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US Troops Would Not Have Been Painting Targets on Ground Unless There Was Air Support Overhead –
Gateway Pundit ^ | October 26,2012 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 10/26/2012 5:12:00 PM PDT by Hojczyk

BOMBSHELL: US troops in Benghazi would not have been painting targets on the ground unless there was air support overhead. But someone called it off – And the decision most likely came from the White House.

Then there’s this bombshell at BlackFive from a former Delta operator:

Having spent a good bit of time nursing a GLD (ground Laser Designator) in several garden spots around the world, something from the report jumped out at me.

One of the former SEALs was actively painting the target. That means that Specter WAS ON STATION! Probably an AC130U. A ground laser designator is not a briefing pointer laser. You do not “paint” a target until the weapons system/designator is synched; which means that the AC130 was on station.

Only two places could have called off the attack at that point; the WH situation command (based on POTUS direction) or AFRICOM commander based on information directly from the target area.

If the AC130 never left Sigonella (as Penetta says) that means that the Predator that was filming the whole thing was armed.

If that SEAL was actively “painting” a target; something was on station to engage! And the decision to stand down goes directly to POTUS!

This is HUGE. It should be obvious by now that someone is not telling the truth. As Blackfive says,

“This is bigger than Watergate!… The worst has to be the team on the ground knowing that the President just left you to die.“

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benghazicoverup; benghazirescue; benghazistanddown; paintedtargets; shadowwars; threatmatrix; tonyshaffer
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1 posted on 10/26/2012 5:12:05 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Wow. HIGH treason....


2 posted on 10/26/2012 5:13:54 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: Hojczyk

Must be fun. Aiming a laser designator at the bad guys, waiting for help from the air... and nothing happens. There you sit... or kneel, or lie, aiming your little gizmo at all hell breaking loose, just like you were trained to... and zippo. Except they keep getting closer.

Someone’s got to pay for this, I swear.


3 posted on 10/26/2012 5:14:42 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: Hojczyk

This whole thing kind of makes the Harvey Weinstein/National Geographic Barry Lovefest that is going to be shown TWO DAYS before the election irrelevant. Doesn’t it?


4 posted on 10/26/2012 5:15:48 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Osama bin Laden is dead, Chrysler moved to Italy and China.)
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To: Hojczyk

Oh my God. This gets worse and worse. You know what? This seems above Obama’s pay grade all of a sudden.


5 posted on 10/26/2012 5:16:38 PM PDT by FryingPan101 (2016 looms)
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exactly as one would imagine from this punk


6 posted on 10/26/2012 5:16:38 PM PDT by advertising guy (" that lie has it's own sleep number " David Feherty PGA Championship 2012)
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To: Hojczyk

Small cracks appear....then spread....then...........WOOSH.


7 posted on 10/26/2012 5:16:58 PM PDT by JPG (Make it happen)
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“Specter” - I have seeen that word several times today but am not sure what it means.


8 posted on 10/26/2012 5:17:10 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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Its not incompetence or an “inadvertent error”. WH either wanted Stevens gone or it was a botched fake kidnap scenario.

What we see is that American lives mean nothing to this impostor, if they stand in the way of his agenda they become bumps in the road to his Utopia.


9 posted on 10/26/2012 5:21:15 PM PDT by Gasshog
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To: JPG

Hillary and the intelligence community are avoiding the bus toss.

This is huge. Confirms the caller to Rush today.


10 posted on 10/26/2012 5:21:30 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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This punk can’t make a decision. That’s a problem for a president. I hope Congress doesn’t drop this after the election. Where was Valarie Jarrett when this was going down?


11 posted on 10/26/2012 5:22:49 PM PDT by virgil
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
C130 gun ship. Upgraded “Puff The Magic Dragon”.
12 posted on 10/26/2012 5:23:10 PM PDT by River_Wrangler (Nothing difficult is ever easy!)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
Lockheed AC-130 gunship, armed with a variety of ordnance.
13 posted on 10/26/2012 5:24:30 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Modified C-130 with massive firepower capability. Also called Spooky.


14 posted on 10/26/2012 5:24:35 PM PDT by JPG (Make it happen)
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“The worst has to be the team on the ground knowing that the President just left you to die.“

The SEALs will NOT stand down until there is justice. obama has gotten too many of them killed. Many believe it was on purpose. Everyone knows obama has a personal grudge against the SEALS. Well, the feeling is mutual.


15 posted on 10/26/2012 5:24:43 PM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills and none dare call it treason)
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To: FryingPan101
This seems above Obama’s pay grade all of a sudden.

Everything, except lying, is above this clown's pay grade!

16 posted on 10/26/2012 5:25:18 PM PDT by lrslattery
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

It refers to an AC130 gunship. It had the capability of wiping out all the attackers leaving little more than a smeared puddle where the once stood. Google videos of the AC130 in action in Iraq. There are plenty out there.


17 posted on 10/26/2012 5:26:41 PM PDT by RayBob (If guns kill people, can I blame misspelled words on my keyboard?)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

““Specter” - I have seeen that word several times today but am not sure what it means.”

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AC130u flying gun platform, lots of cannon (2) and mini guns, lots of ammo. Watched the really early models fire in NAM looked like the sky was on fire.


18 posted on 10/26/2012 5:28:16 PM PDT by mongo141 (Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

19 posted on 10/26/2012 5:28:44 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
“Specter” - I have seeen that word several times today but am not sure what it means.

Spectre is the nickname of the AC-130H gunship armed with 2 20mm cannons, one 40mm Bofors cannon and one 105mm howitzer. The gunship flies a slow circular orbit over a target area raining death upon targets that can be designated with a laser designator system (GLD). Generally, troops on the ground only illuminate a target when there is a platform on station above that can put steel on target.

20 posted on 10/26/2012 5:29:49 PM PDT by cidrasm
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