Posted on 06/20/2013 7:35:06 PM PDT by Abakumov
Retired Army Lieutenant General William G. “Jerry” Boykin believes that finding out what happened in Benghazi is a matter of sacred duty. Gen. Boykin is a former commander of the elite Delta Force, and former United States Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. He has a distinguished, unparalleled record in special operations and unconventional warfare. Among the Benghazi scandal’s various aspects – failed diplomacy, absent leadership, self-interested politics — what stands out most to him is the administration’s moral failing. For Gen. Boykin, the mishandling of Benghazi was a betrayal of the warrior ethos.
“We left Americans behind,” Gen. Boykin told Rare. “The message that sends to every member of the military or diplomat is not a good one.” He quotes the Ranger creed: “I will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy, and under no circumstances will I ever embarrass my country.” At Benghazi, America came up short on both counts.
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That’s what happens when a president is elected who knows nothing of American traditions and values, and cares even less.
BINGO!!!
But he loves the sound of the Muslim call to prayer as learned as a child at school in Indonesia.
“...what stands out most to him is the administration’s moral failing...”
Welcome to the club, Jerry.
Oh, and watch for an NSA tap on your phone coming soon.
How can a man, who as a child has never experienced a ball game with his father, bringing his glove hoping to catch that fly ball and eating hotdogs and peanuts until you burst, sell lemonaide on the corner with is friends, have dad on saturdays sitting in the bleachers watching you play little league baseball and then go out for some icecream. He has no American childhood experiences that could ever make him proud to be an American.
>> Boykin believes that finding out what happened in Benghazi is a matter of sacred duty.
I concur.
Watch the whistleblower testimony if in doubt.
The lack of intervention on Benghazi is merely part of the larger coverup of the Administration’s arming and funding of Al-Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the beginning of a re-formed caliphate.
Obama’s crew is relentless in manipulating the legal process. But, they have no guts when faced with a real in your face military problem.
O’s cowardice is perhaps the one heartening feature in his otherwise malignant narcissitic personality. Imagine how dangerous his grandiosity and sense of entitlement would be if he identified with the military.
The inaction on the part of the CINC and the whole military has always been the prime issue for me. I am glad to see this spoken to, but I am also past ready to see some ACTION on getting this fully exposed and prosecuted.. There is dereliction of duty in the chain of command and folks need to be charged and tried.
I believe that a case could be made that a so-called “stand down “ order was an illegal order and as such must be disobeyed.
It's not that he cares less, it's that he's actively hostile to them.
An attack on a U.S. navy ship “Cole” was treated as a criminal act instead of a war act it was, and it has ALWAYS been that way with the Clintons. Brnghazi-Gate NO difference sending in FBI, hello!!!
After the Reagan era, the U.S. as respected nation has gone downhill since!!!
The Creed goes with the job.
Read up on Captain James Graham, F/2/5. The Corps official history of 1967 provides unusual insight into the action and post-action recovery.
Operating on Union II on 02 June 1967, Fox Company made contact with a larger enemy force. Ordering his company to establish a better position, Captain Graham chose to stay with a wounded man. Over a period of hours, he conducted an aggressive single man defense in successfully repelling multiple attacks. Finally his position was overrun. Captain Graham gave his life rather than leave a shipmate behind.
It was my privilege to serve with Captain Graham in 3/6. For this young Snuffie, he became the model by which all Marine officers were measured. In my mind’s eye, I still have a view of Captain Graham in the company office.
Semper Fi!
He was washing his prayer rug.
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