[TheRealThing]

I agree, it DOES take some time to figure out exactly what happened.

So before they did figure it out, why was the video used as an excuse? Knowing full well that the video theory was at best a "guess", they flaunted it publicly. This was a situation ripe with racism and inflammatory situations that could've ended in some devistating results.

Nobody cared....an excuse to help them buy time. I think it's disgusting.

Leon Panetta came out and described that those commenting on the situation are a bunch of Monday morning quarterbacks. Since he is using sports anology, how about this question. Then why didn't those in charge pay attention to the scouting reports?


Leon Panetta is a disgrace to this country.

Granny, it might take more time to figure out every last detail but, it looks like they've had the truth of it from the first night when the president met with top officials in the White House situation room at about 5:30pm on 9/11, in attendance was no less than the Sec of Defense, Leon Panetta. Two destroyers were 'moved' off the coast of Libya, believe me, that takes some clout to make happen. One just doesn't move warships around like calling a cab.

But it gets even worse. Heard earlier that during the six hours and twenty minutes of fighting, requests for help were ignored or denied over and over. The ex navy seals that eventually gave their lives were told to stand down three times, when they asked if they could go help Stevens, who was one mile away in the safe room at the consulate. You know what's going on here, this administration did not want to have to deploy forces in Libya because of the political ramifications to Obama out on the campaign trail declaring "Bin Laden is dead" and "Al Qaeda is on the run" IMO. The combatants were in direct contact with military higher ups, the Ambassador was in direct contact with state department officials, it's a total disgrace. Matter of fact, a drone already airborn over Libya was vectored to the compound where it remained on station sending back real time video to the military commanders and the situation room. At some point the first drone was joined by a second drone, both capable of sending real time video to the situation room at the White House, according to FOX News. Helicopters were within range to assist and troops were within a one hour eta. Panetta looks to be bought and paid for. We had real time intel and it was as good as they could have expected to have. With ex navy seals and a US ambassador on the phone for hours pleading for help, and aerial surveilance, what else could military responders possibly need? I mean, I thought that was the whole idea of the drone surveilance, real time overflight of battlefield situations. Anybody who still thinks this country is not in peril under present leadership really needs to get their head examined. Is it possible America turned it's back on her foreign diplomats while in harm's way for the sake of a political campaign?