Did Obama Fire General Ham Of Africom For Attempting To Buck His Order And Rescue Stevens?

Pat Dollard ^ | 10/28/12 | Pat Dollard

[Nachum]

The latest hot rumor flying around the internet is that General Ham of Africon, whose departure was announced last week, was actually fired for attempting to buck Obama’s order not to rescue Ambassador Stevens. He’s not exactly leaving early for his type of command, plus, he’s still in command, I have to assume, since his replacement still has to be confirmed by the Senate. Even if it’s an urban legend, it’s such a cool one that it’s kind of a duty to pass it on. Here’s the text most-often seen in emails, message boards and blog posts:

I heard a story today from someone inside the military that I trust entirely. The story was in reference to General Ham that Panetta referenced in the quote below.

quote: “(The) basic principle is that you don’t deploy forces into harm’s way without knowing what’s going on; without having some real-time information about what’s taking place,” Panetta told Pentagon reporters. “And as a result of not having that kind of information, the commander who was on the ground in that area, Gen. Ham, Gen. Dempsey and I felt very strongly that we could not put forces at risk in that situation.”

The information I heard today was that General 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.

[Mach9]

Third or fourth *—that’s the key. But the past 20 years? I’d say more like the past 50! And J. M. Scott parodied the last one—Gen. Edwin Walker. We’ve seen precious little of truth from active starred military since.

[Mike Travis]

FACT: Gen Ham and Admiral Gaouette both were relieved of command on the spot for refusing to accept orders from the WH to stand down. I know this to be true as I have a personal contact who told me weeks before it came out publicly. Also, Stars & Stripes has announced both Commanders have been relieved. http://www.stripes.com/news/obama-to-nominate-army-gen-rodriguez-to-lead-africom-1.193564

Obama CHOSE to let those Americans be murdered by preventing two strike teams to go in to rescue them. As a result, he should be charged with being an accomplice to their murder.

[Matchett-PI]

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