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•A fundraising page from the NRCC with a photo of Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, accompanied by big bold text proclaiming: “Benghazi was a coverup. Demand answers.” — and asking for donations of up to $500. • A May 2 blog post from the National Republican Senatorial Committee titled “Dude, You’re Being Lied To About Benghazi.” The post was in response to former White House spokesman Tommy Vietor’s appearance on Fox News last week where he used the line “Dude, that was like two years ago.” It concludes: “Americans deserve the truth about Benghazi and it’s clear Democrats will not give it to them. Donate today and elect a Republican Senate majority.” •A May email blast from the conservative nonprofit Special Ops OPSEC Education Fund that asks for an “immediate contribution” of $25, $50, $100 or more to “hold Obama and Hillary’s feet to the fire until justice is done.” •A January email from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in the aftermath of the State of the Union noting that Obama “failed to mention Benghazi, the IRS, or the NSA” and asking for donations. • A John Bolton PAC email from April accused Obama, Clinton and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta of refusing to take responsibility for “leaving Americans to die at the hands of terrorists.” •An email from Senate candidate Joe Miller saying that there is “strong evidence that senior administration officials crafted a false narrative for purely political purposes.” •An email this week from Rep. Scott Rigell’s (R-Va.) campaign asking for “$5, $10, $20, or $50 to help keep him in Congress and hold the Administration accountable” that also asks “Why didn’t the military respond to the events in Benghazi Were there even military assets in the region available? If not, why not? Who made the decision not to send support? House Republicans are committed to finding out the truth about Benghazi.” •An email from House candidate Andy Tobin accusing Obama of “covering up vital information about what happened that night” and asking for donations. • Conservative pundits and former politicians like Mike Huckabee, Allen West and others have sent emails to their lists, according to the liberal watchdog group Media Matters.

I pretty much agree with the high probability that all these assertions are substantive.

Book it, the reason for the low profile over there is that Obama was running guns to AQ in Syria, and they will go to the mat to hide it.

The Dems can boycott all they want, but it won't change the FACTS. When or if those emails come out, or one of the operatives...gets Jesus and decides to tell the truth.

Game on.

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Posted by NHTIGER

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Posted on 5/8/14 at 11:32 am to RCDfan1950

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Book it, the reason for the low profile over there is that Obama was running guns to AQ in Syria, and they will go to the mat to hide it.

This is not directed at you in particular, RCD, but at everyone who has made similar references regarding the "gun-running" issue being related to the 9/11 attack.

First, that issue will not be a part of this committee's investigation. It is all conjecture at this point and plays no role in what happened that night. If testimony or documents come to light in this committee's work that gives credence to the issue, you can bet it will be the subject of a separate investigation, and it would be a bi-partisan effort.

For those who believe there is a "story" there, however, it would not be what you posted, i.e., a situation of the administration sending small arms and manpads to AlQaeda-related groups in Syria. The allegations of those who subscribe to Benghazi gun-running is that the shipments of arms were meant for the group the administration supports over there - the Free Syrian Army. Those guys dislike AlQaeda-related groups as much as we do. Their side of the civil war has been corrupted by, plagued by and viciously undermined by AlQaeda in that war. There are not two sides in the Syrian Civil War, there are three. The only thing the Free Syrian Army and AlQaeda have in common is that both seek Assad's death or departure.

If the allegations that the U.S. played a role in the shipment of Russian arms from Libya to Syria, via Turkey, become proven, they will show the intended recipient of those arms was the Free Syrian Army group and not the dozen or so AlQaeda groups fighting Assad. We know that such shipments were made from Benghazi to Turkey in the days preceding 9/11/12 - but there is no proven evidence that the U.S. played any role in those shipments.

I tend to avoid that issue when I discuss Benghazi because it's a PERIPHERAL issue. If proven, it will have a life of its own separate from the Benghazi attack.

Sen. Rand Paul is not the guy anyone should be listening to when it comes to Benghazi. Follow the work of the House Committee, and if there is anything to the story, it will become evident as a by-product of testimony and documents. Unless and until it is, you will not see Rep. Gowdy chasing that angle, because its not within the purview of his committee's mission. All the gun-running talk does is take away from the real and valid aspects of the investigation, and give Dems a chance to belittle the committee's work.

And again, even if the speculation about U.S. involvement of gun-running eventually proves to be true, it certainly will not be a situation of running them to AlQaeda, but to the Free Syrian Army. Since the AlQaeda groups in Syria have basically taken away whatever weapons the FSA gets from outside sources, I do not dispute that those arms would not end up in the hands of AlQaeda. But back in September of 2012, the Free Syrian Army was still the main force opposing Assad. The takeover of the anti-Assad armies by AlQaeda has evolved mostly over the past 18 months.

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