Bush Was Right | Benghazi and IRS Scandal Updates
by Gary Bauer, Contributing Author: Bush Was Right - George W. Bush deserves a tip of the hat. Here's what the "prophet" Bush said in 2007 about the dangers of a premature withdrawal from Iraq:
"I know some in Washington would like us to start leaving Iraq now. To begin withdrawing before our commanders tell us we're ready would be dangerous for Iraq, for the region and for the United States. It would mean surrendering the future of Iraq to al Qaeda. It would mean that we'd be risking mass killings on a horrific scale. It would mean we allowed the terrorists to establish a safe haven in Iraq to replace the one they lost in Afghanistan. It would mean increasing the probability that American troops would have to return at some later date to confront an enemy that is even more dangerous." One of those people Bush referred to who was pushing for a quick withdrawal from Iraq was then-Senator Barack Obama.
Obama won the White House in 2008 promising to be the anti-Bush, vowing to get out of Iraq. Obama got what he wanted. And now the very things George Bush warned about -- mass killings on a horrific scale, a terrorist safe haven in Iraq and American troops returning to fight a more dangerous enemy -- are reality.
By the way, we're still waiting for Obama's strategy to take on ISIS, but fortunately we don't have to wait any longer for the Forest Service's strategy for making safe, low-calorie S'mores.
Three security contractors -- Kris Paronto, Mark Geist and John Tiegen -- have told Fox News that they were ordered to "stand down" the night that Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were killed in Benghazi. During their interview with Bret Baier, they insisted that they could have saved Ambassador Stevens and Smith if they had not been delayed.
Their statements appear to contradict the Obama Administration's line that no such orders were issued that night. I hope these men will get a chance to testify before Rep. Trey Gowdy's select committee.
"13 Hours in Benghazi," aired on Fox News this weekend. Links under photo.
New emails have emerged in the IRS Tea Party targeting scandal. Evidently bureaucrats at the tax agency were involved in some kind of "secret research project." It is not clear what this "secret research project" involved, but it appears to be related to donor lists that the IRS had inappropriately obtained from some of the groups it harassed.
This is a potentially explosive development, depending on what was done with these names or to these individuals.
Now let me make a brief point about why elections matter: Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, a Republican, was indicted in January and convicted yesterday -- after just nine months -- on multiple counts of corruption.
Lois Lerner pled the fifth on May 22, 2013. She has yet to be indicted. No one involved in the IRS scandal has been charged, much less convicted of anything. That's because the attorney general and federal prosecutors are all presidential appointees. If only we had an attorney general with a smidgen of integrity, justice would be bi-partisan.
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Obama won the White House in 2008 promising to be the anti-Bush, vowing to get out of Iraq. Obama got what he wanted. And now the very things George Bush warned about -- mass killings on a horrific scale, a terrorist safe haven in Iraq and American troops returning to fight a more dangerous enemy -- are reality.
By the way, we're still waiting for Obama's strategy to take on ISIS, but fortunately we don't have to wait any longer for the Forest Service's strategy for making safe, low-calorie S'mores.
Three security contractors -- Kris Paronto, Mark Geist and John Tiegen -- have told Fox News that they were ordered to "stand down" the night that Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were killed in Benghazi. During their interview with Bret Baier, they insisted that they could have saved Ambassador Stevens and Smith if they had not been delayed.
Their statements appear to contradict the Obama Administration's line that no such orders were issued that night. I hope these men will get a chance to testify before Rep. Trey Gowdy's select committee.
"13 Hours in Benghazi," aired on Fox News this weekend. Links under photo.
New emails have emerged in the IRS Tea Party targeting scandal. Evidently bureaucrats at the tax agency were involved in some kind of "secret research project." It is not clear what this "secret research project" involved, but it appears to be related to donor lists that the IRS had inappropriately obtained from some of the groups it harassed.
This is a potentially explosive development, depending on what was done with these names or to these individuals.
Now let me make a brief point about why elections matter: Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, a Republican, was indicted in January and convicted yesterday -- after just nine months -- on multiple counts of corruption.
Lois Lerner pled the fifth on May 22, 2013. She has yet to be indicted. No one involved in the IRS scandal has been charged, much less convicted of anything. That's because the attorney general and federal prosecutors are all presidential appointees. If only we had an attorney general with a smidgen of integrity, justice would be bi-partisan.
Tags: George W. Bush, Was Right, Iraq, Updates, Scandals, Benghazi, Fox News, report, IRS, Lois Learner, TEA party, Gary Bauer, Campaign for Working Families To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. and "Like" Facebook Page - Thanks!
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