{"id":8654,"date":"2014-08-11T17:43:56","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T17:43:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-08-11T17:43:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T17:43:56","slug":"the_new_york_times_says_fear_of_another_benghazi_drove_iraq_airstrikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/11\/the_new_york_times_says_fear_of_another_benghazi_drove_iraq_airstrikes\/","title":{"rendered":"The New York Times Says Fear of Another Benghazi Drove Iraq Airstrikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: Remember another thing we were always told while we were in Iraq, that we shouldn\u2019t be doing any of this because all it was doing was creating more terrorists. Remember that? Everything George W. Bush did, it was just a recruiting tool. Abu Ghraib, recruiting tool. Club Gitmo, recruiting tool. Torture, waterboarding, recruiting tool for the bad guys. That\u2019s right, my friends, everything we did, everything we did militarily, either in defense of our allies or our own policy was considered a recruiting tool. <\/p>\n

Yeah, everything that we were doing was just going to create more terrorists. This is the argument that Obama and Kerry and Biden and all the rest of these bubs issued to try to convince the American people there was no way we could win militarily. Our military had no business being over there. It was out of place, it was not called for, there was no hope, there was no way. Remember Harry Reid (imitating Reid), “This war is lost. This war is over.” <\/p>\n

They were trying to secure defeat so they could hang that around George W. Bush\u2019s neck. So everything that we did, “Oh, man it\u2019s just making the terrorists madder, angrier, conflict resolution 101.” And now what? Here\u2019s Obama bombing. Oh, yeah, indiscriminate bombing attacks on ISIS. Isn\u2019t that going to recruit more terrorists, I could ask? Isn\u2019t that gonna just make the terrorists angrier? Isn\u2019t that just gonna quicken their resolve and firm up their resolve and make them want to get even angrier at us? Isn\u2019t that going to make the terrorists really, really ticked off? Are we not actually recruiting more terrorists by doing all this? <\/p>\n

I mean that\u2019s the kind of drivel that we had to put up with for five years from these people. Damn right it ticks me off, folks. It ought to make everybody mad. We are living an absolute mess because of this stuff. Washington Post editorial. It was August the 8th, Friday. “Obama\u00c2\u2019s Authorization of Iraq Airstrikes Isn\u00c2\u2019t Connected to a Coherent Strategy.” (gasping) The Washington Post is saying this? Really? I don\u2019t even need to read the editorial to you. The headline says it all. <\/p>\n

Remember John Kerry, any time bad guys do anything (imitating Kerry), “When are they going to realize that this is the twenty-first century and this is not the way things are done now,” blah, blah, blah, blah. “I\u2019m secretary of state. We don\u2019t do things this way,” bang, goes a bullet whizzing by his head. <\/p>\n

Washington Post<\/a>: “Obama\u00c2\u2019s Authorization of Iraq Airstrikes Isn\u00c2\u2019t Connected to a Coherent Strategy.” Here\u2019s another one. This is the New York Times<\/a>: “Fear of ‘Another Benghazi\u2019 Drove White House to Airstrikes in Iraq.” This is choice. “On Wednesday evening, moments after finishing a summit meeting with African leaders at the State Department, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff delivered a stark message to President Obama as they rode back to the White House in Mr. Obama\u00c2\u2019s limousine.”<\/p>\n

Oh, by the way, did you hear that\u2019s how this happened? Obama was convinced to launch air strikes by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs in a limo ride. And it was, if we don\u2019t do this, we could end up with another Benghazi. That\u2019s exactly right. Now, this has to be hard for the New York Times to report this, because, to them, Benghazi is a phony Republican scandal. What do you mean, another Benghazi? <\/p>\n

This is another thing. How many months have we had to listen to the Drive-By Media characterize Benghazi as a phony Tea Party scandal, folks? Nothing to see there. There wasn\u2019t any scandal there. Four Americans died. What do you think happens in a war? Get over it. It was that video. We\u2019ve got the guy in jail. Screw it. Been there. Done that. It\u2019s over. But these Republicans, they want to keep it alive for congressional hearings. It\u2019s just a phony scandal. <\/p>\n

And here comes the New York Times saying, “Well, no, the reason that we\u2019re dropping bombs on ISIS is to make sure there\u2019s not another phony Republican scandal,” this time in Iraq? (interruption) They\u2019re shutting up. These loudmouth liberals are gonna shut up. They understand unity. They\u2019re not gonna undermine. Hillary is the only one undermining Obama, and that\u2019s \u2019cause she\u2019s got grandiose political designs. Elizabeth Warren does, too. But she\u2019s so stupid, somebody\u2019s gonna have to tell her when to go do what, and she\u2019ll get in gear. Somebody will call her from Harvard, the faculty lounge, give her a heads-up. <\/line><\/p>\n

