Benghazi is Back

Fox News is reporting some very disturbing developments about the attacks on the US embassy last September in Benghazi Libya that left four Americans dead.  First, a member of the special operations forces has come forward to confirm that, contrary to what the Obama administration has said, there were America forces that could have responded to the attacks within three hours.  This is critical information since the second part of the terror attack did not occur until nearly eight hours after the first onslaught.  Had American forces been given the green light to protect the embassy, at least two of the four dead could have been saved.  Second, there are at least three State Department employees and one more from the CIA who have sought approval to retain counsel so that they can testify to Congress about the Benghazi matter.  The Obama administration has so far prevented such testimony and it has warned the employees that their careers will be over if they speak out.  The attorney for one such unnamed employee has come forward to explain these events to the press.

Since the day after the attacks, it has always been a mystery as to why there was no attempt to send American forces to stop the terrorists.  It seemed that the folks at the embassy must have been told that American forces were on their way.  The last person killed by the terrorists was actually on the roof of the embassy annex using a laser to light up a target so that it could be hit by incoming smart bombs or missiles.  That victim was a trained navy seal; he knew that using the laser would reveal his position.  He also knew that using the laser was the only way to get the smart bombs on target.  There is no way he would have used the laser and exposed himself to attack unless he had been told that US forces were in the area and that air support would be on site imminently. 

The truth is that Benghazi was a failure of the State Department to protect its people.  All the coverups in the world cannot change that fact.