Two “military personnel” awarded medals for Benghazi
In the Washington Times today, Rowan Scarborough reveals that two special forces operators volunteered to make the 400 mile journey to Benghazi from Tripoli to help rescue folks at the consulate on September 11th, 2012, despite Obama Administration claims that there were no forces in the vicinity who could arrive in a timely manner to defend the consulate;
For months, administration officials have claimed no special operations forces were dispatched from outside Libya to Benghazi during the Sept. 11, 2012, al Qaeda terrorist attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission and CIA annex because none was within range.
But sources directly familiar with the attack tell The Washington Times that a unit of eight special operators — mostly Delta Force and Green Beret members — were in Tripoli the night of the attack, on a counterterrorism mission that involved capturing weapons and wanted terrorists from the streets and helping train Libyan forces.
When word of the Benghazi attack surfaced, two members of that military unit volunteered to be dispatched along with five private security contractors on a hastily arranged flight from Tripoli to rescue Americans in danger, the sources said, speaking only on the condition of anonymity because the special operations forces’ existence inside Libya was secret.
The two special operations forces arrived in time to engage in the final, ferocious firefight between the terrorists and Americans holed up in the CIA annex near the ill-fated diplomatic mission in Benghazi, the sources added.
At the time of the al Qaeda attacks, the military was setting up a terrorist-hunting unit in Tripoli that included U.S. Special Operations Command’s super-secret Delta Force and Green Berets, the sources say.
Gregory Hicks, who was deputy chief of station in Tripoli, sent the reinforcements in conjunction with the CIA. On a night when Mr. Panetta decided he did not have enough information to commit troops, Mr. Hicks decided he did.
It looks like the administration’s whole story is falling apart. Must be one of those non-scandals.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Military issues
So, they were a deliberate sacrifice. How disgusting this Administration is.
“Volunteers”???
So no one ordered them in…they (State) just sat on their hands…
History repeats itself?
” To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication for Obamacare also known as the Affordable Health Care Act and for the attack on the embassy in Benghazi amongst other items of corruption and malfeasance during my administration, would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation and continuing to cripple the economy here at home.
Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Biden will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office.
/shudders…lose lose situation?
Don’t hold your breath, ChipNASA. Nixon may have been an deceitful, mendacious bastard – but he did put the nation’s welfare before his own.
@4 Hondo,
Oh I hold no fantasies about it actually happening but one can dream can’t they?
We have had some lying rat bastards in office for most of our existence in this country. After all, we, as a country, have always represented the best and the worst of human nature, sometimes simultaneously. We have NEVER had such a display of arrogant narcissism not just tolerated but celebrated as if it is SOP. The sadness for us all is that it is not a single individual who is rotten to the core but an entire administration full of rot.
Benghazi represents a lot of things to us, but the worst is the blatant sell-out of everything for which we once stood proudly. And the oaths which we all took, including those who sold us out.
You did hear it from me once before, and I will say it again … Tier 1 Teams can be and most often operate in a joint environment!
A Navy Cross was awarded … I have it on pretty good authority a Sailor WAS awarded the NAVY CROSS!
But what the hell and who do I know?
There aren’t enough nasty words in the dictionary to describe what I think of bodaprez and his scumbags. How much more damage can they do? Do they even acknowledge much that clown’s ‘admiration’ rating has fallen since January?
Nixon was bad. He was really, really bad. But he at least gave a damn about this country. So did Carter (incompetent) and so did Johnson (DGMS). I going to whine and say ‘When is the REAL president coming back?’
I’m sure they don’t think Benghazi is really all that important any more. Do you know how a sinkhole starts? With a dimple in the ground or the pavement.
@5, Chip I will be blunt: At this point, I don’t think Crazy Uncle Joe could be any worse.
NR Pax: that might be entertaining, too – particularly if/when his “hot mess” of a niece comes to visit.
http://nypost.com/2013/10/30/bidens-niece-to-cops-you-dont-know-who-youre-doing-this-to/
To quote the presumptive 2016 Dem nominee, “What does it matter now?”
