Why Was The U.S. Military Not Prepared For An Event Like Benghazi?

A man walks inside the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen yesterday, in Benghazi September 12, 2012. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori

Lawmakers Dig Into Life-And-Death Issues Of Benghazi -- Byron York

Until now, most press coverage of the Benghazi matter has focused on the administration's misleading talking points explaining the attack on the U.S. facility in Libya. But just beneath the surface is the investigation into a potentially more explosive part of the Benghazi story: Whether the U.S. government did everything it could to save Americans whose lives were at risk in the chaotic hours of Sept. 11, 2012.

There were several hours between the first attack in Benghazi, which killed two Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, and a second attack, which left two more dead. Is there something the U.S. military could have done to rescue those last two and others who were badly wounded?

On Tuesday members of the House Armed Services Committee will question Pentagon officials in a classified session. The committee chairman, Republican Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif., last week told Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel that he remains "deeply concerned" about unanswered Benghazi questions. In a letter to Hagel, McKeon said he wants to know more about:

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My Comment: Byron York raises the same questions that this blog and others have been asking for almost 8 months .... could the US military have done more. What's my take .... I do not have a cartoonist view of the US military being Superman and capable of doing anything and everything .... but I do expect them to be prepared for surprise attacks like what happened at Benghazi. But .... as we now know .... they were clearly not prepared .... and the public needs to know why.