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Originally Posted by Ohio
Did he really sit there for 29 minutes? Seemed like forever.
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Answering a question with a question -- that is a non answer. Simple question, no dispute, he was told that he was under attack, everyone confirms that was what was told him, and yet the Secret Service sat there for 29 minutes, again no dispute about that. I don't understand that. The school was not a safe area. Being a target you wouldn't want to be at the elementary school, the collateral damage would be horrifying. Later they said they had him flying around the country to keep safe, that is reasonable. Why sit there for 29 minutes?
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Originally Posted by Ohio
Hey ZNP, do you really think it would have taken 13 hours for American troops to arrive in Benghazi to protect our Ambassador and his team?
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I think it is a major mistake to hire contract defense teams like Blackwater. If you cannot get the support of the American people then you have a problem with your policy. Second, if you need local militia from Libya to protect your embassy then that is a second major mistake.
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What do you think about the Director of the CIA differing from WH talking points which were accusing some video for the Benghazi "uprising," and then suddenly the Director of the CIA was arrested for betraying classified secrets?
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I think this is inevitable. Military personnel are trained to respond and make these decisions, going to the State Department who has hired contractors and is coordinating with local militia, these people are way out of their depth. The director of the CIA probably understands this yet is put in a very tough position of calling out his boss.
I think the proper chain of command is this: General is in charge and answers to the President. The president gives him the mission -- protect the embassy, and the general carries it out with full authority. If he fails the President deals with it, but the President does not micromanage. Let the general do his job that he has been trained to do. All the military personnel need to be marines who answer to this general, both in the compound and in the embassy. Get rid of Blackwater and get rid of local militia.
Blackhawk down is how the military would have responded, Benghazi is what happens when arrogant ignoramuses from State dept think anyone can give orders.