Added to that is the incompetence of telegraphing (as with Geraldo's sand drawing) to the likely conspirators within the Libyan government what our desires were and where the US might draw its criteria lines for action. For as little as this reasoning was exposed by the media, we might have otherwise come to know that certain advisors counseled non interference in the affairs of the "friendly" Libyans, once their denial of permission was received, or even that the mighty Zero administration was cowed by a threat from some Libyan general that we better not do that "or else" (read: "Your very own MANPADS will take out any CBA'ed aircraft"), or even that the SoS might have given her personal guarantee to advise Zero that he thusly refrain.
HF
The SoS said as much early on, in an attempt to give the administration cover, saying the Libyan authorities did not give permission for our military to fly into Libyan airspace. The implication that Zero’s administration couldn’t do anything without permission is so ludicrous that the idiots at the State Department just might have been thinking that way! I haven’t seen evidence that this angle of exploration of DOS incompetence was adequately pursued.
Added to that is the incompetence of telegraphing (as with Geraldo’s sand drawing) to the likely conspirators within the Libyan government what our desires were and where the US might draw its criteria lines for action. For as little as this reasoning was exposed by the media, we might have otherwise come to know that certain advisors counseled non interference in the affairs of the “friendly” Libyans, once their denial of permission was received, or even that the mighty Zero administration was cowed by a threat from some Libyan general that we better not do that “or else” (read: “Your very own MANPADS will take out any CBA’ed aircraft”), or even that the SoS might have given her personal guarantee to advise Zero that he thusly refrain.
HF
Thanks. I’m glad someone else remembers that hillary request. I recall hearing it very quickly on Fox one time, and never again.
To me , it’s key to what we were really willing to do to ensure “ no one is left behind” and the real meaning of
” as soon as I heard about this I ordered etc” from Obama
The MSM could care less about this