State Dept. Confirms: Marines on 9/11/12 Were Protecting U.S. Embassy....in Barbados (Congress, Obama)

[jt800]

Barbados is a very dangerous hot spot of terrorist activity I guess????.....



State Dept. Confirms: Marines on 9/11/12 Were Protecting U.S. Embassy--in Barbados | CNSNews.com

When terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 of this year and killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, there were no U.S. Marines deployed in Libya to defend U.S. diplomats, diplomatic facilities and classified information and equipment.

However, says the State Department, a Marine Security Detachment was deployed on that day to carry out those duties at the U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados.

[OICU812]

Obviously our state department was using the alphabetized system of foreign diplomatic protection, and not the threat level system.

[jt800]

They can't even get their alphabet straight.....

The Embassy in Vienna got a fleet of Chevy Volts and a $100,000 charging station!

[ottomobeale]

Fail on the OP.

You can HIGHLY fault Obama for not having the right security in Libya.
Unless he sent a brigade of them, sending a few to Barbados is prudent.

[jt800]

Originally Posted by ottomobeale

Fail on the OP.

You can HIGHLY fault Obama for not having the right security in Libya.
Unless he sent a brigade of them, sending a few to Barbados is prudent.

Ummmmm.....hello?

Democrats say that budget cuts were the reason Libya didn't have the proper security.

The fact that Barbados did and that Vienna got a fleet of Chevy Volts rather exposes that claim as pure fiction.

And where is their priorities?

The Marine contingent in Barbados certainly would have helped that night in Libya...doncha think?

[jt800]

Libs don't wanna tough this thread....LOL!!

[ovcatto]

Originally Posted by jt800

The fact that Barbados did and that Vienna got a fleet of Chevy Volts rather exposes that claim as pure fiction.

If you were to ever get a passport and actually use it to travel you might be surprised to know that there are Marines at every U.S. EMBASSY, consulate offices are not EMBASSIES! The EMBASSY in Tripoli where Ambassador Stevens was posted did in fact have Marines along with the members of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security who are in charge of all diplomatic security.

[jt800]

Originally Posted by ovcatto

If you were to ever get a passport and actually use it to travel you might be surprised to know that there are Marines at every U.S. EMBASSY, consulate offices are not EMBASSIES! The EMBASSY in Tripoli where Ambassador Stevens was posted did in fact have Marines along with the members of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security who are in charge of all diplomatic security.

OH....we all know the difference between an Embassy and Consulate (which is why the OP states CONSULATE).

But as the testimony before Congress made quite clear, the CONSULATE did NOT have the proper level of protection...it DIDN'T meet their OWN standards.

That is DESPITE requests for more security.