“I’m not equipped to sit and look at blueprints to determine where the blast walls need to be, where the reinforcements need to be. That’s why we hire people who have that expertise.” – Hillary Clinton, June 10, 2014
ABC’s Diane Sawyer was particularly strong in her interview of Hillary Clinton. (abcnews.go.com photo)
I’d like to say I was shocked when I heard this response from Hillary Clinton during her book tour interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer, who pressed the former secretary of state over the preparedness of the U.S. diplomatic installation in Benghazi for a terrorist attack. But I wasn’t. It was what I would expect from a government bureaucrat.
Sawyer cited the Accountability Review Board report, stating “the mission was far short of standards; weak perimeter; incomplete fence; video surveillance needed repair; and a systemic failure.” She asked Clinton, “whether the people might be seeking from her a sentence that begins with, ‘I should have …’” Clinton ducked that one, stating, “I take responsibility, but I was not making security decisions.”
When I heard her quote above, not being equipped to sit and look at blueprints, I was again reminded how different CEOs or other heads of business regard their facility responsibilities.
In my forty some years in the aerospace business, I saw business presidents take a major role in new facility construction projects, from blueprint, brick and mortar through move–in. In one instance it was providing a new facility for a division supporting the space program that required a vibration-proof lab floor. Another was the establishment of a new defense systems facility in another state. In each instance, the business president was always engaged in the project even though he had a facilities director to walk him through the various stages.
“Did you miss it? Did you miss the moment to prevent this (Benghazi) from happening?” Sawyer asked. Obviously she did. She failed to participate in security plan discussions for the compound. She then ignored five months of terrorist warnings. Finally, she failed to appropriately respond to the “3 a.m. call.”
Further examples of Hillary Clinton’s lack of qualifications for the presidency.
