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-- here my next guest wrote an investigative report.
On the September 11 attack -- the US consulate in Libya.
Among the shocking claims are -- current CIA nominee John Brennan led the secret raids that may have led to retaliation.
In been Gaza and the depth of four Americans Brandon Webb former US navy seal Jack Murphy former US army ranger green glory.
Authors of the new e-book entitled -- -- the definitive report.
He had a situation where these US units and agencies were.
Operating in -- Ghazi and a lot of cases not communicating with each other in the -- joint special operations command conducting these raids putting pressure on the militias and and the terrorist groups.
And then what you saw as whatever the result of that as the blowback we've been Gaza.
Special operations -- -- comes back and says.
You know we we would never run an operation without the knowledge.
Of the ambassador or the the civilian.
Represented as of the US government and country.
And your reaction.
It happens all the time.
Oops it's very often that they don't notify the investor that the State Department is a rent on certain special operations missions that are happening in various countries in the world.
And -- -- here rearm all these months later the American people still don't have we have your definitive account.
But we don't have an account Ingraham and from the president the United States -- this administration.
As to what happened and why in didn't -- -- -- At all.
No I mean -- that was -- main motivation behind jock and I am writing this book just watching.
The the -- and and the hype on both sides of the part of the party lines during election.
And really no clear answer is no new accountability.
It was in a main motivating factor behind us -- -- book.
And -- we are still.
Listening to.
Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
Acknowledge she wasn't involved in the area.
In the operations that day the president himself was not involved secretary of defense Panetta said they have one conversation.
And that was it.
Does that astonish you.
It sounds like these people trying to absolve themselves of guilt -- sort of association with what was happening that night.
And I can't say what was going on in the Oval Office that night but it's time for somebody -- take responsibility.
It -- you know I would liken it to the Bay of Pigs fiasco where president Kennedy came forward he took responsibility and we need somebody do that now and dedicate themselves towards fixing whatever went wrong in Libya that night.
You gentlemen in your sight to this offer dot com American obsess so our our repeat dot com.
Which involves solution would castles.
All of these special operations folks out there of working and former.
What is the sense if record quality community.
What is the sense among the community about what is going on now I can't imagine morale being very high.
No I think.
Big issue that I've I've talked on lately is we haven't really know strategic objective Afghanistan.
It doesn't seem like we have a clear strategic objective with how we conduct our our foreign policy.
And we have.
Troops the special operations community.
These guys are men and women are heroes but they've been shouldering the burden for over a decade.
-- -- the family lives are suffering and you know when is this -- and then applies to.
That in our special operations but our military our our across the board.
And our intelligence community as well.
It is strange.
To think.
That we have become a country where we have the elite troops.
Men and women like you principally men.
Working and intelligence and special operations.
In our US military across the world.
And we -- in Afghanistan.
More than a decade after having taken control of Afghanistan through the CIA and special operation forces that we put -- their.
Right after September what you -- one of the parts and ball.
And and really what have we accomplished in Afghanistan or are we going to leave Afghanistan better than we found -- -- I think the answer there is no and the big issue is we need special operations today if it's that nature of of the way.
You.
But I counter these this a symmetric threat you know we're we're at fighting over a war of ideology is with these extremists stream -- And they don't have borders they don't have a rule books he needs special operations but you also need to address the preventative measures that what can we do as a country to.
Study these social and political environments that are producing these radical terrorists of tomorrow the bin Laden's of tomorrow and then if we don't address that will be will be out war for.
Years and in the aftermath of -- guys he would definitely be a good time to take a hard look at our counterterrorism strategy and where we're gonna move forward to in the next 1020 years.
I I have to say that those who have offered.
Long wars are rather they be -- David Petraeus where that they -- our military academies.
And our work colleges.
-- long wars right now not very satisfying for the national interest or -- -- -- of this country.
Perhaps there is something beyond counterterrorism counterinsurgency that this country needs to.
Learn about and figure out.
Don't we thank you.
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