Zam-Zam
Senator
The three of them, it seems, has never met.
The Senators, both Republican and Democrat, had a chance to ask the Secretary some tough questions in order to get at the truth involving Benghazi. The Democrats, of course, have no interest in that. They would rather the truth be unknown to the voters than risk any embarrassment on the part of one of their own. That is to be expected. It's not patriotic to put party over country, but sadly both parties do it all the time. The real shame here belongs to the Republicans, who were far more interested in speech-making than uncovering anything. If they had asked a few tough questions "Was an autopsy performed on the ambassador? What did it reveal? Why was the ambassador in Benghazi? Under who's orders? Who is responsible for his safety? A name, please.", etc.) it is quite likely that Madame Secretary would still not tell us the whole truth (absent a semen-laden garment, the Clintons are notoriously unlikely to tell an inconvenient truth). She would, however, at least been on record. The Senators only interest, however, was to score political points. The truth was never on their radar, and we are no closer to knowing who is to blame for what happened than we were before. We know that Chris Stevens died, and that someone in our government failed to adequately protect him. We also know it is highly unlikely that 'someone' will ever be held accountable for that failure.
It's quite a system we have here; Career politicians investigating other career politicians. Truth is the first casualty, and for the American people, that's just a shame. We should demand better, but we won't. Some are happier not knowing, and that too is a problem.
The Senators, both Republican and Democrat, had a chance to ask the Secretary some tough questions in order to get at the truth involving Benghazi. The Democrats, of course, have no interest in that. They would rather the truth be unknown to the voters than risk any embarrassment on the part of one of their own. That is to be expected. It's not patriotic to put party over country, but sadly both parties do it all the time. The real shame here belongs to the Republicans, who were far more interested in speech-making than uncovering anything. If they had asked a few tough questions "Was an autopsy performed on the ambassador? What did it reveal? Why was the ambassador in Benghazi? Under who's orders? Who is responsible for his safety? A name, please.", etc.) it is quite likely that Madame Secretary would still not tell us the whole truth (absent a semen-laden garment, the Clintons are notoriously unlikely to tell an inconvenient truth). She would, however, at least been on record. The Senators only interest, however, was to score political points. The truth was never on their radar, and we are no closer to knowing who is to blame for what happened than we were before. We know that Chris Stevens died, and that someone in our government failed to adequately protect him. We also know it is highly unlikely that 'someone' will ever be held accountable for that failure.
It's quite a system we have here; Career politicians investigating other career politicians. Truth is the first casualty, and for the American people, that's just a shame. We should demand better, but we won't. Some are happier not knowing, and that too is a problem.
