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
Paul,
It maybe worse. They may have had Spectre gunship overhead or the Operator
wouldn't have "painted" it.
http://tinyurl.com/9m4l6fx
If so is this Treason or just your run of the mill Impeachable Offense.
IMHO the Intel / Military community might start spilling the beans soon,
they must be livid....
He left their brothers behind, and did not make the command call. What
was he doing in that time-frame?
Go to Beck's Blaze, Their is a picture of Obama and he looks awful, my
antenna tells me something isn't right here...
And now, a copy/paste of an email I sent to a Rabbi who is a friend of
mine.....
This today, please watch and listen the 12 minute video from a
"Spec-Operator" that called "Rush".
http://www.therightscoop.com/must-watch-rush-military-caller-says-beyond-a-shadow-of-a-doubt-obama-knew-about-benghazi-attack-ordered-no-response/
This Bengazi mess is worse than Watergate, the dominant media will not
touch it, my apologies to your sensibilities but they are so far in the
tank for the Administration, they are derelict in their duties as the
4th estate if you will and are complicit if not downright accomplices in
this malfeasance. Some of the more "Legal-Eagle" conservative jurist
have used the term Treasonous to describe what has happened, and they do
not use these terms lightly....
Listen to the Parent of one of the Seals here, what Biden said and a
host of other things.
Many despise "Beck" but his new News-Organization he has built in Texas
is world class with stories no one is covering or has the gumption to
touch ( BTW, he broadcast 24/7 on the web to 300,000 subscribers and is
also now on Dish Network. I also hear his Company "The Blaze" now has
400 employees strong from secretaries to full time writers, gum-shoes,
etc etc.)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/explosive-benghazi-allegation-cia-told-to-stand-down-during-attack-3-urgent-requests-for-military-back-up-were-denied/
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/joe-biden-to-father-of-former-navy-seal-killed-in-benghazi-did-your-son-always-have-balls-the-size-of-cue-balls/
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/becks-emotional-response-to-bombshell-stand-down-libya-allegations-today-officially-is-the-day-that-i-no-longer-recognize-my-country/
Pray for America
Anthony Liberatore
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Naval Air Station Sigonella
NAS Sigonella is located in eastern Sicily approximately 16 km west of the
city of
Catania and approximately 24 km due south of Mount Etna, an active
volcano. It
occupies a tract of land at NATO Maritime Airfield Sigonella which is
operated and
hosted by the Italian Air Force. The U.S. has maintained a permanent
presence at the
activity since 1959. NAS Sigonella provides consolidated operational
command and
control, administrative, logistical and advance logistical support to U.S.
and other
NATO forces. In the discharge of its mission, NAS Sigonella is assisted by
a number
of tenant organizations and support units.
The mission of US Forces at Sigonella, Rota, and Souda Bay is to provide
Command
Control and Logistics Support to US And NATO Operating Forces. These three
facilities
are undergoing a transformation from Maritime Patrol Airfields to
Multi-role "Hubs"
providing crucial air-links for USAF strategic airlift in support of
CENTCOM and
Africa Area contingency operations.
The primary purpose of US Naval Air Station Sigonella is to provide
consolidated
operational, command and control, administrative, logistical and advanced
logistical
support to US and other Nato forces. NAS Sigonella is the major support
element for
US SIXTH Fleet Mediterranean. It is the strategic center of the
Mediterranean. Recent
political events in the strategic center of the Mediterranean and Near
East have
greatly increased operational requirements and there has been emergent
mission tasking.
NAS Sigonella supports a rotational VP squadron, an HC squadron, C-2, C-9,
and C-130
detachments, shore-based fleet aircraft, transient NATO aircraft and US
Air Force
transient aircraft. The Augusta Bay Port Facility provides fuel,
ammunition and
supplies to SIXTH Fleet combat and logistics support ships. The Niscemi
Telecommunications Facility and Pachino Target Range also provide support
to the
Fleet. Additionally, this station is the routing point for trainsient
fleet personnel
snd fleet cargo movements thought Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia. There
are
currently about 2,930 active duty personnel, 1,250 Italian and American
civilian
personnel, and family members number about 3,200.
