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Libya: Assault on U.S. consulate Benghazi leaves 4 dead, inc. U.S. Ambassador[W:939]

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Das Sozialist said:
do you think the State Dept. keeps a checklist of who has bulletproof glass/reinforced doors?
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Does the US not keep records of embassy contruction and maintenance?
 
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MMC said:
Well considering they left 1000s of leaflets saying they would be back.....how does this change the fact that the place came under attack? Also with the Brits Ambassador nearly escaping with his life in the same month and at the same time?
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Where did it say they left 1000s of leaflets saying they would be back?
 
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Das Sozialist said:
And Condoleezza Rice was Sec. of State when the embassy was approved and opened, and she did nothing, either. Why would Hilary have any more information/fault than C.R. did?
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Again what don't you get about Hillary Clinton setting up the place after Gadhafi was killed? So that Stevens wasnt staying in a hotel.....where he could be taken out at any time.
 
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ecofarm said:
Does the US not keep records of embassy contruction and maintenance?
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You're right, I apologize. They most likely do, but that doesn't change the fact that the Embassy was not opened under the Obama Administration, why would he be concerned about that specific Embassy?
 
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MMC said:
Again what don't you get about Hillary Clinton setting up the place after Gadhafi was killed? So that Stevens wasnt staying in a hotel.....where he could be taken out at any time.
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The Embassy was opened in 2006. Hilary didn't set anything up.
 
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Das Sozialist said:
Where did it say they left 1000s of leaflets saying they would be back?
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The American official said there was no claim of responsibility.

But a security official in Benghazi said the attack was claimed by the Prisoner Omar Abdelrahman Group, which had left a letter "threatening American interests" in Libya.

On May 22, the same group claimed an attack on the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

US mission in Libya's Benghazi attacked: embassy - Hindustan Times
AFP Tripoli, June 06, 2012<<<<<


One security guys says leaflets another says a letter. :lol:
 
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Das Sozialist said:
They most likely do, but that doesn't change the fact that the Embassy was not opened under the Obama Administration, why would he be concerned about that specific Embassy?
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To be fair, one might wanna check on the embassy construction after the country's government falls unexpectedly. The situation there changed drastically and that should prompt such considerations.

I don't blame Obama for this any more than I blame Bush for 9/11 (something coulda maybe been done, but it's not so much their direct job). But we should always learn from our errors. And not reconsidering the embassy construction after the government falls in violent overthrow seems pretty weak.
 
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Das Sozialist said:
The Embassy was opened in 2006. Hilary didn't set anything up.
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Knock the BS off......Hillary Set Stevens up into the building after Gadhafi was killed. As During the Conflict with Qadhafi. Our Embassies were closed and our people evacuated out Remember?
 
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MMC said:
The American official said there was no claim of responsibility.

But a security official in Benghazi said the attack was claimed by the Prisoner Omar Abdelrahman Group, which had left a letter "threatening American interests" in Libya.

On May 22, the same group claimed an attack on the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

US mission in Libya's Benghazi attacked: embassy - Hindustan Times
AFP Tripoli, June 06, 2012<<<<<


One security guys says leaflets another says a letter. :lol:
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We get terrorists threats every second of every day, and following that attack we asked the Libyans to increase our embassies security, reinforced windows and doors probably didn't seem necessary.
 
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Das Sozialist said:
We get terrorists threats every second of every day, and following that attack we asked the Libyans to increase our embassies security, reinforced windows and doors probably didn't seem necessary.
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UHOO Brutha.....When did the Libyan Civil War Come to an end? When did the US remove the No FLy Zone? What date was Gadhafi killed on?

Capece.....got it now!
 
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MMC said:
Knock the BS off......Hillary Set Stevens up into the building after Gadhafi was killed. As During the Conflict with Qadhafi. Our Embassies were closed and our people evacuated out Remember?
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It's not BS. It's the same embassy that we have been using since 2006 and it hasn't changed. If the Embassy didn't have any noticeable damage after the war, why would they renovate it?
 
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MMC said:
UHOO Brutha.....When did the Libyan Civil War Come to an end? When did the US remove the No FLy Zone? What date was Gadhafi killed on?

Capece.....got it now!
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In December of last year.

What are you trying to get at?
 
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Das Sozialist said:
It's not BS. It's the same embassy that we have been using since 2006 and it hasn't changed. If the Embassy didn't have any noticeable damage after the war, why would they renovate it?
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UHOO Brutha.....When did the Libyan Civil War Come to an end? When did the US remove the No FLy Zone? What date was Gadhafi killed on?

Capece.....got it now!


