0bama's letter in answer to Ty's dad. (Ty was a medic) They knew there would be an attack. There were armed drones.
"U.S. Forces could not arrive in time.
Military forces were not close enough.
I directed my national security team to do everything possible.
My actions would have been the same, if the attach had been against a member of my own family.
Quotes from 0's letter to Ty's Dad.
All any of them had to do was -say the word- and they would have been rescued.
State Dept. had assumed command of military operations (presumably via orders from the Executive branch) at the time, according to a witness from Tampa.
Nick Noe, 603rd AOC, Combat Operations (includes Rescue Team) states, During the attacks, the rescue teams were not asked to help at all.
During that time NATO was in the area and they actually called and asked if they could help and we denied them and told them "no".
Armed drones could be there in a very short time.
Also:
There were enough Marines in the area at the time to invade Neruda, Spain…within a few hours distance.
There were Aviano fighter jets conducting training exercises taking place nearby who were told not to engage in providing air support.