Kyle Turnham

12 DAYS OF BENGHAZI: DAY 12 PART 2 finale one WHY I KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT For the last 12 days, I have not been trying to retell 13 Hours. If you want the battle, read the book or watch the movie. I wanted people to understand what happened BEFORE the attack and what happened AFTER it. The warnings were there. The attacks had already started. Security requests had already been made. People on the ground were asking for help. The morning of September 11, we personally carried another threat warning directly to Ambassador Stevens. Then the attack happened. Four Americans died. Chris Stevens. Sean Smith. Tyrone “Rone” Woods. Glen “Bub” Doherty. And in the years since, I have learned things I did not know that night. Cable traffic. Timelines. Intelligence. What was happening in Washington. What military assets were available. What people were being told. What Sarah Adams, Boon, and others have uncovered. That is why I still talk about Benghazi. Not because I am stuck in 2012. Not because I need attention. And not because I want to spend the rest of my life arguing with government reports. I talk about it because if we do not tell the truth about why something failed, we cannot fix it. The government can write reports. Agencies can protect themselves. Politicians can blame each other. People can argue over terminology until the end of time. But none of that changes what happened. Four Americans are dead. Families lost sons, husbands, fathers and brothers. And those of us who were there will carry that night for the rest of our lives. I will keep telling what I saw. I will keep telling what I heard. I will keep asking the questions people in power would rather stop answering. And I will keep saying their names. Chris. Sean. Rone. Bub. Because Benghazi should never become just another political argument people remember every four years. It happened. There were failures. There were warnings. There were opportunities to do better. And Americans paid the price. NEVER FORGET BENGHAZI. #12DaysOfBenghazi #Benghazi #13Hours #NeverForget #HonorTheFallen