I went to see the movie 13 hours on Saturday and found that it dovetailed nicely with all the stories that I had written on this blog about the events in Libya and the subsequent lies and cover-up by the Obama administration.

I was asked to review the movie and post all of the links to the previous stories by my friends Kevin and McKenzie, so that’s what I’m going to do.

So, I am a huge war movie fan, and I read military biography and military history. The most frustrating thing in war movies and books about war is that the go too far down to the level of details, without providing the context. Very frustrating. I don’t want movies to be too much about action and fancy animations. I want to learn something about the strategy and tactics in play. And 13 Hours does not disappoint.

You get a lot of exposure to the real world of espionage, black ops and drones for one thing. They show you the insides of a real CIA station in Libya, tell how it was acquired, and they show what goes on there. You also get to see what diplomats do, and who is responsible for keeping them safe. The battle scenes feature a ton of top down / map-like shots. There are shots of maps with the buildings and who will be deployed where, and for what reason.

Everything is called by its real name, e.g. – a technical is not called “a pickup truck with a heavy weapon”, it’s called a “technical”. An AC-130 gunship is not “air support” it’s an AC-130 gunship. A Predator drone is not a drone, it’s a Predator. An F-16 is not a “fighter jet” it’s an F-16. A QRF is not a “Quick Reaction Force”, it’s a QRF. Too bad for you if you don’t read enough to know what these things are and how they work. Everyone should be interested in these things, because these things matter for national security and foreign policy.

And the actual scenes of shooting is not mindless gunplay like in “Inception” or “The Matrix” – they try to show you the ranges, the cover, the concealment, the lines of sight, suppression, etc. There is realistic confusion about fog of war (FOW) and identifaction: friend of foe (IFF). The fact that this is a true story where the people involved all collaborated on the book and on the movie makes it really something if you like realism. This is how State Department and CIA work in other countries really goes down. If you liked “Act of Valor”, “American Sniper”, “Blackhawk Down”, “Lone Survivor” or the battle scenes in “Rules of Engagement”, then you need to see this movie.

What difference at this point does it make?

All right, now the politics was kept to a minimum in the movie, but I was asked to list out all the posts that I wrote about this.

The list of posts goes back in time from October 22, 2015 to September 13th, 2012 (the day after the terrorist attack):

1. Hillary Clinton’s State Department ignored 600+ requests for more security in Benghazi
2. Why did Hillary Clinton blame the Benghazi terrorist attack on an “Internet video”?
3. All evidence points to Hillary Clinton as source of internet video lie
4. E-mails: Hillary Clinton’s top aides knew in minutes that Benghazi was a terrorist attack
5. Clinton confidants were present to “separate” damaging documents before Benghazi probe
6. E-mails: Susan Rice prepped to lie about Benghazi by White House
7. Transcripts show that top U.S. military officials briefed Obama on Benghazi terrorist attack
8. Benghazi liar Susan Rice to be appointed National Security Adviser by grateful Obama
9. Released e-mails show that State Department edited terrorism out of Benghazi talking points
10. Obama: editing of talking points to cover-up of Benghazi terrorist attack is a “sideshow”
11. BBC News covers whistle-blower testimony: “After Benghazi revelations, heads will roll”
12. What we learned from the Benghazi whistle-blowers
13. Whistle-blower: State Department cut counterterrorism experts out of Benghazi decisions
14. Official: We knew Benghazi was a terrorist attack “from the get-go”
15. Benghazi whistle-blower: assets to protect the embassy were available
16. Obama administration refused to engage top counter-terrorism resource for Benghazi
17. Classified cable sent on August 16th warned of vulnerability of Benghazi consulate
18. Requests for support from Benghazi defenders denied by the Obama administration
19. White House told that terrorists took credit for Benghazi attack within two hours
20. Unmanned drone observed Benghazi attack, no help sent for 7 hours
21. CIA in Libya reported that Benghazi was a terrorist attack in first 24 hours
22. Obama’s Watergate: State Department falsifies Obama’s Benghazi cover-up
23. Benghazi attack was a massive failure of Obama’s security policy
24. UK Independent: “America ‘was warned of embassy attack but did nothing’”
25. Al Qaeda chief suspect in Libya terrorist attack, Obama flies to Las Vegas fundraiser

And of course the famous Hillary Clinton meltdown when questions about why she blamed a terrorist attack on a YouTube video, and why there was a stand down order to prevent help from being sent.

Hillary also lied to the families of the victims, telling the families that she blamed a YouTube video for protests that got out of hand.

To make a long story short, the Benghazi terrorist attack occurred two months before the 2012 re-election of Barack Obama. And that’s why Obama, Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice lied to the American people about it – they did not want the American people to know how poorly their Libya intervention had worked out. An intervention that was strongly supported by easily-influenced moderate, establishment Republicans such as Marco Rubio, by the way. Everyone who voted for the Obama administration in the 2012 elections voted against the 4 Americans who were killed in that terrorist attack. As Secretary of State, Clinton did not prioritize national security. Her focus was on promoting abortion and gay rights abroad.

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