Americans who watched TV in 2008 will certainly remember Hillary Clinton’s commercial against Barack Obama when they were both running for the Democratic presidential nomination: A phone was ringing in semi-darkness and no one picked it up, while a voice wondered what would happen if, in the early morning, an emergency anywhere in the world found that there was no one in charge in Washington. Obama, the novice, could not measure up; Hillary, already toughened, would guarantee an adequate response.
Once Obama was elected, he comforted Hillary by appointing her secretary of state. Time went by and in 2012 on the anniversary of 9/11, phones started to ring in the White House, in the Department of State, in the Pentagon, in the CIA. None of them were answered. Rather, they were answered but no one reacted. During his re-election campaign in 2012, Obama emphasized that during his first term he executed Osama bin Laden and was in the process of liquidating the threat of al-Qaida. How on earth was this administration going to admit that the attack on the consulate in Benghazi had been perpetrated by local terrorists from both Ansar al-Sharia and al-Qaida? Impossible, the ticket did not match with the list. The White House and the Department of State then got into an operation of lies that lasted until the elections and is now, eight months later, collapsing.
So the blame was put on a film directed by a clumsy novice filmmaker, an Egyptian living in California; by insulting Muhammad, the film supposedly provoked the anger of Muslims and the subsequent attack on the American facilities in Benghazi that resulted in the death of four Americans including the ambassador, many injuries and the destruction of consular properties. Hilary confidently lied when she put the blame on the poor devil to send him to jail and sent over more guards than would have been needed in Benghazi to avoid the massacre.
Susan Rice, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, lied with great composure on five morning television shows on Sunday, Sept. 16, five days after the attack. The president lied in the United Nations itself, not to mention in other places, only two weeks after the attack. Jay Carney, the press secretary, lied time and time again when stating that an American military response was not feasible given the spontaneous nature of the attack. He lied again when accusing Mitt Romney of politicizing the incident and once again when he said that in the official account of the incident the word “consulate” had been replaced with “diplomatic facilities.” Pentagon officials lied when Congress convened. Victoria Nuland, the spokesperson for the Department of State, lied as well. According to the explosive inquiries of ABC journalist Jonathan Karl, she seems to have been involved on several levels in the changes made to the CIA’s original account of the attacks. Jay Carney, not doing himself a favor, even stated that Benghazi happened long ago. The truth is that it is more current than ever.
Some 100 pages of emails that have recently been published do not help much. They want to maintain the cover-up, even if it is weak, so as not to cast a shadow on what remains of the Obama administration or hamper the administration of which Hilary dreamed. However, every disclosure produces new questions, all of them as dreadful as the telephone in the commercial that kept ringing but was never picked up.
Los norteamericanos que miraron la tele en 2008 recordarán el anuncio de Hillary Clinton contra Barack Obama, cuando competían por la candidatura demócrata a la presidencia: en la penumbra un teléfono timbraba y nadie lo atendía, mientras una voz en off preguntaba qué ocurriría si de madrugada una emergencia en cualquier parte del mundo encontraba que en Washington no había nadie al mando. Obama, el neófito, no podría dar la talla en tanto Hillary, curtida ya en mil batallas, sería la garantía de una respuesta adecuada.
Electo Obama, consoló a Hillary nombrándola secretaria de Estado. Pero pasó el tiempo y en otro aniversario del tristísimo 11 de septiembre, el de 2012, dieron en sonar los teléfonos, el de la Casa Blanca y el del Departamento de Estado, el del Pentágono, el de la CIA, todos, y ninguno fue descolgado. O fueron descolgados, pero nadie reaccionó. Para su reelección en 2012, el caballito de batalla de Obama fue que en su primer mandato había ajusticiado a Osama bin Laden y al terrorismo de Al Qaeda lo tenía en trance de liquidación. ¿Cómo rayos iba a admitir esta administración que el ataque al consulado en Bengasi lo perpetraron terroristas locales de Ansar al Sharía en connivencia con Al Qaeda? Imposible, el billete no casaba con la lista. Y entonces la Casa Blanca y el Departamento de Estado se enzarzaron en una operación mentirosa que les sirvió hasta más acá de las elecciones, pero ocho meses después se desmerenga.
De manera que la culpa se la echaron a la peliculita de un aprendiz de cineasta muy torpe, egipcio avecindado en California, que habría provocado las iras musulmanas al ofender a Mahoma y el consiguiente ataque a las instalaciones yanquis en Bengasi, saldado con la muerte de cuatro norteamericanos, incluido el embajador, un montón de heridos y la destrucción de propiedades consulares. Mintió con mucha soltura Hillary al culpar a un infeliz para encarcelar, al cual mandaron más guardias de los que habrían hecho falta en Bengasi para impedir la masacre.
Mintió con mucho aplomo la embajadora de Estados Unidos ante la ONU, Susan Rice, en cinco programas televisivos de mañana dominguera el 16 de septiembre, cinco días después del ataque. Mintió en la misma ONU el presidente, aparte de otros sitios, dos semanas después del acontecimiento. Mintió una y otra vez el secretario de prensa, Jay Carney, al afirmar que dada la naturaleza espontánea del ataque una respuesta militar norteamericana no fue factible; y en otro momento al culpar a Mitt Romney por politizar el episodio; y aun en otro porque lo único cambiado en la versión oficial había sido la palabra “consulado” por “facilidad diplomática”. Mintieron los funcionarios del Pentágono cuando el Congreso los convocó. Mintió la vocera del Departamento de Estado, Victoria Nuland, quien según las explosivas pesquisas del periodista de la cadena ABC, Jonathan Karl, parece estar complicada en la docena de modificaciones a varios niveles en la versión original de la CIA sobre los acontecimientos. Y haciéndose muy poco favor, Jay Carney llegó a decir que lo de Bengasi ocurrió hace mucho, cuando está más vivo que nunca.
Unas cien páginas de emails al fin publicadas no aclaran demasiado. El encubrimiento, aunque agrietado, quieren sostenerlo para no opacar lo que queda de la administración Obama ni obstaculizar la soñada por Hillary. Pero cada revelación genera nuevas preguntas, y todas tan ominosas como aquel teléfono del anuncio que se cansó de timbrar sin que nadie lo descolgara.
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Excellent article! The USA has been overtaken by an administration that continues to lie about everything’ even where Obama was born. This president has paid millions to keep all his records sealed and attempted to provide a birth certificate that has been proven a forgery. The press here in the states have covered for this fraud all along. I praise Nicaragua for having the courage to tell the truth about Obama. I hope more countries will take notice of the danger that is Barack the fraud Obama.
Excellent article! The USA has been overtaken by an administration that continues to lie about everything’ even where Obama was born. This president has paid millions to keep all his records sealed and attempted to provide a birth certificate that has been proven a forgery. The press here in the states have covered for this fraud all along. I praise Nicaragua for having the courage to tell the truth about Obama. I hope more countries will take notice of the danger that is Barack the fraud Obama.