Note: In a post above (while I was intermittently writing my post) I see that Ms. Lamb apparently said there were 3 Libyan guards at the compound. Was that 3 on duty, or just three in the whole place? Either way, good Lord... If it’s three total, then that makes 6 or 7 U.S. and Libyan security guards actually fighting 125 or more attackers armed with (at least some) heavier weaponry. (One Libyan guard, at least, was knocked out of action at the outset. I’m not sure who of our people was minding the comm room.)
I was trying to put myself in the shoes of a defender... Not a way to get a good night’s sleep, methinks.
Last question to everyone (for tonight).
If the CIA was operating out of the annex, perhaps there were a few more more “defenders” (who cannot be revealed, even if they were killed) than we think we know about? Not enough to change the eventual outcome, but perhaps that’s why it may (may) have held out longer?
Romney debate question to Obama: Mr. President, how is it that CNN and other news organizations had reporters on the scene quickly, picking up valuable intelligence, yet the FBI was delayed for weeks due to the area purportedly being “too dangerous” for them to go in? (This leads to all sorts of fun followups!)
According to Sean Smith's mother that was her son's job. She said he died alone and no one else was in that area of the building and her suspicion is that he was trying to destroy classified materials when they got him. A mother's opinion to be sure. But not illogical.