Then why have an investigation at all?
The investigation was intended to be a FACT FINDING investigation to try to figure out what happened and how to make sure it never happened again.
The FACT was that the entire Benghazi mess was one giant F*-UP after another resulting in the extremely needless deaths of Americans:
1. The CIA was running weapons out of Benghazi to terrorists.
2. The Obama administration - especially the State Department - knew FOR MONTHS about the call for attacks on US Embassies and compounds throughout the entire Middle East on the anniversary of 9/11/01. THEY KNEW THIS WAS COMING!
3.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT HIRED AN AL QAEDA-ASSOCIATED / AFFILIATED MILITIA TO PROTECT AMERICANS IN BENGHAZI FROM .... AL QAEDA.
4. As Al Qaeda presence grew and the situation became more violent in Benghazi and KNOWING there was a call for terrorist attacks on the anniversary of 9/11, EVERY other nation with people in Benghazi pulled their people out...everyone except the United States!
Again,
5. The US Ambassador informed the State Department that new terrorist training camps had opened up, Al Qaeda flags were flying over Benghazi Govt buildings, several hundred Al Qaeda members were in Benghazi, violence was growing, again every other nation had pulled their people out.....No response from the State Department.
6. The US State Department left the US Ambassador woefully unprepared. Stevens turned to asking other nations as they pulled out if he could use THEIR cement traffic blockades and other defensive equipment that he did not have.
7. Al Qaeda attacked the US Compound in Benghazi TWICE in the weeks leading up to the final attack on 9/11/12 - the last attack left a 4-foot hole in the compound wall. ANYONE with an ounce of military tactics / experience damn-well knew this was the terrorists testing the defensive responses of the Compound.
- The Al Qaeda-associated militia NEVER arrived on time in response to any of the attacks. They always got there just AFTER the attack. They QUIT just days before the final attack.
- The Team the State Department hired to protect the compound was basically the lowest bidder and HAD NO EXPERIENCE IN COMBAT AREAS OR COMBAT SITUATIONS. IN THEIR CONTRACT JOBS THEY NEVER CARRIED WEAPONS BEFORE. In other words, they were inexperienced, had no clue what the f* they were doing, and were not prepared to defend the compound from a terrorist attack.
8. It is on record that Ambassador Stevens requested additional security more than 50 (FIFTY) times - all of which were DENIED....even AFTER the 2 terrorist attacks on the compound prior to 9/11/12. In fact ,THE STATE DEPARTMENT TOOK AWAY SOME OF THE COMPOUND'S SECURITY FORCES AFTER THE 2 ATTACKS.
- Hillary would later LAUGH in front of Congress when asked about how the State Department continuously denied Ambassador Stevens' requests, even when he told them if the big attack on 9/11/12 went off and he did not have more security HE WOULD DIE! Hillary said she thought his continuous asking was A JOKE - PART OF HIS SENSE OF HUMOR!
AGAIN...
- Snowflakes and Liberals like to try to blame the GOP for cutting budgets which prevented the State Department from hiring more security. In doing so they ignore some pretty simple damn questions:
--- If they didn't have enough money to hire additional security, DID THEY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FLY THE AMERICANS OUT OF EBNGHAZI...LIKE EVERY OTHER NATION HAD DONE WITH THEIR PEOPLE ALREADY? (You can bet if Hillary's fat ass was in Benghazi for 2 terrorist attacks and knew the big one was coming on 9/11/12 she sure as hell wouldn't have stuck around for it.)
KNOWING a Middle-East-Wide terrorist attack was pending,
KNOWING the US Compound had already been attacked twice,
KNOWING the compound could not be easily defended,
KNOWING they did not have enough security personnel to protect the compound,
KNOWING the security forces there had no clue what they were doing,
KNOWING they had turned down more than 50 requests for additional security,
Again, KNOWING THE ATTACK WAS COMING.
KNOWING the military was 'not in position to help'
Obama / Hillary / the State Department did not PRE-POSITION US forces to a location where they could quickly respond if needed on 9/11/12.
They literally did not do a damn thing to prevent Americans from dying!
