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In reply to the discussion: Diplomat claims US forces told to stand down in Benghazi [View all]Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)23. No, the timeline does not prove your point.
The "stand down" the wingnuts are now talking about is of people to board the plane preparing at 6:05 am. That could not have helped either the initial attack or the attack at the annex.
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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