I’m sure it looked great on his Xbox.
Ohhh! Ohhh! {waves hand in air} I know! *I know!!! *It starts with this part:
And then it goes on with the part where he makes “act of war” into a patriotic requirement:
I get extra credit, right?!?!
Your post is utter nonsense. Jets strafing a friendly city in the hope of killing an unknown number of militants isn’t an intelligent plan. It’s a stupid plan.
Do you think the the US military should do stupid things, just so you have fodder to complain about a politician you don’t like?
I’m not a gamer, but is there a Star Wars game where you could practice on womp rats?
Not able to heed your own advice, I see:
No, they didn’t. They sent people to evacuate Tripoli. No special forces were sent to directly to Benghazi which is where the attack occurred.
Because by the time they arrived in Europe (or, in the case of the FAST platoon, arrived in Tripoli, or in the case of the team in Croatia, arrived at their staging base), everyone had been evacuated. Why would they be sent into Benghazi when there was no one there to rescue?
When the teams were being readied and shipped out, it was unknown whether they would be needed for a rescue mission. What you seemingly are advocating was done: four separate teams were organized and transported, even though it wasn’t clear if they’d be able to have any impact on the events. One made it in time to assist, the others didn’t.
Feel free to criticize the positioning of forces, as the Senate Intelligence Committee report did - the nearest combat aircraft were in Italy, unarmed, and refueling aircraft were another 10 hours away in Great Britain, leaving the F16s out of combat range; special forces were on a training mission in Croatia, the FAST platoon was in Spain, etc. But, those forces were sent to assist, they simply (save for the 4-man team in Tripoli) arrived too late to assist, because of said positioning.
ETA: See the timeline: the last Americans left Benghazi at 4:00 am, the FAST platoon arrived at 2:56 pm.
“Buzzing the tower” as a strategy is actually from Top Gun and the Eighties, not Xbox. People had a much higher tolerance for stupid shit back then. Disco is my cite.
Yep. Rogue Squadron II.
Also, maybe one of the Rebel Assault games.
There were CIA people ready to go when this started:
Westmoreland said the CIA security contractors loaded into two vehicles, with weapons ready, the moment they heard the radio call for help from the diplomatic building. Some of the contractors wanted to rush to the U.S. compound roughly a mile away, and their agitation grew as they heard increasing panic when the diplomats reported the militants were setting the compound on fire.
As to the use of aircraft to attack this was considered and turned down supposedly because of availability:
One of the contractors testified that he shouted repeatedly over the agency’s radio system to his CIA security boss that they should request combat aircraft to help. But the security chief explained to lawmakers that he ignored his subordinate’s demands, because he said he knew that no combat aircraft were available for such a mission, Westmoreland said.
The only thing I can even begin to do to rebut your VERY selective quoting is to tell people to read the article that you (badly) linked. Because it doesn’t lay blame for anything that happened that night on the White House or State. The article is talking about confusion among CIA people actually AT Benghazi, not an order to stand down.
If only they’d gotten there sooner, they could have put out the fire. With bullets.
They were a mile away.
And? They were a bunch of CIA guys with small arms. They were supposed to do what?
Why don’t you say what you’re implying: that they didn’t go to the other compound? Because the article says they did.
Are you implying that they would have saved lives if they left earlier? The article says they would not have.
I guess I’m not sure why you keep bringing things up that show that there was no cavalry to call that would have saved the four lives. It’s terribly unfortunate, but we just can’t have Special Forces mount effective rescue operations anywhere in the world on 5 minutes notice.
make Hillary regret her decisions? Have a bake sale?
they waited a half hour. The time line fits a rescue. And again, you’re trying to justify a decision after the fact.
Read what the people testified: getting there earlier wouldn’t have saved Stevens’ life. That’s their own conclusion, apparently. Who are you to contradict what they said? First you’re an armchair general throwing A-teams out of planes on parachutes into the middle of hostile cities; now you’re an armchair CIA security contractor who knows better than the people who were actually on the ground?
You’ve got the biggest pair of huevos I’ve ever seen on a Monday-morning quarterback.
you just got done saying 25 minutes would have put them in the battle. they waited 30 minutes. And what they testified to is that they wanted to go but were delayed.
And cities aren’t hostile, people are. they had a drone onsite. This is a huge advantage to work with. I can’t imagine a police unit not responding to a shooting. Why would we not send people trained in combat into a combat situation? It’s what they’re trained for.
…because Hillary?