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Grantuspeace

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Mon Nov 19, 2012, 10:06 AM Nov 2012

Could Obama have waved a magic wand and saved Ambassador Stevens? [View all]

Could Obama have waved his magic wand and saved Ambassador Stevens?

Recent military successes have led people to believe we have elite strike forces stationed and ready to go in every corner of the world. Never mind that Seal Team 6 practiced for weeks at a mock up of Bin Laden's hide out. They forget the "Black Hawk Down" incident. We had an aircraft carrier thousands of troops and attack helicopters and didn't get everyone out alive.

With all the arms left over from the revolution, could the bad guys have been waiting for our helicopters and strike force with the arms needed to take down helicopters? I wonder if we would be talking about 50 Americans dead if this was such a trap?

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