[Fractal Trader]

The changed their uniforms 4 times while trying to decide how to dress for battle — with or without weapons. Fortunately, the platoon leader would not deploy without weapons!

Waiting for authorization from the Libyan government — what Libyan government??? What cowards!!!

[UCANSEE2]

Waiting for authorization from the Libyan government — what Libyan government???

After Ghaddafi was killed, and his government in chaos, do you know what the rebels who killed him did first ?

One would think they would form a new government. Name a leader. Unravel the chaos.

But they didn't. First thing they did was form a NEW BANK. Does that seem odd to anyone ?

[azishot]

Waiting for authorization from the Libyan government

Is that the same Lybian gov't that was supposed to be providing the security for Chris Stevens? (rhetorical question.)

[GregNH]

I have said this from the beginning. Only POTUS can give an order to cross an international border. If that order was given then our men did not need permission from Libia to go save American lives. Our men were waiting for permission because POTUS was unavailable to give that order. Changing uniforms was just to buy time. POTUS was behind a DO NOT DISTURB sign snorting and otherwise being serviced by FGOTUS Reggie Love. Read POTUS's responce when cornered 47 days later from a post by me Did Obama Refuse To Aid Our Men In Benghazi?

Not even Leon Panetta would say under oath that the POTUS gave an order to rescue. Committee Report: Secretary of Defense Panetta Ordered Military Assets For Benghazi, They Never Moved

"Do everything possible to help our people."

That is not an order to deploy and I suspect Ham said "I can only deploy under a direct order from POTUS."

Taking all the above into consideration this is what I think went down.

This was supposed to be a kidnapping operation run by POTUS and SOS so that in the 11th hour Obama could trade the Bling Shite for our ambassador making Obama look good ahead of Nov 4. So knowing what was going to happen he didn't see the need to stick around so he went into private quarters thinking all was well.

Waking up to the news that things didn't go so well he skipped his briefing and went onto Vegas...