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After four years, we still don't really know why the USA ambassador to Libya was at an unsecure location on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks
Is this why the left keep deflecting? Was Benghazi really "MURDER" to cover up the arm deals? Is this why the CIA was in Libya? #Selloutpic.twitter.com/6SqlTbxovd
Kris Paronto:13 Hours: What Really Happened in Benghazi (Part 3) (May 25, 2016)
Narrator: In the battle of Benghazi, six brave Americans became heroes after holding off enemy attackers for thirteen grueling hours. It was the ultimate test of courage and faith. This inspiring real-life story, today, on "Jewish Voice" with Jonathan Bernis.
Jonathan: Shalom and welcome to "Jewish Voice" where we help you to discover the Jewish roots of your Christian faith. I'm Jonathan Bernis. I'm sure that many of you saw the movie "13 Hours" It's a gripping, true story of the events of September 11. 2012 when our American Embassy [ consulate ] was attacked by terrorists, killing our ambassador, Chris Stevens. Six of our security officers fought against all odds to protect and save lives. They became true, American heroes. What really happened that night, and why is one man speaking out? Please welcome an American hero, Kris Tonto Paronto.
Audience claps
Jonathan: Thanks for being back with us, Kris. It's a joy to have you this week.
Kris: Thank you
Jonathan: And I've really been looking forward to this week. We thank you [turning to audience] and I want to thank every veteran that has put their life on the line for America. We appreciate you so much and we just want to say, "God bless you - we love you - and we salute you!"
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Jonathan: You know, Kris, I think that so many take for granted and there's a certain group that I'm not going to mention [ Democrats - leftists - reprobates ] that take what you guys do for granted. And you're really putting your life on the line - the line out there - for our country.
Kris: Yes, sir
Jonathan: Why, you said "enough is enough" at some point because of the lies that were being spread about this whole thing. Why have you just given up everything to tell our country what really happened? what was the breaking line?
Kris: Well, the breaking line was that non-disclosure that we were supposed to sign during the memorial ceremony for Ty [ Tyrone 'Rone' Woods ] and Glen [ Glen 'Bub' Doherty ]. It was about eight months or so after the attack. Now, up to that point, we didn't exist in some aspects in some of the views of some of the people out there. Also this story because it was being misconstrued, and really the guys on the team weren't being honored as they should be. And then Ty and Glen, they gave their lives for to protect Americans lives - to protect others. And I really felt they weren't being honored, as well. We all did, the team did. It just gets to a point where you can only push SEALs Marines and Rangers so far. I know we're supposed to turn the other cheek. And it just got to the point where this is completely disrespectful - this is dishonorable - the families aren't being treated correctly. The families are being lied to.
Jonathan: And being called liars
Kris: And being called liars, as well. Still, till this day. Still, Hillary Clinton has called the family members liars.
Kris: And that really bothers me, immensely because I've seen how it's effected the family members. I've seen how it's effected Pat Smith - mentally and emotionally. And to do that in a large scale media basis and have people actually believe her [ Hillary ] when they haven't lost their family members to war, to terrorism. It really makes me angry. Makes me want to fight a little bit more.
Jonathan: I think the whole audience and many people who are watching feel angry, too
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Jonathan: And, as I've been saying all week, we have to channel that anger in a constructive way to bring change. It's not just yelling and screaming, we actually have to do something to bring change.
Kris: Yes
Jonathan: And we have the power to bring change - we have the power of prayer - we have the power of the Gospel. God has called us to be salt and light. And you've really been a great inspiration for us. Kris, thank you.
Kris: Well, I appreciate that. I don't know if I'm that much. But I appreciate the kind sentiments.
Jonathan: You are, indeed. I might be going a little too far here, if I do, just stop me. But, this was not an angry mob, by chance.
Kris: No
Jonathan: This was orchestrated
Kris: Yes
Jonathan: And there's more behind the scenes here. Ambassador Stevens was a much higher level ambassador than most people are aware of. They downplayed that.
