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Benghazigate: Chapter Two
Treachery and betrayal were the Administration’s response, as the media gives Obama cover.
What more does anyone need to know than that Americans are under attack before ordering a military response to suppress the attack and possibly rescue our people?
Even if the initial response isn’t exactly what you’d want it to be, even if you don’t have every asset available that you might in a perfect world, isn’t it your duty — whether you’re a lowly second lieutenant or the Secretary of Defense — to do everything you can as quickly as you can?
Of course it is, at least unless you’re President Obama and his minions. His two principal flunkies — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta — had a lot of options on September 11 during the seven-hour attack on our Benghazi consulate and the CIA house about a mile away. According to a Fox News report based on several sources, the people under attack pled with the CIA for help three times during the attack and all three pleas were refused. Team Obama did nothing to save their lives.
The accuracy of the Fox report is easily derived from other facts. One element of proof that the requests were made — by people under fire — comes from Panetta’s whining. According to a Reuters report, Panetta said there wasn’t enough information to responsibly deploy forces to Libya during the attack. “You don’t deploy forces into harm’s way without knowing what’s going on, without having some real-time information about what’s taking place.”
Really, Mr. Secretary? Let’s set aside the fact that one or more drones were over the consulate during the attack, sending back the information Panetta says he needed. But the drone issue begs the question: Panetta cannot really believe that sending armed aircraft from our base at Sigonella, Italy — about 350 air miles away — wouldn’t have given him both the capability of suppressing the attack and whatever other information he thinks he needed. Panetta’s whine is as evasive as his actions were treacherous.
President Obama was apparently so fearful of offending some Islamic mob that he preferred to let our people be killed than send a couple of F-18s from Sigonella to Benghazi. Flight time — for fully armed aircraft at about 0.7 or 0.8 Mach — is less than an hour. The attack went on for seven hours. If the fly-guys busted Mach, they could have been there in about a half hour. Plenty of time to pop a sonic boom over the consulate which — as we’ve seen in Afghanistan many times — is enough to send the terrorists running. And — if there wasn’t time for the first flight to be armed — it would have been able to recon the situation and give the time for fully-armed aircraft to arrive about fifteen or twenty minutes later.
Obama’s fingerprints are all over this refusal to come to the aid of our people when they were under attack. The CIA — implicitly confirming the pleas for help — denies that anyone in its chain of command rejected any such request. The specificity of the CIA denial gives us another proof that the requests were made, but it carries a second aspect of responsibility for the failure to send help. CIA Director David Petraeus must have passed the requests up the chain of command and someone higher than him — the president is the only one higher than a cabinet member — denied the requests.
Clinton has to have known what Charlene Lamb — her head of embassy security — knew during the attack. (Lamb testified at a 10 October congressional hearing that she was in real-time contact with the consulate during the attack.) So must have Petraeus, because his CIA operators — former SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glenn Doherty among them — were making the pleas for assistance and asking permission to rush to the consulate’s defense. Woods and Doherty were told to “stand down.” As Fox reports, the two apparently ignored the orders and rushed to the consulate to help. Unable to find the ambassador, they withdrew to their CIA outpost, which then came under attack. Both were killed there.
President Obama is still fumbling and lying about the whole incident including the refusal of the pleas for help. In a Denver TV interview on Friday, Obama ducked questions about the Benghazi incident twice. He’s also saying that he ordered support for the consulate personnel as soon as he heard about the attacks.
Why, then, weren’t the available forces deployed immediately to save American lives? If no one in the CIA chain of command refused aid, the failure has to be Obama’s. No one else could have denied the real-time requests.
Charles Woods, father of Tyrone Woods, said that those who denied the requests for help murdered his son. Woods’s anguish is understandable. His son was a hero, and paid with his life for Obama’s failure to send military force to attack the enemy that was attacking him.
Naturally, Obama and his minions aren’t owning up to their treachery and the media — except for Fox News — are burying the story.
The Washington Post and the New York Times — both of which have endorsed Obama — aren’t reporting the story on the rejected pleas for help. ABC, CBS and NBC aren’t either.
To its credit, CBS did break the story last week on the State Department emails that show Obama’s administration knew that the Benghazi attack was made by terrorists, not some mob distracted from a protest against an anti-Islamic video. The other big liberal media — i.e., most of the major media — gave little or no coverage to the CBS scoop.
As huge a scandal as the Benghazi incident is, it’s not possible for it to become an issue in the election unless Mitt Romney makes it one. So far, he hasn’t and he isn’t likely to in the final week of the campaign.
Don’t expect to hear much about Obama’s conduct of the Benghazi incident before the election or after, if he is reelected. The effect of Obama’s refusal to come to the aid of people under attack is best understood by the terrorists still walking the streets of Benghazi, and their allies around the world.
About the Author
Jed Babbin served as a Deputy Undersecretary of Defense under George H.W. Bush. He is the author of several bestselling books including Inside the Asylum and In the Words of Our Enemies. You can follow him on Twitter @jedbabbin.
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Von Mises Jr| 10.29.12 @ 6:41AM
This is what statism or socialism looks like. It is the state and the ruling elite that are important. The people no longer are considered unique and precious individuals. So they are expendable. The key is always the state.
Obama could not send help since this would refute his touting that Osama is dead and Al Qaeda is on the run. It didn't fit with his re-election campaign and statist mantra.
Aristocat| 10.29.12 @ 6:58AM
"Whoever closes his ears to the cry of the victim,
will himself cry out and not be heard." (This is Obama)
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 9:02AM
TLP| 10.25.12 @ 8:40AM
All of this History Repeating itself is wearing me out. What, with all of the Warnings out there and How is this Muslim Boy, raised in The Muslim World on Muslim Hatred, the President of the most Powerful Christian Nation in the History of the World, now, and at this time?
How can a guy who supposedly was born in Hawaii, have a Connecticut Social Security Number - Prefix 042? And how is it that a Guy who won his two previous Illinois State Elections by having his Opponent's Divorce Records UNSEALED by a Bought and Paid For Chicago Judge, be allowed to keep His Own Sealed Records SEALED? And why would anyone Seal Away their Passport, their College Transcripts, their College Thesis, and their College Scholarship Paperwork?
What is he hiding?
He claims he's a Christian, even as he Attacks the Catholic Church for their Beliefs. He claims that he's a follower of the teachings of CHRIST, yet he sat in a Hate Church for 20 Years and Refused to speak at Georgetown, unless every Christian Symbol in the room was REMOVED.
