Lindsey Graham on Face the Nation: Obama “Misleading” on Libya (VIDEO)
Senator Lindsey Graham made an appearance on Face the Nation this morning and pulled no punches with his many criticisms of the Obama administration’s handling of the Benghazi September 11 attack and its foreign policy regarding the Middle East, in general. The South Carolina senator said the administration is either “misleading” the American People or being “incredibly incompetent.” Either way, the result is no more flattering for the President and his advisers as the election draws near.
As most of you probably know, Senator Graham’s more of a Neo-Con that I, so we’ve parted ways a number of times on foreign policy matters. That said, his willingness to call this – and the previous – administration on what he sees as policy shortfalls or missteps is certainly much appreciated. I’m the first to say governments like our federal government have to be able to work with a fair amount of secrecy in order to strike a balance between diplomacy and military action; but our First Amendment only works it affords the American People the Right to ask for answers when politics – and not diplomacy or military action – seem to be driving policy.
This administration’s attempt to characterize the Benghazi attack as a reaction to a YouTube video was laughable if viewed in any other light and unconscionable when the loss of American lives is taken into account. And on that front, Senator Graham hits the nail on the head. Either this administration willfully and knowingly misled the American People for political gain; or it is terribly incompetent and unfit to handle these sensitive situations for another four years.
Five days after the attack, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice said there is no evidence “at present” that proves the attack was “premeditated or preplanned.”
A few days later, President Obama called the incident a terrorist attack.
Graham said the Obama administration tried to blame the attacks on an American-made anti-Muslim video, which had prompted violent demonstrations across the Muslim world, because they are “trying to sell a narrative” that fits into their message that al Qaeda is on the decline.
“They’re trying to sell a narrative, quite frankly, that the Middle East, the wars are receding and al Qaeda’s been dismantled,” Graham said. “I think they have been misleading us, but it finally caught up with them.”
Graham added that he has “seen this movie before.”
“I went to Iraq in 2004 and everybody told me things are going fine. Iraq was falling apart, and you couldn’t get the truth from the Bush administration,” Graham said.
“[T]he truth is, we’re not safer. Al Qaeda is alive. Bin Laden may be dead, [but] al Qaeda is alive, and they’re counter-attacking throughout the entire region,” Graham said.
The South Carolina senator called Libya “exhibit A of a failed foreign policy.”
“And the truth is that the foreign policy choices of President Obama is allowing the region to come unraveled,” he added.
Graham said Iraq hosts twice the number of al Qaeda operatives since the U.S. left, and cited Iran’s use of Iraqi airspace to deliver weapons in Syria, and the massacre of Syrian citizens by its leader, President Bashar al-Assad, as signs.
“The whole region’s about to explode; al Qaeda is on the march,” Graham said.
2012-10-15 01:44:14
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The question is……what do we do to Lindsey Graham for supporting Al Qaeda in Libya and Syria?