Benghazi hearings.

[other one]

Well, I spent most of the day watching the hearings....... I found it very eye opening.

[Guest Valnomi]

You didn't clarify your statement in any way.

I personally find it a total waste of time and taxpayer dollars: history shows these hearings are just occasions for politicians to blow smoke then do nothing.

However, I would be interested in your imput.

[The_Patriot21]

actually, history does not val. . .I do believe they did something about Nixon. Anyone who says such proceedings are a waste of time arn't paying attention to history. Even if Obama comes out the winner, its not a waste of time-it means someone, is willing to stand up and say this is wrong-and even if they lose, thats a good thing-we are always to stand for whats right, even if it seems an uphill battle.

[Guest Valnomi]

No one ever did anything about Nixon. He was allowed to resign and then he was pardoned by Pres. Ford.

Since the Clinton presidency we have had hearing after hearing after hearing. Nothing changes.

Edited May 8, 2013 by Valnomi

[The_Patriot21]

He was allowed to resign, yes, but the point is he was still out of office, so your argument that nothing was done is moot-something was done, whether it was a forced resignation, or something else. I would be happy with that with obama-as long as hes gone I could care less. So, the fact is something was done-period.

And the fact remains, hearing or no, at least someone is standing up to the man-the whistleblowers are standing up even after being threatened, they are having the hearing. the hearing itself regardless of outcome is a good thing in my mind-and this is a lot bigger, then clinton sleeping with his secretary-no one got killed there.

[Matthitjah]

It's readily evident that this Administration has American blood on it's hands. The next question is; "who ordered the stand down?" The follow up is; "where was Obama?"

I love irony. It was Hillary who said that Obama would get a 2 AM wake up call and fail. However, it looks like not only was it true but that she was complicite.

It was also Obama who stood in that debate with Romney and stated that he was accountable for those lives and that he would take the hit on it. He just didn't know that anyone was ever going to find out what really happened.

I just don't know at this point if the American public will be outraged enough to demand action though. Half of them have been bought off and of the other half 25% are asleep.

[other one]

You didn't clarify your statement in any way.

I personally find it a total waste of time and taxpayer dollars: history shows these hearings are just occasions for politicians to blow smoke then do nothing.

However, I would be interested in your input.

It will most likely depend on just what the main stream media really covers...... More and more people are beginning to watch and read other news organizations, but it will still largely depend on what is reported. No doubt not very many people spent 5 hours today watching the thing live, nor would many listen to the whole thing if they had it on tape.

Basically if I were a house member I'd start impeachment proceedings next week...... however I think this is a very long way from being over. Many questions were raised today that the three that were being questioned were not in the place to know the answers. If everyone had watched the whole day I do believe that the democrats would be in serious trouble in the next two elections. They were obviously covering for the Administrations short comings and bad decisions.....

Basically, the upper levels of the Administration knew that the security was not what it was supposed to be and when things fell apart we simply left the people to defend for themselves....... then tried to cover it up by talking about video's when the president of Libya had said that it was a terrorist attack and was associated with Islamic Radicals.

So we even undercut the fledgling government of Libya and put their new president in a bad spot......

And all for what........ Hopefully we can find more about that later. The house investigation is really just starting.

[The_Patriot21]

Now, I hate to be the doomsday prophet here, I already said I think these hearings are a good thing-and I still hold that and I think they need to happen and I hope action comes. However, just to play prophet here, If it starts looking bad for Obama, I see them claiming this is the republican party conspiring against him because they were sore losers-which could go in both his favor, and the democrats favor for the next election regardless of outcome-and even if he is found guilty, and thrown out of office, Im not convinced we would be any better off with Biden. It maybe that with Obama gone, Biden would lose his credibility-but its just as possible-especially if they twist the media just right to make obama to look like the victim of republican foul play, that he would become just as much, if not more so, of a problem then Obama is now. So in reality, Im not sure it would leave us in much of a better spot-but all the same I would like to see the hearings proceed and see Obama impeached, if nothing else it would show that maybe there is a flicker of hope for america after all.

[other one]

You're probably right patriot. Some of the democrats were already trying to move blame over to the republican house and senate by lowering the budgets for the past years....... even after the people in the state department saying that the budget reductions had nothing to do with it.

I'm just fascinated as to why it really happened in the first place...... one the surface it looks like total incompetence and I've gotten tired of that excuse a long time ago.

They keep talking about CIA people and military people being there and I have to ask myself what they were doing there also.

It's sounding more and more like the stories I've heard about the US running guns and amo from there through the Turks to the rebels in Syria may actually be true.