A movie about Benghazi and the absence of leadership from Washington
Hugh Hewitt:
It sounds like a good movie. Hopefully it will better inform voters about the inactions of thsoe who were in a position to help and did not.
'13 Hours,' like Benghazi itself, notable for Obama's, Clinton's absenceThere is more.
The movie mentions neither the president nor the then secretary of state by name, and no expressed argument is made as to what the two did or didn't do to assist their embattled ambassador, his staff, and the CIA Benghazi outpost on Sept. 11, 2012. But the overwhelming impression of the huge number of people certain to see the first big release of the year, will be that they did not do enough.
In fact, it will be that they did nothing at all. Nothing.
The producers of the movie gave gifted director Michael Bay exactly what he needed: an exact replica of the layout of the special mission and the CIA "annex" as well as the chaos that pulsed through the city before and during the attacks. The warrior heroes of the film get the honor they deserve, but the sense of their bravery is mirrored on the downside by the recognition of the cowardice of the political leadership that put them in Benghazi to fend for themselves in the first place.
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It sounds like a good movie. Hopefully it will better inform voters about the inactions of thsoe who were in a position to help and did not.
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