Ace @ Ace of Spades HQ:
And he looked the American people in the eye and gave a rehearsed“How dare you accuse me” speech.
A third email, also marked SBU and sent at 6:07 p.m. Washington time, carried the subject line: “Update 2: Ansar al-Sharia Claims Responsibility for Benghazi Attack.”The message reported: “Embassy Tripoli reports the group claimed responsibility on Facebook and Twitter and has called for an attack on Embassy Tripoli.”
A very telling portion of these emails is that officially Obama hired and paid the February 17 Martyrs Brigade guard our legation in Libya.
How did the Feb 17 Martyrs Brigade got their name?
Following Friday prayers on Feb. 17, 2006, thousands of Benghazians attacked the Italian Consulate to punish the temerity of an Italian minister, Roberto Calderoli, who several days earlier had publicly defended free speech in the West.
The Italian consulate was set on fire. All personnel were evacuated.
Libyan police used tear gas to try to disperse the rioters, later opening fire and killing 11 attackers.
Those 11 killed are the “martyrs” for whom the February 17 Martyrs Brigade named themselves.
Only two of these men were even ”on duty” the night of the attack.
What the emails don’t say is that Ansar al Sharia (“Supporters of Islamic Law”), the al-Qaida-linked militia believed to have led the consulate assault in September, is a spinoff of the February 17 Martyrs Brigade.
Consulates and embassies are considered US soil, under the US flag. Is it imperative to know which ragtag bunch of fanatic perverts is attacking our consulate and killing our diplomatic staff before you send in a C-130 with covering fire. It’s true, Obama might be trying to form an alliance with the same group of Islamic fundamentalist perverts that killed the Americans, but at some point his dubious associations and sympathies no longer matter.
Obama has an open doorat the White House for these radicals, and our allies must settle for phone calls. However, most loyal Americans don’t feel it is important to be overly friendly with groups that are killing Americans.
I Believe the film is what set off the mobs in Cairo,Tunisia and various other U.S. British and German facilities. This has been documented.
The Benghazi attack was a previously planned for,9/11 if possible, terrorist assault on the American Consulate. The INITIAL American reaction could well have tied this to the film creating the Egyptian demonstrations. However, within a SHORT TIME it was obvious to those on the ground and those informed in D.C. that this was a large scale overpowering MILITARY ATTACK. No response,no call for Libyan reinforcements, U.S. Marines,Drones. Something—-INEXCUSABLE.
Semper Fi
Actually Rich, it was IMAMS who set off the mobs (as usual).
Imams USED a video THIS TIME.
But other times it has been the ”fault” of
1.a Teddy Bear being named Mohammad;
2. a rumor about a ”desecrated” koran;
3. foreign nurses ”giving” children AIDS;
4. foreign doctors making children infertile or infecting them with AIDS;
5. the Dome of the Rock is being undermined;
6. Jerry Falwell made ”blasphemous” remarks;
7. in protest of the Miss World contest;
8. in protest of a converted Christian (from Islam) being allowed to live;
And so on and so on and so on….