Panetta: We didn?t defend consulate under attack because of a lack of intel

[The Seer]

This is not the American way.
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On March 9, 1969 we lost contact with a patrol in RVN. All that was known was;
1 There was both AK-47 and M-16 fire
2 We had no radio contact
3 There was a good chance every man was dead but there was a chance the radio was hit and there might be surviors holding out.

This was our Standard Operating Procedure.

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It was decided that we would carry light packs and go in as fast as we could only knowing this. Sadly, all men were dead, but at least we tried. I cannot stand that the Delta force was ordered to not go in without more intel. It was known that the Ambassator wanted support.



US military leaders ruled out sending in forces during the attack on an American consulate in Libya last month because of a lack of reliable intelligence, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday.

Although forces were on alert and ready to launch an operation if needed, the US military commander for Africa, General Carter Ham, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, and Panetta all decided against any intervention as they had no clear picture of events unfolding in Benghazi, he said.

?There?s a basic principle here, and the basic principle is that you don?t deploy forces into harm?s way without knowing what?s going on, without having some real-time information about what?s taking place,? Panetta told a news conference.

from http://hotair.com/archives/2012/10/...late-under-attack-because-of-a-lack-of-intel/

 

[Balco]

Re: Panetta: We didn?t defend consulate under attack because of a lack of intel

We all know this is BS! They watch it unfold in realtime.

 

[Balco]

Re: Panetta: We didn?t defend consulate under attack because of a lack of intel

They reduced security prior and only call in a hand full of Marines after. Why should this current be reelected:hung:hung:hung:hung:hung:hung:hung especially after this BS!

 

[hangemhigh]

Re: Panetta: We didn?t defend consulate under attack because of a lack of intel

We all know this is BS! They watch it unfold in realtime.

exactly. they knew what was happening and what was not from the "get-go"....this is treason, pure and simple....we can't just let this pass.


:hung

 

[The Seer]

Re: Panetta: We didn?t defend consulate under attack because of a lack of intel

There will be the drone's overhead video in real time that will come out sometime. At least one media source has an internal memo from at least the SecDef. SecDef cannot tell a froce to stand down without POTUS giving the order. This may come out before the election.

One of the men turned on his laser to "pant" the target for a bomb or missle drop. Anyone who has seen the movie "clear and present danger" knows that a laser has two ends and you do not paint the target until there is a plane overhead as the mortarmen gettng painted can follow the laser back to the sender which they did, killing him.