Response to 'Desperately Attacking Susan'

After reading a fellow classmate, Amber Quinn, ‘s blog, “Desperately Attacking Susan”, it is somewhat unsettling to see that the questions she raised nearly two weeks ago are still unanswered.  In fact, the answers seem even murkier.  The four Americans are still dead, but the question people in this country are asking is not, “How do we prevent such a thing from happening again?” or even, “Who is to blame for this?” but “How do we hold Susan Rice accountable for reporting what she knew at the time?”

It is so sad that the deaths of the four people in Benghazi have become so politicized and contorted into nothing more than an arguing point for both sides of the aisle.  This clip of Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Rice criticizing Fox News pretty much sums up the whole debacle. 

 

The deadly but relatively small (and unfortunately rather routine) terrorist attack happened to occur mere days before the U.S. presidential election, and therefore became fodder for a desperate GOP to attack the incumbent.  Ms. Rice was merely relaying the info she had about the attacks.  The information turned out to be false, but she did not deliberately mislead the public.  She would have no reason to do so.  It is unfair to punish her for doing her job as best she could.  Even John McCain, who is one of the leadarbitrators in the movement to block her nomination for Secretary of State,confirmed allegations that the attack on the Embassy was a spontaneous spill-over from anti-U.S. protests (rather than a well-planned, carefully orchestrated assault).

  These efforts to discredit Ms. Rice and prevent her nomination are completely biased and politically motivated.  The GOP is only seeking to block Obama at every chance they get, and Susan Rice is caught in the crossfire.  It is a shame that an innocent woman may lose a well-earned chance at a promotion simply out of an attempt at political revenge.