tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post5187231731599289571..comments2024-01-09T15:03:54.986-05:00Comments on Wolf Howling: The Benghazi Scandal Worsens - Risk Aversion Results In A Complete Operational Failure (Update 3)GWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05814327154035433443noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-24703328909592955372012-10-27T23:22:54.053-04:002012-10-27T23:22:54.053-04:00What? 20,000 unaccounted for, shoulder held, surfa...What? 20,000 unaccounted for, shoulder held, surface to air missiles in Libya??? These things can take down commercial airlines. And we have to take off our shoes before boarding an airline. What the hell. Suddenly I don't feel like flying anymore.Ex-Dissidenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837109472357860889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-63426188301570447012012-10-27T17:51:55.473-04:002012-10-27T17:51:55.473-04:00BTW, your comment settings seem to be malfunctioni...BTW, your comment settings seem to be malfunctioning as I have sent TWO responses without getting ONE up here on your comment board.......!dave in bocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164227301361227792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-5019092100751374632012-10-26T21:38:43.314-04:002012-10-26T21:38:43.314-04:00Vinny: I actually responded to your earlier comme...Vinny: I actually responded to your earlier comment by e-mail. I had inadvertently changed the comments settings, and your comment did not automatically show up. Sorry if you didn't receive it. <br /><br />After listening to further analysis tonight on Fox News by Fred Barnes, I am pretty sure that going into Benghazi with outside military assets would have required the approval of Obama.<br /><br />Benghazi is six hours ahead of our Eastern time zone, so presumably Obama would have been awake through virtually all of what transpired in Behngazi, including the final mortar attack at 4 a.m. on the annex.<br /><br />I think that you are right, that the decision not to send in additional assets was pure risk aversion - including concern over shoulder fired surface to air missiles, some 20k of which are today unaccounted for in Libya. Ultimately, it was the chain of command voting present. CYA. Everyone of them should be drummed out of the service. It sickens me. GWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814327154035433443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-16216876108517067172012-10-26T20:00:07.003-04:002012-10-26T20:00:07.003-04:00BTW, I usually check the popular stories on Google...BTW, I usually check the popular stories on Google and Yahoo news pages....Not one word about Benghazi. Maybe they can bury it a bit longer.Ex-Dissidenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837109472357860889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-7775398529477731762012-10-26T19:23:55.671-04:002012-10-26T19:23:55.671-04:00Ok, you didn't respond to my earlier comment o...Ok, you didn't respond to my earlier comment on this topic so I will ask again. Can the decision to send in a strike force that crosses international borders and originates from Italy be made without the approval of the Commander in Chief? If not, then either Obama denied the request for assistance or was unavailable. Asleep? He had an important fundraising function the next day, after all.<br /><br />A thought I had on why assistance may have been denied, is that perhaps someone felt this attack was created to bring American soldiers into the area and possibly ambush. Perhaps there was fear of another team 6 like helicopter crash and mass casualty event, and just prior to elections. You pointed out that laser targeting would have allowed that mortar to be eliminated with minimal risk, so perhaps this is was not a real consideration.Ex-Dissidenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837109472357860889noreply@blogger.com