Posted on 10/22/2016 7:30:31 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The State Departments second-ranking diplomat in Libya on the day that terrorists attacked the U.S. facilities in Benghazi and killed Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods says a key lesson Americans should take from that event is that officials in Washington, D.C. have a responsibility to make sure Americans serving their country abroad have the ability to protect themselves.
That did not happen in Benghazi, says Gregory Hicks, who was the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli on Sept. 11, 2012. [ ]
Hicks told CNSNews.com that he and Stevens saw the move to make Benghazi a permanent mission as an opportunity to fix the security problems with the U.S. facility there. Yet, even as they were moving to do so, the State Department was drawing down U.S. security assets in Libya.
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The leftists love the muslims. Why would they help white guys?
"So I deleted tens of thousands of e-mails after they
were subpoenaed. At this point what difference does
it make?"
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I spent many years overseas, military and civilian, and some of those in some rather dicey spots. At no time did I ever doubt that if the balloon went up, Uncle Sam would move heaven and earth to rescue my azz; however, in a place like Teheran or Baghdad rescue would’ve been nigh on to impossible. But I never was left to the tender mercies of a Hillary Clinton guarding my six.
I hate that b*tch and every one of her cohorts, lackeys, sycophants and slime DNC. God rest in peace those four Americans who were forsaken by their American government that they swore to protect and defend.
I have started to think that the Benghazi attack was a planned, coordinated hit on Stevens, orchestrated by Hillary and the Muslim Brotherhood, with the intent of using the “inflammatory video,” which hours earlier had been the trigger for demonstration riots in Brotherhood controlled Cairo, as cover.
The contractors violating orders and attempting to rescue totally messed up what would have been neatly swept under the rug.
So the question is, why did Hillary want Stevens dead?
To quote a great stateswoman, “What possible difference could it make now?”
Ehhhh, yeah...
Security protocols concerning an embassy were not in place by Hillary (as was HER responsibility alone) when choosing the location, the requirement of housing embassy personnel & CIA personnel together was not adhered to, proper security was reduced, and when SHTF - she did not offer any military help.
Hillary is a failure.
Considering the State dept never had an appointed IG during her entire time as SOS allowed for so much negligence and corruption during her time there. Never since the 1950’s has an agency been without an appointed IG, except during Hillary at the State Dept.
One question? Did she establish any other new embassy’s during her time as SOS? Or is she on record as failing at the only embassy she put in place.
And why did it take so many days for the FBI to go in and secure the embassy so they could recover computers and other material related to national securit?
>> [Obama/Clinton] have a responsibility to make sure Americans serving their country abroad have the ability to protect themselves.
As far as I’m concerned, the enemy raid on the compound was permitted by Obama/Clinton in order to preserve some other nefarious agenda.
someone posted this possible scenario:
sorry i cant remember who
Amb. Stevens was sent to Benghazi post haste in order to retrieve US made Stinger missiles supplied to Ansar al Sharia without Congressional oversight or permission. Hillary brokered the deal through Stevens and a private arms dealer named Marc Turi. Then some of the shoulder fired missiles ended up in Afghanistan used against our own military. It was July 25th, 2012 when a Chinook helicopter was taken down by one of our own Stingers, but the idiot Taliban didnt arm the missile and the Chinook didnt explode, but had to land anyway. An ordnance team recovered the serial number off the missile which led back to a cache of Stingers being kept in Qatar by the CIA. Obama and Hillary were now in full panic mode and Stevens was sent in to retrieve the rest of the Stingers. This was a do-or-die mission, which explains the stand down orders given to multiple commando teams. It was the State Dept, not the CIA that supplied them to our sworn enemies, because Petraeus wouldnt supply these deadly weapons due to their potential use on commercial aircraft. Then, Obama threw Gen. Petraeus under the bus after he refused to testify that he OKd the BS talking points about a spontaneous uprising due to a Youtube video. Obama and Hillary committed treason...and THIS is what the investigation is all about, why she had a private server, (in order to delete the digital evidence), and why Obama, two weeks after the attack, told the UN that the attack was because of a Youtube video, even though everyone knew it was not. Further...the Taliban knew that this administration aided and abetted the enemy without Congressional approval when Boehner created the Select Cmte, and THE TALIBAN BEGAN PUSHING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FOR THE RELEASE OF 5 TALIBAN GENERALS. Bowe Bergdahl was just a pawn...everyone KNEW he was a traitor. So we have a traitor as POTUS that is not only corrupt, but compromised...and a woman that is a serial liar, perjured herself multiple times at the Hearing whom is running for POTUS. Only the Dems, with their hands out, palms up, will support her.
