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| 2016-01-17 |
| "The Washington Post published an interview with the now-retired CIA base chief in question, a man who in that interview was adamant no such stand order was given. So are we to believe that air, land, and sea Quick Reaction Forces (QRF) and 'in extremis' forces unilaterally decided to forgo involvement ? Mitchell Zuckoff, the book's author on which the film is based, strongly disagrees. Zuckoff points out how he used direct corroborating testimony from multiple sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that night. Zuckoff says he attempted to interview the station chief but that the interview was denied -- repeatedly. More recently, the 13 Hours author has indicated any claim the stand down order was NOT given as being "not credible", a slightly kinder way of saying the former CIA station chief is lying. In Washington D.C., the Obama administration's CIA spokesperson dismissed the film as well, calling it, '...a distortion of events.' The conflicting views leads America to wonder who is telling the truth? Is it the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton, or the accounts of the men and women who were on the ground in Benghazi during the Benghazi Massacre attack?" |
| Posted by:Blossom Unains5562 |
| #6 Shrillary's CIA is all about domestic politics, pensions and CYA and nothing about America. Trump will have to clean house and then burn it to the ground. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2016-01-17 12:21 |
| #5 apparently they were painting targets for either an armed drone overhead (we know they had drones overhead) or an AC Gunship above. Neither fired |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-01-17 11:53 |
| #4 One of the operators reading and quoting Joseph Campbell, ...'the enemy within us.' Too cool ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-01-17 11:28 |
#3 Lets think about this, who is likely to be more truthful:
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| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-01-17 10:14 |
| #2 Taranto sez there were 2 "wait" commands and one "stand down". |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2016-01-17 09:49 |
| #1 The conflicting views leads America to wonder who is telling the truth? Is it the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton, or the accounts of the men and women who were on the ground in Benghazi during the Benghazi Massacre attack?" So let me see if I understand something: 1) My government would have me believe that when there was an attack on an embassy in what was basically a war zone in Libya, that neither we nor our allies had anybody who could respond. Except for a few special forces, who were told to stay out (because they were too far away to respond, I suppose). 2) Whereas when there was an attack on a stupid hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (right next to Bum-Fuc& Nowhere) that we could get forces there almost instantly. Riiiigghht . . . . |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-01-17 00:37 |