“it would take up to 20 hours to get them there”
So????
During the attack no one knew how long it would last. Hours? Days? Weeks?
If I call the cops or the fire department, are they going to say, “Gee, the burglar is already inside the house, or the house is already on fire, so let’s not bother going there because it would take up to 20 minutes to get there.”
What kind of stupid remark is that? How could he possibly know how long the attack would last? How could he possibly think that 20 hours would be too late? And most of all, how could he possibly justify not making an effort?
It wasn't news that that area was volatile or that Sept. 11 was a meaningful anniversary. So why wasn't the administration ready in case action was needed? Was a flight from Aviano (far northeast part of Italy) the only option? We had nothing at any bases closer to Benghazi?
As a Carney, and a former Barker (we are really called talkers), I resent being linked to the guy in Washington! We never outright lie like he does—we build things up, yes, make them better than they are but we do not tell untruths! This guy wouldn’t last a season on the Road—and so to his snake oil salesman boss, Obama.
Barry's (and Valerie's) "no go"/stand-down (and you're being relieved of command) decision(s) had built into themy the worst kind of governmental incompetence and negligence. The only thing worse would be outright treason, which I believe does, in fact, account for these horrendous decisions.
Holding hands (how over-the-top-yet-real was that?), Barry and Hillary had made deals with our enemies and were calculatedly willing to offer the blood of and expend fine and well-trained American citizens at that diplomatic outpost. Although I'm sure there are many more treasonous aspects to the fall of the CIA Annex, diplomatic outpost and Ambassador to Libya, hiring of the (homosexuals-solicited) Al Qaeda-affiliated February 17th Martyrs Brigade for our citizens' failed security demands use of nicely-made nooses.
HF