure in Libya. After all, who wants to come out and defend keeping tyrants in power? Well, Liberals, Democrats, Leftists of all stripes for one. Do you doubt me? Mention our invasion of Iraq and you will get denunciations from Right, Left and Center. But mostly the Left who denounce "W" for a war to remove Saddam Hussein from power. And some on the Left want him, Dick Cheney and his entire administration tried and executed as war criminals.

Compare and contrast. We left Iraq as a budding democracy. Whether they can keep it is a question. We left Libya a shambles, got our ambassador killed and created a safe zone for al Qaida. And yesterday in Libya the country was rocked by mobs.  Hellofajob Barry.