It gets worse. Pentagon says they reacted with plans for “hostage situation”. No attempt to save lives or intervene in attack.
This doesn't wash. When the Critical Incident Report went out from the consulate in the first 30 minutes of the attack those forces would have automatically been put in motion by their force commanders in Europe.
When you ignore warnings begging for more security and, instead, actually reduce security then you are not likely to be pro active at the perimeter. There should be forces available within two hours reach of Libya at all times. And probably are.
Can you believe this spokesman in any case?
Last night it was the CIA’s operation. (so said either the WaPo or NYT’s, I forget which one)
Since Sicily is in Europe there could have been C-130s there and he could have called that, a continent away.
It sounds like they decided swiftly to do nothing.
Don’t pay any attention to anything the Obama administration says about this until they answer the questions why Chris Stevens was meeting with the Turks in Benghazi instead of Tripoli? What as being stored at the CIA annex and where and who was it going to?
Leon didn’t dispatch any C-130s because he doesn’t get frequent flyer miles on those. A Secretary of Defense who leaves his family in California and flies home to see them on the weekends while young men are being killed in Afghanistan. He is absolutely worthless.
Lou Dobbs had a high level ex-Pacific fleet admiral on his show who said we could’ve buzzed the damn place with a jet and scattered the crowd to buy us time within an hour.
Then we could’ve sent the troops we ALREADY HAD IN ITALY and they could’ve been there in two hours.
And if Petraus is “hiding behind the cloak of secrecy” as reports have asserted today, then why did Hillary claim full responsibility??
This is an absolute cluster you-know-what.
Additionally, this admiral asserted that high level military of every branch of service is “infected” with political correctness. Spot-on interview, Lou Dobbs rocks and takes no prisoners on his show.
Only one thing worse than being a liar...and that is being a coward. Especially if you are the CIC.
Rapid Response teams are positioned in strategic points to be REPAIDLY dropped in to act in just these kind of events. They didn't have to be SENT from far off parts.
Sigonella Naval Base (Italy) is on the Island of Sicily just across the Mediterranean from Libya.
Rapid Response team also in Africom (U.S.African Command, over EAst Africa) - was ready to go.
Excerpt: “[Carter] Ham as head of Africom received the same e-mails the White
House received requesting help/support as the attack was taking place. General Ham immediately had a rapid response unit ready and communicated to the Pentagon that he had a unit ready.
General Ham then received the order to stand down. His response was to screw it, he was going to help anyhow.
Within 30 seconds to a minute after making the move to respond, his
second in command apprehended General Ham and told him that he was now
relieved of his command.
http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/africom-commander-gen-carter-ham-relieved-of-duty-for-wanting-to-help-our-ambassador-to-libya/question-3279495/
Same deal with the ADmiral positioned at sea - was going in anyway - also fired.
These two actions by obama tell the story. ONLY the president can make the ‘stand down’ order. Only the president can summarily fire such military leaders. And that TWO such leaders were fired with minutes during this attack begs incredulity to think it was just coincidental
” - - - if called upon.” A ‘Little’ lie, by George.
What did Benghazi-Coward Obama say to Pansy Panetta?
The oval officer did what he did best when in the Illinois senate, voted present, then left.
Seriously hollowed out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I find this hard to believe. Not 1 AC-130 in Europe?
I have heard liars give more details in each retelling of a tale.
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.