its as easy as loading a c130 with all the personnel and equipment necessary for a defensive rescue mission and getting that bird in the air ...Doherty and others, transported by a chartered plane, had already landed at the Benghazi airport, at 1:30 AM, and worked their way to the compound. A second team from Tripoli -- transported by a Libyan C-130, CBJ7 -- arrived at about 5:00 AM on 12 September!!!! If the Libyans can land there in a C-130, CBJ7, you better damn well believe Americans can land there!!!!
now where in the hell do you propose we land that bird that has an airstrip capable of safely handling it? How about Tripoli? yeah that's only 400 miles away, our troops will be right there, hold on Mr Stevens.
these silly fuckers have all the answers until it boils down to the right answer. Originally Posted by CJ7
". . . a second team was preparing to leave on a Libyan C-130 cargo plane from Tripoli to Benghazi when Hicks said he learned from the Libyan prime minister that Stevens was dead. The Libyan military agreed to transport additional personnel as reinforcements to Benghazi on its cargo plane, but Hicks complained the special forces were told not to make the trip.
"They were told not to board the flight, so they missed it," Hicks told GOP committee staff. Pressed on why, he said, "I guess they just didn't have the right authority from the right level."
Defense officials said Monday that four members of Army special forces were in Tripoli on Sept. 11, 2012, as part of a regular training mission. The officials said they were trying to track down information about the Libyan cargo plane and could not verify whether or not the special forces were told not to get on the plane.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said it is normal procedure for U.S. service members to get permission to fly on another country's military aircraft.
That flight left Tripoli [for Benghazi carrying non-military U.S. personnel] after the second attack on the CIA annex that killed two security officers — Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. [That plane landed in Benghazi.]"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3225465.html