He ignored the 9/11 warnings.
I was unaware of the fact that the warnings provided dates and times of the attacks. He ignored this? That rat bastard! He had actionable intelligence and failed to act? Solid, hardcore actionable intelligence on the coming attacks and he did nothing, how is that possible?
Oh, that's right, it's not...
And the whole Iraq War was a mistake...
Yes, it was.
...and every death from it is ultimately Bush's fault.
Sadly, yes. The buck stops at the desk of CinC. Every CinC.
Even the current one...
Bzzzt wrong. The deaths from Benghazi were from an act of aggression by Arab terrorists. The deaths from the Iraq War were from an act of aggression by the United States, ordered by the Bushtard.
I see you have dropped the 9/11 portion of your argument in your rebuttal, probably for the best...
While I agree with you that ultimately, just like the original 9/11, the deaths were the result of an act of aggression by Arab terrorists, ney, al Qaeda linked terrorists, we must remember a few things...
Based on what I've read, because of U.S. participation in Libya, Obama, Clinton and State were in a hurry to make the Benghazi post permanent. Seeing it as an act of good faith with Libyans. They seem to have paid no heed to the fact that it was surrounded by enemies.
They knew that the diplomats and their protectors were going into a country that was no longer really a country. It was, and still is, an area filled with fighters associated with Al Qaeda.
Despite all of this, the State DepartmentÂ’s minimum security requirements were not met, requests for more security were denied, and no contingency plans were drawn up. Seemingly, no consideration was givien to the upcoming 9/11 anniversary. Growing warnings from the C.I.A., who had more people in Benghazi than State did, fell on deaf ears. The Libyan guards were more than useless.
All of this contributed to what happened in Benghazi. All of this helped make it possible.
As for the response, as for sending help, it feels like they decided to cut their losses rather than risk any more casulaties.
According to Gregory Hicks who was in Tripoli, 600 miles away, trying to get help to Benghazi, his pleas were denied by military brass, who said they could not scramble planes and who gave a “stand-down” order to four Special Forces officers in Tripoli who were ready to "race to Benghazi."
From his testimony at the hearings on Wednesday:
“My reaction was that, O.K., we’re on our own,” Hicks said quietly. He said the commander of that Special Forces team told him, “This is the first time in my career that a diplomat has more” chutzpah “than someone in the military.”
So, knowing all of this, tell me how some of the responsibility for the deaths in Benghazi does not fall at the feet of the administration?