Kris: And they shouldn't. There are different levels of ambassadorship. I tell you how I know that is because I was the detail leader for high-level ambassadors when I was with the State Department. Before when I was with the Agency [ CIA ] I did protect Ambassador Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad - I did protect Ambassador James F. Jeffrey the Deputy Chief of Mission of Iraq and the ambassador to Iraq. And to put in perspective of what Ambassador Stevens, which rated that level, like a vice president or a three star general if you want to get into comparisons. He had six security guards over there [ as the State Department annex] Scott [ DS Scott Wickland ] , Alec, Dave [ DS Dave Ubben ] and then two of the guys from Tripoli. They had about twelve years of military experience in between them. When I was protecting the ambassadors to Iraq Mr. Khalilzad and Mr. Jeffrey, I had sixty Black Water operators - I had two little bird helicopters - I had a company of infantry soldiers out of Minnesota and three armored personnel carriers.
Jonathan: So these are high-level ambassador that was doing more than meets the eye
Kris: He was doing more than meets the eye
Jonathan: And there are a lot of secrets here that are being swept under the carpet
Kris: Yes
Jonathan: And there's a timing here - certain people - high level people left the scene before the attack.
Kris: Yes
Jonathan: I know some of these things. I mean this is, again, we're going to finish this show and I'm going to really drill down on you.
Kris laughs
Jonathan: So there's much more here than meets the eye. But this is not a band of angry people. This is planned, this is orchestrated, this is Islamic terrorists planning an attack against Americans.
Kris: Yep. And that's exactly what it was. They are very good, Islamic terrorists, they have learned. They're not ignorant people when it comes to fighting. They've been fighting forever. From the Mujahudeen when the Russians were in Afghanistan - and, there were foreign fighters there, I saw them. I know they were there part of that attack. And they are very good at blending and surprising and hitting hard quickly because they know they're not going to be able to sustain because when we come into - our tactics can overcome - and our weapon systems - and our night vision will be able to counter attack
Jonathan: But our policies played into their hands. There was request, repeated request, for more security.
Kris: Definitely.
Jonathan: And were just ignored
Kris: Yes, completely. It was denied continuously and by the [ Hillary Clinton ] State Department. Those three levels that I know of leadership there based off of my experience with the State Department and also just asking guys on the ground - you had Hillary Clinton - you had Patrick Kennedy - and Charlene Lamb. And to me those three people there are responsible for what took place and the deaths - and the terrorists of course - but the deaths and the attack.
Jonathan: Kris, one of the things I that I'm committed to do through this program is to speak the truth in love and the reality is that we face Islamic terrorists and this is being ignored or swept to the side in our current administration but we face an army of jihadists that are committed to our destruction. It's not just because we support Israel - it's because they're committed to the death of the infidel.
Kris: Yes
Jonathan: The destruction of the infidel. And this isn't going to go away, is it?
Kris: No, it doesn't. You can't reason, you can't pay, there's no way to reason with it. I'm glad you're able to say "Islamic terrorism" here. The administration, for some reason, can't say it.
Jonathan: Without stuttering, by the way "Islamic terrorists"
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Jonathan: And a religious system that really if you look at the religious system it is a militant religion.
Kris: Shariah law is a very discriminatory - gender biased - religion - it is. It's funny. We can do a whole other show on that. It's funny to me that American people don't - especially the ones that have called us liars - don't believe that it is a serious threat and that they want - I'm not going to sugar coat it - they want to kill you.
Audience: Oh, yeah
Kris: And you cannot pay for that. You cannot say "Well, you know, you know, I believe with what you're thinking." Well, that's fine - here's an orange jump suit, let's put you on TV and do bad things to you.
Jonathan: And Kris - appeasement doesn't work
Kris: No
Jonathan: I mean, that's the honest truth and we have - there's too much appeasement. The world is saying, we will appease. No there's a lot of good Muslims.
Kris: And I've fought along side of them. I have. There are good Muslims. Kurdistan is a perfect example of a Muslim country - I shouldn't - it, honestly, should be its own country. We should let go and let it get off of Iraq and make Kurdistan.
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Kris: Because there is a Christian community there and they work and they play and do everything together and I worked there for three years. And President [ Masoud ] Barzani and [ Jalal ] Talabani they don't put up with terrorism either in those countries. In fact, they're stronger against it than I think we are.
