Another RW Lie about Benghazi is Exposed

[Synthaholic]

Former U.S. commander in Libya disputes diplomat on Benghazi



WASHINGTON — The former commander of a four-member Army special forces unit in Tripoli, Libya, denied on Wednesday that he was told to stand down during last year’s deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi.


In a closed-door session with the House Armed Services Committee, Lt. Col. S.E. Gibson said his commanders told him to remain in the Libyan capital of Tripoli to defend Americans in the event of additional attacks and to help survivors being evacuated from Benghazi.


“Contrary to news reports, Gibson was not ordered to ‘stand down’ by higher command authorities in response to his understandable desire to lead a group of three other special forces soldiers to Benghazi,” the Republican-led committee said in a summary of its classified briefing with military officials, including Gibson.

 

[Synthaholic]

So, what should be the consequences for the person who started this lie?

 

[healthmyths]

Former U.S. commander in Libya disputes diplomat on Benghazi



WASHINGTON — The former commander of a four-member Army special forces unit in Tripoli, Libya, denied on Wednesday that he was told to stand down during last year’s deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi.


In a closed-door session with the House Armed Services Committee, Lt. Col. S.E. Gibson said his commanders told him to remain in the Libyan capital of Tripoli to defend Americans in the event of additional attacks and to help survivors being evacuated from Benghazi.


“Contrary to news reports, Gibson was not ordered to ‘stand down’ by higher command authorities in response to his understandable desire to lead a group of three other special forces soldiers to Benghazi,” the Republican-led committee said in a summary of its classified briefing with military officials, including Gibson.

So if he was NOT told to STAND DOWN, then why wasn't there a rescue attempt?

They were told not to board the flight, so they missed it," Hicks said. Pressed on why, he said, "I guess they just didn't have the right authority from the right level."
Earlier this month, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Congress there was never a stand-down order.
They weren't told to stand down. A 'stand down' means don't do anything," he said.
"They were told that the mission they were asked to perform was not in Benghazi, but was at Tripoli airport."
Former US commander in Libya denies Army unit told to stand down during Benghazi attack | neurope.eu


OK... So they weren't told to "STAND DOWN" but were told their mission was not in Benghazi where Americans were being killed???
REALLY???? They were NOT to do anything about Benghazi for what reason???

Sounds like there is still a question WHY would this rescue team be told their mission was not in Benghazi when the people in Benghazi were BEGGING FOR HELP???
Who told the rescue team their mission was NOT IN BENGHAZI???

 

[g5000]

Former U.S. commander in Libya disputes diplomat on Benghazi



WASHINGTON — The former commander of a four-member Army special forces unit in Tripoli, Libya, denied on Wednesday that he was told to stand down during last year’s deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi.


In a closed-door session with the House Armed Services Committee, Lt. Col. S.E. Gibson said his commanders told him to remain in the Libyan capital of Tripoli to defend Americans in the event of additional attacks and to help survivors being evacuated from Benghazi.


“Contrary to news reports, Gibson was not ordered to ‘stand down’ by higher command authorities in response to his understandable desire to lead a group of three other special forces soldiers to Benghazi,” the Republican-led committee said in a summary of its classified briefing with military officials, including Gibson.

So if he was NOT told to STAND DOWN, then why wasn't there a rescue attempt?

Two of the four people killed were rescuers.

The attack on the consulate was over in minutes. The CIA annex sent a rescue team as soon as they received word of the attack. They went to the consulate and picked up the dead, wounded, and survivors. None of the purported "Benghazi survivors" who have testified were actually at Benghazi.

The ambassador and a computer tech were killed in this first attack.

Additional rescuers arrived at the CIA annex after the initial rescue of the consulate. Two of these men were later killed in the second attack seven hours later.

So to say there was no rescue attempt is to have drank a lot of piss and not actually bothered to find out the facts.

They were told not to board the flight, so they missed it," Hicks said. Pressed on why, he said, "I guess they just didn't have the right authority from the right level."
Earlier this month, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Congress there was never a stand-down order.
They weren't told to stand down. A 'stand down' means don't do anything," he said.
"They were told that the mission they were asked to perform was not in Benghazi, but was at Tripoli airport."
Former US commander in Libya denies Army unit told to stand down during Benghazi attack | neurope.eu


OK... So they weren't told to "STAND DOWN" but were told their mission was not in Benghazi where Americans were being killed???
REALLY???? They were NOT to do anything about Benghazi for what reason???

