The [Obana] Administration has [been] offering evasive, inconsistent and conflicting accounts about one of the most serious American overseas defeats in recent years [since day one].
* THIS WE KNOW AS WELL.
Why did the U.S. not heed warnings about a growing Islamist presence in Benghazi and better protect the diplomatic mission and CIA annex?
* THIS WE DO NOT KNOW.
Deteriorating security after the war was no secret.
* NO "SECRET" IN THE SENSE THAT THOSE INTERESTED IN SPECIFICS COULDN'T GET THERE HANDS ON THE FACTS, BUT LET'S BE CLEAR, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION MISLEADINGLY - DELIBERATELY SO - PORTRAYED LIBYA AS ONE OF THEIR FOREIGN POLICY "SUCCESSES."
* AND THE MEDIA...? LET'S P[UT IT THIS WAY... WERE A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, I'D BET MONEY THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH GREATER COVERAGE OF THE FAILURES OF A REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION'S LIBYAN FOREIGN POLICY. CAN I PROVE THIS? NOPE. BUT THINK BACK FOLKS... RELY UPON YOUR OWN MEMORY AND ANALYTICAL SKILLS.
(*WINK*)
U.S. intelligence noted militant camps in the mountains near Benghazi, including "al Qaeda leaning" fighters, according to Tuesday's New York Times.
* YEAH... TUESDAY'S NYT.
(*SMIRK*)
Over the summer, the Red Cross and the U.K. closed their offices in Benghazi after attempted terrorist attacks and assassinations. A bomb went off outside the U.S. mission on June 6 but hurt no one. Ambassador Chris Stevens told his superiors in an August cable about a "security vacuum" in Benghazi. A different classified State cable sent in August, and obtained by Fox News this week, noted the growth of al Qaeda training camps and expressed concern about the Benghazi mission's ability to defend against a coordinated attack. It said it would ask for "additional physical security upgrades and staffing."
* YEP. WE'VE LEARNED ALL THIS SINCE 9/11/12 - NO THANKS TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. YOU FOLKS DO REMEMBER THE ADMINISTRATION'S INITIAL TACT, RIGHT? YOU DO REMEMBER SUSAN RICE BEING SENT TO LIE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON THE SUNDAY FOLLOWING THE ATTACK... HER APPEARING ON ALL THE MAJOR SUNDAY MORNING NEWS SHOWS... RICE ACTING IN HILLARY'S STEAD AS SENIOR ADMINISTRATION SPOKESPERSON.
In a House hearing last month, career State Department officials said various requests for security reinforcements to Libya were turned down.
* LET'S REPEAT THAT:
In a House hearing last month, career State Department officials said various requests for security reinforcements to Libya were turned down.
(*PURSED LIPS*)
A 16-member special security team in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, was pulled out in August.
* ONE... MORE... TIME...
A 16-member special security team in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, was pulled out in August.
(*SHRUG*)
The inability of Libya's weak central government to protect American diplomats was overlooked.
* NO. NOT "OVERLOOKED." DELIBERATELY IGNORED. THIS WAS GROSS NEGLIGENCE - NOTHING LESS!
During the second Presidential debate on October 16, Mr. Obama was asked: "Who was it that denied enhanced security and why?" He changed the subject.
* YEP. AND THE MSM "MODERATOR" LET HIM CHANGE THE SUBJECT - AND INDEED ACTED MORE AS AN "ALLY" TO THE PRESIDENT THAN A NEUTRAL PARTY.
What exactly happened on the day of 9/11? During the over six hours that the compounds in Benghazi were under siege, could the U.S. have done more to save lives?
* YES! THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS CLEARLY "YES!"
What was President Obama doing and ordering his subordinates to do in those fateful hours?
* THIS WE DON'T KNOW WITH CERTAINTY - THEIR STORY KEEPS CHANGING...
An October 9 State Department briefing offered the first precise timeline, nearly a month later. There was no demonstration outside the consulate the evening of the 11th - "nothing unusual during the day at all outside," a State official said.