Jonathan: I think we have to begin by identifying the problem. This is Islamic terrorism. This isn't Jews or Christians strapping bombs on themselves and blowing up people. And this is the dilemma Israel faces. They can't give up their security and trusting a hollow peace.
Kris: Nope
Jonathan: When you have people on the other side of the table that are absolutely committed to your destruction. And that's what we're talking about. That's what this whole thing is about. People that want to destroy America and the whole West - they want t wipe us out.
Kris: The ironic thing of what took place that night is Ambassador Chris Stevens and whether ironic is the right word - I think it is - is that they killed an ambassador that was dedicated to loving Islam. Dedicated to the Muslim people there and dedicated to helping get Libya on its feet. They killed on of their biggest allies - one of their biggest Christian allies to that country there. And that just shows that if anything that terrorism doesn't care who it is. You can be friends with the Muslims - Ambassador Stevens loved Libyans - and he was a good man - a very good man. He thought he was doing the right thing. I thought he was doing the right thing, too. And they killed him, just because.
Jonathan: He have to hear the truth, folks. We've got to take a quick break. We have much more with Kris Paronto still ahead. And when we come back, we're going to talk about specifically what happened in those thirteen hours. It's a gripping story. It's a story of faith and courage....
"13 Hours" is the amazing story of what really happened during the battle of Benghazi. Written by a New York Times best selling author, this book features the only first-hand accounts of the brave men who went beyond the call of duty to fiercely protect and American diplomatic compound and CIA station. The book also details how one hero's unwavering faith in God helped make the difference between life and death. It will give you courage to press on to victory. We want to sow "13 Hours" into your life
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jonathan: Welcome back. Our guest is a true American hero. Kris Tonto Paronto, many of you have seen the movie. I don't know how many of you have read the book, "13 Hours", but this is riveting. It's a story of courage, Kris, and, putting your life on the line. John 15:13 is on your website. It's really your life first, isn't it?
Kris: It is. It's actually on my wall, downstairs in my little man cave in my house before - way before Benghazi even happened - years before. The reason I think it became - I came out more outwardly and people recognize it was because of media. On Fox News we did our first interview - where myself, John 'Tig' Tiegen and Mark 'Oz' Geist came out saying this is us - this is what we did - and I have that verse on my wall.
Jonathan: "Greater love hath no man than this..."
Kris: "...than a man lay down his life for his friend." And that's - I think the military should pull that in as one of the soldier's creed now.
Jonathan: Absolutely
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Jonathan: And you guys live that out. And, Kris, this is the essence of the Gospel, friends. That a man, actually, God, Himself, gave his life. The only begotten Son of God, laid down his life - He who knew no sin becoming sin for us. - that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. And then our relationship with God's salvation is all about putting our faith in the one that laid down his life - is the only name given under heaven by which we must be saved.
Kris, you've lived this out. You and your friends made a decision after being told - by the way - this is a sticking point - that I know is hard to hear again and again. But you were told "Don't go - Stand down" whatever the wording was - you were ordered not to enter into this fight. And then you were told - that people proclaimed that you were liars. Politicians say you're lying
Kris: Yeah, people still are and I think Geraldo [ Rivera ] still calling me a liar. I know he was there with me in the back of my truck that night so he knows the heck what was going on. So, it's still going on to this day. And that's OK. You know what ...
Jonathan: An expert who wasn't there
Kris: Of course. We've had plenty of experts that weren't there that tell us what happened to us that night because it must have been posted on facebook. But, you know, it gets hard to hear - but it also gives us resolve. You know, fine. We are fighters. That's what guys like myself are - that's what Navy SEALs, Rangers, Marines, Law Enforcement Officers, Fire Fighters - we are fighters. And if we're pushed and we're called names or we're pushed into a corner - we're going to fight back and that's even with words.
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Jonathan: And we are so grateful. Many of you who are watching are veterans. You've served in Afghanistan or Iraq, you're a police officer we applaud you, we love you, we bless you
Audience: Yeah
Jonathan: We thank God for you - we really do - we stand with you
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Jonathan: Kris, here's the thing I want you to bring out. You guys, terrible health plan. You all have families, and by this time you were watching - you heard this, you saw this. You knew that this was - you were putting your life on the line.
