No. 1: I believe Obummer thought he could control and trust his “good” Al Queda Jihadists. Obummer thought this was so because he had been providing all kinds of munitions to the “good” Al-Queda in Syria and he also had Morsi’s backing in Egypt who was pushing him for the release of the Blind Sheik. Being too cute by half, Obummer (Jarrett) hatched a plan to have the “good” Jihadies kidnap Stevens, wherein Stevens would later be released for the Blind Sheik. I'm sure they thought that the kidnapping would occur in the remote outpost without any major resistance, which they also told the “good” Al-Queda would be the case. What no one anticipated was the two former SEALS who ran to the gun fire. They threw the proverbial monkey wrench into the plan. Obummer tried to get them to stand down, but they flatly refused. Then the whole crazy mess went up in smoke. When the SEALS put up their resistance, the Al=Queda thought they had been double crossed and all bets were off. Obummer could not send military support in because if the Jihadists were captured, they would spill the beans on his hair brained kidnapping plot. So, Stevens and the others were left to die and everything that followed following has been spin. They still are unwilling to capture their Al-Queda cohorts in crime for fear that they will spill the beans on the plan.
No. 2 This one is rather straight forward and involves Putin. Putin knew about the munition smuggling into Syria and arranged the take-down. Again, Obummer is unwilling to capture the perpetrators for fear they will disclose the nature of his gun running scheme and Putin's instigation.
They still can. Anytime. Just hold a press conference. They certainly are not hiding in fear of retribution.
If the above were true, then Obama would have ordered the entire compound and city center blown to oblivion. No survivors at all.
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