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Originally Posted by spence
My understanding is that the FAST teams in Spain have to equip for the mission, that does take time. The special ops in Croatia can't just fly straight there. Both have to move to staging locations.
Also, I can't believe you'd just blindly fly in guns blazing. Without proper support the risk would be too high.
Ultimately though, I'll trust the opinion of our Military over a bunch of internet conspirators any day of the week.
I think he spoke a bit too freely up front, then when asked specifically he walked backwards. There's a big difference between "we could have done more" and "I wish we could have done more."
All I know is that the men on the ground were interview by Congress behind closed doors. The CIA doesn't have to reveal everything they were doing in Benghazi to the open public, but if there's a Constitutional issue you can bet the House wouldn't let it slide.
Nothing happened.
The Mullen investigation looked at this specifically and found the problems mostly systemic in nature. There were several people identified as key parts of the problem who were moved out of that role, I don't believe they were fired, but with systemic issues it can be difficult to assign blame to one person.
-spence
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"The special ops in Croatia can't just fly straight there. Both have to move to staging locations."
I don't know if that's true. I mean, they couldn't drop right in front of the annex, but they could have been really, really close by. Were they? I don't know. But they absolutely should have been. A quick reaction team (FAST team) is supopsed to go from where they are, to the trouble spot, very quickly.
"I can't believe you'd just blindly fly in guns blazing"
I didn't say that. But if you don't have troops in the immediate vicinity (closest safe spot), you can't do anything. So I could just as easily say, "I can't believe Obama would leave those 4 Americans to die alone."
You don't necessarily go in guns blazing. But you don't always have hours to plan, either. You can't treat every operation as if it's the Normandy invasion.
Watch the movie, or read the book, Lone Survivor. 4 man seal team comes under attack, they radio for help, a helicopter is in the air within a few minutes. They didn't take days formulating a plan, going over maps, discussing logistics. Sometimes you have to react quickly. That's why we have special forces.
"I'll trust the opinion of our Military "
I'll also tryst them over an elected politician. Do you trust the guy who said we should have done more?
"I think he spoke a bit too freely up front, then when asked specifically he walked backwards"
In other words, you don't like what he said, so you dismiss it. I thought you just said you trust him?
"the men on the ground were interview by Congress behind closed doors."
Watch the 3 minute video I posted here. Trey Gowdy specifically said he didn't have access to witnesses. If he's lying, impeach him. If he's telling the truth, then clearly we need the hearings. Fair enough?
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