Posted on 10/27/2012 1:49:20 PM PDT by nhwingut
A former Navy SEAL told Breitbart News on Friday that allegations of negligence during the 9/11/12 Benghazi attack exemplified Obama's "failed policy of appeasement and apology" and was Obama's "Watergate" with four deaths.
Ryan Zinke, a member of the Montana state Senate former U.S. Navy SEAL, said it was "unconscionable that the Administration would not immediately act when our consulate is under attack," and this was Obama's "Watergate with one exception" -- "the result was the loss of our Ambassador and three young heroes."
"There is no better example of the President's failed policy of appeasement and apology than America being delayed because we had to ask Libya's permission to fly in their airspace to rescue our Ambassador," Zinke told Breitbart News. "Even sending aircraft overhead would have helped."
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Correction - all call was yesterday
This military process is logical and easy to understand (yes, a POTUS with 7th grade math ability should be able to comprehend this process thoroughly in minimum time). It annoys me to no end that FOX keeps repeating that the CIA, the DOD and State Department did not deny military action. Why the heck don't they just state, “...cross-border permission can only be given by the POTUS. It is unclear if Obama gave that permission.”?
If Obama is reelected, I could see Vince Flynn’s Term Limits coming true to life.
RE: How anyone in the military can respect him is beyond me.
It beats the hell out of me too!!
To me--that is PROOF he was present when these requests were made--or was at least notified of them having been made--IN REAL TIME!
SO--if he knew about them, and did NOT deny them, the only other thing he could have done was--IGNORE THEM!
And I think that is EXACTLY what he did--right after giving the order to "stand down" General Ham.
Then--he could go to bed, sleep well while the fire-fight at the Consulate was going on, get up and go campaign in Nevada, and complain about having "a tough day".
Repost this for you non-reading internet friends and relatives. No offense to our friends and relatives, but more Americans are "visual learners" these days.
Just click "save" somewhere, then post it on Facebook or whatever.
If you are asleep/unavailable (accidentally on purpose), then you could claim you “didn’t deny requests.”
“Cause I was asleep, homies!”
How many times a day do we violate Pakistani air space every day? When my daughter flew into Afghanistan from Kuwait, they flew over Pakistan territory. Back in the day, I was in the Military Attaché Office in Saudi Arabia. We processed many requests from US and allied aircraft to transit Saudi airspace. I don’t remember us having to get a presidential chop on every request
TM, may be the right person respond to your comment.
Even if it is true that 0 planned an "attempted kidnap" of Stevens, then the ex-SEAL's intervention to prevent it would have been enough to inform 0 that a monkey-wrench had been thrown into the scheme.
I really believe Obama saw what was going on, heard the calls for help, and DID NOTHING--for political reasons.
I am just so angry--he is my son's CIC, and I fear for him and all others who depend on such a "naked emperor" for leadership.
Zinke: grandpa BAUCUS needs to go back to chasing sheep. You might be a good US Senator. Think about it.
Man it just hit me, blaming the video was just a cover for what happened in Benghazi-perhaps a double cross was uncovered and the jihadis wanted to settle some scores. Although islamists used the video as a pretext to protest against the US on 911 across the ME, the WH and the State dept took advantage of the “video” incident to buy more time so they can get their story straight on the attack on the consulate once it became clear that something terribly went wrong and I would argue that the two seals that left their station to help the ambassador were not supposed to do that and their deaths compounded the problem thus propelled the WH and State dept to spin the story even more so. Was the ambassador involved in a scheme to funnel arms to Syria through Turkey? Or did he uncover this scheme and tried to put an end to it resulting in his death? Man this story has legs. People died for what can arguable be considered an intelligence operation that was perhaps run right out of the WH.
But Nixon sent John Kerry into Cambodia in December 1968 when he was only President-Elect! Kerry said so.
Let's not give the video story a shred of credibility. It doesn't deserve it.
Recall that the Cairo mob was chanting "Obama, we are all Osamas now!" when they assaulted the Cairo embassy. They said zilch about the video.
Indeed, the only mentions of the video associated with this event was a.) an e-mail from somebody in the embassy apologizing for the video...two hours before the protest began and b.) the excuses that Barry and Hill gave afterward.
As I recall, the video had racked up 113 viewings on You Tube before Cairo. And, across the Middle East, internet access is between 1-2% of population -- so the Arab Street was blissfully ignorant of "The Innocence of Muslims"
“This here, is such a bungled operation, that no amount of spin or deception can cover it up”
Right, but really it’s because the ambassador was killed that it has to be followed by officials as high ranking as he.
Ambassador is the equivalant of a 4 star general. The Arabs know that. They know tat if we don’t follow this officially (not just in the media, which already is abyssymal) but in congress.
This story never was going to go away.
POTUS underestimates us. So does the newsmedia. THey’ve taken their favoritism of ob to the level of aiding and abetting this fiasco/cover up. It will probably ruin most of them.
How they thought the killing of the abassador wouldn’t be investigated and brought out into the open is beyond explanation.
The election is a smaller story than this.
He doesn’t understand loyalty to country of the military. Nor do many of his suporters.
But Nixon sent John Kerry into Cambodia in December 1968 when he was only President-Elect! Kerry said so
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Maybe Nixon “COULD” see into the future and thought he was doing “US” a huge if it turned into a 1 way trip.
Something tells me a certain poseur does NOT want a bunch of retired and active ‘trained killers’ with a nautical type name stalking him.
Also if one portion of SW feel ‘threatened’ or ‘betrayed’ you can bet the rest of them contract the same case of ‘paronia’.
Your post reminds me. CNN “found” the ambassador’s diary which contained SIX pages. In those pages, he expressed his concern about security. Were there pages missing? Did he write down his other concerns and those pages disappear? Obviously, Western reporters and news crews were roaming the area freely right after the attack occurred. I have no doubt that other Americans were also looking for things that should disappear. No doubt.
case of ‘paronia’.
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WTF?
paronia == Paranoia....... sorry
Yes his limp dick points to mecca like a compass
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