Tribute To The Heroes Of Benghazi

Hi DG,

The whole thing is just disgusting. We placed Ambassador Stevens on a very dangerous assignment with no military protection, and failed to support the three brave soldiers who saved 30 lives at the State Department mission, and later killed 50 attackers at the CIA safe house about a mile way. We have three major military bases within two hours of Benghazi; these men could have been saved were a special operations gunship sent in (the fighting lasted four hours). One very senior commander, General Carter Ham, decided to disobey Obama and send in the life-saving support - he was relieved of his command WITHIN 30 SECONDS, and his order to send support was rescinded by the "powers that be."

The simple ugly truth is that if Obama sent in help, he would be admitting that his "nation building" in the Middle East led to Islamic theocracies, since the host nations of all the US consulates and embassies that were attacked in September didn't send in police when the attacks occurred. So Obama simply chose to let the victims die to protect his political reputation, falsely blaming the attacks on a cheap anti-Islamic film rather than what it really was - planned terror that the host governments approved of. I admit that in some cases, after the fact, the attackers were arrested by the host governments, but never before they finished their assaults. Obama would rather see our overseas State Department officials and soldiers DIE before doing anything that might hurt his public image.

Stu

It's true Ambassador Stevens was on a very risky mission, and of course he knew it. But he asked multiple times, both before and during the attack, for security. The mere fact that he was aware he was in a dangerous situation does not mean he's not entitled to proper security.

Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods were Navy Seals, and Sean Smith was a programmer in the military. They WERE brave soldiers killed in melee, and were not CIA agents. They did not work at the mission building where Ambassador Stevens was being attacked. They went to save him, but Stevens had already been kidnapped. The three soldiers did however save about 30 other people who were trapped in the building.

The US absolutely could have protected Doherty, Woods, and Smith after they left the State Dept. mission building and went about a mile to the CIA safe house. At the safe house they killed about 50 attackers, but were simply outnumbered, and were being hit by mortar shells. Woods was on the roof of the CIA safe house, and had a laser pointer with a GPS connection to point at the mortars. Were the military to send in a Special Operations Spectre Gunship, the laser could communicate the exact coordinates of the mortars to the gunship via satellite, and the gunship could have taken the mortars out with missiles.

I know Stevens could not have been saved once the attack started, but the three soldiers who were killed might have been. And had Stevens' numerous requests for security before the attack began been granted, he too might still be alive.

The blood of Stevens, Doherty, Woods, and Smith are on Obama's hands.