Strange days

This could be a rather interesting week. What are the facts regarding Benghazi?

We may never know that. But it has been fairly clear that Obama must have known what was going on there at the time and that the violence wasn't because of a video. This is what he subsequently claimed and it is false.

It looks as if the administration was at odds with itself. Speculation was increasing about the division between the Secretary of State Clinton and Obama. Somebody was going to take the fall for this, and it looked like the Clintons decided it wasn't going to be them. Now that appears to be changing.

The Democrats probably decided that this was very dangerous to their interests and so they are probably circling the wagons. In my opinion, they are going to brazen it out until the end of the election and then deal with the outcome afterward.

In the meanwhile, the news networks are not reporting the obvious fact that the President has lied about Benghazi and that he is doing so for political reasons. I suspect that this is being done in order to build up the story that the President is being run out of office for racial reasons.

This is setting up future unrest no matter what the outcome of the election is. For, if the Democrats lose, they will claim racial injustice--- and the Republicans will claim treason if they lose. This is a witches brew of instability being concocted here.

The truth would go a long way towards calming things down, but instead the thing is being whipped up into an emotional quagmire of mutual suspicion. The suspicion builds as the speculation builds about what the truth actually is. But the truth will not be reported because it is very damaging to the interests of the Democrats. The Democrats control the media, so the voters are not likely to be allowed to know the facts of the situation. Many would not believe it even if it were reported accurately.

It is like a war, where the truth is the first casualty.

In the meantime, it is being reported as being a tight race. We could have another election controversy as in 2000 and this could add to the emotional mix. Things were a lot better in 2000, the country could handle that. But could it handle another election controversy like that in these conditions?

There needs to be a resolution to this, but it doesn't look like it will be a clear one. That's of course, if the news that the election is actually close. It may not be. But is probably is.

If the facts remain as hidden as possible, it will allow the bad guys to escape. There will be bad feelings all around no matter what the outcome. A clear outcome is not desired, I suspect. The more confusion, the better. It may well succeed.

Things could get dicey if those on the losing end decide that they cannot accept the outcome. There are vague threats out there. Riots perhaps? Mutiny amongst the military? States leaving the Union?