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Wow.
You don’t arm your enemy and then expect them to treat you like a friend. You would think RATS would have figured that out. But noooooooo.
General Petraeus should have known better than to join an administration as criminal in nature as this one.
Illegal. State Department can't do that, see: Iran Contra.
This might be what the WH is reportedly sitting on that has them “terrified.”
Wait...you mean 0bamaClintonRice lied when they said that Stevens was in Benghazi to “modernize a hospital”?
I find it difficult to believe they would be that stupid. I don’t find it difficult to believe that we were trying to buy the man-portable anti-aircraft missiles the rebels secured when they overthrew the regime. There were thousands of SA-7’s and other versions in country before the uprising ever began.
NATO had full air superiority in Libya and that is a large part of what allowed the rebels (likely worse people than the regime) to win the ground war. I fail to see the need or advantage of giving stinger missiles to the rebels. It would not make sense and the risks are too great. What if they shot down NATO aircraft? OTOH - I can see our State Department and CIA attempting to secure items like this that were all of a sudden all over the place.
Big story if true, but color me skeptical. The State Department does not possess stinger missiles - the Defense Department does. I would be stunned if they could keep that quiet - it only takes one whistleblower.
The part about Africom having assets in place to act quickly is likely in my opinion and the failure to act remains the most surprising part of the Benghazi story to me. My best guess is that someone in the White House decided based on known facts at the time that the political risks of a failed rescue operation outweighed the rewards of rescuing our people. They likely thought nobody had been killed and if we rescued folks the real story would come out that they were paying massive amounts of cash to the rebels we supported to buy the anti-aircraft stuff.
Speaking of that.... wonder what happened to all that cash? A few clever men could create an attack like this and possibly walk away with millions - especially if that is why Stevens was in town. I will take my tinfoil hat off now.
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Pretty wild stuff, but it does tie up the loose ends (including HRC’s “concussion”).
Still haven’t heard testimony of anyone that was in the ground. There were 30+ at the consulate and/or annex. Where are the Repubs on this?
Easier explanation
The Obama campaign took money from Al-Queda, Hezbulla or the Muslim Brotherhood in the election. Stevens was there to negociates the payback for that
Both Hitlery and the Clown need to be diminished beyond electoral influence or redemption.
If this is true I guess Glenn Beck had it right . He said it was an arms exchange and buyback. You know, one of those rightwing conspiracy theory thingys.
Perhaps, but we have theorized worse here in FR, already - such as transferring poison gas to the Syrian rebels to use against Assad and blame on him in a false flag operation (the counter was that WMDs were already in Syria) or transferring weapons to the Muslim Brotherhood for shipment to the Gaza strip to be used to attack Israel, or a botched kidnapping to set up an exchange for the blind Sheik, for instance.
Well, Her Hindness pushing for arming people who tied in with the Muslim Brotherhood when Weiner’s wife’s (her personal assistant) mother is tied into the Muslim Sisterhood (kinda the MB’s ladies’ auxiliary), and every destabilized regime in North Africa ended up in MB hands...well, that isn’t a surprise, it’s a syndrome.
Yes.
Al Qaeda with Stingers is a sobering thought. Thanks, low-info voters!
Former diplomats, hmmm....one of whom served in Iraq in 2004....hmmm.. with Petraeus?....hmmm....
“.....was to buy back Stinger missiles from al-Qaeda groups issued to them by the State Department, not by the CIA. Such a mission would usually be a CIA effort, but the intelligence agency had opposed the idea because of the high risk involved in arming “insurgents” with powerful weapons that endanger civilian aircraft.”
Whoaaa! If this is true then it kinda explains the rumor that the CIA is upset for taking it on the chin. They were against the missiles being given in the first place, they’re over ruled, then their explanation of what happened is altered, and they’re blamed.
My only question...in fact many are asking...General Petreaus...have you no courage to stand up and tell the truth? Why are you silent? Why are you in your silence supporting the people who betrayed you?
If true, what is being revealed here could complete the circle-it could give us the answer to the question as to why, up until now not satisfactorily answered, there never was any thought given to rescuing those in danger after the ambassador was murdered.
So, we would then have at least two dead Americans who died in the name of protecting dear leader’s election chances.
Extra-legal activity? Check.
Cover-up? Check.
Conspiracy? Check.
Motive? Check.
Treason. Provable treason. Hillary and Obama.
“...but Ham decided to disobey and did so anyway, whereupon the White House “called his deputy and had the deputy threaten to relieve Ham of his command.” “
Please, someone help me here. I thought Ham denied this. So, Ham sent a rescue team that was only hours away? What happened, was the rescue team brought back? Did they embark?
It makes sense to me, from the way the navy seals and other rescue teams opporate, that these forces are on alert 24/7. They deploy in minutes to anywhere. Would make sense that at some central command we would know immediately who was the closest. With all the ships in the area, you would think one was minutes if not an hour or two away.
I’M ASKING. IS THERE NO ONE IN OUR MILITARY WHO WILL COME FORTH AND TELL THE TRUTH? ARE YOU THAT AFRAID OF LOSING YOUR PENSION, BEING AUDITED BY THE IRS ETC? WHERE IS OUR STONEWALL JACKSON, TECUMSUH SHERMAN?
WHERE IS PATTON?
Treason is the reason......
Selling heat seeking missiles to an enemy who has already killed 3000 Americans is T-R-E-A-S-O-N!
Time for some hemp neckties.