Tuesday, January 14, 2014

The U.S. Military Was Unprepared For A 'Benghazi Style Of Attack'



The Benghazi Transcripts: US Military Woefully Unprepared For Attack, Documents Show -- FOX News

Hundreds of pages of declassified transcripts from the U.S. military's top commanders present a picture of a woefully ill-postured military force whose assets were not in a position to quickly respond to the Benghazi terror attack -- or other hot spots across Africa and the Middle East.

The 450 pages of newly declassified transcripts detail testimony from secret, closed hearings last year before Congress. They provide fresh insight into the military's decision-making that night from the very commanders who staged the rescue efforts, including the top commander in Africa at the time Gen. Carter Ham.

Among other details, they reveal gaps in the military's positioning of assets around the world.

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My Comment: This report (if true) is disturbing .... check the above video and read the entire post. As for reports that U.S. forces were told to "stand-down" to assist those in Bengahzi who were under attack .... these declassified Pentagon transcripts reveal that no such order was given.

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