PERHAPS THIS IS WHY NO MILITARY AIRCRAFT WAS CALLED IN..BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION KNEW OUR ENEMIES HAD STINGERS.
Because he knew she supplied the weapons. Arkancide that her animals carried out.
Obama said he had to wait for permission to enter the sovereign nation of Libya. The same sovereignty he did not respect when overthrowing Gaddafi; the same sovereignty he did not respect in Yemen. the same sovereignty he does not respect in Syria, AND the same sovereignty he does not enforce in the United States.
In my opinion, we should have made a rescue attempt in addition to immediately sending in military to secure the areas that were attacked -there is no permission required to defend Americas and American assets.
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Amb. Stevens was sent to Benghazi post haste in order to retrieve US made Stinger missiles supplied to Ansar al Sharia without Congressional oversight or permission. Hillary brokered the deal through Stevens and a private arms dealer named Marc Turi. Then some of the shoulder fired missiles ended up in Afghanistan used against our own military.
It was July 25th, 2012 when a Chinook helicopter was taken down by one of our own Stingers, but the idiot Taliban didnt arm the missile and the Chinook didnt explode, but had to land anyway. An ordnance team recovered the serial number off the missile which led back to a cache of Stingers being kept in Qatar by the CIA. Obama and Hillary were now in full panic mode and Stevens was sent in to retrieve the rest of the Stingers. This was a do-or-die mission, which explains the stand down orders given to multiple commando teams.
It was the State Dept, not the CIA that supplied [Stingers] to our sworn enemies, because Petraeus wouldnt supply these deadly weapons due to their potential use on commercial aircraft.
Then, Obama threw Gen. Petraeus under the bus after he refused to testify that he OKd the BS talking points about a spontaneous uprising due to a Youtube video.
Obama and Hillary committed treason...and THIS is what the investigation is all about, why she had a private server, (in order to delete the digital evidence), and why Obama, two weeks after the attack, told the UN that the attack was because of a Youtube video, even though everyone knew it was not.
Further...the Taliban knew that this administration aided and abetted the enemy without Congressional approval when Boehner created the Select Cmte, and THE TALIBAN BEGAN PUSHING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FOR THE RELEASE OF 5 TALIBAN GENERALS. Bowe Bergdahl was just a pawn...everyone KNEW he was a traitor.
So we have a traitor as POTUS that is not only corrupt, but compromised...and a woman that is a serial liar, perjured herself multiple times at the Hearing whom is running for POTUS.
Only the Dems, with their hands out, palms up, will support her.
PERHAPS THIS IS WHY NO MILITARY AIRCRAFT WAS CALLED IN..BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION KNEW OUR ENEMIES HAD STINGERS.
Very well said, thank you!
On the other hand, said Hicks, the American people need to understand that their fellow citizens who go out to risk their lives are incredibly resourceful and incredibly gallant and heroic. The fact that the security detail from the Annex went to the State compound in Benghazi and chased ten times their number of terrorists out of that compound and saved five lives is a tribute to that heroism. The fact that seven other personnel in Tripoli volunteered to get on an airplane and fly to Benghazi, not knowing what they would find, when they got to Benghazi is also testament. And because they were in Benghazi at the time of the mortar attack, 30 American lives are still with us today.
Hicks, who has masters degrees from the University of Michigan in applied economics and Modern Near Eastern and Northern Africa Studies, served in the State Department from 1991 until he retired this year. In addition to his service in Libya, he also served in Afghanistan, Bahrain, Yemen and Syria.
I lost a friend in the bombing in Nairobi, and another of my close friends is lucky to be alive today, Hicks said. And then I lost more friends in Benghazi. We need to make sure that those sacrifices are remembered going forward.
Just saw this on FB. It’s old but worth looking over.
https://m.facebook.com/fartonhillaryclinton/posts/1193718923993126
Ms.Behavin,
Thank you for posting those pics!
Never forget...
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