My Facebook posts on September 12th...
It is a shame that American Ambassador Chris Stevens died, however I am listening to Sec. of State Clinton say, "Both American and Libyan security forces battled the attackers together." This is a political spin, and I really don't want to make light of the situation, I am really tired of career politicians lying to make the situation look better than it is. In this article, http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/12/13824089-us-ambassador-3-others-killed-in-attacks-on-libya-mission?lite "On Tuesday in Benghazi, a large mob stormed the U.S. consulate, with gunmen firing their weapons, said Wanis al-Sharef, an Interior Ministry official in Benghazi. A witness said attackers fired automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades at the consulate as they clashed with Libyans hired to guard the facility. Outnumbered by the crowd, the Libyan security forces did little to stop them, al-Sharef said." So why is Clinton saying that our security and Libyan security (hired guns) battled the attackers together? The only reason I can think of at this point is our national security (which is being dismantled and the defense budget has been cut by 50%) and how strong our security is for our embassy and consulate workers. I would think we would have Marines on duty in countries that are new to the political arena. Libya change in government is very recent, and in Iraq we spent years and years after the government changed. Why would Marines not be present in Benghazi? Now a special Anti-Terrorism unit of Marines is en route to Tripoli as added security. So, we cut our defense budget to protect our citizens, but I AM SURE WE SEND MILLIONS IF NOT BILLIONS IN AID TO THESE NEW COUNTRIES! Not to mention hiring local hired guns, why not hire American contractors as private security??? I am sure there are a few gun-toting Americans that would be happy to get paid to protect our Diplomats since our government believes that military spending is something than can be cut. If you want to cut the military, then pull the diplomats and their staff! Especially in a hostile environment (ie newly founded governments). I find this type of government oversight appalling. My government has very few things that I demand, and I wish they would just stick these per our founding fathers. "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America" Common defense, yes this meant international relations and our military throughout the known world. This administration, Congress, and even the Supreme Court are really getting on my nerves lately. And the sad thing is, Mitt Romney is just as bad, if not worse...Pretty much I am pissed off and fucked over without recourse...Just thought I would share and try to stop the spin... Just now Romney started his comment on this situation, again, the fact that he even is doing a press conference is politically motivated. He is talking about leadership, and attacking Obama's administration on commenting on "sympathizing with the mob in Cairo," how the hell does he think using this as a political pedestal. WTF is wrong with these idiots we have in Washington, or wanting to go there??? FML
This was my original post posted at 8:21 AM Chicago time on September 12th, 2012, and the comments that I posted shortly after as news reports began filtering out to me via Internet, and mainstream media video outlets
Posted at 11:44 AM September 12th, 2012:So now news reports are stating that this was a planned attack that used the protest outside as a scapegoat to do the attack, which means it was a separate group. Government officials also had intelligence stating there could be possible attacks against friendlies in Libya, and yet they send an Ambassador from a secure location at the embassy in Tripoli, to an unsecured consulate office in Benghazi? I find that a bit odd, plus without sending a personal security detachment. I am also reading conflicting reports about him being there to open a cultural center, while another says he was trying to evacuate his staff from there. HMMMM, and here come the lies that start wars/conflicts/security measures etc. Of which, all result in a loss of my freedom, more of my fellow Americans in harms way doing no good protecting those that want nothing more from the US but free money that we have to borrow from some other foreign country at high interest rates, which in the end is not paid back and we wash the debt out of kindness for their failing economy. BULLSHIT!
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/09/the-global-note-chris-stevens-r-i-p-extremists-here-extremists-there-the-film-the-filmmaker/There are other posts I made that day, but they were my opinions and insight into why I thought this was happening. They are not important in discussing the event itself, more a rant and rave about American politics, which irks me to no end.
How is it that an average American in Chicago was able to attain most of the truth from outside news sources, the ones I posted were American media sources, but there was information coming from the BBC and Al-Jazeera that was in direct conflict with what the Obama Administration was trying to spin for the next couple weeks following this tragedy.
I was really surprised to learn that there were no Marine/Special Forces units available for assistance to help these Americans under attack. The attack went on for over 14 hours, and Leon Panetta had later said (paraphrase) that the military does not send in forces to hostile areas when the information about the attack is unknown. However, conflicting reports about an unmanned drone flying overhead gathering intel via video, and the Navy Seals who were killed had laser sight on enemy positions and called in for an airstrike. Panetta and other officials have said the reinforcements were too far away, well the trip from Milan in Northern Italy (most northern major city in Italy) is just under 1000 miles. A c-130 flies at just over 400 miles an hour, so it would have taken 2 1/2 hours to get there from the most northern point in Italy, and I find it hard to believe we had no other units closer than Milan. There is a a serious problem with the story being spun up to this point. CNN was able to get to Benghazi before the FBI and retrieve Ambassador Stevens' diary. Are Americans' short term memory that bad that people forget this little fact? If the attack went on for 14 hours, it is impossible for me to believe that we could not get a special forces unit in there to rescue those under attack.
Pure speculation on my part here, but these Navy Seals seem to have been working with/for the CIA and foggy news stories about gun running to Syria from the US and Al-Qaeda via Benghazi have been touched on. These stories just are trying to fill the gaps in intel, but they should be investigated. If we are running guns to Syria, that should be brought to light. If we were watching Al-Qaeda run guns to Syria from the large stockpiles of Ghaddafi supplies, this should be reported and brought to light. It seems that the CIA are at the forefront of this entire issue, which is why I believe these Seals were told to stand down when they heard the attack on the consulate just a mile or so away. These two Seals were able to make two trips to the consulate, saving many of the Americans there, but unable to save Ambassador Stevens. What happened to showing the Ambassador being dragged out of the consulate by these rebels who were chanting, "Praise Allah", when at first CNN reported and interviewed the doctor who supposedly was called to try to resuscitate him. That video has disappeared also. These initial videos were actually made by the attackers, not the people trying to save Ambassador Stevens as the media was trying to project. "Praise Allah" was not being chanted because they save him, but instead because they had captured him. They tore of his shirt, and took pictures with his almost dead body in the street. Those images are seared into my brain, and since I speak Arabic, I know full well when I see a propaganda stunt versus a rescue attempt. What happened to all these videos? What happened to the CNN reporting after they were forced to turn over the diary of Stevens'? Where is the video of the interview of the doctor that worked on Stevens' when he arrived at hospital? The point they pulled this guy out of the consulate, the CIA annex was under attack a mile away, and shortly after those Navy Seals died on the roof while laser tagging the enemy positions for an air strike. The air strike never came. They were in contact with their superiors, someone knows the truth, the American public, the taxpayer deserves this truth to come to light.
How is it that I know about this, and yet the President of the USA and his staff spun this story about a protest and a video for weeks after the event. The news stories above discount these lies. Yet they ran with it, and the American short term memory allowed it to take hold as the narrative. Now with this sex scandal, Benghazi is back on the forefront. How the FBI is investigating a bunch of emails and not Benghazi, I have no idea! There are far too many questions, and the coincidences of the situation do not match up to the lies being told by the Administration or the media.
Here is another issue for you to digest, news reports say that the CIA had a unit arrive 25 minutes at the Annex after the attack ended. They were able to get there and clean out the Annex, but they left the consulate unsecured. Why? How could the CIA get there but our own reinforcements couldn't in this time frame? I smell a cover-up, whether it is the CIA or if it goes higher into Obama's Administration means little me. I just want the truth, and if I have to wait for the FOIA to be available to me in 25 years, then so be it. We can revisit this in 2037!
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/01/3896877/us-says-cia-sent-security-team.htmlI have to attend to my daughter, will finish in a bit...hopefully
I have returned, a day later, but returned nonetheless
I am currently watching the hearings unfold about this attack on Capitol Hill. It is 2PM, CST November 15th, 2012, and I was watching CNN report that our Representatives in Congress are currently watching a video. Then, I got pissed off again, why? Well, the anchor woman begins asking questions related to some constituent/reporter from New York grilling John McCain about blame being placed on Republicans for not approving Defense spending, which supposedly would have given the Government enough money to have Marines at Benghazi...Let us discuss this minor lie by the media, yet again.
The issue: Why was Ambassador Stevens not given a Marine detail to protect him when he traveled to Benghazi to meet the Turkish diplomat?
The spin: The Republicans cut funding to Embassy security funding
The Truth: The State Department is responsible for Embassy security, which includes consulates. They have a discretionary fund totaling, State Department Budget '11,'12,'13 and explanations of how the State Department spends their money(OCO is the acronym you need to look for, AKA Overseas Contingency Operations)
The truth of the matter is the State Department had the funding, but instead as you can see by their own paperwork, they also use this money for other things like funding "The Arab Spring," which goes back to earlier points relating to this issue, why do we give away free money when we are going broke??? Why the hell would I want to pay more taxes when we are just giving it away to people I will never meet, nor do I care about at this point? Yes, I am callous, there is good reason for it! I do not apologize for my opinions, they are exactly that, opinions! So why the hell is the story being spun to blame the Republicans for the debacle? It is because the media wants to deflect and distract our attention from the Administrations and the various Intelligence agencies oversight into this tragedy!
The President needs to own this, I am not stupid, nor am I conspiring with the far right on this, I am merely seeing the truth of the matter for what it is! Something stinks here, and I will keep pushing the truth so more and more people gather together to clamor for it to come out.
Let us now look at the next issue concerning today's events, I happened to flip to MSNBC, yes I actually watch all the media outlets because I am trying to find the truth, even if it is skewed politically, same reason I watch Fox from time to time. Anyway, I flip to that station, and their only coverage on the hearings taking place today was a bunch of clips of Congressmen/women yelling at each other about this issue. Right calling President liar, Left defending President wholeheartedly, blah blah blah...How is the yelling match the most important part of all the news/video clips you have at your fingertips? Is that the story? NO, the story is the hearings, the testimony, the issue: BENGHAZI!!! This is ridiculous to continuously have to sift through the spin on National Security Issue where people died! If President Obama can use drones to kill militants in foreign countries at the drop of a hat, how the hell could he not get a "hot" drone in the air above Benghazi to fire on the mortar positions that the Seals had lasered??? How could a copperhead from the various Navy ships on the Mediterranean not fire to those given coordinates? How could the the Navy Group in the Mediterranean not have Marines ready to go into Libya??? There were ships in the area, and they would have been a lot closer than moving troops to Tripoli from Germany. I am still smelling a rat, and I don't like it!
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