I’ll tell you what it matters, you incompetent lying sacks of bovine excrement–you left good people out to die and you did fuck all about it, and then you’ve spent the last 14 months trying to cover your ass on it.
Unquoted source: “DSC and NC were awarded to the men who made it there on their own accord and took the fight to the enemy when no one else would.”
Eight Operators went to Bengazi,,, Now that is public knowledge I am sure we will meet hundreds of them in local bars.
@6: Yeah, it means nothing that these rotten bastards stood in front of the families of these men and lied their fucking asses off and then, I’m sure, Obama went golfing while Hillary fell down and bumped her head. All the while the media took the administration’s explanation as gold and ran it non-stop just so the lying bastard could get reelected.
Does criminal negligence rise to the level of “high crimes”? Seems there should be some folks standing in the dock for this one, starting with Obama, Clinton, Panetta, and a few others. No? They were going to crucify Nixon for far less and many of his boys went to the jug for it. What makes these fuckers any safer?
@14 “…What makes these fuckers any safer?”
They control the media. Without the media, there isn’t sufficient coverage. Without coverage, the American people remain uninformed, and ignorant. Ignorance provides both time and cover. Voila. SAFE.
One other thing. We will hear about the conversation in the cockpit.
“Listen hear scuttle fu@k, I did not ask you if you could take me to Benghazi … I am telling you … You are taking me there and we are leaving now!”
If there was a 9 mm involved in the discussion that will make this story even better.
So; does this rise to the level of “high crimes”? I’m just asking, because they were going to crucify Nixon for much, much less. As I recall; several of his boys went to the jug, too, so we should be seeing Obama, Clinton, Panetta, and others standing in the dock PDQ.
The lying bastards stood in front of the families of the fallen and lied through their fucking teeth. They lied to the American people, and they dishonored their offices just to get reelected. It is and was all about politics and expedience. Fucking gutless lying bastards, the lot of them!!
I hope they all never get a night’s rest for the rest of their miserable lives.
#14 was me. I wasn’t able to get an update, so I didn’t know it went through. That’s ok, I have enough anger for 2 posts.
@17/18. I’ll pick it up if you tire. If not, we can both be pissed off together. I have been, like more than a few here, following Benghazi since September 11, 2012 and the truth is not yet out. The basatyrds are still p[laying hide-the-witnesses game, becuase the matter is an OFFICIAL investigation and any testimony now might jeopardize the witness testimony at the F’n trial of the F’n bastards who will not be caught b/c obam,a and co. don’t really want them. Thus, no price on their heads.
The enemies within are not now even making any effort to hide their utter contempt for the US Constitution, this country, and all of our citizens.
@ 20. Agreed.
@17 – Unfortunately, we don’t have enough members of Congress with a spine or enough integrity to impeach Obama.
If all is true. And the record shows that these awards are on the books. My assessment is simple: Sen Mil Commanders (no civilians involved) signed off on awards to set the record straight … That the State Dept did not have a handle on the SIT and the WH was not AWARE. The decision to go was in my estimation was made by the experienced missionm commander (in Tripoli) who knew doing the right thing while hearing calls for help is easier than asking for permission for the fourth time. No forgiveness required. The answers to this story will be held close ’till the 2014 and 2016 elections. There is one PAC that has been highlighted several times, I am certain, is working this issue hard.
But what the monkey wrench do I know?
SpecialOperationsSpeaks has been banging the drum for a select special committee, one WITH subpoena powers and clearance. Call your congress critters and ask them if they’ve signed the discharge petition. Remember, it takes 1 House Speaker Boehner, or 218 congressmen.
With the compliant and fawning media, Obozo could fornicate a sheep on the white house lawn and they would all report that the prez is a gentle and gracious animal lover that we should all aspire to be.