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Posted: 7/22/2014 12:10:45 PM EDT
un-flipping-believable

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The actual hit squad that killed Americans rented the building right next door to the consulate three weeks before the attack, and we knew it
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:11:27 PM EDT
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un-flipping-believable

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The actual hit squad that killed Americans rented the building right next door to the consulate three weeks before the attack, and we knew it
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What difference does it make?
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:12:01 PM EDT
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The actual hit squad that killed Americans rented the building right next door to the consulate three weeks before the attack, and we knew it


What difference does it make?


FPNI
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:15:27 PM EDT
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The article goes on to say that our guys requested, but were denied, a belt-fed and sandbags.  The higher-ups didn't want upset the indigenous population.

This really pisses me off.  I'm going to stop now while I'm ahead
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:17:07 PM EDT
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FHRC
FBHO
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:18:10 PM EDT
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According to one intelligence source, American security personnel specifically asked for an M240 machine gun to mount on the roof at the consulate for added protection, but were turned down repeatedly.

A State Department source also confirmed to Fox News that “they asked for a belt-fed mounted machine gun, but were specifically denied by the State Department because they said it would upset the locals.”

Should be featured prominently in 2016 presidential campaign ads.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:18:11 PM EDT
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un-flipping-believable

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The actual hit squad that killed Americans rented the building right next door to the consulate three weeks before the attack, and we knew it
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I would laugh at the sheer incompetence, if it didn't make me want to cry.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:19:48 PM EDT
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The article goes on to say that our guys requested, but were denied, a belt-fed and sandbags.  The higher-ups didn't want upset the indigenous population.

This really pisses me off.  I'm going to stop now while I'm ahead
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Why continue to be upset.?  Gov is your enemy, get used to it.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:19:49 PM EDT
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Hillary's been swiftboated M240d.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:20:07 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:20:22 PM EDT
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According to one intelligence source, American security personnel specifically asked for an M240 machine gun to mount on the roof at the consulate for added protection, but were turned down repeatedly.



A State Department source also confirmed to Fox News that "they asked for a belt-fed mounted machine gun, but were specifically denied by the State Department because they said it would upset the locals.”



Should be featured prominently in 2016 presidential campaign ads.
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I'm tired of all this PC "feel good" politics.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:21:47 PM EDT
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Damn OP, I'm diggin' that new avatar.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:22:00 PM EDT
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Didn't Clinton deny the requests for armor in Somalia?
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Les Aspin (IIRC) specifically denied it, probably at Slick Willie's order
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:22:05 PM EDT
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Didn't Clinton deny the requests for armor in Somalia?
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According to one intelligence source, American security personnel specifically asked for an M240 machine gun to mount on the roof at the consulate for added protection, but were turned down repeatedly.

A State Department source also confirmed to Fox News that “they asked for a belt-fed mounted machine gun, but were specifically denied by the State Department because they said it would upset the locals.”

Should be featured prominently in 2016 presidential campaign ads.



Didn't Clinton deny the requests for armor in Somalia?


EDIT: dont mind me. I know nothing...
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:22:10 PM EDT
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The article goes on to say that our guys requested, but were denied, a belt-fed and sandbags.  The higher-ups didn't want upset the indigenous population.

This really pisses me off.  I'm going to stop now while I'm ahead
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This is why I don't think I could ever work for a government entity.

My response would have been "yeah, well ok, fuck you" followed by my purchasing a few "locally sourced" beltfeds.


Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:22:29 PM EDT
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Is the owe-bunghole administration still insisting this was all about the video?  Or have they given up on that LIE yet?
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:23:55 PM EDT
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Fuck me running.

Should have pooled their money and purchased some local PKMs and sandbags on the street for a couple grand.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:25:47 PM EDT
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Bush's fault
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:26:44 PM EDT
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According to one intelligence source, American security personnel specifically asked for an M240 machine gun to mount on the roof at the consulate for added protection, but were turned down repeatedly.



A State Department source also confirmed to Fox News that "they asked for a belt-fed mounted machine gun, but were specifically denied by the State Department because they said it would upset the locals.”



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It certainly should.  Not that the Hillary Army will care...

 
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:26:45 PM EDT
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un-flipping-believable



For the TL;DR crowd...

The actual hit squad that killed Americans rented the building right next door to the consulate three weeks before the attack, and we knew it




I would laugh at the sheer incompetence, if it didn't make me want to cry.
Why on earth do you attribute to incompetence what is clearly malice?  

 
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:27:02 PM EDT
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Our government has been incompetent for years . This is just the latest example
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 12:52:49 PM EDT
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If any of you have ever work with DoS you would understand this the typical attitude they bring to the table; it is what you get when you hire a bunch of really smart people from Ivy League schools who have a rose colored glasses view of how things work, want to travel the world but want no real responsibility
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 1:45:30 PM EDT
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They'll turn around and claim it again, after all those snide remarks about having to carry a rocket propelled grenade launcher in their back pockets they now got proof that they didn't have to, they just had to step next door to get it out of the armory.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 1:47:27 PM EDT
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Every now and then I get the feeling someone in DC wanted that guy dead.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 1:56:58 PM EDT
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A belt fed  mg in that city wouldn't get a second look.  Bottom line is that liberals are pussies and eventually, they are going to get us all killed.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 2:00:40 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/22/2014 2:24:10 PM EDT
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Every now and then I get the feeling someone in DC wanted that guy dead.
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You think? kinda like the emperor killing those who built his tomb.........something tells me this administration would do it to anyone it feels could hurt it. Lerner should consider turning states evidence and going into witness protection.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 4:05:54 PM EDT
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Incompetent retards, or planned downfall?
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 4:08:29 PM EDT
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Les Aspin (IIRC) specifically denied it, probably at Slick Willie's order
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Les Aspin (IIRC) specifically denied it, probably at Slick Willie's order
And SPECTRE...

