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The ambassador was not meant to die i bet. Smoke inhalation. I bet all along he was going to be captured without a shot being fired hence the stand down orders. Obama frees him and boom,big positive public relations before the election. If,as is widely assumed we arm arming the rebels in Syria would these people attack us at this time?The whole narrative changed when the 2 CIA men went and engaged the enemy with full expectation of help. This story is likely far dirtier than it;s even being reported.
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The responsibility goes all the way up the the current occupant of the oval office.
If he is reelected we will know that half the American public has its head up its a$$.
This whole thing is really starting to stink up the room - hoping the MSM will pick this up before election day ...
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This is an excellent summary, but I believe it is worse than this. The video, and the fact that the Cairo demonstration took place earlier than the attack, raises more questions. I believe the attack was cover for lifting weapons of the Benghazi consulate, and the Cairo mob was cover for the attack. I also believe the subsequent protest in all the other nations can be hung around an administration attempting to cover their tracks.
This makes two very reputable sources saying Obama watched or knew of the event in real time and left our Ambassador and soldiers behind to be murdered.
More stunning than this was the CIA spokesman's comments later that day. If you understand how governments speak it was an amazing statement and a very damming finger pointing one.
Who scripted the ridiculous , "It's because of a YouTube video" response?
Who are these people ? What is their motive? Obama let those Americans die.
Remember, Obama has taken great pride in saying that Libya was liberated without American blood being shed. Obama did not want potential voters to wake up to our uniformed military being KIA.
So, DOD assets were told to stand down as CIA subcontractors, whose presence could be concealed, were tasked with extracting diplomatic assets from the Mission. Also, those operators were familiar with the battlefield and were leveraged with local friendly militia.
As the battlefield was so unshaped and on/off and populated by hostiles of unknown strength and unknown weapons, this was a reasonable tactical choice anyway.
Other rapid response units that could have gotten there would have been too little and too late.
General Ham and Africom, were frustrated that in this theater of their responsibility, they were not in position to act effectively.