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Petraeus and Panetta Speak—
But Not the President
Weekly Standard, by William Kristol
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Posted By:StormCnter, 11/1/2012 11:21:51 AM
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| Seven weeks later, the White House still hasn't explained what President Obama did and didn't do during the seven hours of the attack on Benghazi on September 11. And there's been no response from the White House to questions asked by senators or THE WEEKLY STANDARD or David Ignatius in the Washington Post. We have, to be sure, heard from some government officials. But the information they've provided raises still more questions. CIA director David Petraeus authorized a statement pointedly saying that "No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need;
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
80coyotekate, 11/1/2012 11:36:47 AM (No. 8979621)
Trucker Observation: America was attacked on 9/11/2012 by Muslim terrorists. Obama's regime failed to protect our Libyan Ambassador. Obama is stonewalling until after the election. Voters have a right to know why the greatest military power could not defend our soldiers or Ambassador.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
JudithC, 11/1/2012 11:50:56 AM (No. 8979672)
I am so disappointed and hurt by General Patreus. He's a man I admired and even thought might be a candidate for the presidency. He's become anathema and didn't, as you reported, "throw Obama under the bus," he threw those who died needlessly in Benghazi under the bus as he turned his back, went to bed, and now is scrambling to justify what he didn't do. This man holds the rank of general in the U.S. Army and he has forever shamed himself and should be stripped of his rank. It is my sincere hope that he's tried right along with Hillary, Panetta, and the coward in chief.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
PoliticalJunky, 11/1/2012 11:51:50 AM (No. 8979675)
Panetta says he and two generals decided they could not put anyone in harms way without knowing more about conditions there.
If two men could hold off a mob for seven hours, killing 60 of them, why could we not go in with impunity even with a small force? Who was going to stop us? The idea that we didn't want to violate Libyan air space is ludicrous. We are not talking about Russia here whose air space would be a problem to get into.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Malia2012, 11/1/2012 12:06:25 PM (No. 8979734)
Amen #2. The Ben Ghazi travesty has opened a lot of eyes and personally it makes me sick at heart to have ever thought Petraeus had the integrity or character to run for President. He has become no more than another minion in the corrupt-obama-administration. He has not been seen since he got the symbolic-appointment of CIA Director, he just stays out of the way.. Shame on him.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
krause, 11/1/2012 12:06:38 PM (No. 8979735)
Question Valarie Jarrett.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
suziesuburbanite, 11/1/2012 12:26:06 PM (No. 8979810)
The 3,476,336 item to be resolved AFTER the election
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
GO3, 11/1/2012 12:27:54 PM (No. 8979818)
#s 2 and 4, don't slam a guy who is not in the chain of command. Petraeus heads the CIA and provides assessments to the decisionmakers. The POTUS and the SecDef are the national command authority. Their primary military advisor is the CJCS. The NCA commands through the Combatant Commanders - in this case Gen. Ham.
I have not agreed with a lot of what Petraeus has done as Cdr, CENTCOM, but his statement as CIA head concerning Benghazi is spot on. He doesn't command forces anymore, and criticism of him on this board is unwarranted and frankly, way over the top.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
miceal, 11/1/2012 12:32:17 PM (No. 8979830)
I'll withhold my comments on Petraeus for the time being, but Panetta looked into the camera, with that effete little twirp posing as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs by his side, and lied to We the People. I hope to God he is called to task after Mitt Romney is sworn in.....
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
LouD, 11/1/2012 12:52:28 PM (No. 8979891)
If no one in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need, then why didn't they? The CIA has the ability to respond to attacks like that, or send in help. Again, why didn't they? Someone must have given the order to stand down, so who was it? Petraeus should know, or someone else with the authority to deny help. I am so disgusted with this regime in DC that words fail me. Why would anyone want to join the services if they would be abandoned like that?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Malia2012, 11/1/2012 1:00:58 PM (No. 8979910)
Sorry for 2nd post, but I believe this Site is for people to give their personal opinions, didn't realize an assessment of the good General was "over the top". I guess it depends on what is posted and who posts it. Just sayin'
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
cav160, 11/1/2012 1:02:53 PM (No. 8979918)
So #7 what are you saying? Acton passed action complete? I don't think so! Did not the good General have his own people on the ground in harms way? So since he had no troops to deploy he just sat back and said not my job!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
harper, 11/1/2012 1:04:33 PM (No. 8979922)
Bat 21
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 11/1/2012 1:28:18 PM (No. 8979980)
Oh yes, #2. I hate thinking I was right about Petraeus. Many argued no, this was a stellar man. Somehow I knew he was in same league as Colin Powell. He is a disgrace but oh boy, he got that cushy job.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
GO3, 11/1/2012 7:15:40 PM (No. 8980794)
Who should Petraeus have ordered to help? We absolutely know he had assets on the ground, right? Here's a little lesson: Any forces that are not under the command of a combatant commander in a foreign country fall under the ambassador. So continue to ask Hillary! Obama et al, and don't assume a role for Petraeus out of justifiable frustration and anger.
and yes, this site is for personal opinions. I gave mine, you gave yours - fair?
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Seven hundred Military Special Operations professionals. And one insistent and very angry Mom. This is becoming a deadly combination for the political game players in the Obama Administration. Sean Smith, the young State Department computer wizard who was brutally murdered that September night in Benghazi, was Pat Smith’s only child. Let’s say that again. Sean Smith was Mrs. Smith’s only child. To listen to her recent radio interview with another Sean… Sean Hannity… is to have the heart break.
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