There is a deep, dark history in the engagement at Benghazi.  I’ve covered it exhaustively, but I’ll rehearse only a few details since there are just-released revelations we must cover.

Within 24 hours, my own military readers knew precisely that this was the result of a well-planned, well-coordinated combined-arms attack with the use of crew served weapons (see Dirty Mick’s comment and others).  The administration knew that as well, but the reason they didn’t acknowledge it has now been revealed.  But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.

I knew that there was a QRF that could have responded, I just couldn’t prove it, or demonstrate where they were and what happened.  Eventually it all began to drip out (secrets cannot be long hidden, the truth eventually finds a way to see the light).  Take for instance this report.

The team – at Aviano Air Base in northeastern Italy – raced to the field and was briefed, as planes were armed and prepared to launch. Hundreds of miles away, fellow Americans were under attack in Benghazi.

“There were people everywhere,” said the witness, who was on the ground that night but wished to remain anonymous. “That flight line was full of people, and we were all ready to go” to Benghazi. Only they were waiting for the order. It never came.

“The whole night we were told that we are waiting on a call,” he told Fox News. This account is from a squadron member at Aviano the night of the Sept. 11, 2012, terror attack in Benghazi. The source, the first in his squadron to speak out publicly since that attack, is going public to explain – in his view – that more could have been done to save Americans under attack that night. He asked that his identity be protected for fear of retribution. He says others in his squadron also have wanted to talk about Benghazi from the beginning, but no others have been interviewed and all are afraid of the potential backlash from speaking out.

“I’m not trying to give away any type of [information] that could ever harm the military,” the source told Fox News. “That is never my plan. I feel that some things need to come to light.”

Namely, he said, that a team was ready to go that night to help protect Americans under fire in Benghazi – an account that runs counter to multiple official reports, including from a House committee, a timeline provided by the military and the controversial State Department Accountability Review Board investigation, which concluded the interagency response to Benghazi was “timely and appropriate.”

The source said: “I definitely believe that our aircraft could have taken off and gotten there in a timely manner, maybe three hours at the most, in order to at least stop that second mortar attack … and basically save lives that day.”

Matt Bracken has also dealt with Benghazi, explaining that ultimately all the administration had to do to prevent timely support is NOT grant authority for cross-border operations.  Kris Paronto has addressed the issue of forces being turned back, and this post at Judicial Watch is clear based on a FOIA request that the Department of Defense had forces that could move to Benghazi to assist.

Judicial Watch today released a new Benghazi email from then-Department of Defense Chief of Staff Jeremy Bash to State Department leadership immediately offering “forces that could move to Benghazi” during the terrorist attack on the U.S. Special Mission Compound in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012. In an email sent to top Department of State officials, at 7:19 p.m. ET, only hours after the attack had begun, Bash says, “we have identified the forces that could move to Benghazi. They are spinning up as we speak.” The Obama administration redacted the details of the military forces available, oddly citing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemption that allows the withholding of “deliberative process” information.

Now there are revelations that the QRF was intentionally delayed.  Furthermore, the very guards that the State Department hired were terrorists.

An obscure private firm hired by the State Department over internal objections to protect U.S. diplomats in Benghazi just months before the American ambassador and three others were killed was staffed with hastily recruited locals with terror ties who helped carry out the attack, multiple sources told Fox News.

The explosive charge against Wales-based Blue Mountain Group comes from several sources, including an independent security specialist who has implemented training programs at U.S. Consulates around the world, including in Benghazi, where he trained a local militia that preceded Blue Mountain. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Blue Mountain used local newspaper ads to assemble a team of 20 guards, many of whom had terror ties, after securing a $9.2 million annual contract.

“The guards who were hired were locals who were part of the Ansar al-Sharia and Al Qaeda groups operating in Benghazi,” said the source, whose assignment in Benghazi had ended in November 2011. “Whoever approved contracts at the State Department hired Blue Mountain Group and then allowed Blue Mountain Group to hire local Libyans who were not vetted.”

[ … ]

One former guard who witnessed the attack, Weeam Mohamed, confirmed in an email sent to the Citizens Commission on Benghazi and obtained by Fox News, that at least four of the guards hired by Blue Mountain took part in the attack after opening doors to allow their confederates in.

“In the U.S. Mission, there were four people [who] belonged to the battalion February 17,” Mohamed wrote to the Commission, an independent body formed with Accuracy in Media to investigate the attack and the administration’s handling of it.

Whether they were trying to traffic more weapons or recover the more dangerous ones they had lost is irrelevant.  The fighters at Benghazi trying to save American lives were set up for failure and knowingly abandoned by this administration, who coldly calculated that they could cover up their nefarious actions, thereby hiding the gun running and weapons trafficking they were conducting to foment revolution.  That the mission as it was conceived was ill advised and unwise isn’t the point.  The point is that on Tuesday this country has a choice.  She can voluntarily choose to firmly ensconce into office the wicked woman who caused all of this, or they can turn her over to God for judgment.

