First, Aid The Living -- Bing West, Michael Yon Online
A U.S. ambassador is missing and his diplomatic team is desperately fighting off terrorist attacks. Our commander-in-chief and his national-security team in Washington are listening to the phone calls from the Americans under attack and watching real-time video from a drone circling overhead. Yet the U.S. military sends no aid. Why?
On September 11, at about 10 p.m. Libyan time (4 p.m. in Washington), Ambassador Chris Stevens and a small staff were inside our consulate in Benghazi when terrorists attacked. The consulate staff immediately contacted Washington and our embassy in Tripoli. The White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, and numerous military headquarters monitored the entire battle in real time via the phone calls from Benghazi and video from a drone overhead.
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My Comment: Bing West raises some excellent questions .... questions that many Americans are also asking .... but .... I know will never be answered by this White House. Here is my prediction .... if President Obama does lose this election .... future historians will point to the economy as one reason, but the administration's response (during and after) of the U.S. consulate Benghazi attack as the other. If there is one thing that I know about Americans, they will complain but tolerate political leaders and their agendas even if they did not vote for them .... but .... if there is ever a perception that protecting Americans from a foreign attack has not become a priority .... and worse .... fail to respond and/or explain truthfully to the American public on what is/has happened .... there is going to be hell to pay at election time. I know that President Obama must feel deep sorrow for the loss of these 4 Americans, and I know that he deeply cares about Americans who are serving abroad .... but his optics and message on this incident have been terrible .... and it is going to cost him come election time.
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