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In reply to the discussion: Diplomat claims US forces told to stand down in Benghazi [View all]blm
(114,720 posts)13. Are YOU reading all of the reports?
The way this is reading is wing nut exaggeration, offering interpretations to fit a preferred scenario instead of sticking strictly to facts exactly as occurred at the time.
I am no Hillary fan, but, there is no way on earth she would have been lax in this regard as it goes completely against her hawkish nature and her entire future plans for a center-right run for president. She LIKES the tougher than thou advantage for campaign politics. She would have liked nothing more than to get with Panetta and pull off a rescue mission IF it could have been pulled off as the RWers like to claim.
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Old news - the victims were already dead and the murderers gone by then. There was no 'rescue'
blm
May 2013
#2
Yeah, we want the thorough answering of questions just like Bush did for 9-11, right?
blm
May 2013
#36
BLM may be right - the 2 Seals who died the next morning were not at the consulate,
karynnj
May 2013
#34
Rescue attempt may itself have turned into a clusterfuck. Relying on the Libyan military?
TwilightGardener
May 2013
#22
How? He's a Republican hack who wasn't part of the WH/State/CIA/Pentagon deliberations nt
geek tragedy
May 2013
#29
Unless they were flying there in a DeLorean, once again Benghazi Truthers got nothing. n/t
Bolo Boffin
May 2013
#30