So much for the whispers about the good people at the FBI and the NYPD finally speaking out for justice and upholding the law, the sanctity of their oaths, how seriously they take it, and all of that other claptrap.  You’ve heard the whispers in the great unwashed land where the metro doesn’t run, haven’t you?

Your cowardly leader, Mr. Comey, has stated that they did the impossible, reading more than half a million emails in eight days.  Nothing to see here, move along folks.  Perhaps he’s thinking that this will all go away and he can salvage some sort of life after this.  Or that you can.

He can’t, and you can’t.  You see, little children have been abused, their lives are at stake, their souls cry out for protection and justice.  These words will weigh heavily on you.

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea (Matt 18:6, KJV).

You know what’s been going on.  We all do.  Children have been kidnapped, they are held against their will, and they have been sexually abused by the forces of darkness.  You have a mountain of evidence of it, and you know it to be true.

But you won’t just continue with your lives after this is over.  Oh, I know that there is still some good will out there.

Dear FBI Employees: we know that this isn’t your fault.  You found “overwhelming evidence” of corruption, enough to press many charges, yet Obama forced your corrupt bosses to let her go.  Now is your opportunity to step up and go public with the true story.  The future of America is at stake.

But see, I think it is your fault.  You are complicit if you do nothing, and the lawyers at the DoJ are officers of the court.  They should be aggressively pursuing justice.  But justice won’t come in time for those little boys and girls who scream by day and cry by night.  And what remains of the little bit of good will out there for you will evaporate overnight.

It only gets darker from here on.  You will never forget these things.  You won’t be able to shake them.  You won’t be able to look people in the eye again, you won’t be able to trust even your own spouse, because you know oaths and vows mean nothing if yours doesn’t.  You will run from shadows, fear the night, and dread the day.

God will turn you over to the evil one, and demons will terrorize your sleep while you hear the screams and cries of the little ones during the day.  You will raise coffee to your lips trying to shake the fitful sleep, and you will forget that you have a cup in your hand.

Your family will not prosper to the third and fourth generations, and evil will be upon your world.  You may as well inscribe Ichabod on your doorposts, because you will rue the day you were born.

Oregon Faith Report:

The easy availability of guns did not make 6-year-old Jacob Hall safer. It helped make him dead.

We ought to remember this boy, who was fatally shot at his elementary school in Townville, S.C., just as we ought to remember the brilliantly applicable teaching of Jesus when he famously quipped, “Live by the sword, die by the sword.”

Swap in “gun” for “sword” and you have an apt description of what’s happening to us.

The mental and emotional problems of the teenager who shot Jacob last month turned lethal because a gun was available — probably in his household, which was known to keep firearms.

The 14-year-old shooter first used the weapon on his father, leaving him dead at the family home, before driving to Jacob’s school and resuming shooting. The teen injured another child and a teacher in addition to firing the fatal shot that struck an artery in Jacob’s leg.

When will our culture wake up to the reality that the guns we get to keep us safe only make society — and thus each of our lives — more dangerous?

It’s heartening to hear a growing chorus of activist voices, including those connected with churches, clamoring in protest against our insane proliferation of guns. Earlier this month, the venerable Riverside Church in New York hosted 100 clergy and lay people for a two-day “God and Guns” training. The assembled ministers weren’t trained how to use guns; they learned how to shoot down the lie that guns are the best way to protect ourselves from … guns.

“Our faith teaches us to support policies and programs that protect life, but instead Christians have been complicit for too long in allowing our country to be guided by the rhetoric of fear,” Riverside’s senior minister, the Rev. Amy Butler, said.

Because most of us watch movies, we can picture the scenario conjured by the Second Amendment enthusiasts: You and your family are menaced by a weapon-toting bad man. He is intent on robbing or killing you. But you whip out your gun and turn the table. He flees or, if he does not, you shoot him. You and your gun have saved the day.

Or maybe you come upon a mass shooting in its early stages. Thanks to your gun, you take down the evil shooter and keep the casualty count to, say, two, rather than two dozen.

Fair enough. In situations like these, guns can protect lives. The problem is, these are perfectly framed scenarios that are more the stuff of movies than real life.

This poor old 81 year old man unfortunately lived the movie just recently.

UNIONTOWN, Pa. – A home invasion suspect was fatally shot early Friday morning in Uniontown when the 81-year-old homeowner pulled out a gun, according to investigators.

Police said 46-year-old Franklin Schrout, of Smithfield, rode a bike to the house with tools to break in, then ransacked the home and assaulted the 81-year-old man.

