Just for the sake of argument, let's say that Obama did tell the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to take action and protect the people in Benghazi. Obviously, that directive was never carried out. If that's the case, why didn't Obama go ballistic over the fact that his order was ignored? Why wasn't someone (or several people) relieved of their command or otherwise diciplined over this? What kind of Commander in Chief would just shrug his shoulders and say "oh, well", after his direct order was ignored by the military? It just doesn't add up.
Exactly. Exactly.
It is basic Management 101 that when you give a subordinate an order or correction, you FOLLOW UP to make sure the action was done.
Management 101.