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In reply to the discussion: Diplomat claims US forces told to stand down in Benghazi [View all]cstanleytech
(26,231 posts)25. I am confused.
"The testimony by Gregory Hicks, who became the top U.S. diplomat in Libya when Ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed, contradicts previous testimony by Obama administration officials who said all the security assets inside the country were tapped that night. Hicks said the special forces team was ready to fly after Stevens was killed but before a second attack killed two other Americans."
How exactly does that contradict it? If they were "tapped" for something else already or were supposed to be then its not a contradiction is it? Or maybe its a simple mistake much like that "Mission Accomplished" after Bush landed on that carrier was a mistake?
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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