Obama cleans house to stall inquiries into scandals
Just
two days after President Obama’s re-election, General David Petraeus,
the CIA Director, has resigned from the administration over an
extramarital affair. Petraeus was slated to
testify before Congress next week on the murder of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, in Benghazi.
Now
that the Obama administration has succeeded in winning a second term,
they are cleaning house. The two figures most linked to the disaster in
Benghazi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Petraeus, are gone. The
figure most linked with Fast and Furious, Eric Holder, will be gone.
The figure most linked to the administration’s economic failures,
Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner, will be gone.
Bret Baier of Fox News just
tweeted,
"With Petraeus’ resignation effective immediately, he will not testify
next week & lawmakers are said to be 'stunned' by the announcement."
He sent a letter to his colleagues stating:
Yesterday
afternoon, I went to the White House and asked the President to be
allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position. After being
married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging
in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a
husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours …
This afternoon, the President graciously accepted my resignation.
President Obama issued this statement:
David
Petraeus has provided extraordinary service to the United States for
decades. By any measure, he was one of the outstanding General officers
of his generation, helping our military adapt to new challenges, and
leading our men and women in uniform through a remarkable period of
service in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he helped our nation put those
wars on a path to a responsible end. As Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency, he has continued to serve with characteristic
intellectual rigor, dedication, and patriotism. By any measure, through
his lifetime of service David Petraeus has made our country safer and
stronger.
Today,
I accepted his resignation as Director of the Central Intelligence
Agency. I am completely confident that the CIA will continue to thrive
and carry out its essential mission, and I have the utmost confidence in
Acting Director Michael Morell and the men and women of the CIA who
work every day to keep our nation safe. Going forward, my thoughts and
prayers are with Dave and Holly Petraeus, who has done so much to help
military families through her own work. I wish them the very best at
this difficult time.
This is only the latest in a string of groundshaking events demonstrating that the Obama administration hid information
vital to the American people during the last days of the 2012 election
cycle. The fact that the most respected soldier of his generation,
Petraeus, would be leaving the administration during an Obama second
term, had to be known by the White House prior to the election. And they
said nothing in order to run out the clock.
The
fact that Attorney General Eric Holder was considering stepping down
from the administration had to be known by the White House prior to the
election. Meanwhile, during the election cycle, the Obama administration
claimed executive privilege in order to shield Holder from questions
about Fast and Furious.
The
fact that an American drone was fired upon in international airspace by
Iranian airplanes was hidden from the American public for a week in
order to prevent the American public from recognizing the failure of the
Obama Iranian foreign policy.
The facts in Benghazi were lied about by virtually every member of the Obama administration for weeks upon weeks.
The fact that the administration had been
slow-walking reams of vital regulation to beyond the election in order to avoid scaring off voters was hidden from the public.
Now
that the Obama administration has succeeded in winning a second term,
they are cleaning house. The two figures most linked to the disaster in
Benghazi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Petraeus, are gone. The
figure most linked with Fast and Furious, Eric Holder, will be gone.
The figure most linked to the administration’s economic failures,
Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner, will be gone.
Only Obama remains. He ran out the clock on his scandals, and now throws anyone associated with them overboard.
The
Petraeus resignation is only the most recent evidence that the Obama
administration will lie to the American people to achieve its ends. But
with all of his experts gone, Obama’s cabinet will now be staffed by the
political C team in a time of crisis, both domestically and
internationally.
source - Brietbart
