DU: Benghazi consulate was a legitimate target for attack

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

dkf (29,581 posts)

So the Benghazi attack was an attack on our CIA base in Libya?

Was it meant to kill the Ambassador or was it an attack on intelligence or was it meant to do both?
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence efforts in Libya have suffered a significant setback due to the abandonment and exposure of a facility in Benghazi, Libya identified by a newspaper as a "CIA base" following a congressional hearing this week, according to U.S. government sources.
 
The intelligence post, located 1.2 miles from the U.S. mission that was targeted by militants in a September 11 attack, was evacuated of Americans after the assault that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Three other Americans died in the attacks on U.S.-occupied buildings, including two who were hit in a mortar blast at the secret compound.
 
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The State Department displayed a satellite photograph showing two locations - the rented villa that served as a special diplomatic mission and the compound that officials had cryptically described as an "annex" or "safe house" for diplomatic personnel.
 
Both compounds were attacked by militants believed to be tied to al Qaeda. After the diplomatic complex was overrun, U.S. and Libyan personnel rushed by car to the second site, where they fought off two more waves of assaults, officials said.
 
Charlene Lamb, a top official in the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security, told lawmakers that the secret compound took "as many as three direct hits."
 
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE89B1EU20121012?irpc=22

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021530364

And then there's this:

Iggy (827 posts)

2. BULL....

This is an attempt at deflection-- and to make the case we need to continue to waste Billions of
 dollar on our so called "intelligence" agencies.

the actual point here is we lost four good people-- simple due to stupid mistakes made by the
 State Dept., and allegedly the lack of Marines to protect our consulate in Benghazi.
 
yeah, I get it-- "normally" we don't use Marines to protect a Consulate, but Libya is NOT a normal
 nation. there are 1,000's of guys walking around with access to military weapons- that's normal??
 
30-40 Marines at our consulate in Benghazi would have likely saved the lives of our people.
 
FAIL.

This one is playing along with the administration's desperate attempt to pawn this off on Hillary.

Good luck with that, assholes.

My guess is our October Surprise will be gift-wrapped by the Clintons.

BTW -- it's premise that making this look like an attack on a CIA asset is meant to spur additional funding for the CIA makes no sense to me. The last thing anyone can claim at this point ws a lack of prior intel.

[Randy]

I get it-- "normally" we don't use Marines to protect a Consulate, but Libya is NOT a normal nation. there are 1,000's of guys walking around with access to military weapons- that's normal??

*skiff sniff* smells a lot like frest tunneled dirt around here.
 This isn't normal DUmp thought. Every DUmmie knows that all the Libyans run around carrying flowers and kissing their fellow man, you know other than a few Al Q troublemakers, after all we helped free them. They'd also never admit there's a difference between a military weapon and a run-of-the-mill semi automatic. Black is black and black = evil. Hummmmmm

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

I think I found Stephanie Cutter's DU account:

marshall (5,567 posts)

12. It was a protest against an anti Islamic movie on YouTube

It escalated into more than a protest. But that's how it started.

That's a True Believer right there.

And now we blame Amb Stephens:

leveymg (23,693 posts)

15. If you want to know, you have to ask: what was Ambassador Stevens and the CIA doing in Benghazi?

Last edited Sat Oct 13, 2012, 10:18 AM USA/ET - Edit history (3)

*Why did Ambassador Stevens think he could risk operating in Benghazi with such a light security detail?
 *Why did he apparently feel safe (enough) there - what were his assumptions about the nature of the threats, and the protection he would receive from the local militias?
 * What was he and the CIA doing in that city, and what groups are there that are of interest to the U.S.?
 * If all we were doing in Benghazi was tracking terrorist groups (rather than negotiating and coordinating with them) why was the Ambassador's involvement considered essential?
 * What involvement did the Ambassador have with local Jihadi and Safafist groups sending foreign fighters to Syria?
 * How much did missing MANPADS have to do with this, and was this a motive for the attack?
 * Why did Stevens invite Francis Townsend, Bush's counter-terrorism chief (she declined, citing other obligations), to accompany him to Benghazi during that visit?

newblewtoo (379 posts)

16. One thing I guarantee is

that the 'thugs are trying to wrap this tightly around Hillary and the State Department in hope of creating a pre-election rift between President Obama and the Clintons. Most of their stuff is down right giddy with the thought of political damage they can create; they don't care one damn bit about the country or our dead ambasador, only what they can exploit politically from this tragedy. That it may involve CIA operatives, as we know from their past actions, is of little importence to them as long as they can score political points.
 
Pretty sad. Pretty ****ing sad.

U-m-m...

...who's hanging Hillary out to dry?

Vice President Joseph Biden speaks only for himself and President Barack Obama, and neither man was aware that U.S. officials in Libya had asked the State Department for more security before the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, a top White House official told The Cable.

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/10/12/white_house_obama_and_biden_were_never_aware_of_requests_for_more_benghazi_security

Baitball Blogger (5,349 posts)

17. Can Obama use this and call out the Republicans for outing the CIA in Libya?

[Kyle Ricky]

Fox was saying this morning that the White House is preparing to have Hillary take the fall for this. They will do anything to protect the chosen one ...

[AllosaursRus]

DUmmies make me heave! For cryin' out loud! ****in' traitorous bastards! According to the filth that is DU we are responsible for everything that is wrong in the world. Never mind our enemies cut the heads off or sodomize our people. No big deal!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've 'bout had my fill of these pukes! I hope they all die of heart failure when Romney kicks "dear leaders" ass!

[Kyle Ricky]

DUmmies make me heave! For cryin' out loud! ****in' traitorous bastards! According to the filth that is DU we are responsible for everything that is wrong in the world. Never mind our enemies cut the heads off or sodomize our people. No big deal!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've 'bout had my fill of these pukes! I hope they all die of heart failure when Romney kicks "dear leaders" ass!

I am looking for there to be a mass suicide. It will be beautiful.

[BlueStateSaint]

Fox was saying this morning that the White House is preparing to have Hillary take the fall for this. They will do anything to protect the chosen one ...

Don't be surprised if 1) Bill already knows this, and 2) is actively taking steps (behind the scenes, of course) to make the Obamessiah a one-term President.  I've heard things to the effect that Hillary is about to resign, and Bill is absolutely livid about the Obamessiah's people hanging Hillary out to dry.  You do not cross Bill Clinton.

[zeitgeist]

An excellent choice to bring over Sgt Bunny, excellent choice.

DUmmies were actually in denial about this only a few short days ago.  In another week they will be blaming it on Pappy Bush and the CIA for wanting to dirty up Barry.  

Was the video a false flag operation?  Remember, get the real tinfoil, imitation aluminum helmets won't cut it once this grows DUmmy Leggs.