The Associated Press reported July 10 that previously classified testimony given to Congress from the military officers undermines contentions by Republican lawmakers that a stand-down order held back military assets that could have saved the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans killed at a diplomatic outpost and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya. Instead, the military officers confirmed that the Special Operations team of four who were in Tripoli that night were instructed to help protect and care for those being evacuated from Benghazi and from the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli. The SENIOR MILITARY OFFICER who issued the instruction to remain in place and the detachment leader who received it said it was the right decision and has been widely mischaracterized. Fox News was a primary force behind the false stand down story claim. Just a month after the attacks they repeatedly suggested that the Obama administration had made a political decision to allow Americans to be killed, and pushed variations on the false stand down narrative in 85 primetime segments in the following months. The network has continued to push the myth long after it was debunked, citing questions of why military aid was supposedly withheld as a rationale for the establishment of the House select committee on Benghazi. WHOS BEING LIED TO???
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 17:17:04 +0000
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