{"id":23063,"date":"2014-06-18T10:46:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T14:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23063"},"modified":"2014-06-18T10:46:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T14:46:21","slug":"the-weeks-best-question-at-a-news-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23063","title":{"rendered":"The Week’s Best Question At A News Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

The news is agog with reports of the capture of suspected Benghazi<\/a> ringleader Ahmed Abu Khattala<\/a>. His capture was announced early Tuesday. Department of State<\/a> spokeswoman Jen Psaki<\/a> handled the press conference that was supposed to be a victory lap for the Obama Administration. However, I am noticing that the press is becoming a little less willing to be used as props for the failed policies of the Obama Administration. There seems to be some genuine confusion as to why it took almost two years to capture someone who was not only hiding in plain sight, but giving interviews to reporters.<\/p>\n

The Daily Caller<\/a> posted an article about the press conference that included the following:<\/p>\n

When asked why no one in the U.S. special forces didn\u2019t simply pose as a reporter, she joked that \u201cwe appreciate your view if you\u2019re volunteering yourself for future endeavors.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re still not addressing the central question\u2026 you\u2019re not answering the question of why a reporter was able to get within 6 inches of this guy and U.S. special forces weren\u2019t for more than two years,\u201d Rosen (Fox News correspondent James Rosen ), now exasperated, interjected.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To me, that is not the most disturbing aspect of this story. Ahmed Abu Khattala will be brought to New York<\/a> where he will be tried in a standard American<\/a> court with the full rights that are granted to American citizens. There will be a discovery phase of the trial which will allow his lawyers access to information showing how America is combating terrorism. It is also a pretty safe bet that no further perpetrators of the Benghazi attack<\/a> will be arrested–this is simply not a very high priority for the Obama Administration. It is also highly probable that Mr. Khattala will be encouraged to say that it was the video that inspired him. I have seen reports that prior to the attack on Benghazi, the anti-Muslim video had less than 2000 hits. (Some reports say as few as 700 hits, some say as many as 1700.)\u00a0 Are we to suppose that Mr. Khattala was one of these? Do Muslim leaders constantly watch YouTube<\/a> to look for things to protest? (That may actually be true, but did they contact Mr. Khattala?)<\/p>\n

There is nothing about the capture of this man and the timing of the capture that does not scream ‘diversion.’ It will be interesting to see if Americans are willing to be distracted by this as the Obama Administration’s<\/a> economic and foreign policies are failing in front of our eyes.<\/p>\n

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