{"id":15936,"date":"2012-10-13T17:03:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T21:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15936"},"modified":"2012-10-13T17:03:37","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T21:03:37","slug":"mistaken-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15936","title":{"rendered":"Mistaken Priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Investors.com<\/a> posted an article on Friday about some of the money spent on American<\/a> Embassies<\/a> overseas.<\/p>\n

The lead paragraph of the article points out:<\/p>\n

While our consulate in Benghazi<\/a> was guarded by unarmed Libyan<\/a> contractors making $4 an hour, our embassy in Vienna<\/a> received an expensive charging station for its new electric cars to help fight climate change.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article also states that there were 230 security incidents in Libya between June 2011 and July 2012. Forty-eight of those incidents took place in Benghazi. Was anyone paying attention?<\/p>\n

The article states:<\/p>\n

In a May 3, 2012, email on which Ambassador Stevens was copied, the State Department<\/a> denied a request by a group of Special Forces assigned to protect the U.S. Embassy<\/a> in Libya to continue their use of a DC-3<\/a> airplane for security operations throughout the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Four days after the use of an ancient DC-3, along with other security requests, was being denied, on May 7, 2012, the State Department authorized the U.S. Embassy in Vienna to purchase a $108,000 electric-vehicle charging station for the embassy motor pool’s new Chevrolet Volts<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Instead of an “Energy Efficiency Sweep Of Europe,” money should have been provided for a terrorist sweep of the Middle East that included protection for our diplomats in places like Benghazi. The $535 million wasted by Obama-Biden<\/a> on Solyndra would have helped.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It seems that someone’s priorities were misplaced.<\/p>\n

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