Posted on 01/16/2014 4:14:30 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
The U.S. military cannot hunt down and kill people responsible for the deadly 2012 attack on an American compound in Benghazi, Libya, as long as the terrorists are not officially deemed members or affiliates of al Qaeda, newly declassified transcripts from congressional hearings show.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Martin Dempsey in testimony on Oct. 10 said the Pentagon’s hands are tied because the groups involved are not covered by the Authorization for Use of Military Force. The AUMF law allows U.S. attacks anywhere in the world only on al Qaeda and “associated forces.”
“The individuals related in the Benghazi attack, those that we believe were either participants or leadership of it, are not ‘authorized use of military force,’ ” Gen. Dempsey told the House Armed Services Committee in his classified testimony during a closed hearing.
The transcript was released on Monday.
In other words, they don’t fall under the AUMF authorized by the Congress of the United States. So we would not have the capacity to simply find them and kill them either with a remotely-piloted aircraft or with an assault on the ground,” Dempsey said.
The U.S. could seek to capture the Benghazi attackers under the existing AUMF, but it would need to rely on forces in Libya or any other countries where the attackers are hiding to do so. . .
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Active Duty Ping.
At this point, what difference does it make?
This Gen. Dempsey is a POS! All intelligence has shown the Benghazi attackers were affiliated with Al Qaeda.
The Obama regime has gotten rid of most senior military officers that had balls and also understood what the US Constitution means.
The ludicrous Rules of Engagement imposed on our military has caused thousands of deaths. Our military has competent special forces and snipers who could easily take out the attackers. ....The Mossad would have done such quickly.
You gotta be Sh!ttin Me!
How have we become so wussified that our forces cannot go after those that have killed us????
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