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An Unlikely Benghazi Tale Unravels
The Weekly Standard ^ | 10/31/2012 | Daniel Halper

Posted on 10/31/2012 12:59:36 PM PDT by RoosterRedux

A reader writes in:

I've been struck over the past few days over the extent to which statements from Defense Department officials, whether on the record or on background, have holes in their logic so wide that one could drive a truck through them. Take, for example, this quote from a 'senior defense official' on Foxnews.com this morning:

"While some may think that armed drones could have made a difference in Benghazi, that's altogether unclear," a senior defense official tells Fox News. "You need good intelligence to drive the use of armed drones. It's not like you can just send hellfire missiles into a relatively crowded area when you don't know precisely where the enemy is."

Gee, if only there had been, say, a former Navy SEAL on the roof of the building under attack, using a laser range finder to communicate to higher headquarters precise map coordinates (which, if he had standard-issue gear, would be accurate to within one meter) of the enemy positions! And even if that had not been the case, there is always the option of using fixed wing jets to perform what is called a 'show of force:' a low-altitude high-speed pass meant to intimidate the enemy and indicate the presence of American airpower over the battlefield. Due to tight rules of engagement, this tactic is employed virtually every single day in Afghanistan (and likely much more frequently than that.)



TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazicoverup; libya; obama; obamamuteonbenghazi; shadowwars; stevens; threatmatrix
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To: American Constitutionalist

but ... they were all watching it in “real time” .. so where does he get the fact that he didn’t have real time info .. what a liar.


21 posted on 10/31/2012 9:40:24 PM PDT by CyberAnt ("America is the greatest nation on the face of the earth".)
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To: CyberAnt

I believe there was an assett, ether a predator or reaper drone, or Spectre gunship, overhead near the end that was armed and could have taken the target under fire.

The target was the mortar team targeting him that ultimately killed him.

Woods was a very good SEAL and he would not lase the target until he knew there was something to take it down.

Orders were given not to fire...that is my feeling about this. Plain and simple.


22 posted on 10/31/2012 10:47:56 PM PDT by Jeff Head ( Freedom is not free, never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Jeff Head
Orders were given not to fire...that is my feeling about this. Plain and simple.

That has been my feeling all along.
That's the reason for the cover up, orders not to fire, treason and dereliction of duty.

23 posted on 10/31/2012 10:56:02 PM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

Gen Ham offered to send assistance & was promptly relieved of his duty & brought back to Washington.

Obama is showing his disdain for the military again-—and lifers in the military are going to speak up sooner or later. They won’t take much more.


24 posted on 11/01/2012 6:46:06 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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