“Once the actor came into his bedroom, the actor was demanding to know where money was. He told them he didn’t have any money or anything of value in the home,” Uniontown police Lt. Tom Kolencik said.

The 81-year-old was able to grab a .22-caliber gun during a struggle with Schrout and fired one shot, police said.

Schrout ran out of the house and the 81-year-old’s bedridden sister called 911, police said.

When police arrived at the home, they found Schrout dead outside.

The 81-year-old told police that he had never fired the gun before and that it had been sitting in his nightstand for 30 years. He also said he wished he had been stronger so that he could have fought off Schrout without having to shoot him.

“The only thing he told us was that he had to protect himself. He also lived with an elderly sister, who is bedridden, so he just kept referring to protecting her, protecting himself,” Kolencik said.

Although police said the shooting appears to have been in self-defense, the District Attorney’s Office will make a final determination.

Of course, since guns are more dangerous to the owner than a perpetrator, this report must be false.  Or it could be possible that the writer at Oregon Faith Report would just rather see this poor old man and his sister perish at the hands of criminals.

As for the DA, the shooting was in his home, the perpetrator was an uninvited guest, this uninvited guest attempted to do them harm.  There’s nothing to decide.  Get to something you need to be doing, like shutting down violent gangs.  Stop wasting your time and taxpayer money.

Market Watch:

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. SWHC, +2.06% said Friday that it was buying survival and camping equipment maker Ulitmate Survival Technologies Inc. for $32.3 million in cash. The gun maker expects the acquisition, which will be made through its Battenfeld Technologies subsidiary, to close later this month. UST’s trailing 12-month revenue was about $24 million. “With its complete offering of survival gear, UST Brands is our first acquisition that is entirely focused on the outdoor market, which is a key part of our vision to become the leading provider of quality products for the shooting, hunting, and rugged outdoor enthusiast,” said Smith & Wesson Chief Executive James Debney.

Hey, I have a better idea, and I’ve told you about this before.  Get out of that communist state you’re in and relocate South where all the other gun manufacturers are coming.

I get so many wonderful comments it’s hard to pick out the best.  I honestly believe I’ve got the best patrons on the interwebz.  I don’t know if you know this or not, but a lot of my payment for what I do is getting to read your comments.

That said, I have to pick one that rises to the top.  This one comes from Ray at WRSA regarding this article.

Mr H. Smith is a rabid Jesus Nazi. Who he wants for the next Emperor is of no importance to me at all.

Hey, I didn’t say to the top of what pile this comment rises.

Wikileaks:

From:DillonL@dnc.org

To: FreundlichC@dnc.org, BauerN@dnc.org, GrahamC@dnc.org, BennettE@dnc.org, BrinsterJ@dnc.org

Date: 2016-04-28 15:17

Subject: Cruz on CNN

CNN is looking for questions. Please send some topical/interesting ones. Maybe a couple on Fiorina. Someone please take point and send them all together by 3pm. Thank you!

As Glenn Reynolds says, just think of them as democratic operatives with a byline.

Hand in glove with this post, here is Rob Leatham on speed and accuracy.

From reader Darin Sunny McCollough, this from Wikileaks:

With fingers crossed, the old rabbit’s foot out of the box in the attic, I will be sacrificing a chicken in the backyard to Moloch . . .

Who says things like that?

Folks, Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation have been running the U.S. government.  Watch this in its entirety.

Unfortunately this has been a long time coming and there is water over the dam.  I have a history on the issue of Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and this election that readers may remember, and why I have changed my position needs some explaining.  So let’s get right to it.

Six months ago I bid farewell to politics.  It had nothing whatsoever to do with Trump or his moral indiscretions.  It had everything to do with the eviction of Christian thought from the GOP.  The alt-right is welcome in the GOP, I am not.  The obscene pervert Milo is a friend of the current staple of politics on the right, mine has gone the way of the Dodo bird.  This election cycle has managed to do what the progressives couldn’t do in a hundred years, i.e., separate Christians from any party at all and relegate our views to the trash heap of history, at least, as far as the eye can see, notwithstanding a sovereign God who rules all things and can revive the country if He chooses to.  I would never vote for any other candidate of which I’m aware, but I couldn’t vote for Donald Trump.

Ted Cruz isn’t perfect, and I’ve cataloged some of my disagreements with him, including his idiotic opposition to sentencing reform for drug and non-violent offenders advocated by Mike Lee.  But I’ve also cataloged his leadership, described by Louie Gohmert, to kill the gang of eight bill.  You may have a lawless president, but you don’t have a gang of eight bill today because of Ted Cruz.  Furthermore, I know his world view because I share his Christian faith.  He isn’t perfect, and neither am I.  But he was my choice.