He claims he's the Best Friend that Israel has ever had, and yet he's never been there, as opposed to all of the Muslim Countries that he's visited.
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 9:07AM
He Honoured his Muslim Brotherhood Comrades in his Home, while leaving the Israeli Leader, downstairs in the Kitchen, while he went to get something to eat for HIMSELF, before having the JEW exit his Home through the Side Door, where he keeps his Garbage Cans.
He went to War with Libya, so he could hand it over to the Islamists, the same way he did in Egypt, with his Judas Kiss on Mubarek.
He does nothing with Iran, and even less, concerning the Massacres in Syria. He seems to only have a Problem with the JEWS in the Middle East, always building Apartments in THEIR OWN FREAKIN CAPITOL!
Everything in the Book of Revelation is Coming to Pass. EVERYTHING.
Do not be surprised if this Final Battle does, indeed, begin in the Ancient City of Meggido, as the Bible tells us.
Evil is on the March.
Russia's Military Might grows. And with it, so does its Belligerence.
The same is true for China, and its Intentions in Southeast Asia and the Phillipines. As well as the rise, once again, of a South American Communist Resurgence.
This is the 2nd Greatest Story Ever, and Nobody wants to write it.
See what we have become.
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 9:26AM
This is exactly what happened in Black Hawk Down, when the Army Rangers requested Armour and Heavy Guns. THE RAPIST said No.
And don't give any Les Aspen Bullsh*t. The Buck Stops with The President.
This is Three Democrats in a Row that have Denied Our People Military Assistance, leaving them to Fend For Themselves. But, by God, don't you dare call them Weak on Defence or Question their Patriotism.
All you Vets out there, getting ready to Vote Democrat in 8 Days?
What The Fck is your MAJOR MALFUNCTION?
delahaya| 10.29.12 @ 9:35AM
The vets may be able to vote but Obama has made darn sure active military can't. Military ballots are down 40 - 92% in most states, especially "battleground" states. Then, the aircraft carrying ALL ballots for Afghan theater troops just up and crashed, meaning NONE of their ballots will be counted. It's enough to make a man cry from frustration.
vtwin| 10.29.12 @ 10:53AM
The plane carrying absentee ballots being sent to U.S. military serving in Afghanistan was outsourced internationally, welcome to the privatization of essential government services.
CJW| 10.29.12 @ 12:28PM
vtwin
Who is the president that allowed the ballots to be sent like this?
vtwin| 10.29.12 @ 9:14AM
Why did Romney travel to the Europe before 9-11? Why did Romney and/or Pain Capital sell interest in several companies housed in or buildings near the Twin-Towers before 9-11? Where are Romney's tax returns? What is Romney hiding?
CJW| 10.29.12 @ 12:16PM
Why don't you tell us, vtwin, the answers to these questions?
chuck| 10.29.12 @ 6:11PM
Why is vtwin asking stupid questions? Why is vtwin shilling for a failed president? Who is paying vtwin to waste his time asking stupid questions about nothing? How far up his own ass did vtwin shove his own head??
WE DEMAND ANSWERS!
gene| 10.29.12 @ 4:14PM
Very simple. IF he got his expenses paid for school by claiming to be a Foreign Exchange Student? It would make no difference if he were born in Hawaii, NY or Washington D.C. He would never be eligible to serve as President of these United States? My speculation? He cannot release his records with INVALIDATING his Presidency under the U.S. Constitution.
A. C. Santore| 10.29.12 @ 11:42AM
Warriors run toward the sound of battle - like Woods and Doherty.
Obama ran away from the sound of battle and toward the sound of campaign contributions in Vegas.
Boar Hunter| 10.29.12 @ 4:54PM
Obama received his 3 a.m. phone call and hung up.
Keith| 10.29.12 @ 5:38PM
I hope Bill Oreily can write a third book SOON.
chuck| 10.29.12 @ 6:14PM
Oh God no! They end up naming a street in every town after him, then having a national holiday, and a f*cking monument on the mall in Washington.
Better that he just loses, and takes the democrat party down with him.
vtwin| 10.29.12 @ 9:03AM
Jr, what does socialism have to do with the fact that the Washington Post, the New York Times, ABC, CBS, NBC, and the rest of the private enterprise mainstream media “aren't reporting,” a story the right pull out of its ass in a desperate attempt to defeat Obama?
Von Mises Jr| 10.29.12 @ 9:08AM
It is actually just a bad hallucination, chagrin. You must have gotten a bad dose of ecstasy.
vtwin| 10.29.12 @ 9:22AM
You don’t even know what socialism is, do ya?
Anthony| 10.29.12 @ 9:47AM
So vtwin's back, and even more stupid than ever, if that's possible. Let me guess vtwin, you went to that new massage parlor in San Fran that specializes in face slapping and liked it so much you got punch drunk.
Where was Obozo hiding when 4 Americans pleaded for help vtwin? And why does your POS unmanly president hide behind lying women?
Four died,Obozo lied.
vtwin| 10.29.12 @ 10:39AM
Anthony you are regurgitating, as I noted above, something some wing-nut pulled out of his ass. Does it taste good?
Tom Kyba| 10.29.12 @ 11:30AM
Let's all have a moment of silence for Vtwin. His fairy tale has reached its end, king Narcissus is dead, and there's no sequal.
Anthony| 10.29.12 @ 11:55AM
No kidding Tom, vtwin is in complete meltdown mode. His fantasy world is falling apart. I guess like his pals in the MSM, Benghazi does not, and did not exist. But Romney is hiding tax returns!!!
So vtwin resorts to 3rd grade playground taunts, like his limp wristed leader, who, unlike that brave American special ops, has balls the size of BBs.
Benghazi is all a right-wing lie, except for the inconvenient fact that four Americans are dead.
Poor vtwin, he needs more than a San Fran face slapping, he needs an ass kicking, and he'll be getting one on Nov 6th, free of charge!!
Alan's Girl| 10.29.12 @ 1:41PM
....a-a-a-a-nd.........amen!
CJW| 10.29.12 @ 12:17PM
vtwin
Since you are the designated purp of the day, tell us what obama did during the seven hour attack.
vtwin| 10.29.12 @ 2:41PM
According to congressional testimony the attack on the American consulate began at 9:40PM and was over in a matter of minutes. And, the dead body of Ambassador Stevens, taken to a local hospital by Libyans, arrived before 1:00AM. So where’s the “seven hours?”