Hell, I don\u2019t know. But they\u2019re not gonna undercut Obama. (interruption) This whole party is all about unity, acquiring power, and holding it. They do not throw each other overboard. You think because we will throw one of our people overboard at the drop of a hat that they\u2019ll do the same thing. No, and remember, Obama\u2019s race is still his race, and it still is a limiting factor, even for Democrats. But the unity thing is the biggest thing. But, I mean, the New York Times hates using force to maintain peace or stability in the Middle East. They love Obama. They said that Benghazi, there\u2019s nothing to see here, it\u2019s a phony Republican scandal, and now, in the New York Times: “Fear of another Benghazi drove the White House.”<\/p>\n

It must be really bad if that\u2019s the best they can come up with to justify this. Can you imagine your typical New York Times reader, “Benghazi, what\u2019s Benghazi?” They\u2019re in Zabar\u2019s on Upper West Side, they got the New York Times, they read: “Fear of ‘Another Benghazi\u2019 Drove White House to Airstrikes in Iraq.” And all these libs in New York, “Benghazi, where is that? What is that?” They don\u2019t know about Benghazi. The New York Times never reported about Benghazi except as a phony Republican scandal. So a typical New York Times liberal reader in Manhattan says, “Wait a minute, fear of another Benghazi scandal –” and they\u2019re probably in Zabar\u2019s cursing Republicans for this today. <\/p>\n

I can just see it now. Jeff Greenfield and the gang in Zabar\u2019s blaming the Republicans for this, because as far as they\u2019re concerned the New York Times said that Benghazi\u2019s a phony Republican scandal. So now we\u2019re dropping bombs on Benghazi to prevent another Benghazi? So Obama has to do this? Obama has to bomb Iraq to make sure the Republicans don\u2019t do another scandal? Damn Republicans, they\u2019re horrible, terrible, responsible for everything. New York Times, typical reader. (interruption) What? (interruption) Will our bombs hurt civilians? Well, ISIS is like Hamas in that regard. They hide with civilians. They hide with them before they kill them. Will our bombs hurt civilians? Probably so. <\/line><\/p>\n

David Gregory, obviously trying to keep his job on Meet the Press, said yesterday — this is in The Daily Caller — David Gregory slammed Obama on Meet the Press yesterday, claiming that a big, expansive terrorist threat grew on Obama\u2019s watch. Meaning, during his presidency. Not on his Timex. They\u2019re out there. David Gregory, maybe for the first time in his life as a journalist, criticized Obama on a day he no doubt heard the rumors that he\u2019s out and F. Chuck is in. So he decided to give the heartland some of what they want to hear: blame Obama. And he did. He slammed Obama. He said terrorism has expanded out the wazoo during Obama\u2019s presidency. But the New York Times readers, “No, no, no. No, no, no. It\u2019s Republicans. Obama had to bomb Iraq to make sure they don\u2019t do another phony scandal like Benghazi was.”<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Here\u2019s Darrell in Leesport, Pennsylvania. Hi, Darrell, I\u2019m glad you waited. Great to have you on the program. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi, Rush. Great to talk to you. Real quick: I think we need to pull out that picture of McCain over there in Syria and figure out who those guys were that he was standing with. But my point is that in Iraq, no boots on the ground, but somebody\u2019s there. The administration told us they\u2019re dropping laser-guided bombings, so somebody\u2019s lasing these targets, so I guess there already are boots on the ground.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, but see, they\u2019re not really “boots on the ground.” Those are forces” defending the embassy.” Those are forces defending the Green Zone. These are not combat troops, and don\u2019t anybody think they are! They\u2019re not combat troops. Obama said so. We\u2019re not gonna have any boots on the ground. This isn\u2019t really a war. Although he did say this might take longer than we thought, on Saturday. <\/p>\n

Sherry, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. I have one minute but I wanted to get to you, nevertheless. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hey, Rush, good to talk to you again.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I heard Obama\u2019s comments. The way he couched the bombing in Iraq was to protect American personnel in the consulate there. That was his primary driver. That\u2019s why it\u2019s temporary. I think that that\u2019s a backhanded way of his acknowledging and taking responsibility for what happened in Benghazi.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Noooo. (chuckles)<\/p>\n

CALLER: He can\u2019t afford another Benghazi.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, that… Obama… Look, there are Regime people saying that to the media. Obama hasn\u2019t. There\u2019s a story. I forget now where. I think it\u2019s the Washington Post, but it might be something else, and they reported that the reason they\u2019re doing this is to make sure there\u2019s not another Benghazi. But, Sherry, the proper reaction there is, “Benghazi? What happened in Benghazi? Nothing happened in Benghazi. <\/p>\n

“That was just a Republican scandal! Nothing happened in Benghazi. The New York Times said so.” That\u2019s where it was! It was the New York Times that reported that they\u2019re trying to prevent “another Benghazi,” but the New York Times said Benghazi wasn\u2019t anything. “Republicans made that up, just exaggerated that for a scandal and for some hearings. Nothing happened in Benghazi worth anything!” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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