The information I heard today was that General Ham as head of Africom received the same e-mails the White House received requesting help/support as the attack was taking place. General Ham immediately had a rapid response unit ready and communicated to the Pentagon that he had a unit ready.
General Ham then received the order to stand down. His response was to screw it, he was going to help anyhow. Within 30 seconds to a minute after making the move to respond, his second in command apprehended General Ham and told him that he was now relieved of his command.
The story continues that now General Rodiguez would take General Ham's place as the head of Africom.
Chilling...
Should be banner headline, lead story news. Thanks for posting this here.
A perfidious #2 who had already been prepped to do this in event Ham had balls. IMHO, of course...
How and why would Rodriguez have the support behind him that could constitute a mutiny?
General Ham then received the order to stand down. His response was to screw it, he was going to help anyhow. Within 30 seconds to a minute after making the move to respond, his second in command apprehended General Ham and told him that he was now relieved of his command.
Chilling is right. That doesn’t happen often.
The story continues that now General Rodiguez would take General Ham's place as the head of Africom.
If this is really true, and I have seen at least 2-3 other threads with the same story....then I fault General Ham for NOT disobeying some statement from his 2nd in command that he was now relieved of his command. Gen Ham should have said "Nuts" and given the order to proceed, if anything for the sake of the 4 Americans, fighting for their lives. I would bet that Gen Ham's entire command would still have recognized him as the legitimate commander. Personally I am not real convinced that this is what actually happened.