Kris: And it was a terrorist attack on the consulate, yes, sir
Jonathan: And you may die - And you decided against orders to go. Talk about that moment where you decided - and it was universal - a collective decision - unanimous "We're going" Talk about that
Kris: It's, I remember vividly - and I do speak about this when I do my speaking events whether it's leadership - or Christianity - or God in combat - or just about that night. I remember Ty, Ty Woods, and Ty was a big guy. Ty, if you've seen the movie, James Badge Dale, who plays Ty got big, monstrous, muscular, because Ty was a muscular - but most SEALs are - they're going to go to the movies, any way and do Hollywood, so they get big.
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Kris: But Ty was abnormally large and he put his arm out the car door when we got the call from Alec Henderson saying "GRS - If you don't get here, we're all going to f-ing die!" And he went like this [ Kris makes a thumb up sign ] I just saw that big arm come out of the car door and I'm like "Yes, let's go! It's time"
Jonathan: You've got to do what you've got to do at this point
Kris: Yes, and to me and to the rest of the guys that was a unifying moment saying we're in this together - let's go take care of business.
Jonathan: Do you have to kind of grit your teeth and be courageous, or are already everything's pumping? You talk about clarity, there's no fog in the midst of battle.
Kris: There is - and- luckily again - God's blessing - luckily for us - all of us were in our forties - all of us have been deploying for ten years. We'd all been through crisis situations whether it's combat or whatever you want to call it. So, at that point in time, we recognized what was in store for us and what the possibilities were - possibilities of us dying or living or what we're going to get into. So it really wasn't really gritting your teeth - it was time to go to work. Let's go. And like I said, because the team was so close, and because we all knew each of us knew that each of us had each other's backs - we had a lot of faith. That it wasn't a hard decision to go out - and it was actually like going and starting a football game. You got those jitterbugs - you got those butterflies. You turn that fight or flight response into the fight response and it's game time - we're on the football - let's go play.
Jonathan: Now, you had this peace, right, that you knew that if you were hit and died - the Lord - you were in the Lord's presence.
Kris: I knew He'd take care of me and He'd take care of my family and it was fine. You can't go over in these areas and can't get into combat or join - you can't be in area where you might die - protecting or fighting for American lives or fighting for our freedom - which a lot of people over here in the states don't realize that's what we're doing overseas - and think you're going to die. Because if you get that little bit of doubt in your head - your chances of dying have increased exponentially. You can't do it. So you have to keep - and that's where the good team comes in account because they give each other confidence because we know that he's not going to let me down and I'm not going to let him down.
Jonathan: Yeah, and the surety that God had your back in all this. So talk - take us to the scene now - take us to the consulate and it's a disaster - there's flames - enemies all around - bullets are flying past you. Now, you actually love it.
Kris: Yeah. There was so much confusion because in these countries - and people that have lived - or fought in the Middle East or North Africa - I equate it to being in Nebraska and having the tornado sirens go off and people don't go run and hide - they come out to see where the tornado is - they don't take cover. Well, it's the same with these areas when combat goes on. The local Libyans - whether the be terrorists or not - they don't go take cover - they come out to find what's going on. So the consulate was in complete chaos because there were just people everywhere. We had no idea.
Jonathan: You had no idea who the tourist or observers were and who the combatants were.
Kris: And Michael Bay did a great job showing that confusion in the movie. We had no idea. So that was what the difficulty of it so when the RPG [ rocket propelled grenade ] first one hit I saw a guy run by me and his hand was missing - I figured he tried to throw a grenade at us. And I didn't really pay him any mind - thought well, "Serves you right - karma" Don't throw a grenade at us, anymore. But then when the second one hit - I knew it was RPG and the bullets started flying - and you just feel - again I equate it to being in a golden cocoon is a perfect example.
Jonathan: Did you know at some point, even though there are these all of these enemy fire and it's chaos - did you know at some point - "I'm going to make it through this"? You were in a tractor beam or a
Kris: I did another thing - "I'm going to get out of this alive" - You don't think that. You're just fighting. You're in that moment. You're not thinking "Oh, I hope gosh I hope I can get out of this alive" You just know that God's got you - that's where you're supposed to be
Kris: And you just continue to do what comes up next - the next minute, you do whatever is put in front of you the next minute. And it just continually goes like that until that plane comes thirteen hours later and I'm still - no Americans because it was a Libyan plane. But I accept, you know - out of my head when I saw that - I mean I thought "God does have a sense of humor!"
