Cause it didn't happen the way you think nor the book or movie portrays any more than The Revenant did. There are several folks who could have acted on Benghazi way down the chain of command from both the president and the secretary. You've obviously never been in the service at a staff rank but if you were you'd realize nobody takes a dump without a contingency plan. That's what the Pentagon does: They plan for every eventuality unless there's a wild card in the deck. Stephens made a bad decision.... and others on the ground compounded it by allowing or assisting in putting a bunch of folks is harm's way. The person(s) to really hold accountable are a) the security folks at State for not having an adequate contingency plan to begin with before Stephens ever set foot in Libya or b) Ambassador Stephens for ignoring security briefings and going anyway and putting everyone's ass in a sling or c) whoever was on the ground NOT telling Stephens he was NOT going due to security concerns... period. Once they were waste deep in the crap it was too late. Hayul, Benghazi is close enough to the sea to get carrier CAP or even choppers for evac. The truth is there was no cavalry not because somebody failed to answer a phone call but because nobody planned in advance. Apparently. There is no smoking gun buried in a bunch of emails either. BTW - From what I can tell the ONE question unasked by all the committees on Benghazi is, "Show us the pre-operational contingency planning? What was the exit plan at every hour on the ground? Who was in command? What were the rules of engagement? Was there a wild card in the deck?" Get those documents with those answers and you'll have all the answers you could ever want. My money says there was no escape plan 'cause no-one anticipated Stephens going into Benghazi in the first place, were not advised of his intended in-country movements, he ignored the danger. OR maybe somebody was derelict in the planning stages. No Commander in Chief is involved down in the weeds.
