Read this LilSpeedy and then tell me you still support HIM.
CIA was told, twice, to ‘stand down’ during Benghazi attack
Kevin Danielsen October 26, 2012 7:37 pm
The details concerning the 9/11 Benghazi attack are getting murkier by the day. Where once, the Obama administration attempted to put forth the sterilized notion that the attack was a result of a spontaneous protest, the event has now metastasized into a bloody monstrosity. Details from intelligence sources have surfaced, saying that the CIA was twice denied the request for reinforcement and told to stand down during the attack. Fox News reports:
Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. consulate and subsequent attack several hours later on the annex itself was denied by the CIA chain of command — who also told the CIA operators twice to “stand down” rather than help the ambassador’s team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11.
In fact, the report even states that a member of the CIA team on the ground had painted the attacker’s mortar position, calling in coordinates, but waited in vein for the airstrike. Also, the assets maintained constant radio contact with command, while the attackers pounded the CIA safehouse. The reinforcements were blatantly denied. To this, Secretary of Defense Leon Pannetta claims that they couldn’t send in backup, because they didn’t know what was going on:
“There’s a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking going on here,” Panetta said Thursday. “But the basic principle here … is that you don’t deploy forces into harm’s way without knowing what’s going on.”
However, they had ample intelligence, including -not one- but two surveillance drones in the air, along with the realtime intelligence from the CIA assets on the ground.
So, what help could they have gotten, even if it was granted? Well…
A Special Operations team, or CIF which stands for Commanders in Extremis Force, operating in Central Europe had been moved to Sigonella, Italy, but they were never told to deploy. In fact, a Pentagon official says there were never any requests to deploy assets from outside the country. A second force that specializes in counterterrorism rescues was on hand at Sigonella, according to senior military and intelligence sources. According to those sources, they could have flown to Benghazi in less than two hours. They were the same distance to Benghazi as those that were sent from Tripoli. Spectre gunships are commonly used by the Special Operations community to provide close air support.
According to sources on the ground during the attack, the special operator on the roof of the CIA annex had visual contact and a laser pointing at the Libyan mortar team that was targeting the CIA annex. The operators were calling in coordinates of where the Libyan forces were firing from.
If you didn’t feel like reading that massive paragraph… it basically says that a small army was available, accompanied with air support. Simply, Ambassador Chris Stevens, and the other 3 that died along side him, could have been saved, but Washington adamantly decided against it (then, tried to cover it up in the days after).
This debacle stinks to high hell, but virtue can still be found in mire:
Woods and at least two others ignored those orders and made their way to the consulate which at that point was on fire. Shots were exchanged. The rescue team from the CIA annex evacuated those who remained at the consulate and Sean Smith, who had been killed in the initial attack.
These folks ignored direct orders, and went into the fray to save their countrymen. It was uncommon courage.
Nevertheless, for it, they were awarded a trip home in a metal box. Washington must be held accountable.
17 Comments:
As a veteran, I'll always support my Commander-In-Chief. One incident will not change my opinion about President Obama. The US is safe again, one war is over, and the other is coming to an end. Only small mined people or people who have never fought for this country will let this sway them. How many bodies have returned because of two wars being fought simultaneously?
As a Veteran you condone such an action? I too am a Veteran of Vietnam, and believe me He is not fit to be a Commander-in-chief. You don't have to hide behind your words, the only reason you support him is because he's of color, not for his actions.
This is not the only incident. Did you you know he disrespected the Military by not being present for D-Day for three years running, while one of them was spent on the golf course.
Yep. someone you can be proud of LilSpeedy.
The Us is safe again? where did you get that info? From Obama himself??
and if you were saying only small (minded) people, not (mined).
Wrong again Veterans all over the World will never forget what he's done, and they are the ones who have served.
That is a foolish statement, did you support your commander-in-chief when these two wars were being fought??
I suspect not, because he was a different color, or his policies.
You're barking up the wrong tree when it comes to respect and In my opinion, Potus deserves NONE......
We are far from safe. If he is re-elected, it will be just a matter of time before all hell breaks loose. If anyone votes for or against him, because of color, they are fools. You vote him out of office because, he doesn't care about this country.
