Benghazi resolution needed

By Jim Killebrew

[January 29, 2015]  Here we are in 2015 and we all know that over two years ago there were four Americans who were killed, murdered actually, in Benghazi. Yet for the past two years we have seen so much lying, distractions from the truth, attempted cover-ups, and smokescreens that serve to hide the truth. The Congressional Select Committee chaired by Representative Trey Gowdy is now under attack from the democrats to force him to shut down the Select Committee and move on from his position to uncover the truth about what happened and why it happened.

It is very difficult not to notice how this President's Administration works. An issue like Benghazi opens up and becomes a national issue with the media, at least the conservative media, bringing to light all the facts that can be gathered. The Administration then moves toward blocking the attempts for the rest of the country to find out about the particulars regarding the incident. The liberal media either ignores the issue altogether, or begins to attack someone or something completely opposite of the story that is running about the incident. After two or three news cycles on the issue, another issue emerges that knocks the first issue off the center of attention. After a few days the Administration moves on, as does the liberal press. At that point the new scandal or issue completely covers the previous unresolved issue and the news cycles move on. The Administration at that point has buried the issue and essentially counts it as resolved.

That is exactly what the Administration did with the Benghazi case. It is clear now that the democrats involved with the case are trying to shut down the hearings and destroy Representative Trey Gowdy. The push is to try to keep this from coming to light again so they can protect their presumptive Presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. The more Representative Gowdy tries to pressure the White House to provide the relevant material to discover the truth, the greater the pressure from the Administration to shut down the committee.

Ms. Clinton testified a year or more ago where she said, "What difference now does it make?" Well, what difference does it make to her? If she becomes the President of the United States is she going to be in favor of stripping the security from American Embassies and Consulates in hostile countries? What is her position on supporting ambassadors who repeatedly ask for more resources to provide security for the diplomats and their families? What is her position on telling lies to families of slain loved ones as their bodies are being met back on American soil? If Ms. Clinton becomes President, what is her position on being available to her Secretary of State to receive vital information during a terror attack where diplomats are being murdered in foreign countries? What is her position on having the military personnel who could provide help in those instances being told to "stand down" instead of completing the deployment to provide the help and cover?

Americans should not let this one go. The Select Committee should continue to move forward to find the answers those family members of the slain Americans should have. The country needs to know where the government leaders stand on the issue of protecting American citizens against the onslaught of the terror attacks that seem to be increasing around the world. Each time the Administration lets one of these issues go it sends a signal around the world to other Benghazi-type terrorists that they have a free pass to do what they want to Americans.

Bottom line: The people of the United States need to hold the government officials accountable regardless of the political fallout it may cause. We need not protect those whose aspirations are to hold high office. If their attitudes and actions demonstrate they are not fit to hold those offices they should not be nominated nor elected.

[By JIM KILLEBREW]