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Three C130's on the ramp. Hard to tell if they are gun ships. They could
be.
The other four aircraft are antisubmarine turboprops based on the Lockheed
Electra.
You can clearly see the shadow of the magnetic anomaly sensors sticking
out the back.
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P-3C Orion long range ASW aircraft
Description
Four-engine turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft.
Features
Originally designed as a land-based, long-range, anti-submarine warfare
(ASW) patrol
aircraft, the P-3C's mission has evolved in the late 1990s and early 21st
century to
include surveillance of the battlespace, either at sea or over land. Its
long range
and long loiter time have proved invaluable assets during Operation Iraqi
Freedom as
it can view the battlespace and instantaneously provide that information
to ground
troops, especially U.S. Marines.
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Paul Lamar
The flight distance from Sigonella to Bengasi is about 300 miles.
Less than an hour for a C130 gun ship.
On Fox News Sunday Chris Wallace asked Senator Mark Warner D-VA on the
senate
intelligence board a direct question about the armament on the drone over
head the
consulate.
He refused to answer.
It is no secret that Predator drones carry Hell fire missiles.
Paul Lamar
What good is a military force with the best technology known to man when
you have a gutless leader who won't use them or even acknowledge the threat
is there in the first place. The father of one of the Navy Seals that
bravely gave his life fulfilling his personal commitment to himself, the
Naval tradition and his country said it best. "Better to die with honor
than to live as a coward". The Navy usually has an aircraft carrier in the
region stationed in what we affectionately call the Med, "you know, a big
ship with planes on it," the president knows about these, which could have
had an F-18 there in less than an hour which carries air to ground missiles
that could have been laser targeted on the ground or by air. There was no
excuse for those guys not to have support other than they were written off
as expendable by the highest levels of our government, period!!!!!!
James Ealey
Does the timeline here differ from your understanding of the events
that took place?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444620104578008922056244096.html
During which part of this should we have been shooting missiles? And
at what? The individual attackers? I might see a gunship being
useful.
Regards,
Matt-
The enemy mortar team that killed several US ex seals was being designated by a laser
by one of the seals on a annex roof. If they had scrambled the gun ship when
this whole thing started I doubt it would have lasted 7 hours. They were less than an
hour away. One warning shot from a 105 mm C130 gun ship cannon or a burst of Gatling
gun fire would be all it took. The bad guys would be heading for cover. The gun ships
are very accurate when coupled with laser designators. If the Predator drones were
not carrying Hell Fires missiles that in and of itself is incompetence.
Mortor fire will also show up on a Predator drone infrared sensor.
The chief engineer on the Predator is a rotor head, friend of mine and he was on here
in the early days when they first decided to equip them with Hell Fire missiles. I
got a tour of the base and here are some pictures I took
on final from just outside the base on private property. I was not allowed to take
pictures on the base.
What is amazing is they knew right way from the Predator video that the enemy was
using RPG rocket launchers. Not something your average out raged enemy citizen has
under his bed. At that point they should have known it was an organized attack.
http://youtu.be/n0hGQtCPsCY
It is just plain battle incompetence at best. And lots worse probably.
Obama can't bring himself to kill his brothers and miss all those virgins in heaven :)
Paul Lamar
Fun, but, did the link to the Wall Street Journal account of the
Banghazi attack differ from your understanding of how the events
unfolded?
Matt-
I did not read the wall street journal. I will shortly upload another video that
explains it minute by minute. You got to start watching Fox News Matt. You are
highly misinformed.
Paul Lamar Dump the Dems
I insist on stories that actually name sources. And the sources have
to be recognizable as experts in their field. How could you not
insist on this? If you don't, you're just consuming garbage?
Matt-
Whistle blowers in the military and the government are risking their careers and
even jail to bring the story of Bengasi out in the open. Obama has absolute power and
if he finds out who it is and if he so wishes he can have them fired or court
martialed and jailed. Apparently this has already happened to high ranking military
officers that tried to act against orders. I am sure these people feel this is so
important that they will risk everything.
Paul Lamar Dump the Dems
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