Hillary Clinton Tells Us The End Justifies The Means...But a Lie is Still a Lie

"What does it matter?" This was the statement given by Secretary Hillary Clinton to an investigative committee of Congress and the American people. "Why does it matter that your government lied to you about Benghazi?" It is impossible, apart from what some may call a conspiracy theory, to understand why the press is not all over Mrs. Clinton's statement this morning. Regardless of what one may believe about Benghazi itself, Mrs. Clinton's statement should terrify the American public. The Obama administration told the American public the attack on our ambassador in Libya was the action of a spontaneous protest against an anti-muslim movie. The truth is, the attack was an organized terrorist attack. 

Mrs Clinton, just so you know, lying is wrong; it is wrong to cover up, mislead or share an untruth. It is even more wrong if one's lie is used to perpetuate another, previously told lie; lies beget lies. The Benghazi lie seems to have been told in order to cover the president's talking points concerning the United States' war on terror; talking points used to score political points during a tight election season. Mr Obama had, for some time, told the American public "Al Qaeda was on the run." "America was winning the war on terror." "The terrorist network was in shambles and just a shell of its former self." Of course, we now know all such statements are false. All one must do is turn on the news and hear a report on Algeria, Libya or Syria to understand the Al Qaeda terrorist network is alive and strong. Benghazi should have been a major talking point in the election of 2012. The attack should have raised questions concerning our progress in the war on terror. However, the government used all its power to cover up, mislead and lie so the story would not be "news" until after President Obama won reelection.

Our political leaders set precedents for the popular culture. Bill Clinton's cover up of his affair with Monica Lewinsky proved such; oral sex once was once considered "sexual relations." Now, we are told a lie doesn't matter once it has served its purposes. "What's done is done." In affect we are told the ends justify the means. We cannot sit by and let such perversion go unchallenged.

The question the church and nation must now address is whether we will hold our public officials accountable for what they say is true. God help us if we buy into Mrs Clinton's "ends justify the means" morality.

James