There was a retired general on  Greta Van Susteren last night.

Apparently there is a US force in North Africa. They had Predator drones over the
scene almost immediately and they are no faster than a C172.

As of 1 October 2008, it is the Air Force component of United States Africa Command
(USAFRICOM), serves as the air and space component to U.S. Africa Command located at
Stuttgart, Germany. In this capacity, Seventeenth Air Force is referred to as U.S.
Air Forces Africa (AFAFRICA). 17 AF was inactivated in April 2012.

Turns out there was a AC130 gun ship within a couple of hours of the consulate.
Even if it had to fly from Stuttgart 1100 miles away C130 flying time would only be
3 hours. Israel 873 miles 2.5 hours.

What would be awesome is a converted Boeing KC-767 gun ship.
That would get there in less than 2 hours from Stuttgart and 1.5 hours from Israel.
In addition to the 105 mm cannon from the AC130 a 37 mm Gatling gun out of a A10
could be installed. Poof the magic dragon hot breath blast :)

The attack took 7 hours. Three 105 mm shells would have wiped out the
attackers in a matter of seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H1uvmdAPoM

Added to his other problems Obama is lousy commander in chief.

Paul Lamar
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