Glenn thinks Romney will have a decisive victory on Tuesday

[Penny Lane 8,159]

are you aware the same internet you're on right now can take you to other sites? you can see things for yourself. go look & tell how wonderful barry is doing.

I did, that's how I know that there are plenty of people who are ACTUALLY THERE, not just in living rooms, praising him. Reading is fun!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

NS. apparently it isn't his job to send forces to defend american diplomats under attack from terrorist either...geesh i got this president thing all wrong.

You've got the facts all wrong. If you would take in actual, vetted information for news instead of sensationalist bullshite, you'd be much less confused.

U.S. officials: No delays in rescue effort in Libya

WASHINGTON — CIA security officers went to the aid of State Department staff less than 25 minutes after they got the first call for help during the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, U.S. intelligence officials said Thursday as they laid out a detailed timeline of the CIA's immediate response to the attack from its annex less than a mile from the diplomatic mission.

The attack on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 by what is now suspected to be a group of al-Qaida-linked militants killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

The timeline was offered just days before the presidential election in a clear effort to refute recent news reports that said the CIA told its personnel to "stand down" rather than go to the consulate to help repel the attackers. Fox News reported that when CIA officers at the annex called higher-ups to tell them the consulate was under fire, they were twice told to "stand down." The CIA publicly denied the report.

The intelligence officials told reporters Thursday that when the CIA annex received a call about the assault, about half a dozen members of a CIA security team tried to get heavy weapons and other assistance from the Libyans. When the Libyans failed to respond, the security team, which routinely carries small arms, went ahead with the rescue attempt. The officials said at no point was the team told to wait.

Instead, they said the often outmanned and outgunned team members made all the key decisions on the ground, with no second-guessing from senior officials monitoring the situation from afar.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to provide intelligence information publicly.

The consulate attack has become a political issue in Washington, with Republicans questioning the security at the consulate, the intelligence on militant groups in North Africa and the Obama administration's response in the days after the attack. Republicans also have questioned whether enough military and other support was requested and received. And presidential candidate Mitt Romney has used the attack as a sign of what he says is President Barack Obama's weak leadership overseas.

In the first days after the attack, various administration officials linked the Benghazi incident to the simultaneous protests around the Muslim world over an American-made film that ridiculed the prophet Mohammed. Only later did they publicly attribute it to militants, possibly linked to al-Qaida, and acknowledged it was distinct from the film protests. The changing explanations have led to suspicions that the administration didn't want to acknowledge a terror attack on U.S. personnel so close to the Nov. 6 election, a charge Obama has strongly denied.

On Thursday, intelligence officials said they had early information that the attackers had ties to al-Qaida-linked groups, but did not make it public immediately because it was based on classified intelligence. And they said the early public comments about the attack and its genesis were cautious and limited, as they routinely are in such incidents.

They added that while intelligence officials indicated early on that extremists were involved in the assault, only later were officials able to confirm that the attack was not generated by a protest over the film.

The officials' description Thursday of the attack provided details about a second CIA security team in Tripoli that quickly chartered a plane and flew to Benghazi, but got stuck at the airport. By then, however, the first team had gotten the State Department staff out of the consulate and back to the CIA base at the nearby annex.

As the events were unfolding, the Pentagon began to move special operations forces from Europe to Sigonella Naval Air Station in Sicily. U.S. aircraft routinely fly in and out of Sigonella and there are also fighter jets based in Aviano, Italy. But while the U.S. military was at a heightened state of alert because of 9/11, there were no American forces poised and ready to move immediately into Benghazi when the attack began.

The Pentagon would not send forces or aircraft into Libya — a sovereign nation — without a request from the State Department and the knowledge or consent of the host country. And Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said the information coming in was too jumbled to risk U.S. troops.

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Why didn't President Bush have a marine division posted in the first class cabin of the 9/11 jets? Clearly he wasn't protecting the USA.

idk. why didn't clinton give the order when we had bin laden pin pointed in afganistan after the uss cole attack. could've avoided the trade center attack, but he was busy putting a bbw on her back.

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You've got the facts all wrong. If you would take in actual, vetted information for news instead of sensationalist bullshite, you'd be much less confused.

tampa bay times? *points*

[MuDelphi 159]

tampa bay times? *points*

If you could read, you would see that the source is the AP.

[SMOKE 1,426]

If you could read, you would see that the source is the AP.

if you'd pull your head out. you'd laugh @ the AP being 'vetted information for news' too.

[MuDelphi 159]

Ah yes, the Associated Press, at nearly 200 years old, and the largest news provider in history, is not a trusted news source. Clearly all part of a Chicago style Kenyan Manchurian candidate plan to cover for the secret Muslim President Barry Sotero?

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Ah yes, the Associated Press, at nearly 200 years old, and the largest news provider in history, is not a trusted news source. Clearly all part of a Chicago style Kenyan Manchurian candidate plan to cover for the secret Muslim President Barry Sotero?

now you're catching on.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

tampa bay times? *points*

AP, actually. You would have seen that if you had actually opened the link. I just happened to read it in the TBT this morning.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Screw AP, we only care about what Glenn Beck says.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

if you'd pull your head out. you'd laugh @ the AP being 'vetted information for news' too.

I see. So it's not credible unless it comes from Fox News, Breitbart or World Net Daily. How's the weather in that alternate universe of yours?

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I see. So it's not credible unless it comes from Fox News, Breitbart or World Net Daily. How's the weather in that alternate universe of yours?

82 degrees & crystal clear skys. oh sh!t. you're not gonna come with some BS global warming 'science' now are you?

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"FOX news is the ONLY trusted news source, and Glenn Beck's opinions are the only ones that matter." Said no one ever.

82 degrees & crystal clear skys. oh sh!t. you're not gonna come with some BS global warming 'science' now are you?

Magnets: how the f*** do they work?!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

82 degrees & crystal clear skys. oh sh!t. you're not gonna come with some BS global warming 'science' now are you?

No, I am not interested in your alternate universe. Tough as it is, I'm gonna hang out in the real world.

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No, I am not interested in your alternate universe. Tough as it is, I'm gonna hang out in the real world.

who invited you? i like you 1400 miles away.