The chronology of the evening of 9/11 are as follows:
At approximately 5 PM
Washington time, reports came in through secure-channels that Special
Mission Benghazi was under attack. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta
and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey
summoned the President,and briefed him on the crisis, face to face.
Subsequent to that brief meeting, President Obama proceeded to the White House to dine in his living quarters.
After supper, Barack
Obama had a telephone conference scheduled with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu. Senior Advisor to the President, Valerie Jarrett was
present for that conference, which was held due to problems the
President was having with the perception of him snubbing Netanyahu in previous, formal encounters.
The telephone call
between Obama and Netanyahu carried on for a full two-hours, creating
the appearance of respect between the two world leaders.
As
that meeting drew to a close, Ms. Jarrett, who is also the Assistant to
the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, went
from the living quarters to the White House Situation Room, where the
attack in Benghazi was being monitored by Dempsey, Panetta and other
top-ranking officials.
Whether
she was instructed by the President to go there, or if she went of her
own volition, is only known by the President and herself.
A critical question that
needed to be answered, and the sole military-order that could have
launched offensive-actions, neutralizing the Ansar al Sharia terrorists
attacks on the Mission (the purpose of which is detailed here) and its subsequent attacks on the adjacent CIA Annex, was the issuance of “Cross Border Authority”, an order that can only be issued by the Commander in Chief, himself.
As was reported earlier by Conservative Report, Cross Border Authority was denied.
Two revelations are deeply troubling:
First, it is reported
that an Army Special Forces team was present with an AC-130U Spooky
(also known as a Spectre Gunship) on the tarmac at the airport in
Tripoli, Libya. The Spooky is a technologically sophisticated, tactical
aircraft, operated by the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command.
It
operates under the overall Special Operations Command stationed at
MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, which is reportedly in charge of all
military special operations units, including: Army Special Forces, Navy
SEALS, Rangers and certain Marine units, as well as the USAF AC-130Us,
and “stealth Blackhawks,” used in the Bin Laden raid.
The
AC-130U Spooky is equipped with weapons that sync with
laser-designators, like those that Woods, Doherty and Ubben had on that lonely rooftop above
the CIA Annex. The laser-designator was used to “paint” the mortar
targets during the attack, subsequently claiming the lives of Woods and
Doherty, and leaving Ubben without a leg. Had the AC-130U been on
station, over the CIA Annex in Benghazi, moments before the mortar
rounds
were fired, instead of "awaiting further instructions," the entire
outcome of the Benghazi fiasco would have been different.
Add to that, a team of
Green Berets on the ground to secure and/or evacuate the Annex, and the
outcome would have been two SEALS still alive, and a mess of dead
terrorists.
The second, and most troubling aspect of the refusal to issue Cross Border Authority is, who issued the refusal. Rather than the President, the Commander In Chief, making critical decisions, granting or denying the authority to initiate offensive-actions in support of our valiant fighting men, the decision not to take action was made by a person, to whom the people did not elect, nor did the Congress
have confirmation power over.
The military-order, not to initiate action, saving our men in Benghazi, was issued by the President's Advisor, Valerie Jarrett.
And this is a “phony” scandal?
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