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Good read here:

OPINION
June 18, 2013, 6:44 p.m. ET

Benghazi’s Legacy of Broken Trust

When serving in harm’s way, diplomats, spies and soldiers need to know that their government has their back.

By
KEVIN G. NORTON

In 2009, I was a member of a small team of advisers to the Afghan police in Paktia province in the mountains near the southeastern Afghan border. One hot afternoon in early June, we received a desperate call for help from another American unit that was under a sustained attack. We drove out to their position as fast as we could, only to find several casualties and chaos. The Taliban cut off the attack soon after we arrived.

After we evacuated the casualties, the officer in charge of the unit told me that he could not find his interpreter. I led a small group of soldiers down into a wide field to look for the interpreter. We knew the danger: At any moment the Taliban could have resumed the attack and caught us in a very exposed position. We searched for more than 10 minutes before we found his lifeless body. It had been thrown from a vehicle that was hit by an improvised explosive device. We took another few minutes to locate his severed leg.

Why would we take such a risk to find an interpreter? Because he was a part of our team. He had taken on faith that we would do what we could to protect him and never leave him behind. Had we not done so, what message would it have sent to our other interpreters and partners? It would have been extremely difficult to ask others to take risks on our behalf or look out for us. ,,

Mr. Norton is a national security consultant and former U.S. Army infantry officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324412604578519380213548390.html


6 posted on 06/26/2013 7:53:47 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

obama was more than willing to see the murders of 41 Americans in Benghazi. There are some very smart people acting VERY STUPIDLY. NO ONE will even tiptoe near the truth.


10 posted on 06/26/2013 8:06:40 AM PDT by MestaMachine (My caps work. You gotta earn them.)
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