John Kerry became flustered and defensive at Wednesday's House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, when Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) pressed him on a potential U.S. military intervention in Syria. As Kerry attempted to bluster his way out of it by putting on his "how dare you!" faux outrage face, Duncan stood his ground.
Kerry whined quite a bit while refusing to answer Duncan's questions.
The issue, as Duncan rightly pointed out, is credibility - namely the credibility (or, more accurately, the lack of credibility) of the Obama regime. How can we trust the regime not to get our nation stuck in another country's civil war when discredited limousine liberals like Kerry can't give a straight answer to a question?
Duncan opened his line of questioning by accusing President Barack Obama's administration of having "a serious credibility issue," referencing scandals like Benghazi, Operation Fast and Furious - in which Obama has asserted executive privilege over documents to keep them from Congress - the IRS scandal, the NSA scandal, and the scandal surrounding surveillance of journalists from Associated Press and Fox News reporter James Rosen.
Holding up a photo of the late Tyrone Woods - one of the Benghazi Four who were murdered in a terrorist attack a year ago while their government sat back and left them to die - Duncan asked about the ties between the Benghazi scandal and the situation in Syria.
"The reason that I say Benghazi is germane to our discussion on Syria is this: Secretary Kerry, have there been any efforts on the part of the United States directly or indirectly to provide weapons to the Syrian rebels? That would also include facilitating the transfer of weapons from Libyan rebels to Syrian rebels?"The New York Times has reported that the Obama administration was running guns to Syria through Libya, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said in a recent interview with Breitbart News that such an operation would haunt then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a potential bid for president in 2016.
In an exclusive interview with Matthew Boyle of Breitbart News, Duncan gave his impression of Kerry's hysterics:
"He did not answer me," Duncan said. "In fact, he deflected the question and then got a little hostile with me about the chemical weapons used. I never denied the fact that chemical weapons were used in Syria."
"I was just trying to make the point that there is a connection between Benghazi and Syria," he continued, "and that a lot of Americans do believe there was an operation going on to round up the weapons from the Libyan rebels and transport them to Syria. He didn't answer my question."
When his five minutes worth of questioning during the hearing - the standard amount each member is given for question-and-answer with witnesses - ended, Duncan said Kerry "kept riding on."
"I'm surprised Chairman Royce let him go on as long as he did - for about a minute over, which he didn't allow that for anybody else - the screen split and I sat there and held Tyrone Woods's picture up," Duncan said.Duncan doubts that the House of Representatives has the votes to support a resolution for intervention. He also expressed disappointment that Boehner and Cantor have both publicly supported Obama's interventionist schemes without even discussing it with their fellow Republicans.
South Carolinians can certainly be proud to have men like Jeff Duncan and Trey Gowdy representing them in the House. Not only do they "get it" but they have the courage to stand up and speak truth to power. Well done!
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