Pecos Pete| 10.29.12 @ 3:09PM
Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods and Sean Smith are dead, along with Chris Stevens you slime ball. And you want to play games?
Where is your honor, your morality, your love for your fellow man? You lost all three long ago, if you ever had any.
I won't play your game. Go ahead, slime ball, tear up the flag, spit on the Constitution, laugh about dead heroes. You have the right, I guess, under the 1st Amendment of the Constitution that you so obviously hate. But, when disaster strikes you, there won't be anyone protecting your back.
Pecos Pete| 10.29.12 @ 3:09PM
The above is for slime ball AKA vtwin.
CJW| 10.29.12 @ 6:31PM
Minutes?
Vtwin, you cannot be this stupid.
Not even MSNBC says it lasted a few minutes.
Boar Hunter| 10.29.12 @ 4:57PM
As far as I am aware, you and purp are the only two who post on this site that would know what ass tastes like.
Jack of Spades| 10.29.12 @ 9:54AM
Sure we do. It's tyranny bolstered with cold-blooded lies. Orwell knew all about it.
People died, Obama lied.
Anthony| 10.29.12 @ 10:30AM
Hey vtwin, you ass, one more thing. Mr. Catron's article reminded me of something. Do you remember Obozo's 08 slogan "we are the ones we've been waiting for".
Well, 30 Americans, one raped and four dead were waiting for Obozo.... and he never answered and he never came.
This is your president, moron. So vtwin, you also have blood on your hands, you and every other moron who defends this POS.
Obozo lied, four Americans died.
If this be Hope and Change
it really is mighty strange.
Joellen| 10.29.12 @ 11:00AM
Actually Anthony, because of this man, who I believe does not want us to be victorious in any way, more American Soldiers have died on his watch (in just four years), then when Bush was in office. So lets keep that fact going - from now till the day we elect the evil ones out of office (and that includes the Clintons, etc.).
vtwin| 10.29.12 @ 3:23PM
Jollen, Rough numbers:
Our military losses under Bush were 125 in the Pentagon, 4222 in Iraq, and 532 in Afghanistan, total 4879.
Our military losses under Obama were 264 in Iraq and 1514 Afghanistan, total 1778. But don't let the facts get in the way.
http://icasualties.org/
Pecos Pete| 10.29.12 @ 5:34PM
Obama allowed 4 more to die in Benghazi ... don't forget those you slime ball. They called for help 3 times and were denied help. When your time comes there will be no one protecting your back.
Finzi Holst| 10.29.12 @ 8:26PM
vtwin are you including suicides in your numbers, which have gone up drastically under Obama? And he is pleased with every one.
CrackerHound| 10.29.12 @ 12:17PM
Yep...and the damage that this is doing to our democracy will be long lasting. When a politician of any stripe or party gets away with telling bold face lies, it becomes the guiding tactic of them all.
Do not believe your lying eyes has become an acceptable position with the help of the state sponsored propaganda media. So similar to Orwell's 1984.
We will get what we deserve for not taking real action against the propaganda machine disguised as media and an unconstitutional Federal Government that proceeds at double-time to strip away freedom. The next thing to go will be the right to vote.
Von Mises Jr| 10.29.12 @ 11:15AM
Von Mises "Socialism," "Theory and History," "Omnipotent Government;" Hayek's "Road to Serfdom," "The Fatal Conceit," "Constitution of Liberty," "Socialism and War;" Rothbard "War Collectivism;" Friedman, Lafffer, Sowell and Williams to name a few chitgrin.
Which would you like to discuss? Pick a book and give me a book report, you freaking mental midget.
vtwin| 10.29.12 @ 4:23PM
You are getting of point here. Your original assertion, please correct me if I‘m wrong, “[under socialism] it is the state and the ruling elite that are important…the individual [excluding the elite]…are expendable.” OK, but I think you could say this about the ruling elite in every “state” in the history of humanity. “This is what…socialism looks like,” which I assumed, and again correct me if I‘m wrong, you were referring to Babbin complaint about the lack of coverage in the mainstream media of what I would characterize as right-wing garbage. So, given the media enterprises referenced by Babbin are privately own, what does this lack of coverage have to do with socialism?
vtwin| 10.29.12 @ 4:36PM
oops; off point
Grzmlyk| 10.29.12 @ 11:59AM
Do you?
Jack of Spades| 10.29.12 @ 9:47AM
So here's the Left's response now that they can't ignore Benghazi, nor spin it: it's no big deal. Are these people reptiles or what?
Keith| 10.29.12 @ 5:43PM
The president wont even take questions while acting the hero over this storm. He walked away as fast as he could before the media could ax him anything. Fox news should follow that sorry so in so where ever he goes.
chuck| 10.29.12 @ 6:19PM
vtwin lost that tingling feeling!
I'm thinking a new entry for the contest. Seems like all the gay poetry always wins.
vtwin(really Chrissy Matthews) singing, "I lost that tingling feeling" to the tune of You lost that loving feeling.
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 9:11AM
This is why you don't respond to these ASSH*LES.
This is a guy who refers to The President of the United States as - "My Nigga". Okay?
Now, he writes this Sh*t.
SHUN HIM!
Leave him alone, and he'll go home.
Pecos Pete| 10.29.12 @ 10:27AM
He has no home. He's not homeless, just that his home belongs to his parents, or the taxpayers.
Jacob McCandles| 10.29.12 @ 11:41AM
I wonder if those are the only reasons for the lack of support and subsequent cover up. If there is one thing these statists do well, it's lying and deception. How could they not have known that this would get out? Was the Libyan CIA annex involved in arms dealing with Syrian rebels (Muslim Botherhood friendly)? Perhaps Iran/Russia were not happy and played a role in the attack. Just doesn't quite make sense to me.
vtwin| 10.29.12 @ 2:07PM
And what does McCandles have up his ass? Oh, look and Iran/Russia conspiracy.
Jacob McCandles| 10.29.12 @ 9:28PM
Listen to the well reasoned argument from the child. Intellectually a dwarf, and I would bet physically as well. That's why he's a keyboard warrior. Not the least bit interesting.
Grzmlyk| 10.29.12 @ 11:52AM
Fear not.
According to Emmett Tyrrell, liberalism is dead, and therefore statism is a thing of the past.
In truth, of course, we are lurching ever further left-ward.
Think if Romney's elected that he's going to alter that trajectory? If so, I have a bridge you might be interested in buying.
