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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]I get the whole situation leading up to it -- mistakes were made and hindsite is 20/20.  Who knows that the chatter was saying, who knows if the protesters were just a cover for the attack, shouldn't have used contractors at an embassy in Libya (hello, this isn't Paris).  I get all that.

What I can't figure out is what the hell happened once it all started going down.  What was the President doing?!?!  The firefight alone was 5 hours long.  FIVE HOURS!  Did they send in Marines?  Did they call in any special forces?  Cairo had already been going on for hours before that so was there any sort of movement of anyone to handle the situation.  Then the Ambassador's body was gone for 12 hours!!!  Only to show up at the airport in the hands of Libyians?  WTH?!?!  The President knew Tuesday night that the Ambassador was missing.  What did he do?  Did he go to sleep?  Did he call in someone to get their asses there and find him?

That is what I find the most disturbing.  How could we allow anyone to attack an embassy for 5 hours and take the Ambassador's body for 12 hours?  This is the middle east, we have so many assets in that area and no one was sent in?  I find that the most disturbing.  I wish someone would focus on that.[/quote]

Based on what I've pieced together from a number of articles today, you and I have a different understanding of what happened. First of all, you may want to do some reading up on how special forces units operate. The idea that they could respond to Benghazi, Libya within 5 hours is laughable. Once the consulate was attacked, marines were dispatched from Tripoli. The consulate staff, minus the missing ambassador, escaped to a safe house. The marines met them at the safe house, but then came under attack themselves. That attack lasted quite a while until additional Libyan forces were able to help out. They could hardly be out searching for the ambassador when they were fighting for their own lives.

It is not the President's job to lead search and rescue missions. He does not have to stay awake all night issuing orders to try to find a missing ambassador. There are SOPs in place and others to whom authority has been delegated. If you have ever faced a crisis in your job (as someone in the computer field I am accustomed to problems with critical systems), the last thing you need is a boss constantly contacting you to tell you what to do while you are using all your energy to fix things. The most helpful thing Obama could do is stay out of the way. He seems to have understood that, while Mittens sadly didn't.

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+1 from combat Vet. [/quote]

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