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US military's response questioned
in wake of deadly Libya consulate attack

Fox News, by Jennifer Griffin

Original Article

Posted By:abuela10, 10/25/2012 12:22:44 PM

Shortly after the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya, the Pentagon responded by moving military assets into the region, but some former defense officials say it was too little, too late. By the morning after the initial violence, Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were dead, victims of two separate assaults several hours apart. “For the U.S. military to say they couldn’t move ... one aircraft in eight hours, I say it's time to relieve the people in chain of command," Bing West, an assistant defense secretary under President Reagan, told Fox News.

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: LouD, 10/25/2012 12:32:14 PM     (No. 8961084)

Where's this buck gonna stop?


Reply 2 - Posted by: Redneck In NY, 10/25/2012 12:34:57 PM     (No. 8961093)

Ah, I wondered when this pathetic administration was gonna try the "military couldn't respond fast enough" blame game.

We have resources in North Africa, Egypt, Italy, Spain, Germany, and a few other places that most people don't know about. I plane full of troops could have been on the ground in 2 hours IF the O would have given the order....but, we all know how that turned out.


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: frodo, 10/25/2012 12:35:12 PM     (No. 8961095)

This is admittedly pure speculation:
Ambassador Stevens was engaged in a secret operation to secure Kadafi weapons and ship them to Turkey, to then be transferred to rebel forces in Syria. The WH fear was that the attackers in Benghazi had acquired weapons stored in the warehouses at the compound, weapons that dramatically tilted the fighting field against a rescue team.
In this scenario, the attack may well have been sponsored by Iran and/or Syria.
Due to the delicate political nature of this and legitimate security concerns, Romney would be hesitant in a debate to challenge Obama in the debate on Benghazi.


Reply 4 - Posted by: bighambone, 10/25/2012 12:49:56 PM     (No. 8961146)

Unfortunately the US military, while deployed in the region, is not like a fire department, and cannot respond to an attack in a foreign city within minutes or so in a manner that would have saved the Americans at the Consulate in Benghazi.

The question that should be pursued is why adequate armed security forces were not made available to the ambassador and the consulate before the attack, as everybody knew that Benghazi was a very dangerous place loaded with Islamist militias who could turn on Americans at anytime.


Reply 5 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter, 10/25/2012 12:57:40 PM     (No. 8961172)

Two Navy destroyers already in the Mediterranean Sea were moved off the coast of Libya on the day of the attack but were never used.

Nor could they be. Destroyers are designed to shoot down ballistic missiles and aircraft, destroy submarines (those are ships that go underwater, for you dems), and conduct strike warfare - but even Tomahawks were of no value in that scenario. The administration needs to admit it - we got caught with our guard down in the middle of hostile territory.


Reply 6 - Posted by: happy conservative, 10/25/2012 1:12:05 PM     (No. 8961204)

So, first it's the video, then the security departments, then Hillary/State, and now the regime is blaming the military. This is a sick and sickening group of folks.

Washington DC needs to be fumigated!



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