To the editor:

The Benghazi report has finally been released. Many Americans have either already made up their minds or are evaluating the report in an effort to come to a conclusion as to who’s responsible for what and why. What many in D.C. and throughout the country are failing to recognize is that the report itself is irrelevant. The violence in Benghazi and the deaths of four Americans would never have happened had the U.S. not been involved in the illegal war in the first place.

President Obama’s decision to illegally engage in an unauthorized war in Libya was heavily influenced by Hillary Clinton. Hillary, as the secretary of state, organized support and communicated with allies to help achieve this illegal war in the name of our nation without congressional approval or any legal justification.

Both Hillary and the president are not only responsible for the four Americans that died but for the civilian deaths as well due to our efforts in illegally overthrowing a government that had for some time become more friendly and helpful to the U.S.

The U.S., as a nation, should be outraged by this continuation of the Bush foreign policy and, should Hillary become president, we will see more of it.