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\u003C\/style\u003E\u003C![endif]--\u003E   \u003C!--StartFragment--\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EOn September 11, 2012, the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked by terrorists linked to Al Qaeda. US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed. After the attack, the black flag of Al Qaeda was raised over the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.israelhayom.com\/site\/newsletter_opinion.php?id=2718\"\u003Ecompound.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EPrior to the attack, the President’s re-election campaign had boasted of his foreign policy accomplishments by pointing to the killing of Osama Bin Laden, and the purported claim that Al Qaeda had been decimated and was no longer a threat to the US. \u0026nbsp;Thus the idea that we were far safer than when Obama took office was thought to immunize the President against any charges of failure in his conduct of foreign policy\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EHowever, long before the attack, Al Qaeda had shown increasing strength, as it took over the northern parts of Mali, establishing a sanctuary similar to what it once had in Afghanistan. \u0026nbsp;\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EFurther, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2012\/07\/30\/al-qaeda-s-arab-comeback-capitalizing-on-chaos-in-syria-mali.html\"\u003EBruce Reidel,\u003C\/a\u003E formerly a Middle East analyst in the CIA and a member of President Clinton's National Security Council, wrote last July that what was happening in Libya and across the Middle East was a comeback for al-Qaeda.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EFurther, In Libya, the Muslim Brotherhood had joined forces with al-Qaeda and its affiliates to overthrow the former leader, Muammar Gaddafi. (Obama sided with the anti- Gaddafi forces, thus helping both Al Qaeda and Islamist fundamentalists)\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003ETo preserve the fiction that terrorism was waning under Obama, it became critical to the campaign to deny that groups tied to terrorism might have been involved in the Benghazi attack. Such an admission would undermine the administration’s re-election prospects. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EConveniently, an amateurish video poking ridicule at the Prophet Mohammed had been made by an American, and was being met with anger throughout the Arab Middle East. It was not a big step to try to tie the Benghazi attack to this phenomenon, taking the pressure off the idea that terrorists might be responsible. \u0026nbsp;And so an obscure, barely watched video, received enormous publicity thanks to President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and others. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;So for a period of two weeks after the attack, a parade of Obama administration personnel, including the President, claimed repeatedly that the attack was the result of an anti-Muslim video that insulted the Prophet, and refused to blame terrorists for the attack. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EHowever, other information was rapidly accumulating. According to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.israelhayom.com\/site\/newsletter_opinion.php?id=2718\"\u003EDore Gold\u003C\/a\u003E, within hours of the attack, “U.S. intelligence agencies intercepted communications between members of Ansar al-Sharia, the main Libyan militia behind the operation, and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.”\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EFurther, the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/apnews.myway.com\/article\/20121019\/DA20G2701.html\"\u003EAssociated Press\u003C\/a\u003E, claimed that they were told by US officials that the CIA station chief in Libya reported to Washington within 24 hours of the attack that there was evidence that the attack was carried out by militants, and not a spontaneous mob upset about the video ridiculing Mohammed.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EThere were other problems, with related questions about lax security at the Libyan compound, as well as indications that requests for improving security had been refused by the administration, and that Ambassador Stevens had feared for his safety. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EThis will play an important role in the election on Nov 6. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/right-turn\/post\/msm-hey-the-president-dissembled-on-libya\/2012\/09\/29\/6f666ed4-09f4-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_blog.html\"\u003EJennifer Rubin\u003C\/a\u003E has stated that “The Obama administration’s shifting accounts of the fatal attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, have left President Obama suddenly exposed on national security and foreign policy, a field where he had enjoyed a seemingly unassailable advantage over Mitt Romney in the presidential race.”\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EDespite accumulated clear evidence to the contrary, the President and his colleagues clung to the video explanation. On five Sunday talk shows on Sept 16, 5 days after the attack, UN Ambassador \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/right-turn\/post\/how-the-administration-got-in-trouble-on-libya\/2012\/10\/20\/11634974-1a57-11e2-aa6f-3b636fecb829_blog.html#pagebreak\"\u003ESusan Rice\u003C\/a\u003E claimed that the attack and the deaths of four Americans in Libya was a result of a spontaneous demonstration against the anti-Muslim video. She further claimed that the lethal attack in Benghazi was preceded by peaceful protests. