May 15, 2013

Stand Down

By Tammy Derouin

This past week three brave Americans stood up to the government and testified about their knowledge of the Benghazi attack.  These individuals have been threatened, demoted and intimidated by the White House and the State Department.  Despite the threats, they took a stand and testified because it does matter.    

Eric Nordstrom was a former regional security officer in Libya.  He had issues with Hillary Clinton’s statement, “What difference, at this point, does it make?” She was referring to what ignited the Benghazi attack.  Nordstrom emotionally stated that it does matter.  “It matters to me personally and it matters to my colleagues.” He continued, “It matters to the American public for whom we serve.”  He went on to mention that it matters to the family and friends of those who were murdered.

Gregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, probably gave the most damaging testimony.  He testified that he was directly told not to isolate himself with Congressman Chaffetz, who visited the site in Libya.  He received intimidating calls from Clinton and her top advisor Cheryl Mills.  Hicks stated he was “embarrassed” that the administration was blaming the attack on a You Tube video.  “The You Tube video was a non-event in Libya.”  Hours after the attack, the president of Libya said it had possible terror links.  An email from the State Department acknowledged this information the very next day.  U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice made no attempt to talk to Hicks prior to her making rounds on all the Sunday morning shows where she blamed the attack on a video. 

According to Hicks, senior Obama administration officials not only failed to act during the attack to save the lives of Americans, they stood in the way of efforts to do so.  Hicks said Special Forces were prevented from responding to the attack.  Lt. Col. Gibson and his personnel were getting into vehicles to make sure the airport was secure for their departure.  They were called off.  They were not authorized to go.  The administration knew it was a terrorist attack.  Their inaction was disgraceful.  The cover up has revealed acts of disloyalty and betrayal.

Our government conspires against the American people.  Our government has managed to take control of the mainstream media.  This story and so many others are being scrubbed from the news.  Our government has tried to hush those that dare to tell the truth.  There was a time when this type of government control only took place in other countries. 

America, we have a president that is arming our enemies.  He arms them outside of our borders and he turns a blind eye once they have crossed our borders.  We have a president that is doing everything he can to disarm Americans.  The government is purchasing ammunition in record amounts.  If they can’t take your gun, they will take your bullets.  Have you tried to purchase ammunition lately?

You are fooling yourself if you believe that removing guns from the people is the answer.  You are only playing into their plan.  They promote fear.  This plan is all about control and it will eventually affect you.  Once one of our rights disappears, the others will soon follow.

The government knowingly lied to the American people.  They blamed a video that had absolutely nothing to do with the attack.  A Lt. Col. was told to “stand down” preventing Special Forces from aiding Americans under attack.  Someone gave that order, who was it and why?  No planes were deployed.  Witnesses were instructed not to speak to investigators alone.  Congressmen Chaffetz, who went to investigate, claimed that the Obama administration assigned a State Department attorney to follow him during his trip.  Talking points were changed to avoid any mention of calling it a terrorist attack.  It took the FBI 24 days to investigate the site.  CNN went through the ruins long before our government sent investigators.  Clinton’s name is on cables reducing security. 

I came across yet another interesting twist as I read through pages of news reports.   A man called the Hannity radio show and identified himself as a drone operator on point during the attack.  He stated that the video was being transmitted to agencies around the world.  It would be easy to see that there was a big problem.  He described that there were hundreds of people around the consulate.  Nobody has interviewed him or any of the other drone operators involved during the attack.  Why?  He then made a statement that was very disturbing.  “But we wouldn’t have been able to do much anyway because of the agreement with the host countries where we’re located.  We were not able to be armed that night.”  Now why would that be?

“Lt. Col. Gibson was furious.  I told him to go bring our people home.  That’s what he wanted to do.”

Gregory Hicks