Jonathan: Kris, we thank God for you
Kris: Thank you, sir
Jonathan: Not only your courage but your great testimony. Kris: Thank you, sir Jonathan: Your faith in a living God and keep up the great work! [ Jonathan shakes Kris' hand]
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Jonathan: You're really making a difference. We're offering as a gift this week a hardcover edition, hand signed by Kris. And this is our way of saying "thank you" of sowing into your life as you sow into our ministry to help people that don't even have clean water ...
US security was minimal to non existent at the US consulate at Benghazi because Hillary wanted to keep a small footprint to try to win the hearts and minds of the locals not because of lack of money like the Hollywood leftists said in movie "13 Hours"
A US Army Ranger who survived the attack, Kris Paronto, described the events on May 23, 2016 "Jewish Voice"
Narrator: When bullets fly and buildings burned - split-second decisions can mean life or death. The Battle of Benghazi tested the courage of six brave Americans, including one who says his faith helped him survive today on "Jewish Voice" with Jonathan Bernis.
Jonathan Bernis: Shalom and welcome to "Jewish Voice" where we help you to discover the Jewish roots of your Christian faith. I'm Jonathan Bernis. On the night of September 11, 2012, terrorists attacked the State Department killing our ambassador, Chris Stevens. Six American security operators fought to repel the attackers. Five of these brave men lived to tell about it. Our guest today is one of those American heroes. He is here to share his incredible story of courage and set the record straight about what really happened during those fateful 13 hours. Please welcome Kris Tonto Paronto
Kris: Thanks for having me, bro
Jonathan: Welcome to "Jewish Voice" I just want to say it's an honor to have you on the program.
Kris: I appreciate that
Jonathan: I've been looking forward to it and you are truly an American hero
Kris: Thank you
Jonathan: You're really an inspiration to us all - you agree with that, everybody?
Audience: Claps & cheers
Jonathan: I want to jump right in with a question that I've been wanting to ask you, Kris. You had an incredible career in security.
Kris: mhm
Jonathan: You gave it all up. You walked away from it. You are really in the lions' den, so to speak. You've laid it all on the line and are telling your story really to anyone who will listen. Why?
Kris: You know, it's wasn't a decision that I made right off the bat. I continue to deploy, actually. I went to Yemen after Benghazi. I took 90 off and it was hard to remain in the US because I saw the misrepresentation. I saw a lot of the lies that are being strung about Benghazi and what took place that night. And I really felt that my best place would be back overseas with my team with my buddies with guys that I could trust.
Jonathan: In fact, I heard you speak recently in Phoenix and you said, "I couldn't trust anyone."
Kris: You couldn't
Jonathan: "I couldn't trust anyone in America : politicians..."
Kris: Nobody...it's because today's society is such a media driven pop culture society that every time I turn the TV on, I'd see something that was wrong or incorrect or fabricated based off of whether it was something to help somebody win an election was it to politicize and help an agenda and nobody knew that we existed. And because of our non-disclosures we're not able to go out there and talk about it. And that's not what we do, any way. So my best place to where I felt safe and also just felt comfortable was back with my guys and I was going back overseas. And I was so used to being overseas, being in these countries because I did so for 10 years, that it was almost like going back home again. And after eight months and seeing the story is completely misconstrued and I know we haven't used the term "lie" alot with the movie and the book during the promotion. I'll use it now. There were alot of lies being thrown out of DC about what took place in Benghazi. And uhm we had a final straw for me was when we signed multiple non-disclosures. We signed a non-disclosure during the memorial ceremony at Langley for Glen [ Doherty ] who passed away that night and Tyrone Woods - Rone - and that was very unclassy, to say the least. It was very hurtful. And I remember the team after, the entire team, we went out, had a few drinks together, and Jack Da Silva - Navy SEAL - John Krasinski plays in the movie for those who have seen it. He says, "Man, wasn't that just *bleeped* up?" And I said "You know what? that was" And we decided right there - we're going to tell the story. We voted on it. If any of the team said "no" we were not going to do it. And we voted - everyone was unanimous.