Do you think Gadhafi was killed in 2006? Our Embassies were Emptied out and evacuated. Hillary became SOS in 2008. The day she stepped in. This became her responsiblity. Not who Orignially did what back in 2006.

Our People were removed, all equipment taken with them. Stevens was staying in a Hotel with Reporters. She sent him back, they restocked. They didnt reiniforce. Their slack, fault, incompetance, whatever you want to call it.....lies completely on them.
 
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MMC said:
UHOO Brutha.....When did the Libyan Civil War Come to an end? When did the US remove the No FLy Zone? What date was Gadhafi killed on?

Capece.....got it now!


Do you think Gadhafi was killed in 2006? Our Embassies were Emptied out and evacuated. Hillary became SOS in 2008. The day she stepped in. This became her responsiblity. Not who Orignially did what back in 2006.

Our People were removed, all equipment taken with them. Stevens was staying in a Hotel with Reporters. She sent him back, they restocked. They didnt reiniforce. Their slack, fault, incompetance, whatever you want to call it.....lies completely on them.
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If it wasn't reinforced prior to the war and there was no noticeable damage after, why would it be repaired afterward if it was holding up just fine before?
 
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Das Sozialist said:
If it wasn't reinforced prior to the war and there was no noticeable damage, why would it be repaired afterward?
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Uhm the gates were Blown open in June a letter or some leaflets were left.....the Brits Ambassador was almost assasinated. How many clues does the left need to figure it out that they need more than MS Plum in the kitchen?
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MMC said:
Uhm the gates were Blown open in June a letter or some leaflets were left.....the Brits Ambassador was almost assasinated. How many clues does the left need to figure it out that they need more than MS Plum in the kitchen?
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I'm talking about directly after the war. Answer the question.
 
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Das Sozialist said:
I'm talking about directly after the war. Answer the question.
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Yeah and I am talking about directly after an attack in June. How is your question relevant? What would it matter if it wasnt damaged at the end of the war. The Structure to the Building was damaged when they blew the gates down.

Or after you get attacked do you not assess the situation you are in?

Nice try tho.....Still falls on Hillary's azz and there is no getting round it. She is the SOS. Her Dept......Her hit!
 
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gunner said:
Do you know the logistical difficulty of moving a standing Army?
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And that has what to do with announcing a departure date? To get all the troops and generals to start packing their bags?


Please give me a definition of winning?
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LOL!!! Your a gift that just keeps on giving!



What would be the alternative? Stay in Afghanistan for many, many more years with the same result? You do realize NO foreign power has EVER conquered Afghanistan, right?

Paul
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But...but...The Great Apologizer In Chief said that winning in Afghanistan was his priority! Was he not being sincere?
 
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sharon said:
Let's get real for a minute.
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Yes, let's...

The building was leased and opened in 2006 when Bush was president and they probably had specs that included bulletproof windows. Somebody dropped the ball or got chintzy with the budget... and you expect Obama to micromanage that?
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Oh come on now Sharon...Really? When the Iraq war started much criticism, some deserved, and some laughable. Everything from ballistic armor, to bullet proof vests were directly blamed on Bush, and why? because soldiers were dying, or getting injured because of the lack of such equipment needed in that theatre of war...Now, fast forward to this, and Obama has been in office for 4 years now, and pleads to the American people for re election for another 4 years, and the answer about the glass, or the protection of our diplomats that Obama stationed in these areas, is 'oh well, you can't expect him to micromanage this stuff"?

Are you serious? The man went to sleep during the attack, then went to Nevada, and Colorado for campaign fund raisers in the middle of this crap....Leader? Hell NO!
 
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The building was leased and opened in 2006 when Bush was president and they probably had specs that included bulletproof windows. Somebody dropped the ball or got chintzy with the budget... and you expect Obama to micromanage that?.....snip~


^^^^^ this means nothing after the building was attacked in June of this year.
 
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John.NoseTip said:
If you really believe what you wrote all I can say is Yikes!
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It would take one time. It would be the right thing to do. If the streets are full of Occupy Bengazi types then kill them while the killing is good. I want them to fear us. What do you want?
 
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Higgins86 said:
lol sorry can you speak in English mate?
p.s Ive done the heavy hifting already xxx
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Sissification. Take a man and make him a girl.
Many of us have done heavy lifting. Some of us remember. Some do not.
 
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j-mac said:
Upon learning of that in his time of presiding over the office, what did he do to change that?
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Reinforcing the windows and doors might have made a good shovel ready stimulus project.
 
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Grant said:
Reinforcing the windows and doors might have made a good shovel ready stimulus project.
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Myself, I think it would be common sense. Especially right after we just took out the Ruler of the Country and gave it to somebody else to run.
 
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