Posted on 04/29/2013 6:26:39 PM PDT by crosslink
The U.S. government had the ability to “react and respond” to the Benghazi terrorist attack and could have had forces on the ground before the second wave of the assault began, a special operator with knowledge of the response told Fox News in an exclusive interview. Due to the explosive nature of his allegations, the special ops member asked to remain anonymous.
“I know for a fact that C 110 the UComm CIF was doing a training exercise, not in the region of northern Africa, but in Europe. And they had the ability to react and respond,” he told Fox News.
The C 110 is a 40-man Special Ops force capable of rapid response and deployment, a group trained specifically for an event like the Benghazi attack, Fox News reports. The unit was training in Croatia on Sept. 11, 2012, just 3.5 hours away from Benghazi.
“They would have been there before the second attack,” the anonymous special operator said. “They would have been there at a minimum to provide a quick reaction force that could facilitate their exfil out of the problem situation.”
He continued: “Nobody knew how it was going to develop, and you hear a whole bunch of people and a whole bunch of advisors say, ‘Hey, we wouldn’t have sent them there because the security was unknown situation.’ If it’s an unknown situation, at a minimum you send forces there to facilitate the exfil or medical injuries. We could have sent a C 130 to Benghazi to provide medical evacuation for the injured.”
The special operator said there are members of special ops and other officials who are still active and involved in the situation. “They would be decapitated if they came forward with information that could affect high-level commanders,” he added.
While he says he doesn’t “blame them for not coming forward,” the special operator said members of the community feel betrayed and believe the betrayal goes all the way to the top. Further, the Special Ops community feels like the Americans in Benghazi were left to fend for themselves.
The White House has said from the beginning that there were no forces available to assist Americans in Benghazi on Sept. 11.
Helping Obama cover it up apparently.
Yup, I noticed all his / her / its comments were zapped. There are a couple of other n00bs on this thread. Got to keep our eyes peeled for them.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3013915/posts?page=171#171
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3013915/posts?page=85#85
Not just noobs. Plenty of older members are taking a pretty leftward tilt lately.
Saw that.
Recall not too long ago where one obvious troll would come into a thread and give cover to two or more not so obvious cohorts?
Haven’t seen them do that for awhile, it was more obvious back then as they’d all signed up on the same day.
We’ll see what happens.
Especially if someone starts claiming to be conservative ONLY because he likes Robert Taft.
And based on nothing else.
Noticed that one too huh?
The pre-2002 people who show up left are using frnames that didn’t require a password at the time. They snatched them all up and go through them as they get zotted. They started this around Rather time, I seem to remember.
I was up most of the night battling the fool.....it was GLORIOUS
Supposedly there is a White House spin cycle on Benghazi beginning shortly.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1155606214001/
The battle went on for what? Five, six maybe seven hours?
Tampa’s Central Command could have flown over and dropped guys by parachute in time to save these people. Not a commercial flight but the friggin lame military could have done it.
That’s how obvious this one is...
My guess is everyone was told a lie crafted for their belief system. The military’s lie about an unknown situation was shameful. If our military can’t deal with an ‘unknown situation’ they need to be disbanded. They’ve defines themselves as useless.
The State Department lie about the movie is equally lame... I wonder what the CIA was told? Or the FBI? These folks need to get together and exchange stories...
Oh, here’s an update on the FBI’s interrogation of the Boston Marathon Workplace Violence Case...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgTmGIXT8ow&feature=youtu.be
Aww... didn’t have time to play before the ZoT! or delete of post :p
Yup, I’ve noticed some older FReepers bowing to the leftists lately. Seems like they are watching to much of the SRM.
You may also notice that such incidents happen during freepathons more often as well. Almost like it was planned. But no, that would never happen would it?
all over....I posted some snot launchin funnies
Yup, saw that one.
They show up to harrass the site.
One the other day was being snarky about the Freepathons.
Yes, the anti-freeper sites plan to bother us during Freepathons.
Fair enough.
A low altitude supersonic flyover by anything with the legs would accomplish the same assault breaking mission, only with broken windows and eardrums.
Maybe that is why FR has problems during Freepathons.
Seems like there are page loading issues many times.
While I agree completely, I have a firm belief that people with a bit more political power have their own posters here 24/7.
Some of the kamikaze defenses I’ve seen for their actions are so blatant and ridiculous, it’s either crazies or official shills making them.
As I have done many many times already, I am saying prayers today for our fellow Americans who met death knowing that their country had turned their back on them.
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