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Originally Posted by spence
The drone was already in the area performing surveillance.
The 2014 House investigation did look into this and found no assets that could have helped. It's not just flight time, for instance the F-16's in Aviano that JohnR mentioned were configured for training and not combat. There were no C130's nearby.
There are also logistical considerations like tankers to refuel, AWACS, search and rescue etc...
I just think it's pretty absurd that in this whole Clinton hate fest people would discount we had a lot of very smart and dedicated American's trying like hell to sort this out.
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"The drone was already in the area performing surveillance."
according to the book, a drone showed up ove rth ebattle, after the former SEALs asked for it. We have sent assets to the rescue with less than that.
"The 2014 House investigation did look into this and found no assets that could have helped"
Which means what, exactly? If there were 8 guys that could have been flown in (like Glen Doherty did), that could have made ALL the difference.
"pretty absurd that in this whole Clinton hate fest "
When she keeps flip-flopping about the video, she deserves an avalance of criticism.
If there were no assets within a 12-hour flight time, that generates a new line of very fair criticism...why the hell wasn't there anything within a 12 hour flight radius of a well-known hotspot? Has anyone asked that? Whose job is it, to make sure that we don't send people into harm's way with no possible means of support, and why hasn't that person been publicly fired for this?
A 12 hour flight time represents a huge chunk of the planet. If ther ewa snothing in that radius to help these people, that's almost as bad as if there were assets that were never sent.
I can't fathom the reluctance to be outraged. That has zip to do with politics.
And again, her behavior in the aftermath, was revolting.