@kedoc,
kedoc wrote:
Quote:So you have no evidence of Hillary lying to the military
I guess not, but she lied to those non-military families who protected government employees. And their word is much better than Hillarys.
She didn't lie to non-military families. It's very clear that the Americans killed in Benghazi were performing their duties as they determined. God knows it was terrible, but every civilian working for DOD or the State Dept, who serves overseas willingly must sign a waiver before they travel anywhere overseas. I traveled for DOD, and I knew that if hostilities broke out in the area I was sent to, it was highly unlikely that a team of Navy Seals would be on standby until I was safely home. There were people I worked with who were assigned to support the Marines in Beirut. Only a handful were killed, but many were severely injured. These people were co-located with barracks full of Marines.
No one was clamoring for an explanation from the Sec of State and bashing him for not anticipating an attack. I'm still waiting for an apology from Reagan for the lake of preparedness by the State Department. Oh wait, the State Department relies on Congress and DOD to fund protection for Americans stationed at our Embassies around the world.
I'm still shocked about the American Embassy in Iran being taken over by rebels. I seriously doubt the civilians working for State ever considered they would be held hostage by Iran. That Thanksgiving in 1979 we were in Raleigh for Thanksgiving and we watched in disbelief as one of our co-workers was released as a gesture of Iranian solidarity with the oppressed citizens of USA, along with a number of others. It was sobering and distressing. Those of us who served in risky areas know what we are getting into, if things go South, we will hate it, but we know it's a possibility even if only a slim possibility.
