[MestaMachine]

Absence of a presidential order to proceed in engaging the enemy disallows such orders to be given at a lower level. Hence the order to stand down. They had no choice.

[MestaMachine]

The former SEALs defied orders to stand down after such orders were issued three times. The CBA did not apply here. They were already there. So all we can do is surmise that they fully intended to let ALL the personel at the ‘consulate’...(which was not REALLY a consulate,) die rather than intervene.

[Travis McGee]

And Obama can tell another lie by saying that "I didn't order a stand-down."

He just caused it, by not executing orders with CBA.

A damned liar with a complicit Quisling media is a powerful combination.