What
a difference just a few days can make. Just a day or so before the election,
the White House was still grappling with exactly how to categorize the
coordinated attack by members of Ansar Al Shariah on the US compound in
Benghazi. Apparently, the 52% of the voting block in the US who chose to keep
the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave for another fun filled four years
isn't concerned about that. In fact they are not apparently concerned with any
of the inconsistencies in our foreign policy.
Yes,
inconsistencies; policies that are inconsistent with the traditional and
constitutional vision of US national security. If someone wants to try and
convince me that wasting the precious blood of American War Fighters for the
benefit of another people, in another land, who are taught from birth to hate
the great western satan is either rational or patriotic; have at it! So what
does this have to do with revelations of David Petraeus's extra-curricular activities?
Absolutely
nothing! And that is the point!
Unfortunately,
it took an attack on a small, unprotected compound in Libya which ended with
the death of two Bureaucrats and two genuine, American Heroes, Glen Doherty and
Tyrone Woods to cause the dead in DC to even consider that something might be
wrong. Why? Simply because it hit close to home. No longer were those who were betrayed
nameless, uniformed, men and women from
towns with obscure names. The two principals killed in the coordinated attack
launched by Ansar Al Shariah on the anniversary of the attack on the World
Trade Towers in New York City, September 11th, were, for all practical purposes,
kin.
They
were of the DC crowd and the DC crowd takes notice when their own are
threatened.
But
what the media - all the media, the vast majority of the DC crowd and most
Americans seem to have missed is that the very same foreign policy vision that
caused the attack in Benghazi, is that which has been killing American Service
Members and ISAF forces in Afghanistan! But as with all things, the squeaky
wheel gets the attention; and DC can be very squeaky when the carnage they have
caused hits too close to home.
Precisely
what the motivation for the attack in Benghazi was, we may never know. The
reason we may never know is because there was something else, something
sinister going on behind "the curtain". Theories abound but what we
do know does more than simply suggest something untoward was underway in Libya.
Whatever that thing is was deemed so important as to cause the White House, its
entire administration and appointees to agree to leave Stevens, Smith, Doherty
and Woods to die. The fact is, it was determined acceptable that all in that
compound that night should be sacrificed rather than let whatever the secret
is, come to light.
I
say this with conviction because several calls for fire support were placed by
those besieged in Benghazi that night. I say this because the White House
watched the entire episode unfold - all 7 hours of it, from cameras mounted on
UAV's which had been launched, presumably after the attack began, to
"monitor" the attack.
Why
hasn't the media asked these questions?
1. Where
were those UAV's launched from? How is it that they were on site so early in
the attack?
2.
If someone had the wherewithal to launch UAV's - and use them for
surveillance/monitoring, where was the same determination to defend Americans
on sovereign US soil?
3.
Why was AFRICOM, General Carter Ham, replaced within weeks of the attack? The
story about his order to deliver supporting fire on the mortar which killed
Doherty and Woods, only to be countermanded is said to be inaccurate. And yet,
this curious timing of his replacement is supported with statements that only
generate more questions. Keep in mind that most posts are three year assignments.
An
authorized statement released to the press was that there was no way to know
with certainty what was going on in the compound that night. It was even
intimated that fear of collateral damage was a concern.
Sound
familiar?
Really;
a rogue element attacks sovereign US property and its Ambassador and we're
worried about collateral damage??
Do
you suppose this sitting President who watched from his "War Room" as
Americans and his appointed Ambassador were being attacked would be as
concerned about "collateral damage" if that kind of attack happened
in DC? I think not; but again, that would be too close to home!
One
of the theories being floated is that the administration had authorized the
movement of arms to Syrian Rebels (without Congressional approval), being
shipped first to Turkey. In fact we know that Stevens met with a Turkish
emissary just a couple of hours before the attack.
Does
it strike anyone as strange that an American Ambassador to Libya would leave
the consulate in Tripoli, travel overland, some thirteen hours away, to meet
with a Turkish emissary? What business could an American Ambassador to Libya
possibly have with a Turkish emissary, anyway? Why not meet with him at the
consulate? If it was legitimate Embassy business, again, why would he do that
business some thirteen hours away in Benghazi, rather than in the US Embassy…in
Tripoli?
Could
the operative word here be "legitimate"?
This
brings us to this latest round of stories involving two men entrusted with
prosecuting the war in Afghanistan; men who hold the lives of America's Sons
and Daughters in their hands. Men who have subverted better judgment, ignored
history, zealously expunged vital information about the enemy from training
curricula, who continue to force America's Sons and Daughters to patrol in
streets known to be littered with IED's. These men, who force better men to
forfeit their lives based on a confabulation projected by their CIC who is
infatuated with all things Islam. Men who select controversial and historically
disastrous strategy to force our War Fighters to operate under simply because
their Commander in Chief has determined that Afghan lives are more valuable
than the Sons and Daughters of American families are morally reprehensible!
Just because something may be lawful by man's law does not mean it is so by
God's law. Knowingly placing another man in jeopardy of losing his life or
physical well-being when you have the knowledge and the ability to prevent it,
is a crime whether or not our morally challenged bureaucrats consider it so or
not!
David
Petraeus has been caught in the act of Adultery. I know of enlisted Marines who
have been charged with adultery, tried by Courts Martial and kicked out of the
Marine Corps with an Undesirable Discharge for being involved in the very same
thing David Petraeus is allegedly guilty of.
I
am not here to pass judgment on David Petraeus or General Allen (should those
allegations prove to be true), for essentially a sin against God but to remind
people that it is apparent that these acts were committed at the same time men were
being slaughtered by "friendlies", being forced to operate within the
untenable guidelines of COIN - a strategy Petraeus selected and Allen rubber
stamped.
And
now, the White House is allowing the moral failure of at least one man to
distract Congress and the American people from the greater travesty which is
this government's complete failure to give fire support to Americans who were
under siege and who this President watched die!
There
is nothing that can be uttered that can justify this conscious decision to not
use the might of this nation to defend the lives of Americans - ever! It is
clear that this President and his appointees have deemed "some thing"
of far greater value in an environment where there was nothing of national
security concern that would dictate that. There were no legitimate national
security secrets that needed to be protected, which is made obvious by the unusual
absence of an MSG (Marine Security Guard) detail.
No,
there is nothing that will ever justify the inaction of our
"leadership", that night. But there was consistency in at least one
area: The narrative was protected "at-all-cost". The inexplicable and
costly determination to protect the Ummah at all cost remained intact. Once
again, this sitting President and his entire entourage proved their willingness
to cause American deaths rather than chance a stray round that might injure or
kill "an innocent".
King
David had an affair with a woman and then ordered her husband, Uriah, be placed
in harm's way to insure his death. David was guilty of adultery and then murder
to cover it up. But unlike David who repented, President Obama remains
obstinate and intent to continue covering his many sins against the very people
he has sworn to defend.
Apparently,
David Petraeus has learned more from his "liege" than David or
David's God.
The
American people made it clear that they want this kind of Presidency. But
elections have consequences. The most costly consequence of this election is
the continuation of policies which place men at undo risk, for an ungrateful
people. We have high ranking Officers who sully their names, their uniforms, and
bring pain to their families.
As
a bonus, Congress unwittingly masks far greater sins by turning its focus on
the personal sins of men and a single incident which shines a light on the
greater problem. Unfortunately, they remain blinded to the reality of that
greater problem.
And
52% of the American people remain blissfully unaware. Heck; they'll be getting
free IUD's and government paid tuition.
Why
torture yourself with troubling things…
SF
jb
