Peter King: Russia Blasts Are 'Wake-Up Call' On Islamic Terror

by JASmius

We would all like to be able to believe that, wouldn't we?  But, unfortunately, we all know better:

King says the attacks should be a reminder to those who think "al-Qaida is dead or al-Qaida and its affiliates don't have the power they once had."

"They are very lethal, and in many ways more dangerous than they were before September 11th[, 2001]."

King criticized a New York Times report that contends local militias and not al-Qaida were responsible for the attack that left four Americans dead, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, in Benghazi, Libya, earlier this year.

Here's more on said "report," which is a smarmy synonym for "latest Regime excuse" [h/t: Jim Geraghty's Morning Jolt]:

The Times report zeroes in on militia leader Abu Khattala as well as the like-minded Islamist militia Ansar al Sharia.

In a recent interview with CNN's Arwa Damon, Khattala acknowledged being at the Benghazi mission after the attack but denied any involvement. 

Damon spent two hours interviewing Khattala at a coffee shop at a well-known hotel in Benghazi. He allowed Damon to use an audio recorder to tape the conversation, but refused to appear on camera.

Khattala's narrative of the events that night was sometimes unclear and, at times, seemed to be contradictory, Damon said.

He admitted to being at the compound the night of the attack, but denied any involvement in the violence.

Asked about allegations he may have masterminded the attack, Khattala and two of the men he brought with him to the interview "burst out laughing," Damon said.

Khattala told CNN that he had not been questioned by either Libyan authorities or the FBI.

The militia leader was one of those whom U.S. prosecutors charged in the attacks, as CNN first reported. 

Y'see, gentles, as Barack Obama sees "man-caused disasterism," if it's al Qaeda doing it, that's bad, because bagging Osama bin Laden was supposed to have ended al Qaeda, so if al Qaeda defeated us in Benghazi (while the one-man SEAL Team Six was watching in real time, munching on a tub of shrimp and making "Wow, that looks just like Call of Duty" jokes), that means getting bin Laden didn't end al Qaeda, and The One looks really, really foolish; but if it isn't al Qaeda that defeated us in Benghazi, but some other mob of heavily-armed, infidel-hating jihadists that's just al Qaeda-affiliated or al Qaeda-inspired, that's perfectly okay, because they're not al Qaeda.  For President Gutsy Call, the War on Asymmetric Kinetic Ouch begins and ends with his one-consonant-away namesake.  Which ought to give you an idea of how big and free a hand Hezbollah and Hamas have to light the American homeland up from sea to radioactive sea.

Representative King (RINO-NY2), possessed of delusions of presidential grandeur, wasn't long in cutting to the left-wingnut motivations behind this latest flailing alibi:

He says the story was concocted to help Democrats in the 2016 presidential race, particularly Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state who has been under fire for her handling of the Benghazi attack.

"[They want to take the] issue away from Republicans no matter who the Democratic nominee is. Whether or not it's Hillary Clinton, they want this issue taken away, and it's part of a systematic effort here," he said.

"This story is meaningless and baseless, and by putting that headline on it — I'm disappointed in how much the media went along with it, by the way."

Well, sure, the Dems would like to take Benghazi away from the GOP as an issue.  But there are a couple of problems with that: (1) This "dog ate my homework" nonsense isn't going to accomplish that; and (2) in order for Benghazi to even become an issue, the Obamedia has to be pushing it as they surely would be if that debacle had happened on a Republican president's watch.  Which they will never do, as this NYT piece redundantly illustrates.  Which, therefore, ought not disappoint Peter King, because he shouldn't have expected anything else.  Which, in turn, reveals his unsuitability for the presidency, even if he did have the stature and resume for the office.

But that consulate assault did take place at around....3AM EDT, didn't it?  Hmmmm.






UPDATE: What's this?  al Qaeda is not only alive, not only well, but on the comeback trail?  My, my, my, the White House isn't going to like this story.  I hope Lisa Barron can afford a security detail, because jihadists may be the least of her worries.