'What difference does it make?'

Visit our News page January 24, 2013 “What difference, at this point, does it make?” During her Senate testimony yesterday, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton angrily blurted out, “What difference, at this point, does it make,” she told us a great deal about how this administration views the Benghazi disaster. Sen. Ron Johnson repeatedly pressed Clinton for an answer as to why those evacuated from Benghazi weren’t immediately questioned by the administration as to what actually happened. This was a fair question to ask, and it needed to be asked. Why indeed didn’t this happen? Just as repeatedly, Clinton dodged answering, until she delivered this stunner: But, but, you know, with all due respect, the fact is, we have four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest, or was it because of guys out for a walk one night, who decided they’d go kill some Americans? What difference, at this point, does it make? To quote Secretary Clinton, “with all due respect,” it makes a HUGE difference, for many reasons—not the least of which is the families of the victims deserve to know what happened and why. If the administration doesn’t care why this tragedy occurred, and what allowed it to occur, how will it fix any problems to ensure it doesn’t happen again? Or does the administration even recognize that there are problems to be fixed? Does it even entertain the possibility that its “soft footprint” approach to an area like Benghazi was a failure? Does it even entertain the possibility that its stubborn refusal to acknowledge “jihad” as a prime motivation for Islamic terrorism may have contributed to this disaster? That its refusal to acknowledge “jihad,” for reasons such as its apparent fear that doing so will offend the Muslim Brotherhood, may be why decisions were made to ignore Ambassador Stevens’ repeated concerns about security at the Benghazi consulate? There is a maxim of war that’s pretty ironclad: If you can’t, or won’t, accurately define your enemy, it will be harder to defeat that enemy. So long as this administration persists in looking at the world through the lens of “see no jihad” it will inaccurately define our enemy. And it will learn very little from Benghazi. Or Cairo. Or why militant Muslims around the world protested and rioted in response to the administration’s repeated claims that a video caused what happened at Benghazi. Or why the more the administration apologized for the video, the more militant Muslims took to the streets. That’s what Secretary Clinton in effect told us: “Why” it happened doesn’t matter. Or if it does, this administration has made up its mind that its approach to radical Islamic terror wasn’t in any way to blame, and it doesn’t want to be confused by facts that contradict that view. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT for America P.O. Box 12765 Pensacola, FL 32591 www.actforamerica.org ACT for America is an issues advocacy organization dedicated to effectively organizing and mobilizing the most powerful grassroots citizen action network in America, a grassroots network committed to informed and coordinated civic action that will lead to public policies that promote America’s national security and the defense of American democratic values against the assault of radical Islam. We are only as strong as our supporters, and your volunteer and financial support is essential to our success. Thank you for helping us make America safer and more secure. The news items, blogs, educational materials and other information in our emails and on our website are only intended to provide information, news and commentary on events and issues related to the threat of radical Islam. Much of this information is based upon media sources, such as the AP wire services, newspapers, magazines, books, online news blog and news services, and radio and television, which we deem to be reliable. However, we have undertaken no independent investigation to verify the accuracy of the information reported by these media sources. We therefore disclaim all liability for false or inaccurate information from these media sources. We also disclaim all liability for the third-party information that may be accessed through the material referenced in our emails or posted on our website. HOW CAN I TELL OTHERS ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION? Send a personalized version of this message to your friends. HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOUR ORGANIZATION? Click here to give an online donation.