Benghazi, Stand Down! Who Gave that Order?

[GandD 5,966]

Don't worry. You have the right to be passive aggressive. You are protected by the Constitution.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

Ah this is the first time I've seen a video of this song where the participants were not arrested afterwards. Very nice.

Reading the opener in this thread.. I miss the good old days when it was FOX news that was the government shill and MSNBC/CNN were the ones holding the governments feet to the fire.

[waka1 28]

From Wikipedia re: Benghazi pre-attack in intel

U.S. security officer, Eric Nordstrom, twice requested additional security for the mission in Benghazi from his superiors at the State Department. His requests were denied. According to Nordstrom, State Department official, Charlene Lamb, wanted to keep the security presence in Benghazi "artificially low".^[61] Secretary of State Hillary Clinton later took responsibility for the security lapses.^[62]

On December 30, 2012, the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs released a report, “Flashing Red: A Special Report on the Terrorist Attack at Benghazi,”^[63] wherein it was determined:

In the months [between February 2011 and September 11, 2012] leading up to the attack on the Temporary Mission Facility in Benghazi, there was a large amount of evidence gathered by the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) and from open sources that Benghazi was increasingly dangerous and unstable, and that a significant attack against American personnel there was becoming much more likely. While this intelligence was effectively shared within the Intelligence Community (IC) and with key officials at the Department of State, it did not lead to a commensurate increase in security at Benghazi nor to a decision to close the American mission there, either of which would have been more than justified by the intelligence presented....The RSO [Regional Security Officer] in Libya compiled a list of 234 security incidents in Libya between June 2011 and July 2012, 50 of which took place in Benghazi.

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[Teddy B 17,252]

While you fold your tinfoil and sing Davey Crockett songs, men and women of America are protecting you. Or wait a minute. That's just da-bien on the news. They won't wrinkle your pillow a teensy weensie bit, will they. Good for you!

Were you this pathetic when your board name was "fitnlivly"? Or did you morph into this manly man you are today?? :rofl:

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

From that same report that is quoted by wiki:

Finding 2. Notwithstanding the increasingly dangerous environment in eastern Libya in 2011 and 2012, the U.S. government did not have specific intelligence of an imminent attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi.

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First, there may not have been significant or elaborate advance planning for the attack. In a hearing before our Committee on September 19, 2012, National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director Matthew Olsen described the attack as “opportunistic” and stated that the IC had no indication of “significant advanced planning or coordination for this attack.”

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Finding 8. The Department of Defense and the Department of State had not jointly assessed the availability of U.S. assets to support the Temporary Mission Facility in Benghazi in the event of a crisis and although DOD attempted to quickly mobilize its resources, it did not have assets or personnel close enough to reach Benghazi in a timely fashion.

http://www.collins.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/81d5e2d9-cc8d-45af-aa8b-b937c55c7208/Flashing%20Red-HSGAC%20Special%20Report%20final.pdf

Edited September 5, 2014 by Mr. Big Dog

[waka1 28]

Don't worry. You have the right to be passive aggressive. You are protected by the Constitution.

IHMO: Not 'passive agressive'....but rather lacking in common sense, as well as social skills. Why bother replying ?

Ok, I understand, I on occasion....Well....never mind

Keep up the fire...

[Protocol417 161]

ExPat, please stop invoking the troops. It's extremely offensive. You do not speak for those who serve.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

The denier badge of honor

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

The denier badge of honor

You should know being the denier - whatever that happens to be - in chief.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

You should know being the denier - whatever that happens to be - in chief.

What Bush said would happen if we pulled out early , is exactly what happened . That much is fact

Why, should we have gone in to begin with, Screw it let them all kill each other --That is all up for debate

[Karee 4,190]

what would happen if we pulled out early ,

[GandD 5,966]

What Bush said would happen if we pulled out early , is exactly what happened . That much is fact

Why, should we have gone in to begin with, Screw it let them all kill each other --That is all up for debate

So we should have stayed but we need to stay out of other people's business. Which one is it?

[Teddy B 17,252]

So we should have stayed but we need to stay out of other people's business. Which one is it?

It's both when you're the "Middle Of The Road Man".

[GandD 5,966]

It's both when you're the "Middle Of The Road Man".

We need to stay out of other peoples business but stand up to Putin? How does that even work?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

So we should have stayed but we need to stay out of other people's business. Which one is it?

both