* WHILE IT'S TRUE THERE WAS NO DEMONSTRATION, THAT BIT ABOUT "NOTHING UNUSUAL" HAS RECENTLY BEEN COUNTERED BY NEW EVIDENCE DISCOVERED BY... (*SMIRK*)... THE MEDIA... NOT THE "INVESTIGATORS" THAT OBAMA SENT 24 DAYS AFTER THE FACT.
Early that morning, Embassy guards noticed a Libyan police officer in a building across the street "photographing the inside of the U.S. special mission," according to a letter dated September 11 from the Embassy to the Libyan government, calling it "troubling."
The letter was discovered last week at the still unsecured compound by two journalists and published on Foreign Policy's website Thursday.
(*PURSED LIPS*)
At 9:40 p.m. local time (3:40 p.m. EST), a security officer at the
Benghazi consulate heard "loud noises" outside the gate and "the camera
on the main gate reveals a large number of people - a large number of men,
armed men, flowing into the compound," according to the State
Department timeline.
*
AND THE GUARDS WERE... WHERE...??? (OH... I ALMOST FORGOT... THERE WERE
NO MARINES... NO AMERICAN SECURITY PRESENCE TO SPEAK OF...)
Within half an hour, the consulate was
on fire.
At about 10:45 p.m., help arrived from the CIA annex about a
mile away. The CIA offered its first account of that evening this
Thursday night, nearly two months after the fact. Agency personnel were
dispatched within 25 minutes of the initial attack on the consulate.
*
OK. HERE'S WHERE THESE VARIOUS "TIMELINES" SEEM TO CONFLICT. NOW THIS
IS THE NEWEST "OFFICIAL" TIMELINE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHAT ABOUT THE
PAST REPORTS THAT THE OFF-SITE CIA PERSONNEL IN BENGHAZI WERE TWICE TOLD
TO "STAND DOWN" AND NOT DIRECTLY TRY AND RESCUE THE AMBASSADOR AND
OTHER AMERICANS? DID THIS HAPPEN WITHIN A 25 MINUTE TIMEFRAME?
By
11:20, they evacuated the consulate. Stevens and Sean Smith, a State
employee, were dead.
*
SO NOW THE LATEST "OFFICIAL" TIMELINE SHOWS THE ATTACK COMMENCING AT
9:40 P.M. LOCAL TIME... HELP ARRIVING AT 10:45 P.M. LOCAL TIME... AND
STEVENS AND SMITH DYING... SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
TIMEFRAME...???
The fortified annex then came under steady small-arms fire for 90
minutes starting around midnight, according to the CIA timeline, but it
was never breached.
* OK. THIS BRINGS US TO 1:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WERE NO MORE THAN TWO HOURS AWAY VIA HELICOPTER... SO... 9:40 P.M. (LET'S SAY THE "GO" ORDER ISN'T GIVEN TILL 10:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME) MEANS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD "THE CAVALRY" ON SCENE BY MIDNIGHT AT THE LATEST... ACTUAL U.S. TROOPS...
The fighting lulled for four hours.
* OK. THAT'S TAKES US FROM 1:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME TO 5:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME. IT'S NOW BEEN NEARLY EIGHT FULL HOURS SINCE THE ATTACK ON THE CONSULATE COMMENCED. NO ACTUAL U.S. TROOPS... SPECIAL FORCES, MARINES, REGULAR ARMY, CIA PARAMILITARY... ARE YET ON SITE. OUR BENGHAZI PEOPLE - STATE DEPARTMENT AND CIA - ARE STILL ON THEIR OWN.
Before dawn, a sudden mortar attack killed two CIA security officers on a rooftop, according to CIA officials.
(*PURSED LIPS*)
By then, a Quick Reaction Force had arrived from Tripoli to evacuate the annex.
* TOO LITTLE... TOO LATE.
The CIA briefers said the agency did not deny aid to the consulate. But the Journal reported on Friday that the CIA and State "weren't on the same page about their respective roles on security" in Benghazi.