I used to believe that if Romney wins by more than 5 points, there's no way the Dems can steal the election; now I'm beginning to think that even if it's a 50-state landslide for Romney, the budding dictator and his minions will simply declare Obama the victor - isn't that what every other Third World country does?
And, thanks to Obama, we're just another tin-horn Marxist dictatorship. This could not prevail if not for the corrupt mainstream media, which is champing at the bit to subjugate evil conservatives.
And VM Jr. is right - as Lenin said, you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, and if the meme is that Al Qaeda has been defeated, that's the official line, just as their economic argument is tantamount to saying that if you take water from one end of the bathtub and put it in the other end of the bathtub, you end up with more water.
Reality has no place in a Marxist dictatorship - especially with a complicit mainstream media.
C.B.| 10.29.12 @ 6:47AM
Is there not a Woodward or Bernstein wannabe out there somewhere? I can't believe that nobody from the MSM is looking into this, there is absolutely ZERO mention of it anywhere. Is EVERY reporter out there in the tank for Obama?
JP| 10.29.12 @ 8:04AM
Just wait until Mitt wins. The MSM will change on a dime. Mitt won't be able to order bagels and coffee without some intrepid reporter filing a story about how the WH is colluding with Beltway catering businesses.
SUBVET| 10.29.12 @ 9:08AM
Soro's hand is in this along with his $$$.
Aristocat| 10.29.12 @ 6:57AM
The Bible says: "Whoever closes his ears to the cry of the victim will himself cry out and be heard."
This is Obama, after he refused for hours to send help when Americans were being attacked in Libya. He was too busy going to Vegas.
These brave men fought for seven hours before being killed.
Von Mises Jr| 10.29.12 @ 7:27AM
The Ambassador and his Information Specialist Smith were cooked alive in diesel fuel in the initial attack on the Consulate.
The two Marines defied orders two or three times refusing aid that can only be logically traced back to Obama from the CIA and Military testimony. They died after five hours into a seven hour attack. Their honor would not let them abandon the Ambassador as Obama clearly did. God rest their brave souls.
CrackerHound| 10.29.12 @ 12:25PM
"Remember Benghazi"
Now let this be the battle cry of every military member and family member of any miltary person or a vet and vote Obama out!
Joellen| 10.29.12 @ 7:05AM
Woodward & Bernstein? Sorry, but they are part of the corrupt media. Their fame to glory was to bring down a Republican President. Obama, being a democrat/communist marxist, must be defended by the likes of Woodward & Bernstein.
Know this, we will only get truth from the likes of James O'Keefe, Breitbart reporters, Michelle Malkin, Brent Bosell, Foxnews and
conservative talk radio. Mainstream media is dead and the truth is it has been for many years. The blood that's on Obama/Clinton/Penetta' hands, is also on theirs.
C.B.| 10.29.12 @ 7:30AM
The key word in my response was "wannabe". You are right, they were relentless in their pursuit of Nixon, I want somebody to do the same for Obama...
Joellen| 10.29.12 @ 11:02AM
I know C.B. I'am just venting. But do keep your eyes on the young James O'Keefe, the young reporter who exposed Acorn and Planned Parenthoods criminal acts.
vtwin| 10.29.12 @ 4:35PM
It’s sad to see, when reality clashes with ones beliefs.
Boar Hunter| 10.29.12 @ 4:59PM
LOL, you are such a fine example of that.
Gary B| 10.29.12 @ 7:13AM
Woods and Doherty were told to "stand down." Instead they disobeyed orders, rushed to the rescue and saved the lives of twenty Americans in the process. While providing covering fire so these people could get to ultimate safety, they died. If you ask me, they're candidates for the Medal of Honor. The citation should include, "In defiance of orders from that Muslim-loving, coward, son of a bitch, Obama, and in the face of hostile fire..."
It's a wonder our entire armed forces don't mutiny right now.
Ken (Old Texican)| 10.29.12 @ 8:31AM
Gary,
amen amen.
Houdini| 10.29.12 @ 9:59AM
Ditto
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 9:28AM
This is exactly what happened in Black Hawk Down, when the Army Rangers requested Armour and Heavy Guns. THE RAPIST said No.
And don't give any Les Aspen Bullsh*t. The Buck Stops with The President.
This is Three Democrats in a Row that have Denied Our People Military Assistance, leaving them to Fend For Themselves. But, by God, don't you dare call them Weak on Defence or Question their Patriotism.
All you Vets out there, getting ready to Vote Democrat in 8 Days?
What The Fck is your MAJOR MALFUNCTION?
Alej| 10.29.12 @ 10:53AM
"What The Fck is your MAJOR MALFUNCTION?"
In most cses, melanin.
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 4:13PM
Indeed.
CrackerHound| 10.29.12 @ 12:30PM
Gary,
I wonder how long we will have to wait for some PO'ed general or high ranking defense official who is mortified that Obama let Americans die as they watched and did nothing...come out and give the truth to the American people. The media wouldn't be able to ignore that.
Keith| 10.29.12 @ 5:49PM
They need to do just that. I tell ya. Hillary would be wise to drop this Arab bas2rd and tell this country what she was instructed to tell regarding Benghazi.
C Smith | 10.29.12 @ 7:15AM
Frank Gaffney in a recent column in Townhall Frank Gaffney in a recent column in Townhall explains the dynamics and logistics of the media-complicit cover-up now known as "Benghazigate":
"The evidence suggests that the Obama administration has not simply been engaging, legitimating, enriching and emboldening Islamists who have now taken over or are ascendant in much of the Middle East. Starting in March 2011, when American diplomat Christopher Stevens was designated the liaison to the "opposition" in Libya, the Obama administration has been arming them, including jihadists like Abdelhakim Belhadj, the leader of the al Qaeda franchise known as the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group."
Obama literally raced to the cameras to take credit for killing al-Qaeda notable Osama bin Laden just hours after his body bobbed beneath the wake of the USS Carl Vinson. On a sequent campaign event, he reminded his admirers: "I promised to go after al Qaeda and bin Laden, and we did it," and during the final presidential debate he took credit for having "decimated" "Al Qaeda's core leadership."
Yet, evidence now suggests that the administration was concurrently coordinating a covert "fast and furious" "gun-running" operation aiding the very terrorist organization it claimed to have decimated by killing Osama bin Laden.
http://townhall.com/columnists.....page/full/
delahaya| 10.29.12 @ 9:37AM
Don't forget all the national security leaks from this admin, including the leaking Seal Team 6 and all the operational details of the Bin Laden takedown. You know that movie about to come out? Those Hollywood scum were in the White House within 48 hours of the Bin Laden takedown getting fully briefed by the President himself and his cabinet on all the details. Shameful.
