US ambassador 'killed in Libya'. US consulate Benghazi stormed. 4 US officials "dead"

[Peter Dow]

Sounds good to me. Every single american official is a crook and traitor only interested in lining his own pockets.

You're probably right there. Unfortunately it seems to be ingrained in all animal's DNA (that wasn't meant to be insulting). Our thread starter is on the right track though, we need to get out of these hell holes
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This war is unwinnable, and the consequences will reverberate around the west for far longer than any past wars until we close our borders to all muslims, refugees or not, and expell all those currently here who won't swear allegiance on their holy koran. etc. etc. etc.

I started this thread so hang on a minute before you go claiming I am supporting your arguments or conclusion. I don't.

I supported the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and I believe the war in terror can be won if a new competent strategy is employed by competent government officials.

So I am not for the US abandoning the world to its fate. The US and its friends and allies should stay engaged with the world which will need secure embassies and consulates.

and leave the drugged up fuckheads to deal with their own shite. Just ask any Afgan vet about the state of the Afghan police and army. They are nearly all insolent, drug infested, lazy, back-stabbing parasites.

The US & NATO countries should not be paying Karzai more money for each bad solider he hires. Instead, we ought to pay only for Afghan auxiliary forces which NATO-ISAF hires and controls.

Please read my post here for full details
Afghan forces. Green-on-blue attacks. The solution

which was my first post in the topic "U.S. Troop Killed By Gunmen In Afghan Uniform"

You don't seem to have contributed to that thread but I suggest that your comments about the Afghan army would be more on topic in that thread than this.

 

[Rozman]

Someone in this administration needs to answer for this.
No more campaigning for Obama.
No more TV appearances.
Get back to the WH and spend a few hours there and find out WTF happened
and pull back any and all financial aid to these countries until those responsible are dealt with.

No more focus by the left on Romney's comments...
Time to hold this administration accountable for something....

I know it would be a first....

 

[Wolfmoon]

Here's the guy who made the film that drove the Middle East crazy.


Police Sent to California Home of 'Innocence of Muslims' Producer, Who is 'Scared of Retaliation'
http://news.yahoo.com/police-sent-california-home-innocence-muslims-producer-scared-123228859--abc-news-topstories.html

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[Rozman]

Almost 5AM in Egypt and the streets are full with people that hate us...
Tomorrow will be worse I feel....

Maybe it's time we reevaluate our involvement there.
We need to send a message that's clear.
We will not accept the murder of our people no mater what.

 

[Wolfmoon]

According to the National news the protests have happened in :

1. Egypt
2. Libya
3. Yemen
4. Tunisia
5. Algeria
6. Pakistan
7. Iran
8. Iraq
9. Bangladesh
10. Morocco

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[Franticfrank]

Somebody could have made a video like this even if Romney was president. I can't understand everybody blaming this on Obama. How can you prevent something like this without banning the Internet in the US? Hope it gets better over the next few days.

 

[Wolfmoon]

According to National news here are some of the U.S. Embassies reports of protests and unrest. Many of these countries we thought were our friends and even give them foreign aid.

Congressional Research Service
Search Results for "foreign aid" -- 1 - 20 of 8421 from the Library of Congress

Foreign Assistance
[URL="http://www.foreignassistance.gov"]www.foreignassistance.gov[/URL]

The protests have happened in:


1. Cairo, Egypt (receives $1.55 Billion in U.S. foreign aid)

Egypt protesters pull down U.S. flag at embassy in Cairo
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-egypt-protests-20120912,0,7608102.story

Paul Proposes Cutting Foreign Aid to Pakistan, Libya and Egypt
http://wfpl.org/post/paul-proposes-cutting-foreign-aid-pakistan-libya-and-egypt


2. Benghazi, Libya

US official dies in Libya consulate attack in Benghazi
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19562692

4 arrested in Libyan Embassy attack, anti-U.S. protests continue
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/19540953/4-arrested-in-libyan-embassy-attack-anti-us-protests-continue


3. Sana’a, Yemen (receives $345 million in U.S. foreign aid)

Yemeni protesters storm U.S. embassy in Sanaa: witnesses
http://news.yahoo.com/yemeni-protesters-storm-u-embassy-sanaa-witnesses-085414831.html

Yemen Receives $6.4B In Foreign Aid, Amid Food, Water Shortages And Social Unrest
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/381273/20120906/yemen-food-water-conflict-foreign-aid.htm