Sounds like there is still a question WHY would this rescue team be told their mission was not in Benghazi when the people in Benghazi were BEGGING FOR HELP???
Who told the rescue team their mission was NOT IN BENGHAZI???

As has been explained many, many times, the second rescue team was not allowed to board a LIBYAN plane because permission to do so had not yet been received from the Libyan authorities. A State Department official busted his ass trying to get that permission, but he was not able to get it before the plane departed.

The rescue team was then placed on another plane and sent to Benghazi. They arrived after the second attack. The second attack occurred at the CIA annex, about seven hours after the first one at the consulate.

So...again, to say there was no rescue attempt is to regurgitate a lot of piss.

Another special forces team was kept in Tripoli to protect our people there. This was a common sense decision.

The "stand down order" is a fiction invented by Fox News.

 

[Missourian]

That's how this sounds to me also...a matter of semantics.

The specific phrase "stand down" may not have been used, but the outcome remains the same...they were prepared to go to Benghazi and were ordered to do something else instead.

 

[Missourian]

"Just after midnight, an attack on the CIA annex began, which included machine gun, rocket and mortar fire. The CIA defenses held off the attack until the morning of September 12.[20]"


That's 7 hours of fending off the attacks, waiting for backup to arrive.

A long time.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Benghazi_attack#cite_note-benghazi_defin_report-20

 

[Avatar4321]

Over in minutes? Then what about the drones watching for hours?

 

[blackhawk]

Of course none of this changes the fact security was inadequate or the security concerns by the ambassador were not addressed and of course that the attack was not a protest gone bad as result of a video.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Synthaholic, a sucker for ANYTHING as l9ng as it makes the "right" look bad, truth be damned and opinions be praised.

 

[Missourian]

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As has been explained many, many times, the second rescue team was not allowed to board a LIBYAN plane because permission to do so had not yet been received from the Libyan authorities. A State Department official busted his ass trying to get that permission, but he was not able to get it before the plane departed.

The same news report in the OP states that "The Libyan military agreed to transport additional personnel as reinforcements to Benghazi on its cargo plane, but Hicks complained the special forces were told not to make the trip."

 

[whitehall]

We know the order to "stand down" was given. It's interesting that nobody on the left objects that confidential information from a "closed door classified briefing" was released. Maybe the Obama people only release selected data from closed door meetings to specified left wing bloglodites.

 

[Black_Label]

Synthaholic, a sucker for ANYTHING as l9ng as it makes the "right" look bad, truth be damned and opinions be praised.

Hilarious coming from someone that laps up the radical right wing propaganda like a useful sheep,...

 

[g5000]

Over in minutes? Then what about the drones watching for hours?

The drones were not watching an attack. Nor was Obama watching through the eyes of a drone, which is another lie which was rampant before the election.

 

[PixieStix]

Synthaholic, a sucker for ANYTHING as l9ng as it makes the "right" look bad, truth be damned and opinions be praised.

It is the reason we have the government we do, Because there are many more suckers where synth comes from

 

[Mad Scientist]

Over in minutes? Then what about the drones watching for hours?

The drones were not watching an attack. Nor was Obama watching through the eyes of a drone, which is another lie which was rampant before the election.

Can you believe how much RWers lie about something that is so easily debunked?

US had drones flying over Benghazi as the consulate was being attacked - NYPOST.com

Drone operator who flew over Benghazi attack: ?I knew they were lying when they blamed a protest? » The Right Scoop -

 

[francoHFW]

7 straight hours of attacks of attacks my azz- the mission took RPG's, then hours later the CIA base took 3 mortars. End of story. A few men weren't going to make any difference, and the LIBYANS wouldn't let them go. The GOP version is total BS.

Impeach Issa. 12 giant piles of Pubcrappe in a row.

 

[Missourian]

Over in minutes? Then what about the drones watching for hours?

The drones were not watching an attack. Nor was Obama watching through the eyes of a drone, which is another lie which was rampant before the election.

What you know ain't so.

