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Benghazi Soldiers Say ’13 Hours’ Is Apolitical

13hoursThe Benghazi scandal is going to show no signs of abating, if Michael Bay’s movie has anything to do with it.  It’s sure to keep the controversy going.  But the survivors of the siege, when an American consulate and nearby embassy were attacked in Libya, say it’s apolitical.

“We wanted it apolitical,” Kris “Tanto” Paronto, a former Army Ranger and one of the Benghazi six, tells The Post. “From the time we got the call to the time the last [CIA Global Response Staff member] got out of Benghazi 13 hours later, it was a story of heroism. That was getting lost in the politics of it all.”

“For all of us, it was that the four [deceased] guys got honored in the way they should,” operative and ex Marine Sergeant John “Tig” Tiegen, tells The Post.

“Politicians hijacked it. The right use it, the left use it, and the true story got lost,” Paronto says. “The truth isn’t political. Now, the truth may affect political aspirations, but hey, sorry, that’s how it goes. We want people to know the true story, and if they want to use it as a determination of candidates, we can’t stop that. But we’re not going to get up there and say, ‘You should pick this person.’ ”

The full an interesting article can be read here.  I know one thing, this isn’t going to do Hillary Clinton’s campaign any favours.  This is an election year, I’m sure she’d rather it was kept quiet.  And as voting begins in earnest, it’ll be hitting Blu-Ray and Netflix.

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