4. Tunis, Tunisia

Protesters burn US flags outside embassy in Tunisia to protest prophet film
http://news.yahoo.com/protesters-burn-us-flags-outside-embassy-tunisia-protest-162152888.html


5. Algiers, Algeria

US Embassy in Algiers warns of protests
http://news.yahoo.com/us-embassy-algiers-warns-protests-112505137.html?_esi=1


6. Pakistan (receives $3.1Billion in U.S. foreign aid)

Pakistan orders anti-Islam video block
http://wap.news.bigpond.com/articles/World/2012/09/14/Pakistan_orders_anti-Islam_video_block_794785.html


7. Iran

U.S. Embassy Attacks: 'Death to America' Chants And Flag-Burning Protests Spread To Iran, Iraq
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/13/us-embassy-attacks-iran-iraq_n_1880773.html


8. Iraq (receives 1.683 Billion in U.S. foreign aid)

U.S. Embassy Attacks: 'Death to America' Chants And Flag-Burning Protests Spread To Iran, Iraq
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/13/us-embassy-attacks-iran-iraq_n_1880773.html


9. Bangladesh

Bangladesh Muslims protest, blocked from march on U.S. embassy
http://news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-muslims-protest-blocked-march-u-embassy-110651894.html


10. Casablanca, Morocco

Protests Spread across Middle East as Anger Over Video Mounts
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/protests-spread-across-middle-east-as-anger-over-video-mounts/


11. Khartoum, Sudan

Protests Spread across Middle East as Anger Over Video Mounts
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/protests-spread-across-middle-east-as-anger-over-video-mounts/


12. The Gaza Strip

Israeli military, security forces on alert for anti-US Palestinian and Israeli-Arab riots
http://www.debka.com/article/22355/Israeli-military-security-forces-on-alert-for-anti-US-Palestinian-and-Israeli-Arab-riots


13. Tel Aviv, Israel (receives $3.075 Billion in U.S. foreign aid)

Israeli military, security forces on alert for anti-US Palestinian and Israeli-Arab riots
http://www.debka.com/article/22355/Israeli-military-security-forces-on-alert-for-anti-US-Palestinian-and-Israeli-Arab-riots


14. Kashmir, India

India likely to ban film on Prophet Muhammad as anti-US protests spread

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-likely-to-ban-film-on-Prophet-Muhammad-as-anti-US-protests-spread/articleshow/16383644.cms


India committed to Palestine cause: Mukherjee
Wednesday 12th September, 2012
http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php?sid/209099691/scat/701ee96610c884a6/ht/India-committed-to-Palestine-cause-Mukherjee


15. MANILA, Philippines

US embassies increase security after attack in Libya; more police deployed at Manila mission
http://news.yahoo.com/us-embassies-increase-security-attack-libya-more-police-063019820.html


16. Yerevan, Armenia

U.S. embassy in Armenia issues warning amid anti-American protests
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-818-0913-us-embassy-in-armenia-issues-warning-amid-antiamerican-protests-in-nearby-countries,0,6960211.story


17. Kabul, Afghanistan (receives $3.9 million in foreign aid)

Anti-film protests spread across Muslim world
http://news.yahoo.com/anti-film-protests-spread-across-muslim-world-164455189.html

PICKET: U.S. taxpayer funded Taliban to retaliate against America over online film
PICKET: U.S. taxpayer funded Taliban to retaliate against America over online film - Washington Times

Afghanistan bans YouTube to stop public watching US-made film insulting Mohammad
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/middle-east/afghanistan-bans-youtube-to-stop-public-watching-usmade-film-insulting-mohammad-3227799.html


18. Tripoli, Lebanon

Lebanon protesters burn US, Israeli flags (PHOTOS)
[URL]http://rt.com/news/lebanon-protesters-burn-us-flags-092/[/URL]

19. Indonesia

Anti-film protests spread across Muslim world
[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/anti-film-protests-spread-across-muslim-world-164455189.html"]http://news.yahoo.com/anti-film-protests-spread-across-muslim-world-164455189.html[/URL]

20. Malaysia

Anti-film protests spread across Muslim world
http://news.yahoo.com/anti-film-protests-spread-across-muslim-world-164455189.html

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[Wolfmoon]

U.S. Department of the State Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Bureau of Counterterrorism

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm

Explanation and location of each group at the link below at bottom of page:
http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2011/195553.htm

FBI Seeking Terror Information
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorinfo

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[RoadVirus]

Someone in this administration needs to answer for this.

