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Originally Posted by spence
if your Defense Secretary, Joint Chiefs Chairman and head of Africa Command all think it's too risky based on available information what would you do?
-spence
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The guys on the ground, the guys literally on the ground, asked for permission to go in and help, and were told to 'stand down'.
If Americans are under fire, and guys RIGHT THERE are asking to go help, and the SecDef (5 thousand miles away) says 'no', you want to know what I do? I fire Panetta, and look into bringing charges against him.
This was a group of 20 attackers. TWENTY.