Was Sgt Johnson abandoned to die alone or in enemy hands?

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19. In the wake of Benghazi

Congressional Republicans obsessed over every jot and tittle of the attack, from the possibility that it was a reaction to that Florida nitwit's video dissing Mohammed, to the "talking points" Susan Rice recited in the first chaotic hours afterwards. One of the zombie rumors is the "stand down" order that never happened, which walks with the myth that some far-distant contingent of military personnel somewhere in Europe or the United States could have gotten to Benghazi in time to save everyone.

Those were the original spores from which sprang endless investigations, articles, reports, and ominous rumors. Oh, how the questions lingered and the clouds refused to dissipate. The more Republican investigators learned, the less they seemed to know, and their own maze of contradictory statements became evidence in itself of some dark cover-up.

Compare and contrast with the Niger ambush. Republicans have evinced absolutely no curiosity about what those military personnel were doing there, who was with them, why Sgt. Johnson was left behind, and why others in the area didn't do squat-ah for at least two days.