Gary B| 10.29.12 @ 7:17AM
By the way, another Democrat president who did this was LBJ. Does anyone remember that he recalled jet fighters dispatched from an American carrier in the Med that were flying to the rescue of the USS Liberty? Yup, he did. Just great, eh?
Alej| 10.29.12 @ 10:57AM
Lyndon Johnson and Robert MacNamara killed more American servicemen than the North Vietnamese 324B division did, by their micro-mismanagement of the war.
Martin kzovich| 10.29.12 @ 7:20AM
the Benghazi -gate scenario exposes multiple aspects of not only Obama but of the entire Communist Party USA(under the cover of being called the so called Democratic Party). For political gain they will do anything even allow murder of our people all for political gain. The |MSM being part of the CPUSA party system will naturally have no scruples and follow the party line. Further this situation in Libya also puts into question of national security which also includes our economy. So who supports Obama : Big Unions,academia, the media,Hollywood. And then there are what I call the mosaic interest groups, black, latino,gay, women ( Communist only ) you know the dril and then of course the dependent class. If Obama is willing to have a little blood spilled to save his political ass in Libya then perhaps he is willing to have some bleeding here in our country. What we are dealing with here is a Dictator who stood to the gutter. Finally, Mitt Romney must be joking about working across the aisle?
Martin kzovich| 10.29.12 @ 7:21AM
One other point. I hope by now people realize the trolls should ignored totally.
C Smith | 10.29.12 @ 7:49AM
Robert Spencer in a column in PJ Media explains in part the White House and State Department failure to acknowledged what really happened that night in Benghazi i.e., the manifestation of four years of Islam-sensitive foreign policy and the lifeless sodomized body of Chris Stevens:
The Obama administration is approaching full meltdown over the steady stream of revelations concerning its inaction and lies over the massacre of Ambassador Chris Stevens and other U.S. personnel in Libya....
Speaking about the Libyan revolution in March 2011, Obama warmly praised the dawning in Libya of “the rights of peaceful assembly, free speech, and the ability of the Libyan people to determine their own destiny.” After providing military aid to the anti-Gaddafi rebels despite evidence of their al-Qaeda links, the administration–whether the call really came from the White House or the State Department or both–had every reason to ignore the request from Benghazi for more security, and to pretend that the whole thing was just a spontaneous uprising over a video, not the carefully planned September 11 jihad attack that it proved to be.
To have acknowledged what was really happening would have been to admit that the Allahu-akbaring mob besieging the Benghazi consulate was nothing remotely close to a responsible citizenry enjoying their rights of peaceful assembly, free speech, and self-determination....
http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-re.....epage=true
JP| 10.29.12 @ 7:53AM
One could argue that the current administration has come very close to criminal activity. Perhaps secretly the President wants to lose the election. If he wins there is a good chance that further revealations will lead to impeachment as well as criminal indictments.
Keith| 10.29.12 @ 5:52PM
It could be that he knows blacks who don't know he's Arab and not what they think he is will act stupid when he looses. God, how I hope they will.
Jack of Spades| 10.29.12 @ 7:49AM
People died. Obama lied.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 10.29.12 @ 9:35AM
Our people were under attack
Obama said ”No, don’t fight back”
He left them stranded under fire
Outside smoke and flames grew higher
But backup was denied by “O”
Who went and blamed the video
But soon it will be known by all
Who heard him daily spike the ball
“Al Qaeda’s done and so’s Bin Laden”
The bad guys there had not forgotten
The war against them not yet won
Attack again on nine one one
So if you care this is no doubt
Eleven six we kick him out
Stkman| 10.29.12 @ 10:07AM
And on Eleven seven may it be said,
Thay no one cares should he drop dead!
John II| 10.29.12 @ 12:39PM
And about eleven eight, we'll read,
Cover-ups have started to breed
Like rabbits, to save the skins
Of lefty Demos and their sins.
No matter how they lie and lie,
No doubt the reckoning is nigh.
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 4:14PM
You guys are a buncha Queers.
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 4:17PM
Maybe you can all get together on Date Night?
John II| 10.29.12 @ 10:29PM
You know, Timmy, I've been giving this matter a few seconds of thought, and I'm starting to wonder about your evident preoccupations with faggotry.
In fact, I'm beginning to suspect that you stole my missing tutu.
Keith| 10.29.12 @ 5:53PM
Agreed!!!
Anthony| 10.29.12 @ 10:10AM
Nicely done Al.
CJW| 10.29.12 @ 12:22PM
I knew Hillary was a weasel, but am surprised at Panetta. He should resign if he has any principles. To say we are not going to help Americans under attack because we do not know how it will turn out is ridiculous.
I am also surprised at General Petraus, head of the CIA. He should explain what happened.
There were two drones in the area, one filming the attack. Obama refuses to say if they were armed which means they were armed.
John II| 10.29.12 @ 2:14PM
Can't say I'm surprised by Panetta. He was chief water-carrier for Clinton, the most degenerate president in american history, and he's been kissing the Professor's ass during the lifetime of this whole sorry administration.
His retirement from his relentlessly lightweight public career can't come too soon.
mike 3/505| 10.29.12 @ 1:28PM
Getting a head start for Friday eh?
Albert Constantine Jr.| 10.29.12 @ 2:17PM
I didn't want KJ to have to do all the heavy lifting himself on poems over six lines.
ksboy| 10.31.12 @ 10:26AM
this is just plain silly, probably written by a hill-billy.
JP| 10.29.12 @ 7:51AM
There is little that can be done because the FBI has the drone video feeds under lock and key. The Obama administration, after-all, can move when it wants to. One of the first things it did on 9/12/2012 was declare the Benghazi attacks a crime. Obama then told everyone that it would be conducting a criminal investigation of the attack, and that all evidence would be under lock and key.
The Republican led House of course meekly accepted this ridiculous claim. Funny too, that Mitt decided to drop Lybia. Suddenly it became off limits. Perhaps Mitt figured there was nothing to gain politically. But if he does win, will he follow up and investigate what exactly happened? Will the video tapes suddenly disappear forever?
Hardcard| 10.29.12 @ 7:58AM
TREASON aiding the enemy. after the POS moslem is defeated he must be brought to justice along with his co-conspirators.
