Do you want me to provide the "transcript" of all the lies told by Obama, Rice, Clinton, et al on the subject of Benghazi?No, I'll leave the lying, cherry-picking of facts and misrepresentations to you, it's what you do best. I directly mentioned the fact that the SF troopers were told to stand down....by higher military authority. Maybe that was because they had been told by Washington to stand down, maybe not....you don't know. Maybe that was the correct decision tactically, you don't know.
Your notion of a "transcript" doesn't mean swat when it comes to the truth behind Benghazi and Obama's re-election campaign.
You conveniently omit the meat of the facts...."SOCAFRICA commander Lt. Col. Gibson and his team were on their way to board a C-130 from Tripoli for Benghazi prior to an attack on a second U.S. compound "when [Col. Gibson] got a phone call from SOCAFRICA which said, 'you can't go now, you don't have the authority to go now.' And so they missed the flight ... They were told not to board the flight, so they missed it."Originally Posted by Whirlaway
Now, you want to address some facts? Like the fact that there were no air assets that could reach the embassy in time to do anything? I've read posts on this topic by you yahoos repeatedly. We should have sent in airstrikes. Well? How about it? According to the transcript of the testimony of the guy you now rely on for support for your stupid arguments is on the record as saying he was told that there were no air assets available.
And what about the fact that this special forces team that was told to stand down consisted of, at least by the accounts I've read, 4 troopers? What were they going to do Whirlytard? How were they going to get to the embassy? Parachute out of a C130? Take a cab from the airport? Walk to the embassy?
You and the rest of the Monday morning quarterbacks on here have absolutely no idea what it takes to mount a combat assault/combat rescue operation in a foreign country on a couple of hours notice. You all act like the cavalry can just ride in, John Wayne-style, and everything will work out just fine. Sorry, it just doesn't work that way. Usually, when you go off half-cocked, without adequate intelligence, adequate prep-time and adequate support, you end up with more, not less, casualties. Did you ever think about that?