Jonathan: You reached a point - I remember the movie "Network" where they started yelling out the window "We're fed up with this and we're not going to take it any more."
Kris: Last straw on the camel's back. Just fed up and done with it. And it was a hard decision to make because we knew we were going to sacrifice our jobs.
Jonathan: Did you feel betrayed
Kris: yes
Jonathan: right after this whole outbreak the 13 hours. Did you feel there were warning signs that were ignored?
Kris: Definitely there were warning signs. You know, there was a failure by the [ Hillary Clinton ] State Department from the beginning - to with that night - to the end. DS Scott Wickland and DS Alec and DS Dave Ubben were heroes in their own right - the State Department security officers and Ambassador Chris Stevens and the RSO, Eric Nordstrom and DCM Gregory Hicks, Deputy Ambassador there in Benghazi there in Tripoli, I'm sorry, in Libya. They had all been putting requests in for more security and their leadership up in Washington which consisted of Hillary Clinton, Patrick Kennedy, and Charlene Lamb kept turning them down.
Charlene Lamb, who worked in Hillary's State Department, was the person who testified before Congress that money was not a consideration for limiting US security in Libya - but an interest to win the narrative battle by keeping a small US footprint.
Kris: The reason we didn't get more security - the State Department didn't get more security there - I believe because they wanted the host country to handle it and we wanted them to feel that we weren't being over zealous with our security - so we don't put a lot of people on the ground there because it would have offended the Libyan government. That's my opinion.
Jonathan: I want to ask you a question that I don't know if anybody's asked you before. Do you thing this is part of the agenda to diminish the power of America and to be able to create a level playing field so to speak?
Kris: I do and I said that during a speaking event
Jonathan: Anybody ever ask you that before?
Kris: Actually, I love that guy - I spoke at Lubbock, Texas and it wasn't that exact question but it was more or less "what does it look like? How does the United States look like to the rest of the world?" And I said, "You know what? We are not making people rise to what we were - once was - which was a powerful country. We're bringing ourselves down to their levels."
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Jonathan: But it's by design, that's the thing. It's by design and people just don't talk about it. It's by design.
Kris: I do agree with that
Jonathan: It's going to change
Kris: I do agree 100% I didn't agree with that five years ago but as I've been in the middle of all that stuff. I've seen it first hand - I do agree with that now. Today, I do.
Jonathan: I want to get into the specific events in just a minute, but the cover up that followed which brought you to the place with your teammates of saying "We're not going to allow this to go - we're going to speak the truth. We're going to be courageous and speak the truth." And it's a different kind of - it's a shift of courage to deal with truth at home here. Why the cover up? The strange thing about this offensive video?
Kris: You know, there's some overt things, I think, and one was that the election was going on. I think that was fairly obvious. I think that if Mitt Romney would have grabbed onto that and utilized it during his campaign he probably would have won the presidency. So I do think that. Terrorism was on the run - Osama bin Laden had been killed - Al Qaeda was not a threat, any more. Terrorism was not a threat any more...Obviously, it was. And then Libya became a failed state. That's where ISIS - that's where their training ground now is. There's where the bad guys originated from before they head over to Syria. You know, there may have been other operations and because they're of covert nature [gun running to ISIS?] I wish I could talk about them.
Jonathan: When people see through this and that's why we have a country that's really angry
Kris: Yeah
Jonathan: There's a lot of angry people out there that says "enough is enough" we're going to level Washington and start again.
Audience: Yeah! clappping
Jonathan: So I don't know - I think we have to aim that anger - we have to harness that anger - and do productive things to rebuild America
Kris: yeah - you see good things - we're getting off a little bit- but you see good things with some of the candidates and you see some bad things and we do need to harness that to make it a more positive direction to change things not just yelling screaming and call each other names. You can't do that.
Jonathan: We can go off on that direction - but I want to focus on what happened in Benghazi. The angry mob - who perpetrated this? Was it just a sporadic thing?
Kris: no, no
Jonathan: Or was it orchestrated?