SUBVET| 10.29.12 @ 9:16AM
Fat chance..........they will walk.
The pond is full of stinking fish.
Indy| 10.29.12 @ 8:18AM
Pat Caddell is the only Demcocrat willing to call out the media
http://www.therightscoop.com/e.....-no-honor/
Indy| 10.29.12 @ 8:29AM
The silence of our senators speaks volumes, at least Issa in the House has conducted hearings but nothing in the Senate and nobody in the minority is calling for hearings...
SUBVET| 10.29.12 @ 9:18AM
Come on............they are on a break from DC.
And who are they going to go to Holder ?
Indy| 10.29.12 @ 9:24AM
Yeah, I get that but they have access to the media and should use the opportunity to call attention to the cover up, too many voters have no idea what is going on. They could hold town halls, they can do interviews on local radio, they get paid too much and have too great an impact on our lives to sit in silence...
Keith| 10.29.12 @ 5:57PM
I strongly suspect the media is embarrassed at the "down low" they have received from this president. Not to mention their requirement to be Democrat before they can be a news anchor.
Indy| 10.29.12 @ 9:31AM
Also, every one of our elected officials will say they support our troops, they will gladly look for photo ops to "show" their support for our troops, well, now is the time for action. Do you hear anyone calling attention and proposing solutions to the lack of absentee ballots requested by our military? Other than sending a letter to the DoD, I have heard nothing. Do you hear anyone talking about the rules of engagement our troops have to operate under? No, nothing...the truth will eventually come out about the course of events in Libya, including the real reason why Stevens was at the consulate on September 11th with little security, why Americans were told to stand down, who gave the order and the cover up of the video....the attack on free speech is long forgotten while the maker of the film sits in jail. The media is a joke, I agree with Caddell
CrackerHound| 10.29.12 @ 3:48PM
You know, it just seems to me our government has found a way to impose a semi-dictatorship over the land without imprisoning people for speaking out. The continuous flow of blatant lies and unconstiutional actions, each one more shocking than the previous, without any consequences has desensitized us into complacency.
-Fast and Furious
-passing trillion dollar spending bills (Obamacare) through reconciliation.
-not enforcing the border
-military actions in many countries without a peep from Congress
-Benghazi cover-up
-arming islamic rebels with taxpayer funds but without their consent or even informing them.
-Supreme Court deems obvious unconstitutional provision of Obamcare (mandates) as constitutional.
-creating positions in government without consent such as the many czars that have real power.
-The ruling and making of laws by bureaucrats such as those in the EPA who have the power to imprison people.
The U.S. government is close to having unlimited power and the American people don't seem to care.
delahaya| 10.29.12 @ 9:39AM
The Senators love their "privileges and perks" and will do nothing to rock the boat. The only person even trying at all is Sessions and he is under constant attack from an array of liberal interest groups.
Alej| 10.29.12 @ 11:00AM
There's a threory that Holder and the rest of the actionable Democrat scumbags won't be charged until after 21 January... that way, the illegal alien won't be able to pardon them.
Anyone But Obama| 10.29.12 @ 8:33AM
Remember when Hillary said;
"It’s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep
Who do you want answering the phone?"
We know now that is isn't Obama, Panetta OR Hillary Clinton. They murdered our children serving our country just as surely as if they pulled the trigger. Vote them out.
Anyone But Obama| 10.29.12 @ 8:35AM
And they watched it happen on TV monitors. How to they sleep, people?
Boar Hunter| 10.29.12 @ 11:38AM
You stole my thunder. Obama and Hillary finally got their 3 a.m. phone call and in response to the screams for help they simply hung up.
Louis Jenkins| 10.29.12 @ 9:06AM
The lying pack of flea bitten dogs! There was enough time. The US could have mounted a swift, killing force to put those terrorists in the ground. Lies, falsehoods, fabrications, spins, you name it. The buck stops at the top, and we find Obama shuffling off to Las Vegas? The effort could have been made, and Panetta, well, he's Obama's butt boy. Hillary, well, you know what she is. Panetta says we don't send troops into harms way without good intelligence? Real time video, a laser pointing out the mortar emplacements, what more does Panetta want? Their addresses and voter ID cards? They could of at least tried to give the ambassador's some relief. Three times they pleaded for help, and were denied. Just like Peter who denied Christ three times before the cock crowed. I doubt a church will be built by those demons of dis-truth. May a pox be upon their houses and their kin.
SUBVET| 10.29.12 @ 9:21AM
Louis......I see God's hand in this remember vengeance is HIS.
bison cookie| 10.29.12 @ 9:18AM
“I DO NOT APPRECIATE COWARDICE, AND I DO NOT APPRECIATE LIES”: FATHER OF FORMER NAVY SEAL KILLED IN LIBYA ATTACK REACTS TO LEARNING HIS SON DISOBEYED ORDERS TO SAVE FELLOW AMERICANS. On yesterday’s America Live, father of former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods – who was killed in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya – talked with Megyn Kelly about the current administration’s handling of the situation. Today, Woods returned to the program to react to breaking news … READ MORE: http://bwcentral.org/2012/10/i.....americans/
delahaya| 10.29.12 @ 9:32AM
Romney may very well lose if you doesn't publicize this himself. Maybe he is letting third party PACs do it. Just discouraging.
Anthony| 10.29.12 @ 9:40AM
I've said it before, but I'll say it again, any American serving overseas under this POS president and his cabinet of liars and losers, is in MORTAL DANGER.
Obozo and Hillary watched in real time as Americans died in Benghazi. You'll see no phony photos of Obozo watching the screen in the situation room now. No hands on Obozo photos in his presidential jacket. Only photos at his campaign stops as the violence was still going on.
Obozo was AWOL when Americans needed help and as a result FOUR died. The media whores are in full protection mode. Yes, that means you Brian Williams, you fraud!!
And all Bitme can say to a grieving father is that his son had balls the size of cue balls.
These bastards have got to be defeated!!
gazinya | 10.29.12 @ 9:48AM
I am thinking of that movie with Dustin Hoffman and Max Von Snoden. The name escapes me but 'Is it safe?' was the big question. I used to feel like I had been strapped to a chair and The Obama is asking 'Is it safe?' Then I check myself and I ask 'Will it ever be safe for The Obama and the MSM or any of these cowards anywhere in the world?' I feel in my 'bones' that the living God of all flesh has deposited The Obama on an ungrateful and rebellious nation. A nation that has left its' foundings for the 'candy of Satan'. We see clearly now, most of us anyway, how full of ourselves we have become. I care about our future but it is perfectly clear to me, that I'm not in control of my future. It is time we strap the Democrats to the chair and ask them, "Do you feel safe, now?"
irish19| 10.29.12 @ 12:03PM
I think that would be Max von Sydow, and gazinya below has the name.
gazinya | 10.29.12 @ 9:52AM
Oh yea! 'MARATHON MAN'.
