May
10, 2013
Why discovering
the truth about Benghazi matters—and it has to do with 9/11
by Guy Rodgers
Executive Director
There’s a lesson from 9/11 that MUST be applied to the Benghazi terror
attack—and very few people are talking about it. Please take a few minutes
to read this very important letter.
We know that terrorist attacks against America pre-9/11, such as the 1993
World Trade Center bombing and the attack on the USS Cole, emboldened Osama
bin Laden.
He watched the weak and confused responses by our government to those
terrorist attacks and concluded the United States government and its people
didn’t have the will to fight back against a larger attack.
He even alluded to this in one of his videos in the late 90’s, when he made
reference to the world watching to see who is “the strong horse.”
Fast forward to Benghazi.
It should be abundantly clear by now to any reasonable observer that there
were government decisions made prior to the attack that compromised
security in Benghazi; there were decisions made during the attack that
compromised the ability to rescue those under attack; and there were
decisions made after the attack to alter the narrative to make it look like
a video prompted the attack.
Even the “establishment media” has finally, finally, finally begun to take
a closer look at this.
For instance, this
short, must-see ABC News report, provides powerful evidence that it was
people inside the Obama administration who changed the talking points about
what happened in Benghazi—not the intelligence community as White House Press
Secretary Jay Carney claimed on November 28, 2012.
Here’s one excerpt from that ABC News report:
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In an email to officials at the White
House and the intelligence agencies, State Department spokesman Victoria
Nuland took issue with including that information because it “could be
abused by members [of Congress] to beat up the State Department for not
paying attention to warnings, so why would we want to feed that either?”
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Nuland was
referring to information from the CIA that was originally included in the
talking points. The CIA clearly had concerns about previous al
Qaida-related activity and how it could not “rule out” that al-Qaida
related Islamists were involved in the attack.
In other words, Nuland was more concerned about the State Department
getting a black eye for ignoring security warnings than it was about
putting out the truth as to why those four men died.
In spite of all of these new revelations, there are those who still ask,
“Why does it matter?” Even some ACT! for America members have emailed us
asking why we keep focusing on this.
Here’s why we won’t let this go. It’s because of the lesson America should
have learned from 9/11.
9/11 happened in large part because American leadership displayed weakness,
confusion, and a lack of resolve in responding to the terrorist attacks
that occurred prior to 9/11.
Now, today, consider what jihadists around the world are watching:
- An administration blaming a video for the
Benghazi attack.
- An administration desperately trying to keep the
American people in the dark about what really happened—both before
the attack and after the attack.
- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in testimony
before Congress, blurting out “what difference does it make”
regarding what really happened.
- A compliant “establishment media” that failed to
doggedly investigate this attack prior to last year’s election,
capped off by CNN’s Candy Crowley, the debate moderator, jumping to
Obama’s side during his debate with Mitt Romney.
- Secretary of State John Kerry recently saying “we
need to move on to more important matters.”
- State Department career officials, such as
Gregory Hicks, getting punished for trying to get the truth out.
- Democrats in Congress attacking these
whistleblowers from the State Department, and describing the
investigation as a “witch hunt.”
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What message is
being sent, loud and clear, to our jihadist enemies in America and around
the world?
The same message of weakness, confusion and a lack of resolve that was
sent prior to 9/11.
But this time it’s worse, because not only has the response by this
administration been weak and confusing, it has compounded that failure by
attempting to cover up what really happened.
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Are there
Republicans in Washington who want to use this debacle for partisan,
political purposes? Of course—just as there would be Democrats trying to do
so if this happened on the watch of a Republican president.
But that’s not why ACT! for America continues to press for the full truth
to be brought to light.
Our reason is this:
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THE JIHADISTS OF
THE WORLD NEED TO KNOW, WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, THAT THERE ARE
PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WHO WILL NOT CAPITULATE IN THE FACE OF
TERRORISM AND WHO ARE NOT CONFUSED ABOUT WHO THE ENEMY IS AND WHY THE
ENEMY IS ATTACKING US.
THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO WILL NOT REST
UNTIL WE HAVE A FULL ACCOUNTING OF WHY THESE MEN DIED, SO THAT AMERICA
CAN TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ENSURE SOMETHING LIKE THIS NEVER HAPPENS
AGAIN.
THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WHO WILL
CONTINUE TO DEMAND THAT OUR GOVERNMENT POLICIES RELATED TO JIHAD BE
CHANGED TO ACCURATELY DEFINE WHO OUR ENEMY IS AND WHY THEY ARE ATTACKING
US.
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We cannot, as a
nation, afford once again to send signs of weakness and confusion to the
jihadist world, as we did before 9/11.
If we do, we are giving the jihadists of the world every encouragement to
attack us again in a major way.
The “easy button” would be for ACT! for America to, as John Kerry said,
move on to other matters.
But our mission to protect our national security—our very reason for
being—and our responsibility to our fellow Americans, will not allow us to
do that.
This is why, on Monday, we will issue a national ACTION ALERT to pressure
House Speaker John Boehner to appoint a special select committee to finally
and completely ferret out the truth—and issue recommendations regarding
what must be done so that this does not happen again.
Rest assured, we will continue to fight for you, for your families, and for
the well-being of this country we love.
Yours for a safe and free America,
Guy Rodgers
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