Pentagon on Benghazi Troop Movements: ‘Swift Action’ on Night of Attack (Didn't try to save lives)

ABC News ^ | Friday, November 2, 2012 | Luis Martinez

[kristinn]

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On Friday, Pentagon spokesman George Little provided new details of U.S. military movements made the night of the attack in case they were needed.

Little said that within a few hours of the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ordered U.S. military forces to move to Sicily in preparation for an uncertain situation in Libya.

“This department took swift action,” said Little. “It did respond, the secretary ordered forces to move.

“We were prepared for a range of contingencies in the course of this very tragic incident,” said Little. “We were ready for the need to augment security measures at our facilities in Libya, if called upon. We were prepared for the possibility, for instance, of a hostage situation, as well...

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As previously reported, one of the units came from a U.S. military base in “Central Europe.” And Little disclosed that Panetta also ordered another team from the United States to head to Sigonella. Little refused to describe what kind of unit was sent from the U.S., though it was presumably a special operations team trained for hostage rescues.

Little said both the units “did not arrive until after the entire sequence of events was complete. … They were in Sigonella many hours after the attacks.”

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Little reaffirmed that no other American aircraft were involved over Libya the night of the attack beyond the unarmed surveillance drone that arrived 90 minutes into the attack. As for reports that an AC-130 gunship could have been dispatched over Libya at the time of the attack, Little was clear that “there was no AC-130 within a continent’s range of Benghazi” that night.

[Hotlanta Mike]

‘The Obama Doctrine: American Lives Are Expendable’

The Obama White House, the Clinton State Department, and Panetta’s Department of Defense have guiding principles in Afghanistan that, if applied to Benghazi, explain the administration’s decision to deny air support to the Americans fighting for their lives on 9/11/12.

The denial of air support to our troops in battle is normal operating procedure for this commander in chief. He doesn’t have to give special orders to do it. It is the Obama Doctrine on the War on Terror: do not kill Muslim civilians. Let American soldiers die instead. That is how Obama thinks he will win the hearts and minds of the Islamic world.

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Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/11/the_obama_doctrine_american_lives_are_expendable.html#ixzz2BAQgxHrJ

[huldah1776]

Rules of Engagement, set up by Petraeus. His fingerprints are all over this one.

There is a father of a Marine who is currently engaged in getting the public involved in spreading the word about the ROE. Go to http://letthemfight.blogspot.com/

[FreeAtlanta]

"Little refused to describe what kind of unit was sent from the U.S., though it was presumably a special operations team trained for hostage rescues."

The White House stalled because their plan was to have the Ambassador captured and Obama ordering a heroic rescue. The men with "CUE BALLS" foiled the plan.