General: We Didn't Even Try To Save American Lives In Benghazi -- Daily Beast
A former general is accusing the U.S. military of not even trying to save the Americans under attack at Benghazi in 2012.
A high ranking officer in the U.S. Africa Command on the night of the Benghazi attacks is now saying that the U.S. military did not try and was never even ordered to save the Americans under attack at the U.S. diplomatic outpost on the September 11, 2012 attack.
In explosive testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, retired Air Force Brigadier General Robert Lovell, said bluntly about the military’s response on the night of the Benghazi attack: “The discussion is not in the ‘could or could not’ in relation to time, space and capability, the point is we should have tried.”
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My Comment: General Robert Lovell's testimony has drawn a rebuke from a senior Republican Congressman .... but aside from that it is true that more should have been done. No one knew how long the attack was going to last (5 minutes, one hour, a day, two days) .... but it should have made no difference .... assets should have been quickly mobilized and sent .... even if it was too late. But that did not happen .... and the reason why is that it appears that no one initiated the order that would have made this happen.