[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

OK,....Utah Congressman was on Hannity with Issa and said....that Gen Ham told him that he could supply help,...I think that was prior to the attack.

[nuconvert]

“....that Gen Ham told him that he could supply help”

I heard that. The General said that no one asked him to.

[Marine_Uncle]

RE: "I think that was prior to the attack."
You are correct Ernest. I watched the whole four hours quite a few times. Point the good Colonel was making, was that AFRICAM offered freebies in the way of SECOPS support long before 9/11 took place. And it would not have cost the DOS a damn dime. The DOD funding already would have supplied additional beefing up via. SECOPS forces to certain areas within Libya.
Clinton is as much blame for the deaths of those five as the usurper is.
I'm giving DOD and the CIA a pass until any new breaking news can really pin them down for the ultimate responsibility, and that of course includes the potential either might have had in this given situation to take it upon themselves to pull the trigger.
They must have been told by the White House to hold off.

[uncitizen]

did u see the thread in which the story goes that Hams second in command relieved him of duty because the general was going to ignore orders to stand down?

Now Gen. Ham is being replaced in the African Command.

somehow now I’m wondering if that is really how it went down.....I just don’t know....do those kinds of things happen outside of the movies?.....granted it seems like we are in a movie right now!

but I just wonder if it was a nameless but gutsy subordinate that relieved Gen Ham of duty or if that might’ve been done by Panetta or Obagman himself...