Benghazi: No, Obama Did NOT Call It An 'Act Of Terror' In His Rose Garden Remarks...And, He Admitted This In His 60 Minutes Interview...THAT DAY.

Obama ADMITTED that he did not call Benghazi a ‘terrorist attack’ in a 60 Minutes interview on 12 September 2012…

Several hours after his Rose Garden remarks and before heading to Las Vegas for a campaign event, Obama sat down for a '60 Minutes' interview with Steve Kroft.  This is what made it to 60 Minutes the following Sunday:

  

KROFT: But there are reports that they were very heavily armed with grenades, that doesn’t sound like your normal demonstration.

OBAMA:  'As I said, we’re still investigating exactly what happened, I don’t want to jump the gun on this.   But your right that this is not a situation that was exactly the same as what happened in Egypt.   And my suspicion is there are folks involved in this. Who were looking to target Americans from the start.  So we’re gonna make sure that our first priority is to get our folks out safe, make sure our embassies are secured around the world and then we are going to go after those folks who carried this out.'

But, five weeks later on October 2012, CBS released the following, which was cut from the originally aired interview:

54 days after the attack and almost two weeks after putting out the first additional clip that appeared to back up the president after the second debate, CBS without fanfare posted the rest of the Benghazi question online -- the question before the question.

Remember this is from a president who has been saying he was calling Benghazi a terrorist attack from the very first moment in the Rose Garden. Also, remember what he said in the debate and notice the new part -- underlined in bold. 

KROFT: Mr. President, this morning you went out of your way to avoid the use of the word terrorism in connection with the Libya Attack, do you believe that this was a terrorist attack?

OBAMA: Well it’s too early to tell exactly how this came about, what group was involved, but obviously it was an attack on Americans.  And we are going to be working with the Libyan government to make sure that we bring these folks to justice, one way or the other. 

KROFT: It’s been described as a mob action, but there are reports that they were very heavily armed with grenades, that doesn’t sound like your normal demonstration.

OBAMA:  As I said, we’re still investigating exactly what happened, I don’t want to jump the gun on this.   But your right that this is not a situation that was exactly the same as what happened in Egypt.  And my suspicion is there are folks involved in this. Who were looking to target Americans from the start.  So we’re gonna make sure that our first priority is to get our folks out safe, make sure our embassies are secured around the world and then we are going to go after those folks who carried this out.

KROFT: There have been reports, obviously this isn’t the first time…there have been attacks on the consulate before. There was an attack against the British ambassador. Do you…this occurred on Sept. 11. Can you tell me why the ambassador was in Benghazi yesterday? Was it to evaluate security at the consulate?

OBAMA: 'Well keep in mind, Chris Stevens is somebody that was one of the first Americans on the ground when we were in the process of saving Benghazi and providing the opportunity for Libyans to create their own democracy. So this is somebody who had been courageous, had been on the ground, had helped to advise me and Secretary Clinton when we were taking our actions against Muammar Qaddafi. And is somebody who is very familiar with the train. He was doing the work that he does as a diplomat helping to shape our policies in the region at a time when things are still fairly fragile. But I think it’s important to note that we have a Libyan government in place that is fully cooperative, that sees the United States as a friend that recognizes we played an important role in liberating Libya and providing the Libyan people an opportunity to forge their own destiny. And in fact we had Libyans who helped protect our diplomats when they were under attack. But this is a country that is still rebuilding in the aftermath of Qaddafi. They don’t necessarily always have the same capabilities that countries with more established governments might have in helping to provide protection to our folks. But beyond that, what I want to do is make sure that we know exactly what happened, how it happened, who perpetrated this action, then we’ll act accordingly.'

These are two crucial answers in the big picture.  Right after getting out of the Rose Garden, where, according to the second debate and Obama fanboys ever since, he definitively called the attack terrorism, Obama is asked point blank about not calling it terrorism. He blinks and does not push back.

Understand that this interview is just hours after he gets out of the Rose Garden.

Long ago, I dissected the Rose Garden remarks:

Before the phrase “acts of terror” ever leaves his lips — in fact, 6 paragraphs before — HE BLAMES THE VIDEO.

In Paragraph One, he gives his salutations. In Two and Three, he specifically, talks about the attack in Benghazi. So, there can be no confusion that what next comes might have been meant to apply to what had happened the day before in Cairo.

 

'SINCE OUR FOUNDING, THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN A NATION THAT RESPECTS ALL FAITHS. WE REJECT ALL EFFORTS TO DENIGRATE THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF OTHERS.'

(Paragraph 4 of 13)

He also labels what happened in Benghazi in the next sentence:

 

'But there is absolutely no justification to THIS TYPE OF SENSELESS VIOLENCE. None. The world must stand together to unequivocally reject these brutal acts.' 

(Paragraph 4 of 13)

 

Is “this type of senseless violence” synonymous with “terrorism”? It sounds more like the way in which someone might describe a drive-by shooting in Chicago that killed a couple of kids. It certainly doesn’t describe what happened in Benghazi or a type of “workplace violence” involving a US Major in the Army/Soldier of Allah, who is screaming Allahu Akbar while killing 13 and wounding more than 3 dozen.

In Paragraph Eight, he speaks of the original 09.11, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Arlington Cemetery. In Paragraph Nine, he talks of the sacrifices Americans have made in pursuit and defence of freedom.

Then Paragraph Ten: 

 

 

'No ACTS OF TERROR will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for.' (Paragraph 10 of 13) 

 

 

The first two lines of Paragraph Four would be irrelevant if he was going to designate the attack “terrorism.”

 

Also, under Federal law, acts of terrorism, BY DEFINITION, are premeditated. Thus, they cannot be “spontaneous uprisings”…ever. 

 

The bottom line is that Obama, first and specifically, called Benghazi 'a type of senseless violence' (like a Chicago drive-by shooting) and blamed it on the video in his Rose Garden statement. 

 

Here’s the full transcript of his remarks on 12 September 2012 from the Rose Garden. 

 

If it was an 'act of terror' from Day One, why was Nakoula Basseley Nakoula arrested in the middle of the night by 10 Federal agents, perp-walked, and thrown in solitary confinement in a Federal detention centre on an alleged probation violation where he remains because the government has denied him bail and prosecuted him for a probation violation, for which they would not try as a separate offence (the standard for revoking probation and jailing a defendant).

 

The First Amendment protects offencive speech. It doesn't protect your feelings. Nakoula's film IS offencive, as well as laughably amateurish, but that's irrelevant and not germane to the issue because it is also protected speech. 

 

Why did President Obama tell Joy Behar on The View that Mr Nakoula's film was responsible for Benghazi?

 

Why did he tell Letterman the same thing?

 

Why did he bring up the video 6 times in his speech before the UN?

 

Why did Ambassador Rice tell 300+ million Americans that the video was the cause?

 

Why did Ms Rice and others tell the mum of Sean Smith, who was killed in the attack, that the video was the cause? 

 

You can't have it both ways.

 

 

 

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