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.
question Will the HillBilly Clinton machine throw Obama to the Media Lions?
No...but the Chicago machine will throw the Arkansas mafia under the bus.
Lets no let some gutless military officers off the hook so easily, as well.
Expose Demsey, as well.
I believe he did freeze, but the reason we froze was out of political fear rather than anything else.
You might say, he froze because Obamacare, if he hadn’t pulled these partisan games, he could have been reelected in a land slide.
The Government Mafia war between Clintons and Obama.
A President can be impeached for jaywalking if enough congressmen believe it to be high crimes and misdemeanors. But impeachment is political. Thus there should be a solid case to avoid political blow-back. Personally I don’t think we are ‘there’ yet. we need solid evidence of running arms to Syria. That would seal the deal.
What if the Republicans hold Congress in 2014 and take the Senate? Where will Big Bad Obama be?
No. He made a telephone call to Netanyahu DURING the attack which lasted an hour. THEN he disappeared.
Right.
You assume they had souls to begin with. I am not sure they ever did.
POSOTUS has two jobs, read what is on TOTUS and sign what is in front on him. dumBO was off having a butt load of Buddy Love. Never has the question been made, that, did anyone have contact with Valerie?
UNDER Leavenworth!
And there are plenty who still are not convinced that 0 is a muzzie.
But then again, these are the same people who believe that islam is a ROP.
oh i would rather he lurnt a bit of self loathing first or at least till his ass is so chapped he canna sit
Impeachment, so that he can retire in his multimillion dollar mansion in Hawaii and live a life of luxury?
Please, please, impeach me.
“Expose Demsey, as well.”
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Oh yes! I detest that pos.
Yes! I believe she gave the stand-down order. The way to find out would be to have General Ham testify, under oath.
Please, Congress...for once do something for the good of the country: Get rid of Obama. Send him to the hinterlands where he can golf to his heart’s content and LEAVE THE COUNTRY ALONE!!!
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