“.....Col. David Hunt, a Fox News military analyst, said the military could have had jets in the air within 20 minutes and forces on the ground within two hours...”
“........................By Sept. 16, the national intelligence director changed his assessment. Mr. Clapper abandoned the “spontaneous” explanation and told the White House that the attack was a planned terrorist operation, a U.S. intelligence official told The Times.
No longer in Libya at the time of the attack, Mr. Nordstrom and Col. Wood later tried to assess the bureaucratic battle they fought to retain more security assets in Benghazi.
“We were fighting a losing battle,” Col. Wood said. “We couldn’t even keep what we had. We were not even allowed to keep what we had.”
Mr. Nordstrom recalled a phone call with a regional director asking for 12 additional agents.
“His response to that was, ‘You’re asking for the sun, moon and the stars,’” the security officer said. “And my response to him, ‘You know what makes [this] the most frustrating about this assignment? It’s not the hardships. It’s not the gunfire. It’s not the threats. It’s dealing and fighting against the people, programs and personnel who are supposed to be supporting me.’
“And I ended it by saying, ‘For me, the Taliban is on the inside of the building,” Mr. Nordstrom said.”
Read more: Lack of strike force impeded Benghazi response - Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/28/lack-of-strike-force-impeded-benghazi-response/#ixzz2AfeYPd9j
Who gave the stand down order to the two ex-SEALs?
Woods’ (one of the two killed) father said on Megyn’s show that his son helped save THIRTY PEOPLE.
The implication of that has not been reported. Stand down order in effect he ignored. Because he and his friend in arms (the two ex-SEALs) took action regardless, thirty lives were saved.
This means that not only did Obama abandon Ambassador Stevens and the one security man American to death, he was willing to let thirty people die at the consulate compound!
Of course, no American should be left behind, especially an ambassador who is the President’s representative hand picked and appointed by him.
But 30 people?
And no effort made.
These were ex-SEALs. They would have given a site assessment / threat assessment as part of their communication. 150 armed local militants.
Delta Force was TWO HOURS away. They were training in southern Europe at the time.
Obama decided a failed rescue would be Carter/Iran 2 possibly. Be fatal to his election. There was the Cairo and other youtube protest context and they blamed it on the filmaker guy when they knew this was no youtube protest.
Horrible!
Who gave the stand down order to the two ex-SEALs?
Woods’ (one of the two killed) father said on Megyn’s show that his son helped save THIRTY PEOPLE.
The implication of that has not been reported. Stand down order in effect he ignored. Because he and his friend in arms (the two ex-SEALs) took action regardless, thirty lives were saved.
This means that not only did Obama abandon Ambassador Stevens and the one security man American to death, he was willing to let thirty people die at the consulate compound!
Of course, no American should be left behind, especially an ambassador who is the President’s representative hand picked and appointed by him.
But 30 people?
And no effort made.
These were ex-SEALs. They would have given a site assessment / threat assessment as part of their communication. 150 armed local militants.
Delta Force was TWO HOURS away. They were training in southern Europe at the time.
Obama decided a failed rescue would be Carter/Iran 2 possibly. Be fatal to his election. There was the Cairo and other youtube protest context and they blamed it on the filmaker guy when they knew this was no youtube protest.
Horrible!