Kris: No, this was orchestrated. It was planned out. For those that see me speak, I go into right before the attack. 9PM that night Ty and John were coming back from doing a reconnaissance and they were stopping by to check on the State Department guys. As they drove right in front of the consulate - call went in on the radio and I remember hearing Ty saying "We're going to go check on you" and Dave said "We're good. Ambassador's in his bed and everything's quiet." This is 9 PM 9/11/2012. No protest - no mass gatherings. Myself and Boone had been watching because we're on quick reaction force. We're basically sitting in a room, monitoring radio traffic, watching TV and we saw nothing about a video.
Jonathan: Any sense from the atmosphere, though, that you've been at this a long time - that something was brewing?
Kris: Not that night. I mean the consulate had been attacked twice before. We had actually not been allowed to respond to an IED attack on the consulate grounds 45 days prior. Two months prior, the British ambassador had been attacked in front of the consulate, as well. So there had been attacks hence the State Department saying that the security officers are Scott Allen and Dave the Ambassador saying "We need more security - this is getting to be a dangerous place." But that night, in particular, no, it was actually very, very quiet.
Jonathan: In hindsight, this would have been so easy to prevent.
Kris: Oh, yeah. I wouldn't be here talking to you if they would have got even just a machine gun
Jonathan: We have to take a break, when we come back we'll talk more about the details of what happened in those critical 13 hours and how Kris's faith got him through. He boldly proclaims his faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - the God of Israel, and the Savior of the World, Jesus the Messiah....
Jonathan: I'm back with Kris Tanto Paronto, an American hero and this is a fantastic book that we're giving as a gift to people who support us in our work in needed communities in places like Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.
Jonathan: 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi" I know many saw the movie and many many books.....
Jonathan: This is a really accurate account of what happened. There's some things changed, but I read that this is not fiction. This is a real account.
Kris: The team, the entire team, including Jack De Silva and Dave 'Boon' Benton using their pseudos because of family reasons because their families didn't want their names out there - all of us wrote the book together with Mitchell Zuckoff. No Marines, Rangers, and SEALs trying to write a book, we would have had a pop up book or we would have had a coloring book going on so we had to get a professional and we were blessed to have Mitchell Zuckoff who'd won awards from with integrity when he was with the "Boston Globe", he's still a professor out in Boston [ University]
"And so when the accountability review board reviewed this, they said these were horrible failures by the State Department and so that does fall to Hillary Clinton as the head of the State Department at the time. She has both publicly and in her book taken responsibility for those failings."
Jonathan: The two books he did on World War II were absolutely phenomenal.
Kris: They were awesome
Jonathan: A great author.
Kris: Yes, and you know God's taking by the hand when he just gives us Mitchell and then Mitchell put us to work. I swear I was back in college, again. And we did three different revisions to make sure it got right.
Jonathan: And you were very hands on in the movie, as well.
Kris: Yes, we were and now I have the ultimate respect for Michael Bey not only because of his work ethic (boy that guy works hard!) but because he wanted us to be involved. Not only did it add validity to the movie but he has that much respect for veterans. He does and he's a very generally in Hollywood that says a lot.
Jonathan: How many saw the movie in the audience? And many of you watching at home also saw the movie
Audience claps
Jonathan: What courage. This is so inspiring because the courage that the six of you display - it's just no regard for your life we're going to save people. We're gonna do whatever it takes to get every man out.
Kris: Well, that's what God would want us to do. That's why I have John 15:13 on my shirt
Kris: You sacrifice. Man has no "greater love for his fellow man than to lay down his life for his friend." And that's why guys go overseas as fighters and contractors for the military - that's what they're doing. They're putting others before themselves. And, honestly, that's how we should live in this country and we're not seeing that. That's how the politicians need to be and we don't see that in politics.
Audience cheers
Jonathan: You obviously take your faith very seriously, Kris. It's on your website John 15:13. What a verse! And you take it seriously.
Kris: Yes, I do.
Jonathan: Literally
Kris: Literally. Now I'm a sinner like everybody else. I'm fallible. The only one who is infallible is the Man upstairs, is God. So I have faith that He takes care of me. I have faith that if I do sin, and I ask for forgiveness, that I'm forgiven. I was raised that way. My parents are very strong in their faith. We were raised Catholic, first. To me, Christianity is Christianity. Now ...
