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Originally Posted by StefanG
Benghazi?
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No.
First of all, we need to keep our military - as well as Homeland Security and our intelligence agencies - out of politics. What happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack, the Republican party made it into a political issue. We need to stop doing this.
What happened in Niger was a military incident, and this should not become a political issue.
We need to understand what happened. From what little they've told us about the operation, it was a small special forces unit (Green Berets) who were attacked by a vastly superior force if only by sheer numbers. People need to understand the concept of special forces - sneak in undetected, punch hard, and leave quickly before they are overwhelmed. Special Forces units are not designed to large and long fights.
At the same time, I already see people debating why there wasn't any support for this unit. This isn't even subject to debate. They were operating in Niger, in Africa; It's not like we have a huge airbase there with a quick reaction force. This is the exact nature of Green Berets, Seals, and Marine Recon - they operate outside of the range of regular support.
We can also argue that this was an intelligence failure. It seems the entire purpose of their mission was to collect intelligence; Most likely they had little intelligence from the start.
We need to allow the military to conduct it's own investigation, and not allow this to turn into a political issue.