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.
Somehow I don’t see “rear” admiral obama authorizing any of that today...
Yeah, pretty much like that!
B-b-but, he was a retired colonel!
(Feigned confused look that slowly turns into a wry grin...then runs away before he pushes his luck with a mighty admin too much)
hehe
“Somehow I don’t see “rear” admiral obama authorizing any of that today...”
Not if the order was to protect the lives of Americans and put the lives of Islamofascists trying to kill Americans at risk.
Well, since your initials are A-G, you could be Adjutant General, now couldn't you?
the second you do...the ONE will fire me
Claim you are the first Gay General...Problem solved!
Ursula The Viking Kitten praises your valor in battle with the foe:
Being questioned under oath won’t matter, he’ll lie and get away with it, and Congress won’t pursue the matter any further.
Keeping the information in front of the public all the time, everywhere. Here, and other forms of social media. We blew up the internet on Twitter when Rand Paul filibustered.
Drip, drip, drip-constant dripping information. From all directions.
read that and puked
now that dog will hunt !
It’s your civil right!
Don’t feel bad. It mad me nauseous typing it.
KA-POW for later read ........................................................................................................................................... FRegards
State Department stonewalling attorneys representing Benghazi whistle-blowers. Claimed they knew nothing about Benghazi whistle blowers after Darell Issa had sent two letters to SD in April requeseting clearance for their attorneys.
That was DRey. She's still around. Last post on Saturday, 20 April '13.
What was wrong with those posts?
YUP!
I remembered the D but couldn’t remember the full nic. Old age ;)
Sarge, do you feed poor Ursula? Methinks she could use a sammich her badself ;)
RetiredColonel was a retread wasn’t he?
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