Brian Lilley: The MSM is lying about the muslim riots
Interviews on the streets of Cairo. 'Video' had nothing to do with protests and attack.
Posted on 10/29/2012 12:50:08 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
As U.S. Africa Command waited for any order to rescue Americans on Sept. 11 at the besieged consulate and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, it was missing a key unit that the Pentagon gives every regional four-star commander — an emergency strike force.
The new command’s lack of such a unit is another piece in the unfolding Benghazi timeline that shows an overriding theme: As radical Islamic extremism swelled in the chaotic coastal city, U.S. security assets in Libya diminished.
From the State Department’s denial of diplomats’ requests for more security in Libya to Obama administration officials repeatedly saying the military-style attack on the consulate resulted from “spontaneous” protests, the events before, during and after the Benghazi assault reflect the political, diplomatic and military confusion that is post-Gadhafi Libya.
Each U.S. geographic combatant command, whether it be in the Middle East, the Pacific or, in this case, Africa, is entitled to a special operations rapid-response team — a group of Green Berets to perform instant combat in situations like the Islamist militants’ attack on the U.S. Consulate.
But on that day, AfriCom, the Pentagon’s newest geographic combatant command, which is still in the building phase, lacked what is called the “commander in-extremis force,” said a senior special operations official.
“All geographic combatant commands have one allocated to them, except AfriCom,” the senior official said. “AfriCom’s is in the process of being established.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
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On Fox News, Bret Baier's documentary on the Benghazi attack (before, during and after) interviews Mr. Nordstrom about the pull back of his security forces, etc. Some of his remarks are also expressed below.
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"...No longer in Libya at the time of the attack, Mr. Nordstrom and Col. Wood later tried to assess the bureaucratic battle they fought to retain more security assets in Benghazi.
“We were fighting a losing battle,” Col. Wood said. “We couldn’t even keep what we had. We were not even allowed to keep what we had.”
"Mr. Nordstrom recalled a phone call with a regional director asking for 12 additional agents.
“His response to that was, ‘You’re asking for the sun, moon and the stars,’” the security officer said. “And my response to him, ‘You know what makes [this] the most frustrating about this assignment? It’s not the hardships. It’s not the gunfire. It’s not the threats. It’s dealing and fighting against the people, programs and personnel who are supposed to be supporting me.’
“And I ended it by saying, ‘For me, the Taliban is on the inside of the building,” Mr. Nordstrom said." - Source
>> On Fox News, Bret Baier’s documentary on the Benghazi attack
Very good report. Must see.
Video: Pat Caddell lets loose!
No carrier group in the Mediterranean either. It’s starting to look like 0coward and Hillbilly pulled every man, gun and bullet they could and got them as far away from Stevens as possible.
Charlene Lamb [in charge of international programs for the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security] refused (”denied or ignored”) to extend the security Strike Force.
I know. Both the DoD SST and the State Dept. MSD. (I think that’s the right acronym.)
Yes.
But the most disgusting thing that Leftist jerk did was try to get Charles Woods to reverse himself and take back his FACTUAL accusation of Obama being a murderer—the dirty bastard!
Charley didn't take the bait and instead facing the camera said TO THE PRESIDENT that the Benghazi 4 died as heroes and it is better to die a hero than to live as a COWARD!!!
Geraldo, the dirty bastard, kissed Woods on the cheek as the show ended. I have been demanding Fox News fire the disrespectful son of a bitch since!
Do we have enough forces left in the Mediterranean area to whip a dead cat?
That is an excellent and accurate description of Whorealdo’s assclownery.
Brian Lilley: The MSM is lying about the muslim riots
Interviews on the streets of Cairo. 'Video' had nothing to do with protests and attack.
Carney’s comments lie outside the range of plausible spin, even by Obama administration standards, and if his bosses believe them—as we fear they do—are simply delusional. But they are not without consequence. Nor are Gates’s and Dempsey’s phone calls. They all send the message to America’s enemies that if you kill our diplomats and lay siege to the our embassies, the first move the American government will make is to denounce . . . Americans. Our leaders apparently believe that the way to protect Americans from extremists and terrorists abroad is to tell other Americans to shut up.
What’s next? Where does it go from here?................."
Sounds implausible or is US military strength so stretched or eroded that rapid response teams are micro managed from Washington? State department none-the-less?
Are they not rotating secondary and tertiary combat experienced or capable special forces out of the deep mid-east?
Nothing was sitting in Navel Station Rota Spain?
But really.....the MSM was just too busy covering the "YouTube Video guy and now Paul Ryan's emails, to dig into the murder of Americans in Libya.
Oct. 27, 2012: Emails shed light on Ryan, Walker relationship "...The emails reviewed by the AP offered an unusual, behind-the-scenes glimpse of the interpersonal relationship between Ryan and Walker. Although as a congressman Ryan's emails are exempt from disclosure under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, messages sent by Ryan or his aides to Walker or the governor's staff are subject to Wisconsin's open records law. The week after Ryan was tapped as Romney's vice presidential candidate, the AP requested all such emails since Walker was elected in November 2010. It received 1,037 pages of them late Friday...."
I believe this was to be the October surprise, a sting operation. Stevens was going to be kidnapped and Obumbler was going to show his chops by negotiating a solution. That explains why there were no assets to respond and when they were requested the high command was silent. They were letting the scheme play out. The administration has been covering it up ever since.
The filthy bastard was trying to score points with Obama and that closing kiss on the cheek was the final twist of the knife he had in the poor man's back!
If Fox News doesn't remove the treasonous Leftist (I know, redundant) ass after THIS outrage...well I don't know.
Sounds plausable.
General Petraeus MUST know the whole truth - would be great if he "dropped a bomb on Zero" - the MSM would have to cover it, even though you know they don't want to.
That's the real question in the article. You'd think that even if the State Department was negligent in fortifying and guarding the consulate, the CIA would have a rapid response drill worked out with regional U.S. forces to protect their annex. I read that among other things the annex was a listening post. I imagine there is sophisticated electronics in these sites along with records and logs, access codes, and who knows what else.
I sense from the article that Benghazi, in the greater scheme of U.S. diplomatic missions, was a backwater post that was expendable. The only positive note in this debacle is the exposure of the Chinese fire drill Obama calls a foreign policy.
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