[Fully Awake DAV]

STAND DOWN!
Only 1 reason for a stand down order of this magnitude...the attack was planned by the WH for political purposes. If the military would have intervened, that intervention would have disrupted their plans & subsequent goals. Funny how General Hams’ second in command was ready withing 30 seconds to a minute of relieving his commanding officer....mighty strange!

[agere_contra]

Of course the attack was planned by, or with the connivance of, the WH.

There was a drone overhead ‘within an hour’. But the nearest drone-base (in Sigonella) was three hours drone-flight away.

Someone tasked it to the area before time.

[LanaTurnerOverdrive]

the attack was planned by the WH for political purposes.

I disagree. It is far more likely that the WH gave the order to stand down because they were monitoring the scene and didn't want the headlines the next day to read "US slaughters 50 Lybian "protestors" right before the election. A purely ploitical decision that very well may lead to his ultimate downfall.

[PIF]

“Only 1 reason for a stand down order of this magnitude...the attack was planned by the WH for political purposes.”

Finally!! You get it!

The “political purposes” have nothing to do with US politics - rather muslim politics and culture. The ‘permission’ for the assault (read Gift) was a signal to the MB and affiliates (like AQ) that this WH is indicating its future intentions and loyalties - just as it did with its previous Gift to Iran of the latest drone tech.

The second in command - whoever that was - is a WH loyalist and O sycophant. Someone, if it isn't already known, needs to find that individual’s name, and we need to watch his/her career rise as a reward.