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Congresswoman: Benghazi Stand Down Order Came From Obama
Freedom Outpost ^ | May 10, 2013 | Tim Brown

Posted on 05/10/2013 3:30:27 PM PDT by EXCH54FE

Congresswoman and former United States Ambassador to Luxembourg Ann Wagner (R-MO) appeared on The Dana Loesch show and placed the blame, of the stand down order to those that could have offered assistance to Americans under attack, on none other than Barack Obama.

Loesch asked Wagner, “Because you have been an ambassador, you have been overseas with similar responsibilities and similar missions – who gives such an order to stand down? Where does that come from?”

“The President of the United States,” the Missouri congresswoman affirmed.

As top diplomat in Libya Gregory Hicks testified to on Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee, “The Libyans that I talked to, and the Libyans and other Americans who were involved in the war have told me also, that Libyan revolutionaries were very cognizant of the impact that American and NATO airpower had with respect to their victory.”

“They are under no illusions that American and NATO airpower won that war for them,” Hicks continued. “And so, in my personal opinion, a fast mover flying over Benghazi at some point, you know, as soon as possible might very well have prevented some of the bad things that happened that night.”

He went on to add, “if we had been able to scramble a fighter or aircraft or two over Benghazi as quickly as possible after the attack commenced” — around 9:30 that night — “I believe there would not have been a mortar attack on the annex in the morning because I believe the Libyans would have split. They would have been scared to death that we would have gotten a laser on them and killed them.”

In fact, Hicks suggested that the Libyans would have granted the US permission to fly their planes directly over their airspace. “If we had been able to scramble a fighter or aircraft or two over Benghazi as quickly as possible after the attack commenced. I believe there would not have been a mortar attack on the annex in the morning because I believe the Libyans would have split. They would have been scared to death that we would have gotten a laser on them and killed them.”

Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) said that personnel “may not have arrived in time to save lives, but at the time the decision was made, the decision was wrong.”

Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), a member of the committee also said that “military personnel were ready willing and able, and within proximity, but the Pentagon told them they had no authority and to stand down.”

I wrote back at the end of October of the reports coming out that there were calls for “military support and help because they were taking fire at the CIA safe house, or annex. The request was denied. There were no communications problems at the annex, according those present at the compound. The team was in constant radio contact with their headquarters. In fact, at least one member of the team was on the roof of the annex manning a heavy machine gun when mortars were fired at the CIA compound. The security officer had a laser on the target that was firing and repeatedly requested back-up support from a Spectre gunship, which is commonly used by U.S. Special Operations forces to provide support to Special Operations teams on the ground involved in intense firefights.”

We know from testimony this week that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s statement that “The U.S. military did not get involved during the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, last month because officials did not have enough information about what was going on before the attack was over” was not true. They did know. They knew in real time. There was no way they would not have known, but Panetta testified that Obama was simply absent on the night of the Benghazi attacks. In fact, the White House received several emails indicating what was going on and yet Obama would not authorize any help.

While Chris Stevens was appointed as a diplomat to Libya in 2007 under President George W. Bush, he was named ambassador under Barack Obama. Now stop and think about that for a moment. If Obama will just let one of his appointees, a U.S. ambassador, die at the hands of Islamists, how much do you think he cares about American citizens? I’m guessing not too much.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: annwager; benghazi; benghaziattack; benghazicoverup; benghazidebacle; benghaziscandal; libya; obama; obamageddon; waronterror
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Over and over, this comes back to one person, Barack Hussein Obama. He is the one that over and over in his first days in office had to beat the drum that he was the “Commander-in-chief” and don’t you people forget it! Well, I say Mr. Obama needs to own up to his dereliction of duty, which resulted in the deaths of four Americans.
1 posted on 05/10/2013 3:30:27 PM PDT by EXCH54FE
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To: EXCH54FE

It would have been Valarie Jarrett who would have given the order.


2 posted on 05/10/2013 3:32:46 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: EXCH54FE
They didn't just leave them to die...

The WH cut FEST out.

Someone told the Tripoli team led by Lt. Colonel Gibson to stand down.

Hillary cut the State Dept.'s counterterrorism bureau out of the loop.

They tried to make sure they all died.

3 posted on 05/10/2013 3:34:02 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: EXCH54FE

Jonah Goldberg said it well......

A little girl was drowning at the beach and the lifeguards were ordered to stay in their chairs.....


4 posted on 05/10/2013 3:34:07 PM PDT by GotMojo
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To: EXCH54FE

dont give him any respect by the honorific mr crap he doesnt deserve anything but derision scorn and a cell in leavenworth


5 posted on 05/10/2013 3:35:13 PM PDT by bigheadfred ( barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
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To: Jonty30

Then the both have American blood on their hands...


6 posted on 05/10/2013 3:35:45 PM PDT by Shady (Libya shows us how Americans rate...)
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To: EXCH54FE

He said he would stand with his muzzie brothers against America and he PROVED IT! America hating muslim scumbag.


7 posted on 05/10/2013 3:35:53 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: GotMojo

In SanFran, First responders were ordered to not save a suicidal drowning man as it was too dangerous about a year back. The man succeeded in killing himself.


8 posted on 05/10/2013 3:36:09 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: EXCH54FE

Dereliction Of Duty AND Abuse of Power!

He has abused his power by his cover up and using his executive branches of government to assist in the cover up and lies to the American people.


9 posted on 05/10/2013 3:36:38 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: EXCH54FE

Absolutely!


10 posted on 05/10/2013 3:37:23 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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11 posted on 05/10/2013 3:38:07 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Shady

Yes they do.


12 posted on 05/10/2013 3:38:25 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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13 posted on 05/10/2013 3:39:03 PM PDT by MestaMachine
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To: penelopesire

Glenn Beck said the ambassador was sodomized before his death. Why wasn’t this mentioned in the hearing?


14 posted on 05/10/2013 3:39:47 PM PDT by FreedBird
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To: longfellow

Obama was asleep @ the wheel Valerie issued the order!
Is what happens when you have a female running the country! And people want Hillary? Geeze Might as well lower the Flag now and maybe take on the Cuban Flag! They knew what to to do during the Bay of Pigs, another failed Demo Pres failure!
Oops can I trash the God of all Democrats! Camelot will frown on the boy!


15 posted on 05/10/2013 3:40:35 PM PDT by Conserev1 ("Still Clinging to my Bible and my Weapon")
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To: Jonty30

It was “politically inconvenient”.
“Broken Arrow”. Jarrett made the call.
Now it stinks.


16 posted on 05/10/2013 3:40:51 PM PDT by deep trout
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To: Norm Lenhart

I remember, difference there is that it was for the safety of the firefighters! I doubt, Obama had any concern for the SpecOps.....


17 posted on 05/10/2013 3:41:51 PM PDT by GotMojo
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To: EXCH54FE

He said he’d stand with the muslims. I don’t see why anyone would be surprised that he let them carry out an attack.


18 posted on 05/10/2013 3:43:44 PM PDT by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: EXCH54FE

but WHY????....


19 posted on 05/10/2013 3:43:46 PM PDT by cherry
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To: FreedBird

I don’t know why but could just be too horrible to bring up in open forum. It should be put in the record though so that people understand the nature of the animals we are dealing with and how these are the people that Obama wants ‘normalization’ with and defends at every opportunity.


20 posted on 05/10/2013 3:43:59 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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