Standing down was the correct thing to do in Benghazi. No film is going to change that. The USA military has a responsibility to their soldiers and sending them into a dark ally is not one of them.
Military leadership sent a drone to come to understand what was occurring in Benghazi. They weren't going to send their soldiers into a circumstance they had no idea was occurring. That was correct. Save the existing and known lives before sending in the soldiers into rescue others. A rescue is not a rescue if the rescuers are dead, too.
The USA military made the right call. There was no way to save Ambassador Stevens. He died of smoke inhalation in a 'safe room.' The safe room became worthless as soon as the smoke penetrated the air he was breathing.
...According (click here) to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), most fire deaths are the result of smoke inhalation rather than burns. NFPA notes that every 20 seconds somewhere in the United States a fire department is responding to a fire. Once a minute, a fire is occurring in a home or other building that most likely has occupants. Historically, some very famous and deadly fires have occurred in crowded, public settings such as night clubs and theaters, claiming hundreds of victims. Fortunately, that is not the norm. Fire experts find that most fires today occur in a person’s home or vehicle and generally involve one or two victims....
The outcome in Benghazi was dependent on the safe room. The safe room was compromised. Unfortunately, Ambassador Steven's outcome was decided before soldiers were told to stand down.
January 15, 2016
By Adam Goldman and Greg Miller
It is the most fateful moment (click here) in a movie that purports to present a searingly accurate account of the 2012 attacks that left four Americans dead in Benghazi, Libya: a scene in which the highest-ranking CIA operative at a secret agency compound orders his security team to “stand down” rather than rush off to rescue U.S. diplomats under siege less than a mile away.
According to the officer in charge of the CIA’s Benghazi base that night, the scene in the movie is entirely untrue.
“There never was a stand-down order,” said the base chief known as Bob, speaking publicly for the first time. “At no time did I ever second guess that the team would depart.”
Nor, he said, did he say anything that could be “interpreted as equivalent” as an order to stand down.
In a lengthy interview with reporters from The Washington Post, Bob provided new details about the attacks and his interactions with J. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya who perished in them. He agreed to talk on the condition his last name not be used because even though he has retired, his cover has not been lifted....
Military leadership sent a drone to come to understand what was occurring in Benghazi. They weren't going to send their soldiers into a circumstance they had no idea was occurring. That was correct. Save the existing and known lives before sending in the soldiers into rescue others. A rescue is not a rescue if the rescuers are dead, too.
The USA military made the right call. There was no way to save Ambassador Stevens. He died of smoke inhalation in a 'safe room.' The safe room became worthless as soon as the smoke penetrated the air he was breathing.
The outcome in Benghazi was dependent on the safe room. The safe room was compromised. Unfortunately, Ambassador Steven's outcome was decided before soldiers were told to stand down.
January 15, 2016
By Adam Goldman and Greg Miller
It is the most fateful moment (click here) in a movie that purports to present a searingly accurate account of the 2012 attacks that left four Americans dead in Benghazi, Libya: a scene in which the highest-ranking CIA operative at a secret agency compound orders his security team to “stand down” rather than rush off to rescue U.S. diplomats under siege less than a mile away.
According to the officer in charge of the CIA’s Benghazi base that night, the scene in the movie is entirely untrue.
“There never was a stand-down order,” said the base chief known as Bob, speaking publicly for the first time. “At no time did I ever second guess that the team would depart.”
Nor, he said, did he say anything that could be “interpreted as equivalent” as an order to stand down.
In a lengthy interview with reporters from The Washington Post, Bob provided new details about the attacks and his interactions with J. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya who perished in them. He agreed to talk on the condition his last name not be used because even though he has retired, his cover has not been lifted....