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003EOn CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Ambassador Rice said:\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003E“It began spontaneously in Benghazi as a reaction to what had transpired some hours earlier in Cairo\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003E, where, of course, as you know, there was a violent protest outside of our embassy sparked by this hateful video.... We do not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned\".\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #00006f; font-family: Arial;\"\u003EThen there was the Vice-Presidential debate. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;According to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/articles\/330318\/denying-libya-scandal-andrew-c-mccarthy\"\u003EAndrew McCarthy\u003C\/a\u003E, the Vice-President was totally dishonest. \u0026nbsp;At the beginning of the debate when Biden was asked about the fact that the administration had claimed that reaction to the anti-Muslim video, and not terrorism, had generated the violence, he claimed that Obama was simply relying on the intelligence information he was\u0026nbsp;given, and stated unequivocally that the intelligence community told the administration that there were protesters (even thought the intelligence community knew within a day that it was not due to the video.) \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EWhile this claim was outrageous, Biden was unable to be straight about many related matters. He denied that the administration refused to provide adequate security for the diplomats in Benghazi. Our diplomats in Libya knew that they were in danger. They communicated their fears to Washington, pleading for additional protection. Yet Biden denied this. “We weren’t told they wanted more security again. We did not know they wanted more security again.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EOn Sept 20, President Obama appeared on Univision where he referred to the anti-Muslim video. He said,\u0026nbsp; “What we’ve seen over the last week, week and a half, is something that actually we've seen in the past, where there is an offensive video or cartoon directed at the prophet Muhammad”\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EOn Sept 25, President Obama appeared on ABC’s “The View” Here was the exchange: \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EQUESTION:\u0026nbsp; “I heard Hillary Clinton say it was an act of terrorism. Is it? What do you say?”\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EOBAMA: “We are still doing an investigation”\u003Cb\u003E.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EAnd again, on Sept 25, 14 days after the attack, President Obama addressed the UN and attributed the attack to the video, shamelessly advancing the same excuse. \u0026nbsp;“That is what we saw play out in the last two weeks, as a crude and disgusting video sparked outrage throughout the Muslim world.\u0026nbsp; Now, I have made it clear that the United States government had nothing to do with this video”\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EWhite House Press Secretary Jay Carney finally stated that the terrorism conclusion was ‘self-evident’ after he had spent the previous eight days describing a very different account.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003ENot everyone got it wrong. The State Department claimed that no one in the department ever believed that the attack was the result of the video. How could this be? As \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/right-turn\/post\/how-the-administration-got-in-trouble-on-libya\/2012\/10\/20\/11634974-1a57-11e2-aa6f-3b636fecb829_blog.html#pagebreak\"\u003EJennifer Rubin\u003C\/a\u003E points out, the State Department got it right, but the President did not?\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EThe search for an explanation different from a terrorist attack is natural for an administration that wishes to continue to claim success in defeating al-Qaeda. Further, it seems likely that Obama expected to prevail. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003ECould this all be the result of massive incompetence, related to inept advisors, and to a disengaged but arrogant President who thinks himself too knowledgeable to attend national security briefings?\u0026nbsp; Here is what former Obama advisor \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2012\/10\/18\/the_case_for_intervention?page=0,2\"\u003ERosa Brooks\u003C\/a\u003E has to say: \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003E“He was a visionary candidate, but as president, he has presided over an exceptionally dysfunctional and un-visionary national security architecture — one that appears to drift from crisis to crisis, with little ability to look beyond the next few weeks. His national security staff is squabbling and demoralized, and though senior White House officials are good at making policy announcements, mechanisms to actually implement policies are sadly inadequate.”\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EOr could it be a result of poor skill and judgment? After all, this is a President who refuses to use the work jihadists, who believes Al Qaeda is finished, and who thinks that he can charm the Iranian mullahs into giving up their nuclear ambitions. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EIt is a cliché that the cover up is always worse than the underlying crime. This has been seen over and over, the best example being Nixon and Watergate. And to blame the attack on the video was a means of covering up the failure to eliminate terrorism as a threat to the US. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EHowever, Watergate was different in at least two ways. First, no one died. And secondly, there was one, and only one cover up. In this case, it became more complicated, as there was an attempt to cover-up the cover-up. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EFaced with the charge that he had failed to label the attacks terrorism, Obama tired to back up and now claim that in fact, he had called them terrorist attacks within one day of the event. \u0026nbsp;In the Town Hall debate, the President claimed that he had called the attack a terror attack on Sept 12, the day after the assault.