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Sources: Predator drone was over Benghazi consulate during last hours of attack
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Posted on 10/20/2012 7:39:22 PM PDT by chessplayer

CBS News has been told that, hours after the attack began, an unmanned Predator drone was sent over the U.S. mission in Benghazi, and that the drone and other reconnaissance aircraft apparently observed the final hours of the protracted battle…

But it was too late to help the Americans in Benghazi. The ambassador and three others were dead.

Retired CIA officer Gary Berntsen believes help could have come much sooner. He commanded CIA counter-terrorism missions targeting Osama bin Laden and led the team that responded after bombings of the U.S. Embassy in East Africa.

“You find a way to make this happen,” Berntsen says. “There isn’t a plan for every single engagement. Sometimes you have to be able to make adjustments. They made zero adjustments in this. They stood and they watched and our people died.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: absent; absentpresident; benghazi; benghazigate; derelictionofduty; emptychair; garyberntsen; impeach; noshow; shadowwars; shameful; threatmatrix
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Well, obama didn't watch. He had to get his sleep so he could campaign in Vegas.
1 posted on 10/20/2012 7:39:29 PM PDT by chessplayer
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We need to outlaw videos that offend Muslims. We cant let this happen again, Cant yell fire in a crowded theater, Hillary 2016. She was so heroic.


2 posted on 10/20/2012 7:43:07 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Romney is still a liberal. Just watch him. (Obama-ney Care ))
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Thehad a huge SF QRT ready in Southern Italy just 1 hr flight away and while they begged to launch their commanders had them all geared up, just sitting on the tarmac.

While our people died.


3 posted on 10/20/2012 7:46:33 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: chessplayer

Haven’t we all known this for weeks?


4 posted on 10/20/2012 7:46:51 PM PDT by randita
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To: gaijin

Finally! Somebody is talking about the lack of a rescue attempt. To me, this is the real crime of the Obama administration. At the very least, this is dereliction of duty. The families of the embassy people should be screaming bloody murder than not one attempt was made to save these folks. It’s absolutely shameful.


5 posted on 10/20/2012 7:48:31 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX ( The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the expense of everybody else. ~)
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To: chessplayer

0bama set Stevens up to be murdered. I would really like to know why.


6 posted on 10/20/2012 7:49:16 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty ("Get that evil, foreign, muslim, usurping, gay commie bastard out of MY White House!" FUBO!)
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To: sickoflibs

ROFLMAO! In a nutshell.


7 posted on 10/20/2012 7:50:04 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: gaijin

BTW, where did you get your information? I would like to know more about this.


8 posted on 10/20/2012 7:50:49 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX ( The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the expense of everybody else. ~)
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To: chessplayer
(an original, feel free to share)
9 posted on 10/20/2012 7:51:13 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (John Roberts did more to endanger the lives of Americans than all 9/11 hijackers combined.)
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0bama was notified when the attack was underway and could have seen and heard the live feed from the consulate as it happened.

Our ambassador, two former SEALs in our employ and another diplomatic corps employee were slaughtered in front of his eyes and he says “it wasn’t optimal.”

Col David Hunt transcript: Real-Time Proof of Benghazi Negligence and Cover-up

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Desertion!

For weeks now I have thought that the denial of requests for security were a dereliction of duty. I consider the lies and misdirection about the "video" after the attack to be fraud and malfeasance under the color of authority. I don't consider the inaction during the attack to be any of those.

IMO the failure to act during the attack is the direct equivalent of desertion.

ONE MAN had the authority to act that night.

ONE MAN deserted his post!

10 posted on 10/20/2012 7:53:19 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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“You find a way to make this happen,” Berntsen says. “There isn’t a plan for every single engagement. Sometimes you have to be able to make adjustments. They made zero adjustments in this. They stood and they watched and our people died.”

YOU FIND A WAY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

11 posted on 10/20/2012 7:54:48 PM PDT by cyn
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To: chessplayer

bttt


12 posted on 10/20/2012 7:58:00 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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Finally! Somebody is talking about the lack of a rescue attempt. To me, this is the real crime of the Obama administration. At the very least, this is dereliction of duty.

Refusal to provide new security personnel and lack of a rescue. Why do I have the feeling we have a foreign Muslim in the Oval Office?

13 posted on 10/20/2012 7:58:11 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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obama didn’t set him up to be murdered. He just didn’t care if he was killed.


14 posted on 10/20/2012 7:59:00 PM PDT by chessplayer
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Mama Jarrett made sure the little boy king was not disturbed


15 posted on 10/20/2012 7:59:52 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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How ‘bout, Obama set Stevens up to be kidnapped....


16 posted on 10/20/2012 8:00:48 PM PDT by SgtBob (Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
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To: doc1019; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; Gilbo_3; NFHale; Impy; ...
RE :”ROFLMAO! In a nutshell.”

Thanks
I am sure the Wise Latino can find a loophole in the first amendment that stops those here from offending Muslims in other countries especially if it saves lives overseas.
Especially in countries where Obama was instrumental in freeing the masses to be a nation in his image true freedom and enlightenment, like Libya.

We need to outlaw videos that offend Muslims. We cant let this happen again, Cant yell fire in a crowded theater, Hillary 2016. She was so heroic
SOL ref at #2

17 posted on 10/20/2012 8:05:38 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Romney is still a liberal. Just watch him. (Obama-ney Care ))
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The Eye in the Sky,
Was an Obamadone spy,
While Obama laid down his tired head.

Our Ambassador and three lay dead
While Obama and Hilly lied and said:
“The Media will shield Truth,
‘til the votes have been read.
Those who question or dare to ask why?
Are offensive vermin who just want to politicize.”

The Manuscript Dump and The Spy in the Sky
Find Obama and Hilly without any clothes.
For Romney I’ll vote,
Though I may hold my nose, again.


18 posted on 10/20/2012 8:06:20 PM PDT by Graewoulf ((Traitor John Roberts' Obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
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Please don’t write if you can’t write. Thehad ?? SF QRT ?? Wtf is a (an) SF GRT? You bother to specify it’s in SOUTHERN Italy, but we aren’t favored with your further enlightenment...


19 posted on 10/20/2012 8:09:04 PM PDT by Minnesota fox
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To: Pining_4_TX

He was terrified a Black Hawk Down would sink his election so he let them die.

Pray for America


20 posted on 10/20/2012 8:12:47 PM PDT by bray (Islam- A billion medieval savages can't be wrong!)
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