No doubt Obama has ordered his Oval Office cronies to find some poor underpaided toady to be tossed under the bus.

 

[RoadVirus]

Somebody could have made a video like this even if Romney was president. I can't understand everybody blaming this on Obama.

We aren't blaming Obama for the video. We're blaming him for the response (or lack thereof) and the newly revealed fact that he had some warning of the attack on the Libyan embassy and yet did nothing to prevent it.

 

[Peter Dow]

NileSat Know your enemy

People are leaping to a discussion about the YouTube movie that is supposed to have incited the attack on the US embassies but without it being outraged about on NileSat by jihadists deliberating trying to incite believers to attack Americans nothing would have happened.

It's not the first time that NileSat got our guys killed.

Iraq X-File: USA vs USA (1) Support satellite terror TV NOT! - YouTube

So the question is, who has allowed Egypt to get satellite broadcasting without being sure that the TV channels are responsible?

It's because some stupid politicians in the West decided to deregulate the control of satellite TV broadcasting.

Our own politicians thought that they could trust businessmen and the market to make profits by selling satellite TV broadcasting to whoever had the money.

So Americans, do you want to keep trusting the market, or do you want Americans to be safe abroad?

Come on my American friends. You ought to be thinking about controlling the anti-American propaganda being broadcast by our enemies.

It should be possible for the European companies who set up the NileSat satellites (there are about 4 satellites, 2 companies) to change the ground control station from which the NileSat satellites take their uplink TV signal feeds. Of course they will need pressure from the European governments before they will do that. So there is a diplomacy job for the US State Department to speak to European governments to get them to apply governing, legal, financial (and if all else fails military) pressure to require the satellite companies such as Astrium and Eutelsat to take control of those satellites out of the hands of the Egyptians and into maybe NATO hands.

So I would appoint a good US diplomat to take on that task to get Europe fighting terror instead of broadcasting it. However, if Europe fails to take action to confiscate control of the NileSat satellites then by all means the US President should hand the matter over to the US military Space Command to take those satellites out by all means necessary.

I have taken some time to draw up this map showing the main players in the NileSat terror broadcasting situation. I hope this explains what is going on.

The map of Egypt's NileSat satellite TV terror TV - LARGE 1222 x 812 pixels

 

[Peter Dow]

Id like to know how this is possible without at least 1000 protestors laying dead in the street. Do we not have guns in our consolates?

According to this report -

Arutz Sheva, IsraelNationalNews.com 9/16/2012,

Col. Hunt: Libya Embassy Guards had No Bullets
"The State Department just allowed our guys to get killed," says Fox News military analyst Col. David Hunt.

- shockingly, the Benghazi consulate on the night of the attack had -

• No Marine Security Guards.
  
• No bullets for the guns carried by the hired Libyan "security"
  
• No fortifications.

Obama has ordered "heightened security" and the story so far is that means 50 more marines are on the way to Libya. That's an inadequate response.

Yep. The marines should've been in place yesterday. It's a bit late now. FAIL!

A definite fail for sure.

50 Marine Security Guards would have helped but from Colonel Hunt's description of the American consulate building at Benghazi - "was like a cardboard building, there wasn't even bullet proof glass" - it was not an appropriate strong building to choose to stand and fight against a terrorist attack with enemies using infantry weapons such as assault rifles, rocket propelled grenades and mortars.

Had Ambassador Chris Steven's possible Marine Security Guard detail been blessed with leadership from a good military officer of the quality of Colonel Hunt they ought to have been able to assess that Benghazi building as unsuitable for use as a fort against attackers and would have recommended moving to somewhere more secure.

At least with real marines with real bullets in their guns they could have provided a strong armed escort for the diplomatic team on the move.

However, we need to be honest with ourselves folks and admit that really good military officers are a rare breed these days. Just sending in the soldiers to defend against an enemy does no good if the soldiers you send are not well led, properly deployed, able to do the job.

In the worst cases of military incompetence, more soldiers, even more brave US Marines, setting up in a poorly defended building can just mean more targets for the enemy to attack and to kill.

