Too much Benghazi bullshit floating on wingding sites this week, so . . .
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/05/08/1982151/witnesses-debunk-benghazi/?mobile=nc#
GOP Star Witnesses Debunk Right-Wing Benghazi Conspiracy Theories
1. F-16s could have been sent to Benghazi
Part of the prevailing theory surrounding the events the night of the Benghazi attacks is that the Obama administration did not do enough militarily to respond to the crisis. Gregory Hicks a Foreign Service Officer and the former Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Libya claimed during his pre-hearing testimony that fighter jets could have been flown over Benghazi, preventing the second wave of the attack from occurring.
Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) questioned that statement, asking Hicks whether he disagreed with Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Gen Martin Dempseys assessment that no air assets were in range the night of the attack. Hicks didnt disagree, saying he was speaking from [his] perspective and what veteran Libyan revolutionaries told him, rather than Pentagon assessments.
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3. A Special Forces Team that could have saved lives was told to stand down
One of the most shocking reveals in the lead-up to todays hearing was that a team of Special Forces in Tripoli were told not to deploy to Benghazi during the attack. That decision has led to an uproar on the right, including claims of dereliction of duty towards Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey for not taking actions that could have saved lives.
During questioning, Hicks confirmed that the team was ready to be deployed not to join the fighting at the CIA annex but to secure the airport for the withdrawal of our personnel from Benghazi after the mortar attack. Hicks also confirmed that it was the second such team to be readied for deployment, with the first having proceeded to Benghazi earlier. Despite the second team not deploying, the staff was all evacuated first to Tripoli, then to Germany, within 18 hours of the attack taking place.
They're seriously and desperately trying to hunt for "The Scandal That Brings Down President (insert racial slur here)" that isn't there . . . just like they did with Clinton.