The Inconvenient Truth About Benghazi -- Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Did the Obama administration's politically expedient story cost American lives?
The Benghazi story until now has been a jumble of factoids that didn't quite cohere, didn't produce a story that people could absorb and hold in their minds. This week that changed. Three State Department officials testifying under oath to a House committee changed it, by adding information that gave form to a growing picture. Gregory Hicks, Mark Thompson and Eric Nordstrom were authoritative and credible. You knew you were hearing the truth as they saw and experienced it. Not one of them seemed political. You had no sense of how they voted. They were professionals. They'd seen a bad thing. They came forward to tell the story. They put the lie to the idea that all questioning of Obama administration actions in Benghazi are partisan and low.
What happened in Benghazi last Sept. 11 and 12 was terrible in every way. The genesis of the scandal? It looks to me like this:
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Kerry: Benghazi a 'pure, prolonged, political process' -- Reid J. Epstein, Politico
Republicans lead a witch hunt on Benghazi -- Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
The real Benghazi price: Bad news on US intel, military -- Michael Walsh, New York Post
On Syria, it’s time for Obama to decide -- Ian Bremmer, Reuters
To End Syrian War, Don’t Rely on Russia -- Max Boot, Commentary
Israel's Man in Damascus. Why Jerusalem Doesn't Want the Assad Regime to Fall -- Efraim Halevy, Foreign Affairs
Time for an Independent Kurdistan -- Jay Hallen, The American
Vietnam’s Star Is Dimming -- William Pesek, Bloomberg
Winds of Change Blowing in China -- Greg Sheridan, The Australian
How to Avert a Sea Catastrophe with China -- David Gompert, US News and World Report
Spectre of bankruptcy haunts Egypt -- Adel al-Toraifi, Al Arabiya
Spain is officially insolvent: get your money out while you still can -- Jeremy Warner, The Telegraph
Vladimir Putin: A Man the West Can Do Business With? -- Con Coughlin, Telegraph
The Next Pandemic: Not if, but When -- David Quammen, New York Times
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