Posted on 11/02/2012 5:45:37 AM PDT by Travis McGee
Thank you Sir for the black and white image you’ve painted.
There are no more shades of gray.
I heard about that not long after it happened. Didn’t Jerry Rivers give out some info that could have jeopardized the troops? Seems I had heard that too- something about him being embedded and giving out his location?
Remember him breathlessly reporting in a war zone and then running to grab a gurney for a few steps and then come back to the camera?
Moron.
Not necessarily. The CIA assets already in-country might have been put into action soley on the authority of the acting ambassador or CIA station chief in Tripoli.
They were the only forces under the control of Americans already in Libya.
Sending assets such as a full military rescue requires CBA, so all the White House needed to do was passively NOT grant CBA.
This would still leave the acting ambassador or CIA honcho in Tripoli free to use the local in-country assets. If anybody from Washington had tried to tell that brave guy not to assist the Benghazi mission, he would have told them to F themselves. He had "the chop" on the assets in Libya, the authority, and he would have moved them no matter what Washington said.
But he couldn't do jack-squat to get those 100 Force Recon Marines from Italian territory into Benghazi except to beg and plead for help, and he probably did.
I'll say it again: the six CIA "shooters" from Tripoli, by the time they arrived in Benghazi, they should have been met by 100+ Force Recon Marines who had already secured the perimeter, while USN and USAF jets circled high above, ready to spit doom at anybody lifting a finger against an American in Benghazi.
And the single reason why they were not there, is because Obama refused to grant CBA for the rescue mission that was already staged at Sigonella.
I remember Geraldo drawing in the sand, but I hadn’t heard of the $#!++y hand prank. That’s awesome!
I really enjoyed your article, and the parts that were edited out, too. Thanks and congrats!
Thank you for your service to our nation and for standing for the truth about what happened in Benghazi.
HOORAY PJ Media! HOORAY Travis McGee! Educational. Opens up a whole new line of questions in addition to those prior to the attack and our responses post event. The microscope on the timeline during the attack will be very telling. Thank you, sir.
The former SEALs defied orders to stand down after such orders were issued three times. The CBA did not apply here. They were already there. So all we can do is surmise that they fully intended to let ALL the personel at the ‘consulate’...(which was not REALLY a consulate,) die rather than intervene.
I had originally heard that the attempted rescue was executed despite a specific order to stand down.
BUMP!
One of the reports stated that the military outside Libya was told to stand down, it is not a terrorist attack.
Also read that Washington seemed to keep changing their mind on whether to send in military or not.
Geraldo got knocked on his behind at Ft. Knox in the 80s.
Interesting twist, but no matter where he is, he is AFRICOM with full authority. Even in the air in transit I assume he has a full and secure commo package.
That’s what is so great about CBA.
It’s crystal clear, and easily provable either way.
If only a reporter would ask the right question.
While I'm on the subject, that so-called "parsing" might as well be called what it is: dissimulation. There's a good case to call it dissembling.
One night, there was a security alert issued because there was a shadowy figure seen moving about inside the wrecked building, with the obvious intent of being there unseen.
"The authorities" went in with flashlights and (probably) shotguns to see what the deal was...
Some "reporter" had acquired some Army duds, complete with Thunderbird shoulder patch, and had stealthily, so he thought, slipped into the building to "get the big story"...
I'm not gonna mention any names 'cause I wasn't there... but guess which name I heard mentioned...
I sincerely appreciate your efforts.
I'll say it again: the six CIA "shooters" from Tripoli, by the time they arrived in Benghazi, they should have been met by 100+ Force Recon Marines who had already secured the perimeter, while USN and USAF jets circled high above, ready to spit doom at anybody lifting a finger against an American in Benghazi.
And the single reason why they were not there, is because 0bama refused to grant CBA for the rescue mission that was already staged at Sigonella.
Compare this to the hideous, vile and repulsive lie that he told to the nation during the debate, saying ...
“The minute I found out what was happening . . . I gave the directive,” he said, “to make sure we are securing our personnel and doing whatever we need to do. I guarantee you everybody in the CIA and military knew the number-one priority was making sure our people are safe.”
He just caused it, by not executing orders with CBA.
A damned liar with a complicit Quisling media is a powerful combination.
Petraeus blew whatever credibility he had when he threw in with this filthy soetoro crowd of islamists and communists.
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