We need to remember the very painful lesson of -

Wikipedia: 1983 Beirut barracks bombing

The Beirut Barracks Bombing (October 23, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon) occurred during the Lebanese Civil War, when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon—killing 299 American and French servicemen. The organization Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the bombing.

Suicide bombers detonated each of the truck bombs. In the attack on the American Marines barracks, the death toll was 241 American servicemen: 220 Marines, 18 sailors and three soldiers, along with sixty Americans injured, representing the deadliest single-day death toll for the United States Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II, the deadliest single-day death toll for the United States military since the first day of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, and the deadliest single attack on Americans overseas since World War II.​

So I think we ought to be more demanding than just welcoming any US president sending in some marines. We ought to demand a plan that will deploy the marines well so that they can defend themselves and the embassy or consulate and the ambassador very well indeed.

I outlined my suggested plan earlier

The President should -

• Establish new secure embassies and consulates within new or existing military bases
• Site new military bases for the embassies / consulates in rural areas where the land for 6 to 10 miles around the embassy can be occupied and controlled
• Site about 60 defensive machine-gun posts 1000 metre / 1000 yard intervals around a circumference at a radius of 6 miles from the base,
• Surround the machine gun posts with barbed wire and vehicle barriers
• Man the 60 machine guns, 3 men per gun, 24/7 ...

My plan for a secure diplomatic military base for Libya

In my following diagram, the US and allied embassies would be situated in the central base, the green zone.

The features of the diagram are similar for any kind of military base whatever you are defending inside.


Click for LARGER image

This diagram shows my suggested layout for the perimeter defences for a military base.

Explanation of the diagram features.

Base - the green area in the diagram represents the central well-defended area of the military base, where various buildings, vehicles and personnel of the base are normally situated.

Machine-gun emplacements - the red and pink dots which encircle the base at a distance of about 6 miles or 10 kilometres from the edge of the central Base, represent static, armoured fortifications or "pillboxes" for one machine gun and its 3-man team of gunners. The spacing between adjacent pillboxes is about 333 metres or 333 yards.

The plan calls for one team of gunners per pillbox serving on base. The gunners are organised into 3 duty shifts of at least 8 hours and so normally only 1 in 3 of the pillboxes will be manned at any one time. The gunners spend their off-duty time in the central Base where their quarters are situated.

If, when and where the perimeter defences are attacked by the enemy, the off-duty gunners can be called back on emergency duty as required by their officers.

Infantry barriers - barbed wire and anti-personnel mines to stop enemy infantry from advancing into the centre of the base.

Vehicle barriers - obstacles and anti-tank mines which prevent enemy vehicles from advancing into the centre of the base.

Reaction Force Zone - Quick reaction forces deploy in armoured vehicles from the central base into the Reaction Force Zone to fire at enemy attacking forces.

Threat Zone - A circumferential military zone around the perimeter defences where the base defenders may assume a hostile intent on the part of uninvited intruders into the Threat Zone and from where locals are forbidden and variously warned off from intruding upon. This land is occupied or leased to the military base and is closely watched using surveillance technology. Warning shots or sub-lethal rounds may be fired upon suspected innocent intruders and identified enemy forces can be fired upon to kill without warning.

The diagram represents a Threat Zone which extends to 10 miles / 16 kilometres from the edge of the central Base. The plan therefore recommends that it is inappropriate to site a well-defended base within 10 miles of an urban area or a public highway which would cause local people and local traffic to enter into the defined Threat Zone routinely making the early detection of real threats difficult to distinguish.

A large Threat Zone is desirable for security purposes because it makes for a safer perimeter defence but does add significantly to the land requirements of the base therefore the availability of a wide area of undeveloped land is ideal when choosing a location for the construction of a new military base.

Some existing military bases are located close to urban areas where a large Threat Zone cannot be defined and this is likely to make such bases much less secure.

Access road Road to access the base from the surrounding road network.

STOP police control barrier Military police stop traffic wishing to enter the base and perform final checks that visitors and loads are authorised to proceed. The control barriers prevent terrorists driving off the road and prevent vehicles proceeding without permission.

The control barrier fortifications need to be very robust so as to survive an enemy truck bomb.

Trust Zone People, vehicles or buildings in the Trust Zone which is everywhere outside of the Threat Zone are assumed to be trustworthy and non-threatening in so far as the base defenders are concerned.

