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Don’t forget Benghazi

Thu., May 29, 2014

There was a letter in The Spokesman-Review on May 17 expounding that we, the American people, need to forget Benghazi as it makes no difference now, and is a total waste of time and money. Excuse me!

If you want justice served and those held accountable for taking no action to back up our folks overseas, then it makes a ton of difference.

If you want former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – “what difference, at this point, does it make?” – as your next president, then I guess it does not make a difference. Me? I do not want such a callous person as my next president. We now have a president that felt it more important to attend fundraisers than protect our American citizens in Benghazi.

Les Spillman

Spokane

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