2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]SanAntoneRogue
(20 posts)As a thinking and concerned American, OF COURSE I believe that allegations of wrongdoing should be investigated. That's reasonable.
It's reasonable that Benghazi got a thorough investigation. It would have been equally reasonable if the 12 embassy attacks that happened on W. Bush's watch, which resulted in over 60 deaths, had been equally investigated. Were they? Of course not. Because reasonable people understand that we live in a dangerous world, and that conducting any kind of business in hostile territory is hazardous.
Realistically, though, we also know that the rightwing will exploit any event at all to try to smear Hillary in particular, or any Democrat. Should I post the list I've been keeping of PHONY scandals, all very carefully investigated, which reasonable people dismissed but which REALISTICALLY were used as rightwing smear fodder? It spans back 20 years, and to this day you will hear about Vince Foster, or the great Travel Office scandal. Neither had the substance the rightwing wrote into them, but all survive to help the "cumulative" effect of saying Hillary can't be trusted.
It's good to be reasonable. But being realistic, try to understand that such reasonableness plays into the hands of smear merchants. Keeping an "open mind" on Benghazi, for example, should stop when? After the second Congressional investigation? After the fifth? After the eighth? You need to realize it will never end. And being reasonable, you should know when you're being a good citizen, and when it lapses into becoming tolerant if not encouraging of the Rightwing PHONY Scandal Machine.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
--Edmund Burke
You need to decide when enough is enough.