Recent horrific events should open eyes regarding our Middle East foreign policy. According to published reports, we had warning of possible attacks at least 48 hours in advance, yet Ambassador Christopher Stevens was not warned. It has also been reported that Barack Obama went to bed as usual before knowing the outcome of events in Libya and Egypt and he also missed his briefing as usual. (He misses nearly 60 percent of his intelligence briefings.) The Obama camp keeps telling us that these events were spontaneous, yet all indications and foreign contacts say otherwise. Is this administration lying to us or showing its ineptitude?

Speaking of lying, it has now come to light that internal Department of Justice emails show Attorney General Eric Holder’s communications staff has coordinated with with Media Matters for America (a left-wing group) in order to spin news stories plaguing Obama’s Justice Department and Eric Holder. These emails were obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Are you getting hope and change or hype and corruption?

 

Tom Jacobson

Albert Lea