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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 1:41:00 PM PST by TigerClaws

As the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was unfolding, a high-ranking Pentagon official urgently messaged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s top deputies to offer military help, according to an email obtained by Judicial Watch.

The revelation appears to contradict testimony Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave lawmakers in 2013, when he said there was no time to get forces to the scene in Libya, where four Americans were killed, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ambassador4alqaeda; clinton4alqaeda; manpads4alqaeda; obama4alqaeda
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To: DoughtyOne

Put this lawless bitch in jail, now

And oh yeah, Phuck the muslims

21 posted on 12/08/2015 2:11:09 PM PST by liberty_lvr (The world is aflame and our pResident is responsible for it.)
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To: TigerClaws

The difference it made...

They died Hillary!

22 posted on 12/08/2015 2:11:40 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Come on Obama, just fess up and put the Burka on. Be honest with everyone.)
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To: liberty_lvr
Gets my vote...

We're undeniably at war, and for the time being, a "Just say no!" policy toward the Islamist is prudent.

When their ranks can grow up and join the rest of civilization in this century not the fifth, we'll talk.

23 posted on 12/08/2015 2:14:11 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Come on Obama, just fess up and put the Burka on. Be honest with everyone.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

And she will just laugh and laugh and laugh...sick!


24 posted on 12/08/2015 2:14:51 PM PST by hsmomx3 (GO STEELERS!!!!!!)
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To: TigerClaws

” a high-ranking Pentagon official urgently messaged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton”

Why weren’t these “officials” put under oath to testify day one?


25 posted on 12/08/2015 2:23:42 PM PST by Rennes Templar (Fetal lives matter.)
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To: TigerClaws

“”The revelation appears to contradict testimony Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave lawmakers in 2013, when he said there was no time to get forces to the scene in Libya””

AND in addition he said it would have been TOO DANGEROUS for our military! And he was Sect’y of Defense. Great choice!


26 posted on 12/08/2015 2:24:34 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: TigerClaws

It was her war ... something she pushed for ... she had to lie or it would ruin everything ...


27 posted on 12/08/2015 2:24:36 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: TigerClaws

“I just tried you on the phone but you were all in with S [apparent reference to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton],” reads the email, from Panetta’s chief of staff Jeremy Bash. “After consulting with General Dempsey, General Ham and the Joint Staff, we have identified the forces that could move to Benghazi. They are spinning up as we speak.” 7:19 p.m. ET on Sept. 11, 2012


28 posted on 12/08/2015 2:27:10 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: TigerClaws

What the hell did this old liar say the other day?

“Fog of war”?

Evidently, there wasn’t any fog over at the Pentagon.

What a miserable, worthless, lying, thieving, stinking putrid piece of shirt she is.

And every Democrat who supports her.


29 posted on 12/08/2015 2:42:09 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: TigerClaws

She is forcing this country to drag her kicking and screaming to the truth about what she did in Libya.

This needs to be taken into account when she is sentenced.

Take all of the Clinton’s money......all of it.

Let that worthless daughter of hers sling hash for the rest of her life.


30 posted on 12/08/2015 2:46:31 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: TigerClaws
"The revelation appears to contradict testimony Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave lawmakers in 2013, when he said there was no time to get forces to the scene in Libya, where four Americans were killed, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens."

how does he now there was not enough time? the only way you could know was after the fact. no one knew how long the attack would last.

31 posted on 12/08/2015 2:46:33 PM PST by Donald Rumsfeld Fan
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To: TigerClaws

“Duty, Honor, Country.....” Past time for those who have taken the oath to step forward and end this nightmare. There are those who know, from enlisted comint ops to flag officers, that owe it to the rest of us “Band of Brothers” that have served and, in some cases, gave their last measure, to stand up. Now is the time, the citizens are awake and will have your back.


32 posted on 12/08/2015 2:54:12 PM PST by Vladzred (..from deep within the Daniel Boone Forest...)
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To: blueunicorn6

“Well, ladies and gentlemen, why didn’t Hillary want help from the military?”

Because the plan was for them to be taken hostage and as emails have shown Hillary intended to blame it on repubs/right wing extremist.

It was supposed to mimic the Iranian hostage taking.

That’s why the dems praised Peanuts Carter at their convention.

The plan was to claim the right wing extremist had collaborated with the terrorist to make Obama look like Peanuts Carter and the terrorist had gotten their hands on the weapons because of the right wing extremist not Hillary arming up the terrorist.


33 posted on 12/08/2015 3:13:32 PM PST by IMR 4350
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To: blueunicorn6

IMHO Val Jarrett told her `No go’: Too close to the election and they didn’t want another Carter hostage rescue debacle.
It’s always `CYA’ with those lousy cockroaches.


34 posted on 12/08/2015 3:13:32 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Uncle Miltie
The RINOs are complicit.

By which, of course, you refer to Senator John Sidney McCain and his faithful sidekick, Li'l Lindsey.

35 posted on 12/08/2015 3:50:25 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media .IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: mad_as_he$$
I have it on good authority that a tier one SpecOps unit was spun up and loaded on a running aircraft in Italy and ordered to stand down.

Heard the same thing. At NAS Sigonella in Sicily, Spec Ops choppers were sitting on the runway, rotors spinning, while a squadron of F-18s was ready to follow.

No "Go".

36 posted on 12/08/2015 3:58:45 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media .IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Of course they were ready. Supposedly Carter Ham who was the head of AFRICOM was ready to send in a force agains’t a stand down order and his second in command put a gun to his head and relieved him of duty. Shortly after General Ham retired.

I am willing to bet that ValJar issued the stand-down order, and General Ham said, "I don't take orders from you," so she called his deputy and ordered him to relieve General Ham.

37 posted on 12/08/2015 5:10:57 PM PST by zot
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To: zot

Would not surprise me.


38 posted on 12/08/2015 5:13:14 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: okie01

Pisses me off endlessly. F-18’s could of been there pretty quickly and even just a high speed pass probably would of ended the attack. The drone on site could of been crashed into the mortar location. Lots of options.


39 posted on 12/09/2015 5:17:11 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ ("It gets late early around here..." Yogi)
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