Review of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016) by R M — 10 Feb 2016

Excellent movie, lots of action, suspenseful and extremely well done. Loved it! Ready to see it again! definitely gets you involved in the moment with the feeling and frustration these guys were facing, desperately wanting to jump in and do the job they were assigned to do, and then waiting for help to arrive, and wondering if it would ever come in time??? Made me want to roll up my sleeves and jump in, since our government clearly was not! Michael Bay also made an excellent connection with these guys home life throughout the movie.

Reminding us that they are normal men and women with families that have heroically volunteered there service to protect and fight for this country. A service our current administration seems to take for granted and does not deserve.

The sad part, that really hits home, is how many opportunities the powers that be had to save these guys lives and simply didn't. It's made very clear that they could of durning the initial attack and chose not to.

Not to mention the many denied request for additional security in months prior. Like our Veterans health care, our military only becomes important to the current administration when they can be used as voting currency.

And then quickly forgotten and left to fend for themselves. Keep in mind Michael Bay worked directly with the individuals from the security council to create the film and document the events as accurately as possible.

Many of the critics were overly harsh on there assessment of the film. And many stated, Michael Bay did an excellent job in making a tasteful film without directly pointing the finger or getting too overly political.

I think that's missing the entire point!!! The point and purpose of this film was to tell the truth of the events that took place that night. And the most important and thing to take from this film, regardless of how the story was told, or what political denomination you are affiliated with, is that the current administration failed in in protecting these men because they did not want to retract public statements, or risk campaign agendas, indicating Al Qaeda had been suppressed and was no longer a threat just prior to Obamas re-election.

Hence the attempt to convince the American people the attack was just an over reaction to a you tube video several days AFTER they confirmed the truth with the Libyan president that it was a confirmed Al Qaeda attack.

The Benghazi hearings cost the tax payers 5.2 million dollars, as stated so many times by the democrats, too uncover that truth. Had the administration told the truth in the first place, and not used the event as political leverage, there would not been the need for costly hearings and altough tragic and unfortunate, the American people would of accepted the outcome.

The reason why so many Americans continue to spotlight this event is because these men's deaths were in vain and a direct consequence of the decisions made by the state department for reasons of political gain! And now that state department head wants to be elected president in 2016.

.. Benghazi = Hillary's interview for president! Fail!