dagblog - Comments for "Benghazis kill man who helped them"

Enjoy life in your

rmrd0000 — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:12:30 +0000

In reply to You're just using mindless

Enjoy life in your bubble.

have a nice day.

You're just using mindless

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:38:30 +0000

In reply to The distraction is coming

You're just using mindless words.

You might as well label them "good looking" as "brave".

They went to work in an office, they visited a consulate, they were killed in a freak occurrence - there aren't rocket attacks on the embassy every day.

And yes, I agree it's a question if the governments are in control of anything, and whether our pre-revolution optimism lives up to post-revolution reality.

Congrats - that indeed was the main point of my post, so we can ignore the parsing of funeral commendations.

(And kudos to Stevens for contributing to the post-revolution chances for democracy - I think he was brave and helpful over the course of the last 2 years for his diplomatic efforts in a country in chaos, not just because he went to the office post-revolution when things had settled down)

The distraction is coming

rmrd0000 — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:09:45 +0000

In reply to Stevens was the first

The distraction is coming from you. The brave men will be laid to rest with honor. Biden's statement was correct. You are the only one focused on this argument The big question now is whether the governiments elected after the Arab Spring are really in control of anything

Beautiful dialogue, fella -

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:10:01 +0000

In reply to We disagree. I'll leave it at

Beautiful dialogue, fella - not even a simple answer as to why "too soon" or which parts contentious.

We disagree. I'll leave it at

Flavius — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:56:41 +0000

In reply to This is weird. Why is this

We disagree. I'll leave it at that. See you in another blog.

This is weird. Why is this

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:25:50 +0000

In reply to The suicide in Gitmo and our

This is weird.

Why is this "inappropriate"? Are you personally in mourning over a man you never met? Am I running for national office or representing the nation in something?

And isn't it inappropriate to ignore the suicide of an innocent Gitmo detainee *MONDAY*, i.e. the day before, whose human rights we denied? When will there be a time to discuss him?

Did I say anything counter to the goals the Ambassador might have aspired to? Did you hush up about the need for automatic gun & gunclip control in the wake of the Aurora shooting?

Did you even know there was fighting & insurrection still going on in Libya, that innocent civilians were being targeted, deaths in the hundreds?

Did you know weapons we supplied in the Libyan rebellion are making their way to Mali & Nigeria to fuel conflicts there?

Do you want to write the Washington Post and tell them it's too soon to discuss ties to Al Qaeda and Stevens' comments about insurgent?

PS - even Hillary's asking

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:16:28 +0000

In reply to I disapprove of using of your

PS - even Hillary's asking questions - tell her to shut up, too soon.....

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"Today many Americans are asking — indeed I asked myself — how could this happen,” she said. “How could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction? This question reflects just how complicated and, at times, how confounding, the world can be. But we must be clear-eyed even in our grief. This was an attack by a small and savage group, not by the people or government of Libya.”

Stevens was the first

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:08:57 +0000

In reply to Is the soldier still brave

Stevens was the first Ambassador killed since 1988 - 24 years.

Biden's comment either trivializes the danger combat soldiers face - Or overhypes the danger diplomats face.

Obviously more than 1 death in 24 years, and a whole lot of maimings and lost limbs.

Biden's comment was a bit bizarre and detracted from the moment.

The suicide in Gitmo and our

Flavius — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 07:50:14 +0000

In reply to Of course the suicide of a

The suicide in Gitmo and our use of drones bothers seem like important moral issues to you. And me.

I think it's very unlikely that either were causes of the attack on the Benghazi consulate.

Right now,.in the immediate aftermath of the death of ambassador Stephens, I think it is inappropriate to use that death as a pretext to repeat your complaints about the Administration- even tho I agree with most if not all of those complaints.

Nil nisi bonum.

Too soon for what? It's

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 05:53:03 +0000

In reply to I disapprove of using of your

Too soon for what? It's horrible that these crazed people attacked the embassy over a fucking movie. I've known ambassadors, I'm sympathetic both to his efforts in Libya and just the killing of innocents to somehow avenge Islam - I led off with this.

But I'm supposed to have a week of mourning on an embassy hit? Give me a break - we kill dozens every day, there's no mourning period. Did you know your government targets rescuers and funeral attendees? Seems like not "too soon" for them.

Biden's comment was about the event yesterday - I wait a week to remark on Biden's comments? It's no longer relevant, you'd think I was a nut for bringing something up in the past just before elections.

We supported a revolution in Libya. We haven't discussed it since. So there's a point to actually discuss it in context and you tell me time's not right.

Get real.