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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
We did not "try" to reduce the US presence, we did reduce the presence. The resukts speak for themselves, 4 dead.
Spence, do you really think that removing 24 security team members from an ebmassy is going to make these people like us more.
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A fine example of Monday morning quarterbacking if there ever was one.
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God, do you ever get one right, even by accident? Spence, when you have large numbers of armed people trying to kill diplomats, what's the benefit of pulling out the security, but leaving the diplomats behind?
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Well, that's not really what appears to have happened.
Here's a pretty interesting write up from the WP.
In Libya, security was lax before attack that killed U.S. ambassador, officials say - The Washington Post
It appears the Benghazi building was nothing more than an outpost and not even hardened well like a formal embassy. Chris Stevens was personally pushing an American presence and had a lot of experience and contacts in the area which likely gave him a false sense of comfort. The guy would go running on the street with minimal security...
Libya is certainly still a dangerous place, but it's also fair to assume he's putting himself in harms way for what he believed in.
How many Americans are in similar positions all over the world? One would think there's probably quite a few. Diplomats to unfortunately fall victim to violence from time to time.
But Benghazi happened right before the election...
-spence