”What difference does it make?” 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.
There was direct radio and phone comms with good guys on the ground throughout the whole attack.
You used to like this this site? You mean back in the good old days, when you lamented America’s unrestricted freedom, and nobody called you out on it? It seems like yesterday, but those days are well behind you now.
So bozo is homosexual...just get it out there, allow his beard, Moochelle to have a sex life of her own, and maybe she'll be more relaxed and less “busy” with busy work like telling us all what to eat and how much to exercise, and everything else she feels a need to stick her nose into. And by all means tell the kids that daddy is homosexual, that they were conceived to convey a sense of “family man” to bozo as he worked his way up the socialist/Democratic Party ladder to the “position” he holds today. Let's all just let our hair down and tell the truth. Oops, wait, socialists/communists/marxists never tell the truth...they just lie and lie...just ask Saul Alinsky, or better yet read his book, Rules for Radicals.
Bump...
Gonna be super busy the next week so you guys hold down the fort. Hopefully I wont be running into any excitement in my travels. If I was umpire I would say, strike one, but I always preferred right field.
Wrong.
You have a very low opinion of our military capabilities if you are what your screen name claims you to be.
Simply put....for political expediceny...this administration left them to die....they never thought this would grow into what it did....and for that matter....they are generally right....the MSM has really given them cover for the most part...
Boots on the ground know the truth .... They were over 80 highly trained extraction / escort shooters within an hour or two of the incident. Hillary , worried about her political ass IMO intentionally muddied up the response with misinformation and redirection of resources. Had GRS operators not taken the initiative, more, lots more would have died.
Hope they break this off in Hillary’s ass !
Doom on her and her supporters.
She is running for president. We have to go after her NOW ! Stay after her with everything she has done since day one. She is THE domestic enemy in this incident.
Tired of this cancer on America .
Thanks for the pings Piasa and Glock Rocks !
Stay safe !
You’ve been here two weeks and you used to like this site ?
Whatever...
ping for later
A General Ham and Admiral Gayotte (sp?) were reacting in their capacity to close the distances, and under their SOP/Standing orders in their preparations, not needing NCA authority to do so...They only needed a CBA order to put assets on scene, and then were instructed to stand down, and summarily relieved of command in short order as this situation (Bengazi) deteriorated...
I wonder what ever happened to those guys...Almost like they never existed...hmmmmmmm...
Sniff.
Not to mention the russkies t we’re mentioned as being around.
Would have been a nice revenge for our stingers in Afghanistan to knock down a couple planes .
”What difference does it make?” As Benghazi heats up again look for another diversion. Its what they do.
You said “A General Ham and Admiral Gayotte (sp?) were reacting in their capacity to close the distances, and under their SOP/Standing orders in their preparations, not needing NCA authority to do so...They only needed a CBA order to put assets on scene, and then were instructed to stand down, and summarily relieved of command in short order as this situation (Bengazi) deteriorated”
They went into the same black hole as our past CIA director. What evryone forgets is this regime has every tweet,email,instant message and drunken voicemail of every person in power. It is like J Edgar on steroids, most men are not perfect. Does anyone really think they happen to be investigating someone who happen to be e-mailing someone in a releationship with Petraeous, Please. I am sure they have the same on everyone in high command in the military, they are not saints.
Notice nothing on Petraeous or anyone else since?
Thanks axelrod we always worship your input...
Double that for me buddy.
But it’s not unusual for military brass to throw the worthwhile soldiers (and sailors) under the bus to kiss politician-ads.... Sadly
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