Posted on 05/27/2016 6:59:04 AM PDT by Kaslin
With Memorial Day just around the corner, let us remember our family, friends, and fallen heroes in their eternal rest.
Let us especially remember the fallen of Benghazi. They have left this life, but cannot be fully at rest until the nation acknowledges the truth about their sacrifice upon the altar of progressive politics. What follows is a compilation of salient timestamps regarding the national disgrace that was Benghazi. They were gleaned from reputable sources—none of which had all the facts, but most of which reported identical information, and they are the best available at this writing: CBSNews.com, TheHill.com, Breitbart.com, Doug Ross @ Journal, and Factcheck.org.
Lest We Forget Benghazi
3/28/12 Ambassador Gene Cretz requests upgraded security assets at Benghazi.
4/6 Terrorists throw an IED over the consulate wall.
4/19 Secretary Hillary Clinton refuses the Cretz request.
5/22 A Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) strikes International Red Cross offices.
6/6 An IED explodes outside the U.S. Consulate wall.
6/7 Ambassador Chris Stevens asks that two security teams be kept in Libya.
6/11 An RPG strikes the British Ambassador’s motorcade. The UK closes its consulate.
6/15 State declines to renew the security team contract.
7/9 Stevens cables for military security team assistance, but the teams are not extended.
8/2 Stevens sends an urgent cable requesting a protective bodyguard, saying the situation is, “unpredictable, volatile, and violent.”
8/5 State orders removal of Stevens’ security team.
8/8 Stevens tells State violent incidents are “targeted and discriminate.”
8/16 The Regional Security Officer emails Clinton’s office about the “dire” situation.
8/27 State issues travel warning for Libya.
9/10 Al Qaeda leader Zawahiri calls for Libyans to revenge the death of his deputy.
9/11 Stevens warns State of the deteriorating situation in Benghazi.
9/11 7:30p Benghazi Time (BT) Stevens meets with a Turkish diplomat.
8:00p Terrorists set up checkpoints around the U.S. Consulate.
8:30p Stevens’ meeting ends.
8:40p First shots are fired. Stevens calls Hicks in Tripoli: “We’re under attack.”
10:05p (4:05p Washington Time (WT) State notifies White House (WH) and intelligence agencies: “US Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi under attack.” Consulate is in flames. Stevens is missing.
10:30p (time approximate) Sean Smith is found dead.
11:00p (5:00p WT) Obama, Biden, Panetta meet at WH. Consulate is abandoned.
11:30p (5:30p WT) Tyrone Woods, Glen Doherty, and 5 others leave Tripoli for Benghazi. Body of Stevens is found and taken to hospital.
9/12 12:36a (6:06p 9/11 WT) DOD emails that Ansar al Sharia claims the attack.
1:30a (7:30p 9/11 WT) Doherty and Woods et al. arrive in Benghazi.
2:00a (8:00p 9/11 WT) Clinton calls Libyan President about the Ansar al Sharia attack.
4:00a (10:00p 9/11WT) Doherty and Woods are killed on the roof of the annex. Clinton issues statement blaming Internet video for the attack.
5:12a (11:12p 9/11 WT) Clinton emails Chelsea about an Al Qaeda attack on Benghazi.
9/12 Clinton emails the Egyptian Prime Minister the attack has nothing to do with the video. “It was a planned attack—not a protest.”
9/12 WH blames video for attack; Clinton blames heavily armed militants. Obama condemns the attack in the Rose Garden—does not call it a terror attack. Obama affirms his Rose Garden evasion to Steve Kroft of “60 Minutes.” He leaves for a Las Vegas fundraiser.
9/13 Obama and Clinton stand with families as the bodies of Stevens, Smith, Doherty, and Woods are received at Dover AFB. Clinton: “an awful internet video we had nothing to do with.”
9/14 Jay Carney tells media WH has no information suggesting a pre-planned attack.
9/14-15 WH, State, CIA prepare talking points for administration use.
9/16 Susan Rice blames Internet video for Benghazi attack. Clinton maintains this view through 9/20.
9/21 Clinton says it was a terrorist attack for the first time.
9/25 Obama tells the UN the attack occurred because of the Internet video.
10/12 Obama: “GM is alive, bin Laden is dead, and Al Qaeda is on the run.”
11/6/12 Obama is re-elected.
1/22/13 Clinton: “What difference, at this point, does it make?”
2/1/13 Clinton leaves as U.S. Secretary of State.
The Benghazi story’s unalterable facts lead to certain observations: Secretary Clinton repeatedly and recklessly denied requests for standard and upgraded security protection for her ambassador and his staff. Would the four have died had she done her duty? Perhaps, not.
Why did she fail her responsibility? Though never satisfactorily explained, the most logical reason is this: Clinton and Obama were the architects of Muammar Gaddafi’s ouster and had a political investment in the appearance of success for the new regime. A look and feel of peace and serenity surrounding American assets in Libya became important, and a higher protective profile would have been an embarrassment to the new regime and its American sponsors.
Apparently, Clinton also failed to insist that rescue assets be deployed in a timely manner. It is possible that Doherty and Woods would be alive today had willing military personnel been permitted to come to their aid. Obama and Clinton next behaved—as they must have agreed—like the guilty everywhere: they bought time with lies, and with an array of government organs and state media as accomplices, and they continue to lie to us today. Why? To preserve the illusion Obama had quelled the jihadist menace at a critical moment before the 2012 presidential election, and to burnish the narrative of lead-from-behind diplomacy.
Remember the Alamo! Remember the Maine! Remember Pearl Harbor! Remember 9/11!
Remember Benghazi!
It is a disgrace complicit Democrats want us to forget, but the rest of us can make it possible for the whole truth to finally be told. We can avenge Stevens, Smith, Doherty, and Woods with our votes in November.
Also remember that Hillary Clinton lied over the coffins of the fallen heroes to their grieving families, all to advance a false narrative to protect her inadequacies in protecting American lives overseas.
“...the cries for help from the brave civilians and soldiers of Benghazi were many and urgent throughout the hours of attack. But the response was ... silence. ”
BTTT
What does that say about the fools who would vote for such a traitor? And, that includes DNC fools, RINO fools, MSM fools, and the list goes on. Remember their names and vote accordingly when it comes to the fools running for re-election come November.
Time to take out the Benghazi Butcher out of the race for President.
Excellent post on Bengauzi
Why did she fail her responsibility?
What “donations” did the Clinton Foundation receive around this time period and from whom?
IIRC, Canada pulled out of Libyan embassy the week prior, as well as the Red Cross.
A few days before Benghazi happened, someone drove straight toward the American embassy in Tripoli, crashing into the gate and almost hitting Stevens. The embassy gate was heavily damaged.
What never seems to get asked is who came up with the video lie and why?
They knew it was an Islamic militant attack before they started the lie, so they knew it was a lie when they spread it.
Who and why needs to be answered.
The speed with which they trotted out the video lie suggests that they had knowledge of the video beforehand. That, in turn, suggests that they knew in advance that they might need a cover story for an attack that they knew might be forthcoming. And they still couldn't bring themselves to arrange to defend the place. Almost like they didn't want the place defended.
Has anyone else heard this?
Great point! But WHY have NONE of those survivors come forward???
Thank you for posting this. It is very helpful. I like how the actions are listed by the time in Benghazi and in D.C..
I thought it was good too.
Remember, we had a drone overhead.
Obama had better situational awareness of what was happening in Benghazi than any other national leader in history.
We do remember that very well.
Exactly.
That bitch obviously thought it was funny, re the 4th picture.
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