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Panetta: Critics ‘Monday Morning Quarterbacking’ White House Handling Of Libya Attack
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 10/26/2012 2:56:20 PM
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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta calls the criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of the Libya terror attack “Monday morning quarterbacking.” Panetta defended the way the White House handled the aftermath of the deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans who were killed during an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi for which terror group Ansar al-Sharia took responsibility. Panetta said that they didn’t have enough “real-time information” to send military forces to respond. “(The) basic principle is that you don’t deploy forces Source corrected by staff.
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Comments: Keep telling everyone that you liar. No one believes you. I would assume there is a major meltdown going on in the regime with these reports by Fox News.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 10/26/2012 2:58:19 PM (No. 8964696)
America deserves answers, Panetta!
Either give them - truthfully - or get out.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
gobushcheneygo, 10/26/2012 2:59:38 PM (No. 8964700)
I can only imagine the sheer utter panic going on in the WH, Defense, State Dept and Zero's campaign generals. Keep spinning but the TRUTH will eventually come out.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
tnorling, 10/26/2012 3:00:53 PM (No. 8964706)
Oh. They trot Panetta out because they think he has credibility? He's a little late and long ago lost any credibility he may have had. He is now Panetta the Shill.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Italiano, 10/26/2012 3:01:02 PM (No. 8964708)
Corrupt political hack back then. Corrupt political hack now.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
CEP, 10/26/2012 3:04:07 PM (No. 8964717)
THere are four American deaths that could have been prevented if only you paid attention, you could have sent help but your making excuses then blaming others for monday morning quarterbacking. You and your boss are despicable and should be in prison for your dereliction of duty.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
neanderthal, 10/26/2012 3:05:32 PM (No. 8964723)
You would have had to be out of your mind to have gone into the armed forces during the past three years. You'd be serving under people who would see you killed in a New York minute if they saw it would bring them some advantage of some bizarre sort.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
RIsailor, 10/26/2012 3:08:34 PM (No. 8964731)
Fox reports that CIA chain of command turned down the former SEALs (were they CIA operators?) requests to be allowed to aid Ambassador Stevens.
CIA reports to the President, does not go through Panetta and DOD.
Likely that Obama is intentionally keeping Petraeus from speaking to the public. Also likely to me that Petraeus wanted to deploy CIA/military assets to go to help the Benghazi State and CIA people and turned him down.
Why? Obama did not want public to know that our Benghazi operation was buying weapons, including man fired anti aircraft rockets from Libyans to ship to Syrian rebels. Hence, earlier meeting between Stevens and Turkish arms shipper/ambassador.
Fast and Furious-North Africa/Middle East version.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
killerbee, 10/26/2012 3:09:20 PM (No. 8964735)
By the way, didn't Obama kill Bin Laden? Just getting that out of the way.
The big, stinkin' liars are villains of the worst kind. They left those people to die, particularly the ambassador -- it was like he and the diplomat who worked with him were targeted by the administration itself.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Teleologicus, 10/26/2012 3:14:28 PM (No. 8964754)
This man needs to go. He doesn't understand the job or the purpose of the military forces at his command. The latter exist and are trained and equipped specifically for defending the lives of Americans under attack by foreign enemies. It is astonishing to be lectured by such a man that the conditions in Benghazi were too confusing and too dangerous to deploy forces to attempt to save the lives of a U.S. ambassador and his staff during an attack extending over many hours. He needs to go, the sooner the better. So do the military advisers -if any- would counseled such cowardly and lethal negligence. Indeed, if the facts continue to support what seems like criminal dereliction of duty, it would not be amiss to prosecute those responsible.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
dotonbut, 10/26/2012 3:14:36 PM (No. 8964755)
Wasn't quickly concluding that it was some unwatched video that caused the murders of our people "Monday Morning Quarterbacking" as well?
By the way, by bringing the unknown video up and alerting Muslims to its existence the idiots in this administration caused MORE deaths.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DSchneider, 10/26/2012 3:16:44 PM (No. 8964763)
Leon, it happened on your watch. I think the time for you to actively serve your country is over.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Danceman, 10/26/2012 3:17:08 PM (No. 8964765)
It's not Monday Morning Mr. Panetta. It's now a Friday afternoon over a month after the 9/11 attack and dead players are laying on the field. Instant replay is starting to show that the Coach knew what was going on and called a timeout.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Norwegian Goddess, 10/26/2012 3:17:51 PM (No. 8964769)
I think the info the overhead drones were gathering plus the calls for help would be enough "real time" info!! Oh, wait...you had to check out the YouTube video first, right?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
10chuckarnold65, 10/26/2012 3:18:09 PM (No. 8964771)
If you were not seeing and hearing for yourself what this administration, and MSM, is doing and saying, it would be unbelievable. Brian Williams, you are a traitor, and a liar
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
slowslider, 10/26/2012 3:18:36 PM (No. 8964773)
Must be dating U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
mitzi, 10/26/2012 3:20:34 PM (No. 8964779)
If the team captain and the players on the team provided some truthful answers, no "Monday morning quarterbacking" would be necessary.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
TakeBackAmerica, 10/26/2012 3:20:37 PM (No. 8964780)
Back offsite after several hours to find several articles excusing Zippy's tyranny and blaming Conservatives for the murderous Lybian debacle the administration has been promoting this past couple of weeks.