The Pentagon ordered an unmanned aerial vehicle that was in the air conducting surveillance on militant camps to fly over Benghazi. The drone arrived at 11:10 pm local time (5:10 pm Eastern Time) and began providing a video feed to Washington.


2012 Benghazi attack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Two and a half hours after the attack began, an unarmed predator drone was diverted from a surveillance mission over another part of Libya to the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.



That, plus a second unarmed drone dispatched four hours and 15 minutes later, were the only U.S. military forces sent to the scene of the attack.

Military response to Benghazi attack questioned - CBS News


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[Synthaholic]

Synthaholic, a sucker for ANYTHING as l9ng as it makes the "right" look bad, truth be damned and opinions be praised.

Hilarious coming from someone that laps up the radical right wing propaganda like a useful sheep,...

Grampa is useful?

 

[Missourian]

7 straight hours of attacks of attacks my azz- the mission took RPG's, then hours later the CIA base took 3 mortars. End of story. A few men weren't going to make any difference, and the LIBYANS wouldn't let them go. The GOP version is total BS.

Impeach Issa. 12 giant piles of Pubcrappe in a row.

Reading for comprehension is not your forte.

The attack on the CIA annex started at 11:46pm...the mortar attack came at 5:15am.

Do you think they believed help was on the way for those five and a half hours?

I do.

 

[Antares]

Former U.S. commander in Libya disputes diplomat on Benghazi



WASHINGTON — The former commander of a four-member Army special forces unit in Tripoli, Libya, denied on Wednesday that he was told to stand down during last year’s deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi.


In a closed-door session with the House Armed Services Committee, Lt. Col. S.E. Gibson said his commanders told him to remain in the Libyan capital of Tripoli to defend Americans in the event of additional attacks and to help survivors being evacuated from Benghazi.


“Contrary to news reports, Gibson was not ordered to ‘stand down’ by higher command authorities in response to his understandable desire to lead a group of three other special forces soldiers to Benghazi,” the Republican-led committee said in a summary of its classified briefing with military officials, including Gibson.

So if he was NOT told to STAND DOWN, then why wasn't there a rescue attempt?

Two of the four people killed were rescuers.

The attack on the consulate was over in minutes. The CIA annex sent a rescue team as soon as they received word of the attack. They went to the consulate and picked up the dead, wounded, and survivors. None of the purported "Benghazi survivors" who have testified were actually at Benghazi.

The ambassador and a computer tech were killed in this first attack.

Additional rescuers arrived at the CIA annex after the initial rescue of the consulate. Two of these men were later killed in the second attack seven hours later.

So to say there was no rescue attempt is to have drank a lot of piss and not actually bothered to find out the facts.

They were told not to board the flight, so they missed it," Hicks said. Pressed on why, he said, "I guess they just didn't have the right authority from the right level."
Earlier this month, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Congress there was never a stand-down order.
They weren't told to stand down. A 'stand down' means don't do anything," he said.
"They were told that the mission they were asked to perform was not in Benghazi, but was at Tripoli airport."
Former US commander in Libya denies Army unit told to stand down during Benghazi attack | neurope.eu


OK... So they weren't told to "STAND DOWN" but were told their mission was not in Benghazi where Americans were being killed???
REALLY???? They were NOT to do anything about Benghazi for what reason???

Sounds like there is still a question WHY would this rescue team be told their mission was not in Benghazi when the people in Benghazi were BEGGING FOR HELP???
Who told the rescue team their mission was NOT IN BENGHAZI???

As has been explained many, many times, the second rescue team was not allowed to board a LIBYAN plane because permission to do so had not yet been received from the Libyan authorities. A State Department official busted his ass trying to get that permission, but he was not able to get it before the plane departed.

The rescue team was then placed on another plane and sent to Benghazi. They arrived after the second attack. The second attack occurred at the CIA annex, about seven hours after the first one at the consulate.

So...again, to say there was no rescue attempt is to regurgitate a lot of piss.

Another special forces team was kept in Tripoli to protect our people there. This was a common sense decision.

The "stand down order" is a fiction invented by Fox News.

Stupid fuck, the two that died were already in Benghazi and decided to help on their own, god what a piece of shit you are.

Swallow all that Bammy Jizz g.