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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
Spence, the State Department lost track of the ambassador to Libya for 8 hours. Sort of implies that there wasn't a ton of security.
I don't like Monday-morning quarterbacking, nor am I a fan of thoughtless, automatic defenses of the current administration.
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I'm doing neither, just posed a rational question. Why do you have such a difficult time dealing with rationality?
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Obama and Clinton have tried, for almost 4 years, a much softer tone in the Middle East. It. Has. Not. Worked.
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What would "working" look like?
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If we have embassies in these countries, you need a full barrack of Marines like we had in Beirut. Obviously, even that isn't a guarantee of safety.
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Didn't we lose 241 Marines through that strategy?
The primary security at the consulate was being provided by Libyan troops, it's not like the place was undefended. Given the situation it's quite reasonable to think keeping a lower profile would be a sensible thing to do. This appears to have been a calculated terrorist attack that exploited a weak point.
-spence