I too, am a Vietnam veteran...I did not vote for Nixon, but he was still my commander-in-chief...Plain and simple. Trust me, I am not trying to change your way of thinking, you have been brain-washed too long for that. Also, you have too many grammatical errors to try and correct me. I suggest you leave that area alone. I am a retired teacher of 31 years and I could easily dissect your writing if I wanted to. But I don't waste my time with petty things to try and make a point. I am proud of the job that President Obama is doing and I will be even prouder when he is reelected for Four More Years as President of the United States. Stay tuned...
Lil Speedy you are clearly an ignorant a$$hole racist.
Who the hell are you to say someone has been brainwashed to long?
Just because you're a retired teacher of 31 years doesn't make you an authority? If your proud of what the President has done then You are a fool.
Unemployment, economy, welfare, foreign policy, are a disaster, and if you can't see where this has taken you, try taking off your rose-colored glasses.
As I stated before you are clueless as to what is happening around you and your only thoughts of this discussion is that he is a man of color and that , and that alone is your basis for being proud.
"Fools flock" where others no Not to go. Touche, stay tuned...!
I love this quote from you, it really shows where your head is:
"Comment by LiLSpeedy" - Today, 12:27 pm
"As a veteran, I'll always support my Commander-In-Chief. One incident will not change my opinion about President Obama. The US is safe again, one war is over, and the other is coming to an end. Only small mined people or people who have never fought for this country will let this sway them. How many bodies have returned because of two wars being fought simultaneously?"
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Only " ONE " incident?
Have you been living under a rock since he took office? If you're a retired teacher, you need to address things that you taught through out the years, or were you a Phys.Ed teacher.
LilSpeedy, give up when it comes to trying to have an intellectual dialogue with some of these folks on this website. If you voice your opinion, and it is not in agreement with them, they attack you. We know who the real idiots are they continue to post one negative comment after the other on a daily basis. Nothing President Obama has done has been to their satisfaction. As I stated on one of their other post : MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All of you are idiots and uneducated. It is impossible to have an intellectual conversation with in-bred morons.
And the Poet of Intellectual Dialouge has arrived.
It has nothing to do with agreement, and has everything to do with listening to other people and their thoughts.
You can have a disagreement with someone in a civil way instead of trying to critic what others say on every subject.
And here you are saying that you and the teacher know who the real Idiots are. With that I have to agree. The mirror doesn't have any fog on it does it?
You're like a boil waiting to be lanced so you can ooze your venom amongst the crowd. Sorry, to burst your bubble, but their are way too many Intellectual people here to be drawn into your social uprising for the Pompas ass...!
You seem to have the problem with us, so have you bought your ticket yet? Adios ....
With your last comment LilSpeedy, you cut your own throat..
Have a nice life.
atriumprop you are a dolt. No one here who wants barry gone, is an idiot. No one here is moving to another country because of some socialist/fascist, fraud, useless w/o a teleprompter, POTUS. Romney will be at least a million times better the USA commander in chief than this sorry excuse of a pseudo intellectual pos that hates the US and its Constitution. Only fools make the same mistake twice, don't vote for barry soetero again, we can't afford it as a nation, barry is a divider not a uniter, think about it, he's been pitting race and class against each other the past 3 1/2 years!!!!!
Intellectual..............big word, shame lilsh1tty and atriumdrip can't be intellectually honest with themselves.
Anyone who thinks obama is doing a good job has very low standards, are completely ignoring the crap he does, and if he's re-elected I hope they realize they will not be immune to his dangerous policies.
I care about the USA - not any one politician. Open your eyes Lil-speedy.
I have a brother who is a Vietnam Vet that I have mentioned before to pea brain Bobbya. Apparently we have another pea brain by the name of LIL Speedo. You ask my brother what he thinks of Obama as Commander-In-Chief and his blood pressure shoots thru the roof.
I am like you Maddog, Obama is unfit to be Commander of anything.
Agree with Maddog. It's a crying shame the rescuers were told to stand ddown. They had to have been ordered to by Obumer. Did you hear about one ex-marine who went in anyway -Tyrone Woods- and got 30 people out of harms way before giving his own life for them?
Regarding the election: "If you voted for Obumer in '08 to prove you're not a racist, then vote for someone else in 2012 to prove you're not an idiot."
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