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EHowever, by claiming that he knew it was an act of terror the next day, he is attempting to cover up the first cover up.\u0026nbsp; This creates a new problem for the President. If he knew this to be the case within one day, how does he account for the two weeks in which so many, including himself, blamed the attacks on the video?\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EIf he figured out in one day that this was a planned terrorist attack, why was Jay Carney sent out on Sept. 14 to insist it was all about an anti-Muslim video? Why did U.N. Ambassador Rice go on five Sunday talk shows tying the murder of four Americans to a protest growing out of a video? Why did the president dwell on the anti-Muslim video in his Sept. 20 Univision appearance, and again at the United Nations on Sept 25? \u0026nbsp;Declaring that the president knew on Sept. 12 that he was dealing with terrorism means that he and many others were subsequently engaging in serious mendacity. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EAnd so we have two conflicting possibilities, both claimed by the President. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EOne possibility is that President Obama, as he claimed in the Town Hall debate, knew and clearly stated that the attack in Libya was in fact a terror attack on Sept 12, one day after the event. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EThe other possibility is that the entire apparatus of the administration, Joseph Biden, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, and President Obama himself continued to refer to the attack, not as an attack by terrorists, but rather as a response to a video. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EThese cannot both be true. So the President has been caught deliberately misleading the American people. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EThe scandal involves Presidential dishonesty. It also involves a failure to protect our diplomatic personnel, and the failure to attend to intelligence warnings. Congressional committees are demanding to know what the intelligence agencies knew and when they knew it.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003EThis is a serious problem.\u0026nbsp; Foreign policy does not usually play a major role in an election, but in this one, one that is both very close and highly contentious, this scandal might be all it takes to reject the current President.\u0026nbsp; \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C!--EndFragment--\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlease bookmark!"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.punditpress.com\/feeds\/8161302858895857481\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.punditpress.com\/2012\/10\/presidential-honesty-and-benghazi.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3002295256310995661\/posts\/default\/8161302858895857481"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3002295256310995661\/posts\/default\/8161302858895857481"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.punditpress.com\/2012\/10\/presidential-honesty-and-benghazi.html","title":"Presidential Honesty and the Benghazi Scandal"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lawrence W. White MD"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"26","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-cib3NcxIxYk\/TWVisu2dJ5I\/AAAAAAAAAB4\/2qA6R9v74q4\/s220\/2008ClubMedLWWFixe%2B%25283%2529.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002295256310995661.post-4202080089003534922"},"published":{"$t":"2012-10-02T07:58:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-10-02T07:58:08.691-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CNN"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Libya"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Obama Administration"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Surprise, Surprise - CNN Reports Obama Administration Lied about Libyan Attacks"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;\"\u003EThe question you must ask yourself is why? \u0026nbsp;I personally find it to be pretty obvious, they didn't want to answer the questions of why they didn't have protection in a city that is well-known for terrorists ties on the anniversary of 9\/11. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EWhat does History tell us about the impeachment of an American President?\u0026nbsp; It has only happened twice.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EToday Lincoln is an icon.\u0026nbsp; His Roman style temple and oversized statue dominate one end of the National Mall.\u0026nbsp; But in \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h201.html\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003E1864\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E he was an embattled president caught in a war he couldn’t win and running against \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h116.html\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EGeorge B. McClellan\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E, a popular general who said he could end it.\u0026nbsp; Even History was against Lincoln. No president had\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.presidentsusa.net\/presvplist.html\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003E won\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E a second term in over thirty years.\u0026nbsp; Mr. Lincoln needed all the allies he could muster to win.\u0026nbsp; So the first Republicans led by the President tried to split the opposition.\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003EThey changed the party name to the National Union Party and chose a Southern Democrat as a running mate.