Posted on 01/16/2016 7:19:01 PM PST by ConservativeMan55
Just got out of Benghazi 13 hours.
Wow what a movie!
It was evident from the start this was an accurate portrayal.
The actual participants in Benghazi helped Director Michael Bay plot out the movie.
At times the characters/heroes were a bit hard to follow as one bearded dude looked just like the next.
But the overall story, plot and accounts were told perfectly.
From the beginning of the movie until the end you can see how higher ups were stifling the contractors and CIA Agents.
They also did a good job showing that each man had a family to come home to they loved very much.
Also during different times over the 13 hours multiple calls for help were made. Planes were shown sitting at the ready.
At one point those at the Annex are just asking for a simple flyover and they are told no.
These men and women were left to die while interrupting Obama and Hillary's scheming. (Gun running)
In the end as they're about to head home one of the survivors makes an interesting comment, almost an aside, but important nonetheless.
"Something's not right. How did those guys know our exact position? Something doesn't smell right."
Indeed.
What we know is Obama and Hillary were running guns/weapons in Benghazi to groups like Ansar al Sharia who is named in the movie as responsible for the attack.
What do you think? Did the deal go bad? Somebody didn't bring enough money and the Arabs felt screwed?
The movie didn't address it but hours before the consulate was attacked Chris Stephens was meeting with the Turkish ambassador.
Why??
Also what of the reports early on of militants at the compound being heard saying "Don't shoot! Morsi sent us!" There was a FR thread about this at one time.
The whole situation raises more questions than it does answers.
Why did Obama and Hillary pull security from the embassy weeks before the attack?
Was the attack a payment of some sort from Obama to the terrorist group?
What do you think??
At one point in the movie one of the heroes says "Am I the only one that feels like everybody knows what's going on here but us?"
To me it looks as if the CIA Contractors got in the way of Obama's plot.
Had the CIA Station Chief held them off an extra 30 minutes Stephens may have lived to tell the tale.
Was that CIA Station chief in on it? Why did he receive an award for essentially doing nothing??
Anyhow would love your thoughts!
Great movie!!
Just back from watching as well,
a Modern Day Alamo!
I saw the film and highly recommend it. CNN tonight tried to discredit it. Poppy had David Brock on who said it was a fabrication, not true, that they were told to "stand down." She had none of the survivors on her show to counter him.
The fact remains that assistance was close but none arrived. Planes could have gotten there in 20 min.
I just viewed it myself this evening. One thing it showed clearly was that nobody in DC lifted a finger to send help. DC did give the command to “Stand Down”, and at least one firing, of General Hamm happened because he insisted on sending help and was relieved of command over it.
Come on, President Trump!
I just viewed it myself this evening. One thing it showed clearly was that nobody in DC lifted a finger to send help. DC did give the command to “Stand Down”, and at least one firing, of General Hamm happened because he insisted on sending help and was relieved of command over it.
Come on, President Trump!
Predator Drones must have some Great Video.
It would have been nice if that was in the movie, but this movie is based only on the book of what happened to the contractors.
The movie SUCKED! Acting and dialog was horrible!
I went to be supportive but jeez it stunk.
All the good guys crying and the Libyans have to rescue them? Blech!
One AC-130 at Sigonella, another at Djibouti —unused.
A flock of F-16’s at Aviano —unusued.
One Navy Admiral releaved of duty, ditto for a Navy Admiral —silence about that.
The security had been deliberately removed for a PURPOSE —to PERMIT for an abduction.
Indeed the Feb 17 Martyrs Brigade physically OPENED the gates for the attackers, who announced they had been SENT.
There were even reports some of the Feb 17 guys PARTICIPATED in the attack.
Yes, because it was a SET-UP and our top leadership ARRANGED it.
Watch Your Step,,,,???
Was heard by Me also ,,
was it in the sound track?
Or were we in the Same Theater??
11:15 Showing?
I thought it was somebody in the theater.
The very latest and most up-to-date discussion of why no outside rescue was sent is in the comments between myself and Timmerman after the FPM article. Timmerman believed all the spin, and never knew drilled down on CBA. I posted my opinion in the back and forth.
Hillary’s Benghazi Stand-Down Order Exposed: Benghazi film unlocks the cover-up.
January 13, 2016 Kenneth R. Timmerman
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/261442/hillarys-benghazi-stand-down-order-exposed-kenneth-r-timmerman#comment-2462359370
Benghazi’s Smoking Gun? Only President Can Give “Cross-Border Authority”
https://pjmedia.com/blog/benghazis-smoking-gun-only-president-can-give-%e2%80%98cross-border-authority%e2%80%99/
It was a great movie. Democrats don’t give a damn about our people in harms way. Democrats so hate America and love themselves they could not care less about those that protect them.
They had to be CIA in the CIA complex two miles from the outpost where Chris Stephens was staying. They talk, their retirement goes up in flames.
On the night of Sept. 11, in what would become his last known public meeting, Stevens met with the Turkish Consul General Ali Sait Akin, and escorted him out of the consulate front gate one hour before the assault began at approximately 9:35 p.m. local time.
The difficulty telling the good guys from the bad is part of that accurate portrayal you mentioned at the top.
Bump
I see that as different. In war, shit happens. In Beirut, they bombed our barracks unexpectedly and Reagan withdrew. He didn’t leave his men there to fight on their own or withhold requests for support. Nor did he initiate a propaganda campaign to defer responsibility.
I understand. It’s just that we seem to gloss over the failings of our own.
“Dr. Morsi sent us”
http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/06/journalist-links-egyptian-president-mohamed-morsi-to-benghazi/
I have friends in Egypt who listened to this. And one here on FR also.
There are some Xmil members who are fluent in Arabic and Farsi.
“Watch your step” was in the movie. The guy sitting on the roof made a little joke when the lady tripped.
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