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Originally Posted by spence
Yes, immediately after it was over. This was public information the day after the attack.
Are you suggesting they were able to mobilize and deploy to Benghazi within hours?
A quick Google shows it's about 2000 miles line of site between Rota and Benghazi. Assuming they were on the ground and ready to go (which isn't likely) once word of attack came out you're still talking many hours of transport time and I'd assume several refueling stops. In other words they wouldn't have been there in time to do anything anyway.
Hence my earlier remark that had military troops been able to respond immediately they would have likely been sent. I still have not seen anything that indicates this was an option.
-spence
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Spence, are you denying that it was possible to get forces in there within 7 hours? Are are you assuming it wasn't possible, just because yuo don't know where are forces are. Did you try googling this?
Could U.S. military have helped during Libya attack? - CBS News
"A White House official told CBS News that a "small group of reinforcements" was sent from Tripoli to Benghazi, but declined to say how many or what time they arrived."
There. There were reinforcements in Triploi. Why weren'tthose forces ordered to assist?
"The Pentagon says it did move a team of special operators from central Europe to the large Naval Air Station in Sigonella, Italy, but gave no other details. Sigonella is just an hour's flight from Libya. Other nearby bases include Aviano and Souda Bay. Military sources tell CBS News that resources at the three bases include fighter jets and Specter AC-130 gunships"
And finally...
" the fact that the last two Americans didn't die until more than six hours into the attack, and the question of U.S. military help becomes very important."
Spence, you don't send people into harm's way, and then turn a deaf ear when they beg for their lives. I guarantee you, that if the order came to send in help, soldiers would get on the chopper without hesitation. The hesitation always, ALWAYS, is from politicians who care more about getting re-elected, than they care about saving lives.
I cannot fathom why this isn't a bigger story.
Go ahead Spence, let's hear your denial/spin.