\u0026nbsp; In a surprise to everyone including Lincoln, he won re-election positioning Johnson one heartbeat away from the Oval Office.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EAfter the worst mistake by a Southern sympathizer since the attack on Fort Sumter, the assassination of Lincoln, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/about\/presidents\/andrewjohnson\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EAndrew Johnson\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E assumed the presidency and almost immediately ran afoul of the Radical Republicans who had a three to one majority in Congress and who wanted to punish the South.\u0026nbsp; Johnson was the only Southern Senator to remain loyal to the Union.\u0026nbsp; He served as the Union imposed military governor of Tennessee until chosen to run for Vice President.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; A mere forty one days into Lincoln’s second term Johnson was sworn in.\u0026nbsp; When he sought to allow the South a path back into the Union that re-imposed limitations upon the freed slaves and ensured the rise of ex-Confederates to power, he was impeached for breaking a law concerning the firing of appointees.\u0026nbsp; After a contentious trial he was \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/impeachments\/johnson.htm\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Eacquitted\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E by one vote.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EJohnson and his presidency survived, barely.\u0026nbsp; He was afterwards relegated to irrelevancy and served as a mere caretaker until General Grant came along to become the face of Reconstruction.\u0026nbsp; In this first impeachment battle the President was acquitted, but Congress won.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EIf you ask the average person who lived through the national ordeal President Clinton was impeached because of his scandalous tryst with a young intern in the Oval Office.\u0026nbsp; Though this was a shameful betrayal of trust, it was not the reason he was impeached.\u0026nbsp; He was\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/unitedstates\/impeachments\/clinton.htm\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003E impeached\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E for perjury and obstruction of justice in a legal matter that had nothing at all to do with Monica Lewinsky.\u0026nbsp; And even though Clinton was later found in \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/conservapedia.com\/Bill_Clinton\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Econtempt\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E by a federal judge for lying under oath and was later disbarred for ethical violations it was the leadership of the House that impeached him that\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/articles\/289552\/why-newt-left-house-brian-bolduc\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003E paid\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E the political price.\u0026nbsp; The Senate which on a strict party line vote (all the Progressives voted to acquit), came out relatively unscathed.\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003EToday we are constantly told by the Progressive Press Mr. Clinton is a beloved \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2009\/09\/24\/785901\/-Bill-Clinton:-Elder-Statesman-to-the-World\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Eelder statesman\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EEtched upon the memory of the Republican wing of the party of power is the knowledge that unless there is a Senate willing to convict there is no glory in being a House ready to indict.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003ERepublics rise and republics fall.\u0026nbsp; They rise due to the explosion of creativity and production which always accompanies freedom, and they fall when demagogues convince a majority that they deserve a free ride at the expense of a minority. The good thing about History is that if we are wise enough we can learn from other people’s mistakes.\u0026nbsp; And if we aren’t going to allow History to instruct us we should at least be wise enough to allow it to warn us.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EOur History teaches us that the impeachment process is possible to initiate but difficult to consummate.\u0026nbsp; So what are we to do if History warns us that what we are witnessing is the fall of our republic?\u0026nbsp; Have we learned enough from History to navigate our way through to a safe harbor, or are we helpless in the face of a hurricane of \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_cqN4NIEtOY\u0026amp;utm_source=CFP+Mailout\u0026amp;utm_campaign=f93fe5f868-Call_to_Champions\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Etransformation\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EDue to the information \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/03\/world\/asia\/03intel.html?pagewanted=all\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Edeveloped\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E by the American intelligence community and the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/42852700\/ns\/world_news-death_of_bin_laden\/t\/us-forces-kill-osama-bin-laden-pakistan\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Ebravery\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E of Navy Seal Team Six we learned that the leader of Al Qaeda, the fraternity of terrorists America finds itself endlessly destroying, was not hiding in a cave.\u0026nbsp; He was instead living in a compound barely \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/news.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/05\/02\/how-did-bin-laden-hide-just-yards-from-pakistan-military-academy\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003E1,000 yards\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E from the military academy of our principle ally in our decade long undeclared war.