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House Republicans have continued to deprioritize the security forces protecting State Department personnel around the world. In fiscal year 2011, lawmakers shaved $128 million off of the administration's request for embassy security funding. House Republicans drained off even more funds in fiscal year 2012 -- cutting back on the department's request by $331 million.
Hillary Clinton should be tried in a criminal court and disqualified from running for president in 2016
Originally posted by 48e18
Originally posted by peter_kandra
reply to post by 48e18
How many of those other incidents killed embassy personnel, rather than local police/security?
I think the real issue here though is the probable cover-up the administration engaged in.
Research---Blind Sheikh--answers may lie there
What did they cover up or attempt to cover up?
I've never understood the cries of cover up, because no one ever says what they suspect they are covering up.
Originally posted by 48e18
reply to post by suz62
Hillary Clinton should be tried in a criminal court and disqualified from running for president in 2016
And there we have it, the real reason behind the fake outrage.
The initial fake Benghazi outrage was an attempt to sway the election...that failed in epic proportions.
Now the Republicans are scared out of their mind about Hilary, so it is time to start up the fear mongering machine once more and use the deaths of these 4 Americans in an attempt to push their agenda.
Originally posted by Indigo5
SO...Give me a question about Behngazi that you think the gov. has refused to answer?
Originally posted by redtic
If you didn't happen to see it last night, Jon Stewart sums it up succinctly, as usual:
www.thedailyshow.com...
www.thedailyshow.com...
(Wish I could embed those..)
Originally posted by 48e18
Originally posted by jjkenobi
Typical liberal logic. None of those reported incidents could have been prevented if the administration at the time had ordered military intervention. A car bomb explodes - the event is over. It wasn't like Al-Qada was actively storming and attacking the embassy, which is EXACTLY what was happening when Obama went back to sleep and Hillary ordered a stand down TWICE in Benghazi.
First of all, many of those attacks I listed were not just a simple car bomb...but they were actual raids by men with guns and rockets. So yes...militants were actively storming embassies and consulates. So any more excuses?
Second of all, the drone didn't get there until 90+ minutes after the attack started (and was over)...so they watched nothing...they watched a burning building with no active fight going on. You seem to be confused about the timeline.
www.cnn.com...
1. Ok, why did you, the gov't, deny the security requests to the "embassy" when they requested it after being attacked by the same terrorists who attack them on September 11, 2012?
2. Why did you LIE and tell the world it was Libyan Muslim protesters who attack the compound that day when you clearly knew for a FACT it was terrorists?
Originally posted by 48e18
I love that we have so many mind readers here on ATS that they KNOW exactly what these people knew at the time. The fact is that, as stated many times and confirmed by intel agencies, that was the initial intel...and that is what they shared. When they found out otherwise THEY CAME OUT AND SAID SO.
Hillary Clinton should be tried in a criminal court and disqualified from running for president in 2016 based on her failure to provide protection for Americans in Benghazi
You do realize your timeline of 90 minutes doesn't match your sources timeline, right?
9:42 p.m. -- Armed men begin their assault on the U.S. Consulate.
11:10 p.m. -- The surveillance drone arrives over the Benghazi facility.
The battle lasted longer than 90 minutes, your source will show you, and the drones were overheard the entire time while military and political leaders watched live via the drone and their Top Secret internet.
11:10 p.m. -- The surveillance drone arrives over the Benghazi facility.
11:30 p.m. -- All surviving U.S. personnel are evacuated from the consulate. U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and State Department computer expert Sean Smith were killed in the initial assault.
but the attack lasted all night because two ex SEALs fought bravely while waiting for back up that never came.
1:30 a.m. -- A six-man security team from the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli arrives in Benghazi.
2:39 a.m. to 2:53 a.m. -- The National Military Command Center gives formal authorization for the deployment of the two special operations force teams from Croatia and the United States.
5:15 a.m. -- Attackers launch assault on a second U.S. facility in Benghazi. Two former U.S. Navy SEALs acting as security contractors are killed. They are identified as Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty.