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The hour is 5 p.m., Sept. 11, Washington time, and the scene is an Oval Office meeting among President Obama, the secretary of defense, the national security adviser and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi has been under assault for roughly 90 minutes. Some 30 U.S. citizens are at mortal risk.

There you go, Obama was sitting in the command chair. No gutsy call here. No carrier in the Med. No reaction force at the main embassy. No options. Not even Zell Miller spitballs.

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There you go, Obama was sitting in the command chair. No gutsy call here. No carrier in the Med. No reaction force at the main embassy. No options. Not even Zell Miller spitballs.

The attack would last another 4 1/2 hours. A Marine contingent could've been flown in from Rota, Spain inside of three hours.

It might've been too late to save any lives...but the effort should've been made.