\u0026nbsp; Today’s Hitler is dead, yet the war goes on as if nothing has happened.\u0026nbsp; We have victory after victory with no conclusion and no peace in sight.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003ELooking at our current economic and social situation America appears more like an occupied nation than the victor of the Cold War and the sole remaining Super Power on Earth.\u0026nbsp; Perhaps it is time to conceptualize the idea that our existential enemy is not a rag-tag group of malcontents dedicated to turning back the clock by six centuries.\u0026nbsp; The enemy that poses a mortal threat to our way of life is instead the homegrown Progressive Movement that has labored for more than a century to subvert our education, corrupt our politics, and evolve their way from constitutionally limited government to central planning and total control.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EThe visible head of the Progressive Movement today is President Barack Obama.\u0026nbsp; As portrayed by the Corporations Once Known as the Mainstream Media he is not just an \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/articles\/227500\/alinsky-administration\/jim-geraghty\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EAlinsky\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E style community organizer, he is a constitutional scholar.\u0026nbsp; We are told endlessly that he was a professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago.\u0026nbsp; Leaving the reality of these claims aside suffice it to say that this constitutional scholar professes to believe that the constitution is a \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/InsideCover\/obama-constitution\/2008\/10\/27\/id\/326165\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Eflawed\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E document because it does not provide for \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/2010\/10\/a_clear_danger_obama_a_living.html\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Epositive rights\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E such as guarantees of housing, jobs, etc.\u0026nbsp; The kind of rights that the constitutions of the Soviet Union did and of Red China does provide its slaves, I mean citizens.\u0026nbsp; Not to worry our constitutional scholar-in-chief also believes that our Constitution, written to set strict limits on the federal government is a \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/sweetness-light.com\/archive\/obama-constitution-is-living-document\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Eliving document\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E that each generation is free to interpret: that is, change at will.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EPresident Obama has presided over the most calamitous decline in American prestige and influence since his fellow Progressive Jimmy Carter disgraced the office.\u0026nbsp; Mr. Obama’s apology tours, his over-the-top spending which are nothing less than cross generational theft are eclipsed by his blatant assaults upon the very core of his responsibility: the integrity of the Constitution.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EThe president of the United States is \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sonserver.com\/america\/oath01.htm\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Esworn\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution, but instead Mr. Obama has trampled upon the letter as well as the spirit of this document meant to define the perimeters of federal power.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EUnconfirmed \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.glennbeck.com\/content\/articles\/article\/198\/29391\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003ECzars\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E rule like potentates over shadow departments dispensing huge budgets while creating a parallel government outside of citizen scrutiny or \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/04\/15\/obama-czars-signing-statement_n_849963.html\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Econtrol\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E.\u0026nbsp; Appointees at the National Labor Relations Board work at subordinating the nation to organized labor.\u0026nbsp; A rogue justice department provides \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/2012\/02\/19\/fast_amp_furious_scandal_festers_273734.html\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Eguns to Mexican cartels\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E, refuses to prosecute obvious instances of voter intimidation, gives a \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/articles\/265206\/obama-gives-islamists-walk-andrew-c-mccarthy\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Epass\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E to \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.canadafreepress.com\/index.php\/article\/35695\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EIslamist\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E groups,\u0026nbsp; and \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.libertynews.com\/2012\/02\/02\/justice-department-stonewalling-congressional-investigators\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Estonewalls\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E Congress, while aggressively going after \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2011\/05\/17\/obama-admin-accused-of-targeting-peaceful-pro-life-advocate\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Epeaceful pro-life demonstrators\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E and \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/news.investors.com\/article\/595048\/201112161805\/arpaio-arizona-immigration-border-sb1070-panthers-.htm\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EAmerica’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E.