Posted on 10/30/2013 8:34:32 PM PDT by kristinn
Masked from public view, two of the U.S. military’s elite special operations commandos have been awarded medals for bravery for a mission that further undercuts the Obama administration’s original story about the Benghazi tragedy.
For months, administration officials have claimed no special operations forces were dispatched from outside Libya to Benghazi during the Sept. 11, 2012, al Qaeda terrorist attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission and CIA annex because none was within range.
The Pentagon, under intense public criticism for not coming to the aid of besieged Americans, published an official timeline in November that carefully danced around the issue.
It said time and distance prevented any commandos outside Libya from reaching a CIA compound under attack. The timeline disclosed that a reinforcement flight 400 miles away in Tripoli contained two “DoD personnel” but did not describe who they were. Later, the official State Department report on Benghazi said they were “two U.S. military personnel” — but provided no other details. It made no mention of special operations forces.
But sources directly familiar with the attack tell The Washington Times that a unit of eight special operators — mostly Delta Force and Green Beret members — were in Tripoli the night of the attack, on a counterterrorism mission that involved capturing weapons and wanted terrorists from the streets and helping train Libyan forces.
When word of the Benghazi attack surfaced, two members of that military unit volunteered to be dispatched along with five private security contractors on a hastily arranged flight from Tripoli to rescue Americans in danger, the sources said, speaking only on the condition of anonymity because the special operations forces’ existence inside Libya was secret.
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My mind is not comprehending this. Why lie about it? It’s just not making sense. What am I missing?
send Delta, SEALs and Marsoc to clean up the problems as home
My mind is not comprehending this. Why lie about it? It’s just not making sense. What am I missing?
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I suspect it’s not making sense because there are more “pieces” missing. Who in the White House on the evening of September 10th decided NOT to send reinforcements to strengthen and build a possible reaction force?
Good story!
Long read and late at night.
I hope we can bump this in the AM for more input and understanding of why this was so hidden and purposely not part of the early conversation.
When will the survivors be allowed to talk? Congressman Wolfe, why don’t you ask that?
Fire generals and there are consequences.
The CIA at Benghazi must have been doing some real nasty shit, for Zer0 and his toadies to continue to stiff the world on what really happened, and not attempting to capture/kill the perps!
No, it’s his nature to lie. It has nothing to do with what he does or does not know.
You are not eloquent in your prose.
You are not politically correct in your writing.
You are 100% correct in what your write!!!!!!!
Our great nation is on the cusp and liberty may be saved or lost. It will be saved or lost on why and what happened at Bengazi and what and why happened on the gun running of fast and furious. I am not optimistic nor pessimistic, I think it is about 50/50.
I'm almost convinced it had to be more than just gun running to the rebels.
The cover up stink is too great.
>> It’s just not making sense. What am I missing?
Recall the election that was around the corner at the time, and that al-Qaeda was “on the run.”
Regardless of any nefarious dealings, it was a major political #-up shrouded in lies, misrepresentations, and disregard for the 1st Amendment.
Tag: Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.
Nuff said indeed.
Thanks! Bookmarked.
Its important becayse it shows rescue forces were in fact close at hand and could have been used.
It show that their non use was POLITCAL. This makes GayMuzzie look bad.
how is that hard to see?
Contrast:
1. Your son slowly drowns at a remote deserted beach.
2. You son slowly drowns on camera, screaming into a radio begging for help for eight hours, on Santa Monica beach in the summer at noon on Saturday in from of the Bay Watch tower.
One of these two scenarios would make you madder, Right?
Bump for later
A rescue would have brought sharper attention to a dirty and huge black op right before a presidential election.
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