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Originally Posted by JohnR
You can send resources/units and decide not to use them or you cannot send units and have no choice whether or not to use them. You do not know how things are going to be 2 hours, 5 hours, 10 hours, or 24 hours later. But if you do nothing or order to do nothing by way of getting people to the area, then you forfeit the ability to influence events.
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According to ABC Within hours of the attack multiple platoons of Marines trained to protect diplomatic missions were moved to Italy and Special Ops were moved into place in case there was a hostage situation. Some were sent to Tripoli but not Benghazi as the Americans had already been evacuated.
Pentagon on Benghazi Troop Movements: ‘Swift Action’ on Night of Attack - ABC News
This is the problem with the entire debate. It's rehashing old information with little to any regard for what's on record or already been reported.
-spence