\u0026nbsp; They \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.humanevents.com\/article.php?id=38221\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Esue\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Newsfront\/obama-alabama-immigration-law\/2011\/08\/01\/id\/405661\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Estates\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E that try to enforce immigration laws they ignore and seek to try the perpetrators of 9-11 in a \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/theoval\/post\/2011\/04\/obama-still-thinks-911-suspects-should-be-tried-in-federal-court\/1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003ENew York trial\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E that would parade itself through our national consciousness like a Broadway production of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Superstar. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EBeyond these abuses of power there are two glaring examples of the type of blatant transgressions of clear constitutional limits which, if not addressed set a precedent that may stand in the future as signs of the times that were missed at the time.\u0026nbsp; If not addressed, they will point accusing fingers at a generation asleep at the switch when the bounds of limited government were finally breached.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003ERuling by decree from Chicago-on-the-Potomac our Leader has taken us to \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2011\/03\/24\/obama_s_unconstitutional_war\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Ewar\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E without even consulting Congress and made \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2012\/01\/06\/obama-illegal-nlrb-appointments-even-more-outrageous-than-cordray-appointment\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Erecess appointments\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E while Congress was in session. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EMr. Obama has said he can \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/2011\/12\/14\/constitution-anyone-obama-promises-to-rule-without-congress\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Erule\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E without Congress because he \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/obama%E2%80%99s-latest-%E2%80%98we-can%E2%80%99t-wait%E2%80%99-initiative-unpaid-internships\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Ecan’t wait\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E.\u0026nbsp; He travels the country at tax payer expense campaigning for four more years to seal the deal, inflaming class warfare, and dispensing government giveaways to buy votes.\u0026nbsp; These two egregious affronts to the Constitution lie at the feet of the Washington Monument passed over by the media and explained away by the government’s propaganda arm.\u0026nbsp; And what does the loyal opposition do?\u0026nbsp; They huff and they puff but actually they do nothing.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EOnly \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Se_YPdp5T1Q\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Etwo Congressmen\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E had the integrity to point out that presidents are not allowed to take us to war by whim. And \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/ron-paul-likens-obama-to-dictator-over-recess-appointments\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Eonly one\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E had the courage to point out that making high level appointments without Senate confirmation while the Senate is in session is more than bad form: it is unconstitutional and more compatible with a dictatorship than a republic.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EWe stand before the yawning maw of collectivism presided over by a self-proclaimed \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/opinion\/columnist\/raasch\/2009-04-16-raasch-column-04162009_N.htm\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Etransformational president\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003E seeking to change us from what we have been to what he thinks we should be.\u0026nbsp; Mr. Obama is supported by what amounts to a personality cult in the media and a legion of fellow citizens addicted to either distributing or receiving the dole.\u0026nbsp; The Republican candidates are standing in a circular firing squad working hard at allowing the Progressive Media make them look like the bar scene from Star Wars.\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003EAt the same time the media gives the President a pass for everything from gas prices to artificially deflated unemployment figures.\u0026nbsp; If America as we have known her is to survive, we must elect a Congress with enough courage and enough votes to do what must be done.\u0026nbsp; The Congress we have now is passive in the face of serial provocations and outright illegality.\u0026nbsp; They will not call Mr. Obama to account on anything so he feels free to do everything.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: auto 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"textrun\"\u003EIf he wins again we all lose unless we replace those who merely go along to get along with those who are willing to speak the forbidden word…Impeach!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"eop\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Segoe UI\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 8pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"\u003EDr. Owens teaches History, Political Science, and Religion for \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.southside.edu\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003ESouthside Virginia Community College. