Posted on 12/08/2015 3:36:59 PM PST by Hojczyk
AN EMAIL OBTAINED by a watchdog group reveals that the Pentagon was ready to send military assets as the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi was unfolding, but never got an approval from the State Department â appearing to contradict testimony from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in 2013, when he said there was no time to get forces to the scene in Libya." ...
we have identified the forces that could move to Benghazi. They are spinning up as we speak.â
- Jeremy Bash, Pentagon chief of staf
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Yo, post 14.
negative orders are given at a rate greater than positive orders in many situations. There are often standing orders that are negated by command authority due to the specifics of the situation.
In this case I firmly believe that orders were given to prevent movements of forces within theater. I can’t prove it beyond anecdotal info, but I know it based on experience.
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