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None of these are reasons to leave them to die, how does Americans dying right before an election help one get elected? To tell me that he let them die because he was worried about re-election makes no damn sense at all. Likewise keeping the narrative that AQ is under control is not a good reason, how does it help the message that AQ style terrorism is under control if they successfully kill four Americans? Wouldn't it make more sense to rescue four Americans so they could claim no victory? Seriously, if you're thinking of how to spread the message that AQ and terrorism is under control, why would you think that letting terrorists kill four Americans would help that message?
And the narrative of a spontaneous attack, how does it help that narrative if four people are killed? Dead bodies is only going to bring more s****iny over what happened, not less. And how does whether people people were killed or not play into spontaneity? Do we think that people are more likely to die in spontaneous attacks rather than pre-planned ones, therefore they had to let four people die to carry that narrative?
Sorry but there's no good reason anybody, especially someone trying to get re-elected literally less than two months later would deliberately let this happen.
The attack on Benghazi was a tragic event, but **** happens in the world, its not the first time that an embassy or diplomatic compound has been attacked nor Americans killed while overseas. What makes this event so damn special that it deserves so much damn attention other than the fact that it makes useful political fodder?
Because at the time.....it wasn't believed any of our people would die. They thought Security was provided and all was covered. Then they discovered those that hit us were in fact the same people who were providing security for us.
Also the Other reason for lack of vision and not seeing the Call out for 911. That we got hit on the Anniversary thereof.
Another reason would be due to the issue as to why Stevens was there in the First Place and at that time of night and Meeting the Turk's Envoy. Considering the Turks made a special trip and all.