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003EHe is the Historian of the Future and the author of the History of the Future @ \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/drrobertowens.com\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/drrobertowens.com\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E © 2012 Robert R. Owens \u003Ca href=\"mailto:drrobertowens@hotmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Edrrobertowens@hotmail.com\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003EFollow \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Dr-Robert-Owens\/144620956161?ref=sgm#!\/pages\/Dr-Robert-Owens\/144620956161\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EDr. Robert Owens\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E on Facebook or Twitter @ Drrobertowens\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"related","href":"http:\/\/drrobertowens.com\/2012\/02\/23\/the-forbidden-word-impeach\/","title":"The Forbidden Word   Impeach"},{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.punditpress.com\/feeds\/3627946056698992847\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.punditpress.com\/2012\/02\/forbidden-word-impeach.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3002295256310995661\/posts\/default\/3627946056698992847"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3002295256310995661\/posts\/default\/3627946056698992847"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.punditpress.com\/2012\/02\/forbidden-word-impeach.html","title":"The Forbidden Word   Impeach"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dr. Robert Owens"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"24","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-y58SiROTDVI\/TnOSCT7WK2I\/AAAAAAAAADI\/fcBFu36Zbsc\/s220\/RobertOwens.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002295256310995661.post-7363326724374664785"},"published":{"$t":"2011-10-20T10:51:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-10-20T10:51:40.560-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Libya"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Libyan rebels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Muammar Gaddafi"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"War on Libya"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Muammar Qaddafi Is Dead"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"After seven long months of hard fighting by Rebels on the ground and NATO in the air, with the liberation of Libya from the dictatorship of a \"mad dog\", the ultimate victory has been\u0026nbsp;accomplished in Libya this morning: Muammar Qaddafi was \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/21\/world\/africa\/libyan-fighters-say-qaddafi-stronghold-has-fallen.html?_r=1\"\u003Ekilled\u003C\/a\u003E during the fall of his hometown Sirte.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cd_zZbQ4xd8\/TqAzbOpa0fI\/AAAAAAAAAbk\/ydLBbsDREVI\/s1600\/21libya-articleLarge.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"176\" rda=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cd_zZbQ4xd8\/TqAzbOpa0fI\/AAAAAAAAAbk\/ydLBbsDREVI\/s320\/21libya-articleLarge.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EAs someone who has closely followed this military uprising\u0026nbsp;since March, I am left without words to describe the emotions of victory welling up inside of me. To think that the Rebels were at the point of massacre before NATO intervened in Benghazi and destroyed Qaddafi's air force, and now they have won their country back is amazing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EObviously, the Rebels have lots of work to do when it comes to instituting a new government - one I hope is reflective of liberal, pluralistic values and not dogmatic, islamic morals - but they have aided the world in one way that we should always be thankful for: ending the four decade reign of Qaddafi, who was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans and Britons."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.punditpress.com\/feeds\/7363326724374664785\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.punditpress.com\/2011\/10\/muammar-qaddafi-is-dead.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3002295256310995661\/posts\/default\/7363326724374664785"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3002295256310995661\/posts\/default\/7363326724374664785"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.punditpress.com\/2011\/10\/muammar-qaddafi-is-dead.html","title":"Muammar Qaddafi Is Dead"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Editor"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"21","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-JgkttQDI0Sg\/Uc4rP9o0zjI\/AAAAAAAAAmg\/_B4NCQI5KQA\/s1600\/World-According-to-Americas.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cd_zZbQ4xd8\/TqAzbOpa0fI\/AAAAAAAAAbk\/ydLBbsDREVI\/s72-c\/21libya-articleLarge.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002295256310995661.post-3117295131277790087"},"published":{"$t":"2011-10-20T08:10:00.006-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-10-20T08:36:54.671-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Libya"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Muammar Gaddafi"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Muammar Gaddafi wounded, captured in Sirte"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv\u003EUpdate: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/libyan-government-forces-complete-capture-sirte-091309503.html\"\u003EConfirmed Dead\u003C\/a\u003E?\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EEarly reports coming out of Libya indicate that \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dailypioneer.com\/pioneer-news\/top-story\/14632-muammar-gaddafi-captured.html\"\u003EMuammar Gaddafi\u003C\/a\u003E has been severely wounded and captured in his home town of Sirte.