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'Spinning up as we speak': Email shows Pentagon was ready to roll as Benghazi attack occurred
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Posted on 12/08/2015 12:55:38 PM PST by servo1969
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To: Roger Kaputnik
I did not say “we” abandoned them .... I said “we” knew in our hearts that Hilly/Obama abandoned them.
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posted on
12/08/2015 1:25:42 PM PST
by
Qiviut
(Stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross; lift high his royal banner, it must not loss)
To: meatloaf
I wish I shared your confidence.
It’s what should happen, but will it?
Our situation reminds me of the movie “Z”, which takes place in a mythical Greece of the 60’s. An incorruptible prosecutor ignores the wishes of the powerful, and gets to the bottom of a political assassination, arresting everyone involved. The audience cheers. Then the fate of the prosecutor, several months later, is revealed. The curtain comes down.
To: servo1969
Ham was ordered to stand down.
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posted on
12/08/2015 1:31:13 PM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: servo1969
This vile woman is the best the left can offer.
Disgusting.
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posted on
12/08/2015 1:32:46 PM PST
by
vpintheak
(Death before disarmament!)
To: BenLurkin
I want to know who gave the order to stand down.
What is the name of the person who gave the order to stand down?
Americans have the right to know!
Damn right! I'm absolutely 1000% with you on that.
I also want to know where Obama was, what did he know, and when did he know it.
And I don't know how the hell anyone could work in Obama's administration knowing that, at any moment, they could be left to be beaten, raped and killed just because someone else in the administration decided it was politically inconvenient to bother trying to save you.
To: Qiviut
To: Roger Kaputnik
Among so many other treacherous things they have done, this one pisses me off more than anything else. You know what pisses me off even more was Obama and Hilary using the bodies of our fallen heroes as props to lie to the world.
They are both beyond redemption and forgiveness. May their judgement be eternal.
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posted on
12/08/2015 1:40:16 PM PST
by
usurper
(Liberals GET OFF MY LAWN)
To: treetopsandroofs
Obama had to issue cross border authority for any forces outside Libya to move in. That was not forthcoming. Either they were told to stand down or not allowed to proceed.
As I recall, the (former?) SEALs were lasing the mortar position, which would mean they anticipated someone taking advantage of that targeting aid. No ordnance came down.
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posted on
12/08/2015 1:41:05 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: treetopsandroofs
It is wished the truth were found, and the entire details were released to the public along with the trial date of bringing down those who cannot be named.
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posted on
12/08/2015 1:44:26 PM PST
by
V K Lee
(u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
To: Smokin' Joe
As I recall, the (former?) SEALs were lasing the mortar position, which would mean they anticipated someone taking advantage of that targeting aid. No ordnance came down.
TO me, that fact speaks volumes. That guy did not give his position away to laser that mortar site for no reason. he didn't do it just to do it. He didn't think the laser would scare them or hurt them. He knew it would give his position away and could likely lead to his death.
Why would a trained, specialist soldier laser a target in that situation if he did not believe there was someone or something with ordinance in position to fire on that target?
I believe, at the very least, there was an armed drone in the area that could have launched ordinance on that target. That soldier put that laser on that site with the expectation it was going to get taken out, but someone was prevented from pulling the trigger.
To: Scirparius
I believe, at the very least, there was an armed drone in the area that could have launched ordinance on that target. That soldier put that laser on that site with the expectation it was going to get taken out, but someone was prevented from pulling the trigger.That was my conclusion as well.
I can't imagine the frustration of having the target in sight and not being allowed to take it out.
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posted on
12/08/2015 1:53:53 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Qiviut
What we all knew to be true in our hearts WAS true - Hilly & Obama ABANDONED our guys in Benghazi ... left them calling for help with no help coming. Words cannot describe what I am currently thinking.
AND this doesn't meet the definition for IMPEACHMENT??
My how we have fallen.
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posted on
12/08/2015 2:04:47 PM PST
by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: Smokin' Joe
Interesting UCMJ conundrum there...assuming the drone operator was military, if the operator “pulled the trigger” against what could be construed as an “illegal” order, I’m sure they would have been prosecuted or punished...but it would have helped to bring many of the conspirators’ actions to light through discovery.
The operator, if military is only subject to lawful orders given within their chain of command...this would exclude the DoS and place the blame right back into the WH.
But if I were in the operator’s position, watching 3 men fight for their lives against these scum, there’s no way I wouldn’t fire...consequences be damned. No matter the outcome, I would know I had done what I could to help them.
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posted on
12/08/2015 2:12:35 PM PST
by
SZonian
(Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
To: Psalm 144
"This administration made the decision to murder the ambassador and his bodyguards.
The question is: why?"
Well, DUH. Dead men tell no tales.
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posted on
12/08/2015 2:13:41 PM PST
by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
To: Rashputin; Psalm 144; Travis McGee
I’ve seen the idea kicked around that Obama intended for the Ambassador to be kidnapped so that Obama could exchange some high value GITMO prisoners for him. Ambassador Stevens wasn’t in on the plan but Hillary was.
What Obama wasn’t counting on was that some real Americans would rally to defend the compound. The kidnappers hadn’t expected any return fire and likely thought that they were being double crossed. Barky’s kidnap/hostage exchange scheme began unraveling right there and with his usual petulance he had no interest in saving any American lives when things stopped going his way.
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posted on
12/08/2015 2:22:17 PM PST
by
Pelham
(Muslim immigration...the enemy is inside the wire.)
To: Pelham
Pelham - your scenario makes perfect sense...
Richard Nixon resigned and a dozen people went to jail over a second rate burglary, because of a rabid press that would not rest until they had looked under every stone and brought down a President they never liked.
And now the same press utters a collective sigh of boredom over a cover up that continues to this day, because the people involved share their ideology.
“O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on You.” II Chronicles 20:12
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posted on
12/08/2015 2:36:28 PM PST
by
VikingMom
(I may not know what the future holds but I know who holds the future!)
To: servo1969
Why is this not in Breaking News and the most talked about thread on FR today?
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posted on
12/08/2015 6:10:47 PM PST
by
brothers4thID
("We've had way too many Republicans whose #1 virtue is "I get along great with Democrats".")
To: BenLurkin
What is the name of the person who gave the order to stand down? There is only one person that, in a situation like this, can sign a CBA (Cross Border Authority), and that person is the POTUS. He made himself UNAVAILABLE...
...after watching the start of the onslaught on CCTV!
The next morning he was off to Vegas.
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posted on
12/08/2015 6:49:11 PM PST
by
houeto
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To: brothers4thID
Why is this not in Breaking News and the most talked about thread on FR today?Damn good question!
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posted on
12/08/2015 6:51:01 PM PST
by
houeto
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To: BenLurkin
There is only one person who can stop an in extremis op... and it is by NOT giving an order.
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posted on
12/08/2015 7:04:22 PM PST
by
piasa
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