John II| 10.29.12 @ 2:10PM
And it was Laurence Olivier who plays the crazed Nazi dentist.
Butch| 10.29.12 @ 3:18PM
And nobody ever looked at going to the dentist the same again.
Kwan| 10.29.12 @ 10:07AM
Obama and his minions live in a fantasy world constructed of falsehoods. Ambassador Stevens and the others were sacrificed in order to continue the myth that Obama's Middle East policy of appeasement, more appeasement, much more appeasement, and much much more appeasement was working. While the Obama people were non-responsive to the calls for military assistance in Benghazi, they went into hyper-overdrive in an effort to concoct a cover-story -the now disproved youtube internet video nonsense- that would protect Obama's reelection chances in a campaign that was already losing steam. Priority number one was Obama's reelection, not to be too concerned that a few white boys got whacked. Jewish voters should be very concerned that if Benghazi is any example, Obama's claim that he has Israel's back is a lot of smoke and mirrors.
merlin| 10.29.12 @ 10:09AM
Most of you are as furious as I am about this inexplicable, (so far) cowardly event. Have you written your senator?
Pecos Pete| 10.29.12 @ 10:32AM
Both of them, and my representative, and my governor.
Drunken Sailor| 10.29.12 @ 4:43PM
Yes I have. And I hope to get a reply from Dick Durbin as soon as someone explains the multi-syllable phrases to him and sharpens his crayons.
OregonBuzz| 10.29.12 @ 10:38AM
Let's play what if. What if the reason behind the attack was not to kill the Ambassador, but to take him hostage in exchange for the "Blind Sheik"? That could make Zero appear "presidential". I know is smacks of 'conspiracy theory', but it is plausible and would explain the seeming indifference displayed by our so-called government. Unfortunately those in charge forgot about the commitment to duty displayed by our Seals even though they were not posted there as security. Too bad we don't have more of them in the White House instead of the Communist infiltrators/usurpers.
SUBVET| 10.29.12 @ 11:49AM
Stevens and the 3 heros were collateral damage for "fast & furious" 2.
Who Knows?| 10.29.12 @ 10:39AM
Being president is like putting ore into a pressurized container, adding the required solvents and heating it up.
The guy better be experienced, and have principles!
For Obama, who was a foolish and extreme Narcissist from the get go, being at the 24/7 point where all the vital decisions must be considered and made, along with the added new situations, and the heat provided by an observing public, well---the truth is being purified.
Instead of 99.999% gold, though, in his case we’re getting to the essence---a hard-core socialistic dictator.
I was pondering on the amazing subhuman, Mao, and how he actively used his ideology to force 45 million of his FELLOW Chinese to die. What an animal!
The paradox is that so-called humanists, like an Obama, who are supposed to “feel your pain”, in truth are almost totally lacking in empathy. It’s THE idea, man!
Yes, Obama and Clinton, et al, are ideas, in action. In their case, it’s the idea of socialism that matters, and people’s literal feelings be damned. They are stuck in the head, in mind, and as for the body---well, hello Monica.
Drunken Sailor| 10.29.12 @ 4:52PM
"Instead of 99.999% gold"
We got Pyrite instead.
rlleigh| 10.31.12 @ 10:14AM
Look up the pathology of a sociopath. It describes Obama to the core. They can emulate emotion but don't actually feel it except in how it relates to their manipulations and how it affects them. Clinton's are the same, along with Harry Reid. They are depostic, self-serving, meglomanical monsters.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 10.29.12 @ 11:15AM
While Mao certainly illustrates your point, I think there is no better example than the Cambodia experience and Saloth Sar AKA Pol Pot. A pampered wealthy child “educated” at the Sorbonne, he decided upon the victory of his Khmer Rouge that history should be reset, society should be re-ordered (with the wealthy and middle class eliminated), and proclaimed a year Zero. In the three years of his reign that followed, somewhere between one and three million of the population of eight million (12-35%) were killed, suggesting that at least on a per capita basis, he bested Mao, Stalin and Hitler, in the pursuit of his idea, a “more perfect society”.
rlleigh| 10.31.12 @ 10:07AM
You just described Obama's next 4 years to a 'T' if he's re-elected. People are SO willfully blind. I laugh out loud whenever I hear anyone say "Never again". What a joke...people will always repeat history because they readily buy in to ideology and 'intention' and not reality. It's too bad we can't let only those who are so stupid suffer the consequences of those actions...instead millions of innocents and the aware are also dragged into the gas chambers along with them.
howard lohmuller| 10.29.12 @ 11:36AM
The ingredient that separates politics from good governance is honor. When our leaders in government make honorable decisions, they gain the trust and support of the citizenry. When they make purely political decisions on issues deserving better, they lose that trust and support.
President Obama, Secretary Clinton and Secretary Panetta all played politics with Benghazi apparently with the idea that they could create a narrative that the war with Al Queda was won and would help the President win re-election. Helping save the lives of the four American embassy employees would have showcased a terror attack on American soil and that the war on terror was still on, not won.
None of these three are worthy of the high offices they hold. All three are cowards.
Oldefarte| 10.29.12 @ 11:46AM
First of all, it's not Romney's responsibility to inform the public pof what they should already be aware of from the MSM. Second of all, this and other editorials are either denying or falsifying the true extent of this Benghazi operation [that Frank Gaffney and others are now speaking out on]. This was apparently a huge US governmental operation involving wharehousing/shipping armaments and labor to hotspot areas within the middle east [ie Syria], and there was some apparent connection of Benghazi to a Libyian freighter that docked in Turkey and that was loaded with military style armaments and headed for Syria. Possibly even the notorious Fast&Furious; has some connection to same, as maybe assault rifles were funnelled through Mexico to the middle east. Everyone include writers, FOX and the MSM [if possible] need to get their heads out of their youknowhat and start telling the truthful facts of what was occurring in Benghazi. This is serious excrement, and Americans need to be told of same now!!!!
SUBVET| 10.29.12 @ 11:53AM
10-4............old dude on the F&F 2.
