"13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi," Movie Review (minor spoilers)

self | 1/18/2016 | LS

[USNBandit]

In the era of JDAM, anything would do, but I think there were Vipers at Aviano at the time.

Gone are the days of always having a CVBG in the Med. 12 hours of flight ops and 80 sorties is a jog for a carrier. A carrier could have wrecked the entire town in 13 hours.

[BatGuano]

I’m thinking half that time to wreck Benghazi. When will we take another look at collateral damage? When most of the inhabitants support the local terror machine, it is time for them to pay for their loyalty. Of course the “we” includes the feckless coward in the white hut and his agenda is certainly not in our national interests, never mind the warriors in battle.
ROE probably worse than Vietnam. And, this is Libya, not even talking about Iran or ISIS/Syria.

[Albion Wilde]

I plan on going this week.

I want to see it again, too. The battle scene with the sheep pens, all the plastic rags floating, the women coming at dawn to look for their relatives, was just stunning.

[USNBandit]

Denying air support for fear of collateral damage, when Americans are in direct contact with the enemy only invites our enemy to surround themselves with civilians.

[BatGuano]

That is why they have women and children wandering around.
They know that we will not endanger the “non-combatants” with an air strike or with a soldier looking at them through his scope.

[Saint Reagan]

Most people know the basic story: on September 11, 2011...

Are you sure about that? You're off by a year.

[Jeff Head]

Here's my review and recommendation of the movie, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.

The movie has very course language and extreme violence. But it is true to life and not gratuitous. I normally would not see, let alone recommend an R Rated movie...but in this case every adult American should know what happened in Benghazi.

I have two requests.

The first is to God in Heaven that He will see that Justice is served on those who failed their countrymen so horribly for pure political expediency.

The second is to all fellow Americans, to make sure that those people, particularly Hillary Clinton, who abjectly lied about these events for political reasons, NEVER be allowed to have the reigns of power like she so desperately craves. In such a position, she would surely do even much worse...as if this travesty was not bad enough.

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