Why White House spins Benghazi lies
A recent letter writer (“Being wrong about video isn’t a crime,” Readers write, May 18) has no concept of the real issue of Benghazi. The writer suggests that the Obama administration was “incorrect” when it blamed the death of four Americans on a video. If there was no knowledge that it was false, he would be correct. However, when evidence had been presented that confirmed the attack was not the act of a mob reacting to a video, but rather the planned actions of a terrorist group, the administration chose to adamantly repeat the falsehood.
It would have cost the president and his administration to do the right thing and admit that they were misinformed, but they chose to continue to lie. Political preservation is never an acceptable justification for lying to the American public. And yes, it is a criminal act to lie when you know the truth regarding the death of people for whom you are responsible when you are in a place of authority. The disregard for the law and the loss of American lives to ensure an election result is deplorable, and those who perpetrated the crime should be held accountable.
DAVID R. BOAG, FAYETTEVILLE
Some can’t handle truth on Benghazi
A recent letter, “Being wrong about video isn’t a crime,” typifies a liberal’s justification of the current administration’s lies, obfuscations, dissembling and heavy-handed overreach. Liberal sympathizers are not interested in facts or the truth regarding decisions about the embassy’s lack of security, why it was still in Benghazi after others had left, or how to report/spin the attack that killed four Americans.
If the writer’s assertion that the video explanation was not a crime but merely the result of a confusing situation, why doesn’t the administration just admit it got it wrong? Because that would confirm the administration as the Keystone Kops they are.
CHARLES FRANCE, MARIETTA
Only conservatives held accountable?
So let me make sure I have this straight: It’s now not only acceptable but totally reasonable to demand the firing of business leaders, team owners, journalists and the like for expressing their personal views on race, religion and deeply held moral issues, even when it has no effect on the lives of anyone. But when any non-conservative elected official, political appointee or government employee is involved in a scandal where lives are ruined and people die, no accountability is necessary?
DOUG LOCKER, DECATUR