"you never want a serious crises to go to waste"...Raham Emanuel
JFGalt| 10.29.12 @ 12:49PM
I'm not sure if its true or not but reinforcements were readied to assist the embassy with a rapid response force from AFRICOM - the General in charge acted against orders as he was told to stand down. He did not and was immediately relieved of command. His 2nd in command stood the RRF down. The has been some other odd high level military shufflings going on too since.
The level of dishonesty in this administration is astounding. This is one reason the birther issue doesn't die. People don't trust these guys. Beyond that, the truly sad part are the number of people that will follow along. They follow orders. Where have we heard that one before.
gene| 10.29.12 @ 4:11PM
Why do I get the feeling that if a Republican was in the WH, the Gays/Lesbians would be SCREAMING about the death of this Ambassador and the fact that he and these others were raped and tortured to death. Just WHY are they soooo silent about all of this? Where are they hiding and why?
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 4:18PM
Is it Friday yet?
Boar Hunter| 10.29.12 @ 5:02PM
They would claim that Bush did not care about Stevens because he was gay and then complain that Bush was a war monger when he killed those responsible.
Burlington| 10.29.12 @ 5:15PM
Tyrone Wood's father, an administrative law judge says he has so much experience that he can smell a lie. He would not have come out like this if he knew this was not all bullshit and cover up. Obama failed the 3:00 AM test at High Noon. The country will not tolerate timidity and deceit.
Congress must now get Gen. Ham, last weeks sacked AFRICON head, Petraeus and Panetta under oath.
I hope that the House and Senate special committees on intelligence will squeeze the truth out of this rotting administration.
Thom| 10.29.12 @ 7:52PM
"You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on, without having some real-time information about what's taking place."
This is how Cops think and will render a military force ineffective in their mission like LE is often time. This man has no business near the military chain of command. If Romney wins his first action should be to fire Panetta. All of Panetta’s concerns could have been solved by a Marine battalion on the ground surrounding the consulate. There was time for that to have taken place.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 10.29.12 @ 9:24PM
Actually, post-Columbine, many law enforcement agencies undergoing active shooter training have come to realize that sometimes there is an obligation to go in without real-time information if lives are at stake.
gene| 10.30.12 @ 8:20AM
Let me see if I follow their logic here. I am from generations of relatives of NYPD and the NY Fire Dept. Growing up I always knew that these people would put themselves in harm's way to preserve, protect and/or defend us. This new "logic" here is that if ANYONE is going to be in "Harm's Way", then no one goes in and those in danger should bend over and kiss it good bye?
Panetta should not just be fired for this obscenity. He should be incarcerated.
rlleigh| 10.31.12 @ 10:20AM
Oh well according to Holder and Obama we should actually Mirandize our enemies...if that is the case how could we possibly kill them before we have a nice long chat, give them some warm milk and cookies and explain in our most soothing voices that we are REALLY, REALLY nice people, apologize for any perceived past transgressions and don't want to do them any harm.
rlleigh| 10.31.12 @ 10:03AM
Anyone who ignores what happened in Benghazi and votes for Obama is deliberatly inviting the exact same fate for all of us that befell our brave citizens who died in Libya. Barack Obama is either grossly incompetent or he willfully abandoned our people, who died under attack, all alone, forsaken, in a foreign land at the hands of fanatical monsters. How could ANY American citizen cast a vote for our diabolical POTUS after this?! He too has proven he's a monster and this article and others like it should be circulated across the land until Obama is removed from office. Instead of rewarding his corruption and betrayal with re-eelction he should be arrested and tried for subverting this nation which he swore a solemn oath to protect. He's guilty of treason along with the rest of his minions.
ksboy| 10.31.12 @ 10:04AM
Babbin,
Say what you want about the administration's response or their denial of additional security...but don't lay the blame at the feet of the military. Particularly, when you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. In the military, there are planning considerations called warfighting functions. They are the tennants that successful operations hinge upon. What you're implying is that all of those preparations could have been cast aside like it was a video game.
I've heard this argument before, and it's irresponsibly false. When the SECDEF asked for real-time intel, it was so that risks could be mitigated. How else do you expect an elite fighting force to fly three hours at a moment's notice and be successful?
Some things to think about. Where were the fire support assets going to come from? Drones and combat aviation support, which are notorious for civilian casualties? If we did use them, where would they be firing? A populated area? Did the attackers collapse and secure the compound, creating a friendly fire risk? How about the manuever aspect? The only feasible insertion method was parachute. How would they make their approach to the objective? How much more time would that add to reach the objective? Against a fighting force of how many?
If that intelligence couldn't be provided quickly enough to the SECDEF and CDR's to make a decision and follow on allow their subordinates to hastily plan...then the right decision is to not send them.
djn1313| 10.31.12 @ 2:59PM
Sec of Defense? What a joke. He watched four Americans die and did nothing. I hope he lives with that shame forever. Their blood is on his hands, as well as obama and hillary.
djn1313| 10.31.12 @ 3:04PM
Since our active military can't get ballots they should all refuse to serve and fly home to vote this muslim traitor out of office.
fblaze| 10.31.12 @ 3:55PM
Lets assume this was a military operation on the ground in Libya, those on the ground are in trouble, they call for air support... what happens.... is air support available? are the planes fueled and armed? what type of armament is suitable for the target? What are the targets? Is there a risk of collateral damage? Is there more prudent recourse available?
there is no precedent for sending in combatant forces, without notice or preparation, to respond to an emergency by diplomatic or CIA personnel in a foreign county in which were are not engaged in combat operations.
There has been more than one incident of troops and aircraft going to the rescue in Iraq and Afghanistan without proper preparation and they were met by an ambush, and the results were awful.
I do not know what happened in this instance, but I suspect we wanted to keep our CIA presence secret. I know under Reagan the CIA head in Lebanon was kidnapped by terrorists, there was no military response, Reagan did not acknowledge he was a CIA operative, there were secret negotiations to trade arms for him and others that failed.
I think the process is complicated. We should not be quick to judge and should not make it a political issue without all the facts being know. After 9/11/2001 we all came together after 9/11/2012 the GOP went on a witch hunt without all the facts.
G.L.| 11.1.12 @ 3:28PM
Thank you for staying on the Benghazi story. How
can we help keeping out front. Why isn't Mitt ask-
ing potus to come clean and tell the American pub
lic what really happened? Isn't he com.-in-chief?
GL