Nice try, ladies, but we're not buying!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
10chuckarnold65, 10/26/2012 3:21:37 PM (No. 8964786)
If you were not seeing this unfold with your own eyes you wouldnt belie This president should be prosecuted for treason. Brian Williams, you are a liar and a traitor.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Coy860, 10/26/2012 3:26:11 PM (No. 8964805)
I heard the call to Rush today. There was a "hot line" if you will, (like an IM popping up on a screen) specifically for this purpose..the message was sent "Ambassador in peril"..right to the WH. The person receiving that message has the duty to see that it is delivered "face to face" immediately. It is way past time for Panetta, Hillary Clinton, Rice, etc. to stop the lies and trying to cover the Obama MASS failure to act. An Ambassador is technically the President while in a foreign country. Such is the magnitude of this failure.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Douglas DC, 10/26/2012 3:34:35 PM (No. 8964831)
Murder-or at least manslaughter. This is why Mitt did not force the issue at the last debate.. it has legs and tentacles and will not die.. The Blood of heroes cries out from the grave..
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
QRP, 10/26/2012 3:39:13 PM (No. 8964850)
Hey Leon, the reason people "Monday morning quarterback" is because the quarterback lost the game on Sunday, or in this case left the people to die.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 10/26/2012 3:42:28 PM (No. 8964857)
Hanging would be my reccomendation...
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
GomerShabazz, 10/26/2012 4:00:16 PM (No. 8964908)
If there was never a Sunday Afternoon Quarterback, can there be a Monday Morning Quarterback....Leon?
To think he cupped that mother's face in his hands and lied to her face....wonder if her son's blood was left on her cheeks?
Sleep Well traitors.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
faldo, 10/26/2012 4:22:59 PM (No. 8964958)
Secretary Panetta defends "sitting on your hands" while brave men fight for their collective survival and lives. If I have misunderstood his defense of White House, DOD and State Dept inaction regarding the Benghazi attack, someone please interject?
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
AntiStatist, 10/26/2012 4:26:58 PM (No. 8964970)
Oh, it's 4:25 Eastern- has Panetta boarded his personal government-paid Gulfstream jet for his ride home to California for the weekend?
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
JonR, 10/26/2012 4:32:33 PM (No. 8964985)
This situation is way past gross incompetence and is solidly in the camp of dereliction of duty! Anybody and I mean ANYBODY that supports this lawless administration is an enemy of the United States of America! MSM, this means you!! This cover-up makes Watergate look like a kid’s tea party! At least no one died in Watergate and the left is still railing against Nixon!
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
mickturn, 10/26/2012 4:50:34 PM (No. 8965044)
Mr. Panetta, you remind me of Bob McNamara during Vietnam...truth be damned, we killed 5% of the Viet Cong every day...hey we're up to 4000%.
Your credibility in this matter is less than zero!
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Pocket Aces, 10/26/2012 4:56:18 PM (No. 8965065)
F### Panetta
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
fayebeck, 10/26/2012 5:07:41 PM (No. 8965118)
Has anyone else noticed that Leon's beek has grown longer? Ya think his nose comes off when he removes his glasses?
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
JudithC, 10/26/2012 5:18:57 PM (No. 8965167)
Try to remember the number of men who went to prison because of Watergate. The line up for Behghazi should make this number appear tiny. Every damn one of them who is part of this belongs behind bars. Four men are dead who didn't have to die. Two heroes, both SEALs, refused to follow orders and gave their lives. And Obama and Hillary dared to stand and lie when their coffins were returned. They shame the world and they shame the memories of men who have earned congressional medals of honor.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
bob913, 10/26/2012 5:25:02 PM (No. 8965187)
30+ people were under fire. obama denied them the troops. If it wasn't for those navy Seals that came to the rescue after disobeying orders the number killed would have been many more if not all the Americans there.
I hope and hope that president Mitt Romney goes after these traitors but I do not think he has it in him.
Hire me. No problem! I can make sure these traitors pay.
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"I think we’ve got a good chance of seeing it pass if members of Congress are listening to the American people," President Obama said in an interview on NBC´s "Today Show" that aired on Tuesday. "The notion that Congress would defy the overwhelming instinct of the American people after what we saw happen in Newtown, I think, is unimaginable." Obama was then asked by Savannah Guthrie how he could expect Democrats in red states to vote on this bill when he, as a Senator, didn´t have to himself.
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