* THIS IS WHAT I WAS GETTING AT UP ABOVE, FOLKS... THIS LATEST "NEW" OFFICIAL TIMELINE SEEMS TO BE IN CONFLICT WITH... WELL... QUITE A BIT OF WHAT'S PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPORTED. I'M TRYING TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE ADMINISTRATION HAS EVER REASON TO WANT TO SELL THE "NEW" TIMELINE WHILE I CAN'T THINK OF ANY REASON WHY THE CIA PERSONNEL IN BENGHAZI WOULD HAVE LIED ABOUT BEING REFUSED PERMISSION (TWICE!) TO AT LEAST TRY AND RESCUE THE AMBASSADOR.
The U.S. failed to bring armed drones, gunships or other close air support to defend the annex from the militias who were outside its gates for over four hours.
* THIS... WE... KNOW...!
An armed drone wasn't in the area.
* WHY NOT...?!?! AGAIN, FOLKS... REMEMBER... BENGHAZI WAS A HOTBED OF TERRORIST ACTIVITY! THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THE CIA, AND THE MILITARY ALL KNEW THIS. THE PRESIDENT MUST HAVE KNOWN THIS! CERTAINLY THE BRITS KNEW IT... EVEN THE RED CROSS KNEW IT!
* IN ANY CASE... JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY... WHERE EXACTLY WAS THE NEAREST ARMED DRONE AND HOW LONG WAS IT'S FLIGHT TIME TO BENGHAZI FROM WHEREVER IT WAS? (REMEMBER... WE START OUT "COUNTDOWN" FROM 9:40 P.M. LOCAL BENGHAZI TIME.)
Mr. Obama was informed of the attacks at around 5 p.m.- 11 p.m. in Libya...
* SO IT TOOK AN HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES TILL THE PRESIDENT WAS NOTIFIED OF AN ARMED ATTACK UPON A U.S. CONSULATE. WHEN WAS HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON NOTIFIED? WHEN WAS LEON PANETTA NOTIFIED? WHEN WAS CIA DIRECTOR PATREUS NOTIFIED? I ASK BECAUSE ANY ONE OF THEM HAS THE ABILITY TO IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE PRESIDENT DIRECTLY AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
...during a previously scheduled meeting with his military advisers, and he ordered military assets moved to the area, according to ABC News.
* ACCORDING TO... THE ADMINISTRATION ITSELF. (*SMIRK*) IN ANY CASE, EVEN ASSUMING THIS IS ACCURATE... WHAT DOES "MILITARY ASSETS MOVED INTO THE AREA MEAN...???"
* FOLKS... REMEMBER THE TIMELINE... THE ATTACK COMMENCED AT 9:40 P.M. BENGHAZI LOCAL TIME... SUPPOSEDLY PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS NOTIFIED OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT 11:00 P.M. BENGHAZI LOCAL TIME AND SUPPOSEDLY HE GAVE IMMEDIATE ORDERS TO... er... DO SOMETHING. BUT WITH HELP ONLY TWO HOURS AWAY AT MOST... HAD OBAMA ORDERED ACTUAL PROACTIVE MILITARY SUPPORT TO BE SENT TO RESCUE OUR PEOPLE... THAT WOULD MEAN THEY'D HAVE BEEN THERE BY 1:00 A.M. BENGHAZI LOCAL TIME AT THE LATEST! BUT THEY WEREN'T! NOR WERE THEY THERE AT 2:00 A.M. NOR 3:00 A.M. NOR 4:00 A.M. IN FACT, THE QUICK REACTION FORCE DIDN'T ARRIVE TILL DAWN... TOO LITTLE... TOO LATE.
* OK. THIS BRINGS US TO 1:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WERE NO MORE THAN TWO HOURS AWAY VIA HELICOPTER... SO... 9:40 P.M. (LET'S SAY THE "GO" ORDER ISN'T GIVEN TILL 10:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME) MEANS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD "THE CAVALRY" ON SCENE BY MIDNIGHT AT THE LATEST... ACTUAL U.S. TROOPS...
The fighting lulled for four hours.
* OK. THAT'S TAKES US FROM 1:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME TO 5:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME. IT'S NOW BEEN NEARLY EIGHT FULL HOURS SINCE THE ATTACK ON THE CONSULATE COMMENCED. NO ACTUAL U.S. TROOPS... SPECIAL FORCES, MARINES, REGULAR ARMY, CIA PARAMILITARY... ARE YET ON SITE. OUR BENGHAZI PEOPLE - STATE DEPARTMENT AND CIA - ARE STILL ON THEIR OWN.