People in the Trust Zone are assumed to be respecting the base's security and the base defenders treat people in the Trust Zone with the same mutual respect for their own security.

Protestors
Protestors who wish to demonstrate for whatever reason their political viewpoints are allowed to approach the base as far as the Warning Line which surrounds the Threat Zone but it is the responsibility of the local authorities to ensure that protestors do not intrude into the Threat Zone without invitation otherwise a hostile intent may be assumed and defensive actions taken.

Defence force For the smallest bases, this plan calls for a defence force of three serving companies of gunners - one company for each of the 3 shifts.

One company needs at least 200 gunners and their officers so 3 companies total at least 600 gunners and their officers. In addition, military and support personnel are needed for other duties such as policing visitors, cooking, vehicle and plant maintenance engineers, medical, supplies storage & management, camp tidying up, latrine digging, reserves etc.

The defence force required would be of an infantry battalion size of perhaps of about 800 soldiers / marines and support personnel in total and so the base defence force commander would likely be ranked at Lieutenant Colonel or higher.

For larger bases with central Base areas that could be miles wide, such as military air bases that require aircraft runways, the lines of perimeter defences would need to be longer and so more gunners etc would be required.

Low profile

A military base like the one I describe can still be reasonably low profile if it is situated somewhere out of sight and out of mind, such as in the Libyan desert somewhere south of the coastal road between Tripoli and Benghazi.

 

[Peter Dow]

U.S. Embassy Attacks: 'Death To America' Chants And Flag-Burning Protests Spread To Iran, Iraq

U.S. Embassy Attacks: 'Death To America' Chants And Flag-Burning Protests Spread To Iran, Iraq

Thursday, September 13, 2012

In Iraq, several hundred Shiite hardliners protested in Baghdad's Shiite stronghold of Sadr City. The leader of an Iranian-backed Shiite militia that previously attacked U.S. troops, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, threatened anti-U.S. attacks.

The movie "will put all the American interests in Iraq in danger," the militia leader, Qais al-Khazali, told The Associated Press.

In Iran, about 50 protesters shouted, "Death to America," outside the Swiss Embassy, which looks after U.S. diplomatic interests in Iran. Riot police kept the crowd away from the building.

The embassy in Berlin was evacuated. Violent protests erupted in Bangladesh. obama's policies are in shambles, a total failure. Worse than simply failing but leading directly to igniting the whole of the muslim world against us. And, our ally in this kind of conflict, Israel, is dismissed and disregarded.

Well don't despair. It's bad but it's fixable if we understand why it's bad.

What policies are a failure?

POLICY FAILURE 1 - FREE MONEY TO "FIGHT" TERRORISM

Our politicians are so STUPID they can't even buy friends with free money!

It is a failing, very stupid policy idea to give billions of US dollars of "free money" to Pakistan and Egypt and to some other countries, whenever terrorism looks on the rise, on promises from those regimes to fight terrorism.

That was, is, very stupid. You never beat a protection racket by paying up. The gangsters just come back for more, threatening more violence, to see how much cash they can squeeze out of you. That's why Pakistan's military intelligence helped Bin Laden and Al Qaeda do 9/11. They wanted to draw the US into Afghanistan so they could make the kind of protection racket money they made from America that America paid up when Pakistan helped fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan.

Egypt got a taste for the protection racket from the money the US gave them for being friends with Israel. The Egyptians worked out that by intensifying the threat to Israel, by supporting terrorism behind America's back, Egypt could squeeze more money out of the US with a promise to suppress terrorism on the rise.

This is what the Egyptian satellite TV encouraging the protests is about. The Pakistanis and Egyptians will be demanding more billions in US dollars to contain the protests. It is an attempt to keep the protection racket money flowing.

1. Cairo, Egypt (receives $1.55 Billion in U.S. foreign aid)

Egypt protesters pull down U.S. flag at embassy in Cairo
Egypt protesters pull down U.S. flag at embassy in Cairo - latimes.com

Paul Proposes Cutting Foreign Aid to Pakistan, Libya and Egypt
Paul Proposes Cutting Foreign Aid to Pakistan, Libya and Egypt | WFPL

3. Sana’a, Yemen (receives $345 million in U.S. foreign aid)

Yemeni protesters storm U.S. embassy in Sanaa: witnesses
Yemeni protesters storm U.S. embassy in Sanaa: witnesses - Yahoo! News

6. Pakistan (receives $3.1Billion in U.S. foreign aid)

Pakistan orders anti-Islam video block
Telstra BigPond News and Weather

8. Iraq (receives 1.683 Billion in U.S. foreign aid)

U.S. Embassy Attacks: 'Death to America' Chants And Flag-Burning Protests Spread To Iran, Iraq
U.S. Embassy Attacks: 'Death To America' Chants And Flag-Burning Protests Spread To Iran, Iraq

We need to stop paying. No more carrots to do the right thing. Just sticks if they do the wrong thing.

