Posted on 08/22/2016 1:38:11 AM PDT by V K Lee
The latest in the email scandal plaguing the campaign of Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has provided proof of what many on the right have known all along — that then-Secretary of State Clinton left Americans to die in Benghazi.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave testimony in 2013 stating that there was no time to get help to Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11, 2012, where four Americans died. An email obtained by Judicial Watch and recently released appears to be in direct contradiction of this claim.
Fox News reported that an urgent email from Panetta’s Chief of Staff Jeremy Bash to top Clinton deputies asked for help as the attack unfolded in Benghazi and stated that forces were ready to move to assist them:
“I just tried you on the phone but you were all in with S [apparent reference to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton]. After consulting with General Dempsey, General Ham and the Joint Staff, we have identified the forces that could move to Benghazi. They are spinning up as we speak.”
The email was sent during the early stages of the eight-hour attack at 7:19 p.m. Washington time on Sept. 11, 2012, after the first wave of the attack on the diplomatic outpost but before the mortar strike that killed former Navy SEALs Ty Woods and Glen Doherty, who were working as private CIA security contractors.
The non-profit watchdog group Judicial Watch said this in a statement about the information revealed in the email:
“This leaves no doubt military assets were offered and ready to go, and awaiting State Department signoff, which did not come.”
This email proves that there was time and that there were forces available to assist in the Benghazi attack that resulted in the death of four Americans: Ty Woods, Glen Doherty, Sean Smith and Ambassador Chris Stevens.
While the information is new to the public, lawmakers investigating the case already had access to the email, according to Matt Wolking, spokesman for the House Select Committee on Benghazi.
This new revelation is proof that the Obama administration lied about its ability to send forces to assist in Benghazi.
The email also clearly shows that while Americans were under siege in Benghazi, Clinton was likely more concerned with spinning the lie that the attacks occurred because of an internet video.
Anyone who is more concerned with spinning a false narrative than they are with American lives has no business being commander in chief.
What the heck did he do ?
Who in the world sends an email in the middle of an attack? By its very nature you have no idea when it will be read. What a bunch of idiots.
Who in the world sends an email in the middle of an attack? By its very nature you have no idea when it will be read. What a bunch of idiots.
If you check all of the articles h/t’s
you’ll notice this story is from December 8th 2015... it’s old...
Looks like some blogger’s lookin’ for hits...
Yes she did.
Both Hillary and Obama went and hid in their bedrooms.
They were afraid that the attack at Benghazi was going to expose their crimes in Libya.
But, the Democrat American Press covered for them.
The American Press doesn’t care if Americans are killed.
They just care about their pay checks from George Soros.
What is the time on this email? What time did Hillary call Chelsea? This would be important for any investigator worth a damm.
Everyone knows she left them to die.
No one cares.
Hillary Clinton is the warmest, kindest, bravest, most wonderful human being I have ever known.
There was a time this country was led by men who were real leaders and would ACT on attacks to Americans. We no longer live in such a world (as I suspect we all really already knew). Hopefully we will return to such a world on January 20th.
I think all of this is about Ambassador Stevens knowing about the gun running to Syria and either he wanted a bigger piece of the action or he developed a conscience.
It is important to remember, when talking to others about Benghazi—that Hillary and Obama did not leave just 4 Americans to die.
They left 42 Americans to die there.
They abandoned 42 Americans, of which 4 died that night.
The other 38(or so) were rescued only because one of the CIA guys knew the head of a local militia, who brought forces to intervene, and to extricate the Americans to the airport, where a Libyan transport plane—not an American plane—flew them to Tripoli for evacuation out of Libya.
Hillary was willing for 42 Americans to be sacrificed so that Operation Zero Footprint would not be discovered.
The media never asks two things:
1. What was Obama doing the night of Benghazi?—we know he was in the residence all night long
2. What was the CIA doing in Benghazi and why did they have an annex building?
Hillary, Obama, Jarrett, Biden, Panetta,Dempsey—all of them did NOTHING to try to save these 42 Americans.
And we know from testimony that there was realtime surveillance camera footage being shown in all military HQ sites, the State Dept. and the White House Situation Room, so that everyone knew what was happening. in addition there was real time drone footage.
The video was an excuse cooked up by Hillary and Jarrett, in my opinion, to deflect away from the real reason the CIA was there and the real reason Stevens was there.
All to protect Obama, who was probably drugged out of his mind, as he knew he glad time to recuperate on the flight to Vegas the next morning.
In our history, the American military has moved heaven and earth to go to someone’s aid. They often accomplished the impossible with few or no resources.
But not that night.
About that red line...it looks like the Sarin attack was done by the rebels as a false flag operation. Moreover, the precursors for the Sarin may have come from Libya.
There is not a single vote in the upcoming election which will be switched, nor is there a single non-voter who will vote, because of “Benghazi”.
I do not understand why people keep posting 72 point screaming headlines about a “smoking gun” with regards to this sad affair.
Those who care are on the Trump train. Those who don’t are either considering a Trump vote or are firmly for Hillary.
This issue as a vote motivator? It’s nothing.
What you say may be true. I did some research right after the Benghazi attack for a college assignment.
You have to remeber the time period. This was just before the 2ND or 3Rd debate for POTUS. They had to play down the terrorist angle, so they came up with the video lie.
The US had recently dispatched the Libyan and Egyptian governments and was fully behind the overthrow of Assad. You have to remember that all of those nations(as well as Iraq)were former Soviet client states. Russia was losing ground in the middle east.
Obama was pushing for a coalition war against the Assad regime, however he was getting significant pushback from the American people and international community.
They had created insurgent militias (ISIS) in Syria and were funneling arms from the vacated arms depots in Libya through Turkey, into Syria.
The Russians didn’t like this, of course, and warned the US to stop it. They even went to the UN with intelligence (hacked emails?) evidence of what was happening and that US was planning a false flag chemical weapons event to sway world opinion against the Assad regime. Which happened BTW.
The false flag event didn’t have the impact Obama/Clinton desired, probably due to the Russians leaking it to the UN. The Russian went to the UN again to stop the secret flow of weapons, but it fell on deaf ears. Putin out right warned the US to stop or there would be consequences.
The reason why no US forces were deployed to Benghazi, was because it was a planned attack, probably orchestrated by Russian special Ops and carried out by thier agents in the region. If we sent war assets to the area we would expose not only what we were doing, but it would have brought us in direct conflict with Russia. Russia had the evidence and would expose us to the world community.
At a minimum it would have created a huge International incident just prior to a presidential election. Hense the video lie.
This is probably the single biggest foreign policy blunder ever recorded. Because of this Russia now has influence throughout the middle east. They operate freely through Syria, have bases in Iran, have been asked to be stationed in Yemen, and are currently asking Turkey to use Incirlik AB (which we built), and it looks like they are persuading Turkey to leave NATO.
Just my .02
They tried to call - the calls weren't taken. So you share the information however you can. Probably via runner, e-mails, texts, and any other way. If their critical call is ignored - what do you suggest they do?
The part that nixes the Ruskies as being the culprits is just how quickly the Obama Regime pulled that totally obscure vid out of their backside vent hole as an excuse for the attacks by the jihadiscum.
They had it ready and waiting for the day to trot out to their faithful suborners of treason in the media.
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