Before dawn, a sudden mortar attack killed two CIA security officers on a rooftop, according to CIA officials.
(*PURSED LIPS*)
By then, a Quick Reaction Force had arrived from Tripoli to evacuate the annex.
* TOO LITTLE... TOO LATE.
The CIA briefers said the agency did not deny aid to the consulate. But the Journal reported on Friday that the CIA and State "weren't on the same page about their respective roles on security" in Benghazi.
* THIS IS WHAT I WAS GETTING AT UP ABOVE, FOLKS... THIS LATEST "NEW" OFFICIAL TIMELINE SEEMS TO BE IN CONFLICT WITH... WELL... QUITE A BIT OF WHAT'S PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPORTED. I'M TRYING TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE ADMINISTRATION HAS EVER REASON TO WANT TO SELL THE "NEW" TIMELINE WHILE I CAN'T THINK OF ANY REASON WHY THE CIA PERSONNEL IN BENGHAZI WOULD HAVE LIED ABOUT BEING REFUSED PERMISSION (TWICE!) TO AT LEAST TRY AND RESCUE THE AMBASSADOR.
The U.S. failed to bring armed drones, gunships or other close air support to defend the annex from the militias who were outside its gates for over four hours.
* THIS... WE... KNOW...!
An armed drone wasn't in the area.
* WHY NOT...?!?! AGAIN, FOLKS... REMEMBER... BENGHAZI WAS A HOTBED OF TERRORIST ACTIVITY! THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THE CIA, AND THE MILITARY ALL KNEW THIS. THE PRESIDENT MUST HAVE KNOWN THIS! CERTAINLY THE BRITS KNEW IT... EVEN THE RED CROSS KNEW IT!
* IN ANY CASE... JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY... WHERE EXACTLY WAS THE NEAREST ARMED DRONE AND HOW LONG WAS IT'S FLIGHT TIME TO BENGHAZI FROM WHEREVER IT WAS? (REMEMBER... WE START OUT "COUNTDOWN" FROM 9:40 P.M. LOCAL BENGHAZI TIME.)
Mr. Obama was informed of the attacks at around 5 p.m.- 11 p.m. in Libya...
* SO IT TOOK AN HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES TILL THE PRESIDENT WAS NOTIFIED OF AN ARMED ATTACK UPON A U.S. CONSULATE. WHEN WAS HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON NOTIFIED? WHEN WAS LEON PANETTA NOTIFIED? WHEN WAS CIA DIRECTOR PATREUS NOTIFIED? I ASK BECAUSE ANY ONE OF THEM HAS THE ABILITY TO IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE PRESIDENT DIRECTLY AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
...during a previously scheduled meeting with his military advisers, and he ordered military assets moved to the area, according to ABC News.
* ACCORDING TO... THE ADMINISTRATION ITSELF. (*SMIRK*) IN ANY CASE, EVEN ASSUMING THIS IS ACCURATE... WHAT DOES "MILITARY ASSETS MOVED INTO THE AREA MEAN...???"
* FOLKS... REMEMBER THE TIMELINE... THE ATTACK COMMENCED AT 9:40 P.M. BENGHAZI LOCAL TIME... SUPPOSEDLY PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS NOTIFIED OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT 11:00 P.M. BENGHAZI LOCAL TIME AND SUPPOSEDLY HE GAVE IMMEDIATE ORDERS TO... er... DO SOMETHING. BUT WITH HELP ONLY TWO HOURS AWAY AT MOST... HAD OBAMA ORDERED ACTUAL PROACTIVE MILITARY SUPPORT TO BE SENT TO RESCUE OUR PEOPLE... THAT WOULD MEAN THEY'D HAVE BEEN THERE BY 1:00 A.M. BENGHAZI LOCAL TIME AT THE LATEST! BUT THEY WEREN'T! NOR WERE THEY THERE AT 2:00 A.M. NOR 3:00 A.M. NOR 4:00 A.M. IN FACT, THE QUICK REACTION FORCE DIDN'T ARRIVE TILL DAWN... TOO LITTLE... TOO LATE.
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