 
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 4:09:16 PM EDT
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So they posted the YouTube video from right next door?  
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 4:11:37 PM EDT
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I'll go with option 2.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 4:13:00 PM EDT
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No, no, no, they watched the YouTube video right next door.

Prior to that they were just hanging out and playing hackey sack and whistling at chicks and stuff.
And then they went all crazy and blew everything up.

Link Posted: 7/22/2014 5:20:49 PM EDT
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They were in there watching YouTube vids.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 5:22:35 PM EDT
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You think? kinda like the emperor killing those who built his tomb.........something tells me this administration would do it to anyone it feels could hurt it. Lerner should consider turning states evidence and going into witness protection.
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Every now and then I get the feeling someone in DC wanted that guy dead.

You think? kinda like the emperor killing those who built his tomb.........something tells me this administration would do it to anyone it feels could hurt it. Lerner should consider turning states evidence and going into witness protection.


The feds will hide her from the feds?
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 5:22:40 PM EDT
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FHRC
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The article goes on to say that our guys requested, but were denied, a belt-fed and sandbags.  The higher-ups didn't want upset the indigenous population.

This really pisses me off.  I'm going to stop now while I'm ahead


FHRC
FBHO


This pretty much covers it.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 5:24:05 PM EDT
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Damn I can't seem to find my surprised face, or my shocked one.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 5:48:43 PM EDT
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In ARFCOM fashion, both.  Planned at the top, and incompetent middle and down.

The middle/lower levels being incompetent actually are needed to enable the evil at the top.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 6:16:41 PM EDT
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This admin needs to be rotting in fucking jail cells.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 6:33:19 PM EDT
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Fuck a 240.  Those guys should have had multiple miniguns and walls of ammo cans.  And air support.  And evac.  And a sizeable QRF.  And an administration that gave a shit.
Link Posted: 7/22/2014 6:40:06 PM EDT
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The actual hit squad that killed Americans rented the building right next door to the consulate three weeks before the attack, and we knew it
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Is that where they watched the youtube video from?
Link Posted: 7/23/2014 6:30:16 PM EDT
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So don't make your fucking '240 visible for Crissakes!!  Seriously, if that's what you're worried about, push it back from the edge and put a fucking blanket over the damn thing so tender, Libyan civvies don't get butt-hurt about it.

Link Posted: 7/23/2014 6:32:47 PM EDT
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un-flipping-believable



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The actual hit squad that killed Americans rented the building right next door to the consulate three weeks before the attack, and we knew it
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Fucking piece of rat shit administration...



 
Link Posted: 7/23/2014 6:44:45 PM EDT
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So don't make your fucking '240 visible for Crissakes!!  Seriously, if that's what you're worried about, push it back from the edge and put a fucking blanket over the damn thing so tender, Libyan civvies don't get butt-hurt about it.

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I think they should have made it look like they were armed to the teeth, even if they had to paint cardboard boxes to look like ammo cans and paint broomsticks to look like muzzles.  

With the mortars coming in, a fixed position seems like a loosing proposition no matter how heavily armed without air support.
Link Posted: 7/23/2014 6:45:55 PM EDT
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Compared to what we knew before 9/11 and the Boston bombing that's nothing.
Link Posted: 7/23/2014 7:00:36 PM EDT
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Who in their right mind would want to be an ambassador for this administration? They have proven how important our ambassadors are to them. Your life wouldn't be worth a bucket of warm shit to these people.
Hell I didn't even like Christopher Stevens. He was gay and a Democrat. Two groups I am not overly fond of. But given that, he was our man in Libya, and I would be willing to rain down death, destruction, and hurt feelings on the scumbags who killed him.
Link Posted: 7/23/2014 9:27:13 PM EDT
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all the available machine guns were being sent to the cartels in Mexico.
Link Posted: 7/23/2014 9:42:52 PM EDT
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The article goes on to say that our guys requested, but were denied, a belt-fed and sandbags.  The higher-ups didn't want upset the indigenous population.

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nobody will be punished for this.
Link Posted: 7/23/2014 9:59:23 PM EDT
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  I'm tired of all this PC "feel good" politics.
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According to one intelligence source, American security personnel specifically asked for an M240 machine gun to mount on the roof at the consulate for added protection, but were turned down repeatedly.

A State Department source also confirmed to Fox News that "they asked for a belt-fed mounted machine gun, but were specifically denied by the State Department because they said it would upset the locals.”

Should be featured prominently in 2016 presidential campaign ads.

  I'm tired of all this PC "feel good" politics.


It's only the appearance of "feel good", when they want it to be.   A lot of these politicians would give the order to have you shot and bulldozed into a hole in a heartbeat if they thought they could get away with it and profit from it.
Link Posted: 7/23/2014 10:07:20 PM EDT
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Must have been a hell of a thing to be left out to slooowly dry and be able to see your ultimate demise..

Fuck everyone involved..
Link Posted: 7/24/2014 6:34:59 AM EDT
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Damn OP, I'm diggin' that new avatar.
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I agree, it's a good'un.
Link Posted: 7/24/2014 6:39:09 AM EDT
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Nope.....it runs deeper.  Plenty of evidence that Stevens was gonna get killed, just look at what he was doing.  Didn't fit the Syria plan.
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