jonny5
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What was confirmed? That the team was ordered through normal chain of command to remain in Tripoli instead of take a round trip plane ride to Benghazi where they would be of no help? Yes, that was confirmed. So why is this still a controversy? If they'd have got what they wanted, they'd have passed the first plane of injured being flown to Tripoli where they just left, then stood around the airport in Benghazi, watching more planes get loaded with evacuees, which was handled just fine without them.
So the military made a correct decision to leave them in Tripoli. What's the issue?
Confirmed that there was a order by the military for the spec ops team not to leave. Its a controversy because its an election season and both parties are trying to either blame the other, or avoid blame. In this case, to claim there wasnt an order, so the whole issue of whether the order was justified or not could be ignored. Which speaks to the larger issue of whether the President handled the situation correctly, overall. But as long as we argue about the meaning of the word IS, we dont have to talk about the real issues.