Benghazi's Ghosts

How do you define cowardice?  The civilian world can define it many ways, legally, morally, religiously, but for the military cowardice is defined by their actions in the face of the enemy and overwhelming odds.  It is defined by personnel who are left to die by the very administration they worked for, and it is especially defined by a military hierarchy which felt more concerned for their careers than in leaving good people behind to die.  I'd like to say the ghosts of these brave people will haunt these "killers" for years to come, but in the words of Hillary Clinton, "What difference at this point does it make?" 

Well, it turns out it makes quite a bit of difference, Madam Secretary.  New evidence coming to light from the other quagmire Hillary Clinton is involved in, the classified email scandal, would seem to bear out the lying and cover-up of condemning brave Americans to death.  I don't think any but the far left liberal would be surprised to find the President at the top of this list, after all, the buck stops there, whether he wants it to or not.  This was not an episode of “Mission Impossible” where the administration told them, if they were caught the State Department would disavow any knowledge of their activities and leaves them out to hang.  There was an expectation of rescue.  There was an expectation of Marines landing in force.  There was an expectation of "leave no man behind."  More importantly, there was an expectation, an obligation, of good old American bravery in the face of overwhelming odds to rescue several of our own; a moral obligation!

The current administration let them down.  The State Department let them down. Military commanders let them down.  And, most of all, the people of the United States of America let them down by not screaming for justice and the heads of all those involved.  We left fellow Americans to die in a foreign land.  We have the right to vote in leadership that will ensure zero tolerance for this kind of cowardice; cowardice which makes our country, our people, and our leadership seem weak and ineffective.  This is the kind of cowardice that invites our enemies test the waters of invasion.

"What difference at this point does it make?"  For sniveling cowards that hide behind their appointed office like it's a shield from any complicity in wrongdoing, it makes no difference.  But, to the patriotic taxpayers of this nation who pay the salaries of these people, the political leadership they vote for and the military commanders those same politicians assign to positions of leadership, their complicity in lying, cover ups, mishandling of classified material, and the murder of our brave men and women by the wonton inaction of these same inept employees makes a serious point.

But then, that's just my opinion.  I could be wrong.

Editor's Note 

(re: disclaimer cum "get out of jail free" card) 

Before you go getting your panties in a bunch, it is essential to understand that this is just an opinion site and, as such, can be subjected to scrutiny by anyone with a differing opinion. It doesn't make either opinion any more right or wrong than the other. An opinion, presented in this context, is a way of inciting others to think and, hopefully, to form opinions of their own, if they haven't already done so.

It is my fervent hope that we keep open and active minds when reading opinions and then engaging in peaceful, constructive, discussion in an arena of mutual respect concerning the opinions put forth. After over twenty years as a military intelligence analyst, planner, and briefer, I have come to believe engaging each other in this manner and in this arena is the way we will learn tolerance and respect for differing beliefs, cultures, and viewpoints.

We all fall from grace, some more often than others; it is part of being human. God's test for us is what we do afterward, and what we learn from the experience.

Frank Anthony Villari (aka, Pastor Tony)

Pastor Tony is founder of the Congregation for Religious Tolerance and author/editor of the Congregation's official blog site, "The Path."