All the Big GOPers do it. They squeal and cry. They feign weak knees. If it's Boehner, there's tears. All over four dead Americans in Libya. They sell the image of helpless Americans, killed by towel-head freaks at the End of the World.
"Benghazi!, Benghazi!!, Benghazi!........." Give 'em the lie that it's terrorism. It's bull but give it to them.
Oh... my God.... And then there's what's real for 1981-2014:
-- Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 - 675 deathsBlack Guy's responsible for 0.002% of terrorism losses over the last 24 years.-- George HW Bush 1989-1993 - 0 deaths (not war zone)
-- Bill Clinton 1993-2001 - 444 deaths
-- George W. Bush 2001-2009 - 3,206 deaths (not war zone)
-- Barack Obama 2009-2014 - 7 deaths
The Big GOPers' sales pitch aims to a Single Moment conversion. They want Come-To-Jesus where voters believe that Black Guy is weak against terrorism, ineffectual, a loser, and "diminished."
The Benghazi! hoax is their #2 priority, going for national media.
Note that George HW Bush is pegged for zero terrorist attacks during his term in office, 1989-1993. Possibly that says something for promoting a head of the CIA to the presidency. Killings in Egypt and India are not counted for whatever reason.
But Bush43 also removed pressure from organizations such as Hizb Allah and Hamas as he focused on wrecking Saddam Hussein. Saddam had established himself among Sunnis as a secular rival to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and their Salafi co-religionists. People such as Usama bin Laden and Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman used that respite to recruit hundreds of new followers.
Black Guy ??? Uh, yeah. He is so daxmned "weak, ineffectual, diminished" that he has lost 7 to terrorism. You can see that sliver if you look close. That's the itty-bitty yellow thing. It counts Boston and Libya.
So please: compare/contrast with the losses for Reagan, Clinton, and Bush43.
Question is, why do the Big Republicans believe that their fictional "Benghazi!' hoax can survive ??? What they are doing is no different from the Birther hoax.
What happened in Libya in 2012 is business as usual. On a smaller scale than most.
Reagan got two U.S. embassies bombed in the same city: Beirut, Lebanon in 1983 and in 1984. 63 dead, then 22. His people were just plain lazy, obsessed with their own careers, reflecting The Gipper's "hands off" approach to management.
Black Guy gets blame for 0.002% of terrorism deaths. Yet the Big GOPers keep on talking about terrorism. That's got to be nuts. Please spread the pie chart around where it'll do the most good.
Details for who/what/where of 1981-2014 terrorism below the orange muffin: