BlueHen86 wrote:CitadelGrad wrote:
It doesn't really matter. What does matter is that Obama has know about it since the FBI discovered it. There is no way the FBI would keep that from the president. The question is why would Obama sit on it until now? Why expose him only days before his testimony on Benghazi.
It doesn't take much imagination to believe that Obama used the information to blackmail him into lying before Congress. Petraeus apparently refused to lie and decided to remove Obama's leverage by going public about his infidelity, himself.
Obama clearly has much to hide about Benghazi and his Syrian gun running operation. Hillary has legal counsel and refuses to testify before Congress. Petraeus resigns and will not testify (until subpoenaed). The wagons are being circled around Obama and he's looking a little desperate. He survived Fast & Furious, but Benghazi is a hell of a lot bigger. He might not survive this.
Do you know what the exact timeline is for this? You've clearly already convicted Obama, do you have any facts? Or are you basing everything on your imagination?

Here is what I know. The attack last more than 7 hours. Within minutes after the attack began, DoD, CIA, State and AfriCom all knew of the attack. Within an hour after the beginning of the attack, we had at least one drone overhead providing live feeds of the attack. Transmissions from inside the compound were being sent throughout the attack until the compound was overrun. There is no possible way that Obama did not know of the situation shortly after Petraeus, Panetta and Clinton knew of it. I have read that SecDef was in the White House briefing Obama about an hour after the attack. Obama had access to the same live video feed that everyone else had. He also had access to the same emails and secure communications that everyone else had.
AfriCom and Centcom had AC-130 gunships available. We had a carrier battle group in the Med. We had an entire airborne brigade in Italy. AfriCom had assets available to put boots on the ground and evacuate our people by air. Seven hours is plenty of time to employ any or all of these assets.
So what the fuck was Obama doing for at least six hours? Why did he not give a green light to a rescue operation? Why did he let them die?
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
- Thomas Jefferson, in letter to William S. Smith, 1787