This was not rocket science. Hell, this was not even 6th grade science. Even you crazy snowflake M*erF*ers could do a better job protecting the Americans there, ESPECIALLY IF YOUR ASS HAD BEEN SITTING IN BENGHAZI PRIOR TO 9/11/12!
Let's go over a few ideas, shall we:
#1:
You DON'T hire AL QAEDA - who slaughtered 3,000 Americans on 9/11/01 - to protect Americans ... from AL QAEDA ... when an attack on the anniversary of 9/11/01 has been called for / is planned and the Americans you want to protect are in the middle of AL QAEDA LAND, the new nation Obama helped Al Qaeda take over for their own.
#2:
You hire EXPERIENCED security personnel who HAVE worked combat / hostile areas, who HAVE carried guns before, who DO know wtf they are doing to protect American lives in terrorist nations.
#3:
When you KNOW a Middle East-Wide terrorist attack on US Embassies and compounds have been called for / planned and every other nation has pulled their people out because of this and because of growing violence, you don't let your people STAY. You tell them - ORDER THEM - to GTFO!
#4:
If you weren't smart enough to pull your people out before, after 2 terrorist attacks on the compound leading up to the expected major attack on 9/11/12 YOU ORDER YOUR PEOPLE TO GTFO!
-- IF you are stupid enough to let them stay, YOU GIVE THEM MORE SECURITY PERSONNEL. YOU DON'T TAKE AWAY MORE OF THEIR SECURITY PERSONNEL.
#5:
If you know you can not afford to hire more security personnel, and know terrorist just blew a 4-foot hole in the Benghazi compound wall, going through their defenses like corn through a goose, YOU ORDER YOUR PEOPLE TO GTFO! You DON'T shrug your shoulders, blame the GOP, and say 'whatever happens to the Americans there is the GOP's fault' then LET THEM DIE!
#6:
KNOWING a terrorist attack is coming,
KNOWING you don't have enough security to protect Americans,
& being determined to keep the Americans in Benghazi,
YOU MAKE SURE A MILITARY TEAM IS PRE-POSITIONED IN ADVANCE TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND ASAP TO AN ATTACK ON THE COMPOUND.
#7:
When you get the notification that a terrorist attack 'JUST BEGAN' on a US compound, EVEN IF IT WILL TAKE HOURS FOR A MILITARY RESPONSE TEAM TO SHOW UP (BECAUSE YOU F*ED UP AND DID NOT PRE-POSITION THEM), EVEN IF YOU THINK THEY WILL NOT GET THERE IN TIME,
YOU SEND THEM ANYWAY!
-- You DON'T know how long the fight will last.
-- You don't know if the compound can hold off the attackers until help can arrive.
-- You don't know if / how many might still be alive by the time you do get there.
-- You keep the team responding informed of what's going on while they ae in transit
-- Once the military team gets there it is there job to kill any terrorist M*erF*ers still on-site, to secure the area, to secure the Americans -
dead or alive
Hillary and Barry could not have F*ed this up more if they had tried...but one good thing could be said for their performance / F*-Up: IT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF EVERYTHING NOT TO DO.
And snowflakes and Democrats are so damn worried about being blamed for ANYTHING, they make the most stupid denials of the obvious!
Case in point, again: Hillary and Barry did
'nothing wrong'?
I would say choosing to leave Americans behind in an indefensible compound protected by AL QAEDA and an inexperienced, understaffed security team that had never carried weapons in a combat / hostile region before and failed to ensure a Military Quick Reaction Force was nearby to come to their rescue after 2 terrorist attacks and when they KNEW the larger attack was still pending on 9/11/12
counts as 'DOING SOMETHING WRONG'!
BTW, on 9/11/12 22 (TWENTY-TWO) US Embassies and Compounds throughout the Middle East were attacked - 2 were over-run - 4 Americans were killed. Again, they already KNEW this was coming! The immediate response by the WH and State Department (Obama and Hillary) that the Benghazi attack was in any way the result of a protest over a video was a panicked, knee-jerk reaction to the fear that they would be blamed for not pulling Americans out and getting them killed.
If Obama and Hillary had just been HONEST right up front - that 4 Americans were killed in a terrorist attack - it would have been a tragedy but no big serious deal as it turned into.