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"   style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   line-height: 20px; font-family:Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:14px;\"\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003EField commander Mohemmed Buras Ali Al-Maknee told Xinhua that a group of fighters from the western Libyan city of Misrata captured Gaddafi, who was severely injured, in Sirte.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESirte is Gaddafi's birthplace.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGaddafi has been taken away by a military helicopter to an unknown place, Al-Maknee said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGaddafi, who came to power in Libya in 1969, was overthrown in an uprising that began in February.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Libyan television also reported that Gaddafi has been captured, but the report has not yet been officially confirmed by the NTC.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMahmoud Shamman, information minister of the interim government, did not confirm the news, but told CNN that \"a big fish\" had been captured.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"It's a big victory for the Libyan people... it's a big fish,\" Shamman said in the capital city of Tripoli.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOther reports said the fallen leader was injured in both legs.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EThis is yet to be confirmed but is now being reported by \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/zeenews.india.com\/news\/world\/libyan-fighters-capture-muammar-gaddafi-ntc_737549.html\"\u003Emultiple\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/af.reuters.com\/article\/idAFL5E7LK32Z20111020\"\u003Esites\u003C\/a\u003E. Stay tuned\u003Cdiv\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/10\/20\/muammar-gaddafi-killed_n_1021462.html\"\u003EHuffington Post\u003C\/a\u003E is reporting that Gaddafi may in fact have been killed in the fighting, while \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2011\/10\/20\/muammar-qaddafi-captured-in-libya-commander-says\/\"\u003EFox News reports\u003C\/a\u003E that \"He has been captured. He is badly wounded, but is still breathing.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EPlease bookmark!\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.punditpress.com\/feeds\/3117295131277790087\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.punditpress.com\/2011\/10\/gaddafi-wounded-captured.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3002295256310995661\/posts\/default\/3117295131277790087"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3002295256310995661\/posts\/default\/3117295131277790087"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.punditpress.com\/2011\/10\/gaddafi-wounded-captured.html","title":"Muammar Gaddafi wounded, captured in Sirte"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unlikely Hospitalist"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"21","src":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_Gn4uIGqH4uA\/THwZT_m_PEI\/AAAAAAAAAAM\/NJzwlfQCY44\/S220\/IMG_4301.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002295256310995661.post-763079846350988359"},"published":{"$t":"2011-08-28T07:11:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-08-28T07:11:52.428-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Libya"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Libyan rebels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tripoli"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Rebuilding Tripoli Begins"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The Libyan rebels are \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/WORLD\/africa\/08\/28\/libya.war\/index.html\"\u003Etaking control\u003C\/a\u003E of more towns and villages than can be named, while Qaddafi's few remaining forces are dwindling every hour. But that doesn't mean the rebuilding\/structuring of Tripoli isn't already underway.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERebel forces have opened vital supply routes between Tripoli, and western cities to relieve the capital of water and food shortages, and the National Transitional Council has called\u0026nbsp;on all police officers to return back to work next week. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EApparently, the law and order aspect of Libya's rebel leadership is very strong in all their considerations, which NATO should take great pleasure in hearing after fighting for the\u0026nbsp;overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi these past five months.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe hardest part is just beginning for Libyan rebels - rebuilding and governing, but if Tripoli is any example, western fears of Libya's demise might be greatly exaggerated.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat say you?\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.punditpress.com\/feeds\/763079846350988359\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.punditpress.com\/2011\/08\/rebuilding-tripoli-begins.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3002295256310995661\/posts\/default\/763079846350988359"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3002295256310995661\/posts\/default\/763079846350988359"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.punditpress.com\/2011\/08\/rebuilding-tripoli-begins.html","title":"Rebuilding Tripoli Begins"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Editor"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"21","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-JgkttQDI0Sg\/Uc4rP9o0zjI\/AAAAAAAAAmg\/_B4NCQI5KQA\/s1600\/World-According-to-Americas.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});