South Carolina broke my heart.  But she was only a harbinger for what was to come, and I knew it was over at that point.  I couldn’t bring myself to be involved in much of anything regarding politics.  But things have changed, and I now fully endorse Donald Trump for president.  The voter I heard from South Carolina after the primary made me think for a long while.  She said, “We ain’t electin’ no preacher, we are electin’ a president!”  We’ll call this woman “Ms. dumbass.”

Ms. Dumbass doesn’t understand, but it isn’t her fault, at least not completely.  I was never concerned about the character of Trump.  I was concerned about the lack of the world view associated with being a Christian.  I reject out of hand the obscene, stupid and insulting phrase “co-religionist.”  You don’t get to do a few things like a Muslim and declare yourself a Christian (John 3:8).  It involves a change of heart, and then quite out of your control and necessarily, a change of world and life view over time.

The typical Southern Baptist preacher today says a few nicey-nice things and then has a come to Jesus moment, and then the congregants put on their idiotic costumes and cheers for their favorite band of perverts and criminals giving each other concussions.  Contra this, Rousas J. Rushdoony has said that the place for both theology and philosophy is in the pulpit.  The notion that God is deaf, dumb and mute when it comes to criminal justice, monetary policy, state law, waging war, art, science and music is ridiculous.  Constructing a consistent, holistic world and life view takes a lifetime.  Ms. Dumbass had divorced her faith from her worldview because she hasn’t been taught.  Much of the blame for where we are today lies with ignorant preaching.

Donald Trump may not have a consistent world and life view, or one that comports with my own in every way.  But the expulsion of such a world view from the GOP isn’t his fault.  Nor is it the fault of the establishment.  The voters put us squarely where we are.  Donald Trump isn’t a solution to the problem since he didn’t cause it.  Ms. Dumbass cannot fix it because she is too stupid and ignorant.  Ignorant because she hasn’t been taught, stupid because she opens her mouth in her ignorance.

But what Mr. Trump can indeed do is serve as justice and retribution for the evil and savagery inside the cabal inhabited by the Clintons and their ilk.  I have studied over time the evil, wickedness and designs for destruction that controls their every thought and action.  Take for instance this reddit thread on one Podesta email exchange on “spirit cooking” (h/t to my second son Joseph).  No, he isn’t having dinner with someone.  Read the thread and watch the video on what spirit cooking is.  These guys are Satanists into the occult.  This is one of hundreds of such threads put together by the “autists” at reddit and 4chan.  When is the bomb going to drop?  Is has been for four or five months now.  The MSM won’t cover it.

And now let’s get to one of the worst issues we could imagine (I truly hate to send you to things like this – these people are sickening and disgusting).  Up until today when my oldest son Joshua sent me this thread, I had doubted the implications of the Clinton’s involvement in a kidnapping and pedophilia ring.  Not any more.  Read this discussion thread at reddit (again, I’m sorry to send you to gross things like this, but the autistics at reddit are doing everyone’s job for them).  No one else will cover this sort of thing because it’s too dark and wicked.

They have connected a convicted child abductor who was caught stealing children from Haiti to the Clintons.  There is way, way more than this.  For example, there is this.

Hi John,

The realtor found a handkerchief (I think it has a map that seems pizza-related. Is it yorus? They can send it if you want. I know you’re busy, so feel free not to respond if it’s not yours or you don’t want it.

Susaner

A pizza related map on a handkerchief.  Who writes emails like that?  So the redditors tear off into the word “pizza” and show fairly conclusively that it refers to pedophilia.  No wonder Haiti’s prime minister referred to sex trafficking in this video.

Folks, I have over 4 Gigabytes of emails in my inbox.  I don’t ever delete anything.  I’ve been exchanging email at work for 35 years.  I’ve never written anything like a “pizza related map on a handkerchief.”  Moreover, if I did, my manager would have me sent to for-cause drug testing to see if I was fit for duty.  Who writes things like this?  No one.  No one does, unless you’re trying to hide something.

The Clinton’s are at the epicenter of a Satanic cabal that sells influence for money, exchanges power for power, sells children, exploits the weakest among us, abuses people, sexually molests imprisoned children, engages in the occult, and wants a world without borders with no remaining vestiges of sovereignty or liberty.  God uses all sorts of things to judge the wicked, and Donald Trump may very well be that judgment upon His enemies, at least for the moment.  In the end they will suffer eternally.

This has been a long, hard road for me, and I don’t need any guff from readers about why it took me so long.  My world and life view constrains my conscience, and I am told to “take every thought captive” for Christ.  But in this case my conscience is clear.  Hillary Clinton cannot be president.  Or at least, I must do what I can to prevent that from happening, and prepare for the worst if it does.  To be sure, Hillary will be death to gun rights and other such liberties, but don’t see those liberties in a vacuum.  She will be death to them because of her consistent world view, one that destroys, hates and devours at the behest of the evil one.  Lucifer whispers in her ear.