Benghazi, Libya

I have read much on the Benghazi fiasco. It is of keen interest to me because of the date it happened on. September 11, 2012. 911 isn’t the reason, though I have considerable interest in it as well. September 11 is the day my mother gave birth to me.

Here is what went down prior to September 11, 2012.

Democrats enacted $1.803 billion for embassy security, construction and maintenance for fiscal 2010, when they still controlled the Senate and House. After Republicans took control of the House and picked up six Senate seats, Congress reduced the enacted budget to $1.616 billion in fiscal 2011, and to $1.537 billion for 2012.

The administration requested $1.801 billion for security, construction and maintenance for fiscal 2012; House Republicans countered with a proposal to cut spending to $1.425 billion. The House agreed to increase it to $1.537 billion after negotiations with the Senate.

The administration requested $1.654 billion for the State Department’s Worldwide Security Protection program for fiscal 2012. House Republicans proposed funding the program at $1.557 billion. Congress eventually enacted $1.591 billion after the Senate weighed in.

And even after Benghazi for fiscal 2013, the administration requested $2.15 billion in funding for the worldwide security protection program, a larger increase from the previous year. The House countered with a proposal to increase the program to $1.934 billion.

So at every turn when there were requests to fund security, construction and maintenance for our embassy’s and consulates. A Republican Congress repeatedly changed what was needed to something lower.

I know there isn’t much difference in requests and what was given. And we all know when a government entity requests more money for a fiscal year it is almost always padded.

Okay. Even if it was padded. Don’t you think that perhaps some of our embassy’s and consulates could use the extra money? After all some are in countries that have hostilities going on. Or perhaps we should withdraw our embassy’s and consulates from these countries. In doing that we would have to have the country with hostilities with embassy’s and consulates here to do the same. (So guess what? They ain’t gonna do it and we cannot bully them out).

Now you can believe what you want too believe. Or you can be sheep, that goes for both sides of the fence. Following a singular biased news source. Than again you can dig, dig, dig, like I do, to find the real truth behind out right lies and half truths.

I’d like to conclude with two items; I believe in leading by example. Hillary Clinton told the Congressional committee, "I take responsibility for what happened in Benghazi". That I have yet to read on any, excuse the reference please, right wing site. In 1980 I was working with a gentleman from Guatemala. He asked me how he could better his English. My response: Only listen to American radio, television and read American newspapers. But don’t believe everything you hear, see and read. "Why" he asked. "Because not everything you hear, see and read in America radio, television and newspapers are true". Was my reply.

Sheilah Say

Guess what? Bold compiled from the internet through research.

And it wasn’t easy either!