Barack Obama ‘outsourced’ Libya embassy security to unarmed British firm
One of the questions asked after the United States embassy in Libya was attacked and our ambassador, Chris Stevens, was murdered was “where were the marines?“
According to this article the Obama regime decided to take a low profile after the assassination of Muammar Qaddafi; while the Obama regime supported the overthrow of Qaddafi and supported the mission with bombs and intelligence once the deed was done Barack Obama preferred America’s role in the ouster of Qaddafi was forgotten. So much so that Marines were not stationed in Libya, private security was outsourced to Britain, and Hillary Clinton signed off on the “no bullets” rules on engagement:
American Marines were not stationed at the U.S. embassy in Tripoli or the American mission in Benghazi, as would typically have been the case. In the spirit of a “low profile,” the administration didn’t even want an American company in charge of private security. Blue Mountain, the British firm the State Department hired, was willing to abide by the “no bullets” Rules of Engagement (ROE), so were a logical fit for the contract. These sub-standard protections for American diplomats were signed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the ROE.
In essence, the Obama Administration tasked an unarmed British firm with security responsibilities that should have been handled by armed American servicemen, and it was all approved by the Secretary of State. Needless to say, the plan failed and an Ambassador was murdered, along with several others.
Does anything else really need to be said? I didn’t think so.
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I0m speechless. I am so damn mad I can not see straight. Somebody has to pay for this!!!
It is maddening to see this happen because it should have been prevented. We all know the appeasement policy doesn’t work with extremists, I just wish Obama didn’t have to learn this way. If he did learn…
Not even this regime could have bungled this by incompetence. Barry and Hillary look like co-conspirators.
That’s the thought that keeps coming back to my mind as well.
Yet the only thing we hear is the Romney piece ad nauseum which was the only piece of reality we have heard in days. By the way, NDAA has just been re-instated, and Janet is buying tons more of ammo according to Drudge. What a day.
The hits just keep on coming, at least the media is covering the important issues. Yeah, right!
As you said, my first response to the attack was ” Where were the Marines?” Now as I suspected, there weren’t any. I just can’t believe it.
It really is hard to believe isn’t it?!
Even we, as the uninformed masses, know that our embassy/consulate should be protected by Americans. That it was not, tells it all. That we “outsourced” to another country is an outrage, and to not have bullets on top of that was an invitation for evil. Then we read that 2 weeks ahead of that, the State Dept. warns about not traveling in the area, did they think to tell any of the people that were actually GOING there, or was it just a blanket statement? Unprofessional is the word I will use for this whole administration. There should be calls for impeachment, resignations, you name it…this was a tragedy that did NOT have to happen. When will people learn that you put people into positions that have the ABILITY to do the job, not someone that has to learn…we do not have that luxury when it comes to foreign policy anymore. That being said, we will not have learned anything, the administration will go on as usual and the media will sing their praises.
The more we learn about this story the worse it becomes and Barack Obama should be thankful he is a Democrat or else it would bring him down. Yet the media thinks Romney’s gaffe is a more important story, and where the hell are the Republicans demanding answers?!
Even the US Embassy has to have the agreement of the host country to deploy US Marines to guard an embassy. The State Dept asked for permission and it was denied.
Source please?
My bad – it was Sudan that refused them entry.
I do think I heard something about that recently.
Well, if that is the case, why are we there?
Well, we’ll see how this impacts the polls when the media reports it…
OH wait!
DOH!
Will the main stream media cover this outrage? NOT. Be informed and vote informed.
NO they won’t, I hope people are paying attention to this story and are not buying Obama’s line that this was all about a You Tube video.