They watched the attack and did nothing.
From CBS News.
Some lawmakers are asking why U.S. military help from outside Libya didn’t arrive as terrorists battered more than 30 Americans over the course of more than seven hours. The assault was launched by an armed mob of dozens that torched buildings and used rocket propelled grenades, mortars and AK-47 rifles.
CBS News has been told that, hours after the attack began, an unmanned Predator drone was sent over the U.S. mission in Benghazi, and that the drone and other reconnaissance aircraft apparently observed the final hours of the protracted battle.
The State Department, White House and Pentagon declined to say what military options were available. A White House official told CBS News that, at the start of the attack, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Martin Dempsey and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta “looked at available options, and the ones we exercised had our military forces arrive in less than 24 hours, well ahead of timelines laid out in established policies.”
A drone is the only military force that arrived and apparently it was there just to record our embassy personnel getting slaughtered. Firing off a few Hellfire missiles was not ‘optimal’.
Related posts:
http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/congressional-hearings-on-obamas-benghazi-fail/
Pingback: Drones Over Libya Yet No Action « David's Blog of Common Sense
Pingback: WTF?? One of Our Drones Observed the Terror Attack on the Embassy in Benghazi - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum