[GOPJ]

Panetta all decided against any intervention as they had no clear picture of events unfolding in Benghazi, he said.

Here's the 'clear picture' - our embassy was under attack. Our people were outnumbered, were calling for backup and would be murdered without help. THAT'S the clear picture.

Maybe Panetta's better at cocktail parties and smoky back rooms with Obama and Putin ...

[cripplecreek]

Panetta all decided against any intervention as they had no clear picture of events unfolding in Benghazi, he said.

Yet targets on the ground were painted with laser.

[circlecity]

Panetta has always been a lying ass-kissing political hack. What qualifications did he ever have to be Sec. Def.? He was put in that position precisely because he’s more than happy to be nothing but a lying ass-kissing political hack. And this is the result.