Jonathan: In the end, it's about a relationship with God. Is that what it comes down to? You talk about just walking through this devastation. I've seen the pictures in the book. I've seen pictures on television. You walked into this firefight.
Kris: It's beautiful. The reason why it's beautiful is because I accepted that there's where I was supposed to be. God said that's where I needed to be that night. And when you accept that's where you're supposed to be, you're not worried about dying because you know if you die, He's got you. And you can open up and everything is so vivid and it was internal.
Jonathan: There were bullets that were flying by you
Kris: The beauty of the snap. You know, Micheal Bey did such a great job. I remember talking to him "you need to get these colors popping. You need to get that grass green and that orange because that's what it looked like to us. " There's no fog of war in combat. There's no such thing. That's what politicians usually say because they've never been in combat. They don't know any better. They see it on cameras on TVs - on feeds. When you're actually in the mix - everything is extremely vivid.
Jonathan: Do you have this incredible clarity?
Kris: Yeah, you do. You really do. I obviously I'm going back there right now I'm just thinking about it right now.
Jonathan: You're smiling
Kris: There's a saying that we had that Rangers and Marines they're only worth their weight when they're getting shot at or hand grenades are getting thrown at them. There's a lot of truth in that. I mean, when that's happening, our world opens up and we become fun happy-go-lucky guys that are just happy to be here and happy to be fighting.
Jonathan: You actually talked about and I want you to describe this for us. When you went into the compound and there's bullets just snapping by you and just knew you were going to make it. You actually felt a divine protection around you.
Kris: It's a cocoon. Actually, the specific example that took place - we were getting counter attacked after being on that consulate for about an hour 11:30 PM and we're getting counter attacked from grenades and small arms fire and I got caught out in the open. The movie, I wish I had as much cover as what Michael had me in the movie. I didn't have that much cover. So I was out in the open in the middle of the road and rounds are going by and God's got me. I cocooned. It's warm. You feel warm. There's a cocoon of protection around you. You feel golden. Honestly, you do. And people ask me "have you felt that when a crisis situation or have you been in a crisis situation where you haven't felt that?" Yeah, I have and it's kind of scary then.
Jonathan: This is so applicable. Very few people end up on the battlefield like you with bullets flying around you - facing the enemy. But we all face the enemy. We all go through trials and tribulations and there is a divine courage that comes with the certainty that God's got my back - I'm in his care.
Kris: And that's when like I tell people when I do speak and I bring God into it a lot when I do speak. Relinquish that control. Let go and let God is really what it is. And that's what you did there and consider you can't control the situation in combat. When you try to control the situation, that's when you fail and that's when your chances of dying increase. And that's an extreme example but if people can pull that extreme example from their daily lives, their lives are going to be so much better, so much happier and you're going to see so much in this world it's just clear.
Jonathan: We appreciate you so much. It's so inspirational that taking John 15:13 literally: "No greater love has any man than this, to lay down one's life for one's friend." That's what Jesus did for you, for Kris, for me. And we need to have that same part of servanthood to lay down our life for a world that's dying. Kris, thanks so much. Look forward to having you back tomorrow. The book, and this is unique gift that we're making available to you as you help us....
What kind of woman goes to sleep at night knowing that Americans are under fire? https://t.co/lFIqoA8C4J
And it does seem hypocritical and feckless that multicultural liberals who denounce anybody who questions sharia law are now jumping on the bandwagon to try and hashtag militant Islamic jihadis into submission:
As former Muslim jihadi terrorist, Kamal Saleem, points out on May 5, 2014 Jewish Voice, selling women into slavery is considered standard operating procedure under sharia:
And, of course, Limbaugh totally agrees with me "Are We Really This Powerless?"
in which he quotes the left of center "Daily Beast":
"The Daily Beast: "Hillary’s State Department Refused to Brand Boko Haram as Terrorists -- Under Hillary Clinton, the State Department repeatedly declined to fully go after the terror group responsible for kidnapping hundreds of girls."
The blog title, "noli insipientium iniurias pati" is Latin for "Don't let the turkeys get you down." Benjamin Franklin bookcases the blog header title for two reasons:
1) He allegedly suggested the US adopt the turkey as its official mascot
2) His discovery of electricity helped Al Gore invent the internet
Quantum Physics equation under profile picture explained here
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