Schieffer: Not Sure Benghazi Was Terrorism

[CajunRaven]

Let's examine that and do the arithmetic.

9/11/01 - 4,363 Americans dead in NY, DC and PA.
9/11/12 - 4 Americans dead in Libya

Reduction in dead Americans on 9/11 - 4,359

On their heels is an understatement. More like on their arses. Their ability to kill Americans has been greatly reduced and their ability to kill Americams in America has been eliminated for the time being.

Measuring the number of dead from the two events does nothing to demonstrate capability. Their abiility to hijack planes in a 9/11 type attack has been reduced because we do a better job of screening passengers. As DS noted, their ability to pull off 9/11 had more to do with us than them.

[soulflower]

Measuring the number of dead from the two events does nothing to demonstrate capability. Their abiility to hijack planes in a 9/11 type attack has been reduced because we do a better job of screening passengers. As DS noted, their ability to pull off 9/11 had more to do with us than them.

The problem with the Benghazi thing is, there's too much focus on who said what after the attack.

Not enough attention is being paid to the failures that made the attack possible...

[LMoore24]

Not enough attention is being paid to the failures that made the attack possible...

That's not true. Republican congressional leaders are paying lots of attention to the President and the Secretary of State.

[Marshan Man]

That's not true. Republican congressional leaders are paying lots of attention to the President and the Secretary of State.

LOL @ you using "Republican" and "leaders" in the same phrase..

[dsummoner]

The problem with the Benghazi thing is, there's too much focus on who said what after the attack.

Not enough attention is being paid to the failures that made the attack possible...

Such as the failure of US foreign policy, in the form of meddling - a disease that afflicts (R) and (D), which turned Libya's internal issues, magically, into a US national interest...

[Anne68]

Measuring the number of dead from the two events does nothing to demonstrate capability. Their abiility to hijack planes in a 9/11 type attack has been reduced because we do a better job of screening passengers. As DS noted, their ability to pull off 9/11 had more to do with us than them.

I don't know about the screening part. We have given up our rights for a false sense of security. Several years ago my husband got on and off many airplanes over a period of 5-6 months with a box cutter in his carry-on backpack. He realized it and removed it (he uses them for work and forgot to put it in his toolbox which gets checked).

I think would be terrorists know that they will take a serious beat down by passengers if they try any shenanigans. They will strike again. It won't be an airplane next time.