Posted on 04/29/2013 6:26:39 PM PDT by crosslink
The U.S. government had the ability to “react and respond” to the Benghazi terrorist attack and could have had forces on the ground before the second wave of the assault began, a special operator with knowledge of the response told Fox News in an exclusive interview. Due to the explosive nature of his allegations, the special ops member asked to remain anonymous.
“I know for a fact that C 110 the UComm CIF was doing a training exercise, not in the region of northern Africa, but in Europe. And they had the ability to react and respond,” he told Fox News.
The C 110 is a 40-man Special Ops force capable of rapid response and deployment, a group trained specifically for an event like the Benghazi attack, Fox News reports. The unit was training in Croatia on Sept. 11, 2012, just 3.5 hours away from Benghazi.
“They would have been there before the second attack,” the anonymous special operator said. “They would have been there at a minimum to provide a quick reaction force that could facilitate their exfil out of the problem situation.”
He continued: “Nobody knew how it was going to develop, and you hear a whole bunch of people and a whole bunch of advisors say, ‘Hey, we wouldn’t have sent them there because the security was unknown situation.’ If it’s an unknown situation, at a minimum you send forces there to facilitate the exfil or medical injuries. We could have sent a C 130 to Benghazi to provide medical evacuation for the injured.”
The special operator said there are members of special ops and other officials who are still active and involved in the situation. “They would be decapitated if they came forward with information that could affect high-level commanders,” he added.
While he says he doesn’t “blame them for not coming forward,” the special operator said members of the community feel betrayed and believe the betrayal goes all the way to the top. Further, the Special Ops community feels like the Americans in Benghazi were left to fend for themselves.
The White House has said from the beginning that there were no forces available to assist Americans in Benghazi on Sept. 11.
Top AFRICOM Commander General Carter Ham Was Never Ordered to Save US Men in Benghazi (Video) October 28, 2012
There is Cong. Chaffetz, on the same date as your article, saying that Gen. Ham was never given an order. Quoting Gen. Ham who also said that assets were available.
Everyone already knew this...
They had laser pointers on targets and we didn’t send the ordinance that was in range.
RetiredColonel is an auctioneer.
Yes. There seems to be only one source for the ‘Ham relieved’ story: tigerdroppings.com, referenced in the Washington Times story.
Forward to my Obama loving uncle, listen to more pathetic denial.
Liberalism is a cult, not dissimilar to Islam. Just dressed up a little nicer.
We still don’t know where the CIC was that night. I want to know what he was doing. He and Hillary have blood of Americans on their hands and they better pay. This is getting big.
Do you think we will have the answers to these questions by 9/11/2014?
“I can easily see balless Barry waffling at the height of the attack - ‘what will happen to my campaign if someone gets hurt?’”
skeeter, you are being much to hard on the Poofter in Chief; he wasn’t waffling, he was having a very private conference with Reggie Love and they had the Do Not Disturb sign out.
Rodriguez Succeeds Ham as Africom CommanderBy Claudette Roulo American Forces Press Service
STUTTGART, Germany, April 5, 2013 – Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez became U.S. Africa Command’s third commander here today during a ceremony at the command’s headquarters with Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presiding.
Rodriguez succeeds Army Gen. Carter F. Ham, who is retiring after a 39-year career that included two years as an enlisted infantryman in the 82nd Airborne Division.
“Cross Border Authority” bump!
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Fact One:
1) Only the POTUS can authorize a CBA (cross border authority) command for a rescue mission in a foreign nation.
Plus Fact Two:
2) No rescue mission was attempted.
Equals Fact Three:
3) 0bama turned his back on 41 State Dept. and CIA employees refusing to issue a CBA command and went to bed so he could go to Las Vegas the next day.
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Now go read those links I gave you before you make an even bigger fool of yourself.
Would you feel the same way if Bush had been CIC? I think not.
To: RetiredColonel
With all due respect sir your wrong, 5 people rented a civilian plane, flew into Benghazi and rescued 30 people.
I don’t know about that. As far as Benghazi goes the USS John C. Stennis was in the Persian Gulf at the time (IIRC) which definitely was too far away to have been of help. Plenty of assets were closer.
Freaking amazing!
Foxnews is carrying it....and they are getting more viewers all the time.
Unless Obama is successful at stonewalling.
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