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Originally Posted by buckman
Spence let me tell you what's clear and not "conflicted " by the misinformation provided by the most transparent administration ever
The Red Cross pulled our
The British pulled out
Stevens and others were begging for help even as the 7 hour preplanned organized assault took place
Critical reports went out in real time as it happened to everyone!!! Including the situation room in the Whitehouse
He let Americans die and now he and you are covering it up and excepting 0 responsibility
I'm angry and ashamed this happened
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Well, there's additional information that's important.
The head of Libyan security testified that there was actually one more diplomatic security agent on site in Benghazi than was requested in July and that the "vast majority" of his resource requests were "considered seriously and fastidiously by (Diplomatic Security) and the department."
What's happened here is that Rep. Issa released only the information from the investigation to hurt Obama and not to paint a full picture.
As for an immediate response, I'm not sure there's a lot they could have done without a military presence nearby which they didn't have. I don't doubt for a second if they thought aircraft from Italy could have saved lives they wouldn't have sent them. There's also the cost tradeoff, putting American military into a foreign country would have meant there was a reasonable option on the table.
You're right in stating that the information went out to everyone which is the protocol in such an emergency. Given we both agree on this, don't you think we'd have already seen some active duty military officials resigning or at least speaking out had there been an easy solution?
-spence