POLICY FAILURE 2 - ALLOWING HOSTILE REGIMES TO CONTROL SATELLITE TV

The other policy which is a failure is to trust those rotten regimes - Arab monarchies, Egypt, Pakistan with satellite TV which they use against us to incite terrorism. I explained this in an earlier post.

POLICY FAILURE 3 - TRUSTING LONG-SERVING BUT INCOMPETENT MILITARY AND SECURITY OFFICIALS

Military and security leadership is a very easy job in peacetime which gets a whole lot harder in a war. In war, leadership mistakes get punished very heavily. Your people get killed.

In our wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and the war on terror, our political leaders seem to have had a failed policy to trust long-serving military and civil service security officials whose failures have cost us dearly in lives lost.

It's just not fair on diplomats to leave them vulnerable in peace-time-designed embassies and consulates when there's war on in countries which are host, however unwillingly, to armed enemy forces and it's not fair to expect them to put their lives in the hands of career State Department officials who are incompetent about security or unable and unwilling to take action to remove their juniors who are incompetent.

The buck stops with the president - ultimately President Obama is responsible for failing to secure the US's diplomats but the question of replacing a failing president is for the American people and their election to decide. My favourite for president - Condoleezza Rice - is not a candidate in 2012 so I will let Condi speak for me as to who she is backing.

My advice to the US President would be that his Secretary of State has failed as regards her diplomatic security functions.

The President should -

• Sack and replace the Secretary of State (Clinton) with someone who will sack incompetent security officials and appoint competent ones

I can see why many Americans would not want to see Hillary Clinton sacked for this failure. She's a very popular lady.

I too would not want to have seen my favourite for Secretary State, Condoleezza Rice, sacked over this either.

Nevertheless something must be done to improve the management of security.

Perhaps the most that can be expected from the President is to take action to dismiss the career State Department officials responsible for security - the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security (Eric J. Boswell) who reports to the Secretary of State via his immediate superior the Under Secretary of State for Management (Patrick F. Kennedy).

Those two officials - Boswell & Kennedy were appointed by President George Bush so President Obama can easily clean out these two pieces of dead wood now and put part of the blame on President Bush for appointing these incompetents in the first place and save face that way, maybe.

So bad it's worth quoting twice -

Arutz Sheva, IsraelNationalNews.com 9/16/2012,

Col. Hunt: Libya Embassy Guards had No Bullets
"The State Department just allowed our guys to get killed," says Fox News military analyst Col. David Hunt.

The competence of the entire Bureau of Diplomatic Security is in question. The senior managers must take responsibility and resign or be dismissed by the president.

The Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) is the security and law enforcement arm of the U.S. Department of State. DS is a world leader in international investigations, threat analysis, cyber security, counterterrorism, security technology, and protection of people, property, and information.

"world leader" - Ha!

Eric J. Boswell
Assistant Secretary
BUREAU OF DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AND DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF FOREIGN MISSIONS
Term of Appointment: 07/07/2008 to present

RESIGN!

SACK HIM MR PRESIDENT!

I'd offer to do a security job for the US State Department myself but I am Scottish so am not eligible.

I am sure that there are able people who could do a much better job than the way the US State Department got Ambassador Chris Stevens killed with their negligent security arrangements.

POLICY SUCCESS 1 - FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY FOR ALL!

The policy to support the democratic demands of the Arab, Afghan and Pakistani people is showing signs of success. What we are seeing with the killing of the US ambassador to Libya is the same reactionary fight back from the conservative elements, from the old elites, the same as the Taliban, the same as the monarchs and military dictators, who don't want real democratic change.

We need to not lose heart in our values or the overall strategy which was correctly set out for us by Condoleezza Rice.

All we need is more competent officials to carry out the strategy.

Condi can win this. I can win this. You can win this. We can win this.